Feb 24 2025 45 mins
The ladies are fired up and who better to highlight than the fiercely outspoken actress, singer and advocate Eartha Kitt?? Red shares Eartha's incredible story to stardom, from her humble beginnings to speaking her mind with some of the most powerful people of her time, overcoming blacklisting and becoming "the most exciting woman in the world" - at least according to Orson Welles and our hosts!
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Show Credits
Theme song: "Busy Old Sun" by Vaudeville
Cover Art: Jenny Lam @jennylamalam
Editing: Kelly & Red @kellylansing @missredventure
Sources
Brittanica “Eartha Kitt” https://www.britannica.com/biography/Eartha-Kitt
IMDB “Eartha Kitt” https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0457755/
Biography “Eartha Kitt” https://www.biography.com/musicians/eartha-kitt
Eartha Kitt Website “About Eartha” https://earthakitt.com/about/
History “Eartha Kitt speaks out against the Vietnam War” https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/eartha-kitt-speaks-out-against-vietnam-war-lady-bird-johnson
The New York Times “Eartha Kitt, a Seducer of Audiences, Dies at 81” by Rob Hoerburger https://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/26/arts/26kitt.html
Batman Fandom “The Catwoman (1960s Batman)” https://batman.fandom.com/wiki/Catwoman_(Dozierverse)
The Guardian “Eartha Kitt's life was scarred by her failure to learn the identity of her white father, says daughter” by Adam Luck https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/oct/19/eartha-kitt-suffered-over-identity
Medium “Compromising in relationships, as told by Eartha Kitt” by Taneil Noble https://medium.com/@Taneilnoble/compromising-in-relationships-as-told-by-eartha-kitt-8a9e6d43c4b4
YouTube “EARTHA KITT SPEAKS ON RELATIONSHIPS: COMPROMISE FOR WHAT? ᴴᴰ” by h2TVonline https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlUjHu3H_L4
People “Eartha Kitt's Amazing Journey From Abandoned and Abused to Hollywood Legend: New Book” by Liz McNeil https://people.com/music/eartha-kitt-journey-from-abandoned-to-hollywood-legend/
YouTube “Eartha Kitt Voices Yzma (The Sweatbox)” by IV's New Groove [読]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pe1a-SKeUug
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