Billy Haines was a silent movie star who made the transition to sound, but when the studio head made the openly gay actor an ultimatum — a sham marriage to a woman, or the end of his movie career. Haines chose […]
Boo Morcom was heavily favored to win the gold in pole vault at the 1948 Olympics. But he was playing hurt, in the rain, and missed his shot at the gold. So he tracked down the competitors who beat him, […]
Mark Olmstead found out he had HIV at the beginning of the AIDS epidemic, when the disease was a death sentence. Figuring he had nothing to lose, he pulled off a string of scams including credit card fraud, insurance fraud, […]
For forty years, police in Saskatchewan, Canada were in the habit of arresting Indigenous men for minor offenses – or sometimes no reason at all. Rather than bring him to jail, the captive was instead paraded outside – taken on […]
In 1966, an El Paso theater actor bet his screenwriter friend he could produce a horror movie all on his own. The result was Manos: The Hands of Fate. This incoherent, no-budget movie is considered one of the worst films […]
History remembers Genghis Khan as a violent brute, destroying everything in his path. But the truth is more complicated than that. Ostracised from his community as a child, captured and enslaved, he escaped, became a leader, a warrior, united the […]
This week, Sarah and Kelsey interiew Barb Ricotta, Dean of Students at University of Buffalo. Listen to Barb’s advice about failure in leadership and how to overcome challenges! Want more? Reach out to leadub@buffalo.edu!
This week, Sarah and Kelsey talk to UB Student Association’s incoming President and Vice President, Becky Paul-Odionhin and Sammi Pang. Hear about their plans for SA, what got them to this position, and the power of getting involved. Want to […]
“Barriers are in the environment, not the individual.” This week, Sarah and Kelsey chat with Christina Papaleo, the Access Coordinator at Syracuse University. Christina works with over 300 students to provide them counseling on disability-related issues using the social justice […]
“You don’t need to do anything to be worthy of taking care of yourself.” Julia is a social media enthusiast who loves to excite, inspire, and motivate people to cut through the digital clutter by being authentic and vulnerable online. […]
