Flora Lichtman
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5,343 appearances
86 recordings
2 series
first heard Apr 2026
last heard 2d ago
Flora Lichtman’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Or was this just sort of a moment?
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The computer made them obsolete and the job was done.
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I mean, it seems like you had to do your own sort of real intelligence gathering to just tell this story, to write this book.
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I mean, how much of this information was classified?
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Wow.
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I mean, I'm curious about your own experience of this, too.
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As a scholar of Russian literature, do you think of translation as a type of code breaking?
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Sarah, this is such a fascinating history.
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Thank you for sharing it with us today.
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It's my pleasure.
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Dr. Sarah Valentine is author of Decoding the Devil, Black Women Codebreakers, and The Secret War Against Stalin's Bomb.
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When's the movie going to get made?
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If you want to read an excerpt from the book, head to sciencefriday.com slash codebreakers.
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This episode was produced by Shoshana Buxbaum, and we want to hear from you.
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Let us know if there's any scientific history you want us to tell, or if you have burning questions we can help you find the answers to.
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Our number is 877-4SciFry, 877-4SciFry.
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I'm Flora Lichtman.
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We'll catch you next time.
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Hey, it's Flora, and you're listening to Science Friday.
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Today, we are bringing you one of our favorite conversations from last year.
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