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21. Christine Granville: Kickass Spy

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2019 55:48


Season 2, Episode 10: In the final episode of Season 2, a slightly intoxicated Alex tells a completely sober Jay about Christine Granville, a polish woman who defied the odds to become a English spy. (We apologize for the audio quality for this episode!)

20. Yaa Asantewaa: Rebel Queen Mother

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2019 32:52


Season 2, Episode 9: Jay tells Alex about Yaa Asantewaa, the Queen Mother who led the Ashanti in their final Rebellion against British Colonialism.

19. Truganini and Fanny Cochrane Smith: The Last Indigenous Tasmanians

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 12, 2019 42:05


Season 2, Episode 8: In the second switcheroo episode, Alex and Jay discuss Truganini and Fanny Cochrane Smith, two women who bear the title "last Aboriginal Tasmanian" and who worked tirelessly to protect their cultures and their way of life from colonialism. We would like to warn our listeners that we will be using proper names.

18. Anne Lister: Traveler, Diarist, Seducer of Widows

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2019 38:38


Season 2, Episode 7: In the first switcheroo episode, Jay and Alex discuss Anne Lister, the "first modern lesbian" who traveled Europe, managed her own monetary affairs, and wrote four MILLION words in her detailed and encoded diaries.

17B. Mary Church Terrell: Spirited Globetrotting Educator

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2019 50:21


Season 2, Episode 6: In the second part of a two-part episode, Alex finishes telling Jay about Mary Church Terrell, a woman who fought for suffrage, education, and civil rights. 

17A. Mary Church Terrell: Spirited Globetrotting Educator

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2019 53:44


Season 2, Episode 6A: In the first part of a two-part episode, Alex tells Jay about Mary Church Terrell, a woman who fought for suffrage, education, and civil rights. 

16. Mitsuye Endo: Quietly Courageous Plaintiff

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2019 58:04


Season 2, Episode 5: Jay tells Alex about Mitsuye Endo, the only person to successfully sue for Habeus Corpus during the forced internment of Japanese American citizens during WWII.

15. Throwback: Phryne: Send (Classical) Nudes

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2019 38:16


Life's been a bit hectic for Asterisk's hosts, so today we're giving you a throwback episode! We will return to regularly-schedule new episodes on Monday, June 17. In this episode from Season 1, Jay tells Alex about Φρύνη, or Phryne (Phrýnē), a courtesan from Classical Greece who happens to be the model/inspiration for some of the most famous works of art in history.

14. Ms. Ophelia Settle Egypt: Harlem Renaissance Adjacent

Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2019 58:49


Season 2 Episode 4: Alex tells Jay about Ms. Ophelia, a sociologist and writer who who stood on the fringes of the Harlem Renaissance and rubbed shoulders with many key players.

13. Chiquinha Gonzaga: Choro Maestrina of Brazil

Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2019 48:38


Season 2 Episode 3: Jay tells Alex about Chiquinha Gonzaga, a composer from Brazil who blazed trails, started trends, facilitated scandals, and was always looking for a cause to support.

12. Mary Mahoney: The Original RN

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2019 34:55


Season 2 Episode 2: Alex tells Jay about Mary Mahoney, the first African American woman to be formally trained as a nurse. Also, a small correction: in this episode, Alex refers to the Dred Scott case. She meant the Plessey v. Ferguson case, wherein the Supreme Court's decision lead to the idea of "separate but equal."

11. Suor Maria Celeste: a 'Poor Clare' of Florence

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2019 62:18


Season 2, Episode 1: Jay tells Alex about Suor Maria Celeste, a nun of the impoverished Order of St. Clare of Assisi who was industrious, surprisingly well educated, and whose records survived because she happened to have a famous father.

10. Stephanie St. Clair: The Queen(ie) of Harlem

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2019 36:38


Alex tells Jay about "Queenie" Stephanie St. Clair, the classiest mob boss to grace New York City in the 20th Century.

9: Marcela Gracia Ibeas and Elisa Sánchez Loriga: Inconsistent Incognito Spouses

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2019 37:04


Jay tells Alex about Marcela Gracia Ibeas and Elisa Sánchez Loriga, who, through elaborate deception, became the first same-sex couple to be married by the Catholic Church. 

8. Elizabeth Freeman and Oney Judge: Self-Freed Women

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2019 40:13


Alex tells Jay about Elizabeth Freeman and Oney Judge, two women born enslaved, who freed themselves around the time of the American Revolution.

We're Back!

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2019 5:02


Alex and Jay explain their abrupt hiatus and let everyone know what they've been up to lately.

7. Molly, Molly, Molly: Three American Revolution Heroines

Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2018 41:49


Jay tells Alex about three heroic women-of-the-army, all nicknamed Molly, from the American Revolutionary War.

6B. Lucy Parsons: Firebrand Anarchist

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2018 45:07


In the second part of this two-part episode, Alex finishes telling Jay about Lucy Parsons, a turn-of-the-century Anarchist and labor reformer whose personal mantra (we assume) was "burn shit down."

6A. Lucy Parsons: Firebrand Anarchist

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2018 48:49


In the first part of a two-part episode, Alex tells Jay about Lucy Parsons, a turn-of-the-century Anarchist and labor reformer who was born into slavery and lived most of her life in Chicago.

5. Cécile Louise Stéphanie Chaminade: Pragmatic Romantic Composer

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2018 44:24


Jay tells Alex about Cécile Louise Stéphanie Chaminade, a Victorian Romantic composer whose music we use for our opening and closing.

4. Annie Turnbo Malone: Slayer of Hair

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2018 36:14


Alex tells Jay about Annie Turnbo Malone, an African American entrepreneur and philanthropist whose business empire was ultimately destroyed by outside forces.

3. Phryne: Send (Classical) Nudes

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2018 38:16


Jay tells Alex about Φρύνη, or Phryne (Phrýnē), a courtesan from Classical Greece who happens to be the model/inspiration for some of the most famous works of art in history.

2. Harriet Chalmers Adams: Badass Explorer

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2018 48:14


Alex tells Jay about Harriet Chalmers Adams, an incredible woman with a passion for geology, culture, and exploring.

1.5. Lai Choi San: The Other Chinese Pirate Queen

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2018 12:34


In this bonus mini-episode, Jay tells Alex about Lai Choi San, the other Chinese pirate queen who sailed the South China Sea in the 1920's and 1930's. 

1. Zheng Yi Sao: The Chinese Pirate Queen

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2018 37:12


Jay tells Alex about 郑一嫂 (鄭一嫂), or Zhèng Yī Sao, the Chinese Pirate Queen who terrorized the South China Sea in the early 1800's.

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