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Grab yourself a glass of wine and listen while we regale you with nsfw tales of seriously bad bitches and good witches, from here and there, then and now.

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  • Mar 5, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
  • every other week NEW EPISODES
  • 55m AVG DURATION
  • 120 EPISODES


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Marian Anderson, A Musical Icon | Episode 122

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2021 67:07


Sources:https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/eleanor-anderson/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/how-marian-anderson-became-iconic-symbol-equality-180972898/ - Alicia Aulthttps://www.npr.org/2014/04/09/298760473/denied-a-stage-she-sang-for-a-nation - Susan StambergWikipediaAve Maria - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GksRp42s3S8&t=98sMy Country Tis of Thee - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAONYTMf2pkHe's Got the Whole World in His Hands - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRGZrv0Hl6khttps://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/15/books/review/the-essential-octavia-butler.htmlhttps://web.mit.edu/m-i-t/articles/butler_talk_index.htmlhttps://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20200317-why-octavia-e-butlers-novels-are-so-relevant-todayhttps://www.newyorker.com/books/second-read/octavia-butlers-prescient-vision-of-a-zealot-elected-to-make-america-great-again

Octavia Butler, Visionary Science Fiction Writer | Episode 121

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2021 56:51


Sources:https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/639299/octavia-butler-author-factshttps://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/15/books/review/the-essential-octavia-butler.htmlhttps://web.mit.edu/m-i-t/articles/butler_talk_index.htmlhttps://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20200317-why-octavia-e-butlers-novels-are-so-relevant-todayhttps://www.newyorker.com/books/second-read/octavia-butlers-prescient-vision-of-a-zealot-elected-to-make-america-great-again

Josefina Guerrero, the Outcast Spy | Episode 120

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2021 60:07


Sources:https://medium.com/history-of-yesterday/when-leprosy-made-her-the-most-reliable-spy-of-world-war-ii-4b3043b95199 - Jhemmylrut Tenghttps://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/philippines-spy-joey-guerrero - Lea Schram von Haupthttp://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,798844,00.htmlA lot of this info also comes from the book Leper Spy: The Story of an Unlikely Hero of World War II by Ben Montgomery: https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781613734308

Daughters of the Confederacy, the Southern Women's Cult to White Supremacy | Episode 119

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2021 83:45


Sources:https://www.salon.com/2018/10/06/7-things-the-united-daughters-of-the-confederacy-might-not-want-you-to-know-about-them_partner/https://www.thedailybeast.com/time-to-expose-the-women-still-celebrating-the-confederacyhttps://www.facingsouth.org/2019/04/twisted-sources-how-confederate-propaganda-ended-souths-schoolbooksWikipediaLinks: American Hysteria - Televangelists: https://open.spotify.com/episode/772vY8mSMPZz6ml4jnTHew?si=bOfoMaPNTnKExvOI7A3TGQDixie's Daughters by Karen L. Cox: https://upf.com/book.asp?id=9780813064130

Frances Marion, the Original Screenwriter | Episode 118

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 29, 2020 69:12


Sources:The Woman Who Invented the Hollywood Screenwriter By ​Pamela Hutchinson: https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/6948-the-woman-who-invented-the-hollywood-screenwriterLinks: Without Lying Down by Cari Beauchamp: https://bookshop.org/books/without-lying-down-frances-marion-and-the-powerful-women-of-early-hollywood/9780520214927Donate to Reverend Warnock: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/warnockrunoffDonate to Jon Ossoff: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/ossoffrunoffDonate to Fair Fight: https://fairfight.com/Volunteer to help Fair Fight wherever you are: https://fairfight.com/fair-fight-2020/

Sarah Biffin, the Extraordinary Miniaturist | Episode 117

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2020 50:11


Sources:https://philipmould.com/news/13-who-was-sarah-biffin-the-woman-behind-the-record-breaking-self-portrait.-by-emma/ - Emma Rutherfordhttp://numberonelondon.net/2018/05/the-amazing-sarah-biffen-artist-extraordinaire/ - Victoria Hinshawhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Biffenhttps://www.nationalgalleries.org/art-and-artists/artists/sarah-biffin-mrs-em-wrighthttps://www.rejectedprincesses.com/princesses/sarah-biffin"Curious Epitaphs" - Collected and edited by William AndrewsDonate to Reverend Warnock: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/warnockrunoffDonate to Jon Ossoff: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/ossoffrunoffDonate to Fair Fight: https://fairfight.com/Volunteer to help Fair Fight wherever you are: https://fairfight.com/fair-fight-2020/

Sacheen Littlefeather, Activist, Actor, Native Health Pioneer | Episode 116

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2020 63:58


Links: Sacheen's Oscar Speech: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QUacU0I4yU&t=42sMarlon Brando's full speech: https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/packages/html/movies/bestpictures/godfather-ar3.htmlThe Alcatraz Proclamation: https://www.foundsf.org/index.php?title=ALCATRAZ_ProclamationInterview with Sacheen Littlefeather re #OscarsSoWhite: https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-sacheen-littlefeather-oscars-20160204-htmlstory.htmlKQED interview: https://www.kqed.org/news/11818318/sacheen-littlefeather-on-life-and-activism-after-her-stand-at-the-1973-oscarsThe Wrap: https://www.thewrap.com/marlon-brando-sacheen-littlefeather-alcatraz-oscar-godfather/Native Times interview: https://nativetimes.com/current-news/49-life/people/4479-what-would-sacheen-littlefeather-sayDonate to Reverend Warnock: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/warnockrunoffDonate to Jon Ossoff: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/ossoffrunoffDonate to Fair Fight: https://fairfight.com/Volunteer to help Fair Fight wherever you are: https://fairfight.com/fair-fight-2020/

Wilma Mankiller: Chief, Activist, Visionary | Episode 115

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2020 72:48


Links: FINISH THE FIGHT edited by Veronica Chambers: https://bookshop.org/books/finish-the-fight-the-brave-and-revolutionary-women-who-fought-for-the-right-to-vote-9780358460282/9780358408307CASTE by Isabel Wilkerson: https://bookshop.org/books/caste-oprah-s-book-club-the-origins-of-our-discontents-9780593230251/9780593230251Donate to Reverend Warnock: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/warnockrunoffDonate to Jon Ossoff: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/ossoffrunoffDonate to Fair Fight: https://fairfight.com/Volunteer to help Fair Fight wherever you are: https://fairfight.com/fair-fight-2020/

Mary Church Terrell, Civil Rights Wunderkind | Episode 114

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2020 100:33


Links: FINISH THE FIGHT edited by Veronica Chambers: https://bookshop.org/books/finish-the-fight-the-brave-and-revolutionary-women-who-fought-for-the-right-to-vote-9780358460282/9780358408307CASTE by Isabel Wilkerson: https://bookshop.org/books/caste-oprah-s-book-club-the-origins-of-our-discontents-9780593230251/9780593230251Donate to Reverend Warnock: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/warnockrunoffDonate to Jon Ossoff: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/ossoffrunoffDonate to Fair Fight: https://fairfight.com/Volunteer to help Fair Fight wherever you are: https://fairfight.com/fair-fight-2020/

Alice Mitchell, An American Murderer | Episode 113

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2020 100:33


Links: Fight for democracy in Georgia: https://fairfight.com/How Victorian Men Taught Us To Hate Corsets: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNwTqanp0AwSources:https://murderpedia.org/female.M/m/mitchell-alice.htmhttps://www.jstor.org/stable/3174907?seq=1https://www.jstor.org/stable/3704437?seq=1https://www.amazon.com/Alice-Freda-Forever-Murder-Memphis/dp/1936976609/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2BUEE70LJXZK3&dchild=1&keywords=alice+freda+forever&qid=1605475901&sprefix=alice+freda%2Caps%2C183&sr=8-1Aaaaaannd Bardcore version of Enya's Orinoco Flow: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9eSnSBP1Po

An Extra Bloody GWBB Halloween | Episode 112

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2020 89:12


INTRO - 23:00 | A Halloween Themed Intro, Deanna revisits Scream Queens, reading an article about a recent interview with Jamie Lee Curtis and Neve Campbell.24:00 - 51:30 | Hannah ventures down to the big easy to dig up the bones of her person of the week, Mary Jane “Bricktop” Jackson.51:30 - 52:30 | Some Music from F.W. Murnau’s “Nosferatu”52:30 - END | Deanna crosses the pond in her ghost ship to find the origins of the “Bloody Mary” ritual and discovers her person of the week, Queen Mary the First.Links:Intro article: https://variety.com/video/horror-icons-jamie-lee-curtis-and-neve-campbell-compare-notes-on-their-reigns-as-scream-queens/A Monstress Comes Of Age: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkUbP2KVVl8&feature=emb_logoSources:https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/bloody-mary-story/ - David Mikkelsonhttps://allthatsinteresting.com/bloody-mary - Krissy Howardhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/myth-bloody-mary-180974221/ - Meilan SollyWikipedia.org

Rose Mackenberg, Ghost Buster | Episode 84

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2020 52:32


INTRO - 46:05 : Hannah reveals the awesomeness of out person of the week, Rose Mackenberg.

Chavela Vargas, The Woman Who Transformed Ranchera | Episode 111

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2020 38:34


INTRO - 23:38 : Hannah regales the lyrical tale of our person of the week, Chavela Vargas.

Maria Andreu, First Hispanic Woman to Serve in the U.S. Coast Guard | Episode 110

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2020 38:34


INTRO - 35:38 : Deanna enlightens us with the story of our person of the week, Maria Andreu

Fighting Shirley Chisholm | Episode 109

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2020 59:59


INTRO - 14:30 : A short intro about what our lovely hosts, Hannah and Deanna, have been up to and the strange and sad week leading into a hopeful and uplifting episode that will help empower and encourage us to keep on keepin’ on in these hard times.15:25 - 47:45 : Hannah presents our person of the week, Shirley Chisholm.

Edith Garrud, Sufragette, Martial Artist, Body Guard | Episode 108

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2020 39:59


INTRO - 30:00 : Deanna presents our badass person of the week, Edith Garrud.

Lady Catherine Moon | Episode 107

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2020 74:08


INTRO - 40:15 : Hannah recounts the mythic Western tale of our person of the week, Lady Moon.

Norma Smallwood, the First Native Woman to Win Miss America | Episode 106

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 12, 2020 74:08


INTRO - 32:52 : Deanna introduces the history of Miss America to set the stage for this week’s story.33:45-01:01:55 : Deanna tells the story of our person of the week, Norma Smallwood.LINKS:

Marsha P. Johnson, The Saint of Gay Life | Episode 105

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2020 67:41


INTRO - 50:51 : Hannah recounts the life and legacy of LGBTQIA+ icon, and our person of the weekLINKS:Trans Organizations to Donate to: https://www.bustle.com/p/32-black-led-queer-trans-organizations-to-support-22959025http://transhousingatlanta.org/https://marshap.org/about-mpji/Piece about Trans people in media:https://theblackbutterflyblog.wordpress.com/2020/06/02/so-youre-black-how-does-that-feel/?fbclid=IwAR0oqz9AiTfmdQNIz7apFNDTCb-BLxNYoDa-3VhAYYYkG8LICwiLT3cKNoE

Gladys Bentley, a Gender Nonconforming American Blues Icon | Episode 104

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2020 69:02


INTRO - 08:12 : Hannah and Deanna have a laugh at the recent failed Trump rally in Tulsa.09:15 - 45:30: Deanna, inspired by last weeks episode on the Combahee River Collective, recounts the intersectional story of our person of the week, Gladys Bentley.LINKS:Hear Gladys sing: https://youtu.be/pIVgbyLfJhk

The Combahee River Collective and the Birth of Intersectional Feminism | Episode 103

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2020 69:02


INTRO - 08:20 : Deanna and Hannah have a conversation that leads into this week’s subject.09:20 - END : Hannah shares the history of the activist group, the Combahee River Collective as well as the history behind Juneteenth.LINKS:HOW WE GET FREE by Keeanga Yamahtta-Taylor https://bookshop.org/books/how-we-get-free-black-feminism-and-the-combahee-river-collective/9781608468553The Combahee River Collective Statement: https://americanstudies.yale.edu/sites/default/files/files/Keyword%20Coalition_Readings.pdfHistory of Juneteenth: https://www.juneteenth.com/history.htmRacial Wage Gap on Netflix: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mqrhn8khGLM1619 Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1619/id1476928106

Rajkumari Amrit Kaur, The Activist Princess of India | Episode 102

Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2020 50:10


INTRO - 40:50 : Deanna tells the amazing story of our person of the week, Rajkumari Amrit Kaur!

Chien-Shiung Wu, First Lady of Physics | Episode 101

Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2020 70:09


INTRO - 08:40 : Deanna presents our first quarantine-time intro of an article she discovered about a dominatrix keeping their clientele satisfied virtually in Animal Crossing.09:40 - 57:10 : Hannah shares the mind-stretching story of our person of the week, Chien-Shiung Wu.LINKS:https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/05/13/animal-crossing-new-horizons-non-binary-dominatrix-bdsm-sex-work-nintendo-switch/

Legendary Cult Film Star and All Around Badass, Tura Satana | Episode 83

Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2020 55:20


INTRO - 39:06 : Deanna perseveres to bring us the lost episode of our badass person of the week (for the third time due to technical difficulties in past recordings), Tura Satana!

Vicki Manalo Draves, The First Female Asian American Olympic Champion | Episode 100

Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2020 37:10


INTRO - 20:40 : Hannah presents our 100th person of the week, Vicki Manalo Draves!

Anne Sullivan, the Miracle Worker | Episode 99

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2020 46:06


INTRO - 37:45 Deanna shares the story of our lovely person of the week, Anne Sullivan.LINKS: RIVAL MAGIC by Deva Fagan: https://bookshop.org/books/rival-magic-9781534439054/9781534439054

Julia Child, America's Favorite Chef | Episode 98

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2020 55:04


INTRO - 44:30 : Hannah presents the tasty story of our person of the week, Julia Child.LINKS:Funny Julia Child moments: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0rOJmBx8rESNL Sketch with Dan Akroyd: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSxv6IGBgFQ

The Theme Park Legacy of Leota Toombs | Episode 97

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2020 38:47


INTRO - 26:16 : Deanna tells us about our person of the week, Leota Toombs

Khutulun, the Wrestler Princess of Mongolia | Episode 96

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2020 46:46


INTRO - 07:15: Why do we have April Fool’s Day? Deanna looked it up and shares her findings.08:08 - 30:54: Hannah lightens the quarantine mood with our person of the week, Khutulun.

Susan La Flesche, First Native American Woman to Earn a Medical Degree | Episode 95

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2020 47:21


INTRO - 34:19: Deanna shares the story of our person of the week, Susan La Flesche.

Typhoid Mary, the First Super Spreader | Episode 94

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2020 44:16


INTRO - 12:00: Hannah and Deanna talk about what it’s like to be in New York right now during the COVID-19 quarantine scenario that has become our lives.13:00 - 37:00: Hannah tells the timely (and terrifying) tale of our person of the week, Typhoid Mary.

Dorothy Arzner, The First Female Member of the Director's Guild | Episode 93

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2020 58:46


INTRO -10:47: Deanna introduces the show with the story of Sally Meinke, renowned Hollywood editor who is best known for her work with director Quentin Tarantino.11:48 - 48:52: Lights. Camera. Action! Hannah shares the story of our person of the week, Hollywood director, Dorothy Arzner.LINKS:Judith Mayne, both her book Directed by Dorothy Arzner and her article https://filmquarterly.org/2017/07/12/scandale-dorothy-arzner-in-paris/)Ella Morton, Atlas Obscura (https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/dorothy-arzner-hidden-star-maker-of-hollywood-s-golden-age) Wikipediahttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/1920s-dorothy-arzner-paved-way-female-directors-today-180955904/https://www.tiff.net/the-review/dorothy-arzners-working-girls https://wfpp.columbia.edu/pioneer/ccp-dorothy-arzner/ (women film pioneers project)

Mae West, Hollywood's Hottest Sex Symbol of the 1930's | Episode 92

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2020 65:46


LINKS:https://lwlies.com/articles/how-mae-west-took-on-the-hollywood-studio-system-and-won/ - Lynsey Fordhttps://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2007/sep/21/greatinterviews - Charlotte Chandlerhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mae_WestINTRO - 57:29: Deanna shares her massive undertaking of research on our person of the week, Mae West, and all of her various conquests.

Dido Elizabeth Belle, From Slavery to Aristocracy in the 1700's | Episode 91

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2020 47:28


LINKS:Public Medievalist series: https://www.publicmedievalist.com/race-racism-middle-ages-tearing-whites-medieval-world/INTRO - 8:30: Hannah shares the story behind her person of the week. Check out the link above which she discovered after one of her tweets got a lot of love and inspired the research she did for this episode.9:25 - 35:38: Hannah presents the story of Dido Elizabeth Belle, our person of the week and the last featured episode of 2020 Black History Month.

Ava Duvernay, Visionary Contemporary Filmmaker | Episode 90

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2020 51:22


3:57 - 43:25: Deanna brings an amazing story of one of our contemporaries, and a very cool person of the week, prolific filmmaker, Ava Duvernay.

Madam C.J. Walker, America's First Self-Made Black Millionaire | Episode 89

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2020 43:13


INTRO - 5:10: Deanna tells us the history behind why African American Heritage Month, Black History Month, happens in February.6:05 - 36:19: Hannah, currently on her own hair journey, tells us about this week’s awesome person, Madam C.J. Walker.

Gladys West, the Baddest Mathematician You've Never Heard Of | Episode 88

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2020 43:20


INTRO - 7:35: Hannah shares a fascinating story from Relationship Reddit.8:30 - 30:20: Deanna introduces us to Gladys West, our first person of the week this African-American Heritage Month, and someone whose life work makes your every single day easier.

The Legacy of Women and Prohibition | Episode 87

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2020 51:30


INTRO - 41:30: Hannah tells the stories of the women who shaped the prohibition movement of 1920’s America.

The Not So Little Life of Louisa May Alcott | Episode 86

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 2, 2020 61:08


INTRO - 13:37: Hannah and Deanna reflect on the past decade and talk about what they are looking forward to in 2020 and the decade to come.14:30 - 53:30: Hannah shares the life story of our person of the week, Louisa May Alcott and what inspired some of her most famous works, including “Little Women.”

Mother's Night and the Mother of Thieves, Fredricka "Marm" Mandelbaum | Episode 85

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 25, 2019 50:08


INTRO - 14:45: Hannah tells us about Christmas’ pagan traditional origins.14:40 - 42:42: Deanna shares the story of our person of the week, Fredricka “Marm” Mandelbaum.

Happy Halloween! Double Stuffed Spooky Spooktacular! | Episode 82

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2019 81:55


INTRO - 42:20: Hannah kicks off our Halloween Special by diving deep into the true terror of the Satanic Panic events of the 1980’s and 90’s.43:10 - END: Deanna doubles down on our already double stuffed episode and brings the spooky icons, and our people of the week, Vampira and Elvira, out of the shadows and into the light.

Mary Shelley, OG Goth and Author of Frankenstein | Episode 81

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2019 75:50


INTRO - 12:15: Deanna kicks off this spooky episode with some awesome short ghost stories she found in a Buzzfeed article.13:10 - 56:00: Hannah takes us on a dark and stormy journey through the life our person of the week, and gothic legend, Mary Shelley.LINKSMixtape Massacre Game: https://mixtapemassacre.com/Last Night on Earth zombie survival game: https://www.amazon.com/Last-Night-Earth-Zombie-Game/dp/0979658500

Jamie Lee Curtis, The Original Scream Queen | Episode 80

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2019 75:50


INTRO - Basically the whole episode is dedicated to our bad ass person of the week, Jamie Lee Curtis Deanna for compiled and curated this week’s episode, and we are so excited to share it with you.LINKSThe Halloween Unmasked (now renamed Quentin Tarantino's Feature Presentation) Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/quentin-tarantinos-feature-presentation/id1435524582?fbclid=IwAR04s0v_Iz8FOjM9jTmcupoaMBnecy6wdWBI1MQ-XFCPAxgCepGRtQILa08Jamie Lee Curtis Picture Books: https://www.amazon.com/Jamie-Lee-Curtis/e/B001IGNQF6

Leona Vicario, the Mother of Mexican Independence | Episode 79

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2019 54:02


INTRO - 09:48: Deanna shares the latest listacle from Buzzfeed about Americans strange drinking habits.10:50 - 42:30: Hannah tells us about our person of the week, Leona Vicario.

María Jesús Alvarado Rivera, La Primera Feminista Iberoamericana | Episode 78

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2019 48:36


INTRO - 14:00: Hannah shares an article highlighting the young women leading the movement to combat climate change individually and alongside Greta Thornburg.14:50 - 42:50: Deanna tells the story of our revolutionary person of the week from Peru, María Jesús Alvarado Rivera.

Carmen Contreras-Bozak, First Puerto Rican Woman to Go Overseas in WWII | Episode 77

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2019 46:16


INTRO - 13:50 Hannah asks Deanna how it was to meet Democratic Candidate, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, at last weeks rally in Washington Square Park and how inspiring it was to be at the historical event.14:50 - 31:50: Hannah shares our first Hispanic Heritage Month story (sorry we missed a week) about our awesome person of the week, Carmen Contreras-Bozak.LINKS:Elizabeth Warren leads in Iowa:https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/iowa-poll/2019/09/22/iowa-poll-election-2020-iowa-caucus-elizabeth-warren-joe-biden-bernie-sanders-democrat-candidates/2370015001/

Brenda Berkman Fought Discrimination So She Could Fight Fires and Save Lives | Episode 76

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2019 49:35


INTRO - 7:40: Deanna shares an article about Peggy Oki, the radical woman who was a member of the renowned pioneers of skateboarding, the Z-Boys of Dogtown.8:35 - 41:25: Hannah brings a story relevant to the release date of this episode, 9/11, sharing the trials and triumphs of our heroic person of the week, Brenda Berkman.LINKS:Brenda Berkman artworks: https://www.brendaberkmanartworks.com/

The "Lioness of Brittany", Jeanne De Clisson, Brought Vengeance in Three Black Ships with Red Sails | Episode 75

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2019 46:08


INTRO - 10:30: Hannah shares a wonderful meet-cute she found on a reddit relationships thread about a man who hadn’t previously questioned his sexuality, who genuinely falls in love with another man over a game of darts. It’s frickin’ adorable.11:30 - 38:30: Strap in. Are you strapped in? You ready? You’re not ready… Deanna brings us a swift tale of revenge about our person of the week, Jeanne De Clisson, The Lioness of Brittany.

Stagecoach Mary Fields, Badass Postal Worker of the Old West | Episode 74

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2019 36:07


INTRO - 6:40 | Hannah shares some listener submitted stories. Thank you to Jessi for telling us about Juliette Hampton Morgan who was a forthright supporter of the Alabama Bus Boycotts who used her position to call out and opposing officials. And thank you to Nina for sharing the wonderful story of Tove Jansson who was the writer and illustrator of the iconic Finnish cartoons, comics, and fantastic world of the Moomins.7:35 - 29:55 | Hannah recounts the epic tale of our person of the week, Stagecoach Mary Fields.

Sana Amanat, The Modern Marvel Who is Reshaping Representation in Comics | Episode 73

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2019 47:36


INTRO - 36:20 | Deanna shares the marvelous story of our person of the week, Sana Amanat.

Margaret Cavendish, Philosopher, Writer, Creator of Science Fiction | Episode 71

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2019 47:36


INTRO - 6:30 | Hannah shares poems written by a doggo.7:30 - 37:36 | Hannah shares the endearing and fascinating story of our person of the week, Margaret Cavendish.Links:The link to the #borkbook hasthag on Twitter: https://twitter.com/search?q=%23borkbook&src=typed_query&f=liveAphra Behn: https://gwbbpodcast.com/episodes/s02e44-aphra-behn

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