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Two college educated women with too much useless knowledge here to rant about iconic women in history or whatever we’ve hyper fixated on this week. New episodes every Tuesday. Fighting the patriarchy one episode at a time! Instagram: @chaospodcast Email:


    • Nov 24, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 24 EPISODES


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    E22: Two Bombs, One Man; Two Men, One Foot; Four Women, One Podcast

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2021 91:58


    Kelly and Emily from Wining About Herstory tell Sam and Ellen about the man who survived both atomic bombs in Japan and his crazy story. Meanwhile, Ellen explains the saga of two men who desperately wanted the same severed foot. Find Wining About Herstory wherever you find podcasts https://www.winingaboutherstory.com/

    E21: Butter Makes Everything Better

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2021 60:25


    Sam tells Ellen about Julia Child, the woman who made French cuisine accessible to American audiences and invented shark repellant. Meanwhile, Ellen made a personal ad and deep dived into the gay coding of newspaper personal ads.

    E20: The "Greatest" Female Spy of the 20th Century

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2021 54:55


    Sam tells Ellen about Mata Hari, the first exotic dancer. Meanwhile, Ellen explains a new fun way that we can all die, aka the radioactive elephant's foot from Chernobyl.

    E19: The Woman Who Broke The Axe Murder Glass Ceiling

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2021 56:00


    Sam tells Ellen about Lizzie Borden, famed axe murderer who gave her parents 40 whacks. Meanwhile, Ellen knows the origin of government cheese!

    E18: Female Ghosts Who Go Boo In The Night

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2021 62:42


    Sam tells Ellen about twelve (maybe thirteen) female ghosts who will make your spooky season just that much more spooky. Meanwhile, Ellen did not get the Halloween memo and decided to tell Sam about the Penny-Farthing bicycle. Find our new intro music by Ouiblare: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVE0CHiUucMFind our guest appearance on Winning About Herstory: https://www.winingaboutherstory.com/

    E17: F*!& off Blackbeard, She's the Most Prolific Pirate in History

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2021 41:39


    Sam tells Ellen about Zheng Shi, a woman pirate captain who commanded more men than all the Pirates of the Caribbean combined. Meanwhile, Ellen explains why there has been a statistically improbable increase in the number of C-Sections being performed.

    E16: Oh to be in a throuple with God

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2021 57:58


    In honor of Sam's new niece, she tells Ellen about Heloise d'Argenteuil, star of the best known love tragedy in history. Meanwhile, Ellen fangirls over Umoja Uaso, a village in Kenya run by an all-female matriarchal system.

    E15: Queen Bess, the Queen Bee of the Air

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2021 49:41


    Ellen tells Sam about Bessie Coleman, the first African American female pilot and the first Native American pilot. Meanwhile, Sam unpacks the statistically significant increase in twins over the last 40 years.

    E14: The She Wolf of France

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2021 72:16


    Sam tells Ellen about Queen Isabella, Queen of England, she wolf of France, and possessor of one very un-stanable husband. Meanwhile, Ellen explain how to launder money... for no reason in particular.

    E13: An OG Feminist, Author, and Arbiter of Bad Taste in Men

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2021 56:42


    Ellen tells Sam about Mary Wollstonecraft, an og feminist with questionable decision making abilities. Meanwhile, Sam explains where locusts come from.

    E12: What Doesn't Kill You Might Win You Two Nobel Prizes... And Kill You Eventually

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2021 67:03


    Sam tells Ellen about Marie Curie, the only person to ever win two Nobel Prizes in different categories. Meanwhile, Ellen describes the history of vampires.

    E11: Unbought, Unbossed, and Unbelievably Badass

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2021 74:58


    Ellen tells Sam about Shirley Chisholm, the first woman to run for president of the United States. Meanwhile, Sam learned the history of the guillotine, she had her reasons.

    E10: The "Impractical, Uninteresting, Unaesthetic, and Incorrect" Women Who Won Olympic Medals

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 10, 2021 48:54


    Sam tells Ellen about the first women to compete and medal in the Olympics in the 1900 games in Paris. Meanwhile, Ellen tries to explain the history of anesthesia.

    E9: The One, The Only, The First Lady of Song, The Queen of Jazz

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2021 58:53


    Ellen tells Sam about Ella Fitzgerald, one of the most famous jazz singers of all time and receiver of a rare happy ending. Meanwhile Sam details the short lived Pepsi Navy.

    Special Ep: The Daughter of Esperanto ft. Tara Jabbari

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 27, 2021 84:31


    Special Guest Tara Jabbari from WhoWasShePodcast joins us to discuss Lidia Zamenhof, the leader of the Esperanto language movement during the 1930s and 40s. Meanwhile, Ellen tells Sam and Tara about hikikomori and the Japan's department of loneliness. And Sam is just here for the ride.

    E8: The Ancient Egyptian Pharaoh Who History Really Did Not Want You To Learn About

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2021 51:40


    Sam tells Ellen about Hatshepsut, the Pharaoh of Ancient Egypt who was the first solo female ruler of Egypt . Meanwhile, Ellen explains the warning signs of a cult to someone who was unknowingly recruited to more than one cult.

    E7: The Blonde Bombshell Who Was More Than Just A Pretty Face

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2021 54:28


    Ellen tells Sam about the tragic life of Marilyn Monroe, a timeless icon. Meanwhile, Sam saw a tik tok about the dancing plague of 1518.

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    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2021 0:54


    Join us every Tuesday as we discuss an iconic woman in history and one of our many hyper-fixations. Help us defeat the patriarchy one episode at a time!

    E6: Put Your Hands Together For the Greatest Sharpshooter of All Time

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 6, 2021 47:40


    Sam tells Ellen about Annie Oakley, a wild west show performer known for her impeccable aim. While Ellen's preconceived notions have her asking about crime the entire time eye roll. Meanwhile, Ellen attempts to explain quantum tunneling, why? We may never know.

    E5: The Journalist Who Spent 10 Days in a 19th Century Mad House

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2021 64:07


    Ellen tells Sam about Nellie Bly, a female journalist in the 19th century who inspired girl stunt journalism and travelled around the world in less than 80 days. Meanwhile, Sam was curious why the time she was born really mattered to astrologists.

    E4: The Poetess from Lesbos

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2021 45:32


    Sam tells Ellen about Sappho, the Ancient Greek poetess who is the origin of the terms lesbian, Sapphic, and bittersweet. Meanwhile, Ellen explains how the world's longest walking route will most definitely kill you.

    E3: The Journalist, Feminist, Activist Who Is Definitely Descended From The Witches They Didn't Burn

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2021 51:52


    Ellen tells Sam about Gloria Steinem, a leader of second wave feminism who wrote revolutionary articles and founded so many women's activism organizations. Meanwhile, Sam was curious how ghost hunting worked and explains the tech behind the 'science.'

    E2: All Hail The Mother of WiFi and The Most Beautiful Woman in Film

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2021 46:23


    Sam tells Ellen about the incomparable Hedy Lamar, a woman who survived Nazi occupied Austria to become one of the most famous women in American film and patent the original signal hoppers. Meanwhile, Ellen watched too many criminal psychology YouTube videos and explains how to (not) talk to the cops.

    E1: We Stan Some Queer Pirate Queens

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2021 44:04


    Ellen tells Sam about Anne Bonny and Mary Read, women in the Golden Age of Piracy who did not let their gender stop them as they looted the Caribbean. Meanwhile, Sam went down the rabbit hole of the history of stilettoes. Music by John_Yasutis from Pixabay

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