Podcasts about women's voices

My guest today has been on this podcasting Industry journey with me practically since the beginning of my career as an entrepreneur but she shares with us just how invested she was in what podcasters have to say and helping them keep it all going through ad sales and creating monetization opportunities for them long before she ever started her company Lipstick and Vinyl. A female-forward podcast ad agency whose motto reads “We live to give voice to the underrepresented. We see a future of media that is a true reflection of people who live in our society. Through podcasting we amplify new voices. People like people who sound like them.”  The authentic telling of her journey is riddled with lessons and takeaways if you're interested in starting anything, are ready to be bold and take the leap or if you just want to know what it's like to be a woman in the sales industry, how to venture out on your own and what it's like to be a part of a new media. Plus this episode is releasing the same date that I met Allyson in 2018 exactly three years ago. Happy Pod-iversary to us and cheers to our intuitive journeys (because this release date was not planned!) Twitter: @AllysonSS Instagram: @allyson__marino or @_lipstickandvinyl_ Visit: https://www.lipstickandvinyl.com Thinking of starting a podcast? Get the FREE companion Podcast Starter Guide now: bebold.avanthausmedia.com/podresourceguide Connect with Barsi on IG: @thebarsi Visit our company website www.avanthausmedia.com for any podcasting or media creation needs. Do you have a question you'd like to ask on Be Bold Begin? We'll feature it on the show and offer answers in an upcoming episode. Just email us here: barsi@avanthausmedia.com Be Bold & Happy Creating!

On today's episode I'm chatting with Nikki Eslami, Co-Founder of the viral hair extension brand I'm sure we all know, Bellami, CEO and Founder of Wild Elements, and Investor at New Theory Ventures. Nikki's newest project Wild Elements is an amazing platform that works to restore the symbiosis between Animalkind, HumanKind and PlantKind for a better future for all. Nikki is such an inspiration, especially as a woman in the entrepreneur world and shares her career transition from a Lawyer to a successful brand Founder, how she empowers and elevates women's voices as an investor, on animal conservation, and advice for us big dreamers on how we can bring our wildest visions to life. 
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Today Rev Dr Kate Hanch PhD, comes on the show to talk about her study on prophetic humility through the lens of women, and marginalised women.  Fully acknowledging her own inbuilt bias and white privilege, she talks about how we need to centre women in conversations around theology, and historical women theologians whose voices have been silenced due to patriarchy.  Dr Kate then moves on to talk about how and where she is finding hope in these difficult times we're living in and how her faith helps her face challenges.  And then she talks about finding joy in the midst of pain, and lessons we can learn from periods of struggle.    

The Tennessee World Affairs Council in association with Belmont University Center for International Business, the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce, the Peoria Area World Affairs Council and the University of Tennessee Center for Global Engagement present: Women at the Table: The Importance of Women's Voices in International Affairs A Conversation On Political, Economic Issues Wednesday, April 21, 2021 12:00-1:00 PM CT The participation of women's organizations and other civil society groups makes a peace agreement 64% less likely to fail. Then why are women only 6% of signatories in major peace processes? This is one of the many questions that the Tennessee World Affairs Council will address this month at our event: Women at the Table: The Importance of Women's Voices in International Affairs. The discussion will be moderated by TNWAC board member, Ms. Amanda Knarr, and will cover a range of political and economic topics, with a specific focus on the importance of including women in peace building initiatives. Held on April 21st from 12-1 pm Central Time the panel will feature six distinguished women from around the world, including Ms. Sharon K. Roberson, President & CEO of YWCA Nashville & Middle Tennessee; Dr. Marlene Spoerri, Director of Inclusive Diplomacy and Systems Change at Independent Diplomat; Dr. Jennifer F. Klot, Partner, Policy & Praxis for Social Change; Ms. Mary Montague, European Representative for Mediators Beyond Borders International; Ms. Gwendolyn Myers, Founder & Executive Director of Messengers of Peace-Liberia Inc.; and Ms. Lorelei Higgins, Métis Canadian Cultural Mediator, a Rotary Peace Fellow, and Positive Peace Activator. TNWAC thanks Dr. Gretchen Neisler, Vice Provost for International Affairs at the University of Tennessee for sharing opening remarks.

On today's episode of the Dynamic Leaders Podcast, Colin is joined by Karisa Maxwell. Karisa is the Deputy Editor for Sporting News. Her previous stops included Vice and student-reporting at Penn State. Karisa's passions outside of work include dogs and craft beer; staples of Charlotte, NC. Today's episode features Protagonist Beer. With two locations, Protagonist is one of Charlotte's most popular craft beer brands. They host Covid-safe events in the taproom and the beer is tremendously delicious. Visit Karisa on Monday nights and check it out for yourself! MORE: https://protagonistbeer.com. Follow Karisa:  Twitter: @KarisaMaxwell ------- Take the Podcast Listener Survey and help us continue to improve the show! https://rb.gy/a1vlvt ------- Music by HookSounds: https://www.hooksounds.com/ ------- **MAILBAG** Shoot your questions over to colin@talent409.com ------- Find more information on the Talent 409 Leadership Academy and how we can help you and your team improve their leadership and culture: www.talent409.com Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn: @talent409 Twitter: @DynamicLeadPod Instagram: @dynamicleaders_409 Follow the host: Twitter: @colintalent409 ------- Buy Colin's #1 Amazon bestselling book, Culture of Excellence: What We Can Learn From the Yankees About Leadership. Check out your purchasing options: https://www.talent409.com/culture-of-excellence ------- The show is sponsored by Sweat with Stodds. Sweat with Stodds offers a number of different options to get you on a path to improve your fitness future; everything from fitness, nutrition, and simple healthy habits. Head over to sweatwithstodds.com right now, and if you buy a program, enter the code DYNAMIC at checkout to receive a discount for being a loyal podcast listener.

David Fair is away this week, but, as they say, the show must go on. In this week's "Cinema Chat," WEMU's Michael Jewett chats with Michigan Theater Foundation executive director Russ Collins about the latest movie news and all of the new flicks you can check out at Ann Arbor's downtown theaters this weekend.

Did you know that just one in three podcast hosts are women? And just 21% of chart-topping podcast hosts are female? Even though almost as many women listen to podcasts as men.  So what holds women back from launching a podcast? And why do so few women who DO start a podcast hit the top of the charts in their niche? This special podcast episode - published to mark International Women's Day 2021 - aims to inspire more women to get their voices heard. You'll hear from four podcasters (three female and one male) on how to get started with podcasting and overcome common fears - like getting to grips with the tech and getting used to the sound of your own voice. PLUS practical tips on launching your podcast. Even if starting a podcast isn't on your radar, there is so much to inspire you in this episode to get your voice out there. Speakers: Charlotte Foster, Ant McGinley, Anna Parker Naples and Avni Gohill. {Click on the player above to listen to the podcast episode and/or read on for a detailed overview. Scroll down to the bottom to read the show notes including all the links mentioned in this episode.}   Podcast shownotes Why I hosted a ‘Women in Podcasting Session' at 2021Sorted (01:42) Why you should listen to this podcast episode (even if you're not launching a podcast) (02:30) Who you'll hear from in this episode (05:12) How long should a podcast episode really be (6:56) Why planning is key to making your podcast episode  interesting (07:18) How to get over the fear of hearing your voice on a podcast (07:52) How to relax when you're recording your podcast (10:50) Why you shouldn't script your podcast episode  (11:20) How to get your podcast started and why you don't need a big budget (13:21) Why podcasting is powerful for raising your business visibility (19:50) Why your podcast launch strategy is important for positioning in the future (21:10) How to be strategic when choosing your podcast guests (22:16) Why your podcast is a great source of content (23:13) Why your podcast is great for your SEO on Google (24:05) Why you don't need loads of fancy equipment to record a podcast (28:08) How to use Zoom to record your podcast episodes (29:07) Why a podcast is a long term investment (33:02) Why you have to promote your podcast and keep telling people about it (35:18) How to keep your podcast editing simple (35:29) Tools you can use for editing your podcast audio (37:10) Resources   Podcast speakers Charlotte Foster Turn up the volume on your voice Anna Parker Naples Podcast with impactAnt McGinley Pods up North Avni Gohil Virtuelicious     Tools Descript -  transcribe and edit audioAudacity - for recording and editingSearchie - for transcriptsOtter - for recording and transcriptsZoom for recording your podcast  Join my Courageous Content mini-courseJoin my Instagram Success Academy Other useful podcasts [Bonus] Should you join Janet Murray's Build Your Online Audience Programme? (podcast) [446] How to pitch yourself as a podcast guest (podcast) [400] How to build a large audience for your blog, vlog or podcast (podcast) [383] How to get your podcast live in 60 days (podcast) [376] Lessons learned from 1 millions downloads of my podcast (podcast) [253] How to land a guest appearance on podcasts with Nicole Holland (podcast) Connect with me on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn

Women with disabilities share how COVID-19 has impacted their daily lives

Dr. Sharon Lambert, Lecturer Applied Psychology at UCC, Dr. Cliona Ni Cheallaigh, Consultant in Infectious Diseases and Inclusion Health, St. James's Hospital

At last night's iHeartRadio Podcast Awards, we presented the first-ever Seneca Women Podcast Award to a woman who is amplifying the voices of other women. The winner: Amena Brown, host of HER with Amena Brown. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

Amid the devastation of the ongoing civil war in Yemen, activist and writer Wameedh Shakir is making sure that women's voices are heard and their suffering is recorded. It's not easy in a country where women's activities are tightly constrained, but she's doing it to ensure a better tomorrow for Yemen. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

have you ever thought about why women's liberation and equality is non-existent in the media or why no one is talking about it in 2020 We still have the activist on the ground they were fighting for so long for women's equality and things still that bad, its because misogyny manifests itself in all part of the world? or the media does not focus on this issue ? or we as women don't unite and talk about it as much. statistics sources : https://www.egalite-femmes-hommes.gouv.fr/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/30652-DICOM-CC-2019-essentiel-ENG.pdf To keep up with us : Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/womenwithstoriepodcast/?hl=fr Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/womenwithstoriespodcast

Landmark report released: “Celebrating Women in Civil Society and Activism.” Today’s labor history: immigrant-built Erie Canal opens. Today’s labor quote: Father John Raho @wpfwdc #1u #unions #LaborRadioPod @SolidarityCntrProud member of the Labor Radio Podcast Network

In this episode, Tiara and I discuss her participation the the collaborative book project Ancient Future Unity and how it is building community around uplifting Black women's voices. Here are the links to connect with Tiara: Website: https://tiarasharde.com Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/tiaraneosharde/ Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/naturegirlneo YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/NaturegirlNeo Book: https://www.gofundme.com/f/ancient-future-unity-book-project?utm_source=customer&utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet&utm_medium=copy_link_more Learn more about Writing from the Womb and join us for weekly workshops here: https://www.eventbrite.com/o/womb-centered-healing-temple-30560581008 Sign up to be notified about Pre-order options for Sama Morningstar's Herbal Womb Wellness Workbook here: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/herbal-womb-wellness-book/coming_soon/

The lockdown period as a result of coronavirus restrictions voices of women trapped in abusive relationships have been silenced. - Sa panahon ng lockdown bunga ng coronavirus restrictions, may mga tinig na sadyang di marinig sa likod ng mga tahanan napapalibutan ng karahasan

A spirited conversation about voting and equality in honor of the 100th anniversary of the 19th amendment. This PTEOE livestream was moderated by LaMonica Peters and featured actors Tichina Arnold, Brenda Song and Bella Thorne along with Secretary-Treasurer of the AFL-CIO, Liz Schuler and Organizing Director of Rock the Vote, Jasmine Jones. **The views expressed by the guests are their own and not that of SAG-AFTRA. Any mention of products or services does not imply SAG-AFTRA’s endorsement.

In this episode of Women's Voices Amplified, professor of law Tanya Hernandez '86, P'20 interviews her Brown classmate and current New York City Department of Probation Commissioner Ana M. Bermúdez '86, P'22. Bermúdez discusses her childhood in Puerto Rico, her early career working with family court and the Legal Aid Society, and her focus on youth and teenage advocacy.

 As schools look toward re-opening amid COVID-19, a new toolkit from Women's Voices for the Earth helps parents talk to  teachers and school officials about harmful disinfectants — while also promoting safer and effective product alternatives and best-practices, aimed to reduce toxic exposures, and help keep not only our kids, but also our educators and school staff, healthy and safe. Key questions: what is the difference between "disinfecting" and "cleaning" and why does this difference matter? (It DOES.)                  This toolkit promote safety, health, and sensible use of product and their chemicals - and dialogue among stakeholder humans! Maria Ignacia Miranda Santis, WVE Program and Outreach Manager, details this campaign and it's "parent" project, Parents Against Quats, a campaign supporting parental leverage with schools to eliminate products using quartenary ammonia.              The science based grass-roots organizing power of Women' Voice for the Earth, and WVE's consumer-savvy campaigns, have been taking on corporate and government interests for 25 years. Efforts to amplify concerns specific to women - from moms to workers in nail salons. Successes include pressuring Johnson & Johnson to remove a carcinogenic ingredient from (are you ready for this?) Baby Shampoo in 2011, when Earthworms first met WVE. WVE's Detox the Box campaign takes aim at manufactures of tampons and other menstrual products that harbor toxic ingredients. This is a powerful, focused group! THANKS to Andy Coco and Jon Valley, engineers for this Earthworms edition. Related Earthworms Conversations: Applying Eco-Logic to Protect Streams AND Roads with Danelle Haake (July 2018)  Peoples' Pocket Guide to Enviro-Action with Caitlin Zera (July 2018)  

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In 2017, the #MeToo movement brought to light accusations of sexual abuse and misconduct against powerful people in entertainment. Most of the women whose allegations received detailed media consideration were white, and so were most of the men they accused. But late that year, a number of women, several of them black women, alleged sexual assault and other misconduct by hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons. Simmons is the enormously powerful man behind Def Jam. The new HBO Max documentary On The Record tells the stories of some of Russell Simmons' accusers. It includes interviews with a lot of black women about specific worries and conflicted feelings that arise when black women raise allegations against black men.

Season IV is here and is inspired by a recent event in my life that reminded me once again of the importance of finding our voice, especially as women! The theme of Season IV is Women’s Voices. Be Heard. Be Seen. Be Bold. Do you have a message you’d like to share with the world? Are you ready to be heard and be bold in taking action towards making that happen? If so apply to be a special guest on The Confident Careerist Podcast. I would love to have you. https://teenaevert.com/podcast-guest-application/

This week instead of a typical episode, I'm highlighting some of the black women who I've previously interviewed on the Put Yourself First Podcast. I know I can be making an intentional effort to amplify the voices of women of colour on my platform, of which there are thousands of experts in self-care, wellness, business and all the topics we discuss here! 1. Fertility Awareness vs. Hormonal Contraception - What's right for you? with Lisa Hendrickson-Jack https://www.instagram.com/fertilityfriday/ https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/fertility-friday-radio-fertility-awareness-for-pregnancy/id953371091 http://thefifthvitalsignbook.com/ 2. Diversity in the Fitness industry and Making Fitness Fun! with Faye Edwards https://www.instagram.com/fayes_fitness/ 3. How to believe in yourself! Freelance life and fitness tips with L'Oreal Blackett https://www.instagram.com/loreal_blackett/ https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-edit-podcast/id1515035163 4. Strong Like Mum: Shattering the stereotype of post-natal fitness with Shakira Akabusi https://www.instagram.com/shakira.akabusi/ https://www.stronglikemum.com/ 5. Self Care, Spiritual Healing and Stepping into your Power with Grace Victory https://www.instagram.com/gracefvictory/ https://www.instagram.com/howtohealholistically/ 6. Building a creative business and following your gut with Samio Olowu https://www.instagram.com/samiorenelda/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCe5mzleXyv0-YCqaSuvnq3Q/featured

The title of this episode plays of the name of a new and wonderful podcast, At Last She Said It, co-hosted by Susan Hinckley and Cynthia Winward and produced with help from their wonderful friend Jeralee Renshaw. In it, Susan and Cynthia join LDF host Dan Wotherspoon to talk about women's experiences in the church and how they are often so very different from those of men. It is a terrific discussion, often fun and loaded with "aha's," but also moments that note great sadness and difficulties many Latter-day Saint women encounter as they seek to find and use their voice and, too often, even their place at all within Mormonism.  The conversation rotates through topics such as the types of situations in which women and men experience things quite differently, from dynamics in Relief Society and other classes to formal meetings and councils with men presiding and women having no genuine authority to make decisions. It moves into spirituality and thoughts on how men's and women's religious and spiritual lives are affected by their standing within the organization and its many extensions, including "Mormon culture." They discuss how might women lead congregations and pastor their individual ward members differently than do most men? Finally, the panel speaks of obligations that can fall on those who see and can articulate their particular situations within the church. Must they speak up, teach, and help raise awarenesses that might lead to lasting changes, especially ones that will assist the rising generations of women who seem to be voting with their feet that current structures, limits on influence, and gender dynamics must change?   This is a rich discussion! Please listen in!

It's the final installment of our series, "Women's Voices You Need To Hear" and today we sit down with Carolyn Custis James to talk about the Biblical book of Ruth and the subversion fo patriarchy.  Enjoy! SHOW NOTES: Patreon What If Project Community Heretic Shop Carolyn's Website Finding God In The Margins

This week we have Diana Butler Bass joining us to talk to us about deconstruction and reconstruction - what is it, why is it necessary, and how is it a SPIRITUAL PRACTICE?  This is a conversation that I wasn't planning to have when I hit the record button, but the Spirit obviously had different ideas ... and I'm glad we ran with them.  Enjoy! SHOW NOTES: Patreon What If Project Community Heretic Shop Diana Butler Bass Diana's Books Wild Goose Festival SPECIAL MUSIC: YUNG CITIZEN I WISH MUSIC VIDEO

It's part FIVE of (De)Constructing Easter and also part TEN of Women's Voices You Need To Hear and today we sit down with my friend Amy-Jill Levine.  AJ is a Jewish New Testament scholar and we talk about Jesus, Passion Week, and the parable of the prodigal son. Enjoy! SHOW NOTES Patreon What If Project Community  Heretic Shop Amy-Jill Levine SPECIAL MUSIC: Derek Webb - Apple Music - Spotify

5X Founder Dave Parker and creative consultant Michale Maine share tips and stories for men wanting to be better advocates to women in the workplace.   For all things #FemaleFirebrands, visit reverbpeople.com/femalefirebrands – where you can buy the book or download free checklists to put what you learned into action. Share your success stories and questions about being a woman in the workplace in our Google Form. Mikaela may use your stories or answer your questions in a future episode!

It's week 9 of our series, "Women's Voices You Need To Hear" and we're talking to Connie Tuttle about her book "A Gracious Heresy: The Queer Calling Of An Unlikely Prophet".  Enjoy! SHOW NOTES Patreon What If Project Community  Heretic Shop Connie Tuttle A Gracious Heresy SPECIAL MUSIC: Denver Crites Band - Apple Music - Spotify

We're taking a break from our Women's Voices series this week to have an important conversation with Thomas Oord, theologian and author of the book, "God Can't".  In this episode we talk about COVID-19 and the many memes floating around the Internet arguing that the pandemic is the latest installment of God's judgement against sin. SHOW NOTES: Patreon  What If Project Community What If Project STORE Thomas Oord God Can't SPECIAL MUSIC - DJ KDOT - Apple Music - Spotify  - Instagram

Friends, this week we sit down with Carol Howard Merritt to talk to her about her book "Spiritual Wounds".  And since we're in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic we also talk about how some Christian's insistence that the virus is a result of God's anger and wrath has the destructive power to wound people who are in a fragile state of mind. SHOW NOTES: Patreon What If Project Community Heretic Shop Carol Howard Merritt Spiritual Wounds SPECIAL MUSIC: YUNG CITIZEN I WISH MUSIC VIDEO

It's part SEVEN of our series, "Women's Voices You Need To Hear" and I'm super excited to share with you my conversation with a faith heroine of mine, Barbara Brown Taylor.  Barbara is a writer, thinker, and public theologian who has pushed me, challenged me, and helped me evolve in my faith.  I am forever grateful for her, her voice, and her friendship. Enjoy! -- SHOW NOTES: Patreon  What If Project Community Heretic STORE Barbara Brown Taylor Barbara's Books SPECIAL MUSIC - DJ KDOT - Apple Music - Spotify  - Instagram  

It's part SIX of our series "Women's Voices You Need To Hear" and today we sit down with Meg Calvin to talk about her book, "I Am My Own Sanctuary".  We talk about loneliness, premarital sex, and the importance of having tiers of relationships in your life - not everybody needs to be a TIER ONE. Enjoy! --- SHOW NOTES Patreon  What If Project Community Meg Calvin Meg's Book SPECIAL MUSIC - DJ KDOT - Apple Music - Spotify  - Instagram

Emily Ramshaw, former Texas Tribune editor-in-chief and co-founder of The 19th* talks to WSJ's Veronica Dagher about the challenges of launching a nonprofit media company and how covering women and politics could change the national conversation.

Welcome to PART 5 of our series, "Women's Voices You Need To Hear".  Today we're sitting down with Danielle Shroyer to talk about her book "Original Blessing".  We talk about the toxicity of the doctrine of original sin and how goodness is at the core of each of us.  Enjoy! SHOW NOTES: Patreon What If Project Community Heretic Shop Danielle Shroyer Original Blessing Soul Ninja YUNG CITIZEN I WISH MUSIC VIDEO

In this episode of Women's Voices Amplified, neurologist Teena Shetty '95 MD'00 shares her expert perspective on concussion treatment, female mentorship, and how Brown helped shape her worldview. Find full transcript: https://brunonia.brown.edu/alumni/article/teena-shetty-womens-voices-amplified-interview Note: The views expressed in this podcast do not necessarily represent those of Brown University.

It's part FOUR of our series, "Women's Voices You Need To Hear" and today we're sitting down with my friend Nora Speakman to hear her story and her heart for helping people find their courage beneath the rubble of hurt and pain.  Nora is a podcaster, author, and all around amazing human being.  Get ready to be loved! SHOW NOTES: Patreon What If Project Community What If Project HERETIC SHOP Nora Speakman What Does Your Heart Beat For Nora's Podcast SPECIAL MUSIC: TAKE PRIDE by WILL RETHERFORD

Co-Author Cate Frazier-Neely discusses her upcoming book, "Singing Through Change: Women's Voices in Midlife, Menopause and Beyond" (with Nancy Bos and Joanne Bozeman). Through her health and vocal rehabilitation journey, Cate has become an advocate for connecting health and wellness with singing. For more information, please visit our podcast page: www.thefullvoice.com/fvpodcasts/114 My Music Staff Minute: Payment Processing Fees About our Guest: Cate is a veteran voice teacher, vocologist, singing voice rehabilitation specialist, accomplished musician, and author. She is a former classical singer who toured in regional and national markets in contemporary chamber music and opera, premiering over 300 works by American composers. She works with all styles of music in an organic, heart-centered, and dynamic manner. Cate is a co-author of the upcoming "Singing Through Change: Women's Voices in Midlife, Menopause and Beyond" with Nancy Bos and Joanne Bozeman. Ways to work with Cate: https://www.catefnstudios.com/alchemy-teaching-singing https://www.catefnstudios.com/collegial-consults https://www.catefnstudios.com/singing-voice-rehabilitation https://www.catefnstudios.com/vocal-conditioning Publications and Educational Resources: Publisher's Updates for Book: https://studiobos.com/womens-changing-voicesBlog: https://catefnstudiosblog.com NATS Knoxville 2020: Singing Through Change: Women's Voices in Midlife, Menopause and Beyond with Nancy Bos, Joanne Bozeman, and Cate Frazier-Neely; Sunday, June 28, early morning session at the NATS convention.

Rage Baking: The Transformative Power of Flour, Fury, and Women's VoicesBy Katherine Alford & Kathy Gunst Intro: Welcome to the number one cookbook podcast, Cookery by the Book, with Suzy Chase. She's just a home cook in New York City, sitting at her dining room table talking to cookbook authors.Kathy Gunst: Hi, I'm Kathy Gunst, the author of Rage Baking, the Transformative Power of Flour, Fury and Women's Voices, which I co-wrote with Katherine Alford.Suzy Chase: For more Cookery by the Book, you can follow me on Instagram. If you enjoyed this podcast, please be sure to share it with a friend, I'm always looking for new people to enjoy Cookery by the Book. Now on with the show. "And then late one night I found myself in my kitchen pulling flour, sugar, butter and baking powder out of the pantry. I decided to bake a simple almond cake topped with late summer fruit. I scooped out the flour and made sure it was perfectly level in my measuring cup. I softened the butter. I listened to the whole almonds growl as I chopped them in the blender. I peeled ripe peaches and caught every last drop of their sweet juice in my batter. I scattered the last of the tart wild Maine blueberries on top. And a few hours later I had a gorgeous cake and a calmer heart." Can you sort of take us through that experience and what led up to it?Kathy Gunst: Sure. It's nice to hear you read it. It was during the Kavanaugh hearings, when Dr. Christine Blasey Ford was giving testimony about her experience as a teenager and what she alleged occurred between herself and Brett Kavanaugh. So I was listening to NPR, I had the TV on for a while, I became a bit obsessed with this trial. And every night when it wound down, I was wound up. I was filled with rage, it really set something off in me. And I found myself in my kitchen, as you just read, baking, but it wasn't really very normal, in that I would bake that almond cake you just described, then I would bake a batch of cookies, and then I would make a pie all in one night. And then the next day I listened to the entire trial again and baked obsessively that night. And it actually took several months before I understood what I was doing and why I was baking like that.Kathy Gunst: It was not about rage eating. I sort of had no interest in eating these gorgeous things I was baking, it was more about the science of baking. I think I found it soothing and grounding. The thing about baking is that if you weigh your flour and if you level your sugar and if you follow the rules as they're written in a recipe, you will be rewarded with a cake or a tart or a pie. And I felt like when I was watching this trial, all the rules were being broken. I felt that I was listening to these men, primarily men, pretending to listen to Dr. Blasey Ford, pretending to have their mind open to voting for or against Kavanaugh, but what became increasingly clear to me was that they were not listening to her and they had already decided how they were going to vote and the trial was a charade.Kathy Gunst: And I was remembering Anita Hill, and I was remembering so many brave women who have come forward to say, "I know something about this man that you're about to put in this powerful office," that should convince you that maybe he's not the right person for this job. And it just, it really made me full of rage. And so this rage baking began, and I started posting pictures of the results of my baked goods on social media, #RageBakers. And I got a lot of response from a lot of women saying, "I'm doing the same thing," or, "I'm rage knitting," or, "I'm rage sewing," or, "I'm lying on the couch sobbing, maybe baking would be better." And I thought, "Wow, there's really something to this." And then I talked to my friend Katherine Alford whose been in the food media business for as long as I have, which is quite a while, and one day she said to me, "We should write a book." And I thought, "Wow, we should write a book. We should absolutely do something called Rage Baking." And it was born.Suzy Chase: The definition of rage, is violent, uncontrollable anger. I found it interesting that you use the word, rage, in the title. It's a very emotionally charged word. Why do you think female rage is so off-putting to men?Kathy Gunst: I guess that first of all, I'd want to take exception with the use of the word, violent, in a definition of rage, because for me, and I can only speak for myself, there's nothing violent about it. I mean, if I can pound on bread dough and feel calmer, that's the extent of my violence. But to get to your larger question, I mean, you think about Hillary Clinton and everything that went down during that election, and that's a whole other conversation, but one of the things that came out about her was that she was, "Shrill," and that she was, "Angry." And there is something about being a woman where people, men in particular, don't like us to raise our voices, don't like us to act like them. And I, you need to talk to a psychologist, I don't understand the root of that or why it's so threatening, but women raising their voices goes back a long, long time.Kathy Gunst: It is the anniversary, the 100 anniversary of a woman's right to vote this month, right now, right here, and when you think about that a hundred years ago we weren't allowed to vote, and here we are in 2020 still fighting for our rights to control our own bodies and what happens with it, women have had a long fight. They will continue to have a long fight. And if we don't speak up, and whether that takes the form of anger or rage or speaking loudly, we have to own it. One of the contributors to this book, Rebecca Traister, wrote a brilliant book called, Good and Mad, and we have one of her essays in the book, and she talks exactly about this, "Don't let anyone tell you that you can't speak up and be angry." She's essentially telling women, "Own this. Use it. Work together." And that's the message of this book.Suzy Chase: In terms of your #RageBakers, I feel like you inadvertently started a movement to rebrand the word rage.Kathy Gunst: You see references to rage and rage baking, particularly as early as 2012, I think it was originally an offshoot of the #MeToo movement, of the women's movement. I can't own it, nor can anybody, it's really about... you can find references to rage baking as early as 2012 in literature, in journalism, on social media. And historically women and rage, we wouldn't be voting today if women didn't have rage and were angry and said, "We are equal to men. We have every right to get out there and vote." So it has a long, long history. This book, Rage Baking, has clearly touched a nerve. We've had incredible response. I keep getting emails and photos and comments on social media, from women all over the country who are showing me pictures of things they're baking, or talking about how they responded to the Kavanaugh hearings, or how they've responded to the recent impeachment trials. And for many women baking, which is a very traditional woman's activity has been grounding.Kathy Gunst: It's also really important for me to say that the message of this book is not, "Hey ladies, get back in the kitchen, start baking, and you'll feel so much better. Everything will be okay." Hell no. That is not what this book is about. This book is about empowerment. It's about creating beautiful baked goods. It's about women sharing community and voices. And ultimately, I hope by the time you look through the book, cook through the book, read that recipe, read the essays, read the interviews, you'll be left with a sense of hope.Suzy Chase: Among the ranks of the contributors are enthusiastic, amateur bakers and James Beard winners. This book has recipes for bakers of various skill levels. Tell us a little bit about the contributors.Kathy Gunst: We have the most incredible group of women in this book. When Katherine Alford and I decided we wanted to do a book, it felt really important to us that we have a diversity of women's voices. So we reached out to food writers that you've probably heard of, wonderful bakers like Dorie Greenspan, Ruth Reichl, we reached out to musician Ani DiFranco, we reached out to Jennifer Finney Boylan, a writer for the New York Times editorial page. We reached out to so many different women, and almost everybody answered our emails extremely quickly with a, "Hell yes, we want to be part of this." And the book kind of came together in a very organic way.Kathy Gunst: There's some wonderful, wonderful essays by young writers, Hali Bey Ramdene, who is based in Albany, New York, wrote this gorgeous essay, Hurricane Beulah, about her grandmother, about the drive she took as a child every year from Albany to North Carolina, and the foods that they would be greeted with by her grandmother. And how as she aged, she understood that part of putting together this meal was her grandmother just releasing the rage of various things from her life. There was another incredible essay by a writer named Osayi Endolyn, called Typing is a Kind of Fury, about being a young African American girl and watching her mother and grandmother type letters when they felt that she was being discriminated against or somehow people were taking advantage of her, they would voice their rage on the typewriter. So it's a huge variety of voices, some of whom you've heard of and some of whom you'll probably discover for the first time.Kathy Gunst: And then of course, they're the essays Alice Medrich, a great cookbook author who writes about chocolate, her chocolate pudding, it's just, there's a wide range of voices as well as recipes. And you touched this earlier, it's important to say that this is a baking book for a home baker, that you do not have to have gone to baking school or feel like, "Oh, I know how to bake anything." Ruth Reichl's oatmeal cookies are five ingredients and they take about 15 minutes to make?Suzy Chase: Eight.Kathy Gunst: Eight?Suzy Chase: Yeah, I made them over the weekend.Kathy Gunst: Aren't they great? They are these lacy, crunchy oatmeal cookies that a friend of mine made with his two and a half year old last weekend. And then there's a chocolate cake with raspberries and whipped cream that might take you an entire afternoon to make, and everything in between.Suzy Chase: Part of the proceeds from this cookbook goes to Emily's List. What is Emily's List?Kathy Gunst: Oh, it's such a great story. So we also knew that we wanted to give some of the proceeds of this book to an organization that felt relevant and that we could relate to. So we started researching Emily's List, and I'm from Maine, and what we learned is that Emily's List, I always thought it was a woman named Emily that started I, it's actually an acronym that stands for Early Money Is Like Yeast. And the woman who started Emily's List was once upon a time a baker in Maine, and it is an organization that gives money to women candidates that want to run, and help seed their campaigns so that they can move forward, everyone from small local state races up to the presidential candidates.Suzy Chase: The chapter titles are so good, one of my favorites is, Bake Down the Patriarchy Cakes. Talk a little bit about the chapter titles.Kathy Gunst: We did have fun with them. We really wanted them to say something, it felt like an opportunity. So, you picked a great one, the title of the cookie chapter is also a favorite of mine, it's called, Sugar and Spice and Done Being Nice, Cookies, Bars and Bites. We also had fun with some of the recipe titles, rage and women and activism, these are kind of heavy topics, so we wanted to have some humor and lightness in this book. There's a fabulous recipe by a Hollywood writer named Tess Rafferty, called The Revolution Will be Catered, that will have you absolutely howling. And some of the recipe titles are pretty great, we have, Don't Call me Honey Cupcakes, we have, No More Sheet Cake, and then one of my personal favorites is, Pigs in the Blanket, which I dedicated to the men of Alabama who are working so hard to take away women's rights. So we had fun with this.Suzy Chase: Yeah, what are some of the recipes that you contributed to this cookbook?Kathy Gunst: Well, let's see. Katherine and I each contributed, I would say over a dozen. My chocolate pistachio butter crunch is a perennial favorite for everybody that thinks, "Oh no, no, no. I can't make candy, that's hard." Your mind will be blown. I have chocolate raspberry rugelach, that beautiful Jewish pastry that's got cream cheese in the dough. What else are mine? Oh my favorites, the chocolate chip tahini cookies, I am not a fan of peanut butter in sweets, which I know is blasphemy to many people, but I adore tahini. And I found that if you add tahini to a chocolate chip cookie, it kind of does what peanut butter does, it adds a nutty richness and a creaminess, but I think it's better. And you make the dough and you sprinkle on white sesame seeds and bake them till they're just crisp around the edges, and then when they're still warm, you sprinkle them with coarse sea salt. Those cookies are amazing.Suzy Chase: So, did writing this cookbook influence your ideas about women and political change?Kathy Gunst: When I started the book, I really think I was coming from a place of rage and anger, and I really ended up by reading the essays these women wrote by making these recipes, by interviewing various women from Ani DiFranco, the musician, to Marti Noxon, the Hollywood producer who wrote Sharp Objects and many other brilliant TV and movie scripts, I came away with a sense of hope about how when women pull together, create a community, and use their voices, how powerful and hopeful that can be. So, I think it energized me. I feel deeply passionate about the book, about the recipes in the book, but even more so about the voices in the book and the power that these women's voices have, particularly when they're all pulled together.Suzy Chase: As an avid, avid, avid, NPR listener, I have WNYC on all day long in my kitchen, and I've been dying to talk to you about NPR. So for the last 20 years you've been with WBUR's, Here and Now in Boston, and I'm curious to hear about that.Kathy Gunst: Well, it is the joy of my life. Talking on the radio about food is one of the most challenging and fulfilling things that I've ever done. Challenging because of the obvious, that food is such a visual medium, it is so much about how it looks, how it tastes, how it presents on the plate, the textures of it. And there you are on the radio with only one sensory element going on, which is audio and sound. And so, my job is to weave stories and talk about food in a descriptive way where you almost feel like you can taste it and see it. And one of the most rewarding things over the years are getting letters from listeners who say, "I was in my car, I was headed to run errands. I heard you talk about this dish. I made a U turn, I went straight to the store, bought the ingredients and we're having it for dinner tonight."Kathy Gunst: And I thought that's what it's all about. That's what I'm trying to do. I'm trying to get people back into the kitchen, back at the family dinner table, and getting excited about seasonal foods and regional foods, and the joy of shopping and the joy of cooking and trying to get rid of this constant refrain of, "I don't have time to cook." I hear that from so many people, particularly people with young children, and I just have kind of made it my life's work to try to motivate people that in the time it takes for you to get out the menu for the takeout, pick up the phone, put in the order, wait for the order, go pick it up or wait for them to deliver it, you could have dinner on the table. So I very much use my role as the resident chef on Here on Now as a platform to show people how simple it can be to make delicious food, and to try to educate people about ingredients that are in season and are within their region, that are going to make their taste buds awake and happy.Suzy Chase: I remember when you used to cook on the air, what happened with that?Kathy Gunst: Wow, it's so cool that you remember that. Yeah, the first few years I used to do live cooking. This is in Boston, so the host would be in the studio, I would be in what was essentially the WBUR cafeteria. We'd kick everybody out, I would start a dish at the beginning of the show live, and I always tried to pick very sound rich dishes, never boiling pasta, lots of chopping, sautéing, shallow frying, things that had a lot of sound, and then at the end of the show, before they signed off, they would run back into the kitchen, I would finish the dish and they would taste it and we would talk about it. And it was so much fun, and it got very complicated and it got very difficult to segue from wars that were going on, horrible news stories, to going back and forth into a kitchen. So now I do my best to use words and images to try to make the cooking come alive.Suzy Chase: And now you have a new female CEO and general manager at WBUR. That's exciting.Kathy Gunst: This is very exciting. I mean, and when Here and Now started, it was just heard in Boston, and then I believe it was heard on 15 networks, and now it's an NPR show that's heard on over 550 public radio stations. And I just love doing it. The host, there are now 3 hosts, Jeremy Hobson, Robin Young and Tanya in L.A. and they're just fabulous to work with and it is a great joy.Suzy Chase: Now for my segment called, My Favorite Cookbook. Aside from this cookbook, what is your all time favorite cookbook and why?Kathy Gunst: Wow, that's kind of like asking me which of my children I like better. Marcela Hazan's, The Classic Italian Cooking, the very first book she did, because she showed me how picking the right ingredients and following simple recipes was the key to having delicious food. I'd have to mention Julia Child, because I remember being a teenager and discovering that book and having my mind blown open. I did not grow up in a home where my mother loved cooking and shared the joy of food and cooking, so in a way that book, I was, "Wait, what? You can make French food in New York? You can make French food anywhere?"Kathy Gunst: Those 2 women were huge influences and I could name 5,000 others, but you asked for one. I was lucky enough to meet Marcela Hazan and go to Italy with her. And she really did have a huge influence on me for the reasons I said, for understanding how to shop, and the joy of shopping, and the joy of finding foods that are in season. So, okay, you've pushed me, I will pick Marcela Hazan's, The Classic Italian Cookbook, I believe that's the correct title. Her first book.Suzy Chase: Okay. Yay, I did it.Kathy Gunst: You did it. I did it. Wow. And the 4,000 others I love.Suzy Chase: So where can we find you on the web and social media?Kathy Gunst: Well I'm at kathygunst.com, K-A-T-H-Y-G-U-N-S-T, for this new book Rage Baking. We have a new website which is www.ragebakers.com, and you can find all our events there and find out where we'll be talking and doing cooking classes and demonstrations. And I am at mainecook, M-A-I-N-E-C-O-O-K on Twitter, and I'm on Instagram under my name, Kathy Gunst.Suzy Chase: Wonderful. Thanks so much Kathy, for coming on Cookery by the Book podcast.Kathy Gunst: Thanks so much, Suzy. This was really lovely.Outro: Subscribe over on CookerybytheBook.com, and thanks for listening to the number one cookbook podcast, Cookery by the Book.

This week we're sitting down with Libbie Schrader who spent 12 years in the music industry in NYC and LA before moving into the classroom of Duke University to work towards her doctoral degree.  In the episode we talk about her journey and some of her surprising findings regarding Mary Magdalene.  This is a good one! SHOW NOTES: Patreon What If Project Community What If Project Heretic Shop Libbie Schrader Libbie's Theological Review Paper Magdalene Music Video

Have you ever heard of rage baking?  Dara gets a primer on this style from Katherine Alford and Kathy Gunst, co-authors of the new book Rage Baking: The Transformative Power of Flour, Fury, and Women's Voices.  Then, chef Yia Vang discusses the traditions of Hmong cooking.  He also tells us about his interpretation of it that's being shown through his food truck (Union Kitchen) and his upcoming restaurant (Bahn Vee-nai).

It's week TWO of our series "Women's Voices You Need To Hear" and today we're talking to my friend Amber Cantorna about her story of coming out as gay to her family and how her world has changed as a result.  Amber has written a couple of books, links are below - go get them!   SHOW NOTES Patreon What If Project Community  Amber Cantorna Refocusing My Family Unashamed SPECIAL MUSIC: Denver Crites Band - Apple Music - Spotify

It's week ONE of our new series, "Women's Voices You Need To Hear" and today we're sitting down with the one and only Cindy Wang Brandt to talk to her about her book "Parenting Forward".  Enjoy, and go sign up for her ONLINE CONFERENCE (** link below)! SHOW NOTES Patreon What If Project Community Cindy Wang Brandt Parent Forward CONFERENCE Parenting Forward Book Family Bumper Sticker Children's Bibles SPECIAL MUSIC - DJ KDOT - Apple Music - Spotify  - Instagram

Lube comes in many forms. Our bodies produce it naturally and you can buy a variety at the store or use household items. We learn all about how our bodies make lubrication, what can affect lubrication levels, and how we can use synthetic lube in the bedroom for decreased pain and increased pleasure. Grace and Charlotte tell their personal stories about using lube and the beliefs that stopped them from trying it sooner. They talk about cultural messaging around women and wetness and the stigma that lack of natural lubrication is a sign of sexual disfunction (which it certainly IS NOT). They break down the types of lubes available and the best ways to use them as well as how to incorporate household items as lube safely. Check out Women's Voices for the Earth Factsheet on Lube here (https://www.womensvoices.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/lubricants_factsheet_final.pdf) Check out what lubes have been studied by the World Health Organization here (http://www.womensvoices.org/osmolality-ph-properties-commercial-lubricants/) Check out the clip from Superbad that feeds into the lube stigma here (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duusT2fvxuE) Join in on the conversation in our Facebook Group (https://www.facebook.com/groups/448726195833923/) Follow us on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/cumqueenspodcast/), Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/CumQueensPodcast), and Twitter (https://twitter.com/CumQueensPod) Please rate us 5 stars and leave a review on Apple Podcasts (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cumqueens/id1485509989). Share with your friends to help us grow! Send us a screenshot of your review along with your address for your FREE CumQueens Sticker!!

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Nikita Gill on goddesses, Sandeep Parmar on Hope Mirlees, Francesca Wade looks at the careers of classicist Jane Harrison and LSE's Eileen Power and Victorian Leonard looks at attempts to write more women back into the story of classics. Shahidha Bari presents. Francesa Wade has written a new book called Square Haunting which traces the experiences of five women who lived in Bloomsbury's Mecklenburgh Square: Virginia Woolf, Dorothy L Sayers, HD, Eileen Power and Jane Harrison- tracing ideas about women living independently, how academic institutions them and the way Virginia Woolf's ideas about A Room of One's Own resonate in the lives of these 5 women. Nikita Gill’s new poetry collection, Great Goddesses: Life lessons from myths and monsters, retells and re-imagines the untold stories of women characters in Greek mythology. Victoria Leonard is a founding member of the Women’s Classical Committee https://wcc-uk.blogs.sas.ac.uk/ You can listen back to New Generation Thinker and poet Sandeep Parmar’s Sunday Feature on Hope Mirrlees’ Paris here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0831fpk and she also contributes to a Radio 3 series about the artistic figure Arthur Cravan here https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000dj0k Colm Toibin, Bettany Hughes and Paul Cartledge discuss Women's Voices in the Classical World in a Free Thinking discussion from the Hay Festival https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08rsrlt Classicist Natalie Haynes discusses Women Finding a Voice with podcaster Deborah Frances White in this discussion https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0000bd6 New Generation Thinker Eleanor Lybeck discusses attitudes towards Victorian women in education in this Essay https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09v64pk Producer: Karl Bos

After touring for years around the world with Nahko & Medicine for the People, Hope Medford decided to have a baby. In this episode, Hope and I discuss her journey of becoming a doula and midwife, what it has been like to attend over 450 births and her experience of performing in front of thousands as drummer for Nahko & Medicine for the People. "There's something about being with a woman giving birth that just doesn't even compare to performing on stage in front of thousands of people"   In this episode we discussed:  Hope’s first experience attending a birth at 19 years old  Her journey to becoming a midwife and experience of attending births The benefits of water birth  How Hope first felt called to the drum Hope’s journey to becoming a mother and giving birth to her daughter at home in water Raising women’s voices and how we can lift each other up The energy of the Big Island of Hawaii and MAnaFest, the festival she puts on each year there in honor of the sacred feminine   Stay in Touch with Hope: Website: www.hopemedford.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/Hope-Medford Youtube: www.youtube.com/user/TheFlipside29   Hope is a creative force. Following spirit and serving humanity as her guides, Hope has walked many paths flowing from & returning to the same source. Hands in the dirt, beating drumskin, brushing color across canvas, holding a newborn babe, or gathering the tribe; Hope thrives when steeped in raw, fresh energy pulsing around her. She is a visionary who sees the positive direction she wants the world to move toward, and takes the steps she can to manifest it. Touring Internationally and playing drums with Nahko and Medicine for the People since they were first heard of, Hope and Nahko shared a chemistry and frequency which catalyzed Medicine for the People to catapult from busking in the streets to performing in front of well over a hundred thousand people in a few short years. Nahko's music has a message that served as a call to the global conscious community for justice, truth talking, and positive social change.   We were a part of a very special movement. Our music was bringing people together who were healing and wanting to make the world better.  To Hope, that was one more step in her journey.  Before that, Hope was a midwife, assisting over 450 births, primarily holistic home and water births, in Africa, Bali, and the US.  Protecting the next generation has always been sacred and close to her heart.  Birth is the moment a fresh soul enters the world and a woman transforms though an extraordinary rite of passage to become a mother.  Hope has always felt honored to spend endless hours by a woman's side in her most primal and powerful birthing moments.  The humility and awe in holding humanity in its first breaths have given Hope a deeper connection, compassion, and grounding in life.  This has inspired her to work to raise awareness about families' birth options and the importance of their choices.  Hope created Artemis Healing Arts education program and taught natural birth classes in Peru, Brazil, Bali and at Findhorn Ecovillage, in Scotland, as well as in the US.   For Hope, the drum has always been a tool of spirit.   Her first teacher was Babatunde Olatunje, who encouraged her to keep playing, and to always play with love.  Drums have taken her around the world; Hope studied with teachers in Brazil, Peru, and West Africa.  She shared the drum with children in India and taught rhythm to youth groups in Guatemala.  Hope has taught over 2,500 students of all ages;  she uses drums to facilitate empowering women's voices in workshops and confidence building with at-risk youth groups.   Drums are a powerful connection to our ancestors.  As ancient healers have always known, when infused with positive vibrations & intentions, drums are potent medicine.  Hope's connection to nature began as a child and continues to flourish.  Hope co-founded an urban non-profit  permaculture education site, Tryon Life Community Farm.  Hope coordinated the education program for years, teaching sustainability techniques such as natural building, permaculture gardening, social ecology, and the arts.  Hope participated in the Global peace walk for 8 years.  She later served for 3 years on the Board of Directors of Honor the Earth, the environmental justice non-profit protecting indigenous lands in North America, founded by Winona La Duke and supported by the Indigo Girls.  Most recently, Hope has allied with the protectors of Mauna Kea, who currently have been standing in peaceful protest for months to prevent development on sacred indigenous land in Hawaii.  Much of her passion is expressed in rich color and paint.  Painting since she was a child, Hope has experimented with nearly every artistic medium she could get her hands on.  As a result, many of her works are mixed media, often incorporating wood, feather, stone, metal, pencil, marker, watercolor, and acrylic - integrating them into delicate lines and powerful bold swaths of color to tell a story of women's power, strength and beauty.  Creating images of empowered women has been a life long devotion;  in response to being raised in a world where women have not been treated fairly or equally to men, and the earth has been ravaged due to this imbalance between masculine and feminine forces..   Her art is currently shown at the beautiful Wild Heartist Gallery in Hilo, Hawaii.  Hope's Musical Journey continues forward, she has recorded 3 solo albums, and her sound has been described as 'hypnotic world beat with maternal soul'. Recently when Hope evacuated Hawaii in the 2018 lava flow, she temporarily relocated to the Blue Ridge Mountains where she began a new musical project, a trio of women called CedarWing, described as 'world soul folk with a groove'.  CedarWing recently recorded their first album which has not yet been released! ...wait for it!!  Hope co-founded MAnaFest music, arts & education festival in Hawaii in 2015, inspired by the transition from touring full time with Nahko, to giving birth to her daughter.  While playing at festivals across the world, Hope recognized the imbalance of the number professional male performers to female.  She is committed to helping women find their voice and share it!  MAnaFest is a festival that honors the sacred feminine; it is run by women, featuring over 25 female performers, 25 workshops led by women, 5 female live artists, dancers, ceremony, red tent, grandmothers council and more- all on the beautiful grounds of  tropical permaculture retreat center and spa! MAnaFest is inclusive of all people, everyone is welcome.  There is a grandfathers council and purple tent to honor men and gender fluid community.  2020 Clear Vision is the theme of this upcoming 5th annual MAnaFest Jan 24, 25 & 26 - Join us! (manafestival.org)  Hope loves to teach and give back to her community.  Join her on the Big Island of Hawaii for one of her upcoming juicy workshops:   Raising Our Voices - 3 day music empowerment workshop, teaching alongside professional songstresses Mama Crow and Mary Isis,  Jan 28, 29 & 30 (starting after MAnaFest)   Wild & Natural Birth - 5 day DONA certified doula training co-facilitaed with Jesse Remer, international DONA certified trainer, Feb 19-23rd and   Creative Spirit Art Journey - 4 day Spring Equinox immersion in the creative process, integrating ritual, art & community March 19-22.   Registration: go to Workshops at HopeMedford.com Questions: hopemedford@gmail.com  Find Hope and check out her blog at: HopeMedford@gmail.com      

Charlotte and Grace can't believe how many problems the products marketed towards women to affect their natural vaginal scent can cause. Charlotte shares her experiences with using these products and we find out about the other women who have had negative experiences with them. Find out the surprising side effects that these products cause and the seedy secret of companies that make them. Learn what your vaginal odor should be like and when its time to talk to a healthcare professional if certain scents arise. They can't wait to help you bust these myths and start a healthy vaginal care regimen. Women's Voices for the Earth: (https://www.womensvoices.org/) Funny SNL Autumn's Eve Commercial: (https://youtu.be/2Erc1Dfy5N0) Please rate us 5 stars and leave a review on Apple Podcasts (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cumqueens/id1485509989). Share with your friends to help us grow! Join in on the conversation in our Facebook Group (https://www.facebook.com/groups/448726195833923/) Follow us on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/cumqueenspodcast/), Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/CumQueensPodcast), and Twitter (https://twitter.com/CumQueensPod)

Meg Wolitzer on why listening matters, lessons learned from working with Nora Ephron, and the immersive power of fiction. Find full transcript: https://brunonia.brown.edu/alumni/article/meg-wolitzer-brown-blasts-interview Note: The views expressed in this podcast do not necessarily represent those of Brown University.

Meet Veronica Rueckert,  former host at Wisconsin Public Radio, trained opera singer, and communications coach. She’s also the new author of Outspoken: Why Women’s Voices Get Silenced. Veronica’s research led to some pretty sobering facts and some you might not be shocked by like the fact that women’s voices aren’t being heard—at work, at home, in public, and in every facet of their lives. In this episode, you’ll learn how to recognize the value of your voices and tap into your inherent power, potential, and capacity for self-expression. We’ll also discuss how to address people who interrupt you, pitching ideas to your boss, and contrary to popular belief, why it’s totally ok to change your voice. Show Notes: CareerContessa.comCareer Contessa InstagramThe Femails Podcast InstagramOutspoken