Podcast Episodes

What Is Matriarchy and Why Do We Want It? - Encore Presentation

Episode 172

The sine qua non of this podcast: Matriarchy.  What is it and why is it desirable.  Dawn "Sam" Alden and Sean Marlon Newcombe have an open and frank discussion on the topic of "matriarchy."  A defini…

Published on 6 months, 4 weeks ago

Tár - Cinema Reviewed From A Matriarchal Lens

Episode 171

Marvelously acted, written and director, the film Tár was a critical darling.  But this will not be a film review, but rather an appraisal of how Hollywood handles strong women in leading roles.  We …

Published on 7 months, 2 weeks ago

Being A Bad Martha - The Female Gaze in Filmmaking

Episode 170

Kimberly Rockwell and Dawn "Sam" Alden discuss the Female Gaze - is there such a thing? How does a film camera typically "look" at a woman vs how it "looks" at a man? We've been discussing movies a l…

Published on 8 months ago

Max Dashu - Titanides - Encore Presentation

Episode 169

Right now, the world needs goddesses, so there's no better time to give an encore presentation of our episode on the Titanides with Max Dashu! Tune in and enjoy!

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Published on 8 months, 2 weeks ago

Laura Hirch - From The Goddess Film Series - with Vicki Noble

Episode 168

Join us for a wonderful, foundational episode: we're making matriarchy great again!

Laura Hirch is a filmmaker, writer, artist and a scholar of matriarchal studies.  Her six-part documentary, From Th…

Published on 9 months ago

Thracian Goddesses - Power and Majesty

Episode 167

The Thracians - Once the most numerous people of Europe, but, now, lost amidst the fog of history.

They were known as formidable and warlike-- and some even said that they were the people who spawned …

Published on 9 months, 2 weeks ago

Women Spies in WW2 - the novels of Kate Quinn

Episode 166

Co-hosts Dawn "Sam" Alden and Kimberly Rockwell discuss the works of author Kate Quinn and the women characters in her WW2 novels. Most based on actual women, these stories of spies, pilots, investig…

Published on 9 months, 4 weeks ago

Female Revenge Films - Hard Candy

Episode 165

The last in our series, this might actually be what a true Female Revenge Film looks like!  Dawn “Sam” Alden and Kimberly Rockwell talk about this brutal gem of a movie.  Content warning: because the…

Published on 10 months, 2 weeks ago

Joan Cichon - Matriarchy and Ancient Crete

Episode 165

Was Crete one of the latest Matriarchies to resist infiltration and overthrow by the waves of Indo-European invasion? What evidence is hidden in plain sight to support the presence of Matriarchy on t…

Published on 10 months, 4 weeks ago

Joan Cichon - Matriarchy in Ancient Crete

Episode 164

Was Crete one of the latest Matriarchies to resist infiltration and overthrow by the waves of Indo-European invasion? What evidence is hidden in plain sight to support the presence of Matriarchy on t…

Published on 10 months, 4 weeks ago