Podcast Episodes

A Conversation with Anne Sebba: The Women's Orchestra of Auschwitz

To leave you with a bit of lagniappe for Women's History Month, we broke our usual format to sit down for a talk with Anne Sebba, author of the new book The Women's Orchestra of Auschwitz: A Story of…

Published on 4 months, 4 weeks ago

Wallis Simpson, 2025

Puppet? Manipulating social climber? Misunderstood? Deeply in love? However you see her, the fact remains that a king abdicated his throne, defied his family, and lived in exile to marry the

twice div…

Published on 5 months ago

Wangari Maathai Part 2

We continue the story of Nobel Prize winning environmentalist Dr Wangari Maathai, who defied convention, financial hurdles, and the violent opposition of her own government to make her Green Belt Mov…

Published on 5 months, 1 week ago

Wangari Maathai Part 1

Wangari Maathai understood the vital connections between living things and the Earth; of local communities and the wider world. It is true that many trees make a mighty forest, and Maathai's Green Be…

Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago

Marie Laveau, 2025

How much of the New Orleans Voodoo Queen's legend is myth? (Hint: A lot) Happy Mardi Gras and, more importantly, Happy Women's History Month!

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Madam Ram: The woman who took…

Published on 5 months, 3 weeks ago

Sojourner Truth 2025

Sojourner Truth was an enslaved woman, a freewoman, a preacher, a speaker, an abolitionist, and a women's rights advocate in the Civil War-era United States. Like a lot of women's history, Sojourner…

Published on 6 months ago

Georgia Gilmore

Georgia Gilmore was one of the unsung heroes of history during the Civil Rights movement in America; a prime example of how one person's contributions can change the course of a country.

Her tireless…

Published on 6 months, 2 weeks ago

Josephine Bonaparte and Eugénie Bonaparte

Josephine and Eugénie, related by marriage, and separated by only a generation, both rose from relative obscurity to become the Empress of France during tumultuous times. The paths of these very diff…

Published on 7 months ago

Fannie Lou Hamer, 2025

In honor of Martin Luther King Day, we are again shining the spotlight on the remarkable life of Fannie Lou Hamer. As a small child, her hard labor was key to her family’s survival. She grew up to be…

Published on 7 months, 1 week ago

Charity Adams Earley

Charity Adams Earley was the first, and highest ranking, African-American officer in the Women's Army Corps. During WW2, she led the 6888th - The Central Postal Directory Battalion, which was sent to…

Published on 7 months, 2 weeks ago