Podcast Episodes

Wangari Maathai Part 2

We continue the story of Nobel Prize winning environmentalist Dr Wangari Maathai, who defied convention, financial hurdles, and the violent oppositio…

1 year 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 …

1 year 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!

Lea…

1 year, 1 month 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 Unite…

1 year, 1 month 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 contribution…

1 year, 1 month 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 dur…

1 year, 2 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 w…

1 year, 2 months 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 Cen…

1 year, 2 months ago

Mrs. Claus, 2024

This story of Christmas' unsung hero has been our holiday tradition since 2014! We change bits of it every year, so no two years are exactly the same…

1 year, 3 months ago

Katharine Graham

Katharine Graham was the head of the Washington Post empire during a turbulent time in American history. After a personal tragedy catapulted her into…

1 year, 3 months ago