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Chein Shiung Wu

The Gal Pals are celebrating Asian Heritage Month! Bonnie finishes up the month talking about the Queen of Physics, Chein Shiung Wu! Show Notes & Extra Image About The Gal’s Guide Podcast What if you could only share 1 cool thing about a topic? Would it be about ancient history? Would it be breaking news? […]

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Patsy Takemoto Mink

The Gal Pals are celebrating Asian Heritage Month! Katie continues by discussing what she learned about the first woman of color to the U.S. House of Representatives, Patsy Takemoto Mink! Show Notes & Extra Image About The Gal’s Guide Podcast What if you could only share 1 cool thing about a topic? Would it be […]

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Junko Tabei

The Gal Pals are celebrating Asian Heritage Month! Barb starts us out with Japanese mountaineer Junko Tabei. Junko is the first woman to summit Mt. Everest. Show Notes & Extras Image About The Gal’s Guide Podcast What if you could only share 1 cool thing about a topic? Would it be about ancient history? Would […]

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Asian Gals

Our May theme ties into Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. We are celebrating the amazing gals of Asia! First Friday May 5 is a wonderful day to stop by the library. We are open late from 12pm-9pm. Hang out with the Gal’s Guide Crew and see what’s new! Get in Touch. Don’t hesitate […]

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Elizabeth Gray Vining

Season 5’s Library Gals continues with the Gal Pals talking about real life unicorns, librarians. with guest Amy Dalton. Amy’s second choice? Elizabeth Gray Vining, who tutored the Japanese royal family post-World War II. Show Notes & Extras Images About The Gal’s Guide Podcast What if you could only share 1 cool thing about a […]

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Who is Tara?

by Leah Leach INTENTION My intention is to help make what I have learned in Buddhism approachable to all levels of readers regardless of faith or practice. I also cultivate the intention to share this wisdom with all beings. WHO IS TARA? Tara is the female representation of compassion, wisdom, and enlightenment. She is a […]

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Women of Agents of SHIELD

Kami finishes up Marvel Gal’s Month with her 3 favorite women of “Agents of SHEILD” and a plea to Kevin Fiege. There is also a lot of talk about our 3rd favorite dinosaur. Show Notes & Extras Images About The Gal’s Guide Podcast What if you could only share 1 cool thing about a topic? Would […]

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Alexandra David Neel

We’ve covered outer space explorers, rocky mountain explorers, deep ocean explorers, now it’s time for an inner-space explorer. Leah is still obsessed with Tibet and talks about the First Buddhist in France who was also the first western woman to reach Lhasa. Learn about the wild explorer whose books and travels inspired the Beat Generation, […]

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Dakinis

Leah wraps up folk tale & myth month with the female Buddha’s of wisdom. Known in Tibetan Buddhism as Dakinis, Leah talks about how this fierce female drinks from a skull cup, stands on her own ego and cuts you free from the thing that makes you unhappy. Show Notes & Extras Videos About The […]

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Tiamat

The Gal Pals have gathered around the metaphoric campfire to tell you folks tales of myth and legend. Katie brings us to ancient Mesopotamia to tell the creation tale of Tiamat, the Goddess of the Chaos and the Salt Sea, who created the world as we know it. We also talk about beer with glitter […]