Gals Guide
Riwo closes up Canada Month with her “TV mom” and a major happiness factor in her life, Catherine O’Hara. This talented comedian is the mom in Schitt’s Creek, the mom in Beetlejuice, and the mom in Home Alone. But to Riwo she’s so much more. UPDATE: No podcast episode in August as Riwo will be […]
Gal’s Guide Library is one of 30 organizations supporting the Hoosiers reading All That She Carried by Tiya Miles. We have free copies of this amazing book as well as signature events to help bring the community together in meaningful ways. Free Copy! Thanks to Indiana Humanities we have a limited number of free copies […]
Barb tells the tale of the first female publisher in Canada, Mary Ann Shadd Cary. Mary was born and died in the United States but her time in Canada was marked by her creation of the newspaper Provincial Freeman, a weekly paper starting in 1853 that circulated around southern Ontario that advocated equality, integration, and […]
Canada Month continues! This time Katie tells us about the civil rights activist Viola Desmond. She made history when she refused to leave her seat in the Roseland Theater. This Black Nova Scotian challenged Canadian segregation. Today she’s on the $10 bill. Learn about this amazing woman on today’s episode. About The Gal’s Guide Podcast […]
Gal’s Guide Library is curating an exhibit all about the quirky bits and bobs folks leave behind in books! Expect to explore plane tickets, hand-made bookmarks, Post-it notes, dedications, and more! NEW – The show is going on the road! We’ve been asked to exhibit at Noblesville City Hall in September. Details below. Judge Stone Gallery […]
It’s Canada Day! Bonnie is starting us off with the author of Anne of Green Gables, Lucy Maud Montgomery. Learn about how this Canadian author used working at the post office to her advantage. About The Gal’s Guide Podcast Join us on an adventure to get to know famous and infamous women from around the […]
Barb continues Caribbean month by talking about the cultural icon of Jamaica. Miss Lou was an author, poet, and folklore expert. Learn and embrace the beauty and importance of the language with Louise Bennett-Coverley. About The Gal’s Guide Podcast Join us on an adventure to get to know famous and infamous women from around the […]
Bonnie starts off Caribbean month with a Barbadian-Guyanese by way of Brooklyn, the fantastic Shirley Chisholm. The first African-American woman to run for President whose biography is named “Unbought and Unbossed” gives much of her influence to attending a strict school in Barbados. Bring a folding chair to this episode! About The Gal’s Guide Podcast […]
Riwo closes our Japan Month with a slice of shogun history. Tomoe Gozen was an onna-musha, a female warrior. She was taught defense and offense. She was on the battlefield with Samuari where she beheaded a lot of men. She was also involved in what led to the first shogunate. Show Notes Big thanks to […]
Bonnie starts us off by learning about the controversial actress Komako Kimura. This gal managed two theaters in Toyoko, performed in nearly 500 plays, and created a movement. Komako was all about women’s suffrage and Japan tried to shut it down. So she came to America to walk in the 1917 Women’s Suffrage Parade in […]
Riwo’s has gone rogue. She has as her pick an ancient site in what is now Turkey. Çatalhöyük has many twists and turns. It is a journey through some problematic guys. But Çatalhöyük, was said to be ruled by women 9000 years ago. About The Gal’s Guide Podcast Join us on an adventure to get […]
Middle East Month continues with the first female Egyptian nuclear physicist. Sameera Moussa is Katie’s pick. Learn about Sameera worked toward and hoped for a world where atomic energy was used to help those in need at little or no cost, and that this new energy was used in peace and productivity. She is known […]
If you like this blog post Leah “Riwo” Leach is teaching an online Women & Dragons class, October 14, 2026. by Riwo After popular request what follows is part of my presentation at Gal’s Guide Galentine’s, on February 11, 2024. The theme was Dragons to tie into the Year of the Dragon. The speech was […]
Amy returns to the show with an insightful look at the controversial actress and belly dancer, Sama El Masry. Sama’s views and delivery may be polarizing but she is a woman who was arrested, sent to jail, and fined for posting a TikTok video. About The Gal’s Guide Podcast New for 2024! Join us on […]
Bonnie starts us off with an exploration of women in the Middle East. Artemisia 1 of Caria was a Queen of what is now Turkey. She commanded ships, was a friend of Xerxes 1, King of Persia and she’s written about in Herodotus. About The Gal’s Guide Podcast New for 2024! Join us on an […]
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