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Marsha Linehan

Katie closes up Healing & Mental Health month. Her pick is Marsha Linehan, an American psychologist, professor, and author. Marsha created dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), an evidence-based psychotherapy that combines cognitive restructuring with acceptance, mindfulness, and shaping.. Learn more about Marsha Linehan on this week’s episode of the Gals Guide Podcast. The Gals Guide Podcast is off next week for Labor Day. Trigger Warning: This episode […]

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Margaret Morgan Lawrence

It’s Lauren’s episode of Healing & Mental Health month. Her pick is Margaret Morgan Lawrence. She’s an American psychiatrist who wrote books about mental health in children in inner cities. Learn more about Margaret Morgan Lawrence on this week’s episode of the Gals Guide Podcast. Trigger Warning: This episode does mention suicide and self-harm. Learning Theme […]

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Tribute to Henrietta Lacks

This event has passed. Join Gals Guide for a powerful evening honoring Henrietta Lacks’ contributions and reflecting on the important lessons her story continues to teach. Henrietta’s cancer cells were taken and sold without her consent. Her name was nearly erased as HeLa cells became a foundational tool for modern medicine. Because of Henrietta’s cells, […]

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Recommended Reads About Women In STEM

While there are several wonderful options for books about STEM, we have picked from our library collection and from our staffs reading list. Young Readers Nonfiction Women in Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed The World by Rachel Ignotofsky Galaxy Girls: 50 Amazing Stories of Women in Space by Libby Jackson Women in STEM: Women Who Changed […]

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Jane Goodall

Leah finishes Heart & Connection Month with a gal whose empathy for animals changed our understanding of the world. Learn about Jane Goodall and her amazing work with chimpanzees. Learning Theme of 2026 About The Gal’s Guide Podcast Join us each week to learn different aspects of personal and collective well being. Each of our […]

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Helen B. Taussig

Bonnie starts our Heart & Connection Month with another “puny pick.” First there was a botanist for Rooted in Self Month, now there is a cardiologist for Heart & Connection Month. Learn all about the amazing Helen B. Taussig who founded the field of pediatric cardiology. Learning Theme of 2026 About The Gal’s Guide Podcast […]

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Jeanne Baret

It’s the start of Season 9! The Gal Pals are back, starting off our year by learning about Personal & Collective Well-being. Leah gives you the details on the year before Bonnie starts off Rooted in Self Month with her pick, Jeanne Baret. Learn about the French botanist who was the first woman to get […]

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Maia Szalavitz

Katie continues Personal Change month with a neuroscience journalist who covers drugs, addition and public policy. Learn about Maia Szalavitz on this week’s episode. Joined by Leah, Katie and Klaire Lockheart. About The Gal’s Guide Podcast Join us on an adventure to get to know famous and infamous women from around the world. Each of […]

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Dorothy Hodgkin

Bonnie starts of Personal Change month with a chemist who won a Noble Prize. Joined by Leah, Katie and Klaire Lockheart. About The Gal’s Guide Podcast Join us on an adventure to get to know famous and infamous women from around the world. Each of our presenters has a pick. Is she ancient history? Is […]

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Mary Sherman Morgan

Katie closes up Innovation Month with a gal who invented a new rocket fuel. Learn about Mary Sherman Morgan and how her invention of Hydyne helped launch the United States’ first satellite.  About The Gal’s Guide Podcast Join us on an adventure to get to know famous and infamous women from around the world. Each […]

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Beatrice Shilling

Bonnie continues Innovation Month (that’s weird to type, normally Bonnie starts a month! ) with a rebel with a need for speed! Beatrice Shilling, also called Tilly, was an aerospace engineer and motorcycle racer. Learn about this British innovator who broke records and saved lives! About The Gal’s Guide Podcast Join us on an adventure […]

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Eva Ekeblad

Riwo starts off Scandinavian Gal Month with Swedish royalty who saved her country with alcohol! Learn all about the gal with a brain for science, Eva Ekeblad! About The Gal’s Guide Podcast Join us on an adventure to get to know famous and infamous women from around the world. Each of our presenters has a […]

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Sameera Moussa

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 […]

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Lilian Bland

It’s the start of Ireland Month! Bonnie’s pick is an all-around adventurer. Lilian Bland is an aviator, horseback rider, lumberjack, painter, and car salesman. And when we say aviator we mean, she’s the first woman to build her own plane ’cause it’s 1910. And when we say car salesman, we mean the idea of cars […]

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Professor Nox Makunga

Josh returns to the podcast to talk about the medicinal plant biologist, Nokwanda Pearl Makunga. Professor Nox is a researcher in Biotechnology at Stellenbosch University. Her work is fascinating if you have a green thumb and even if you don’t!  About The Gal’s Guide Podcast New for 2024! Join us on an adventure to get […]