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 […]
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 […]
Leah finishes up courage month talking about a rebel in a swimsuit. In an era where women were expected to be silent and modest, Annette Kellerman dove headfirst into controversy. She used her body as a tool of protest, a canvas for art, and a vehicle for change. She helped create the modern swimsuit by […]
Jackie continues courage month talking about the Camogie and its women’s uniform. Camogie is a sport similar to hurling. The uniform in the past has been a wool skirt and until 2025 a uncomfortable skort. When Kilkenny and Dublin teams protested and wore (gasp!) shorts, they were not allowed to play until they changed clothes. […]
Katie continues courage month, talking about sisters. The Mirabal Sisters courageously defied the foul dictator, Rafael Trujillo, known as el Jefe. Patria, Minerva, and Maria Teresa are national heroines of the Dominican Republic and the sisters in the book In the Time of Butterflies written by Julia Alvarez. About The Gal’s Guide Podcast Join us […]
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 […]
Kami continues Japan Month with J-Pop star Ado. Her debut song “Usseewa” reached more than 100 million plays in record time and hit #1 on Billboard Japan Hot 100. She also has a song for One Piece Film. But get this…she doesn’t show her real face. Learn about this fascinating and multi-talented artist creating powerful […]
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 […]
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