Jen shows us how powerful photos can be to empathize. Remember the Migrant Mother photo? Jen talks about the photographer behind that photo, Dorothea Lange. This is just after Katie talks about her inappropriate scrapbook…because we can’t be serious all the time. Show Notes & Extras Images About The Gal’s Guide Podcast What if you […]
Every month Gal’s Guide has research theme that pushes us to make sure our collection and our wisdom reaches far and wide into the galaxy. Our research themes are incorporated into: The Gal’s Guide Podcast episodes Book Club selection First Friday activities and displays Third Thursday meetings Book buying for the library Got a research […]
Leah wraps up Olympic month by taking us back in time to 776 B.C. to the time of the Heraean Game (AKA Girl Olympics) where running with a boob out. What a challenge! Leah also brings up loopholes so the ladies play with the oil-drenched guys and then talks about how all the nakedness was […]
The Gal Pals find Olympic games where they can sit or lie down, meanwhile Katie tells us about Lottie Dod, who never sat still. Voted the best versatile female athlete by Guinness World Records, Lottie played a ton of sports, including winning Silver in Archery and being the youngest ever female singles champion at Wimbledon! […]
It’s the start of Olympic Gal month, and Bonnie is giving us “What For!” Well, actually, she’s telling about an Olympic swimmer who swam the English Channel, who might have coined the phrase “What For!” Gertrude Ederle learned to swim in a New York river with a rope around her waist. She’s the “Grease Smeared […]
Katie learns that some seashells are for taking. Bonnie is missing her rocks. Leah was so poor that she stole a napkin. And Amy steals from the Pope. After confessing their crimes, the Gal Pals learn about the gals who went deep diving in a lead ball the size of a yoga ball to research […]
Climb the mountain! Pet the peacock! This is the advice from the drunk gal-pals, which might not be the best to follow. However, Katie tells about an English explorer who traveled all around the world. In one adventure, the locals trapped her in a house and set it on fire! Learn about the lady who […]
The gal pals talk about their favorite fairy tales before Debbi takes on the magical mystery tour of Mother Goose. Was she a real person? What was her evolution? We go through all the possibilities with only a few slams on Disney. Please don’t sue us, Disney!! Show Notes Videos About The Gal’s Guide Podcast […]
The gal pals get really excited talk about their favorite childhood tree! Then Katie brings us up to speed on the amazing work of Geobiologist, Hope Jahren. Hope is the author of two books Lab Girl and our book club pick The Story of More. Learn about this Minnesota gal and her superpower for the […]
The Gal Pals talk about their adventures in recycling, fickle pickles, and the Danish seismologist, Inge Lehmann. Journey with us to the lady who discovered what is in the enter of the Earth – with science! Show Notes & Extras Images Videos About The Gal’s Guide Podcast What if you could only share 1 cool […]
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