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Environment Farmers Gal's Guide Podcast Gardening History Podcasts

Ruth Imogen Stout 

We’re Back! It’s been a bit of a break but we’ve found our way out of the cornfields and back to the Gal’s Guide Library to talk about American farmer gals. First up is Bonnie’s pick, Rith Imogen Stout the “no-work” garden method author. Videos About The Gal’s Guide Podcast Join us on an adventure […]

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Catherine O’Hara

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 […]

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All That She Carried – One State/One Story Events

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 […]

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Mary Ann Shadd Cary

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 […]

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2024 Writing Workshop

registration has closed Questions? Email us info@galsguide.org Feminine Healing & Creating Writing Workshop Gal’s Guide is honored to provide our well-loved fall writing workshop. The 2024 workshop will focus on healing & creativity through an unapologetically feminine lens. Using the Mother Castle method, students will use writing and meditation to heal emotional wounds for creativity […]

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Viola Desmond

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 […]

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Lucy Maud Montgomery

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 […]

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InConJunction 43

InConJunction Events by Gal’s GuideJuly 6 Mother Castle Writing & Healing Workshop Saturday, July 6, 10am-1pm Mother Castle is a workshop that combines storytelling, mythic structure, and elements of Buddhism to connect writers and creatives through empathy. We will use this methodology to unlock the barriers to achieving the impossible and creating meaning. This is […]

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Miss Lou

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 […]

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Shirley Chisholm

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 […]