The History Chicks : A Women's History Podcast

The History Chicks : A Women's History Podcast

Author: The History Chicks | AIRWAVE Language: English Episodes: 100
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Two women. Half the population. Several thousand years of history. About an hour. Join us on an award-winning journey through herstory! The History Chicks celebrates the lives of remarkable women from ancient times to the modern day, exploring women’s history in engaging episodes full of deep research, pop culture references, and the occasional tumble down a rabbit hole.
Episodes
Audrey Hepburn, Mega Episode [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 2:44:35
Every once in a while, we like to revisit a subject near and dear to our hearts, and Audrey has always had a place in both of ours. We’ve combined both parts of our 2019 coverage into this one mega episode. Audrey was bo…
A little audio note from us [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 3:46
Hi Friend! This isn't this week's episode, it's just a couple of travel opportunities we wanted you to know about. For more information and to register for either of these Field Trips, please visit Like Minds Travel! We…
Queen Anne [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 2:04:42
Queen Anne spent her whole life in the violent storms of other people’s ambitions - her family, politicians, and yes, one very dramatic friend who made sure her reputation took a beating for centuries. But behind all tha…
Laura Ingalls Wilder: The Do-over, Part Three [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:37:08
At last, at last! We have arrived at the part of her story that Laura Ingalls Wilder is most famous for; her series of eight (not yet nine!) books which tell decades of readers the romanticized story of young Laura's chi…
Laura Ingalls Wilder: The Do-over, Part Two [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:36:10
Laura Ingalls Wilder's books inspired us as children with a fascination for history. And her story has been with us since the beginning of the podcast, all of those years ago. She has deserved a second look from us for a…
Laura Ingalls Wilder: The Do-over, Part One [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 2:06:03
Once upon a time, back in 2011, we shared the story of Laura Ingalls Wilder, beloved author of the Little House series and chronicler of life on the US prairie in the late 1800s. Now, 15 years later, we thought it was ti…
Boudica [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:14:46
Boudica (formerly known as Boadicea ) was a first‑century Celtic queen of the Iceni tribe in what’s now eastern England. After the Roman Empire seized her late husband’s kingdom and brutalized her family, she rallied a m…
Bonus: History Chicks History [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 6:41
To celebrate International Women's Day on March 8th, and Women's History Month during all of March, we have a short message for you all. We couldn't possibly narrow down one or even 31 women to honor this month, so we'll…
Dovey Johnson Roundtree [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 2:03:21
Dovey Johnson Roundtree grew up in the Jim Crow era South and carried her grandmother’s philosophy of "find a way or make one” as her armor into every challenge she faced. She became one of the first Black women in the W…
Odetta [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:31:39
Odetta was one of the defining voices of American folk music. Though she had been trained in classical music, she was drawn to spirituals, work songs, traditional ballads, and blues. These songs told the stories of true…

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