Gals Guide

Beatrice Wood - Katie's Pick for Creativity & Expression Month

Mon, 08 Jun 2026 02:00:22 -0400

Katie is taking a pottery class and found inspiration and kinship with Beatrice Wood. Beatrice was a potter and involved with the Dada movement, giving her the nickname "Mama of Dada." Learn about Beatrice's fascinating life in pottery, art, literature, and French names we struggle to say.

Elizabeth Keckley - Bonnie's Pick for Creativity & Expression Month

Mon, 01 Jun 2026 12:32:25 -0400

Bonnie starts Creativity & Expression month by talking about Elizabeth Keckley. From slavery to the personal dressmaker to Mary Todd Lincoln, learn about Elizabeth and her dress-making business.

Eunice Kennedy Shriver - Katie's Pick for Movement & Joy in the Body

Mon, 18 May 2026 03:22:25 -0400

Katie finishes up Movement & Joy in the body month by talking about Eunice Kennedy Shriver and her work creating Special Olympics. Did you know Special Olympics first started with Eunice hosting a summer camp on her farm in Maryland? Learn more about Eunice and her work on behalf of persons with disabilities.

Dorothy "Tommy" Dermody - Jackie's Pick for Movement & Joy in the Body

Mon, 11 May 2026 12:20:23 -0400

Jackie continues our learning theme of finding wellness with Movement & Joy in the body. Jackie talks about Dorothy "Tommy" Dermody, the Irish fencer who was from County Tipperary. Not only did she compete in the Olympic Games, but she also made movement and fitness invaluable for kids around Ireland.

Ginger Rogers - Leah's Pick for Movement & Joy in the Body

Mon, 04 May 2026 15:16:57 -0400

Leah starts off the month with our new theme. In May, Gals Guide is learning from women who found wellness with Movement & Joy in the body. Leah talks about the famous quote and how it might be truer (and wiser) than we might have given it credit for. "Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did, but did it backwards...and in high heels." Also, a tribute and wish for Mother's Day.

Selma Miriam - Leah's Pick for Nourishment & The Table

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 02:00:41 -0400

The world is a better place because Selma Miriam was in it... and we might not have known about her without the support of our patron Tony Vasquez. He was the one who sent us a DVD of the amazing documentary A Culinary Uprising: The Story of Bloodroot. Leah closes our learning theme with a wonderful example of Nourishment & The Table. Selma Miriam created a space for well being in so many women’s lives. Learn and share the story of Bloodroot a feminist, vegetarian, restaurant, and bookstore in Bridgeport Connecticut.

Leah Chase - Katie's Pick for Nourishment & The Table

Mon, 20 Apr 2026 01:21:19 -0400

Katie continues our learning theme - Nourishment & the Table - by talking about the Queen of Creole Cuisine, Leah Chase. Learn why her restaurant, Dooky Chase, was named one of the 40 most important restaurants of the past 40 years by Food & Wine.

Alexis Nikole Nelson - Amy's Pick for Nourishment & The Table

Sun, 12 Apr 2026 22:20:20 -0400

Amy Dalton is back on the show! Amy continues our learning theme - Nourishment & the Table by talking about The Black Forager, Alexis Nikole Nelson. Learn from this adorable forest fairy of a woman, all about how the outdoors are full of things we can eat and how we can have fun learning what is edible and what isn't.

Claire Saffitz - Bonnie's Pick for Nourishment & The Table

Mon, 06 Apr 2026 00:00:53 -0400

Bonnie starts our learning theme - Nourishment & the Table by talking about Desert Person, Claire Saffitz. Claire's describes being a desert person as "an attitude; it's about embracing cooking and eating as fundamental sources of pleasure."

Meditation - The Ground of Being

Mon, 23 Mar 2026 16:28:33 -0400

Leah finishes up Rest as Resistance month with a meditation. She learned this meditation from the Tara Mandala Center. She has been led in this meditation by Lama Tsultrim Allione as well as Lopon Charlotte Rotterdam. It’s a practice that can be done whenever you need it. It has a seed of Buddhism with mindful compassion at its center but you can use this process with any spiritual path, including no specific spiritual path.

Betty Ford - Katie's Rest as Resistance Pick

Mon, 16 Mar 2026 03:02:22 -0400

Katie continues Rest as Resistance Month talking about Betty Ford. Learn about the former First Lady whose clinic provided rest and awareness of those with substance use disorders.

Mother Jones - Debbi's Rest as Resistance Pick

Mon, 09 Mar 2026 11:44:20 -0400

Debbi continues Rest as Resistance Month talking about Mother Jones. Learn about the activism of Mary G. Harris Jones to provide rest for the Industrial Workers of the World as well as transform child labor laws.

Tricia Hersey of the Nap Ministry - Leah's Rest As Resistance Pick

Mon, 02 Mar 2026 01:02:06 -0500

Leah starts off Rest as Resistance Month with the woman who wrote the book on it, Tricia Hersey. Learn all about the amazing teaching artist and founder of the Nap Ministry. "Rest is a healing portal to our deepest selves. Rest is care. Rest is radical." - Tricia Hersey from Rest is Resistance

Jane Goodall - Leah's Heart & Connection Pick

Mon, 23 Feb 2026 02:08:47 -0500

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.

Nellie Bly - Katie's Heart & Connection Pick

Tue, 17 Feb 2026 00:01:45 -0500

Katie continues Heart & Connection Month with a gal whose writing connected her readers to a larger world. Learn all about the amazing Nellie Bly and her investigative journalism into a mental institution as well as her adventures around the world in 72 days.

Helen B. Taussig - Bonnie's Heart & Connection Pick

Mon, 09 Feb 2026 14:29:48 -0500

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.

300th Episode

Mon, 02 Feb 2026 02:33:34 -0500

It's our 300th episode! Leah, Bonnie, and Katie recorded a live, interactive show with host Editor Amber! The Gal Pals be drinking. See if they can sum up the 300 episodes in 300 seconds. See how much of the 8 years they remember and how much was wishful drinking. Plus audience questions, interactive games, and giveaways. Raise a glass of the Gal Pal Official Cocktail to another 300 episode of amazing women of history! Check out galsguide.org to see what exclusive giveaways are left.

Joan Didion - Katie's Pick for Rooted in Self Month

Mon, 19 Jan 2026 11:56:11 -0500

Katie continues Rooted in Self Month by telling us about Joan Didion. Learn about the writer who was a pioneer in the form of New Journalism. Joan wrote essays, articles, novels, and screenplays. Writing was therapeutic and helped her process the death of her husband and daughter. Learn about Joan's years of magical thinking.

Jeanne Baret - Bonnie's Pick for Rooted in Self Month

Mon, 12 Jan 2026 12:23:01 -0500

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 on a boat and circumnavigate the world (she did have to do it dressed as a man, though). Learn all about how she navigated these waters in the late 1760s

Tye Leung Schulze - Leah's Political Change Pick

Mon, 17 Nov 2025 01:13:32 -0500

Leah finishes Political Change Month with the first Chinese woman to vote in America...and she was a pinball wizard. I know, I know seems like a jump but it’s a journey and we’re in it together. Learn all about Tye Leung Schulze in the final episode of Season 8.

Jeanette Rankin - Katie's Political Change Pick

Mon, 10 Nov 2025 14:05:56 -0500

Katie continues Political Change Month by talking about Jeannette Rankin, the first woman to hold federal office in the United States. The Republican Representative for Montana in 1916 and again in 1940. To this date, Jeannette is the only congresswoman to have represented Montana.

Alice Roosevelt - Bonnie's Political Change Pick

Mon, 03 Nov 2025 11:46:16 -0500

Bonnie starts of Political Change Month with the infamous Alice Roosevelt. Have you heard the quote by her dad Theodore Roosevelt? “I can do one of two things. I can be President of the United States or I can control Alice Roosevelt. I cannot possibly do both.” Learn why on this week's episode.

Lady Eleanor Butler & Sarah Ponsonby - Leah's Defiance Pick

Mon, 27 Oct 2025 15:19:51 -0400

Leah wraps up Defiance Month with a pair of queer Irish ladies that she found so adorably defiant that she just wanted to be in their orbit and share their story. Remember Leah is high on cold medicine as she talks about Lady Eleanor Butler & Sarah Ponsonby. The Ladies of Llangollen were two upper-class women who lived together as a couple in the late 1700s. People wrote poems about them, their house is a museum.

N.O.W. - Julie's Defiance Pick

Mon, 20 Oct 2025 12:17:51 -0400

Julie continues Defiance Month by talking about N.O.W. The National Organization for Women.

Kathrine Switzer - Katie's Defiance Pick

Tue, 14 Oct 2025 13:04:44 -0400

Katie continues Defiance Month by talking about Kathrine Switzer. After a Jock tried to rip off her bib number, Kathrine is the first woman to officially run the Bost Marathon. Leah's on cold medicine, Bonnie's craftin' without deadlines, and Julie's back.

Olga of Kiev - Bonnie's Defiance Pick

Mon, 06 Oct 2025 08:01:00 -0400

Bonnie starts Defiance Month with Olga of Kiev. A gal who killed a lot of people who tried to marry her and yet was made a saint. Leah's on cold medicine, Katie's writing letters, Julie's back, and we're pronouncing "Kiev" wrong the whole time.

Dorothea Dix - Leah's Personal Change Pick

Mon, 29 Sep 2025 13:04:17 -0400

Leah finishes up Personal Change Month with a gal who experienced the effects of mental illness and decided to create better conditions (not perfect) for those afflicted with mental illness. As Dorothea Dix fought for the humanity of the mentally ill, the culture started to shift more humanely as well. Knowing we still have *LOTS* to go in the field of mental health, learn about Dorothea Dix on this week's episode. Joined by Klaire, Katie, and Bonnie.

Lee Krasner - Klaire's Personal Change Pick

Mon, 22 Sep 2025 08:00:00 -0400

Klaire continues Personal Change month with an abstract painter whose legacy personally effects one of our Gal Pals. Learn about Lee Krasner on this week's episode. Joined by Leah, Katie and Bonnie.

Maia Szalavitz - Katie's Personal Change Pick

Mon, 15 Sep 2025 13:40:15 -0400

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.

Dorothy Hodgkin - Bonnie's Personal Change Pick

Mon, 08 Sep 2025 08:01:00 -0400

Bonnie starts of Personal Change month with a chemist who won a Noble Prize. Joined by Leah, Katie and Klaire Lockheart.

Annette Kellerman - Leah's Courage Pick

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 07:00:00 -0400

Leah finished 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 not being ashamed of her body.

Even in 2025, some of us who wear a swimsuit in public are performing an act of courage. A battle between ourselves and culture. A piece of fabric whose history is written with rebellion.

Learn about this poetic, noble, land-mermaid on this episode of the Gal's Guide Podcast.

Camogie Uniform - Jackie's Courage Pick

Mon, 18 Aug 2025 08:01:00 -0400

Jackie continues courage month talking about the Camogie and it's 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. What happened next? Listen to this weeks episode.

Mirabel Sisters - Katie's Courage Pick

Tue, 12 Aug 2025 17:34:12 -0400

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.

Victoria Woodhull - Bonnie's Courage Pick

Mon, 04 Aug 2025 12:20:46 -0400

Bonnie starts of courage month with a gal who was so courageous she ran for President of the United States before women even had the right to vote. Learn about the unique history of Victoria Woodhull, a woman who was certainly ahead of her time!

Clara Breed - Riwo's Freedom Pick

Wed, 23 Jul 2025 12:02:27 -0400

Riwo finishes up Freedom Month talking about a San Diego Public Librarian who stood up for Japanese American children during WW2 interments. Clara Breed sent books, letters, and support to young readers imprisoned in camps — protecting their right to read and reminding them they were not forgotten.

SlutWalk - Katie's Freedom Pick

Mon, 14 Jul 2025 16:24:57 -0400

Katie continues Freedom Month talking about SlutWalk an international movement. SlutWalk were protests to stop people asking "what was she wearing" when discussing rape and sexual assault victims. A call to end slut-shamming as well as ending rape culture.

Deborah Sampson - Bonnie's Freedom Pick

Mon, 07 Jul 2025 10:51:40 -0400

Bonnie starts off Freedom Month talking about Deborah Sampson, who disguised herself as a man to fight in the American Revolution.

Barbara Gittings - Riwo's Injustice Pick

Mon, 16 Jun 2025 08:01:00 -0400

Riwo finishes up Injustice Month with the mother of the LGBTQ movement, Barbara Gittings. She organized with Frank Kameny the first gay rights protest on July 4, 1965. She also fought for gay literary rights and gay mental health rights. She found community and started a movement.

Podcast note: We're on break for the rest of June for the Gal's Guide move to Minnesota. Episodes will return in July.

Lucy Stone - Katie's Injustice Pick

Mon, 09 Jun 2025 08:00:00 -0400

Katie continues Injustice Month with a suffragette. Lucy Stone spoke out for women's rights, was the first Massachusetts woman to earn a college degree, and even kept her name when she married. Learn all about Lucy.

Ida B. Wells - Bonnie's Injustice Pick

Wed, 04 Jun 2025 10:15:47 -0400

Bonnie starts off Injustice Month with a crusader for justice, Ida B. Wells. As an author, journalist and civil rights leader, Ida brought information and power to the movement for African-American equality. She was one of the founders of the NAACP and was forcibly removed from a train for the color of her skin in 1884 (71 years before Rosa Parks).

Mary Sherman Morgan - Katie's Innovation Pick

Wed, 28 May 2025 12:08:39 -0400

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.

Beatrice Schilling - Bonnie's Innovation Pick

Wed, 21 May 2025 12:21:44 -0400

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!

Lizzie Magie - Riwo's Innovation Pick

Mon, 12 May 2025 12:48:22 -0400

Riwo starts off Innovation Month with a rebel with a board game. Learn about the actual inventor of the game Monopoly, Elizabeth "Lizzie" Magie. Her story and what she was trying to teach us is way more in-depth that you might have been led to believe.

Yayoi Kusama - Riwo's Creative Expression Pick

Mon, 28 Apr 2025 14:51:00 -0400

Riwo finishes up Rebellious Creative Expression month with Yayoi Kusama, a rebel in polka dots. She’s been called “one of the most important artists to come out of Japan.” She’s not only a polka dot pop artist but also a filmmaker, protestor, author, sculptor, and fashion designer. She hit on rebellious creative expression on so many fronts.

Lee Miller - Katie's Creative Expression Pick

Wed, 23 Apr 2025 10:35:10 -0400

It's Katie's turn to tell us about her pick for Rebellious Creative Expression month. Lee Miller was creative and rebellious in many ways. Lee was a war correspondent, photographer, and artist. She also took a rebellious picture of herself in Hitler's bathtub.

Françoise d'Eaubonne - Josh's Creative Expression Pick

Wed, 16 Apr 2025 14:02:42 -0400

Rebellious Creative Expression continues on the Gal's Guide Podcast. Josh talks about Françoise d'Eaubonne, the French author who coined the term ecofeminism.

Edmonia Lewis - Bonnie's Creative Expression Pick

Wed, 09 Apr 2025 12:21:15 -0400

We're exploring Creative Expression within rebellion. Bonnie starts us off with the sculpture artist, Edmonia Lewis. Edmonia brought her African and Native American heritage to a neoclassical marble sculpture. Learn all about her incredible work.

Rima Sultana Rimu - Katie's Equality Pick

Mon, 31 Mar 2025 08:01:00 -0400

Katie finishes Equality Month of our Rebel Era by talking about the young peace activist from the Young Women for Leadership (YWL). Learn about the Rima Sultana Rimu from Bangladesh.

Fannie Lou Hamer - Debbie's Equality Pick

Fri, 28 Mar 2025 16:17:35 -0400

Debbi continues Equality Month of our Rebel Era, by talking about the powerful activist, Fannie Lou Hamer.

Mary Bowser - Bonnie's Equality Pick

Mon, 17 Mar 2025 11:19:24 -0400

Bonnie starts off Equality Month of our Rebel Era, by talking about the amazing Civil War spy. Known by a couple of names Mary Elizabeth Bowser, Mary Richards, or Mary J.R. Garmin. Born into slavery she was a Union spy in the Confederate White House.

Madge Saved Lives - Special Episode

Sat, 15 Mar 2025 05:00:00 -0400

March 15, 2025, will mark 100 years since the kidnapping, rape, and murder of Madge Oberholtzer. Madge’s trial was directly responsible for dismantling the Ku Klux Klan in Indiana.

A powerful and poignant special episode, Madge Saved Lives, releases on the 100th anniversary of Madge Oberholtzer’s kidnapping, March 15, 1925. This episode shines a light on a harrowing event in history that sparked significant change. Learn about Madge's courageous stand and the legacy her tragic story left behind. Her bravery and the events surrounding her kidnapping became a catalyst for justice and societal change—a story that deserves to be remembered and honored.

This episode is different from our regular episodes but it exemplifies Gal’s Guide’s mission to highlight the powerful, untold stories of women in history.

More info available at galsguide.org

Jessie Redmon Fauset - Katie's Solidarity Pick

Mon, 24 Feb 2025 11:45:24 -0500

Katie finishes up Solidarity Month by talking about the author Jessie Redmon Fauset. As an editor of The Crisis as well as a poet and novelist, Jessie showcased the true image of African-American life. Her characters were working professionals and dealt with themes of feminism, "passing" and racial discrimination. Learn more about Jessie on this week's episode.

Tarana Burke - Riwo's Solidarity Pick

Mon, 17 Feb 2025 08:00:00 -0500

Riwo continues Solidarity Month with a powerful episode about the work of Tarana Burke and the #MeToo Movement.

Georgia Gilmore - Julie's Solidarity Pick

Wed, 12 Feb 2025 13:43:43 -0500

Julie continues Solidarity Month at Gal's Guide. Julie tells us Georgia Gilmore who used food as a connecting and fundraising tool for the Montgomery Bus Boycott movement. She was the rebel gal behind the "Club from Nowhere."

MMIW - Bonnie's Solidarity Pick

Mon, 03 Feb 2025 08:00:00 -0500

February is Solidarity Month at Gal's Guide. Bonnie starts off by talking about the movement and awareness of the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW).

Ani Pachen - Riwo's Resistance Pick

Mon, 27 Jan 2025 08:00:00 -0500

Riwo wraps up resistance month talking about the Tibetan warrior nun, Ani Pachen.

Boudica - Katie's Resistance Pick

Mon, 20 Jan 2025 08:01:00 -0500

Katie talks about her resistance gal, Queen Boudica on this week's episode.

4B Movement - Bonnie's Resistance Pick

Mon, 13 Jan 2025 08:00:00 -0500

2025 is Gal's Guide Rebel Gal Era. We're dedicating each month to the various ways women rebel. January is "Resistance" month. Bonnie starts off Season 8 with the 4B movement out of South Korea.

Karen Blixen - Katie's Scandinavian Pick

Fri, 06 Dec 2024 12:15:09 -0500

Katie ends our Around the World theme with a baroness and author. Baroness Karen Christenze von Blixen-Finecke went by many names when she wrote. She's most famous for penning Out of Africa. Learn about this Danish traveler and her many adventures.

Season 8 of the Gal's Guide Podcast returns in January 2025!

Björk - Kassie's Scandinavian Pick

Wed, 20 Nov 2024 13:43:48 -0500

Kassie continues Scandinavian Gal Month with Icelandic musician and actress, Björk. Learn about how Björk started in music at age 11 and rose to international success with the band The Sugarcubes before going solo. There was also that swan dress...

Vigdís Finnbogadóttir - Bonnie's Scandinavian Pic

Wed, 13 Nov 2024 13:54:40 -0500

Bonnie continues Scandinavian Gal Month with the first woman in the world to be democratically elected as president. Learn about Vigdís Finnbogadóttir the president of Iceland from 1980-1996.

Eva Ekeblad - Riwo's Scandinavian Gal Pick

Wed, 06 Nov 2024 12:30:08 -0500

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!

Maria Rostworowski - Riwo's South American Pick

Mon, 28 Oct 2024 08:00:00 -0400

Riwo finishes up South American month talking about a historian who taught us how to learn about the Incas not from a western perspective, not from a Spanish conquistador perspective, but that of the ancestry of the people, the Andeans. Learn about the fantastic historian Maria Rostworowski.

Carmen Miranda - Julie's South American Pick

Mon, 21 Oct 2024 15:10:00 -0400

Julie shares with us the colorful life of the gal known for her fruit hats, singing, and dancing - Carmen Miranda. There is much more to this "Brazillian Bombshell" learn about Carmen's life in two Americans and her many talents.

Special Witchy Offer, Birthday Dedication and Flashback episode of Katie's Catherine Movoisin

Mon, 14 Oct 2024 15:40:00 -0400

It's Katie's Birthday week and we have a special coupon code for 15% off our event A Night With the Witch and Famous.

The episode originally aired October 17, 2022 - Katie gets gruesome with the tale of Catherine “La Vosin” Monvoisin. This French black magic sorcerer was the head of a powerful network that provided poisons, love potions, and abortions. She might have killed over 1,000 people but she also might have got King Louis XIV to fall for Madame de Montespan. Listen, if you dare!

Maria Quiteria - Bonnie's South American Pick

Wed, 09 Oct 2024 15:30:55 -0400

It's the start of South American Gal Month! Bonnie leads off with a national hero of Brazil, Maria Quitéria! Learn about this lieutenant in the Brazilian War of Independence.

The Three Sisters - Katie's American Farmer Gal Pick

Tue, 01 Oct 2024 10:44:42 -0400

Katie finishes up American Farmers Month with the Indigenous peoples' mythos of planting corn, beans, and squash.

Farmerettes - Riwo's American Farmer Pic

Tue, 01 Oct 2024 10:36:32 -0400

Before there was Rosie the Riveter there were the Farmerettes. Riwo shares the history of the gals who were called to help America by being farmers.

Harriet Strong - Debbi's American Farmer Pic

Mon, 23 Sep 2024 08:00:00 -0400

Debbi shares her American farmer gal, Harriet Williams Russell strong. Harriet was pivotal to water conservation in California. She was also known as the "Walnut Queen" and held 5 patents. Learn all about this innovative woman.

Ruth Stout - Bonnie's American Farmer Pick

Mon, 16 Sep 2024 08:00:00 -0400

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.

Catherine O'Hara - Riwo's Canadian Gal Pick

Wed, 24 Jul 2024 17:17:04 -0400

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.

Mary Ann Shadd Cary - Barb's Canadian Gal Pick

Mon, 15 Jul 2024 12:01:06 -0400

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 self-education for Black people.

Viola Desmond - Katie's Canadian Gal Pick

Mon, 08 Jul 2024 11:29:33 -0400

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.

Lucy Maud Montgomery - Bonnie's Canadian Gal Pick

Mon, 01 Jul 2024 11:04:25 -0400

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.

Celia Cruz - Riwo's Caribbean Pick

Mon, 17 Jun 2024 09:00:00 -0400

Riwo finishes up Caribbean Month talking about the Queen of Salsa, Celia Cruz. This colorful Cuban singer part of Tito Puente's Orchestra and the only female in the Fanta All-Stars. Her story is full of Azucar (sugar) sweetness. She released 37 albums and has even more collabs including one with Wyclef Jean.

Miss Lou - Barb's Caribbean Pick

Mon, 10 Jun 2024 09:00:00 -0400

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 of your culture.

Shirley Chisholm - Bonnie's Caribbean Pick

Tue, 04 Jun 2024 12:57:28 -0400

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!

Tomoe Gozen - Riwo's Japan Pick

Fri, 24 May 2024 10:31:50 -0400

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.

Ado - Kami's Japan Pick

Wed, 15 May 2024 13:12:22 -0400

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 music right now.

Komako Kimura - Bonnie's Japan Pick

Wed, 08 May 2024 10:34:38 -0400

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 New York...and perform at Carnegie Hall...and on Broadway

Çatalhöyük - Riwo's Middle East Pick

Wed, 01 May 2024 12:39:14 -0400

Riwo's has gone rogue. She has as her pick an ancient site in what is now Turkey. Çatalhöyük has many twist and turns. It is a journey through some problematic guys. But Çatalhöyük, was said to be ruled by women 9000 years ago.

Sameera Moussa - Katie's Middle Eastern Gal Pick

Wed, 01 May 2024 12:29:23 -0400

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 as the Mother of Atomic Energy and "Atoms for Peace."

Sama El Masry - Amy's Middle Eastern Gal Pick

Wed, 17 Apr 2024 12:21:16 -0400

Amy returns to the show with an insightful look at the controversial actress and belly dancer, Sama El Masry. Sama's views and delivery may be polarizing but she is a woman who was arrested, sent to jail, and fined for posting a TikTok video.

Artemisia 1 of Caria - Bonnie's Middle Eastern Gal Pick

Wed, 10 Apr 2024 11:55:02 -0400

Bonnie starts us off with an exploration of women in the Middle East. Artemisia 1 of Caria was a Queen of what is now Turkey. She commanded ships, was a friend of Xerxes 1, King of Persia and she's written about in Herodotus.

Kate O'Brien - Jackie's Irish Gal Pick

Mon, 01 Apr 2024 00:33:10 -0400

Did you think Ireland Month was over?! Well, we found a pot of gold on this April Fools Day! Gal’s Guide just happens to be so lucky because we know Jackie. Jackie is a native Hoosier who now calls Ireland home. She also runs the Castlelyons Library, which is supported and sponsored by Gal’s Guide. So for this bonus episode, Jackie Donegan tells us about the amazing Irish author Kate O'Brien!

Queen Medb - Riwo's Irish Gal Pick

Thu, 28 Mar 2024 12:06:47 -0400

Riwo's pick is pre-Christian times in Ireland. Her pick is also part historical but also part myth and legend. She’s a complex woman. Queen Medb (also spelled Maeve, Mave, Meave) her name is connected to alcohol - you know meade-woman - she starts a war over who has a prettier bull, and it takes 30 men in a night to satisfy her sexually. She’s a lot and she's not apologizing for any of it.

Sinéad O'Connor - Lori's Irish Gal Pick

Mon, 18 Mar 2024 13:41:52 -0400

Lori continues Ireland Month by talking about singer, songwriter, and activist Sinéad O'Connor. The Pope and Prince tie into this episode as we learn about the many albums, struggles, and talents of this Dublin musician.

Bernadette Devlin - Katie's Irish Gal Pick

Mon, 11 Mar 2024 23:22:19 -0400

Katie continues Ireland Month with a campaigner for social justice, elected to Parliament at age 21, served prison time, wounded in an assassination attempt, and sometimes called "Ireland's Joan of Arc", Bernadette Devlin.

Lilian Bland - Bonnie's Irish Gal Pick

Wed, 06 Mar 2024 10:49:39 -0500

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 is new.

Mariama Ba - Katie's African Gal Pick

Mon, 26 Feb 2024 08:00:00 -0500

Katie finishes up African Gals Month by sharing about Senegalese author, Mariama Ba. So Long a Letter is a novel expressing the fate and the frustration of African women. Mariama received the Noma Award, a major book award in Africa.

Agojie - Leah's African Gals Pick

Wed, 21 Feb 2024 10:46:47 -0500

Gal's Guide Film Club is discussing the Viola Davis movie The Women King. Leah wanted to dig deeper into the real-life all-female military regiment in the Kingdom of Dahomey known as the Agojie. If you are wondering if they are what the Dorje Milaje of Black Panther is based on - you are correct my friend.

Professor Nox Makunga - Josh's African Gal Pick

Wed, 14 Feb 2024 13:46:38 -0500

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!

Huda Sha'arawi - Bonnie's African Gal Pick

Thu, 08 Feb 2024 15:54:55 -0500

It's a new month and Bonnie starts African Gal month with a trailblazer of the Egyptian Feminist movement, Huda Sha'arawi. Learn about this amazing suffragette.

Sister Elizabeth Kenny - Leah's Australian Gal Pick

Wed, 31 Jan 2024 14:39:27 -0500

Leah closes out Australian Gals Month with her pick. Sister Elizabeth Kenny (who was a military sister, not a religious sister) was an Australian Bush nurse who basically created physical therapy. At the time her methods of treating polio patients were unconventional but one day there was some help from the Mayo Clinic in the United States. Learn more about this amazing woman.

Mary Reibey - Katie's Australian Gal Pick

Tue, 23 Jan 2024 18:55:18 -0500

Katie's Australian Gal is a legendary businesswoman who started as a convict. Learn about Mary Reibey, an incredible woman who is on the money and became a role model for many.

Edith Cowan - Barb’s Australian Gal Pick

Mon, 15 Jan 2024 08:00:00 -0500

Australian Gals Month continues! Barb's pick is a social reformer who was the first woman to serve as a member of Parliament.

Julia Gillard - Bonnie’s Australian Gal Pick

Mon, 08 Jan 2024 16:53:43 -0500

It is a new season of the Gal’s Guide Podcast! Can you believe it, it’s season 7! We’ve got a slightly new spin on all of 2024’s episodes. We’ll be learning about women around the world with a new region each month. This month, it’s Australia! Bonnie starts us off with the first female Prime Minister of Australia, Julia Gillard.

Susan La Flesche Picotte

Mon, 27 Nov 2023 18:32:30 -0500

For the last episode of Season 6, Barb ends Medicine Woman month with Omaha Medical doctor, Susan La Flesche Picotte.

Season 7 begins on January 8, 2024, with Australian Gals.

Gladys Tantaquidgeon - Leah’s 1 Cool Medicine Woman

Mon, 13 Nov 2023 13:18:42 -0500

Medicine Woman Month continues! Leah tells us about the amazing Gladys Tantaquidgeon who was 3rd generation medicine woman who lived to age 106!

Qi-yo Ke-pe - Bonnie’s 1 Cool Medicine Woman

Wed, 08 Nov 2023 13:23:26 -0500

Bonnie stars of Medicine Woman with the Great Healer of the Native Americans, Qi-yo Ke-pe.

Baba Yaga - Bonnie’s 1 Cool Folklore Gal

Fri, 03 Nov 2023 15:51:26 -0400

Bonnie finishes up Folklore Month with the Slavic hero/villain the Baba Yaga!

Kisa Gotami - Leah’s 1 Cool Folklore Gal

Wed, 25 Oct 2023 15:09:54 -0400

Leah shares a Buddhist folktale of Kisa Gotami and the Mustard Seed.

Aleshea Harris - Kassie’s 1 Cool Folklore Gal

Fri, 20 Oct 2023 11:51:22 -0400

Kassie talks about the amazing modern playwright who has a folklore twist. Learn and celebrate Aleshea Harris and her play "Is God Is."

Lozen - Barb’s 1 Cool Folklore Gal

Thu, 12 Oct 2023 14:13:09 -0400

Barb tells us about Lozen, the Chiricahua Warm Springs Apache who was a skillful warrior and a shield to her people. There is a trigger warning for this episode as we do discuss the capture and the imprisonment of Lozen and her people.

Folklore Bonus Episode

Sun, 01 Oct 2023 09:01:00 -0400

October is Folklore Gals Month. To set the tone, Katie Young shares a quick and bonus episode about the lore of Banshees.

Ruth Wakefield - Leah’s 1Cool Working Women

Wed, 27 Sep 2023 13:49:17 -0400

Leah finished up Working Women Month with a delicious treat! Learn about Ruth Wakefield, the inventor of the chocolate chip cookie. See if you think she got a tasty deal for her business creation.

Reshma Saujani - Barb’s 1 Cool Working Woman

Mon, 18 Sep 2023 09:00:00 -0400

Working Women Month continues! Barb tells us about the founder of Girls Who Code and the best-selling author of multiple books, Reshma Saujani.

Judith Love Cohen - Katie’s 1 Cool Working Woman

Mon, 11 Sep 2023 13:34:45 -0400

Working Women Month continues! Katie is up next telling us about the fantastic American aerospace engineer, who also happens to be the mom of actor, Jack Black.

Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire - Bonnie’s Working Women

Thu, 07 Sep 2023 00:11:53 -0400

Bonnie starts off Working Women month with a cautionary tale of the horrors of the workplace. On Saturday, March 25, 1911, a fire broke out in Manhattan. The tall building with unsafe conditions created a deadly industrial disaster. Taking the lives of 146 people, most of them women, inspired protests to create safer work conditions for all.

Stewardess Rebellion - Katie’s 1 Cool Thing

Mon, 28 Aug 2023 09:00:00 -0400

The Aviation drink with gin has REALLY KICK IN! Katie wraps up aviation month with the power of the Great Stewardess Rebellion. Inspired by the amazing book of the same name by Nell McShane Wulfhart. We also talked about the window, aisle, or middle seat before we got really upset with the sexism in the airline industry.

Wally Funk - Leah’s 1 Cool Aviation Gal

Tue, 22 Aug 2023 00:09:32 -0400

Leah's super excited to tell you about one of her favorite Mercury 13 gals who also is the oldest woman to go to space! It's the delightful, Wally Funk!

Mama Bird Evelyn Johnson - Barb’s 1 Cool Aviation Gal

Mon, 21 Aug 2023 23:51:00 -0400

Barb continues Aviation gals month with a high flyer who was born just 6 years after the Wright brother's first flight. Learn about Mama Bird the female pilot with the highest number of flying hours in the world. She was a colonel in the Civil Air Patrol and a founding member of the Morristown, Tennessee Civil Air Patrol Squadron

Sophie Blanchard - Bonnie’s 1 Cool Aviation Gal

Mon, 07 Aug 2023 20:17:53 -0400

Bonnie's pick to start off Aviation Gal's Month hits on her favorite things - her gal has a lot of names, she's the first in a few things, and there is a puppy element. That being said, it's a wild ride learning about Madame Sophie Blanchard, the French woman who was the first female professional balloonist...but she also was the first to....let's say, not land.

Jordyn Zimmerman - Katie’s 1 Cool Disabled Gal

Sun, 30 Jul 2023 20:37:17 -0400

Katie wraps up Disability Gals Month by talking about the amazing accessibility enthusiast, Jordyn Zimmerman.

Judith Heumann - Leah’s 1 Cool Disability Gal

Sun, 30 Jul 2023 20:29:12 -0400

Leah continues Disability Gals Month and celebrates the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by talking about an inspirational activist, Judith Heumann.

Annie Jump Cannon - Edan’s 1 Cool Disabled Gal

Mon, 24 Jul 2023 12:39:34 -0400

Edan continues Disability Gals Month telling us about the deaf astronomer, Annie Jump Cannon.

Tammy Duckworth - Bonnie’s 1 Cool Disabled Gal

Mon, 17 Jul 2023 01:22:51 -0400

Bonnie starts us celebrating disabled gals. First up, we learn about U.S. State Senator Tammy Duckworth. Tammy is a retired Lieutenant Colonel. She is the first woman with a disability to be elected to Congress. The First double amputee in the Senate. The first senator to give birth while in office.

Joyce Hobson & Alice Armstrong - Katie’s Cool Hamilton County Gals

Mon, 26 Jun 2023 12:39:51 -0400

Katie wraps up Ham-co Gals month with not 1 but 2 awesome STEM ladies! Joyce Hobson was first female doctor in Hamilton County in 1879. Alice Armstrong was the first female patent holder in Hamilton County. The gals also talk about how the windows and floors in Noblesville are "unique" (AKA not plum, not the same size and slanted).

Dirty Helen - Lisa’s 1 Cool Hamilton County Gal

Mon, 19 Jun 2023 09:00:00 -0400

The Gal Pals are celebrating Hamilton County Gals! Lisa continues the month talking about Helen Worley Cromell, or Dirty Helen, the ‘good time party girl.

Avriel Shull - Barb’s 1 Cool Hamilton County Gal

Wed, 14 Jun 2023 18:49:37 -0400

The Gal Pals are celebrating Hamilton County Gals! Barb continues the month talking about Avriel Shull, a successful self-taught architect, designer and artist.

Lulu Miesse - Leah’s 1 Cool Hamilton County Gal

Mon, 05 Jun 2023 10:18:51 -0400

The Gal Pals are celebrating Hamilton County Gals! Leah starts off the month talking about the gal who organized for the local library and started the local bookmobile, Lulu Miesse.

Chien Shiung Wu - Bonnie’s 1 Cool Asian Gal

Wed, 31 May 2023 08:49:00 -0400

The Gal Pals are celebrating Asian Heritage Month! Bonnie finishes up the month talking about the Queen of Physics, Chein Shiung Wu!

Patsy Mink - Katie’s 1 Cool Asian Gal

Mon, 15 May 2023 16:41:07 -0400

The Gal Pals are celebrating Asian Heritage Month! Katie continues by discussing what she learned about the first woman of color to the U.S. House of Representatives, Patsy Takemoto Mink!

Junko Tabei - Barb’s 1 Cool Asian Gal

Wed, 10 May 2023 12:50:28 -0400

The Gal Pals are celebrating Asian Heritage Month! Barb starts us out with Japanese mountaineer Junko Tabei. Junko is the first woman to summit Mt. Everest.

Sappho - Leah’s 1 Cool Poetry Gal

Mon, 24 Apr 2023 13:17:24 -0400

Season 5’s Poetry Gals continues with the Gal Pals honoring National Poetry Month. with guest Barb Conlin. Leah’s choice? Sappho, The Poetess, or The Tenth Muse.

Anne Sexton - Barb’s 1 Cool Poetry Gal

Mon, 17 Apr 2023 11:04:20 -0400

Season 5’s Poetry Gals continues with the Gal Pals honoring National Poetry Month. with guest Barb Conlin. Barb’s choice? Anne Sexton, who wrote confessional poetry.

Dorothy Parker - Katie’s 1 Cool Poetry Gal

Mon, 10 Apr 2023 00:38:29 -0400

Season 5’s Poetry Gals continues with the Gal Pals honoring National Poetry Month. with guest Barb Conlin. Katie’s choice? Dorothy Parker, one of the founders of The New Yorker..

Phillis Wheatley - Bonnie’s 1 Cool Poetry Gal

Mon, 03 Apr 2023 02:04:08 -0400

Season 5’s Poetry Gals kicks off with the Gal Pals in honor of National Poetry Month. with guest Barb Conlin. Bonnie’s choice? Phillis Wheatley, who is considered the first African-American author of a published book of poetry.

Gratia Countryman - Leah’s 1 Cool Librarian

Tue, 28 Mar 2023 10:27:19 -0400

Season 5’s Library Gals concludes with the Gal Pals talking about real life unicorns, librarians. with guest Amy Dalton. Leah’s choice? Her ancestor, Gratia Countryman, who was called the Jane Addams of libraries.

Elizabeth Gray Vining - Amy’s 1 Cool Librarian

Wed, 22 Mar 2023 15:10:13 -0400

Season 5’s Library Gals continues with the Gal Pals talking about real life unicorns, librarians. with guest Amy Dalton. Amy’s second choice? Elizabeth Gray Vining, who tutored the Japanese royal family post-World War II.

Anne Carroll Moore - Amy’s 1 Cool Librarian

Thu, 16 Mar 2023 12:19:31 -0400

Season 5’s Library Gals continues with the Gal Pals talking about real life unicorns, librarians. with guest Amy Dalton. Amy’s choice? Anne Carroll Moore, who was at the forefront of developing children’s centers in libraries.

Maria Mitchell - Bonnie’s 1 Cool Librarian

Mon, 06 Mar 2023 08:00:00 -0500

Season 5’s Library Gals begins with the Gal Pals talking about real-life unicorns, librarians. with guest Amy Dalton. Bonnie’s choice? Maria Mitchell, who found Miss Mitchell’s Comet

Ella Brennan - Leah’s 1 Cool Culinary Gal

Mon, 27 Feb 2023 13:52:00 -0500

Season 5’s Culinary Gals wraps up with the Gal Pals talking about women with big impacts on the culinary world with guest Barb Conlin. Leah’s choice? Ella Brennan, who gave us the Jazz

Brunch.

Fanny Farmer - Bonnie’s 1 Cool Culinary Gal

Mon, 20 Feb 2023 01:05:03 -0500

Season 5’s Culinary Gals continues with the Gal Pals talking about women with big impacts on the culinary world with guest Barb Conlin. Bonnie’s choice? Fanny Farmer, sometimes called Modern Cookery’s Pioneer.

Ruth Fertel - Barb’s 1 Cool Culinary Gal

Sun, 12 Feb 2023 23:57:16 -0500

Season 5’s Culinary Gals continues with the Gal Pals talking about women with big impacts on the culinary world with guest Barb Conlin. Barb’s choice? Ruth Fertel, founder of Ruth’s Chris Steak House.

Ina Garten - Katie’s 1 Cool Culinary Gal

Mon, 06 Feb 2023 22:27:22 -0500

Season 5’s Culinary Gals starts with the Gal Pals talking about women with big impacts on the culinary world with guest Barb Conlin. Katie’s choice? Ina Garten, The Barefoot Contessa.

Marilyn Monroe - Leah’s 1 Cool Inspirational Gal

Mon, 30 Jan 2023 08:00:00 -0500

Season 5’s Inspirational Gals continues with the Gal Pals talking about women who are inspiring to them. Leah’s choice? Marilyn Monroe, who inspired her style of research!

Ruth Bader Ginsburg - Katie’s 1 Cool Inspirational Gal

Mon, 23 Jan 2023 11:34:01 -0500

Inspirational Gal Month continues! Katie talks about the little lawyer from Brooklyn who becomes the notorious RBG. Goodness do we still miss this gal! Learn about the amazing Supreme Court Justice, Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

Coretta Scott King -Flashback Episode

Mon, 16 Jan 2023 08:00:00 -0500

Flashback to Season 3 of Rebel month - Did you know the reason the U.S. has a federal holiday for Martin Luther King Jr is because of the work of Coretta Scott King? Learn about this active participant of peace who was active in the Civil Right Movement before meeting MLK.

Ada Lovelace - Bonnie’s 1 Cool Inspirational Gal

Mon, 09 Jan 2023 12:07:47 -0500

Season 5 begins with the Gal Pals talking about women who are inspiring to them. Bonnie kicks off the month by talking about the first computer programmer, Ada Lovelace!

Wachowskis - Leah’s 1 Cool Sci-Fi Gals

Mon, 28 Nov 2022 08:00:00 -0500

In the last episode of season 4, the Gal Pals talk about the writer/director duo The Wachowskis. Leah slightly holds back her geekiness for the Matrix films in this episode but only because we have Film Club on December 1 to talk about it all the more!

Sheri S. Tepper - Katie’s 1 Cool Sci-Fi Gal

Mon, 14 Nov 2022 16:19:00 -0500

The Gal Pals learn their Star Wars name before diving into the amazing second career for Sheri S. Tepper. Author of Gate to Women's Country, Grass and 57 more books!

Kate Mulgrew - Bonnie’s 1 Cool Sci-Fi Gal

Mon, 07 Nov 2022 12:15:23 -0500

Bonnie starts off Sci-Fi Gals Month with a Captain who is very close to our hearts, Captain Janeway! Learn about the incredible adventures of Kate Mulgrew.

200th Episode!!!!!!

Mon, 31 Oct 2022 09:00:00 -0400

The Gal Pals talk about the journey to 200 episodes. They also unveil the topics for 2023! What will they talk about next?! You get a sneak peek!

Beer Witches - Leah’s 1 Cool Witch

Mon, 24 Oct 2022 11:19:00 -0400

Leah finishes up witches month by talking about the Ale Wives of Europe through the middle ages. Did you know that when the Ale Wives would sell their goods in the marketplace they would wear pointy hats so people could spot them in a crowd? They would be busy stirring their large cauldrons of beer. Is this starting to sound familiar? Listen in to this week's spellbinding episode.

Catherine Monvoisin - Katie’s 1 Cool Witch

Mon, 17 Oct 2022 09:00:00 -0400

Katie gets gruesome with the tale of Catherine "La Vosin" Monvoisin. This French black magic sorcerer was the head of a powerful network that provided poisons, love potions, and abortions. She might have killed over 1,000 people but she also might have got King Louis XIV to fall for Madame de Montespan. Listen, if you dare!

Circe & Medea - Bonnie’s 1 Cool Witches

Mon, 10 Oct 2022 09:00:00 -0400

Bonnie tells the tale of not just one witch from Greek Mythology but two! Dive into the weirdness of Greek myths and learn about Circe and Medea. We also ask "If you could have any witch's power, what would it be?"

Stevie Nicks - Elyssa’s 1 Cool Witch

Wed, 05 Oct 2022 12:50:54 -0400

Elyssa Everling is back and starting off Witches Month! Was this amazing singer and actually witchy or just liked drapey clothes? Listen in and see if you think the rumors of the Reigning Queen of Rock and Roll are true or not.

Nancy Meyers - Katie’s 1 Cool Filmmaking Gal

Mon, 26 Sep 2022 09:00:00 -0400

Katie finishes up Filmmaker Month and stumps Leah! Learn all about the director who brought us, Private Benjamin, Baby Boom, Something's Gotta Give and more!

Penny Marshall - Leah’s 1 Cool Filmmaker Gal

Mon, 19 Sep 2022 16:47:00 -0400

Leah shares her love and film director Penny Marshall. Director of "A League of Their Own", "Big" "Jumping Jack Flash" and more. Learn just how movie geek Leah is and why Penny Marshall is such an inspiration to her.

Margaret Booth - Bonnie’s 1 Cool Filmmaker Gal

Mon, 12 Sep 2022 11:09:21 -0400

We're back! We'll explain the delay.

Bonnie kicks off Filmmaker Gals month with an editor who started with D.W. Griffith and ended with Annie (1982). She lived to be 104!! Wow did she see film change and you bet she was a strong part of it!

Agents of SHEILD - Kami’s 1 Cool Marvel Gal

Mon, 01 Aug 2022 12:56:17 -0400

Kami finishes up Marvel Gal's Month with her 3 favorite women of of "Agents of SHEILD" and a plea to Kevin Fiege.

Victoria Alonso - Leah’s 1 Cool Marvel Gal

Mon, 18 Jul 2022 09:00:00 -0400

Her name is on every Marvel movie since Ironman, get to know the extremely awesome, Victoria Alonso!

Louise ”Weezie” Simonson - Bonnie’s 1 Cool Marvel Gal

Mon, 11 Jul 2022 13:42:19 -0400

"On your left!" We are back from break celebrating American's Ass and Bonnie starts off Marvel Gal's Month talking about Marvel comic book editor and author, Louise "Weezie" Simonson!

Chapter 47 (Final Chapter)- Little Women

Sat, 09 Jul 2022 14:00:17 -0400

So sorry for the delay. Here is the last chapters of Little Women written by Louisa May Alcott. Thank you so much for listening to this audiobook readying by Amber Jacoba. We hope you enjoyed it!