Book Club: Suffrage and Sisterhood with Brigitte Dale
Join me and author Brigitte Dale as we explore the fascinating history of women's suffrage through the lens of Brigitte's novel The Good Daughters, about three young women who risk everything in the f...
14 Syys 40min
Women Artists of the Renaissance
When we think about Renaissance art, men's names are usually the first to come to mind. But some the period's artists were, of course, also women, and we'll be learning about three of them today: Lavi...
27 Elo 34min
The Women Who Flew During WWII with Becky Aikman
Today we're time traveling somewhere The Exploress has rarely been - World War II - to meet some of its daring female pilots. Turns out women flew some of the war's most dangerous aircraft, and our gu...
27 Heinä 38min
Empress Börte and Life for Women in the Mongol Empire
Genghis (or Chinggis) Khan is pretty famous for building the largest contiguous land empire the world has ever seen. But he couldn't have done it with his wife, Börte. She was his advisor in all thing...
30 Maalis 50min
Giving Cleopatra Voice with Natasha Solomons
In this episode of the Exploress Book Club, Natasha Solomons and I explore her new book I Am Cleopatra and the complexities of bringing Cleopatra's character to life on the page. Natasha discusses her...
11 Helmi 44min
Empress Cleopatra of Ancient Egypt
In this series, we're time traveling back to past empires to meet some of the woman who ran them. This time, we're revisiting a ruling lady we've met before: the mighty Cleopatra of ancient Egypt's Pt...
22 Tammi 1h 56min
Empress Theodora & Life for Women in the Byzantine Empire
In this series, we're time traveling back to past empires to meet some of the woman who helped run them. Let's link up with Empress Theodora, who's going to walk us through her Byzantine (aka Eastern ...
18 Joulu 20251h 2min
Empress Taytu Betul & Life for Women in 19th-century Ethiopia
In this series, we're time traveling back to past empires to meet some of the woman who helped run them. Allow me to introduce you to Empress Taytu Betul, who wasn't afraid to storm battlefields, boss...
26 Marras 202552min
