We got invited to be at FanX in Salt Lake City this weekend! 😳🥳 Two women history nerds talking about Ancient Greeks, movies, theater and opera? At comicon? Is this heaven?
What’sHerName Podcast
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We're Olivia and Katie. We tell and write stories of fascinating women you’ve never heard of, but should have! whatshernamepodcast.com
Today is International Talk Like a Pirate Day! For those that celebrate 👇👇
What’sHerName Podcast@whatshernamepod.bsky.social · last wk.History Podcast fans! We have a special treat this week. We got to talk pirates with @gregjenner.bsky.social of the much beloved (by us especially) podcast You're Dead Me! Come listen to the swashbuckling tale of Anne Bonny and Mary Read! 👉 tinyurl.com/4jnfy59y
History Podcast fans! We have a special treat this week. We got to talk pirates with @gregjenner.bsky.social of the much beloved (by us especially) podcast You're Dead Me! Come listen to the swashbuckling tale of Anne Bonny and Mary Read! 👉 tinyurl.com/4jnfy59y
Hi! I’m a guest on the latest episode of What’s Her Name? podcast, discussing the alluring romantic tropes of famous female pirates Anne Bonny and Mary Read, and why we just don’t know enough about them to say much with confidence podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
THE PIRATES Anne Bonny and Mary Read
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A woman named Marie-Catherine d’Aulnoy invented the Fairy Tale, her and her female colleagues were responsible for the likes of Beauty and the Beast and Rapunzel. A cracking episode of @whatshernamepod.bsky.social reveals all…. whatshernamepodcast.com/marie-cather...
THE FAIRYTELLER Marie-Catherine d'Aulnoy — What'shername
350 years ago in Paris, Marie-Catherine d’Aulnoy retired from espionage and formed a Fairy Tale Resistance. Her team of women wrote over 70 fairy tales, each with hidden critiques of patriarchy and ge...
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Katelyn Burns@katelynburns.com · 3w agoTell me a fun fact.
Prepared to be amazed by yet another incredible woman from history via the fab @whatshernamepod.bsky.social whatshernamepodcast.com/mary-ann-pat...
THE SEA CAPTAIN Mary Ann Patten — What'shername
It’s 1857. A clipper ship is headed into a monster storm at Cape Horn – the most dangerous waters on earth. The captain is in a coma; the first mate is locked up in the brig. Who can lead the ship thr...
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Earlier in the series our daughter, Anna, and her fiancé, Zach, opened the episode on Utah with a cover of Marty Robbins' "Red Hills of Utah." That whole episode is pretty fun too, ft. Katie Nelson of @whatshernamepod.bsky.social.
50 States: Utah
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If you haven't listened to this episode, do it now. If the story of Maria Sibylla Merian fascinates you this one will entrance you. Though I do wonder if the men that supported her supported women in science or supported *this* woman in science. Better than nothing still.
What’sHerName Podcast@whatshernamepod.bsky.social · 5mo agoAnd in a "you must hear it to believe it" story, entomologist Evelyn Cheesman went on 8 solo expeditions across the South Pacific, collected ~100,000 specimens, identified dozens of previously unknown species, and used her specialized knowledge to save countless lives during WWII. 👀#womenhistory
A really good episode of @whatshernamepod.bsky.social is available about this remarkable woman, thoroughly worth a listen! whatshernamepodcast.com/emilie-du-ch...
THE OPTIMIST Émilie du Châtelet — What'shername
Do we live in the best of all possible worlds? Émilie du Châtelet thought so, and set out to prove it with empirical evidence three hundred years ago. Raised at the lavish court of Louis XIV, she stoo...
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Joanne Harris@joannechocolat.bsky.social · 3mo agoEmilie du Chatelet (1706 – 1749) Gabrielle-Emilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, the daughter of the French court’s chief of protocol, married the marquis du Chatelet in 1725. She lived the life of a courtier and bore three children. #CelebratingWomen
I implore the movie gods to make a film about the incredible Evelyn Cheesman... listen to the latest fab @whatshernamepod.bsky.social to find out about her amazing life, particularly love the story about her and her botanist pal! whatshernamepodcast.com/evelyn-chees...
THE ENTOMOLOGIST Evelyn Cheesman — What'shername
Over the course of her 87 years, self-taught British entomologist Evelyn Cheesman went on eight solo insect-collecting expeditions across the South Pacific, collected nearly 100,000 specimens, identif...
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Have you spent your whole life hoping to someday hear an American author-podcaster casually say the words "urinary leash" to an icon of Australian architecture on the radio? 🙃 Olivia was interviewed to talk toilets and how society tries to control people by controlling access to where they can "go"
Public toilets: The design, history and politics of who gets to go - ABC listen
‘The sewer is the conscience of the city’, or so the French writer Victor Hugo once claimed. It’s a confronting idea, but a revealing one: the way a society deals with waste can tell us a lot about it...
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You can listen to a wonderful podcast about her here THE ENTOMOLOGIST Evelyn Cheesman — What'shername share.google/XU3ajQU3HufT...
THE ENTOMOLOGIST Evelyn Cheesman — What'shername
Over the course of her 87 years of life, self-taught British entomologist Evelyn Cheesman went on eight solo insect-collecting expeditions across the South Pacific, collected almost 100,000 specimens,...
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Sir David Attenborough inspired generations of wildlife researchers and presenters, but who inspired him? Step forward diminutive, dismissed but indomitable Evelyn Cheesman, whose books about the natural world inspired the young David Attenborough. But not for her well-resourced expeditions.../1
Those brilliant women on the @whatshernamepod.bsky.social podcast have created a fabulous episode about the entomologist Evelyn Cheesman, inspiration to David Attenborough, detective of the earth's mysteries and WW2 intelligence gatherer. Listen here: What'shername share.google/g4R3eNkbg5E9...
THE ENTOMOLOGIST Evelyn Cheesman — What'shername
Over the course of her 87 years of life, self-taught British entomologist Evelyn Cheesman went on eight solo insect-collecting expeditions across the South Pacific, collected almost 100,000 specimens,...
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Over the course of her life, self-taught British entomologist Evelyn Cheesman went on eight solo expeditions across the South Pacific, and used her specialized knowledge to save countless lives during WWII. Find out more on the @whatshernamepod.bsky.social: whatshernamepodcast.com/evelyn-chees...
THE ENTOMOLOGIST Evelyn Cheesman — What'shername
Over the course of her 87 years of life, self-taught British entomologist Evelyn Cheesman went on eight solo insect-collecting expeditions across the South Pacific, collected almost 100,000 specimens,...
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We have been bad at sharing new episodes. But wanted to highlight a couple of recent ones that are must listens! First - As birthright citizenship unexpectedly becomes a hot topic, we share the story of Ou Shee Eng, a Chinese immigrant whose life (and secrets) become the heartbeat of a community.
THE MATRIARCH OF CHINATOWN Ou Shee Eng — What'shername
For 61 years, Ou Shee Eng’s tiny apartment in Seattle’s Chinatown was the heart a community of women. Possessing the rare ability to read and write Chinese, Ou Shee was the reader and scribe of everyo...
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Been listening to the backlog of @whatshernamepod.bsky.social while I draw and it was great to hear @pauldraper.bsky.social talking about Adelaide Herrmann. @rikworth.bsky.social and I had lots of fun showing her "rise above" other magicians in our Hocus Pocus comic. Here are a few pages...
It's International Women's Day. The perfect day to share @whatshernamepod.bsky.social, one of my favourite podcasts (and they have books)! I can't pick a favourite episode, but the bookend ones about Malintzin and Zazil-ha are as good a place to start as any. whatshernamepodcast.com
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In case you too need something spooky in a not traumatizing way for hours of house cleaning this weekend.
What’sHerName Podcast@whatshernamepod.bsky.social · 11mo agoHalloween Special is here! Catherine Crowe was a wildly acclaimed Victorian novelist, playwright, social critic and…ghost hunter? So why don’t we remember her? The answer involves a few misbehaving spirits, a little bit of nudity, and a whole lot of mean-spirited gossip by one very famous frenemy.
The Saxon Hrotsvitha of Gandersheim: What's Her Name Podcast #FeminizeYourCanon #Herstory #MedievalWomen #WyrdWomen
THE SAXON Hrotsvitha of Gandersheim: What'sHerName Podcast Episode 16
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Discover a fresh, informative & entertaining history of the world told through the biographies of 80 fascinating women you may not have heard of but definitely should have! From the creators of the What's Her Name podcast, #AHistoryoftheWorldin80LostWomen is out TODAY! ✨ buff.ly/cBenG9f #BookSky
New episode! Queen Mother Audley Moore was one of the most respected, most influential, and longest-lasting influences on the US Black Nationalist movement during the majority of the 20th century. So why have most of us never even heard her name? #WomensHistory #WomenInHistory
THE BLACK NATIONALIST Queen Mother Audley Moore — What'shername
Queen Mother Audley Moore was one of the most respected, most influential, longest-lasting influences on the US Black Nationalist movement, the Pan-African movement, the movement for Reparations, and ...
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If you are in Colorado, come spend some pirate time with us!
Boulder Bookstore@boulderbookstore.bsky.social · 10mo agoSet sail on the seven seas with "Tales of Pirates, a book about the most fearsome pirates the world has ever seen! Join us next Thursday when Olivia Meikle will be here to celebrate this fun book for kids: RSVP at MeikleBBS.eventbrite.com
I lived in China for 4 years and have a lot of love for the people there. So I was surprised and super excited to see that our book, The Stinky History of Toilets, is being translated and released in Chinese this month! And as always, Google Translate leveled up the title! 😄
Halloween Special is here! Catherine Crowe was a wildly acclaimed Victorian novelist, playwright, social critic and…ghost hunter? So why don’t we remember her? The answer involves a few misbehaving spirits, a little bit of nudity, and a whole lot of mean-spirited gossip by one very famous frenemy.
THE BIRD OF ILL OMEN Catherine Crowe: 2025 Halloween Special — What'shername
Catherine Crowe was a wildly acclaimed Victorian novelist, playwright, social critic and …ghost hunter? Her novels were as popular as Charles Dickens,’ and Ralph Waldo Emerson, Harriet Martineau, and ...
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There is an excellent @whatshernamepod.bsky.social episode about Rattlesnake Kate! whatshernamepodcast.com/rattlesnake-...
THE WESTERN WOMAN Rattlesnake Kate Slaughterback — What'shername
The day “Rattlesnake Kate” Slaughterback (armed only with a rifle, 4 bullets, and a “No Hunting” sign) successfully battled her way through hundreds of rattlesnakes to save herself and her son, a lege...
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Congratulations to new Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado for her courageous struggle to bring democracy to Venezuela.
Live Updates: María Corina Machado of Venezuela Is Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
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New episode! When a history-making Copper Age burial was unearthed in 2008, the world was stunned by the incredibly unprecedented artifacts found in the tomb of the so-called ‘Ivory Man.’ But 15 years later came the more astonishing discovery – that 5,000-year-old Ivory Man was actually Ivory LADY!
THE MYSTERY The Ivory Lady — What'shername
When a history-making Copper Age burial was unearthed in southern Spain in 2008, the world was stunned by the incredibly beautiful – and utterly unprecedented – artifacts found in the tomb of the so-c...
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