Black History
Black History
Monday Mar 23, 2020
Marie Van Brittan Brown - Lisa's 1 Cool Science Thing
Monday Mar 23, 2020
Monday Mar 23, 2020
Lisa Meece’s 1 Cool Science Thing gets the gal-pals talking about the barriers of female inventors while she enlightens us on the genius of Marie Van Brittan Brown who invented the home security system. The gal-pals also talk about their own security systems like “Bra Off Day Off” and “T-Rex Mode” where you are so still you hope no one at the door sees you.
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Monday Mar 09, 2020
Alice Ball - Bonnie's 1 Cool Science Thing
Monday Mar 09, 2020
Monday Mar 09, 2020
Just days before moving into the library, the gal-pals gather together to record this month’s episodes - that’s right we record them all at once! The gals reflect on their favorite episodes recorded in Leah’s front room before Bonnie tells us her 1 cool science thing is Alice Ball and her cure for leprosy.
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Monday Feb 24, 2020
Miriam Makeba - Leah's 1 Cool African Gal
Monday Feb 24, 2020
Monday Feb 24, 2020
Turn up the music! To wrap up our African gals research Leah talks about Miriam Makeba, the singer known as "Mama Africa." Banned from her home of South Africa for over 30 years she brought African music all over the world. We also learn that cueing drunk people is hard, we've kept things from Bonnie, and Katie hasn't seen Black Panther. Say it with me now, WAKANDA FOREVER!!
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Monday Feb 10, 2020
Queen Nzinga - Edan's 1 Cool African Gal
Monday Feb 10, 2020
Monday Feb 10, 2020
Learn about the African Queen who fought off the slave trade for 30 years! Edan shares the exciting story Queen Nzinga, a bad-ass ruler brought her own chair to a conference. Don’t worry it will all make sense. The gal-pals also have fun with languages, escape rooms, and getting their brain around which way the Nile flows.
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Monday Feb 03, 2020
Wangari Maathai - Bonnie's 1 Cool African Gal
Monday Feb 03, 2020
Monday Feb 03, 2020
The first episode in our new research theme of African gals! Bonnie starts us off with a nice little tree-planting gal who wanted to create jobs and plant trees but she was cursed by her government and was hit list! Learn about this amazing gal who not only survived her government but was the first African woman to win a Nobel Peace Prize!
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Monday Jan 06, 2020
Michelle Obama - Katie's 1 Cool First Lady
Monday Jan 06, 2020
Monday Jan 06, 2020
First episode of season 2!!! Raise your glass because the Gal's Guide Podcast is back and bringing you inspiring, fun and shocking stories about First Ladies. We voted to go in reverse chronological order so first up is Katie's 1 Cool First Lady, Michelle Obama! We focused on the ever-changing expectations on a FLOTUS and yet how to handle it with grace, a partnership, and a campaign promise.
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Monday Nov 25, 2019
Henrietta Lacks - Leah's 1 Cool Medical Thing
Monday Nov 25, 2019
Monday Nov 25, 2019
Leah talks about the life and immortality of Henrietta Lacks. Even though Henrietta wasn't a doctor or nurse because of her there have been over 74,000 studies that have lead to treatments and vaccines for polio, HPV, cancers and more. The gals also talk about the best things they have done for their own health.
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Friday Oct 25, 2019
Your Gal Friday Flashback - Dorothy Vaughan
Friday Oct 25, 2019
Friday Oct 25, 2019
Tieing into our Bonnie's 1 Cool STEM thing from earlier this week, our flashback episode is about another gal who learned computer language later in life. Learn about the amazing Hidden Figure Dorothy Vaughan.
Original airdate: February 8, 2018 Ep #22 of Your Gal Friday
Show Notes & Extras:https://galsguide.org/2018/02/09/dorothy-vaughan-your-gal-friday/
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