Episodes
Episodes
Wednesday May 01, 2024
Çatalhöyük - Riwo's Middle East Pick
Wednesday May 01, 2024
Wednesday May 01, 2024
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.
Wednesday May 01, 2024
Sameera Moussa - Katie's Middle Eastern Gal Pick
Wednesday May 01, 2024
Wednesday May 01, 2024
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."
Wednesday Apr 17, 2024
Sama El Masry - Amy's Middle Eastern Gal Pick
Wednesday Apr 17, 2024
Wednesday Apr 17, 2024
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.
Wednesday Apr 10, 2024
Artemisia 1 of Caria - Bonnie's Middle Eastern Gal Pick
Wednesday Apr 10, 2024
Wednesday Apr 10, 2024
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.
Monday Apr 01, 2024
Kate O'Brien - Jackie's Irish Gal Pick
Monday Apr 01, 2024
Monday Apr 01, 2024
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!
Thursday Mar 28, 2024
Queen Medb - Riwo's Irish Gal Pick
Thursday Mar 28, 2024
Thursday Mar 28, 2024
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.
Monday Mar 18, 2024
Sinéad O'Connor - Lori's Irish Gal Pick
Monday Mar 18, 2024
Monday Mar 18, 2024
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.
Monday Mar 11, 2024
Bernadette Devlin - Katie's Irish Gal Pick
Monday Mar 11, 2024
Monday Mar 11, 2024
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.
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