Gals Guide

Kisa Gotami - Leah’s 1 Cool Folklore Gal

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

Aleshea Harris - Kassie’s 1 Cool Folklore Gal

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.