Friday Dec 06, 2024
Karen Blixen - Katie's Scandinavian Pick
Gals Guide
From the first women's history lending library in the United States...This adult-centered podcast features a round-table discussion where each guest picks a rebellious woman of history relating to our topic of the month. The Gals Pals do get pretty drunk and the show is a lot of fun!
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Episodes
Episodes
Wednesday Nov 20, 2024
Wednesday Nov 20, 2024
Kassie continues Scandinavian Gal Month with Icelandic musician and actress, Björk. Learn about how Björk started in music at age 11 and rose to international success with the band The Sugarcubes before going solo. There was also that swan dress...
Wednesday Nov 13, 2024
Wednesday Nov 13, 2024
Bonnie continues Scandinavian Gal Month with the first woman in the world to be democratically elected as president. Learn about Vigdís Finnbogadóttir the president of Iceland from 1980-1996.
Wednesday Nov 06, 2024
Wednesday Nov 06, 2024
Riwo starts off Scandinavian Gal Month with Swedish royalty who saved her country with alcohol! Learn all about the gal with a brain for science, Eva Ekeblad!
Monday Oct 28, 2024
Monday Oct 28, 2024
Riwo finishes up South American month talking about a historian who taught us how to learn about the Incas not from a western perspective, not from a Spanish conquistador perspective, but that of the ancestry of the people, the Andeans. Learn about the fantastic historian Maria Rostworowski.
Monday Oct 21, 2024
Monday Oct 21, 2024
Julie shares with us the colorful life of the gal known for her fruit hats, singing, and dancing - Carmen Miranda. There is much more to this "Brazillian Bombshell" learn about Carmen's life in two Americans and her many talents.
Monday Oct 14, 2024
Monday Oct 14, 2024
It's Katie's Birthday week and we have a special coupon code for 15% off our event A Night With the Witch and Famous.
The episode originally aired October 17, 2022 - Katie gets gruesome with the tale of Catherine “La Vosin” Monvoisin. This French black magic sorcerer was the head of a powerful network that provided poisons, love potions, and abortions. She might have killed over 1,000 people but she also might have got King Louis XIV to fall for Madame de Montespan. Listen, if you dare!
Wednesday Oct 09, 2024
Wednesday Oct 09, 2024
It's the start of South American Gal Month! Bonnie leads off with a national hero of Brazil, Maria Quitéria! Learn about this lieutenant in the Brazilian War of Independence.
Tuesday Oct 01, 2024
Tuesday Oct 01, 2024
Katie finishes up American Farmers Month with the Indigenous peoples' mythos of planting corn, beans, and squash.
Gal Pals
What if you could only share 1 cool thing about a topic? Would it be about ancient history? Would it be breaking news? Would it be safe for work? A group of gal-pals gathers to present to you one cool thing on topics like painting, gaming, movies, music and more.