Nov 20

Leah Williamson: Giving it Her Best Shot

Leah Williamson was determined to get to the Championships. But when a referee disqualified Leah’s penalty kick, her dreams came to a screeching halt. This is how one kick, and the powerful woman behind it, transformed England’s national team. This podcast is a production of R ... Show More

13m 56s

Nov 18

Misty Copeland: The Ballerina Who Leapt Over Barriers and Into History

Misty Copeland broke barriers in 2015 when she became the first Black woman to be named Principal Ballerina at the American Ballet Theatre. She didn’t begin dancing until she was 13—and once she found ballet, she leapt fearlessly into her future. Now, Misty is opening doors for g ... Show More

16m 35s

Nov 18

Misty Copeland: The Ballerina Who Leapt Over Barriers and Into History

Misty Copeland broke barriers in 2015 when she became the first Black woman to be named Principal Ballerina at the American Ballet Theatre. She didn’t begin dancing until she was 13—and once she found ballet, she leapt fearlessly into her future. Now, Misty is opening doors for g ... Show More

18m 35s

Feb 2024

Revolutionaries: Emma Mashinini

Emma Mashinini (1929-2017) risked her life and reputation to fight for Black worker’s rights under apartheid in South Africa. She spent months isolated in prison without chargers for her work as a trade unionist and activist for African and women’s rights. For Further Reading: E ... Show More

7m 41s

Feb 2025

Sojourner Truth: American abolitionist, suffragist, preacher

Greg Jenner is joined in 19th-Century America by Dr Michell Chresfield and comedian Desiree Burch to learn all about abolitionist and suffragist Sojourner Truth. Born into slavery in a Dutch-speaking area of New England, Sojourner Truth fought to free herself and then others, bec ... Show More

57m 49s

Nov 2024

Women of Controversy: Nina Mae McKinney

Nina Mae McKinney (1912-1967) was a Black American actress who performed in Hollywood and internationally in the 1930s. She was dubbed “The Black Garbo” and was the first African-American performer to receive a five-year contract with MGM. Yet because of racism and miscegenation ... Show More

6 m

Feb 2025

The Soundworld of Harriet Tubman

Just in time for Black History Month, we share an episode we’ve been excitedly working on for a number of months now. Ethnomusicologist Maya Cunningham brings us “The Sound World of Harriet Tubman.” Maya Cunningham is an activist and jazz singer currently completing a Ph.D. at th ... Show More

45m 15s

Feb 2024

Revolutionaries: María Elena Moyano

María Elena Moyano Delgado (1958-1992) was an afro-Peruvian activist and organizer whose focus on community-based solutions revolutionized self-governance in a deeply stratified Peru. Her commitment to social justice in the face of a discriminatory government and threats to her l ... Show More

7m 19s

May 2024

Workers: Luisa Capetillo

Lusia Capetillo (1879-1922) was a Puerto Rican union organizer, reporter, and author who saw feminism and workers' rights as inseparable from one another. She fought for the intellectual and financial independence of women and encouraged education for the working class. She helpe ... Show More

5m 40s

Mar 2024

Women of Sound: Jean Ritchie

Jean Ritchie (1922-2015) was the mother of folk music. She was an instrumental voice in the American folk music revival of the 1940s and 60s, and introduced a traditional dulcimer sound to a wider audience. For Further Reading: Jean Ritchie, Lyrical Voice of Appalachia, Dies at ... Show More

7m 44s

Aug 5

JOANNA MACY on the World as Lover and Self⌠HOMAGE⌡ /371

On July 19th, Joanna Macy, beloved teacher and past guest, passed away peacefully at home in Berkeley, California. In honor of her legacy, we are rebroadcasting her episode “The World as Lover and Self,” originally released in 2015 when the show was titled Unlearn and Rewild.In t ... Show More

59m 43s

Mar 2025

Architects: Norma Merrick Sklarek

Norma Merrick Sklarek (1926-2012) was an African American architect. Known as the "Rosa Parks of Architecture," she fought for her buildings and was a pioneering African American female architect in the field. For Further Reading: Norma Merrick Sklarek How Norma Merrick Sklarek ... Show More

7m 20s

Jun 2024

The Real Carrie Jade: 01 - I'm Carrie Jade Williams!

<p>When we first went to meet Carrie Jade Williams in 2021, we were blown away by her strength, her vision, her determination and her untold story. She was a young woman on a pioneering journey, not only to help herself, but to help others. We wanted to help her tell her story, f ... Show More

29m 33s

Sojourner Truth Read By D'Atra "Dee Dee"...