On being a storyteller in an infinite village
Near the end of my recent interview with Brenda Laurel, she talks about the responsibility of content creators in our current world. “What we can do, what I hope we….
Category: History
Riding the waves of feminism: A conversation with scholar Bettina Aptheker
Noted feminist scholar Bettina Aptheker explores the dawning of her feminist consciousness in waves. Daughter of a communist, Aptheker had to throw off a lifetime of conditioning about sexuality and the role of women in order to come into her own as a woman and a scholar.
An Economy of Our Own with Rickey Gard Diamond
In this episode, we talk about the origin of the disconnect between economic indicators and our household realities. Women operate in an economy that was designed to ignore and devalue much of the work we provide. Rickey describes our economic system not as an inevitable fact, but instead as a story to be retold with all people in mind.Â
Illuminating Invisible Women with Historian Carolyn Zola
In this episode, we discuss how one woman’s work in the 21st century is illuminating some of America’s invisible women of the past. Through painstaking research, Carolyn Zola is finding, naming, and honoring them. This episode not only features Carolyn’s work, but also performances of songs and texts from the time.
What is a woman? In conversation with Sandy Stone
Special episode for LGBTQ History Month, 2023 “I really became a person, a human being, however you want to say that, when I became a woman.” These days, Sandy Stone….
“A Place Where I Bloomed”
Women Lighthouse Keepers of the California Coast When I found out that my hometown of Santa Cruz had a female lighthouse keeper for 31 years, I naively wondered whether there….
Foundational Women of Wine
Most histories of the region would feature their husbands as the winemakers and thus the center of attention, but like all histories that leave out the women, that history would be incomplete. This podcast with Prudy Foxx, Valerie Ahlgren, and June Smith explores the role of women in the early years of an industry.