On tadpoles, ponds, and the science of finding each other
Our upcoming episode is about how one woman herpetologist being asked to tell her story led to a book featuring 50 women who practice this unusual profession.
Category: Writing
An Outside Watcher Coming In: Book artist Felicia Rice
Book artist Felicia Rice started practicing her craft as a teenager in the 70s, but she wasn’t fully comfortable with the designation of ‘artist.’ Now in her 70s, Felicia has decided it is time for her to claim the title of artist proudly.
Giving Birth to her Heart
What happens when women feel open to telling their stories, even when they aren’t professional writers? When writer Julia Nusbaum was a graduate student, the course of her life changed in answer to this question.
This episode features an in-depth exploration of women’s storytelling, from talking about the roots of Julia’s business, Herstry, to the reasons why women still need a space—a brave space—in which to share their stories with each other.
Just me talking to you: Telling stories
I’m your host, Suki Wessling. I’m working on an episode about women telling stories, so I’m thinking a lot about why I write stories. One of the things I love….
Just me, talking to you
Some thoughts about 6 months of podcasting…as a woman.
“If you were a landscape”: Women walking, creating, and becoming
I love talking to writer and teacher Patrice Vecchione about pretty much anything. So when I invited her to an interview on The Babblery, we had to decide on a….
“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.
Babblery: Same Name, New Mission for 2023
What is The Babblery about? In two words: women’s lives.
Andrea Dworkin, universalized
My Name is Andrea is not what you think. It’s less a documentary than a meditation, an exploration of words, and a universalization of ideas. I sat down to watch it reluctantly, wondering if I’d make it through. I was drawn in immediately by the actresses’ performances, by seeing Dworkin through a woman director’s eyes, by realizing that I’d always seen her through men’s eyes.