I'm currently off on maternity leave, but I've decided to pull some special bonus episodes out of the Patreon vault during September for all my listeners to enjoy. This one's going to take us back to our season on the Tudors: let's find out why Elizabeth I was so very fond of...pirates?
We’re veering from our regularly scheduled program to have a chat with New York Times bestselling author Therese O’Neill, the author of such nonfiction delights as Unmentionable: The Victorian Lady's Guide to Sex, Marriage and Manners, and her latest book, Unbecoming a Lady: The Forgotten Shrews and Sluts that Shaped America. This isn’t your average collection of bios about women from history: the ladies contained within its pages were rude, uncouth, and complicated. Let’s let Therese introduce you to some of them.
Once upon a time, back in the Middle Ages, four sisters would come to shape the Crusader States called Outremer. One would rebel (several times) against their father; another would come to rule more or less in her own right. All would see a healthy heaping of conflict while living in a chaotic time and place.
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There’s something stirring about a warrior woman: one who refuses to bow down to the forces against her, no matter how vast they may be. And when they win out? Even better. Let’s talk about three sword-wielding females who went up against the Romans, terrifying all who looked on: Teuta, Amanirenas, and Mavia.
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Let’s dive into the movies of the 1920s and the ladies who came to define them. We’ll find out about the movies of the era, their young female stars, and find out just how they influenced so many. Grab your girlfriends, your fan mag, and don’t forget your ticket…It's movie night!
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Welcome back to our day - or week, rather - in the life of a 1920s American gal. So far in this series, we’ve gotten dressed, shopped, and done some work and stay-at-home business. I think it’s about time we put on our dancing shoes and headed out to have some fun. Grab your favorite flask, your handsomest beau, and let’s hop in the automobile: let’s go traveling.
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In 1920s Chicago, a rising tide of women were accused of grisly murders. Some of them went on to get away with it.
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Let’s give the 1920s stay-at-home wife life a spin.
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It's time to grab our sensible heels and head to the office to find out about a woman's work in the 1920s. Let's find out about college life, then dive into some of our trials, triumphs, and tribulations in the workplace. Nothing's going to hold us down! Let’s go traveling.
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Rise and shine! It’s time to get up and start our day in the life of a 1920s American gal. Let’s find out some things about life in the period, from what we’re wearing on a casual Saturday to what we’re eating for breakfast, where we’re getting our food from, and (of course) how we’re dealing with that time of the month. Pull up your stockings and turn up that radio. Let’s go traveling.
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In the 1920s, women were not only drinking at cabarets, but operating speakeasies, smuggling bootlegged liquor, and even brewing homemade moonshine. Let’s meet some of the women who regularly defied Prohibition for fun and money, thrill, and the pursuit of independence. Grab your flask, an alibi, and get ready to run from the fuzz.
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Listen to an exclusive excerpt from the NIGHTBIRDS audiobook, now available wherever good audiobooks are sold!
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Usually, we kick off our first episode of a new season by waking up in a new time and place and spending the day there. But this is the Roaring 20s: an era full of glamor and shimmer, petting parties and transgression, secret passwords and wild nights on the town. So we’re going to start by spending time with the most iconic lady of her age: the flapper. Bold, fun loving, independent, daring, shocking, the flapper might just be the most enduring icon of the 1920s. A woman who loomed large in the public’s imagination, capturing the spirit of the times. But who is she, exactly? Let’s have her introduce us to the 20s, and start to show us what life was like for ladies there.
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