34 Circe Salon -- Make Matriarchy Great Again -- Disrupting History
Smashing the falsehood and omissions of women of action, warrior women and great queens, past, present and future. Amazons, War Goddesses and Matriarchy. Truths shall be revealed, myths demolished and empires restored. Join us for an exciting ride!
- Update frequency
- every 11 days
- Average duration
- 51 minutes
- Episodes
- 174
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
In Memoriam - Sally Roesch Wagner - Sisters In Spirit: Suffragists and Native American Women
Our final episode of the season is an encore presentation, in memoriam, of the first episode of the season-- Sally Roesch Wagner and the Suffragists-Native American connection.
Sally Roesch Wagner p…
In Praise of the Goddess -- Summer Goddesses
In the Northern Hemisphere, this is the time of year when cultures celebrate the return of light and warmth after the long, cold nights of winter. In many places, this return of bright days and natu…
Max Dashu - War Against The Goddess
In another installment of our continuing series called, "The War Against The Goddess," we welcome Max Dashu once again as she joins us to discuss the cults of Magna Mater (Cybele) and the Great Mothe…
What Is Matriarchy and Why Do We Want It? - Encore Presentation
The sine qua non of this podcast: Matriarchy. What is it and why is it desirable. Dawn "Sam" Alden and Sean Marlon Newcombe have an open and frank discussion on the topic of "matriarchy." A defini…
Tár - Cinema Reviewed From A Matriarchal Lens
Marvelously acted, written and director, the film Tár was a critical darling. But this will not be a film review, but rather an appraisal of how Hollywood handles strong women in leading roles. We …
Being A Bad Martha - The Female Gaze in Filmmaking
Kimberly Rockwell and Dawn "Sam" Alden discuss the Female Gaze - is there such a thing? How does a film camera typically "look" at a woman vs how it "looks" at a man? We've been discussing movies a l…
Max Dashu - Titanides - Encore Presentation
Right now, the world needs goddesses, so there's no better time to give an encore presentation of our episode on the Titanides with Max Dashu! Tune in and enjoy!
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Laura Hirch - From The Goddess Film Series - with Vicki Noble
Join us for a wonderful, foundational episode: we're making matriarchy great again!
Laura Hirch is a filmmaker, writer, artist and a scholar of matriarchal studies. Her six-part documentary, From Th…
Thracian Goddesses - Power and Majesty
The Thracians - Once the most numerous people of Europe, but, now, lost amidst the fog of history.
They were known as formidable and warlike-- and some even said that they were the people who spawned …
Women Spies in WW2 - the novels of Kate Quinn
Co-hosts Dawn "Sam" Alden and Kimberly Rockwell discuss the works of author Kate Quinn and the women characters in her WW2 novels. Most based on actual women, these stories of spies, pilots, investig…
Female Revenge Films - Hard Candy
The last in our series, this might actually be what a true Female Revenge Film looks like! Dawn “Sam” Alden and Kimberly Rockwell talk about this brutal gem of a movie. Content warning: because the…
Joan Cichon - Matriarchy in Ancient Crete
Was Crete one of the latest Matriarchies to resist infiltration and overthrow by the waves of Indo-European invasion? What evidence is hidden in plain sight to support the presence of Matriarchy on t…
Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language
The gang's all here and we're ready to discuss the sexism and misogyny imbedded in many words in our language and we're using the book Wordslut by Amanda Montell as our starting point.
Amanda Montell,…
Motherpeace Tarot - with Vicki Noble and Karen Vogel
The Motherpeace Round Tarot deck is a co-creation of Karen Vogel and Vicki Noble. Created in 1978, within a year of being given their first tarot deck, Motherpeace represents a vision of Goddess ener…
In Praise of Stuntwomen: Double Dare - 20th Anniversary
It’s the 20th Anniversary of an amazing documentary, Double Dare. We speak with the director and one of the stars, and speak fondly of the other star, lost to us this year. Or, the one in which Zoë …
Founding Mothers - Dr. Felicitas Goodman
Dr Felicitas D. Goodman was an anthropologist who made some ground breaking discoveries in her field. She discovered and verified that holding specific postures altered states of consciousness and th…
Spartan Women - Dr. Carla Ionescu
Dr. Carla Ionescu joins us again, this time to talk about Spartan women! The women of Sparta were unique in the Ancient Greek world for the level of freedom and power that they enjoyed. Renown for …
Sally Roesch Wagner -- Sisters In Spirit: Suffragists and Native American Women
We're back for the 2024-2025 season! And what better way to begin than to discuss the history of a sisterhood between the Haudenosaunee women and the American suffragists. Join us as we interview S…
A Big Season-End Thank You!
A belated season-end thank you from the 34 Circe Salon to all of our listeners! We concluded the 2023-2024 season with our Medusa episode and we'll be back again in October for the 2024-2025 season.…