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Our first biography of Season Two focuses on poet Edna St. Vincent Millay. She won the Pulitzer Prize for her poem, "The Ballad of the Harp Weaver" and you might also recognize her famous poem "Firs…

Just like when your favorite TV show returns, we start the second season of our podcast by recapping the first. We give some updates on our life, talk about summer break and take a trip down memory …

This episode falls neatly between Easter and Mother's Day, and for this one, it gets personal. Yes, we usually talk about notable women, but today we're focusing on the OGs -- original grandmothers …

They say the way to a man's heart is through food, but love food is not just for dudes. This week's book, by Elizabeth Bard, combines French food and romance in a such a delicious way, our stomachs w…

One normal thing about being human is we all have a body to get us from place to place. But they're all so different. This would be fine if things like body shaming and bullying didn't exist. But unf…

woman with an amazing life story that included five husbands and loads of wealth. The book is An American Princess: The Many Lives of Allene Tew. Her story weaves its way through American history wit…

This episode tells the story of Elizebeth Smith Friedman, one of America's first codebreakers. She and her husband, William Friedman, unwittingly became pioneers in the age of intercepted messages a…

In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, we discuss the book, My Life, My Love, My Legacy: Coretta Scott King. In this book, Coretta tells the story of meeting and falling in love with Martin, feeling…

But this episode is not about Angela. It's about his wife, Leah Remini, who wrote an autobiography about her life and her time in the Church of Scientology. Along the way, she meets A Man Named Ange…

For this episode, Kitty and Ellie crack open a bottle of bona fide champagne from France to tell the story of Veuve Clicquot. 

In French, "veuve" means "widow," and Clicquot was the married name of B…

In our latest episode, we swing through the New York years with beat poet Diane di Prima. Her life has spanned multiple biographies, and this one focuses on her childhood, college and early adulthood…

This week's episode tackles racism and its history in America with Michele Norris' autobiography, The Grace of Silence. She discusses her family's struggles with racism in Alabama and Minnesota, and …

Some of the titles bestowed upon Zelda Fitzgerald: socialite, flapper, author, crazy wife of Scott Fitzgerald. 

This week, we pick apart some of those titles as we delve into the life of Zelda. Our m…

This week, Kitty takes us through the life of an original trailblazer, Mildred Burke. She may not be a household name, but she helped pave the way for women in sports. The book that inspired this epi…

In this episode, we interview an original G.L.O.W. cast member, Godiva! She talks about being the British Bombshell, the character Britannica is loosely based on. She gives us a little behind-the-sce…

Raye Montague is credited with the first computer-generated rough draft of a U.S. naval ship. She was an engineer and graphics design trailblazer for the U.S. Navy and was a “hidden figure” in scienc…

In our second full-length episode, the book, "I Hear She's a Real Bitch" by Jenn Agg is up for discussion. Her memoir details the issues faced in the culinary world by women. At times irreverent, Ell…