Latest Feminism Documentary Podcast Episodes
The Beast in Beauty: Toxic Chemicals in Hair Straighteners
Persistent and Pervasive: Feminists Take on Toxics - September 30, 2022 04:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsMany hair care products marketed particularly to Black women and girls contain chemicals that are endocrine disruptors and thus may interfere with the body’s hormone system. Some of these chemicals are also known to cause asthma or cancer. In this episode, we explore the chemical and cultural...
Advocating for Safe and Just Cleaning
Persistent and Pervasive: Feminists Take on Toxics - January 18, 2022 05:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsIn Part 2 of our mini-series on toxic chemicals in cleaning products, we focus on the efforts of organizers, domestic workers and scientists to strive towards safe and healthy working conditions, as well as job security and benefits for those in the cleaning work sector. We speak with an organi...
Lisa Roth: The Fairy Godmother of Rockin' Lullabies
Backstage Chats with Women In Music - January 06, 2022 19:06 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsWhen you hear our next guest’s last name, you most likely think of her larger-than-life big brother David Lee Roth — lead singer of Van Halen. But did you know that musical prowess ran in the family? Driven to turn her love of music into a gift that mothers and babies could enjoy together, Li...
Terri Nunn: From Sex to Transcendence w/ Strings Attached Overview
Backstage Chats with Women In Music - November 10, 2021 20:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsTerri Nunn is the lead singer of Berlin, which many remember from the height of MTV music video days as the sexy trio who brought us “The Metro,” “Sex,” and their runaway Top Gun soundtrack anthem “Take My Breath Away.” The track earned them an Academy Award and a Golden Globe. Here we are 40 ...
Kalie Shorr Pt 2 - Becoming Nashville's Straight-Shooting Feminist
Backstage Chats with Women In Music - August 24, 2021 20:17 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsYou may be asking: “What more does Kalie Shorr have to say?” As it turns out, a lot! If you missed the first episode titled "Kalie Shorr: How She Became An Open Book," listen here. In the conclusive deep dive chat with Kalie, she covers: — Discovering discrimination in the Nashville music sce...
LASTESIS
Do Girls and Women Count? - August 24, 2021 07:23 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingEste episodio lo escuchamos del colectivo feminista chileno Las Tesis su actuación: “Un Violador en Tu Camino” se ha cantado en todas partes desde Turquía e India hasta Kenia como protesta. This episode we hear from Chilean feminist collective LASTESIS whose performance : Un Violador en Tu Cam...
Neesa Medina
Do Girls and Women Count? - August 10, 2021 05:05 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingEn este episodio, la socióloga hondureña, especialista en comunicación y activista feminista Neesa Medina nos habla del poder de la acción feminista colectiva y los movimientos sociales, los datos y la incidencia política para erradicar la violencia contra las mujeres. This episode's Honduran ...
Amandine Gay
Do Girls and Women Count? - July 26, 2021 15:26 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingAmandine Gay, afroféministe et réalisatrice française, donne la parole aux adoptés transnationaux en France dans son dernier film Une Histoire à soi pour qu'ils se réapproprient le récit. Elle-même adoptée, elle nous raconte aussi l'histoire de son parcours pour connaître ses propres origines. ...
How Kalie Shorr Became An Open Book Pt 1
Backstage Chats with Women In Music - July 22, 2021 16:04 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsRecorded in February 2021 via Zoom, Country music sensation Kalie Shorr shares her journey to voicing taboo topics in the first of a two-part podcast series. Her debut album “Open Book” was listed at #7 on the New York Times Best Albums of 2019, named one of CMT’s Next Women of Country, The New ...
Cleaning: A Stained Industry
Persistent and Pervasive: Feminists Take on Toxics - July 14, 2021 04:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsThe cleaning products in your home are not as safe and healthy as you think — especially for domestic workers who have to use them day in and out! This is Part I of our cleaning products and domestic workers series. Our conversation explores the toxic chemicals in cleaning products, who does mos...
Violinist Blanca Gonzalez from Columbia to Carnegie Hall
Backstage Chats with Women In Music - June 28, 2021 16:10 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsEp 28: Blanca Cecilia Gonzalez is the epitome of realizing the American Dream. Her tale of immigrating from Columbia to the United States and rising to become the concert master multiple times at Carnegie Hall will warm your heart. Never miss an episode! Sign up for the Spotlight Newsletter. ...
Rosanna Flamer-Caldera
Do Girls and Women Count? - June 28, 2021 08:39 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIn this episode we hear from Sri-Lankan LGBTIQ rights activist Rosanna Flamer-Caldera. Rosanna is the founder of Equal Ground, the only organisation in Sri Lanka actively fighting for equal rights for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and questioning (LGBTIQ) community. https:/...
Alice Coffin
Do Girls and Women Count? - June 13, 2021 11:32 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingDans cet épisode, Alice Coffin, journaliste française, militante féministe, politicienne et auteure du brillant essai Le Génie Lesbien, parle du féminisme radical, de la domination masculine en France et de l'importance de prendre soin de soi pour les activistes. [In this episode French journa...
Mona Chalabi
Do Girls and Women Count? - May 23, 2021 08:24 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIn this episode British-Iraqi data editor, artist and presenter, Mona Chalabi, talks about her personal journey and how that has impacted the work that she does today.
Ethnomusicology, Appropriation & Whitewashing Black Music
Backstage Chats with Women In Music - April 07, 2021 21:12 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsKelley Glover is an ethnomusicologist, teacher, and entrepreneur who created, composed, and produced the music education game app and cartoon UBetterSing! One of her goals is to educate music lovers about systematic racism, colonization practices, and how they affect music academia. Kelley’s res...
Ethnomusicology, Whitewashing, & Appropriation of Black Music feat. Kelley Glover
Backstage Chats with Women In Music - April 07, 2021 21:12 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsKelley Glover is an ethnomusicologist, teacher, and entrepreneur who created, composed, and produced the music education game app and cartoon UBetterSing! One of her goals is to educate music lovers about systematic racism, colonization practices, and how they affect music academia. Kelley’s res...
Maggie Szabo: The Pride of New Pop Music Culture
Backstage Chats with Women In Music - February 23, 2021 00:54 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsMaggie Szabo is a Canadian immigrant who's tackling feminine stereotypes, social injustice, and cellulite with lipstick in hand. Her pop music sensibilities poke fun at pop culture while redefining it for the next generation. We think she’s spot on… and 100% “worth the weight!” In this episode,...
Nashville’s Ava Paige: When Hope Comes In (#cancersucks)
Backstage Chats with Women In Music - February 08, 2021 23:46 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsAva Paige is country music’s 16-year-old rising star who is wise beyond her years. A cancer diagnosis opened her young eyes to hardship, the importance of family (including those you choose), and the power of hope. In this episode, Ava covers: — How her single “Hope Comes In” took on a surprise...
Nashville’s Ava Paige: When Cancer Sucks, Hope Comes In
Backstage Chats with Women In Music - February 08, 2021 23:46 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsAva Paige is country music’s 16-year-old rising star who is wise beyond her years. A cancer diagnosis opened her young eyes to hardship, the importance of family (including those you choose), and the power of hope. In this episode, Ava covers: — How her single “Hope Comes In” took on a surprise...
Lauren LoGrasso: The Future, Fear, and The Age of Creativity
Backstage Chats with Women In Music - January 13, 2021 23:59 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsLauren LoGrasso is a self-proclaimed multi-passionate creative. Her two new songs “Road to Glory” and “RISE” are anthemic and optimistic at a time when society needs it most. Lauren is a musician, singer/songwriter, actor, podcast producer, and creativity coach who shares her views on creativit...
All Female Grateful Dead Tribute Band? It's About Time!
Backstage Chats with Women In Music - December 04, 2020 20:43 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsDenise Parent is the drummer and vocalist for the first all-female Grateful Dead tribute band. And we say “It’s about time!” Thanks to an introduction through David Ganz of The Grateful Dead Hour, host Thea Wood caught up with Parent for this remote interview. Parent covers a lot of ground, so p...
The Mrs. Drummer Andra Liemandt: A Mom On A Mission
Backstage Chats with Women In Music - October 27, 2020 14:53 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsToday, we’re Zooming to you from Austin, Texas as we are all practicing a social distancing lifestyle during the coronavirus pandemic. If you're feeling the covid blues, this is your episode! Meet Andra Liemandt, the co-founder of The Mrs, a pop band formed by a group of moms who have been on a...
Trailer - Persistent and Pervasive
Persistent and Pervasive: Feminists Take on Toxics - October 23, 2020 04:00 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsAn introduction to the new podcast series, Persistent and Pervasive: Feminists Take on Toxics!
Toxic menstrual and intimate care products are wrong. Period.
Persistent and Pervasive: Feminists Take on Toxics - October 23, 2020 04:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsOur pilot episode centers on toxic chemicals in menstrual and intimate care products. We give a brief history of the market and then interview experts about the toxic chemicals in these products, disproportionate exposures, and the ways that feminist scientists and activists are creating solutions.
A reboot to come soon!
5 Questions - October 01, 2020 19:58 - 1 minute ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsI briefly talk about the revival of the show in a new format and some changes to come. Thank you all so much for continuing to be subscribed to my show as well as welcome all the new people who have found their way here!
Female Guitar Techs Who Don’t Fret The Small Stuff
Backstage Chats with Women In Music - September 24, 2020 17:49 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsToday, we’re coming at you from Strait Music, Austin’s 3rd generation, family-owned music store that has won the Austin Music Awards Best Instrument Repair award for three out of the last four years. The secret sauce includes not one but *two* female guitar techs (and multi-instrumentalists)...
Shelley King is Ready To Ramble -- Texas Style
Backstage Chats with Women In Music - August 30, 2020 22:10 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsHaving moved ~28 times by age 21, nomadic singer/songwriter Shelley King found her heart and her home in Austin, Texas. Shelley is a singer-songwriter, band leader, and the first woman to be appointed Official State Musician of Texas by the state legislature in 2008. She’s the boot scootin’, whi...
Dyllan McGee & Lilliana Vazquez | DNA of a MAKER
DNA of a MAKER with Lilliana Vazquez - August 11, 2020 12:00 - 8 minutesIn this special episode of DNA of a MAKER, we speak with Dyllan McGee, founder and CEO of MAKERS, to learn more about the origins of 'DNA of a MAKER'. We also dive deep into her own insights on what individual traits make an incredible leader. The answer may surprise you! Plus, a speci...
Kendal Conrad: Country Pop’s New Leader of The Pack
Backstage Chats with Women In Music - August 05, 2020 15:43 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsDon’t let the sweet smile and upbeat outlook fool you. Throw Kendal Conrad to the wolves, and she’ll come back the leader of the pack. Kendal is country pop’s rising star who isn’t afraid to create her own opportunity in an industry full of closed doors and scary stories. In fact, she’s up for t...
Aileen Lee | DNA of a MAKER
DNA of a MAKER with Lilliana Vazquez - August 04, 2020 11:01 - 20 minutesIn this episode of DNA of a MAKER, we asked Aileen Lee, one of the biggest names in tech and founder of Cowboy Ventures, one of the first venture capital firms launched by a woman, to name the traits that have propelled her toward success. Aileen also discusses how she managed the bli...
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