Latest Womenrepresentation Podcast Episodes
Memoriam 2021
Advanced TV Herstory - January 27, 2022 12:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsCynthia recounts the lives and careers of talented TV women who died in 2021. While some died unexpectedly of disease, the long list features names of women who worked well into their golden years. Join this celebration of their impact on TV and come away with renewed energy to cheer on the amazi...
Revisiting Diana Ross' Central Park Concert with Shayla Lawson (Pt. 2)
Advanced TV Herstory - October 22, 2021 22:45 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsThis is the second of 2 episodes featuring a deep discussion with poet, author, and professor Shayla Lawson about 1983's Showtime worldwide stream of Diana Ross' concert in a summer deluge. Lawson delivers a candid description of the herstoric concert's impact and what Diana Ross and her authe...
Revisiting Diana Ross' Central Park Concert with Shayla Lawson (Pt. 1)
Advanced TV Herstory - October 17, 2021 21:42 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsThis is the first of 2 episodes featuring a deep discussion with poet, author, and professor Shayla Lawson about 1983's Showtime worldwide stream of Diana Ross' concert in a summer deluge. Lawson delivers a candid description of the herstoric concert's impact and what Diana Ross and her authen...
Carrie Fisher's Genius & These Old Broads
Advanced TV Herstory - August 05, 2021 20:32 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsCynthia delves into deep Hollywood history to help listeners understand and love Carrie Fisher's genius in the made-for-TV movie These Old Broads. All in their late 60s, Debbie Reynolds, Shirley MacLaine, Joan Collins and Elizabeth Taylor look like they had a ball in this send-up of aging and ...
2020 Memoriam and Inspiration
Advanced TV Herstory - February 15, 2021 01:46 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsCynthia pays tribute to the TV women in front of and behind the camera who passed away in 2020, including such big names as film & TV legend 104-year-old Olivia de Havilland, actor/singer Ja'Net DuBois of Good Times, daytime's Marj Dusay, Glee's Naya Rivera and the woman who brought us The Magic...
Role Models in the 4-Female Sitcom
Advanced TV Herstory - November 04, 2020 03:55 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsCynthia chats role models and memorable characters found in the 4-Female sitcom construct, with Summer Martin of The Unconventional Woman Podcast. Guest Wendy Burns-Ardolino contributes insights into what qualities and traits viewers look for in their role models and how 4 women characters offer...
Iconic Women, As Characters and Themselves
Advanced TV Herstory - October 21, 2020 00:48 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsIn the 3rd of 4 episodes about role models and memorable characters, Cynthia and Summer delve deep into some of the most crafted, defined, distinct women characters to ever grace the dramatic small screen. They follow it up with a list of similarly refined, authentic real women – whose growth an...
They Showed Us Who We Could Be
Advanced TV Herstory - October 07, 2020 00:49 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsDeep chat with Summer Martin of The Unconventional Woman Podcast about role models & memorable characters and what they meant for us, our aunties, mothers and friendships. We discuss the powerful impressions of Freddie Brooks of A Different World, The Flying Nun's Sister Bertille and Homeland'...
Celebrating Role Models & Memorable Characters
Advanced TV Herstory - September 23, 2020 00:46 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsDeep chat with Summer Martin of The Unconventional Woman Podcast about role models & memorable characters and what they meant for us, our aunties, mothers and friendships. We discuss the impact of Freddie Brooks of A Different World, Mary Richards of The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Cosby Show's...
Presenting Margaret Cho
Advanced TV Herstory - September 02, 2020 00:20 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsWhen she starred in All-American Girl in 1994-5, Margaret Cho became a TV Herstory groundbreaker. All-American Girl was the first network sitcom to feature an all Asian-American cast. Cho discusses lessons from the series in depth with Ashley Pacini of The Reel Women and Cynthia. This intervie...
Pepper Reed is a Reel Woman on the Rise
Advanced TV Herstory - August 25, 2020 23:06 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsSometimes we don't recognize or celebrate persistence while it's going on. This interview with Pepper Reed, part of the collaboration with The Reel Women, a community of women with careers in TV and film, is a testament to persistence. In this episode led by Ashley Pacini, Pepper explains how ...
Chanel Glover is a Reel Woman on the Rise
Advanced TV Herstory - August 18, 2020 21:18 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratings3rd episode collaborating with The Reel Women profiling talented women in TV. Lawyer, teacher and playwright Chanel Glover of Los Angeles shares her projects building quirky stories about queer people of color (often women) and young people. Glover tells her own story of exploring other caree...
Sanicole Young is a Reel Woman on the Rise
Advanced TV Herstory - August 11, 2020 21:05 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsSecond in a series of profiles of careers that are rising despite the prevalence of -isms in the TV industry. Chicago-based Sanicole Young is a director, writer and cinematographer working on TV series and short films. Sanicole, Cynthia and Ashley Pacini, of the industry networking group Reel...
5 Years of Connecting the Dots of Feminism, TV & Culture
Advanced TV Herstory - July 31, 2020 21:15 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsEvery year Cynthia provides an annual report of the podcast experience. Links below for previous eps. She shares observations about the timeliness and relevance of the Broadcast 41 series and a conversation with Univ. of North Carolina professor and author Dr. Charlene Regester. Cynthia offe...
Danielle Earle is A Reel Woman on the Rise
Advanced TV Herstory - July 24, 2020 23:23 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsFirst in a series of profiles of careers that are rising despite the prevalence of -isms in the TV industry. Danielle Earle is a producer and teaches high school in Orange, NJ. Danielle, Cynthia and Ashley Pacini, of the industry networking group Reel Women, discuss her path of experience and ...
Jessica de Gouw Talks International TV
Advanced TV Herstory - July 13, 2020 21:25 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsAs streaming service Sundance Now unveils the Australian psychological thriller The Secrets She Keeps, co-star Jessica de Gouw talks with Cynthia about the series, her past roles in historical and fantasy dramas and the increasingly diverse world of international TV. The Secret She Keeps trail...
Writing for Kids & Tweens’ TV
Advanced TV Herstory - June 01, 2020 00:42 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratings"A story is a story is a story." So says veteran TV writer Nina Bargiel who's been spinning live-action and animated yarns for years. Nina is an LA-based TV writer and producer who currently writes on Mao Mao, Heroes of Pure Heart (Cartoon Network) and has other projects percolating. Nina desc...
Mrs. America & 3-Dimensional Storytelling
Advanced TV Herstory - May 03, 2020 19:48 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsWriting, storytelling and 3-dimensional characters are some of the many topics author/TV producer April Smith and Cynthia discuss. April shares behind-the-scenes insight into writing & researching Mrs. America. We also go back 40 years to discuss #MeToo and a timeless Lou Grant episode. Trail...
Pt 4 Her Stories: Declining Ratings and Daytime's Demise
Advanced TV Herstory - April 28, 2020 04:41 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsDr. Elana Levine and Cynthia wrap up an extensive chat about daytime dramas by talking about the cancellation of many beloved shows. We discuss advertising, the loss of broadcast TV's prevalence in daytime and what replaced the serial genre. Dr. Levine is author of Her Stories (published by Du...
Pt. 3 Her Stories: Feminism & Inclusion in Daytime
Advanced TV Herstory - April 23, 2020 02:45 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsDaytime changed TV herstory with long arcs about adoptions, reproductive rights and rape. Dr. Elana Levine shares examples of how key stories aligned with social changes from the 60s until today. We also discuss the limited roles available for actors of color and how they often were positioned...
Pt. 2 Her Stories with Elana Levine
Advanced TV Herstory - April 19, 2020 19:50 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsDr. Elana Levine of the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee and author of Duke University Press' Her Stories shares insights into TV technology and artistic elements that upped daytime storytelling's game. We discuss how 1:1 conversations evolved to story arcs of General Hospital's "Summer on the ...
Pt. 1 Her Stories with Elana Levine
Advanced TV Herstory - April 16, 2020 02:28 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsDr. Elana Levine's recently published Her Stories (Duke Univ. Press) forms the backbone of this 4-part series on soap operas. This episode includes a look at the formative pioneers of serial storytelling - Irna Phillips, Agnes Nixon and William Bell. Other topics covered who owned any given show...
Talking Adaptations with Abbe Wright
Advanced TV Herstory - April 12, 2020 05:19 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsSome of the freshest works on TV today are the result of screen adaptations of best selling novels. Abbe Wright of Penguin Random House, who is also podcast host of The Adaptables and Read it Forward, discusses this current trend of adaptations from the publishing and storytelling perspectives. ...
Emmy Winner Cady McClain Pt 2
Advanced TV Herstory - March 30, 2020 12:30 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsPart 2 of a chat with Emmy-winning actor Cady McClain, known for her years as Dixie Cooney on ABC's All My Children, which explores Cady's decision to pursue directing and arts advocacy. Cady talks about artists' muses and how resilience can be found in the creative process. Recent film Seeing...
Emmy Winner Cady McClain Pt. 1
Advanced TV Herstory - March 27, 2020 12:30 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsIn her role as All My Children's Dixie, Cady McClain earned a place in TV Herstory for her award-winning acting. More than just half of a 90s "supercouple," Dixie was every woman. In this first of a 2 part interview, Cady shares with us her early years in acting and her time on ABC's All My Ch...
L.A. Law’s Pilot & 80s Feminism
Advanced TV Herstory - March 09, 2020 00:04 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsL.A. Law (1986-94) lived a glamorous, full life. The series pilot, written by Steven Bochco (Hill Street Blues) and Terry Louise Fisher (writer/producer of Cagney & Lacey), when viewed today is a time capsule of office life that reveals sexism, racism, and generational approaches to power. Full...
2019 Memoriam and Inspiration
Advanced TV Herstory - December 23, 2019 04:05 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsEnd of year lists that honor the memories of celebrities and prominent figures are a tradition that this podcast has passed up in recent years. A deeper look at the list of prominent TV women lost in 2019 calls out not just the well-known women - usually actors - but also those who built careers...
21st Century Nancy Drew
Advanced TV Herstory - October 19, 2019 05:37 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsTV is once again attempting to bring legendary "girl detective" Nancy Drew to life. We dust off our very first episode for a look at past attempts to put the hugely popular Nancy Drew mysteries on the small screen. The book series' backstory is a fascinating look at ego & the evolution of publis...
I Still Believe Anita Hill (refresh of '16 ep)
Advanced TV Herstory - September 21, 2019 05:11 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsRefreshing the writing and timeline of a 2016 episode, Advanced TV Herstory examines the most basic elements of an event that changed the lives of American women. It captivated millions of viewers and was talked about by millions more. Before #MeToo, Weinstein, Kavanaugh and Cosby, Anita Hill'...
Trumped Up Charges & Lists: TV Women Blacklisted
Advanced TV Herstory - August 16, 2019 08:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsThe topic of Hollywood Blacklisting has recently added a chapter - the impact it had on the budding TV industry, and more specifically, women. Researched and backed by FBI files of author/scholar Dr. Carol Stabile (University of Oregon), this 4 episode series mentions names of talented women w...
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