Melissa Ludtke, the Woman Who Opened Up Baseball's Clubhouses and Locker Rooms to Women
In 1976 Melissa Ludtke was the only woman working as a full-time baseball reporter. She tried to nicely integrate herself into the institution of base...
Bearcat
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A podcast for serious women. Hosted by journalists Brittany Shoot and Amy Westervelt, Bearcat is a podcast celebrating women who are committed to leading by example, to benefiting their communities in ways big and small, to taking their lives and their impact on the world seriously.
Reverend Roslyn Bouier on the Sin of Income Inequality
Reverend Roslyn Bouier runs one of the largest food pantries in Detroit. Her work feeding hundreds of hungry folks in Detroit every month is profiled ...
A Tribute to Flo Kennedy
She helped start NOW, then left to start The Feminist Party, which got Shirley Chisholm elected to Congress. She was the first Black woman to graduate...
Arlene Blum on Tackling Mountains, Chemistry, and Self Doubt
Arlene Blum led the first all-women ascents of most of the world's tallest mountains. But before she started climbing mountains, and then again after ...
Masako Ishii-Kuntz Is Training Better Japanese Fathers
As a longtime fatherhood researcher, Masako Ishii-Kuntz was instrumental in the launch of the ikumen project, a nationwide campaign aimed at encouragi...
Episode 2: Leticia Aguilar on Immigration, Misogyny, and Valuing Women
In this episode, we meet Leticia Aguilar and hear about her epic journey, from growing up as one of 18 kids in a small town in Mexico to her early day...
Episode 1: St. Rita
In our first episode, traveling bookseller Rita Collins talks to us about why she loves living in the Montana woods and how she came to own and operat...
Trailer - Welcome to Bearcat
Bearcat (noun): 1920s slang term for a hot-blooded or feisty woman. Bearcat is a podcast for serious women. Bi-weekly episodes, hosted by reporters Br...