Guest Episode on Rigoberta Menchú
"Let there be freedom for the Indians, wherever they may be in the American Continent or elsewhere in the world, because while they are alive, a glow ...
Demons and Dames
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Demons & Dames is a tongue-in-cheek feminist history podcast. Ashley Mauritzen and Sarah Worley-Hill dive deep into the stories of notorious women who shaped history - by design or simply by being in the right (or wrong) time or place. We examine how they were viewed by their contemporaries, and how and why their stories have been interpreted, shaped and passed down. We also laugh. A lot.
Guest Episode on Barbara Jordan
“What the people want is very simple - they want an America as good as its promise.” ― Barbara Jordan Join Sarah & our guest, Dr Tom Packer as they ex...
Guest Episode on Barbara Jordan
“What the people want is very simple - they want an America as good as its promise.” ― Barbara Jordan Join Sarah & our guest, Dr Tom Packer as they ex...
The Night Witches: the Soviet Women who helped win the war
“I sometimes stare into the blackness and close my eyes. I can still imagine myself as a young girl, up there in my little bomber. And I ask myself, ‘...
Demons & Dames meet Storm the Palace
Join us for this exciting bonus episode in which Sarah interviews Sophie Dodds and Willa Bews from the band Storm the Palace. Sophie and Willa talk ab...
London, Quarantine, and the Plague in the 17th Century
"Thus this month ends with great sadness upon the publick, through the greatness of the plague every where through the kingdom almost. Every day sadde...
Violette Noziere: monster in a skirt or victim?
“Violette Noziere was immediately labeled “monster” because she represented something incomprehensible: a cold-blooded parricide driven by greed who w...
Empress Theodora: Demoness or Saint?
"May I never be deprived of this purple robe, and may I never see the day when those who meet me do not call me empress." So spoke Theodora, Empress o...
Mata Hari: Performance Artist
“There is something I wish you to take into consideration. It is that MH and Madame Zelle Macleod are two completely different women... That which is ...
Anne Gunter the Oxford Demoniac
In 1604 Anne Gunter, under extreme pressure from her father, did "feign and counterfeit herself to be bewitched”. Join Ash & Sarah as they explore thi...