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 baseball, but when the commissioner banned her from a stadium for entering the locker room, she wo

Reverend Roslyn Bouier on the Sin of Income Inequality

Sep 16th, 2018 31m 51s

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 in an upcoming episode of The Fifty One. For Bearcat, we dig into Rev. Roslyn's general appro

A Tribute to Flo Kennedy

Sep 9th, 2018 22m 18s

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 from Columbia law school. Yet, we hear precious little about Florynce "Flo" Kennedy. If you

Arlene Blum on Tackling Mountains, Chemistry, and Self Doubt

May 17th, 2018 27m 30s

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 she retired from mountaineering, she took on another huge challenge: the chemical industry. O

Masako Ishii-Kuntz Is Training Better Japanese Fathers

Apr 19th, 2018 35m 24s

As a longtime fatherhood researcher, Masako Ishii-Kuntz was instrumental in the launch of the ikumen project, a nationwide campaign aimed at encouraging fathers to get more involved in home-making and childcare. Now she trains most of the home

Episode 2: Leticia Aguilar on Immigration, Misogyny, and Valuing Women

Apr 5th, 2018 29m 17s

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 days in Sacramento to the work she does now, helping Latina immigrants get educated and defeat ma

Episode 1: St. Rita

Mar 21st, 2018 18m 8s

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 operate the country's first traveling bookstore.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.f

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Trailer - Welcome to Bearcat

Feb 28th, 2018 2m 21s

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 Brittany Shoot and Amy Westervelt, celebrate women who are committed to leading by example, to b