Amy returns to the show with an insightful look at the controversial actress and belly dancer, Sama El Masry. Sama's views and delivery may be polarizing but she is a woman who was arrested, sent to jail, and fined for posting a TikTok video.

Artemisia 1 of Caria - Bonnie's Middle Eastern Gal Pick

17 days ago 21m 26s

Bonnie starts us off with an exploration of women in the Middle East. Artemisia 1 of Caria was a Queen of what is now Turkey. She commanded ships, was a friend of Xerxes 1, King of Persia and she's written about in Herodotus.

Kate O'Brien - Jackie's Irish Gal Pick

26 days ago 31m 49s

Did you think Ireland Month was over?! Well, we found a pot of gold on this April Fools Day! Gal’s Guide just happens to be so lucky because we know Jackie. Jackie is a native Hoosier who now calls Ireland home. She also runs the Castlelyons Li

Queen Medb - Riwo's Irish Gal Pick

30 days ago 30m 16s

Riwo's pick is pre-Christian times in Ireland. Her pick is also part historical but also part myth and legend. She’s a complex woman. Queen Medb (also spelled Maeve, Mave, Meave) her name is connected to alcohol - you know meade-woman - she s

Sinéad O'Connor - Lori's Irish Gal Pick

Mar 18th, 2024 21m 59s

Lori continues Ireland Month by talking about singer, songwriter, and activist Sinéad O'Connor. The Pope and Prince tie into this episode as we learn about the many albums, struggles, and talents of this Dublin musician.

Bernadette Devlin - Katie's Irish Gal Pick

Mar 12th, 2024 22m 5s

Katie continues Ireland Month with a campaigner for social justice, elected to Parliament at age 21, served prison time, wounded in an assassination attempt, and sometimes called "Ireland's Joan of Arc", Bernadette Devlin.

Lilian Bland - Bonnie's Irish Gal Pick

Mar 6th, 2024 18m 40s

It's the start of Ireland Month! Bonnie's pick is an all-around adventurer. Lilian Bland is an aviator, horseback rider, lumberjack, painter, and car salesman. And when we say aviator we mean, she's the first woman to build her own plane 'cause

Mariama Ba - Katie's African Gal Pick

Feb 26th, 2024 25m 21s

Katie finishes up African Gals Month by sharing about Senegalese author, Mariama Ba. So Long a Letter is a novel expressing the fate and the frustration of African women. Mariama received the Noma Award, a major book award in Africa.

Agojie - Leah's African Gals Pick

Feb 21st, 2024 27m 15s

Gal's Guide Film Club is discussing the Viola Davis movie The Women King. Leah wanted to dig deeper into the real-life all-female military regiment in the Kingdom of Dahomey known as the Agojie. If you are wondering if they are what the Dorje M

Professor Nox Makunga - Josh's African Gal Pick

Feb 14th, 2024 23m 33s

Josh returns to the podcast to talk about the medicinal plant biologist, Nokwanda Pearl Makunga. Professor Nox is a researcher in Biotechnology at Stellenbosch University. Her work is fascinating if you have a green thumb and even if you don't!

Huda Sha'arawi - Bonnie's African Gal Pick

Feb 8th, 2024 19m 41s

It's a new month and Bonnie starts African Gal month with a trailblazer of the Egyptian Feminist movement, Huda Sha'arawi. Learn about this amazing suffragette.

Sister Elizabeth Kenny - Leah's Australian Gal Pick

Jan 31st, 2024 23m 38s

Leah closes out Australian Gals Month with her pick. Sister Elizabeth Kenny (who was a military sister, not a religious sister) was an Australian Bush nurse who basically created physical therapy. At the time her methods of treating polio patie

Mary Reibey - Katie's Australian Gal Pick

Jan 23rd, 2024 23m 54s

Katie's Australian Gal is a legendary businesswoman who started as a convict. Learn about Mary Reibey, an incredible woman who is on the money and became a role model for many.

Edith Cowan - Barb’s Australian Gal Pick

Jan 15th, 2024 23m 40s

Australian Gals Month continues! Barb's pick is a social reformer who was the first woman to serve as a member of Parliament.

Julia Gillard - Bonnie’s Australian Gal Pick

Jan 8th, 2024 21m 39s

It is a new season of the Gal’s Guide Podcast! Can you believe it, it’s season 7! We’ve got a slightly new spin on all of 2024’s episodes. We’ll be learning about women around the world with a new region each month. This month, it’s Australia!

Susan La Flesche Picotte

Nov 27th, 2023 35m 32s

For the last episode of Season 6, Barb ends Medicine Woman month with Omaha Medical doctor, Susan La Flesche Picotte.Season 7 begins on January 8, 2024, with Australian Gals.

Gladys Tantaquidgeon - Leah’s 1 Cool Medicine Woman

Nov 13th, 2023 24m 25s

Medicine Woman Month continues! Leah tells us about the amazing Gladys Tantaquidgeon who was 3rd generation medicine woman who lived to age 106!

Qi-yo Ke-pe - Bonnie’s 1 Cool Medicine Woman

Nov 8th, 2023 22m 55s

Bonnie stars of Medicine Woman with the Great Healer of the Native Americans, Qi-yo Ke-pe.

Baba Yaga - Bonnie’s 1 Cool Folklore Gal

Nov 3rd, 2023 34m 26s

Bonnie finishes up Folklore Month with the Slavic hero/villain the Baba Yaga!

Kisa Gotami - Leah’s 1 Cool Folklore Gal

Oct 25th, 2023 24m 25s

Leah shares a Buddhist folktale of Kisa Gotami and the Mustard Seed.

Aleshea Harris - Kassie’s 1 Cool Folklore Gal

Oct 20th, 2023 31m 34s

Kassie talks about the amazing modern playwright who has a folklore twist. Learn and celebrate Aleshea Harris and her play "Is God Is."

Lozen - Barb’s 1 Cool Folklore Gal

Oct 12th, 2023 25m 43s

Barb tells us about Lozen, the Chiricahua Warm Springs Apache who was a skillful warrior and a shield to her people. There is a trigger warning for this episode as we do discuss the capture and the imprisonment of Lozen and her people.

Bonus

Folklore Bonus Episode

Oct 1st, 2023 9m 32s

October is Folklore Gals Month. To set the tone, Katie Young shares a quick and bonus episode about the lore of Banshees.

Ruth Wakefield - Leah’s 1Cool Working Women

Sep 27th, 2023 26m 33s

Leah finished up Working Women Month with a delicious treat! Learn about Ruth Wakefield, the inventor of the chocolate chip cookie. See if you think she got a tasty deal for her business creation.