Ock Pop Tok means "east meets west" in the Lao language. We speak to Joanna Smith and Veo Douangdala, the women who founded Ock Pop Tok, a company that hires local Lao women to create traditional textiles. Ock Pop Tok does tours, hosts classes

024: Women from History: Rosalind Franklin

May 3rd, 2021 27m 28s

Rosalind Franklin was a chemist and X-Ray crystallographer whose work was central to understanding the molecular structure of DNA. Not only was she an incredible woman in STEM, but we dive into the ~drama~ that unfolded with her famed Photograp

BONUS: London Insider Tips with Jessica Dante of Love and London

Apr 19th, 2021 13m 22s

Loved episode 023 of The Wild and Curious Episode and want more London tips and advice? Jessica Dante has you covered. From the swankiest tea in all of London to the weirdest museum (oh, and it is weird), here's some extra content to get you dr

023: Jessica Dante of Love and London

Mar 28th, 2021 24m 5s

Jessica Dante is the founder of Love and London, a digital media company that helps London tourists to visit like they live there. Jessica has always been the type of person who likes sharing travel recommendations from any place she visits. Af

023: Jessica Dante of Love and London

Mar 27th, 2021 24m 19s

022: The Women Behind Georgia's Historic Runoff Election

Mar 9th, 2021 30m 52s

We spoke with three extraordinary women who played a part in January’s historic runoff election in Georgia.You know about Stacey Abrams, of course, but so many people worked to make sure people’s voices were heard and represented in the past

021: Harriet Rwosa

Feb 16th, 2021 27m 11s

Gumoshabe Harriet Rwosa (you can call her Harriet) started The Happy Girls Project in her hometown of Kabale, Uganda. Happy Girls Project makes and supplies reusable sanitary pads for school age girls as well as educates the general public on m

020: Ntsiki Biyela

Jan 21st, 2021 16m 54s

Ntsiki Biyela is a South African winemaker and businesswoman who runs Aslina Wines, and she is the first Black female winemaker in South Africa. She comes on the show to talk to us about her love of wine, what makes South African wines special,

019: Rebelle Rally x Record the Journey

Jan 3rd, 2021 25m 28s

For this special on-location episode, we take you to the Rebelle Rally, the longest women’s only off-road race in the United States. This is an 8-day race that goes from Tahoe to the sand dunes of Glamis, California.We spoke with Emily Miller

018: Women from History: Nellie Bly featuring Matthew Goodman

Dec 3rd, 2020 29m 7s

Our latest podcast episode is a special one that highlights an amazing woman from history. Meet Nellie Bly, an American journalist who went around the world like Phileas Fogg did in Around the World in 80 Days — except she attempted to do the j

017: Mariam Ktiri

Nov 18th, 2020 19m 45s

In May 2019, Mariam Ktiri became the first woman to climb the Seven Summits (the highest peak on every continent) in under a year.Mariam is a mountaineer who’s had a taste for adventure since she was a child, and who fell in love with the mou

016: Zenith Irfan

Oct 28th, 2020 23m 42s

How far would you go to realize someone else's dream? Zenith Irfan's father passed away when she was young, so she heard about her father's desire to live a carefree, traveler's life from her mom. It wasn't until later when she would really thi

015: Tanya Muzinda, Motocross Rider

Oct 14th, 2020 19m 10s

She's an honorary UN ambassador for gender, youth, and sport, she's won Sportswoman of Southern Africa, and she's only 16 years old. Meet Tanya Muzinda, a motocross rider from Zimbabwe and our latest guest on The Wild and Curious Podcast. Tanya

014: Angie Genade of Rhino Fund Uganda

Sep 30th, 2020 22m 18s

Angie Genade is an animal lover, through and through. She cares deeply for all kinds of creatures, but she has done especially outstanding work rehabilitating the rhino population in Uganda as Executive Director of Rhino Fund Uganda. She joins

013: Alyssa Carson, Future Mars Walker

Sep 9th, 2020 18m 48s

Meet future Mars walker Alyssa Carson. 🚀 Alyssa is 19 years old and has already started her astronaut training in hopes to be one of the first (if not the first) person on Mars in the early 2030s. She is the youngest person to graduate from th

012: Dr. Nissa Mututanont

Aug 26th, 2020 26m 33s

For so many people (including our very own Suzanne), seeing elephants in Thailand is a bucket list experience. On the latest episode of The Wild and Curious Podcast, we talked to Dr. Nissa Mututanont, the Head Elephant Veterinarian at the Golde

011: Rebecca Chiao of HarassMap

Aug 12th, 2020 25m 21s

(Trigger Warning: sexual assault and street harassment) Rebecca Chiao is the Co-Founder of HarassMap, an online tool that pinpoints incidents of sexual violence throughout Egypt, which in turn makes the streets safer for people of all genders.

010: Samantha Nixon

Jul 22nd, 2020 25m 15s

If you can believe it, Samantha Nixon (@samnscience on Instagram) used to be a certifiable arachnaphobe. 🕷️ Now a final year PhD student at the Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland and the Commonwealth Scientific an

009: Josephine Ekiru

Jul 1st, 2020 19m 7s

Josephine Ekiru is a Peace Coordinator and converts poachers into advocates for the local environment and community. She is a true storyteller, and getting to listen to her talk about her experiences was a privilege for us. She tells us about h

008: Fereshteh Forough of Code to Inspire

Jun 20th, 2020 22m 10s

Fereshteh Forough opened the first coding school for girls in Afghanistan in 2015. In Afghanistan, women are often left to care for the home so parents don’t want to put as much emphasis on (or money into) education for girls, and sometimes the

007: Pauline Lapierre, French Winemaker

May 20th, 2020 20m 23s

Meet Pauline Lapierre, a new generation of winemaker in the traditional winemaking region of Bordeaux. Because wineries are often family affairs passed down from generation to generation, you’ll find just as many female owners as you will male.

006: Karen Nutarak of Adventure Canada

May 8th, 2020 18m 43s

Karen Nutarak is a new entrepreneur and community liaison for Adventure Canada. Her home, Pond Inlet, is a small indigenous community in Northern Canada, and it’s a cruise port. When Karen often saw travelers stop by, take some photos, and leav

005: Ndeye Amy Kebe of Jokalante

Apr 23rd, 2020 21m 54s

Ndeye Amy Kebe—you can call her Amy—lives and works in Senegal and is the Founder and Manager of Jokalante. Meaning "dialogue" in the Wolof language, the company which uses radio and mobile alerts to share updates with smallholder farmers in po

004: Zina Bencheikh of Intrepid Travel

Apr 10th, 2020 19m 44s

We chat with Zina Bencheikh who works with Intrepid Travel to learn how she has changed the face of tourism in Morocco. In 2017, she began lobbying the government to issue more tour guide licenses so women could become guides. Being a tour guid

003: Bishnu Thapa of OneSeed Expeditions

Apr 1st, 2020 18m 53s

Bishnu Thapa, the Director of Nepal Guiding Operations for OneSeed Expeditions, shares her experiences as a female trekking guide. In Nepal, patriarchal norms are still prevalent — women are expected to stay home and help with the children or