Badass Bitches

Grab yourself some luck o' the badass and listen to the history of Lady "Icarus" Mary Heath who conquered the skies in the golden age of aviation, Grace O'Malley: the Pirate Queen of Ireland, and Eva Gore-Booth, a long-forgotten badass who was fighting the good fight.

We're a day late and dollar short, but come guns blazin' to celebrate International Women's Day with a legitimate saint, Joan of Arc, a movie star technological genius, Hedy Lamarr, and a fearless environmental crusader, Berta Caceres.

Before there was Rosa Parks, there was Claudette Colvin, the 15 year old girl who lit the flames of the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Meanwhile, Daisy Bates was offering her home as sanctuary and HQ to the Little Rock 9 and the desegragation of public schools in Arkansas.

We're on the West Coast this week, chatting with badass bitch, Jo Hyatt, who take us through the ins and outs of gender identity, raging liberal rants and why no one is 100% straight.

Listen to how a Hollywood sweetheart and a Parisian showgirl stood up to the Axis powers and turned the tide for the Allies. Will there be Agent Carter love as well? Most likely.

Running Eagle became one of the only women warriors of the Blackfoot Indian tribe and Marie Wilcox taught herself to type at the age of 81 to compile the first ever dictionary of her native Watchumni language.

Dipa Ma began her meditation practice in the middle of her troubled life and has brought the practice of everyday mindfulness and meditation to thousands of students in the last sixty years. Sharon Salzberg continues Dipa Ma's teachings and practices by teaching the power and benefits of meditation to her students at the Insight Meditation Society in Massachusetts.

Rachel Carson wrote Silent Spring, a pivotal book in the environmental movement which led to the banning of the harmful pesticide chemical, DDT. Winona LaDuke tackles the issues of out-of-control consumption that lead to the marginalization and eradication of indigenous, native lands.

Get inspired for an adventurous 2016 with stories of turn-of-the-century, globe-trotting heiress Aimee Crocker, and real-life Lara Croft, Dr. Kira Salak.

Listen to the stories of the women who are making the glass ceiling disappear in the world of professional magic.