Betsy Boss Podcast

Betsy Boss Podcast

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  • 12. Down the White Rabbit Hole (Katherine Powers)
    If you did something bad and needed to confess, how would you do it? To some, the path to righteousness is clear, but others are left following a “white rabbit” on a journey to nowhere. Today on Betsy Boss, we take you down the “White Rabbit Hole” as we tell the story of Katherine Powers, a criminal with a conscience who took a two decade-long break between doing the crime and doing the time. Learn about how therapy helped Katherine to change her life by formulating the most epic confession plan of all time! Got something weighing on you that you need to confess? Just Go Ask Alice. She’ll tell you how to get it done.
    38 min
  • 11. Radioactive (Radium Girls)
    Get ready for the ultimate “Glow-Up,” history lovers! The glow in the dark paint they created was called “Undark,” but this tale is anything but! Join the Betsy Boss girls as we dive into a story with GLOWING reviews that will be sure to SPARK your interest - the saga of the Radium Girls. What started as a miracle drug and a magical chemical that would light up the existence of humankind turned into exactly the opposite. Handle with Glare, listeners, because Radium is nothing to be taken lightly. Imagine Dragons said it best: I’m waking up, I feel it in my bones, enough to make my systems blow; welcome to the new age, to the new age; welcome to the new age, to the new age. Whoa oh, whoa oh, I’m radioactive, radioactive.
    48 min
  • 10. Tiger Queen (Carole Baskin)
    Hey all you cats and kittens! What do tigers dream of? When they take a little tiger snooze? Do they dream of mauling zebras? Or Hallie Barry in her Catwoman suit? We unpack these questions and more as we delve into the ludicrous history of Carole Baskin, the ultimate cat lady, and her husband’s mysterious disappearance! Did Carole enjoy “baskin” in the limelight of Tiger King’s recent success? We’re sure Carole Baskin thought of her husband as a “snack,” but how literally did she mean that? We know Carole and her husband did the “bump and grind,” but did that journey end in a literal meat grinder? Who do YOU think is the real king (or queen) of the jungle? Listen up and feel free to get catty!
    43 min
  • 9. Everybody's Got a Hungary Heart (Angel Makers of Nagyrev)
    This girl is poison - never trust fly paper and a smile. Today on Betsy Boss we’re talking about Julia Fazekas, Hungarian midwife turned illegal abortion-provider turned husband-poisoner. She was no angel herself, but she made plenty of them in Nagyrév. Hungary for more? Pick your poison. We’ve got just the antidote - all the details you can’t get anywhere else. We’ll catch your attention like flies to sticky paper! Just remember the first rule of Betsy Boss Podcast - talk ALL ABOUT Betsy Boss Podcast and tell ALL your friends about Betsy Boss! It's driving me out of my mind;
    That's why it's hard for me to find;
    Can't get it outta my head;
    Miss her, kiss her, love her, wrong move you're dead - that girl is poison.
    44 min
  • 8. We Be Burnin' (Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire)
    Just gimme machines and we be sewin’ y’all.
    Then gimme the flames and we be blowin’ y’all.
    No water in the hose or buckets flowin’ y’all.
    Where you’ll escape we won’t be knowing y’all.
    So when you see the fire blazin’ don't get hazy
    Cause the girls the boss appraises never get raises.
    Don’t be smoking cuz the rags will catch fire - I’m not joking.
    The business we’re promoting and supporting
    Has workers we’re transporting and extorting.
    Ten floors and no doors and no method of escape...
    We be burnin' not concernin' what nobody wanna say.
    We be earnin' dollars turning right until the dying day.
    Some got golden standards, exits, elevators and fair pay.
    Triangle shirt waist ... leaves a nasty aftertaste.
    44 min
  • 7. Trans Plans and Wash Your Hands (Christine Jorgensen)
    Hands rubbed raw from too much washing and Purell? Bored and lonely on your Corona Quarantine? Betsy Boss has just the thing to put a spring in your sweatpants and a smile on your unmade-up face! It’s Transgender Day of Visibility and we’re spotlighting Christine Jorgensen, a fierce, fiery and fabulously female trans woman who made the ultimate difference in the public’s perception of trans people - all while wearing high heels! Help us to celebrate this special day (from the comfort of your own homes and your bunny slippers) by tuning in and learning about this Danish Delight - just remember to wash your hands first!
    44 min
  • 6. Astro-Nuts (Lisa Nowak)
    Get ready for a love triangle that’s anything but PLUTOnic - it’s out of this world! Today on Betsy Boss, we’re getting ready for lift off and discussing an odd crime - and the woman who had the “Can-Poo” attitude to “planet” but didn’t have the execution to “rocket,” Lisa Nowak. So open up your iPOOd, whether it’s the morning or the WEE hours of the night, and learn how this famous female astronaut went far past the line of DOODY, including Resisting A Rest (a Rest Stop). Roses are red, violets are blue, will there be pee? Or will it be poo? We know, we know, we pamper you.
    47 min
  • 5. Fyre Festival (Camp Fire Girls)
    Today on Betsy Boss, we’re catching fire! Literally! We’re discussing Camp Fire Girls, the first multiracial, multicultural, nonsectarian organization for girls. Today, the organization is open to all youth regardless of sex, race, socioeconomic status, sexual orientation or gender presentation, and we think that’s pretty revolutionary. So, sit down around our virtual campfire and listen to the tale of the Camp Fire Girls - just make sure to sit at a safe distance, listen to your troop leaders (us) and collect all your wood-gathering badges before trying to be a torch-bearer!
    45 min
  • 4. On the Rag (History of Period Products)
    Tighten your suspenders, adjust your pad and put in your tampon because today on Betsy Boss, we’re talking about feminine hygiene - Bloody Hell! Today, we may have the world on a string but things weren’t always so easy for our sisters of the past... settle in and enjoy the history of feminine care and the humiliation of our personal histories! You’ll be laughing til Sunday Bloody Sunday!
    51 min
  • 3. When the Beat Drops (History of Hysteria)
    Get ready to go crazy because on this episode of Betsy Boss Podcast, we discuss the history of Hysteria - What was it? Who had it? And why did every symptom from seizures to nymphomania get caught under the Hysteria Umbrella (‘ella; ‘Ella; ey ey ey). More importantly, we’ll answer the mind-altering question - why did this topic have us singing Rihanna? Speaking of which, Throw on your break lights. We're in the city of wonder. Ain't gon’ play nice. Watch out, you might just go under
    Better think twice. Your train of thought will be altered.
    So if you must falter be wise. Your mind is in HYSTERIA. It's like the darkness is light. HYSTERIA. Am I scaring you tonight? HYSTERIA
    Ain't used to what you like HYSTERIA - hysteria
    51 min

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Betsy Boss Podcast is a women’s history podcast with a twist; bringing you a side of the story you haven’t heard before (maybe you couldn’t hear it over our freedom ringing). From the wacky to the…

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