Queens of Crime and Princess Alice!In this episode we are joined by Kaitlin and Emma from the podcast Add Men & Stir to talk about two woman murderers featured on the second season of their show investigating history's "Queens of Crime".Christian then presents on the less murderous though equally controversial Alice Roosevelt.And of course it wouldn't be Elency Radio without plenty of talk on class, gender, and that thing we always talk about that we finally learned is called "historiography"Listen to more Add Men & Stir wherever you're listening to this or check out their website - https://addmenandstir.wixsite.com/podcast/episodes

The quote in this episode's title comes from Helen Keller and provides our inspiration as we talk about Women Explorers! We follow history's most famous female adventurers to the Pacific Coast, over Niagara Falls, to the North and South Pole, and finally through the entire continent of Africa in our interview with Tamara, the host of "Many Roads Travelled". Check out more of her content at https://manyroadstravelled.com

Kelsie and Brooke from the podcast Remedial Herstory join us in this episode to tell some fascinating stories about birth across human history. Then Lila leads our discussion about Maya Angelou, storytelling, and her binge-worthy show recommendations!

Our nurse in-training friend Sydney joins us to discuss two pioneers of modern nursing from those famous Isles of Britain. We look to Florence Nightingale and Lady Almina for advice on how to navigate the New Year by keeping others (and definitely yourself) healthy.

Another fantastic episode! Lila tells us about Ching Shih, the commander of pirates in the South China Sea in the 1800's, then we look to Helen Keller as our guide to discuss the relationship between technology and inequality.

Olympic athlete Madison Hubbell joins us to talk about a couple of very interesting 1700's women from opposite sides of the globe - botanist Mary Granville and Cherokee war hero Nanye-hi

Lila introduces us to Empress Cixi and Christian gives some Halloween History

Ellysse joins us to discuss Marina Raskova, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and the 1936 USA Women's 4x100 Relay Team. And how to stop a coup.

We hang out with our friend Alice and talk about Mae Jemison & Mary Katherine Goddard

Pardon me, are you Aaron Purr, sir? It's the Hamilton Episode!