Gals Guide

By Gal‘s Guide To The Galaxy

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Women‘s history told by your best gal pals.

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Gals Guide episodes:

05.15.2024
Ado - Kami's Japan Pick
Kami continues Japan Month with J-Pop star Ado. Her debut song "Usseewa" reached more than 100 million plays in record time and hit #1 on Billboard Japan Hot 100. She also has a song for One Piece Film. But get...
05.08.2024
Komako Kimura - Bonnie's Japan Pick
Bonnie starts us off by learning about the controversial actress Komako Kimura. This gal managed two theaters in Toyoko, performed in nearly 500 plays, and created a movement. Komako was all about women's suffrage and Japan tried to shut it...
05.01.2024
Çatalhöyük - Riwo's Middle East Pick
Riwo's has gone rogue. She has as her pick an ancient site in what is now Turkey. Çatalhöyük has many twist and turns. It is a journey through some problematic guys. But Çatalhöyük, was said to be ruled by women...
05.01.2024
Sameera Moussa - Katie's Middle Eastern Gal Pick
Middle East Month continues with the first female Egyptian nuclear physicist. Sameera Moussa is Katie's pick. Learn about Sameera worked toward and hoped for a world where atomic energy was used to help those in need at little or no...
04.17.2024
Sama El Masry - Amy's Middle Eastern Gal Pick
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...
04.10.2024
Artemisia 1 of Caria - Bonnie's Middle Eastern Gal Pick
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...
04.01.2024
Kate O'Brien - Jackie's Irish Gal Pick
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...
03.28.2024
Queen Medb - Riwo's Irish Gal Pick
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...
03.18.2024
Sinéad O'Connor - Lori's Irish Gal Pick
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.
03.12.2024
Bernadette Devlin - Katie's Irish Gal Pick
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.
03.06.2024
Lilian Bland - Bonnie's Irish Gal Pick
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...
02.26.2024
Mariama Ba - Katie's African Gal Pick
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.
02.21.2024
Agojie - Leah's African Gals Pick
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...
02.14.2024
Professor Nox Makunga - Josh's African Gal Pick
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!
02.08.2024
Huda Sha'arawi - Bonnie's African Gal Pick
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.
01.31.2024
Sister Elizabeth Kenny - Leah's Australian Gal Pick
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 patients...
01.23.2024
Mary Reibey - Katie's Australian Gal Pick
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.
01.15.2024
Edith Cowan - Barb’s Australian Gal Pick
Australian Gals Month continues! Barb's pick is a social reformer who was the first woman to serve as a member of Parliament.
01.08.2024
Julia Gillard - Bonnie’s Australian Gal Pick
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...
11.27.2023
Susan La Flesche Picotte
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.
11.13.2023
Gladys Tantaquidgeon - Leah’s 1 Cool Medicine Woman
Medicine Woman Month continues! Leah tells us about the amazing Gladys Tantaquidgeon who was 3rd generation medicine woman who lived to age 106!
11.08.2023
Qi-yo Ke-pe - Bonnie’s 1 Cool Medicine Woman
Bonnie stars of Medicine Woman with the Great Healer of the Native Americans, Qi-yo Ke-pe.
11.03.2023
Baba Yaga - Bonnie’s 1 Cool Folklore Gal
Bonnie finishes up Folklore Month with the Slavic hero/villain the Baba Yaga!
10.25.2023
Kisa Gotami - Leah’s 1 Cool Folklore Gal
Leah shares a Buddhist folktale of Kisa Gotami and the Mustard Seed.
10.20.2023
Aleshea Harris - Kassie’s 1 Cool Folklore Gal
Kassie talks about the amazing modern playwright who has a folklore twist. Learn and celebrate Aleshea Harris and her play "Is God Is."
10.12.2023
Lozen - Barb’s 1 Cool Folklore Gal
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...
10.01.2023
Folklore Bonus Episode
October is Folklore Gals Month. To set the tone, Katie Young shares a quick and bonus episode about the lore of Banshees.
09.27.2023
Ruth Wakefield - Leah’s 1Cool Working Women
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.
09.18.2023
Reshma Saujani - Barb’s 1 Cool Working Woman
Working Women Month continues! Barb tells us about the founder of Girls Who Code and the best-selling author of multiple books, Reshma Saujani.
09.11.2023
Judith Love Cohen - Katie’s 1 Cool Working Woman
Working Women Month continues! Katie is up next telling us about the fantastic American aerospace engineer, who also happens to be the mom of actor, Jack Black.
09.07.2023
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire - Bonnie’s Working Women
Bonnie starts off Working Women month with a cautionary tale of the horrors of the workplace. On Saturday, March 25, 1911, a fire broke out in Manhattan. The tall building with unsafe conditions created a deadly industrial disaster. Taking the...
08.28.2023
Stewardess Rebellion - Katie’s 1 Cool Thing
The Aviation drink with gin has REALLY KICK IN! Katie wraps up aviation month with the power of the Great Stewardess Rebellion. Inspired by the amazing book of the same name by Nell McShane Wulfhart. We also talked about the...
08.22.2023
Wally Funk - Leah’s 1 Cool Aviation Gal
Leah's super excited to tell you about one of her favorite Mercury 13 gals who also is the oldest woman to go to space! It's the delightful, Wally Funk!
08.22.2023
Mama Bird Evelyn Johnson - Barb’s 1 Cool Aviation Gal
Barb continues Aviation gals month with a high flyer who was born just 6 years after the Wright brother's first flight. Learn about Mama Bird the female pilot with the highest number of flying hours in the world. She was...
08.08.2023
Sophie Blanchard - Bonnie’s 1 Cool Aviation Gal
Bonnie's pick to start off Aviation Gal's Month hits on her favorite things - her gal has a lot of names, she's the first in a few things, and there is a puppy element. That being said, it's a wild...
07.31.2023
Jordyn Zimmerman - Katie’s 1 Cool Disabled Gal
Katie wraps up Disability Gals Month by talking about the amazing accessibility enthusiast, Jordyn Zimmerman.
07.31.2023
Judith Heumann - Leah’s 1 Cool Disability Gal
Leah continues Disability Gals Month and celebrates the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by talking about an inspirational activist, Judith Heumann.
07.24.2023
Annie Jump Cannon - Edan’s 1 Cool Disabled Gal
Edan continues Disability Gals Month telling us about the deaf astronomer, Annie Jump Cannon.
07.17.2023
Tammy Duckworth - Bonnie’s 1 Cool Disabled Gal
Bonnie starts us celebrating disabled gals. First up, we learn about U.S. State Senator Tammy Duckworth. Tammy is a retired Lieutenant Colonel. She is the first woman with a disability to be elected to Congress. The First double amputee in...
06.26.2023
Joyce Hobson & Alice Armstrong - Katie’s Cool Hamilton County Gals
Katie wraps up Ham-co Gals month with not 1 but 2 awesome STEM ladies! Joyce Hobson was first female doctor in Hamilton County in 1879. Alice Armstrong was the first female patent holder in Hamilton County. The gals also talk...
06.19.2023
Dirty Helen - Lisa’s 1 Cool Hamilton County Gal
The Gal Pals are celebrating Hamilton County Gals! Lisa continues the month talking about Helen Worley Cromell, or Dirty Helen, the ‘good time party girl.
06.14.2023
Avriel Shull - Barb’s 1 Cool Hamilton County Gal
The Gal Pals are celebrating Hamilton County Gals! Barb continues the month talking about Avriel Shull, a successful self-taught architect, designer and artist.
06.05.2023
Lulu Miesse - Leah’s 1 Cool Hamilton County Gal
The Gal Pals are celebrating Hamilton County Gals! Leah starts off the month talking about the gal who organized for the local library and started the local bookmobile, Lulu Miesse.
05.31.2023
Chien Shiung Wu - Bonnie’s 1 Cool Asian Gal
The Gal Pals are celebrating Asian Heritage Month! Bonnie finishes up the month talking about the Queen of Physics, Chein Shiung Wu!
05.15.2023
Patsy Mink - Katie’s 1 Cool Asian Gal
The Gal Pals are celebrating Asian Heritage Month! Katie continues by discussing what she learned about the first woman of color to the U.S. House of Representatives, Patsy Takemoto Mink!
05.10.2023
Junko Tabei - Barb’s 1 Cool Asian Gal
The Gal Pals are celebrating Asian Heritage Month! Barb starts us out with Japanese mountaineer Junko Tabei. Junko is the first woman to summit Mt. Everest.
04.24.2023
Sappho - Leah’s 1 Cool Poetry Gal
Season 5’s Poetry Gals continues with the Gal Pals honoring National Poetry Month. with guest Barb Conlin. Leah’s choice? Sappho, The Poetess, or The Tenth Muse.
04.17.2023
Anne Sexton - Barb’s 1 Cool Poetry Gal
Season 5’s Poetry Gals continues with the Gal Pals honoring National Poetry Month. with guest Barb Conlin. Barb’s choice? Anne Sexton, who wrote confessional poetry.
04.10.2023
Dorothy Parker - Katie’s 1 Cool Poetry Gal
Season 5’s Poetry Gals continues with the Gal Pals honoring National Poetry Month. with guest Barb Conlin. Katie’s choice? Dorothy Parker, one of the founders of The New Yorker..
04.03.2023
Phillis Wheatley - Bonnie’s 1 Cool Poetry Gal
Season 5’s Poetry Gals kicks off with the Gal Pals in honor of National Poetry Month. with guest Barb Conlin. Bonnie’s choice? Phillis Wheatley, who is considered the first African-American author of a published book of poetry.

What's Gals Guide about?

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Gals Guide episodes:

Ado - Kami's Japan Pick

Komako Kimura - Bonnie's Japan Pick

Çatalhöyük - Riwo's Middle East Pick

Sameera Moussa - Katie's Middle Eastern Gal Pick

Sama El Masry - Amy's Middle Eastern Gal Pick

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

Kate O'Brien - Jackie's Irish Gal Pick

Queen Medb - Riwo's Irish Gal Pick

Sinéad O'Connor - Lori's Irish Gal Pick

Bernadette Devlin - Katie's Irish Gal Pick

Lilian Bland - Bonnie's Irish Gal Pick

Mariama Ba - Katie's African Gal Pick

Agojie - Leah's African Gals Pick

Professor Nox Makunga - Josh's African Gal Pick

Huda Sha'arawi - Bonnie's African Gal Pick

Sister Elizabeth Kenny - Leah's Australian Gal Pick

Mary Reibey - Katie's Australian Gal Pick

Edith Cowan - Barb’s Australian Gal Pick

Julia Gillard - Bonnie’s Australian Gal Pick

Susan La Flesche Picotte

Gladys Tantaquidgeon - Leah’s 1 Cool Medicine Woman

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

Baba Yaga - Bonnie’s 1 Cool Folklore Gal

Kisa Gotami - Leah’s 1 Cool Folklore Gal

Aleshea Harris - Kassie’s 1 Cool Folklore Gal

Lozen - Barb’s 1 Cool Folklore Gal

Folklore Bonus Episode

Ruth Wakefield - Leah’s 1Cool Working Women

Reshma Saujani - Barb’s 1 Cool Working Woman

Judith Love Cohen - Katie’s 1 Cool Working Woman

Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire - Bonnie’s Working Women

Stewardess Rebellion - Katie’s 1 Cool Thing

Wally Funk - Leah’s 1 Cool Aviation Gal

Mama Bird Evelyn Johnson - Barb’s 1 Cool Aviation Gal

Sophie Blanchard - Bonnie’s 1 Cool Aviation Gal

Jordyn Zimmerman - Katie’s 1 Cool Disabled Gal

Judith Heumann - Leah’s 1 Cool Disability Gal

Annie Jump Cannon - Edan’s 1 Cool Disabled Gal

Tammy Duckworth - Bonnie’s 1 Cool Disabled Gal

Joyce Hobson & Alice Armstrong - Katie’s Cool Hamilton County Gals

Dirty Helen - Lisa’s 1 Cool Hamilton County Gal

Avriel Shull - Barb’s 1 Cool Hamilton County Gal

Lulu Miesse - Leah’s 1 Cool Hamilton County Gal

Chien Shiung Wu - Bonnie’s 1 Cool Asian Gal

Patsy Mink - Katie’s 1 Cool Asian Gal

Junko Tabei - Barb’s 1 Cool Asian Gal

Sappho - Leah’s 1 Cool Poetry Gal

Anne Sexton - Barb’s 1 Cool Poetry Gal

Dorothy Parker - Katie’s 1 Cool Poetry Gal

Phillis Wheatley - Bonnie’s 1 Cool Poetry Gal

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