Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls

By Rebel Girls

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What's Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls about?

A fairy tale podcast about the extraordinary women who inspire us. This show is based on Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls, the global best-selling book written by Elena Favilli and Francesca Cavallo, inspiring millions of girls and women around the world to dream bigger, aim higher and fight harder.

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Get to Know Refilwe Ledwaba

09.16.2021

Meet Refilwe Ledwaba, a helicopter and fixed-wing pilot, a flight instructor, an advocate for women's rights and a Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation goalkeeper who made history by becoming the first black female pilot to fly for the police service ...

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09.16.2021 Get to Know Refilwe Ledwaba Meet Refilwe Ledwaba, a helicopter and fixed-wing pilot, a flight instructor, an advocate for women's rights and a Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation goalkeeper who made history by becoming the first black female pilot to fly for the police service ...
09.14.2021 Thokozile Muwamba Read by Refilwe Ledwaba Once upon a time, there was a girl who soared and swooped through the sky. Her name is Thokozile Muwamba. In 2017, at age 24, Thokozile Muwamba broke barriers by becoming Zambia’s first female fighter pilot. Today, she continues to ...
09.10.2021 Mini Episode! Bindi Irwin Read By Jaqueline Green Once upon a time, there was a girl who lived in a zoo and took care of animals like lizards, snakes, and anteaters every day. A girl who would one day share her love of protecting animals with the WHOLE ...
09.09.2021 Get to Know Kateri Bluford Meet Kateri Bluford, an American singer, born and raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, who gained national and international acclaim after appearing on Season 2 of The Four starring Sean Combs, DJ Khaled, Megan Trainor and host Fergie.
09.07.2021 Rosetta Tharpe Read by Kateri Bluford Once upon a time, there was a girl with a song in her heart. Her name was Sister Rosetta Tharpe - a guitar-playing, gospel-singing legend whose unique style and stage-presence inspired the greatest rock musicians of the last century. She ...
09.02.2021 Get to Know Camille Stennis Meet the dynamic audio producer and sound designer behind some of your favorite audio content at Rebel Girls, Camille Stennis. Camille talks about her own creative process and journey to discovering her identity as a member of the LGBTQ+ community. ...
08.31.2021 Audre Lorde Read by Camille Stennis Born in Harlem in 1934 to a family of Caribbean immigrants, Audre Lorde grew up to become a Black feminist icon and celebrated American poet, writer, and activist. Best known for her works exploring her own multifaceted identity, Lorde both ...
08.26.2021 Get to Know Lindsey "Crazy Aunt Lindsey" Murphy [This episode originally aired January 14, 2021.] Get to know Lindsey E. Murphy, who narrated the story of computer chemist Alice Ball. Murphy is the award-winning creator and host of The Fab Lab With Crazy Aunt Lindsey. In this episode, ...
08.24.2021 Alice Ball Read by Lindsey "Crazy Aunt Lindsey" Murphy [This episode originally aired January 12, 2021.] Once upon a time, there was a girl who wanted to help people who were in pain. Her name was Alice Ball, an incredibly bright, determined young woman who grew up to be ...
08.19.2021 Get To Know Rebeca Lane Meet the awesome Guatemalan rapper and activist Rebeca Lane, who read us the story of Nobel Peace Prize winner Rigoberta Menchú. Rebeca talks about the inspiration for her music and her activism, and why fighting for women’s rights is especially ...
08.17.2021 Rigoberta Menchú Read By Rebeca Lane Rigoberta Menchú Tum is an Indigenous Mayan human rights activist from Guatemala who grew up in the depths of poverty and in a country ravaged by a decades-long civil war. Despite the many challenges she faced, including the tragic loss ...
08.12.2021 Get to Know Brenda Chapman This episode originally aired on 10/1/2020. Get to know Brenda Chapman, who helped launch DreamWorks Animation Studios and later joined Pixar Animation Studios where she created, wrote and directed Brave – inspired by her relationship with her daughter - for ...
08.10.2021 Alice Guy-Blache Read by Brenda Chapman This episode was originally released 09/29/2020. Once upon a time, there was a girl whose love for stories would make her the first female filmmaker in the world. Her name was Alice Guy Blache. Alice was a pioneer in filmmaking, ...
08.05.2021 Get To Know Donita Sparks Meet the awesome rock singer, songwriter, and guitarist of the band L7, Donita Sparks. Donita read us the story of the godmother of punk, Joan Jett. Donita tells us how she got into rock music, what the LA music scene ...
08.03.2021 Joan Jett Read By Donita Sparks Although Joan Jett has been called the “Godmother of punk,” this rocker’s rise to super stardom came with plenty of twists and turns. From the time Joan picked up her first electric guitar at age 13 in 1971, she was ...
07.29.2021 Get to Know Hilaree Nelson Get to know ski mountaineer Hilaree Nelson, who read us the story of her friend Kit DesLauriers, the first person to ski from the summit of the highest mountain on all seven continents! Hilaree tells us about her adventures in ...
07.27.2021 Kit DesLauriers Read By Hilaree Nelson Once upon a time, there was a girl who loved adventure, exploring nature, and dreamt of skiing down the tallest mountains in the world. Her name was Kit DesLauriers, a determined young woman with a fierce curiosity to explore the ...
07.22.2021 Get to Know Lindsey Vonn (This episode was originally released 8/2/2020) Today, you'll hear from Lindsey Vonn who narrated the previous episode about Simone Biles. If you haven't listened to that episode, now is a great time to go back and check it out. Lindsey ...
07.20.2021 Simone Biles Read by Lindsey Vonn (This episode was originally released 7/27/2020) Once upon a time, there was a girl who loved flipping, flying, and tumbling. Her name was Simone Biles. Simone is an Olympic champion gymnast and first-ever woman to land a triple-double in competition ...
07.15.2021 Our Favorite Moments Pt. 2 This is a special two part episode, highlighting the Rebel Girls team’s favorite moments from the podcast. If you want to share your own favorite moments, and possibly be featured in one of our episodes, submit to [email protected] Credits This ...
07.13.2021 Our Favorite Moments Pt. 1 This is a special two part episode, highlighting the Rebel Girls team’s favorite moments from the podcast. If you want to share your own favorite moments, and possibly be featured in one of our episodes, submit to [email protected] Credits This ...
07.08.2021 Get to Know Ilana Glazer This episode was originally released 01/21/2021. Get to know actor, comedian, and activist Ilana Glazer, who narrated the story of Vice President Kamala Harris. Ilana tells us how she got in to comedy and acting, and why it is so ...
07.06.2021 Kamala Harris Read by Ilana Glazer This episode was originally released 01/19/2021. Once upon a time, in Berkeley, California, there was a girl, who loved to run. Her name was Kamala Harris. And she was the daughter of immigrant parents from Jamaica and India. Both parents ...
07.01.2021 Get To Know Serena Yang Meet 2021 NYC Youth Poet Laureate Serena Yang. Serena read us the story of the poet and astronomer Hazel Scott. Serena tells us how she became a poet, and what inspires her to write. She also tells us how her ...
06.29.2021 Wang Zhenyi Read By Serena Yang Born during the Qing Dynasty in China, Wang Zhenyi defied the gender stereotypes of her era to become an acclaimed astronomer and renowned poet. Despite never receiving a formal education, Zhenyi tore through the volumes of books in her grandfather’s ...
06.24.2021 Get To Know Frida Kahlo With Beth Evans, Art Educator Get to know painter and rebel girl Frida Kahlo with Beth Evans, Youth and Family Programs Coordinator for the National Portrait Gallery at Smithsonian Institution. Beth tells us what kids today can learn from Frida's example, and what makes her ...
06.22.2021 Frida Kahlo Read By Pamela Adlon (This episode originally aired 6/25/2018) Once upon a time, in a small town on the outskirts of Mexico City, there was a girl who lived in a blue house. Her name was Frida. From the outside, Frida's blue house was ...
06.17.2021 Get To Know Anita Hill Interview Ep Get to know Anita Hill, professor and lawyer. She read us the story of civil rights icon Rosa Parks. Anita tells us what Mrs. Parks’ story means to her, and what we can learn from her about the ...
06.15.2021 Rosa Parks Read By Anita Hill In December 1955, Mrs. Rosa Parks made history by standing up to unjust segregation laws in Montgomery, Alabama, when she refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man—a courageous act that helped launch the now-famous ...
06.10.2021 Get To Know Andra Day (Originally aired 11/12/20) Meet the amazing soul, jazz and R&B singer, songwriter and performer, Andra Day. Andra read us the story of the child musical prodigy who grew up to wow audiences around the world, Hazel Scott. Andra tells us ...
06.08.2021 Hazel Scott Read By Andra Day (Originally aired 11/10/20) Today we meet the incredible jazz and classical pianist, Hazel Scott. Hazel was a musical prodigy as a child and started at The Juilliard School of Music when she was just 8 years old! By her teen ...
06.03.2021 Get To Know Lea DeLaria Get to know comedian, actress, and musician Lea DeLaria, who read the story of groundbreaking conductor, WWII Dutch resistance member, and proud lesbian Frieda Belinfante. Lea tells us how she became a performer, what Pride means to her, and the ...
06.01.2021 Frieda Belinfante Read By Lea DeLaria Born in the Netherlands in 1904, Frieda Belinfante was one of the first female orchestra conductors in Europe. But Belinfante wasn’t just a musician—she was also an active member of the Dutch resistance in World War II, and her courageous ...
05.27.2021 Get To Know Neri Oxman Get to know inventor, architect, and designer Neri Oxman, who narrated the story of the Queen of the curve Zaha Hadid. Neri tells us how she became interested in design, and how she uses the natural world to invent and ...
05.25.2021 Zaha Hadid Read By Neri Oxman Born in Baghdad, Iraq, Zaha Hadid had a groundbreaking career as an architect. She became known as the “Queen of the curve” for her innovative designs and buildings. Zaha was the first woman ever to receive the Pritzker Architecture Prize, ...
05.20.2021 Get To Know Kit DesLauriers (This episode originally aired 3/17/20) For this episode, we invited our credit readers to interview our storytellers. Today, you'll hear from Kit DesLauriers who narrated the previous episode about Junko Tabei. If you haven't listened to that story, now is ...
05.18.2021 Junko Tabei Read By Kit DesLauriers (This episode originally aired 3/10/20) Once upon a time there was a girl who climbed to the very top of the world. Her name was Junko Tabei. In fourth grade, her teacher Watanabe-Sensei takes her class on a trip to ...
05.13.2021 Get To Know Jess Gillam Get to know British saxophonist Jess Gillam, who read us the story of electronic music pioneer Clara Rockmore. Jess tells us about her love for classical music, and how she fell in love with the saxophone. She talks about the ...
05.11.2021 Clara Rockmore Read By Jess GIllam Born in Russia in 1911, Clara Rockmore grew up to become a trailblazing performer of the world’s first electronic instrument—the theremin. Rockmore was a child musical prodigy with perfect pitch, but by the time she was a teenager, an arm ...
05.06.2021 Get To Know Ann Makosinski Get to know inventor Ann Makosinki, who brought us the story of movie star Anna May Wong. Ann talks about how she became a young inventor, and how we can become inventors ourselves. And she explains why the story of ...
05.04.2021 Anna May Wong Read By Ann Makosinski Hailed as the first Asian American movie star, Anna May Wong’s groundbreaking career spanned from the silent film era to 1950s TV, when she starred in her own television show. Though bound by the racist and sexist stereotypes of Hollywood ...
04.29.2021 Get To Know May Boeve (Originally aired 7/21/19) Today, you'll hear from May Boeve who narrated the previous episode about Katia Krafft. If you haven't listened to last week's episode, now is a good time to go back and check it out! Boeve reveals how ...
04.27.2021 Katia Krafft Read By May Boeve (Originally aired 7/19/19) Once upon a time, a girl dreamed of sailing down a river of lava. Her name was Katia. Katia became fascinated with volcanoes when she first saw them on-screen at a small French movie theater as a ...
04.22.2021 Get To Know Danni Washington Get to know science communicator Danni Washington, who brought us the story of environmental activist Xiye Bastida. Danni tells us about her new podcast The Genius Generation, celebrating young people tackling the world’s biggest problem. She shares her love of ...
04.20.2021 Xiye Bastida Read By Danni Washington In March 2019, Xiye Bastida led hundreds of her classmates in New York City in the first-ever global youth strike for climate justice. Since then, Bastida has become a leading voice in the youth climate justice movement in the United ...
04.15.2021 Get To Know Jameela Jamil (This episode originally aired April 22nd, 2020) Today, you'll hear from Jameela Jamil who narrated this week's episode about Greta Thunberg. If you haven't listened to this week's episode, now is a good time to go back and check it ...
04.13.2021 Greta Thunberg Read By Jameela Jamil (This episode originally aired April 20th, 2020) Once upon a time, there was a Swedish girl who refused to go to school. Her name was Greta. When Greta found out about an island of trash the size of Mexico floating ...
04.08.2021 Get To Know Merritt Moore Get to know physicist and ballet dancer Dr. Merritt Moore, who brought us the story of roboticist Yoky Matsuoka. Merritt tells us about creating her dual path in arts and science, and what drew her into these different fields. She ...
04.06.2021 Yoky Matsuoka Read By Merritt Moore When Yoky Matsuoka was growing up in Tokyo, Japan, in the 1980s, she dreamed of becoming a world-famous tennis player. But when repeated injuries dashed her hopes, she found her way to a new dream: to create a robot who ...
04.01.2021 Get To Know Hana Baba Get to know journalist and podcaster Hana Baba, who brought us the story of politician, writer, and voting rights activist Stacey Abrams. Hana tells us how she fell in love with journalism, what it is like to break the expectations ...

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