Helluvawoman Podcast

This is the second part of this long interview to Kerry Chaput a physiotherapist and writer who released her first novel, Daughters of the King, recently and is here to present her book, tell about its story, the preparation process to write the book and discuss about other interesting topics related to womanhood. The first part of the episode of this interview is on the previous episode (Episode 15). 

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Today's guest is Kerry Chaput a physiotherapist and writer who released her first novel, Daughters of the King, recently and is here to present her book, tell about its story, the preparation process to write the book and discuss about other interesting topics related to womanhood. This is the first part of this long interview. The second and last part will be published in 2 weeks. Stay tuned!

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Today's episode will talk about Hedy Lamarr an Austrian-American successful Hollywood actress from the 50's and inventor of the technology that is the core technology for today's wireless connections like Bluetooth, GPS, Wi-Fi. Let's discover her life story, how and why she invented the legacy technology used on Wi-Fi. 

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We're starting a new series of episodes in which we will be interviewing women who are doing something to make the world a better place. Our first guest is Kyndra Crump, from The Kyndra Crump Show, a stand-up comedienne that bright people's lives through laugher. We will talk about her career, her creative process  and other important topics such as racism and violence against women. 

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In this episode we will be discussing one of the most groundbreaking TV series in the history of North American TV:  Cagney & Lacey. The Tv series from the 80ies , whose lead actresses are the famous, multi awarded and talented Tyne Daly and Sharon Gless, tells the story of two detectives from NYPD with particular focus on their work partnership and friendship discussing female issues and treating taboo topics for the prime time TV of the time, like breast cancer, rape, alcoholism, racism, discrimination among others. Let's discover together the series that empowered many women throughout the years.

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In this episode we will talk about the first person from a favela who wrote a book ("Child of the Dark: The Diary of Carolina Maria de Jesus") depicting the crude and hard life inside a favela. Infused with some analysis of the political and social situation at the time, the book was immediately a great success inside and outside Brazil. Come to listen and learn about Carolina Maria de Jesus,  a scrap collector, who became a writer and gave one of the most accurate portrayals of the Brazilian society between the 50ies and the 60ies. 

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On this second episode of the special episodes series we will be addressing  greatest issues that jeopardizes women's lives: Violence and Women and Femicides. We start learning about when and why the therm femicide was created, and analyse a few official data from United Nations to understand better the real dimension of the problem, what causes and could promote or curb its incidence and what could be done in order to discourage such crimes and perhaps solve the problem for once and for all. 

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In this episode we will by discussing life and achievements of Dr. Rosalind Franklin the woman responsible for the identification of the DNA double helix structure.  Let's learn a bit more about her life, her researches and achievements and how her important discovery has opened doors to a better knowledge about DNA, RNA, RNA viruses and everything in between, that were and still crucial to the to the study and development of vaccines and other techniques to treat or cure illnesses.

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In the latest years limitations or elimination of women's rights and freedoms have brought to our attention the greatest gender inequality existent in patriarchal societies. In the special episode we will be clarifying some basic concepts and background needed to discuss the issue. Let's comprehend better the difference between patriarchy and matriarchy, how do they work. Let's discover a few of the matriarchal communities around the world and discuss what could be possibly done for a more equal, respectful and women- friendly world.

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Presentation of a series of special episodes in which we will talk about topics related to the female world that have been recently on the news. Starting from next week, September 21st.  Don’t miss it!

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