Rebel Girls

Get to know Frida Kahlo with Beth Evans, Youth and Family Programs Coordinator for the National Portrait Gallery at Smithsonian Institution. Beth tells us what we can learn from Frida's example, and what makes her art and life so special.

[This episode originally aired in the app in 2022.]

Frida Kahlo was a Mexican artist who made self-portraits of herself, sometimes with her pet monkey. We are going to visit her in her home, called the Blue House. Enter her lush garden, watch her get ready to be photographed by a friend, and discover how she used your clothes to express herself along the way.

In this week’s episode, we say goodbye to the Winter Olympics as Team USA turns the page to the Paralympics and LA28! Pepper Persley chats Hilary Knight’s iconic Olympic run,  A’ja Wilson going on a World Tour, and former Angel City FC Captain Ali Riley gives a pep talk! 

In this Get to Know we chat with Lindsey Murphy, the creator and host of the hit STEM web series The Fab Lab with Crazy Aunt Lindsey. From DIY projects to testing hypotheses at home, Lindsey's got all the fun activities to keep Rebels inspired and curious!

[This episode originally aired in the app in Jan 2023.]

Athletes Unlimited Pro Basketball star and WNBA champion Lexie Brown joins Pepper Persley for a powerful Get to Know about earning her first contract, growing up with NBA legend Dee Brown as her dad, and advocating for herself while living with Crohn’s disease.

Alice Ball had always wanted to help ease pain. In time, she became a brilliant chemist and the first woman and African American to earn a master’s in chemistry. Her story is told by Lindsey E. Murphy, of The Fab Lab With Crazy Aunt Lindsey.

This podcast is a production of Rebel Girls, based on the book series Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls. Our Executive Producers are Jes Wolfe and Katie Sprenger. 

This episode was produced by Isaac Kaplan-Woolner, written by Caitlin Madrigal, with sound design and mixing by Luis Miranda. It was narrated by Lindsey Murphy/Crazy Aunt Lindsey.

Ariana Rosas is Proofreader. Original theme music by Elettra Bargiacchi. For more, visit Rebel Girls dot com.

Host Pepper Persley is back with another Weekly Sports Show! We talk engagement rings & Olympic rings, Black athlete sisterhood, and get a much needed Pep Talk from NBC Sportscaster Maria Taylor. Check it out!

Kristi is a pioneer in freestyle skiing and a champion for women in sports. Starting when few women were involved, she worked hard to grow the sport globally. Thanks to her, women’s freestyle skiing is now featured in top events like the X-Games and Olympics!

Explore four different stories about Rebel Girls who followed their passions. And they did it with their moms! Hear the stories of Beyoncé Knowles and Blue Ivy Carter, Briana Sullivan and Cambyr Sullivan, Leena Sharma and Bhakti Sharma, and Portia Mbau and Lumai de Smidt. Each of these powerful pairs faced different challenges, but they’re connected to each other by their rebel spirit and vision.

This podcast is a production of Rebel Girls. It’s based on the book series Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls. This story was produced by Haley Dapkus with sound design and mixing by Bianca Salinas. It was written by Abby Sher. Fact-checking by Joe Rhatigan. Narration by Bianca Salinas. Original theme music was composed and performed by Elettra Bargiacchi. Thank you to the whole Rebel Girls team who make this podcast possible. Stay rebel!

[This episode originally aired in 2023]

This week on the Weekly Sports Show, Pepper dives into the big Met Gala energy at the Opening Ceremony and Rebel of the Week Alysa Liu’s serious figure skating swag. Ski racer Lindsey Vonn also reminds us to keep dreaming big this Winter Games and three-time Olympian Kelsey Robinson Cook delivers the pep talk we all need to power through the week.