Sistory Untold

Queen Isabella and Isabella de Beaumont’s lives were full of contradictions. They were women but had massive power, they were friends and mortal enemies, they were of Royal bloodlines but had few choices, their reputations were immortalized and yet their true stories were forgotten. Listen to there almost to crazy to be true life stories as we try to work out what is fact and what is fiction in this episode of Sistory Untold.

In this episode, Sabrina interviews Audrey Thorne, the host of the podcast “Lights, Camera, Analysis.” She explains why the type of sisterhood we see in her favorite film, Thelma and Louise, is so radically different from archetypal friendships. From defending each other to driving off a cliff together, these women truly redefine female friendships for Hollywood. Trigger warning for this episode: rape and sexual harassment.

Join us for our first bonus episode! We’ll discuss feminism in Hamilton, stories of the Schuyler sisters leaping from second story windows and rescuing babies, and lastly discuss some key female figures from the American Revolution era. We hope you enjoy!

We watched Hamilton on Disney + and we know you did too. But it left us wanting to know more about the real women portrayed in the musical. In this first episode of a two part series, we cover America’s founding sisters, Eliza and Angelica Schuyler. Listen in as we discuss all things 18th century and try and work out what exactly is science. Lets dive in to the true story of the sister act behind your new favourite musical.

Tune in to hear a story about volcanic eruptions, babies of questionable origins, drowned lovers, and, of course, sisterhood. You’ve probably heard of Mary Shelley, the author of Frankenstein, but did you know she had a step-sister and close companion, Claire Clairmont? Claire was also a writer and obsessed with all things Romantic, but her sister’s legacy far outshines her own. Join us to learn more about each of these women’s lives, careers, and relationships.

Empress Matilda (Maud) was the daughter, wife, and mother of Henry, or so it goes on her epitaph. To us at Sistory Untold however, Matilda was much more than a relation to the powerful men in her life. She was a woman who would do almost anything to protect what was hers by birth right. Eleanor of Aquitaine shared Matilda's spirit in protecting what was rightfully hers and made sure the world knew that she, and her family were a force to be reckoned with. Join us as we dive in to history and get to know Matilda, Eleanor, and the desire for power that connected them.

In this first minisode, Marva and Sabrina define sisterhood and only occasionally go on tangents about whether or not Sabrina is a fair match for a tiger.

Mentorship, rivalry, or mere cheap imitation? Madame C.J. Walker and Annie Turnbo Malone had a complicated relationship. Join us as we take sides, invent words like “histronomics,” and blame both Netflix and our 2nd grade teachers for painting an incomplete picture of history. We hope you enjoy this episode fo Sistory Untold. This is Sistory.

Warning: Spoilers for the show Self Made

Correction: Sabrina meant to say “the deaths OF hundreds of black men in the East St. Louis Riots,”not “by black men.

It’s our first episode! Please have mercy.

Welcome to our podcast, Sistory Untold, where we explore history through the eyes of sisterhood. Much like sisterhood, this podcast can be a bit messy, but is a labor of love. We hope you’ll join us on June 23 as we dive into Sistory.