This week, Allison and Max talk about two women who are more spirit and legend than flesh and blood. The first, a bodhisattva associated with compassion, her name translates to [The One Who] Perceives the Sounds of the World; the second, both a singular diety and a collection spirits, is venerated to this day by priests and priestesses who practice the divining arts: Guanyin and Mami Wata. /

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This week, Max is joined by Wednesday Martin. The New York Times best-selling author of Primates of Park Avenue discusses history, anthropology, her new book Untrue, and a lady bit about Marlene Dietrich. /

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This week, Allison and Max talk about two women who did it first. The first, a woman who smashed glass ceilings left and right, became the first African American woman to run for president; the second, a plaintiff in the suit that ended bus segregation in Alabama, refused to give up her seat 9 months before Rosa Parks: Shirley Chisholm and Claudette Colvin. /

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This week, Max and Allison talk about two women whose deeds were almost completely carried out unseen and unknown. The first, a woman born into Chinese royalty, finds a life of espionage and intrigue after her family's dispossession; the second, a woman almost completely lost to history, served in George Washington's spy ring during the Revolutionary War: Kawashima Yoshiko and Agent 355. /

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This week, Allison and Max and Allison talk about three medicine women who pushed what was possible. The first, a rising star cut down by a horrible accident, finds her way back up; the second, a woman who lost everything but the clothes on her back, soon found herself in the company of the King; the third, a woman in the right place at the right time with the right skills, became the first African-American doctor in the USA: Mary Verghese, Louise Bourgeois Boursier, Rebecca Lee Crumpler. /

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This week, Max and Allison talk about two nordic women who achieved momentous discoveries. The first, an influential noblewoman in her own right, discovered uses for potatoes that are still famous the world around; the second, an influential scientist and noblewoman, is often overshadowed by her older brother: Eva Ekeblad and Sophia Brahe. /

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This week, Max is joined by friend-of-the-pod Paulina Garan to discuss her new project #NOFILTER; a new, short-form, documentary series that delves into the unfiltered stories of the people all around us. /

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This week, Max and Allison talk about two women who changed everything. The first, America's first woman in space, used her platform to educate and inspire; the second, an American raised in Peru, became one of the most famous bullfighters in history: Sally Ride and Conchita Cintrón.

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This week, Allison and Max talk about two women who endured many dangers on their way to breaking barriers. The first, a young girl in the newly desegregated American south, needed a federal escort just to get to school; the second, a woman born and raised in poverty, rose to become the first woman to serve as principal chief of the Cherokee Nation: Ruby Bridges and Wilma Mankiller.

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