The Wild and Curious Podcast

Ock Pop Tok means "east meets west" in the Lao language. We speak to Joanna Smith and Veo Douangdala, the women who founded Ock Pop Tok, a company that hires local Lao women to create traditional textiles. Ock Pop Tok does tours, hosts classes, has a cafe, a gallery, and fosters cultural exchange through travel opportunities for its weavers, all with the goal of elevating the profile of Lao textiles and artisans. Jo and Veo tell us all about how and why they started Ock Pop Tok in 2000, the different ethnic groups of Laos and how they all have their own unique textile style, how their work benefits local women, and so much more.

Learn more about Ock Pop Tok and discover Laos through textiles at https://www.ockpoptok.com/ or on Instagram at @ockpoptok (https://www.instagram.com/ockpoptok/?hl=en)

They also have Ock Pop Tok TV (highly recommended!): https://www.ockpoptok.com/blog/category/ock-pop-tok-tv/ and if you'd like to listen to their podcast, tune in here: https://www.ockpoptok.com/radio/

And if you're ever in Luang Prabang, Laos, definitely visit the Living Crafts Center there! It was a highlight of Theresa's trip to Laos.

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Rosalind Franklin was a chemist and X-Ray crystallographer whose work was central to understanding the molecular structure of DNA. Not only was she an incredible woman in STEM, but we dive into the ~drama~ that unfolded with her famed Photograph 51—the first ever image of DNA structure. It was supposedly stolen and used to advance the knowledge of DNA structure, and as a result 3 of her (white, male) colleagues got the Nobel Prize while she was overlooked. We dive into Rosalind's life to learn what she was really like, what work she did, and what her legacy is today.

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Loved episode 023 of The Wild and Curious Episode and want more London tips and advice? Jessica Dante has you covered. From the swankiest tea in all of London to the weirdest museum (oh, and it is weird), here's some extra content to get you dreaming of London.

You'll definitely want to check out Love and London's amazing library of YouTube videos! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2n4MvLJDH2-GWzjJrC58Zw

You can also visit the Love and London website at https://loveandlondon.com/

If you'd like to follow Jessica / Love and London on Instagram, she's @loveandlondon (https://www.instagram.com/loveandlondon/)

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Jessica Dante is the founder of Love and London, a digital media company that helps London tourists to visit like they live there. Jessica has always been the type of person who likes sharing travel recommendations from any place she visits. After moving to London from the United States, she enjoyed sharing these travel tips with family and friends so much, she decided to turn it into her business. We were so honored to talk to Jessica about what it's like seeing London through the eyes of someone who lives there but isn't from there and what makes the city so special.

You'll definitely want to check out Love and London's amazing library of YouTube videos! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2n4MvLJDH2-GWzjJrC58Zw

You can also visit the Love and London website at https://loveandlondon.com/

If you'd like to follow Jessica / Love and London on Instagram, she's @loveandlondon (https://www.instagram.com/loveandlondon/)

Jessica also makes some great recommendations of BIPOC business in London. They are:

* Black History walks: https://blackhistorywalks.co.uk/

* The Black Cultural Archives https://blackculturalarchives.org/

* Ikoyi restaurant: https://ikoyilondon.com/

* Dark Sugars Chocolate: https://www.darksugars.co.uk/

* Round Table Books: https://www.roundtablebooks.co.uk/

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Jessica Dante is the founder of Love and London, a digital media company that helps London tourists to visit like they live there. Jessica has always been the type of person who likes sharing travel recommendations from any place she visits. After moving to London from the United States, she enjoyed sharing these travel tips with family and friends so much, she decided to turn it into her business. We were so honored to talk to Jessica about what it's like seeing London through the eyes of someone who lives there but isn't from there and what makes the city so special.

You'll definitely want to check out Love and London's amazing library of YouTube videos! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2n4MvLJDH2-GWzjJrC58Zw

You can also visit the Love and London website at https://loveandlondon.com/

If you'd like to follow Jessica / Love and London on Instagram, she's @loveandlondon (https://www.instagram.com/loveandlondon/)

Jessica also makes some great recommendations of BIPOC business in London. They are:

* Black History walks: https://blackhistorywalks.co.uk/

* The Black Cultural Archives https://blackculturalarchives.org/

* Ikoyi restaurant: https://ikoyilondon.com/

* Dark Sugars Chocolate: https://www.darksugars.co.uk/

* https://www.roundtablebooks.co.uk/

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We spoke with three extraordinary women who played a part in January’s historic runoff election in Georgia.

You know about Stacey Abrams, of course, but so many people worked to make sure people’s voices were heard and represented in the past election. And they’ve been working for years and continue to work on (because, sadly, voter suppression is real and rampant).

We spoke with Tamieka Atkins (the Executive Director of Pro Georgia), Nse Ufot (the CEO of the New Georgia Project), and Rebecca DeHart (the CEO of Fair Count) about the New American Majority, voter suppression, meeting people where they are (and not just geographically—mentally and emotionally, too), being a better white accomplice, and so, so much more. We want to highlight that by making your home more equitable, you in turn make the world more equitable.

Links!

* Make sure to check out the Go Vote GA site (https://www.govotega.org/).

* Learn more about ProGeorgia at https://progeorgia.org/

* Learn more about the New Georgia Project at https://newgeorgiaproject.org/. New Georgia Project can be found on Twitter as @NewGAProject (http://www.twitter.com/newgaproject) and Instagram as @NewGeorgiaProject (http://www.instagram.com/newgeorgiaproject). You can find Nse on social media at @nseufot404 on Instagram (http://www.instagram.com/nseufot) or @nseufot on Twitter (http://www.twitter.com/nseufot).

* Learn more about Fair Count at https://www.faircount.org/, and they’re on Instagram and Twitter as @faircount and Facebook at Fair Count Georgia. (http://www.instagram.com/faircount, http://www.twitter.com/faircount, and https://www.facebook.com/faircountgeorgia/)

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Gumoshabe Harriet Rwosa (you can call her Harriet) started The Happy Girls Project in her hometown of Kabale, Uganda. Happy Girls Project makes and supplies reusable sanitary pads for school age girls as well as educates the general public on menstruation. Harriet comes onto the show to talk about period poverty, how she's helping change the way people think about menstruation, and what plans she has in store for the future of her organization.

It costs only $10 USD to make 3 reusable sanitary pads which can keep a young, menstruating girl in school. Learn more about Happy Girls Project or make a donation at happygirlsproject.com.

You can also find Happy Girls Project on Social media: their Instagram handle is @happygirlsprojectuganda (http://instagram.com/happygirlsprojectuganda) and they’re on Facebook as Happy Girl Project (https://www.facebook.com/thehappygirlproject)

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Ntsiki Biyela is a South African winemaker and businesswoman who runs Aslina Wines, and she is the first Black female winemaker in South Africa. She comes on the show to talk to us about her love of wine, what makes South African wines special, and what challenges she has faced as a Black woman starting her own winery only 30 years in the wake of apartheid.

Learn more about Aslina Wines at https://www.aslinawines.com/, or follow them on Instagram at @aslina_wines (https://www.instagram.com/aslina_wines/)

Ntsiki also works with the Pinotage Youth Development Academy, which helps talented youth with historically disadvantaged backgrounds for employment break into the wine industry. You can learn more about them at https://www.pyda.co.za/

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For this special on-location episode, we take you to the Rebelle Rally, the longest women’s only off-road race in the United States. This is an 8-day race that goes from Tahoe to the sand dunes of Glamis, California.

We spoke with Emily Miller—the woman who founded Rebelle Rally 5 years ago—as well as a number of participants. We also got to chat with Rachael Ridenour and Kristie Levy in depth about their experience competing this year, driving a Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV for the competition's first ever electric vehicle recognition, and the amazing work that Rachael’s nonprofit Record the Journey does for veterans adjusting to civilian life.

Learn more about the Rebelle Rally, and sign up for next year's event, at https://www.rebellerally.com/ or on Intagram at @rebellerally (https://www.instagram.com/rebellerally/).

Learn more about Record the Journey at https://www.recordthejourney.org/ or on Instagram at @record_the_journey (https://www.instagram.com/record_the_journey/). You can also look into the Mitsubish vehicle they drove for the competition on Mitsubishi's site (https://www.mitsubishicars.com/outlander-phev/2020).

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Our latest podcast episode is a special one that highlights an amazing woman from history. Meet Nellie Bly, an American journalist who went around the world like Phileas Fogg did in Around the World in 80 Days — except she attempted to do the journey in less time. She arrived back in New York 72 days after departing, and her journey was groundbreaking. Keep in mind, this was a time when women journalists mostly wrote about fashion, and they definitely didn’t travel solo!

Matthew Goodman is the author of many books, including Eighty Days: Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland's History-Making Race Around the World. He is so incredibly knowledgeable about Nellie, and he joins us in this episode to talk about this extraordinary woman — What was Nellie like? What was the biggest challenge she faced along the way? And how did this journey define the rest of her life, for better and for worse?

Check out all of Matthew’s work and learn more about him at www.matthewgoodmanbooks.com, or follow him on Twitter at @MGoodmanBooks, www.twitter.com/mgoodmanbooks

Purchase his book, Eighty Days: Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland's History-Making Race Around the World here: https://bookshop.org/books/eighty-days-nellie-bly-and-elizabeth-bisland-s-history-making-race-around-the-world/9780345527271

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