The History Chicks : A Women's History Podcast

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  • Two women. Half the population. Several thousand years of history. About an hour. Join us on an award-winning journey through herstory! The History Chicks celebrates the lives of remarkable women from ancient times to the modern day, exploring women’s history in engaging episodes full of deep research, pop culture references, and the occasional tumble down a rabbit hole.
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  • Miep Gies Part 1

    Miep Gies Part 1
    Apr 10 2025
    In a land fraught with turbulence and oppression, Miep Gies helped to shelter and supply Anne Frank's family (and others) while they were in hiding from the Nazis; an act of civil disobedience that was, though illegal, the most moral of human endeavors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    1 hr and 19 mins
  • A Conversation with Anne Sebba: The Women's Orchestra of Auschwitz

    A Conversation with Anne Sebba: The Women's Orchestra of Auschwitz
    Mar 31 2025
    To leave you with a bit of lagniappe for Women's History Month, we broke our usual format to sit down for a talk with Anne Sebba, author of the new book The Women's Orchestra of Auschwitz: A Story of Survival. Anne tells us about some of the women in the only entirely female orchestra in any Nazi prison camp. She talks about her process of learning about these women, organizing their stories into this book, and about other biographies she's written in the past, about the past. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    1 hr and 7 mins
  • Wallis Simpson, 2025

    Wallis Simpson, 2025
    Mar 26 2025
    Puppet? Manipulating social climber? Misunderstood? Deeply in love? However you see her, the fact remains that a king abdicated his throne, defied his family, and lived in exile to marry the twice divorced American socialite Wallis Simpson. It sounds like a fairytale, but how does their happily ever after work out? This mega-episode combines both parts of our 2017 coverage of this controversial woman. This episode is brought to you in part by: Laundry Sauce: 20% off when you use code CHICKS, and make laundry day the best day of the week. Honeylove: Treat yourself to the most comfortable shapewear on earth and save 20% at honeylove.com/historychicks Lume: Smell fresher, stay drier, and boost your confidence with code CHICKS at lumedeodorant.com You can always show your excellent taste in podcasts at our merch shop. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    3 hrs and 21 mins
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im loving so much this podcast!!!! and learning a lot. I wish all this women will be taught in school history books

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One of my favorite podcasts

Such a great way to learn about women in history. I love listening to this while I'm working.

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These ladies are the bomb!

It’s like listening to a friend tell a story, except with researched details. I went to see the musical “Six” and before I went I listened to the History Chicks podcasts on Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn and the “other four wives”. It really filled in the background details in the musical (which was fantastic).

History with a sense of humor.

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friends bring women's history to life

I introduced myself to the History Chicks with their coverage of Francis Perkins. I'd never heard of her and I was hooked. I have now listened to every episode. I love this podcast because they've introduced me to great and/or infamous women, their lives, their struggles, their failures and their successes. The History Chicks humanize these ladies. Listening to a podcast is like having an intellectual conversation with great friends. And let's face it, given where we are in living History, we need some reminders that we've been down before, but we can still do great things with these women as our guides. Sometimes you'll hear about things we shouldn't aspire to, but avoid. But more often, I find inspiration in my History Chicks journeys. My 12 year old daughter and I (and even my rooster) dream of the day we can go on a field trip! Listen and learn.

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Brilliant

Favorite podcast I've come across. Entertaining and educational. I'm hooked. Pleasant to listen too and just so much information without it feeling like a classroom lecture.

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Her-story told well

Love the witty banter and easy story telling. I’ve learned a lot from this podcast. It is one of my favorites!

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Great and Engaging

I've been following this podcast for years and have never missed a single episode since my first listen, which was the original Queen Lili'oukalani episode. Nice to see things come full circle. The narrators do a great job of keeping you interested throughout the episode, and I cannot tell just how much I have learned from simply listening to the two talking and nerding out about history (especially about women in history whose stories don't receive enough attention or have been re-written by men) like I do.

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Well researched history!

I love this podcast. The individual episodes are long but do very complete coverage of the subject. I listen all the time.

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What can I say- I am addicted to the History Chicks

Witty, interesting stories of real women. I have listened with great interest to all of the stories of these interesting remarkable famous and infamous women throughout the ages. The biggest takeaway is the courage of these women. Truth is way,way,more interesting than fiction. I can’t wait to meet up with Susan and Beckett in Paris in less than a week

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