Broadly Underestimated

Snow Widows 2: The Women Who Created Legends

Tue, 04 Mar 2025 14:52:05 GMT

In this episode, we’ll continue our conversation with Snow Widows author Katherine MacInnis. Where we left off in the previous episode, three men from the infamous Robert Scott and Arctic Expedition were lying dead in their tent, and two men were missing.

In part 2, we'll talk about disappearances, when you're truly the last one in the world to know something, and creating legends.

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Snow Widows 1: The Women Behind the Race to the South Pole

Tue, 04 Mar 2025 14:51:14 GMT

The story of the Robert Scott Expedition is one of the most well-documented exploration stories out there, but there's this entire other side of the story that's never been told - until a book by the name of Snow Widows was published. In today’s episode we’ll sit down with author Katherine MacInnes to talk about this incredible untold story.

Bike Racing - Tillie Anderson and the Forgotten Female Bike Racers - A Conversation with Roger Gilles

Tue, 04 Mar 2025 14:19:28 GMT

In the 1890s, a group of women burst onto the American bike racing scene. That they were competing publicly was shocking enough. But that they forced to the fore the conversation about whether women should be athletes, made them women to be reckoned with.

In this episode, I speak with Dr. Roger Gilles, the author of Women on the Move, a chronicle of female bike racers in the 1890s.

Childfree Women - A Conversation With Millennial Emma

Tue, 15 Feb 2022 19:56:07 GMT

In this episode, Emma Duval and I dive into the concept of childfree women in history, and how women without children push boundaries and help us redefine womanhood.

You can find Emma Duval on Instagram @millennialemma

Defying Silence: Jane Franklin & Abigail Adams – A Conversation with Civics & Coffee

Sat, 15 Jan 2022 15:17:50 GMT

In this episode, Alycia from Civics & Coffee and I jump into a conversation about Jane Franklin and Abigail Adams, two women whose lives both reflect the women of their generation and defy the roles they were expected to fill.