Women Warriors Podcast: Recent Episodes
Tina & Miriam
Bringing Women Warriors into the narrative.
Tina & Miriam, actresses and stage fighters, are passionate about stage fighting and the historical context of fights. Too many times they've been asked to perform as male (fighting) characters, so they thought: "There must have been more women throughout history who have fought." It turns out - there was.
Women warriors are assumed to be historical anomalies, but we want shed light on a different story. Whether she is a commander, leading the troops with high morale and working on strategy and tactics, fighting at the front with a sword in her hand, or rebelling from captivity, she is a warrior in her own right.
Producer: Thea Kastberg
Theme music: Emma Cairo.
Listen to Emma's Nordic Manifestation Chants on Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/album/4LQp1c4KgtVQMwqBdPOub3?si=2VLM2d05QA-CZ-9G6QvC1Q
In the film Gladiator there is a female Nubian archer on the back of a horse chariot, fighting in the arena. She is a Gladiatrix, a female Gladiator. But how historically correct is her character?
With more evidence coming to light every day about these female fighters, we're trying to unravel the truth behind them and to shed light on their importance and fame throughout ancient Rome.
This mini story is about the Krom Klon, the all female guards of the King of Siam (today's Thailand). They were well trained and excelled in the use of the lance. They even had training sessions, observed by the king, that could have fatal consequences.
This mini story is about the unknown women led slave revolts on slave ships during the Transatlantic slave trade. This episode features excerpts from the book WAKE by dr. Rebecca Hall, Phd. in History.
We hope you'll find this story as fascinating as we do!
The Onna Bugeisha were a female warrior class in Japan, who lived during a time when it was tradition to train women to fight to protect the household. They were numerous and as skilled and honorable as the samurai in the art of combat, archery, martial arts and horseback riding.
While they were mainly trained to protect the household, some of them fought on the battlefield along side the men, the samurai, and earned the title of Onna Musha. They honored the same warrior code as the samurai known as bushidó.
Narrative: Tina & Miriam
Written and arranged by Tina & Miriam
Producer: Thea Kastberg
Theme music: Emma Cairo
Listen to Emma's Nordic Manifestation Chants on Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/album/4LQp1c4KgtVQMwqBdPOub3?si=2VLM2d05QA-CZ-9G6QvC1Q
This is the remarkable story of Harriet Tubman who escaped slavery, led others to freedom on the Underground Railroad and led a spy ring in the South during the American Civil War. How did she go from enslaved to valued military scout and spy? It didn't happen over night.
Narrative: Tina & Miriam.
Written and arranged by Tina & Miriam.
This episode features exerts from "Go Down Moses" sung by Tina & Miriam.
Producer: Thea Kastberg.
Theme music: Emma Cairo.
Listen to Emma's Nordic Manifestation Chants on Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/album/4LQp1c4KgtVQMwqBdPOub3?si=2VLM2d05QA-CZ-9G6QvC1Q
The Kingdom of Dahomey, West Africa, ca. 1600-1900. A fierce and all female military unit known to the Europeans as the Dahomey Amazons fought in the front line of every battle with their neighboring tribes. Known in their own language as the Mino these women died for their king and "threw themselves at their enemy". They raided, took captives and killed. But why did they fight and why were they chosen to be warriors?
Join us, as we talk about these fascinating women who are still remembered today in not only local oral tradition but also in much of the African descendant world.
Narrative: Tina & Miriam.
Written and arranged by Tina & Miriam.
Producer: Thea Kastberg.
Theme music: Emma Cairo.
Listen to Emma's Nordic Manifestation Chants on Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/album/4LQp1c4KgtVQMwqBdPOub3?si=2VLM2d05QA-CZ-9G6QvC1Q
Meet Olga, the first recorded female leader of the area which is now Ukraine, Belarus and parts of Russia. Not only did she use clever war tactics to fight off her enemies, she was an instrumental part of the shaping of the dynasty today referred to as Kyivan Rus.
Narrative: Tina & Miriam.
Producer: Thea Kastberg
Theme music: Emma Cairo.
Listen to Emma's Nordic Manifestation Chants on Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/album/4LQp1c4KgtVQMwqBdPOub3?si=2VLM2d05QA-CZ-9G6QvC1Q
It's the late 1800's and Lozen and her brother Victorio have been fighting and eluding both American and Mexican soldiers for years, trying to gain and keep their freedom. In this second episode of our two-part episode we will continue the story of the Apache Wars right up until the end and the final surrender of the last free Apache - with Lozen in the narrative.
For more information about Native Americans and the Chiricahua Apache:
www.indiancountrytoday.com
https://chiricahuaapachenation.org
https://www.nps.gov/index.htm
We highly recommend the podcast "This Land" of you want to learn more more about Native Americans today.
Narrative: Tina & Miriam.
Producer: Thea Kastberg
Theme music: Emma Cairo.
Listen to Emma's Nordic Manifestation Chants on Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/album/4LQp1c4KgtVQMwqBdPOub3?si=2VLM2d05QA-CZ-9G6QvC1Q
Lozen's story is special. She was a fierce fighter and protector of her People, yet never mentioned by name by the white man. Throughout the Apache Wars she eluded American and Mexican soldiers again and again, and she lived until the final surrender of the last free Apache. In this first episode of our two-part episode we will cover the culture and heritage of the Chiricahua Apache and the beginning of the Apache Wars - with Lozen in the narrative.
For more information about Native Americans and the Chiricahua Apache:
www.indiancountrytoday.com
https://chiricahuaapachenation.org
https://www.nps.gov/index.htm
We highly recommend the podcast "This Land" of you want to learn more more about Native Americans today.
Narrative: Tina & Miriam.
Producer: Thea Kastberg
Theme music: Emma Cairo.
Listen to Emma's Nordic Manifestation Chants on Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/album/4LQp1c4KgtVQMwqBdPOub3?si=2VLM2d05QA-CZ-9G6QvC1Q
Ching Shi was abducted from a brothel boat, became a pirate and formed a confederation of all the pirates in the Cantonese area of Southern China. But what is actually true in this crazy tale? This episode includes many names for the same women (so pay attention), and us trying to make sense of what is true and what is false.
Narrative: Tina & Miriam.
Producer: Thea Kastberg
Theme music: Emma Cairo.
Listen to Emma's Nordic Manifestation Chants on Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/album/4LQp1c4KgtVQMwqBdPOub3?si=2VLM2d05QA-CZ-9G6QvC1Q
Boudicca, queen of the Iceni tribe, led a revolt against the Romans that shook the Roman Empire to the core. But who was this British folk hero who according to some legends is buried under King's Cross in London?
Narrative: Tina & Miriam.
Producer: Thea Kastberg
Theme music: Emma Cairo.
Listen to Emma's Nordic Manifestation Chants on Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/album/4LQp1c4KgtVQMwqBdPOub3?si=2VLM2d05QA-CZ-9G6QvC1Q
Tina & Miriam: A short introduction to our podcast, who we are, and why we are passionate about women warriors throughout time.
Narrative: Tina & Miriam.
Producer: Thea Kastberg
Theme music: Emma Cairo.
Listen to Emma's Nordic Manifestation Chants on Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/album/4LQp1c4KgtVQMwqBdPOub3?si=2VLM2d05QA-CZ-9G6QvC1Q