Empowered Pod: Recent Episodes

Emily Budd

Here at the Empowered Pod, we share stories of incredible women from throughout history who have done amazing things, despite their circumstances. We hope these stories encourage, inspire and empower all who listen.

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Today we're diving into the amazing story of Katie Sandwina! She was a strongwoman, suffragette and restarauter in the early 20th century.

Recommendations:
- The White Lotus (on BINGE)

  • Christmas

Resources for this ep:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katie_Sandwina

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-great-sandwina

https://icantbelieveitsnonfiction.com/2019/05/07/katie-sandwina/

theescapeactshow.com/blog/past-catharina-katie-sandwina-brumbach-heymann

https://www.wsff.org.uk/resources/girls-and-education/changing-the-game-for-girls/index.html#:~:text=The%20first%20ever%20exercise%20material,figure%20skater%20Madge%20Syers%20(UK)

John D. Fair, “Kati Sandwina: ‘Hercules Can Be a Lady’,” Iron Game History, Vol. 9 No. 2 (Dec. 2005) (quoting Fields, “Hercules Can Be a Lady,” New York Mirror (Dec 1947)).

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Welcome back to the Empowered Pod!

We are back with a bang, in the first episode of our summer series, we are diving into the wild story of Dutch teenage assassin Freddie Oversteegen.

If you want to hear more about Freddie's story, have a read of this Vice article:
https://www.vice.com/en/article/dp5a8y/teenager-nazi-armed-resistance-netherlands-876

You can also read more about Freddie, Truus and Hannie in 'Under Fire: Women in World War II'.

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References:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/freddie-oversteegen-dutch-resistance-fighter-who-killed-nazis-through-seduction-dies-at-92/2018/09/16/7876eade-b9b7-11e8-a8aa-860695e7f3fc_story.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freddie_Oversteegen

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/25/obituaries/freddie-oversteegen-dutch-resistance-fighter-dies-at-92.html

https://crimereads.com/truus-and-freddie-oversteegen-sisters-resistance-fighters/

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We're back! To celebrate the return of the Empowered Pod AND International Women's day, we are back with a bang! In this episode we dive into the impressive life and career of the Notorious RBG, Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

If you want more RBG:

  • "My Own Words" by Ruth Bader Ginsburg (2016)

"Notorious RBG" by Irin Carmon and Shana Knizhik (2015)

  • Film "On the Basis of Sex" (2018)

  • Documentary "RBG" (2018)

  • New York Times Article (2015)

https://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/15/fashion/ruth-bader-ginsburg-and-gloria-steinem-on-the-unending-fight-for-womens-rights.html

Joyful Recommendations:

  • Film "Tick Tick Boom" (2021)

  • Podcast "How to Fail: by Elizabeth Day" (S12, Ep6)

  • Spotify Playlist "The Picnic List"

Resources:

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ruth-Bader-Ginsburg

https://www.oyez.org/justices/ruth_bader_ginsburg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Bader_Ginsburg

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In the second episode of Empowered Pod we chat about the incredible NASA mathmetician, Katherine Johnson.

If you want more Katherine Johnson:

  • "She was a computer when computer's wore skirts" NASA article

https://www.nasa.gov/centers/langley/news/researchernews/rn_kjohnson.html

  • Film 'Hidden Figures' (2016)

Resources used:

https://www.nasa.gov/content/katherine-johnson-biography

https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-39003904

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Katherine-Johnson-mathematician

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katherine_Johnson

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In the very first episode of the Empowered Pod, we are chatting about the incredible life of Miss Nellie Bly. Follow us @empoweredpod If you want more Nellie: - Films "10 Days in a Madhouse" (2015) & "Escaping the Madhouse: The Nellie Bly Story" (2019)\ - Drunk History Season Two Ep "New York City" and Season Three Ep "Journalism" - You can also check out books featuring Nellie including "Good Night Stories For Rebel Girls" & "What are Girls Good For" A Novel of Nellie Bly" Resources: https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2019/07/28/she-went-undercover-expose-an-insane-asylums-horrors-now-nellie-bly-is-getting-her-due/ https://www.biography.com/activist/nellie-bly https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nellie_Bly https://www.biography.com/news/inside-nelly-bly-10-days-madhouse