Category: Episode
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Hatshepsut: Making the Episode
This episode was probably decades in the making if I am being honest. As a young kid, I was obsessed with Ancient Egypt. My dad worked as the executive chef at the St. Louis Art Museum for a time, and every time he brought me into work, I would dash off to the Egyptian wing,…
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Jill Wine-Banks: Making the Episode
For this week’s episode, I had to decide how I wanted to present all the information listeners would need to understand who Jill Wine-Banks was. First, I knew that I needed to tackle the what exactly happened at the Watergate Hotel. I didn’t want to assume that anyone listening knew what had happened because I…
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Selma van de Perre: Making the Episode
The research leading up to the making of this episode was intense to say the least. I don’t always know what I am getting myself into when I decide the women I will showcase for each episode, and while I knew the parameters of Selma’s story, putting myself in her shoes was certainly difficult because…
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Marie Curie: Making the Episode
In reading, listening to audiobooks and researching Marie Curie, I did have a sense of realizing what an enormous topic I had undertaken. I wanted to make sure that I covered every aspect of her life, but she led an incredible life that I simply wouldn’t be able to cover in the amount of time…