Tag: woman
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One-Third of the Way There
Wow guys. Hi and hello, this is your host Ana Heermann, and I can NOT believe that we are already one third of the way through the first season! It feels unreal that I have made it this far and that there are only 8 more episodes to go. The rest of the line up…
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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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Sugarwitch Spotlight
The Women in Business Spotlight for episode 4 is a special one! Sugarwitch is a small batch ice cream sandwich store that is local to my neighborhood, and I have had the chance to watch them grow from a small company that I could find at Perennial Artisan Ales, to their own brick-and-mortar location that’s…
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Hatshepsut: Sources
Books:The Woman Who Would Be King by Kara CooneyWhen Women Ruled the World by Kara Cooney Locally Owned Bookstores:St. Louis, Missouri’s Novel NeighborSt. Louis, Missouri’s Left Bank BooksWashington D.C.’s Politics and ProseNashville, Tennesse’s Parnassus BooksNashville, Tennesse’s Novelette Movies/Episodes:Hatshepsut – The Woman Who Became a King Documentary, found here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXt6x1IosdsHow Isis Brought Her True Love Back…
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Jill Wine-Banks: Show Notes
Your Honor, the portion of the tape obliterated is the portion related to Watergate. Nothing prior to the Watergate discussion or subsequently was erased from the tape. Born May 5, 1943, Jill Susan Wine was the eldest daughter of Bert and Sylvia Wine. She has a younger sister, Robin, and younger brother Stevie She grew…
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Selma van de Perre: Show Notes
June 7, 1922 Selma Velleman is born in Alkmaar, Netherlands, the second to last of four children, to Barend Levi Velleman (a theatre man) and Femmetje Velleman-Spier (a milliner)Her older brothers were Louis and David, and her younger sister, ClaraMoved to Zandvoort as baby and moved back to Alkmaar in 1926 at age 4Had aunts…
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Golden Gems Spotlight
For this week’s Women in Business Spotlight, we have the sisters of Golden Gems! Susan and Amanda were so fun to work with, and their shop is full of the kind of positivity that everyone needs in their life. I was particularly excited to get them spotlighted on the pod because I have been watching…
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Marie Curie: Show Notes
• November 7, 1867—Marie Salomea Sklodovska is born, the last of five children, Zofia, Jozef, Bronislawa (Bronya), Helenao Alfred Nobel has invented dynamiteo The Civil War in America ended 2 years agoo Alaska purchase was madeo The Austro-Hungarian Empire if foundedo Emperor Komei of Japan has died, his fourteen year old son takes over as…
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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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Yolklore Spotlight
Yolklore is one of the best breakfast spots in STL, (in my humble opinion). The food there is fresh, the eggs are delicious, and the chef-owner, Mary Bogacki is probably the chillest chef I have met, (and my dad who is a chef, and my boyfriend who was a chef are both pretty chill people…