
Infinite Women
Tune in for women's stories from throughout history, and check out our website, infinite-women.com, for bios, recommendations and more!
Latest episodes

Oct 7, 2024 • 39min
Tamar Carroll on the LAMBDA Network at Kodak
Tamar Carroll, Chair of the Department of History at the Rochester Institute of Technology in the US joins us to talk about the history of the LAMBDA Network at the Kodak corporation, which was headquartered in Rochester. You can learn more about her work at lambdanetworkkodak.netRead the interview transcript: https://www.infinite-women.com/wp-content/uploads/Tamar-Carroll-on-the-LAMBDA-Network-at-Kodak-transcript.pdf

Sep 30, 2024 • 46min
Dr Ramona Houston on African-American and Latina-American histories
Historian and community impact strategist Dr Ramona Houston joins us to talk about telling African-American and Latina-American histories - why they don't get as much attention as they should and what can be done about this disparity.Read more about Dr. Houston and her work: http://ramonahouston.com/Read the interview transcript: https://www.infinite-women.com/wp-content/uploads/Dr-Ramona-Houston-on-African-American-and-Latina-American-histories-transcript.pdf

Sep 23, 2024 • 55min
Alison Parker on Mary Church Terrell
Dr Alison Parker, History Department Chair and Richards Professor of American History at the University of Delaware, joins us to talk about the suffragist and civil rights activist Mary Church Terrell, the subject of Dr Parker's biography, Unceasing Militant. Get the book: https://uncpress.org/book/9781469684055/unceasing-militant-second-edition/Read the interview transcript: https://www.infinite-women.com/wp-content/uploads/Alison-Parker-on-Mary-Church-Terrell-transcript.pdfRead more about Mary Church Terrell on the Infinite Women site: https://www.infinite-women.com/women/mary-church-terrell/

Sep 16, 2024 • 1h 32min
Carolyn Harris on Russia's Age of Empresses
Historian, author, and royal commentator Dr. Carolyn Harris, who teaches history at the University of Toronto, tells us about the fascinating female relatives of Peter the Great, who ruled Russia from 1682 until his death in 1725 as Tsar and later Emperor - including those who ruled before and after him.Read the interview transcript: https://www.infinite-women.com/wp-content/uploads/Carolyn-Harris-on-Russias-Age-of-Empresses.pdfRead more about Catherine I and Sophia on the Infinite Women site.

Sep 9, 2024 • 22min
Karen Espinosa on the keepers of the Magna Carta
Karen Espinosa, a postgraduate student in Heritage Management at Bath Spa University in England, joins us to tell the story two women, one abbey and the Magna Carta, following a line from Ela of Salisbury, 3rd Countess of Salisbury in the 1200s to Matilda Talbot in the 1900s.Read the interview transcript: https://www.infinite-women.com/wp-content/uploads/Karen-Espinosa-on-the-keepers-of-the-Magna-Carta-transcript.pdf

Sep 2, 2024 • 50min
Dr Lainie Anderson on Kate Cocks
Dr Lainie Anderson, author of the new book The Death of Dora Black, joins us to discuss the “complex and contradictory” story of Kate Cocks, South Australia’s first policewoman. Order the book: hachette.com.au/lainie-anderson/the-death-of-dora-black-a-petticoat-police-mysteryRead a piece by Dr. Anderson about Kate Cocks on the Infinite Women site: https://www.infinite-women.com/women/kate-cocks/Read the interview transcript: https://www.infinite-women.com/wp-content/uploads/Dr.-Lainie-Anderson-on-Kate-Cocks-transcript.pdf

Aug 26, 2024 • 1h 11min
Jennifer deWinter on video game culture
Dr. Jennifer deWinter, dean of Lewis College of Science and Letters at the Illinois Institute of Technology, studies video game culture and joins us to talk about gendered issues and possible solutions in these spaces.Read the interview transcript: https://www.infinite-women.com/wp-content/uploads/Jennifer-deWinter-on-Video-Game-Culture-transcript.pdf

Aug 19, 2024 • 55min
Jessica Walters on Tasmania's convict women
Jessica Walters, Librarian with the State Library and Archives Service of Libraries Tasmania, joins us to talk about the island’s colonial convict women.Read the interview transcript: https://www.infinite-women.com/wp-content/uploads/Jessica-Walters-on-Tasmanias-convict-women-transcript.pdf

Aug 12, 2024 • 36min
Rachel Russell on Pearl Primus
Rachel Russell, a PhD Candidate in Theatre and Drama at Northwestern University, joins us to discuss choreographer, anthropologist and advocate for African dance Pearl Primus.Read the interview transcript: https://www.infinite-women.com/wp-content/uploads/Rachel-Russell-on-Pearl-Primus-transcript.pdfRead more about Pearl Primus on the Infinite Women site: https://www.infinite-women.com/women/pearl-primus/

Aug 5, 2024 • 1h 4min
Ellie Woodacre and Amy Saunders on Queens on Screens
Dr Ellie Woodacre and Dr Amy Saunders join us from the University of Winchester to discuss modern depictions of historical queens in TV and film.Read the interview transcript: https://www.infinite-women.com/wp-content/uploads/Ellie-Woodacre-and-Amy-Saunders-on-Queens-on-Screens-transcript.pdf