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34 Circe Salon -- Make Matriarchy Great Again -- Disrupting History

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May 9, 2022 • 50min

Constance Tippett - The Goddess Timeline - with Vicki Noble

The Goddess Timeline is a chronological record of archaeological images of women and goddesses on a uniform time scale from 30,000 BCE to the present.  Join us as we talk to Constance Tippett about her creation of the timeline, its historical significance and its relevance to the matriarchy movement today. We are joined by Make Matriarchy Great Again member and inspiration Vicki Noble.Sean Marlon Newcombe and Dawn "Sam" Alden co-host. 
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May 2, 2022 • 58min

Women Heroes of Aviation - The WASPs

We chat with filmmakers Matia Karrell and Hilary Prentice about their documentary on the American female military aviators of World War II, the WASPs.  Overlooked then erased from history, these women brave aviation trailblazers who served a crucial role in the war effort.  It would take decades, but they would eventually be acknowledged and honored for their service.Sean Marlon Newcombe and Dawn "Sam" Alden co-host.
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Apr 25, 2022 • 1h 5min

Ellen Snortland - Beauty Bites Beast

Ellen Snortland is a writer, director and producer who has been a women's self-defense advocate and instructor for most of her career. Her seminal work, "Beauty Bites Beast" has gone from book to film and chronicles not only her own journey in self-defense, but the journeys of women across the world who have developed a powerful sense of confidence and self-esteem as they have developed their potent ability to physically defend themselves. Sean Marlon Newcombe and Dawn "Sam" Alden co-host.
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Apr 18, 2022 • 59min

Misogyny In The Ancient World - Ep. 3 - Hesiod Was An A**hole

In describing the punishment that Zeus would levy upon the world for the "transgression" of man using fire, Hesiod wrote, "At once he made an affliction for mankind..."  What was that "affliction," you ask?  Women.  And so begins our journey into the world of Hesiod, a man whose writing shaped the Greek view of the world in such a way that misogyny was considered the norm-- a norm that would echo down through the ages and affect the world that we live in today. 
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Apr 11, 2022 • 1h 8min

Elaine Pagels - Women in Gnosticism and the Early Church

Elaine Pagels is one the most celebrated scholars of early Christianity in the world.  She is the author of such popular works as "The Gnostic Gospels," "Adam, Eve and the Serpent" and "Beyond Belief: The Secret Gospel of Thomas."  Dr. Pagels talks with Sean Marlon Newcombe and Dawn "Sam" Alden about the role and identity of women in early Christianity including the radical early movement known as "Gnosticism."
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Apr 3, 2022 • 1h 1min

Vicki Noble - War Against The Goddess - Echoes In Ukraine

It is a tragic echo of earliest civilizations that an army would sweep out of the Crimean to attack a people in Ukraine.  As when the Indo-European warriors stormed the towns along the shores and rivers of Old Europe, so we watch a conflict between two countries take place eerily  in the footsteps of this millennia earlier clash that transformed the world. Join Vicki Noble as she contextualizes this conflict within the history and current debate over the story of the matriarchal people of Old Europe.Sean Marlon Newcombe and Dawn "Sam" Alden co-host. 
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Mar 28, 2022 • 54min

In Praise of the Goddess: Artemis

Matron of the Amazons. Goddess of the moon.  Sister of the hunt.  The OMG-- Original Mother-Goddess.  She is Artemis and we LOVE her.  Join Sean Marlon Newcombe and Dawn "Sam" Alden as they sing her praises. All hail Artemis!
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Mar 21, 2022 • 55min

Mary Mackey -- Novelist and Poet

Mary Mackey is a beloved novelist and poet whose work centers on matriarchal and ecological subjects.  Her historical novels take place in the matriarchal, goddess-centered cultures of Old Europe.  Join us as we discuss with her about her matriarchal writings, her relationship with Marija Gimbutas and her current work. 
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Mar 12, 2022 • 47min

In Praise of the Goddess - Ishtar

An illuminating and deeply personal discussion with an Assyrian priestess of Ishtar.  One of the Great Goddesses, she was also known as Inanna in Sumer, and is a counterpart of the goddess Astarte.  Lady of love and of battle, fertility and storms, she was goddess of the storehouse - overseeing the allocation and distribution of food to the people.  Join us in praising Ishtar!IG: @the_assyrian_priestess PATREON: www.patreon.com/theassyrianpriestess 
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Mar 9, 2022 • 7min

The tale of Gallus Mag & Sadie the Goat

Have you heard the tale of Gallus Mag and Sadie the Goat?  These two very colorful characters lived in the 19th Century in New York City, and despite their rocky beginning, eventually found peace with one another.  Enjoy their rollicking tale!Written by:  Sara AtaiiyanDirected by:  Lisa Nicole LennoxNarrator:  Rachanee LumaynoGallus Mag:  Sandy BorglumSadie the Goat:  Maggie RobertsonSound Design & Editing:  Victoria Rose SampsonMusic:  Raspberry Heaven written by Aedan MacDonnell; performed by Aedan MacDonnell, Robyn Heller & Ashleigh Hill

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