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

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Feb 22, 2022 • 1h 7min

Vicki Noble - From Priestess To Bride

Join us as Vicki Noble guides us through the story of how the religious rites of The Goddess were turned into the wedding rituals of the patriarch. Long ago, the wheeled-wagon invaders overran the matriarchies and coopted and subverted the matriarchal lineage of female spiritual and temporal power. Today we see that barely recognize that lineage in its transformed state as contemporary wedding rites.  How did this happen and what does it mean for female power?Sean Marlon Newcombe and Dawn "Sam" Alden co-host.
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Feb 12, 2022 • 1h 6min

Tony Wolf - Suffrajitsu: The Bodyguard of the British Suffrage Movement

Join us as we take a fun dive into the history of the British suffrage movement and the untold story of the women who became martial arts experts and protectors of the movement.  Tony Wolf, author of the graphic novel "Suffrajitsu: Mrs. Pankhurst's Amazons," talks to us about his novel and the marvelous and colorful history of these Suffrajitsu women. 
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Feb 6, 2022 • 26min

Podcast Crossover-- Broads You Should Know-- Valiant Ladies of Potosi

A special crossover episode of the Broads You Should Know podcast. (https://broadsyoushouldknow.com/) Today it's our own Dawn "Sam" Alden joining the Broads You Should Know gang to talk about the dashing South American swordswomen, The Valiant Ladies of Potosi!
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Jan 23, 2022 • 53min

Lieutenant Nun (La Monja Alférez) - Catalina de Erauso, Swashbuckler

Catalina de Erauso, who in 1599 escaped from a Basque convent dressed as a man and went on to a life of adventure and violence throughout South America posing as a man. 
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Jan 14, 2022 • 1h 7min

Vicki Noble - Jeannine Davis-Kimball

Join Dawn "Sam" Alden as she talks with Vicki Noble about her experience working with Jeannine Davis-Kimball and their journey into the land of ancient women warriors.  Sean Marlon Newcombe discusses meeting Dr. Davis-Kimball and her influence on his research.  Dr. Kimball was a pioneering archaeologist whose work helped uncover the truth that warrior women were not a myth, but existed all throughout the Ancient World. 
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Jan 3, 2022 • 53min

In Praise of the Goddess - Sekhmet and Bast

We start the new year with "In Praise of the Goddess"!  This time it's Sekhmet and Bastet. Join us as we explore these powerful divine females and set 2022 ablaze with the spirit of matriarchy!
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Dec 19, 2021 • 53min

Ping Yao - Women In Ancient China

Join us as we discuss the roles of women in Ancient China with Prof. Ping Yao of  Cal State Los Angeles.  What were gender relations like in Chine before and during the first dynasties (2700 BC - 221 BC)? What kind of roles did they have in governance, education, warfare and marriage?  Sean Marlon Newcombe and Dawn "Sam" Alden co-host. 
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Nov 25, 2021 • 1h 8min

Vicki Noble - Marija Gimbutas Symposium

Celebrating the centennial of Marija Gimbtutas' birth, the Association for the Study of Women & Mythology held a symposium on her life and works.  "Make Matriarchy Great Again" inspiration and charter member, Vicki Noble, chaired one of the discussions and joins us to talk about the symposium and the celebration of the life of Marija Gimbutas.
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Nov 12, 2021 • 1h 2min

Kimberly Rockwell - Women of the Beat Generation

They dragged themselves through the streets at dawn and staggered across tenement roofs illuminated just like the men-- but very few of us know the names of these gifted writers.  They were the women of the "Beat" literary movement, The Beat Generation, and their contributions to this period of American writing was vast but unheralded.  Now it's time to say their names and share their work.  Join Sean Marlon Newcombe and Dawn "Sam" Alden as they talk with Kimberly Rockwell about the Women of the Beat Generation.
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Nov 8, 2021 • 1h 26min

The Power - Pt. 2 - Naomi Alderman's novel of a dystopian matriarchy

We continue our discussion of Naomi Alderman's haunting sci-fi novel, "The Power."  The story of a dystopian future where women rule, in part two we discuss the dark slide into brutality that the women take once their power spreads.

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