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08/03/2024

What a way to celebrate International Women’s Day! Today at , Host of The Amendment takes the stage with Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, , and Nancy Yuen.

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01/03/2024

This month on Womanica, in honor of Women’s History Month, we’re talking about WOMEN OF SOUND ✨🎙️

These women dominated the airwaves: innovating, documenting, and creating the audio landscape we live in today.

Pictured above is Cordell Jackson, a Memphis-based guitarist, songwriter, and producer and an often-overlooked pioneer in early rock music. She was in her sixties by the time she received national attention for her masterful guitar skills, earning her the title “The Rock’ n Roll Granny.”

For more stories like Cordell’s, make sure you’re subscribed to the Womanica podcast on Apple, Spotify, iHeart Radio, or wherever you listen to podcasts.

01/02/2024

This month on Womanica we’re talking about Revolutionaries: Black women who led struggles for liberation from violent governments, colonial rulers, and enslavers. Guest hosted by award-winning journalist and editor-at-large of the , Errin Haines, this month features women who had the courage to imagine radically different worlds – and used their power to try and pull those worlds into view.

Plus, get ready to hear a lot more from Errin!! She’ll be the host of the new podcast from Wonder Media Network and the 19th, The Amendment, premiering on February 14th. Stay tuned for more deets 🤫✨

26/01/2024

It’s looking like awards season! With our pods, there are no nomination snubs, but there are some outstanding shows that deserve a shoutout 🌟🥇

Check out As She Rises, Words to Win By, I Was Never There and Womanica wherever you listen 🎧

25/01/2024

In 2024, Armelle has her . What's she listening to?

This portrait by Elizabeth Colomba is of the artist's cousin, Armelle, and was painted after John Singer Sargent's "Madame X." In it she gazes at a watercolor painted by Winslow Homer in the Bahamas, "Under a Palm Tree," drawing attention to the family's French and Caribbean roots.

Colomba centers Black women's stories in her art, using her extensive academic and art history training to subvert Western artistic notions of beauty. She has said of this painting "I challenge stereotypes, reframing history to apply a different narrative for the character."

Artwork: "Armelle," Elizabeth Colomba (b. 1976), 1997

24/01/2024

Meet Leigh Brackett, a science fiction writer known as "The Queen of Space Opera" who broke gender barriers in the genre.

Leigh Brackett was born in Los Angeles in 1915. She started writing about new worlds at age 13, aided by her favorite sci-fi books and an active imagination. After graduating high school, she turned down a scholarship due to cost, and decided to pursue becoming a science fiction writer in earnest.

After writing some mysteries and getting noticed by Howard Hawks, she wrote several screenplays for him—her experience with Hawks got her screenwriting experience enough to be contacted by George Lucas. They met to talk about the first sequel to Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back.

Leigh Brackett unfortunately passed away from cancer shortly after writing the first draft of the film's screenplay in 1978. She said about the science fiction genre that “it has prepared – subliminally, almost – a generation to believe in space-flight, to believe in technological advances. They have a much wider view of the universe than they had.”

Hear her story and countless others about women who changed science fiction this month on Womanica! ✍️👩

23/01/2024

Of course, we could never forget 🫣 host Anat Shenker-Osorio telling it like it is. Listen to season 3 wherever you get your podcasts.

22/01/2024

Today marks the 51st anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court decision in 1973 that granted women the constitutional right to abortion. It brings with it the opportunity to reflect on what has been done, more specifically undone, in that time.

Less than two years ago, Dobbs v. Jackson overturned this fundamental right, reversing decades of work that pro-choice communities have done to keep women safe.

The protestors in these photos preceded generations of women who know what it is to live with reproductive rights, and they show us how to fight for that resource again. They teach us that our choice is our voice, and their legacies drive us forward to use those voices. 📰

18/01/2024

What does Kerry Washington think about AI?

This week on Possible (produced by yours truly), Reid Hoffman and Aria Finger chat with award-winning actress Kerry Washington about how technology has deepened and expanded her capacity as an actor and human. They introduce Washington to an AI avatar of Reid and a personal AI called "Pi" to interrogate how our relationships with technology can change our connections with each other.

Head over to Possible to hear our latest episode, and stay tuned for more wherever you get your podcasts.

17/01/2024

Happy Womanica Wednesday! This week, we're introducing an icon for Black representation in science fiction: Nichelle Nichols.

Nichelle Nichols was born in Robbins, Illinois with dreams of being on Broadway. She was recognized for her voice and got invited by Duke Ellington to tour the country with him and his band while she was still in high school.

After honing her craft, she made her television debut in 1964 in "The Lieutenant" created by Gene Roddenberry, who would go on to create "Star Trek" and feature her seminal role as Lieutenant Uhura, the communications officer on the U.S.S Enterprise. Her character was among the first on-screen roles that portrayed a Black woman in a leadership position.

The story goes that Nichols wanted to leave Star Trek to pursue Broadway, but upon hearing the news, a distraught fan tried to convince her to stay: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

He said it was the only show he allowed his family to stay up and watch because of its significance to them. Nichelle continued her legacy on Star Trek and sealed it with television's first in*******al kiss in the show's final season.

This month on Womanica, we're featuring women in science fiction—hear more about Nichelle and other iconic women wherever you get your podcasts 👩‍🔬

16/01/2024

Season 3 of Words to Win By is here!

Tune in now to the first episode of the season, all about the Red Wave and how votes protected our freedoms in the 2022 US Midterms 🗳️

As excited as we are? Keep an eye out for new episodes on Tuesdays!

11/01/2024

Here at WMN, we listen to a lot of podcasts. Like, all day. So, we asked our team for their favorite pod/activity pairings and they delivered 🤩

All pods available wherever (and whenever) you listen!

10/01/2024

Today's Womanican was a creator of worlds: science fiction writer Ursula K. Le Guin.

Ursula was born in Berkley, California to a writer mother and anthropologist father. She knew she wanted to be a writer from a young age, having always been interested in fantasy and science fiction magazines. By the time she had graduated college, the literary world still had not embraced her and her genre until 1966 with "Rocannon's World."

Le Guin spent the rest of her career exploring and deepening the world of science fiction literature, poetry and short story, all the while encouraging the publishing industry to prioritize creativity and diversity over profit.

All month on Womanica, we're talking about Women in Science Fiction. Listen to Ursula's story and so many more wherever you get your podcasts 🚀

09/01/2024

Words to Win By is coming back for Season 3! This season, we're heading to Brazil where young people sealed the deal to oust Bolsonaro and bring Lula back to power, unpacking how Democrats won across battlegrounds in the 2022 US Midterm, considering what comes in Costa Rica’s fight to ban fossil fuel extraction and tracing how undocumented immigrants in Ireland won legal status. Plus, we're offering a two-part episode on messaging about the economy—unveiling why voters give the right top marks on this topic and what progressives can do about it.

Listen to the trailer wherever you get your podcasts and subscribe to listen to the first episode, out next week on Jan 16th.

08/01/2024

In 2024, this young woman is sitting for her portrait with her . What podcast is she listening to?

Though the sitter for this artwork is unknown, the portrait has become famous for its lightness and play not usually found in portraits of people of color at this time. This pastel on blue paper features a woman who, in light of new information about the piece, is likely from the Caribbean and happened to find herself in Amsterdam in the late 18th century.

What better time to put on a podcast then when sitting for a portrait?

Artwork: “Portrait of a Young Woman” by Jean-Étienne Liotard, late 18th century

04/01/2024

There are already 2 states that will have abortion on the ballot in 2024, and approximately 9 more states that could add it as an issue. As we look toward November, Ordinary Equality co-host reminds us that abortion access isn't complicated—it's a life or death issue.

03/01/2024

For the first Womanica Wednesday of 2024, we're looking back at some famous female firsts!🥇

Bessie Coleman was the first Black and first Native woman to earn her pilot's license in the US, known for performing daring flight tricks. Known as "Queen Bess" and "Brave Bessie", she stood up publicly for integration and dreamed of opening her own flight school. 🛩️

Aletta Jacobs was not only the first woman to attend a Dutch university, but was also one of the country's first female physicians. Being politically minded, she also founded the world's first birth control clinic in 1882 and led several campaigns for women's rights.🩺

Hitomi Kinue was a Japanese track and field athlete and the first female to ever represent Japan in the Olympics. She was the world record holder in several events in the 1920s-30s and was also the first woman to win an Olympic medal for Japan. 🏅

F***y Bullock Workman was one of the first professional female moutaineers, as well as being a cartographer, geographer, and travel writer. She set several women's altitude records and also championed women's suffrage. ⛰️

Stay tuned for a new year of iconic Womanicans available wherever you get your podcasts! 💫

21/12/2023

We have all sorts of pods for you, if you like that sort of thing... 😉
All available wherever you get your podcasts ✨

20/12/2023

This week's Womanican is one of the most famous male impersonators of all time, who started her stage journey at just three years old: Vesta Tilley.

Matilda Alice Powles became known as Vesta Tilley by the time she was 10 years old performing tours around London. She was famous for her socio-economic interpretations of gender roles, and found empowerment and popularity in portraying men. So much so, that she was dubbed "Britains best recruiting sergeant" during WWI, when she traveled hospitals and theatres dressed as a soldier.

Vesta was one of the highest paid performers of the British Music Hall of her time, and went on her farewell tour in August of 1919. Learn more about her and other funny women this month on Womanica—Comediennes. 🗣️

20/12/2023

The Brown Girls Guide to Politics is a one-stop shop for women of color looking to hear and talk about the world of politics. Host A’shanti Gholar leads conversations with women changing the face of politics, and you can stream 9 seasons chock-full of their wisdom right now!

Hear from some of the most powerful women in the country in The Brown Girls Guide to Politics, and stay tuned for more eye-opening conversations 👀

19/12/2023

With an election year around the corner, we're taking a look at presidential races of the past. Many of us know Shirley Chisholm as the first Black Congresswoman in the United States, but she also ran for president in 1972. She was the first Black person and first woman to ever seek the nomination from one of the two major political parties

She was famously "unbossed and unbought," refusing to operate under the financial puppetry of any special interest groups. While she was unsuccessful in her bid for president, she paved the way for women, Black people, and other underrepresented groups to run for office. “The door is not open yet,” she said, “but it is ajar.”

18/12/2023

In 2023, The Hesitant Fianceé has her . What are she and her bridesmaids listening to?

Auguste Toulmouche often depicted well-dressed women in ornate parlour interiors, but there is no mistaking the focal point of this painting: the about-to-be bride's ambivalent stare. Her resignation and hostility towards her burgeoning circumstance has become a symbol for feminine rage whilst living within the patriarchy.

What pod do you think "La fianceé hésitant" is listening to? Comment below ⬇️

13/12/2023

She wrote over 10,000 scripts for television and radio, and the BBC dubbed her "the woman who invented sitcom"—meet Peg Lynch.

She got her start at KTE in Minnesota, running hundreds of daily ads, a women's show, and her most popular: The Ethel and Albert Show. In 1944, she moved to New York City to make Ethel and Albert a television series. She insisted on complete control and ownership over the show, and denied an offer for a 50/50 split before agreeing to make the show with NBC. Unable to find an adequate actress for Ethel, she also decided to continue to play her for as long as the show was on air.

Peg continued to bring back her husband and wife characters throughout the years into the 70s in various formats, and she inspired hundreds of shows to come. To hear more stories, check out Comediennes this month on Womanica wherever you get your podcasts.✍️

11/12/2023

We're back with a Meet the Team Monday! Without further ado...

Meet...Victoria Cadostin.

Position: Executive Assistant.

Why WMN?🫶
I choose WMN because we work collaboratively to tell stories in creative and dynamic ways.

Current fav WMN pod?🎧
As She Rises!

Favorite non-pod media? 📚
's IG series Parking Lot Pimpin'

07/12/2023

ALERT!!🚨 Only 25 days left in 2023!

To wrap it up in a bow, we present to you our Originals Top Three!

Looking back on the year, we've learned so many things from our pods. Any topic from ecosystems to motherhood to q***r icons, our team has delivered an abundance of great episodes this year.

Queue up these episodes of Womanica, White Picket Fence and As She Rises and stay tuned for what WMN has in store for 2024 😉

06/12/2023

All month on Womanica, we're talking about Comediennes—women throughout history who have made us laugh. This Wednesday, we're highlighting Tun Tun, or Uma Devi Khatri.

Uma Devi was "Hindi cinema's first-ever comedienne," and got her start as a hit playback singer before transitioning to comedic acting. The story goes that she was determined enough to threaten to throw herself into the ocean unless she got an audition with a famous film composer. After her singing career, she reentered the industry as Tun Tun in hundreds of Bollywood films and became a household name in India.

Often portraying the undesirable love interest, she leaned into her persona as a comedic sidekick using stereotypes to her advantage. To learn more about Tun Tun and other funny women, tune into Womanica wherever you get your podcasts 🎵

05/12/2023

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04/12/2023

Brand studio highlight✨

How can AI help stop the next superbug?

Science Will Win's new four-part series explores how AI can help the scientific community overcome one of the greatest challenges facing humanity: antimicrobial resistance. Hear from researchers, doctors, patients, patient advocates, computer scientists, and AI experts about the global problem of drug resistant bacteria and the advancements being made to find a solution.

We're so grateful to partner with Pfizer on this groundbreaking show. Listen to Science Will Win wherever you get your podcasts 👩‍🔬

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