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Join us as we time travel through women's history, one era at a time. We'll explore the lived experiences and everyday lives of historical ladies, both famous and obscure, from a variety of different time periods, countries, and cultures. Let's go traveling.
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Women's Medicine in the 19th Century (with a side of spice) with Adriana Herrera
Season 6, Episode 13. Welcome back to Exploress Book Club! Join me and Adriana Herrera, author of the historical romance novel A Tropical Rebel Gets t...
Empress Nur Jahan of India
Season 6, Episode 12. In this series, we're time traveling with three different empresses, exploring their reigns, their worlds, and what it might hav...
Empress Trailer
EMPRESS. The word comes from Old French, but its roots stretch back to the Latin imperium. It means a command; it means authority, it means power over...
Heroines of the Harlem Renaissance with Victoria Christopher Murray
Season 6, Episode 11. Welcome back to Exploress Book Club! Join me in talking to Victoria Christopher Murray, author of the historical fiction novel H...
A Lady's Life in the Viking Age, Part 5: Shield Maidens and Sorceresses
Season 6, Episode 10. In this series, we're exploring what life was like for women in the Viking (Norse) Age. In this episode, we're exploring one of...
A Lady's Life in the Viking Age, Part 4: Weavers, Traders, Raiders, and Slaves
Season 6, Episode 9. In this series, we're exploring what life was like for women in the Viking (Norse) Age. In this episode, we're going to talk abou...
Lesbian Fashion History with Eleanor Medhurst
Season 6, Episode 8. Happy Pride Month! Join me and Eleanor Medhurst to discuss her book 'Unsuitable: A History of Lesbian Fashion,' which explores th...
The Wild Times of Julie D'Aubigny
Season 6, Episode 7. If you were living in Paris in the late 1600s and happened to pick up a newspaper, you might have read about the latest exploits...
Ladies Who Sleuth in Regency England with Alison Goodman
Season 6, Episode 6. Welcome to Exploress Book Club! Join me in talking to Alison Goodman, author of The Benevolent Society of Ill-Mannered Ladies, as...
1,001 Nights with Al-Khayzuran
Season 6, Episode 5. One Thousand and One Nights – the famed collection of stories in which the vizier’s daughter, Scheherazade, agrees to wed a paran...
A Lady's Life in the Viking Age, Part 3: The Daily Grind
Season 6, Episode 4. In this series, we're exploring what life was like for women in the Viking (Norse) Age. In this episode, we're going to spend a d...
A Lady's Life in the Viking Age, Part 2: Relationships, Marriage, and Power
Season 6, Episode 3. In this series, we're exploring what life was like for women in the Viking (Norse) Age. In this episode, we're going to find out...
A Lady's Life in the Viking Age, Part 1: Finding the Norse
Season 6, Episode 2. In this series, we're exploring what life was like for women in the Viking (Norse) Age. Let's start by talking about our sources:...
A Lady's Life in the Viking Age: The Goddess Freyja
Season 6, Episode 1. In this series, we're going to explore what life was like for women in the Viking (Norse) Age. But first, let's meet Freyja, a po...
Love and War in Ancient Rome with Jenny Williamson
Season 6, Episode 1 - It's Exploress Book Club time! Join me for this excellent chat with Jenny Williamson, one half of the podcast Ancient History F...
Re-Release: Spiritualists & Mediums of 19th-Century America
Season 5, Episode 15. Hey listener! I'm currently on maternity leave, but to get us in the Halloween spirit, I'm re-releasing my first ever Halloween...
Re-Release: The History of Witch Hunts in Scotland and England
Season 5, Episode 14. Down, down, the Witches' Road... I'm currently off on maternity leave, but to get you in the mood for the spooky season I'm re-r...
Forty Elephants: The All-Female Crime Gang of 1920s London
Season 5, Episode 13. Hey listener! I'm currently off on maternity leave, but I've decided to pull some special bonus episodes out of the Patreon vaul...
Lady Pirates and Queen Elizabeth I’s Golden Age of Piracy
Season 5, Episode 12. Today we’ll learn how Queen Elizabeth I strategically defeated the Invincible Spanish Armada by allowing famous pirates like Sir...
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The FYREBIRDS Audiobook
I'm thrilled to bring you this extra-long audio sample of the FYREBIRDS audiobook: the Prologue and Chapter 1, narrated by the amazing Saskia Maarleve...
Writing Magical Women and the Belle Epoque with author Ryan Graudin
Season 5, Episode 11. Guess what? My second novel, FYREBIRDS, hits shelves TODAY. How exciting! I’m celebrating by inviting one of my favorite authors...
NIGHTBIRDS: Let's Talk Spoilers
It’s FYREBIRDS month on The Exploress! To celebrate the release of my second novel, and the conclusion of the NIGHTBIRDS series, I’m sharing an episod...
FYREBIRDS and the Women of 1920s Prohibition, Revisited
Season 5, Episode 9. It’s FYREBIRDS month on The Exploress! I’m celebrating the release of my second novel, and the conclusion of the NIGHTBIRDS serie...
Crude, Rude, and Setting the Mood: An Interview with Therese O'Neill
Season 5, Episode 8. It's interview time! Let's spend some time with the delightful Therese Oneill, author of such nonfiction gems as Unmentionable: A...
The History of the Bikini
Season 5, Episode 7. Today we’ll be tracing the history of women’s bathing suits from the 1700s to the 1960s. We’ll look at how swimwear fashion evolv...
A Lady's Life in Tokugawa Japan, 4: Off to Battle with Samurai Warrior Women
Season 5, Episode 6. In this four-part series, we're time traveling back to Tokugawa Japan (1603-1868) to find out what life was like there for the la...
A Lady's Life in Tokugawa Japan, Part 3: Fashion & Fun with the Glamorous Geisha
Season 5, Episode 5. In this four-part series, we're time traveling back to Tokugawa Japan (1603-1868) to find out what life was like there for the la...
A Lady's Life in Tokugawa Japan, Part 2: Home, Duty, Marriage, and Tea
Season 5, Episode 4. In this four-part series, we're time traveling back to Tokugawa Japan (1603-1868) to find out what life was like there for the la...
A Lady's Life in Tokugawa Japan, Part 1: Welcome to the Edo Era
Season 5, Episode 3. In this four-part series, we're time traveling back to Tokugawa Japan (1603-1868) to find out what life was like there for the la...
The Crusader Queens, Part 2
Season 5, Episode 2. Once upon a time, back in the Middle Ages, four sisters would come to shape the Crusader States called Outremer. One would rebel...
The Crusader Queens, Part 1
Season 5, Episode 1. Once upon a time, back in the Middle Ages, four sisters would come to shape the Crusader States called Outremer. One would rebel...
Queens with Swords: Teuta, Amanirenas, and Mavia (Mawiyya)
There’s something stirring about a warrior woman: one who refuses to bow down to the forces against her, no matter how vast they may be. And when they...
The Black Female Entertainers of the 1920s
Season 4, Episode 16. In this last episode of Season 4, we're going to find out more about the Black female entertainers who lit up the stages of 1920...
The Female Movie Stars of 1920s Hollywood
Season 4, Episode 15. Mary Pickford. Clara Bow. Gloria Swanson. Joan Crawford. Greta Garbo. Let’s travel back in time to learn more about the legendar...
America's Fight for Women's Rights: Interview with Elizabeth Cobbs
Season 4, Episode 14. Join us for an interview with Professor Elizabeth Cobbs, the author of Fearless Women: Feminist Patriots from Abigail Adams to B...
A Lady's Life in the 1920s, Part 4: A Friday Night
Season 4, Episode 13. Last time, we found out what stay-at-home wife life was like in the 1920s. Now we're going to go out on the town. Let's explore...
The Lady Killers of 1920s Chicago
Season 4, Episode 12. Settle in for a tale of passion, jealousy, corruption, and the lady killers who entranced 1920s America. Grab your gun, your bes...
Writing the Women of Pompeii: Elodie Harper Interview, Part 2
Remember back in 2021 when the amazing Elodie Harper told us all about the sex workers of ancient Rome, and also her novel The Wolf Den? She's back to...
Giulia Tofana, Italy's Poison Queen
I hope you enjoy this spooky minisode bonus from the dark days of 2020! Let's meet one of history's most prolific female poisoners.
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