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Nevertheless She Existed
by Caveat
This is the radical feminist history party you've been waiting for. Recorded at Caveat in NYC, each episode of Nevertheless She Existed brings the story of an erased woman from history from our LES speakeasy right to your earbuds. You'll hear tales of gay nuns burned as witches, queens of NYC thieves, mothers, warriors, and poets. The fabulous, funny, and fierce comedians Molly Gaebe and Kylie Holloway serve as our hosts and voices as we travel down the rabbit hole of women's history. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll definitely say "f*ck yeah" because Nevertheless, She Existed.
Episodes
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Willie Hobbs Moore with Moiya McTier
A celebration of the first black woman to earn a PhD in physics. Moiya McTier is a New York-based astrophysicist who studies planets outside of our solar system. She's also a folklorist who specializes in using science and logic to build fictional worlds. You can hear all about the worlds she's...
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Mary Ellen Pleasant with Junior Mintt
Raising a glass to a “capitalist by profession” and all around badass Mary Ellen Pleasant. Junior Mintt is a drag artist in Brooklyn, out to show how Minty the world can be with a little kindness, empathy, and a strong Black, Trans, Queer perspective. Donate to her patreon and support a black…
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Audre Lorde with Catherine Clune-Taylor
Catherine Clune-Taylor, Ph.D. is a Black queer feminist writer, educator and activist. She is currently an Assistant Professor of Feminist Science and Technology Studies at San Diego State University, which is even cooler than you think it is. About 13.6% cooler, to be precise. Please send her…
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Marsha P. Johnson with Solange Azor
Solange Azor (they/them & she/her) is a doula, comedian, and abolitionist based in Brooklyn/Lenape land. At one point you could find them performing standup and supporting births & abortions around the city. These days she is eating pasta, enjoying weed, and asking you to donate to this…
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BONUS EPISODE: We're Doing A Live Stream!
Come hang out with us because we are going live! On this special livestream edition, we’re celebrating women in medicine because your gals are topical as hell. Our lineup of comedians, historians, and storytellers will raise a (very full) glass to the women of yore who took risks, asked hard...
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Boss of Her Body: Joycelyn Elders
People Have Been Masturbating Forever. Joycelyn Elders knew it, Arti Gollapudi celebrates her story. Arti Gollapudi is a Brooklyn based comedian who received her bachelor of music from Berklee College of Music and her masters of arts in Performance Studies from NYU Tisch. Arti uses comedy as a…
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Boss of Her Body: Flo Kennedy
Don't Agonize, Organize. The fabulous hosts of the Violently Funny Podcast raise not one but two glasses to repro rights activist Flo Kennedy. https://anchor.fm/violentlyfunnypodcast Violently Funny is a comedic podcast about domestic violence, dating, sex and sisterhood hosted by survivors Onika...
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Boss of Her Body: Susan Wicklund with Lizz Winstead
It's Lizz Fucking Winstead! The founder of Abortion Access Front (and Molly's boss) stops by our studio to chat activism, why the anti-choice movement in funny, and the late, great abortion provider Susan Wicklund. https://www.aafront.org/ Lizz Winstead is Abortion Access Front’s founder and…
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Boss of Her Body: Clelia Duel Mosher
Ladies Can Breathe Too. Get ready to angry-drink, Sarah Hartshorne celebrates mythbusting Victorian sex scholar Clelia Duel Mosher "Sarah Hartshorne is best known as the plus-size contestant on Cycle 9 of America’s Next Top Model and was voted Least Annoying Contestant of her cycle by the now...
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Boss of Her Body: Brigid of Kildare
The Ancient Irish Catholic Abortion Provider. Jaye McBride raises a wee bit of whiskey to Saint Brigid of Kildare. Jaye McBride is funny, smart and proudly transgender. Jaye has traveled the world performing stand-up comedy both as a headliner and sharing the stage with comedy greats like Aziz...
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Whores, Sluts, and She-Devils: Margo St. James
Call Off Your Old Tired Ethics. The one and only Solange Azor celebrate the life of sex worker and activist Margo St. James. Solange Azor is a Brooklyn based comedian and writer. You can also find her supporting births as a birth and abortion doula! Follow her @solangenaz on instagram and twitter.
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Whores, Sluts, and She-Devils: Josephine Baker
The Thing that Changes History. Miss Junior Mint gives us the whole story of one of the greats- Josephine Baker. Junior Mint is a black, Trans-femme producer and host of the weekly trans & PoC Centric variety show “In Living Color!” Follow @inlivingcolorbk and @juniormintt
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Whores, Sluts, and She-Devils: Empress Theodora
Anna Cain Bianco introduces us to Theodora, sex worker, actor, and Empress of Byzantium Anna Cain Bianco is a NYC based comedian and museum consultant. You can catch her at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, doing standup around the city, or on Twitter @annacainbianco.
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Whores, Sluts, and She-Devils: Phryne
Kaytlin Bailey raises a glass of red wine to the baddest sex worker of yore- Phryne Kaytlin Bailey is the host of The Oldest Profession Podcast and is the Director of Communications for Decriminalize Sex Work. @kaytlinbailey
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Taking Up Space: Nathalie Cabrol
Yasmin Tayag of One Zero clues us in- if alien life is out there, a lady just might be the one to find it. Yasmin Tayag is the senior science editor at OneZero, formerly the senior science editor at Inverse. Before that, she did unspeakable things with sea squirts in a genetics lab at NYU. You…
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Taking Up Space: Jerrie Cobb
Science Friday’s Elah Feder shares the story of Jerrie Cobb, and it’s literally and figuratively out of this world. Elah Feder is a development producer. She has a masters from Columbia’s Graduate School of Journalism. She co-hosted and produced the Undiscovered podcast at Science Friday where…
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Taking Up Space: Hisako Koyama
Maya Deshmukh delivers one hell of a celestial celebration of Hisako Koyama Maya is an actor and comedian in NYC. She can be seen performing as ""Brown Rice"" with her satirical fake K-pop girl group: AzN POP, as well as co-hosting a monthly ""fashion-comedy"" show called 'Fashion Puhleeze'…
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Taking Up Space: Caroline Hershel
Moiya McTier tells us the tale of four feet of feminism, the singer, and early astronomer Caroline Hershel Moiya McTier grew up in a log cabin without running water and now she's an astrophysicist studying planets outside of our solar system. Along the way, Moiya became the first person to…
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Women in Horror: Blaxpoitation with Miss Junior Mint
It's our first guest! Our queen Junior Mint joins us in studio for an education on Blaxpoitation. Junior Mint is a black, Trans-femme producer and host of the weekly trans & PoC Centric variety show “In Living Color!” Follow @inlivingcolorbk and @juniormintt
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Women in Horror: Millicent Patrick
Actual witch and our favorite woman of darkness Anna Cain Bianco shares the story of Millicent Patrick- creator of the Creature of the Black Lagoon. Anna Cain Bianco is a NYC based comedian and museum consultant. You can catch her at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, doing standup around the city…
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Women in Horror: Alice Guy-Blache
Our resident harlot of horror, Sarah Hartshorne, celebrates the first filmmaker Alice Guy-Blache Sarah Hartshorne is best known as the plus-size contestant on Cycle 9 of America’s Next Top Model and was voted Least Annoying Contestant of her cycle by the now defunct annoying or not.com. After the...
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Women in Horror: Mary Shelley
The Women of Herstory of the Rocks raise a glass to Mary Shelley
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Wild West: Angela Jimenez
Ana Maria Jamolca celebrates the Soldaderas of the Mexican Civil War and reminds us to break the damn rules.
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Wild West: Shaaw Tlaa
If a woman can survive the Yukon Gold Rush, 1800s Seattle, and a marriage to a man named Lying George, you know she's a bad bitch. Check out the story of Shaaw Tlaa as told by Tallie Medel. Tallie Medel is an actor, comedian and dancer based in New York City. She’s appeared on Inside Amy Schumer...
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Wild West: Changunak Antisarlook Andrewuk
When life hands you lemons, make a herd of reindeer. Regan de Loggans celebrates Changunak Antisarlook Andrewuk. https://www.inupiatgov.com/ https://www.thearcticinstitute.org/climate-change-womens-issues-inuit-culture/ https://indigenouskinshipcollective.com/...
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Wild West: Charley Parkhurst
Nikki Palumbo raises a glass of whiskey to the one-eyed stagecoach driving hero we didn't know we needed- Charley Parkhurst.
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Deep in Delaware: A Molly Gaebe Travelogue
In this bonus episode, the fearless explorer Molly Gaebe shares the story of her travels through a dark and tumultuous terrain- her early 20s.
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Explorers: Valentia Tereshkova
Evelina Chumashkaeva raises a very large glass of vodka to Valentina Tereshkova- the first lady is space.
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Explorers: Mary Kingsley
Anna Cain Bianco shares the story of Mary Kingsley- explorer, author, and unsinkable woman. Also there's a fish named after her.
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Explorers: Ynes Mexia
Tallie Medel celebrates our feminist grandma and world-traveling botanist Ynes Mexia.
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Bonus Episode: Molly Goes Undercover
We're finishing our series on women in broadcasting. To celebrate, and to get ready for the series on women explorers, please enjoy this special episode where Molly recounts her own adventure undercover.
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Feminist Ripple Effect: Na Hye-Sok with Alex Laughlin
Na Hye-Sok travelled the world, painted masterpieces, kicked off a cultural revolution in Korea, and still found time to be a woman. Alex Laughlin shares her story.
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Ladies On The Trail: Tabitha Moffat Brown
Saddle Up folks! In this bonus episode Kylie celebrates one of the toughest bitches on the Oregon Trail. There will be rivers to ford, horses to ride, and a healthy dose of feminism so gird yer loins. For more stories of women of the Wild West check out our live show Sept 19th at Caveat
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Get this Bitch a Byline: Gerda Taro with Phoebe Leila Barghouty
Phoebe Leili Bargouhty celebrates the short and spectacular life of war photographer Gerda Taro.
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Butch Queen of Hollywood - Dorothy Arzner with Cloe Shasha
The feminism, the groundbreaking cinema, the cheekbones! Cloe Shasha raises a glass to director Dorothy Arzner.
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Bonus Episode - Ishtar
Badass goddesses? Prostitutes as Priestesses? Orgasms? We're celebrating the patriarchy's worst nightmare on this special bonus episode.
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Modern Witch: Mary Steichen Calderon with Natalia Petrzela
Natalia Petrzela tells us about Mary Steichen Calderon, called witch, mistress of the Devil, prostitute of hell, and more for her pioneering work on sex education. Natalia Petrzela is a scholar, writer, teacher, and activist. As Associate Professor of History at The New School, she studies the...
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Are Black Women Magic? Marie Laveau with Keisha Zollar
Keisha Zollar tell us about Marie Laveau, the Voodoo Queen of New Orleans! Spoiler alert! She doesn’t die at the end! Well, she does, of course, but this is the first witch in our series who enjoys a nice long happy life, and who is still revered to this day. Keisha Zollar is an…
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Big Gay Portal to Hell: Benedetta Carlini with Catherine Clune Taylor
On this episode, Catherine Clune-Taylor tells us about Benedetta Carlini - a Catholic mystic and lesbian nun. We know, we know, the movie’s already being made, RELAX. Benedetta’s story is a reminder though that the history of witches...is gay as hell, and that women who demonstrate any appetite…
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Original Witch: Matteuccia de Francesco with Anna Cain Bianco
Kicking off the Witches Get Stuff Done Series, Anna Cain Bianco tells us about Matteuccia de Francesco, the subject of one of the earliest witch trials in Europe. Anna Cain Bianco is a NYC based comedian and museum consultant. You can catch her at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, doing standup...
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What is Nevertheless She Existed??
This is the radical feminist history party you've been waiting for. Recorded at Caveat in NYC, each episode brings the story of an erased woman from history from our LES speakeasy right to your earbuds. You'll hear tales of a gay nuns burned as witches, queens of NYC theives, mothers, warriors…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
This is the radical feminist history party you've been waiting for. Recorded at Caveat in NYC, each episode of Nevertheless She Existed brings the story of an erased woman from history from our LES speakeasy right to your earbuds. You'll hear tales of gay nuns burned as witches, queens of NYC thieves, mothers, warriors, and poets. The fabulous, funny, and fierce comedians Molly Gaebe and Kylie Holloway serve as our hosts and voices as we travel down the rabbit hole of women's history. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll definitely say "f*ck yeah" because Nevertheless, She Existed.
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This is the radical feminist history party you've been waiting for. Recorded at Caveat in NYC, each episode of Nevertheless She Existed brings the story of an erased woman from history from our LES speakeasy right to your earbuds. You'll hear tales of gay nuns burned as witches, queens of NYC...
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