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The Exploress — 141 episodes

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Women Artists of the Renaissance

2

The Women Who Flew During WWII with Becky Aikman

3

Empress Börte and Life for Women in the Mongol Empire

4

Giving Cleopatra Voice with Natasha Solomons

5

Empress Cleopatra of Ancient Egypt

6

Empress Theodora & Life for Women in the Byzantine Empire

7

Empress Taytu Betul & Life for Women in 19th-century Ethiopia

8

Women Who Ruled the World with Elizabeth Norton

9

The Voodoo Queen of New Orleans, Marie Laveau

10

Women's Medicine in the 19th Century (with a side of spice) with Adriana Herrera

11

Empress Nur Jahan & Life for Women in Mughal India

12

Empress Trailer

13

Heroines of the Harlem Renaissance with Victoria Christopher Murray

14

A Lady's Life in the Viking Age, Part 5: Shield Maidens and Sorceresses

15

A Lady's Life in the Viking Age, Part 4: Weavers, Traders, Raiders, and Slaves

16

Lesbian Fashion History with Eleanor Medhurst

17

The Wild Times of Julie D'Aubigny

18

Ladies Who Sleuth in Regency England with Alison Goodman

19

1,001 Nights with Al-Khayzuran

20

A Lady's Life in the Viking Age, Part 3: The Daily Grind

21

A Lady's Life in the Viking Age, Part 2: Relationships, Marriage, and Power

22

A Lady's Life in the Viking Age, Part 1: Finding the Norse

23

A Lady's Life in the Viking Age: The Goddess Freyja

24

Love and War in Ancient Rome with Jenny Williamson

25

Re-Release: Spiritualists & Mediums of 19th-Century America

26

Re-Release: The History of Witch Hunts in Scotland and England

27

Forty Elephants: The All-Female Crime Gang of 1920s London

28

Lady Pirates and Queen Elizabeth I's Golden Age of Piracy

29

Announcement!

30

The FYREBIRDS Audiobook

31

Writing Magical Women and the Belle Epoque with author Ryan Graudin

32

NIGHTBIRDS: Let's Talk Spoilers

33

FYREBIRDS and the Women of 1920s Prohibition, Revisited

34

Crude, Rude, and Setting the Mood: An Interview with Therese O'Neill

35

The History of the Bikini

36

A Lady's Life in Tokugawa Japan, 4: Off to Battle with Samurai Warrior Women

37

A Lady's Life in Tokugawa Japan, Part 3: Fashion & Fun with the Glamorous Geisha

38

A Lady's Life in Tokugawa Japan, Part 2: Home, Duty, Marriage, and Tea

39

A Lady's Life in Tokugawa Japan, Part 1: Welcome to the Edo Era

40

The Crusader Queens, Part 2

41

The Crusader Queens, Part 1

42

Queens with Swords: Teuta, Amanirenas, and Mavia (Mawiyya)

43

The Black Female Entertainers of the 1920s

44

The Female Movie Stars of 1920s Hollywood

45

America's Fight for Women's Rights: Interview with Elizabeth Cobbs

46

A Lady's Life in the 1920s, Part 4: A Friday Night

47

The Lady Killers of 1920s Chicago

48

Writing the Women of Pompeii: Elodie Harper Interview, Part 2

49

Giulia Tofana, Italy's Poison Queen

50

A Lady's Life in the 1920s, Part 3: A Thursday at Home

51

A Lady's Life in the 1920s, Part 2: A Wednesday at Work

52

A Lady's Life in the 1920s, Part 1: A Summer Saturday

53

Unsinkable: The Women Aboard the Titanic

54

Celebrating Women of Myth with Ancient History Fangirl

55

Writing Black Women Back into History: Interview with Krystal Marquis

56

The Women of the 1920s Who Defied Prohibition

57

The Women of the 1920s Who Supported Prohibition

58

Writing 1920s-Inspired Historical Fiction with Lyssa Mia Smith

59

The Exploress: NIGHTBIRDS Edition

60

The 1920s, But Make It Fiction with Amie Kaufman

61

The Flappers of the 1920s

62

Re-Release: The Women's Suffrage Movement & American Voting Rights (The 2023 Edition)

63

Being Queen with Elizabeth I

64

Education in Tudor England with Queen Katherine Parr

65

Sex in Tudor England with Queen Catherine Howard

66

Magic, Poison, and Sex in the French Court of King Louis XIV

67

WWII Code Girls with Ellie Marney

68

Courtship in Tudor England with Queen Anne of Cleves

69

Tudor Ladies in Waiting: Interview with Sylvia Barbara Soberton

70

Childbirth in Tudor England with Queen Jane Seymour

71

Was Shakespeare Really A Woman?

72

Reimagining Catherine of Aragon and Anne Boleyn for The King's Wife Musical: Interview with Jennifer Kranz

73

All Things Anne Boleyn: Interview with Natalie Grueninger

74

Fashion in Tudor England with Queen Anne Boleyn

75

Religion in Tudor England with Queen Catherine of Aragon, Part 2

76

Religion in Tudor England with Queen Catherine of Aragon, Part 1

77

Introducing: Pub Dates

78

The History of Mrs, Miss, and Ms

79

The Magnificent Lady Fu Hao

80

A Brief History of Sequins

81

Women and Witch Hunts in Scotland and England

82

Re-Release: A History of Women & Poison

83

A Lady's Life in Tudor England, Part 9: Feast & Fun

84

A Lady's Life in Tudor England, Part 8: Women of Business

85

A Lady's Life in Tudor England, Part 7: A Woman's Work, Continued

86

A Lady's Life in Tudor England, Part 6: A Woman's Work is Never Done

87

A Lady's Life in Tudor England, Part 5: Let's Get Dressed

88

A Lady's Life in Tudor England, Part 4: Getting Clean

89

A Lady's Life in Tudor England, Part 3: Of Godliness and Privies

90

A Lady's Life in Tudor England, Part 2: Rise and Shine

91

A Lady's Life in Tudor England, Part 1: Where Are We, Exactly?

92

A History of Menstruation

93

The Wolf Den: Interview with Elodie Harper

94

Rebel Warrior Queens: Boudicca and Zenobia

95

The First Ladies of the Roman Empire, Part 6: Empress Agrippina

96

The First Ladies of the Roman Empire, Part 5: Agrippina the Younger

97

The First Ladies of the Roman Empire, Part 4: Livia and Both Agrippinas

98

The Women's Suffrage Movement & American Voting Rights

99

The First Ladies of the Roman Empire, Part 3: Livia and Agrippina the Elder

100

A Brief History of the Bra

101

The First Ladies of the Roman Empire, Part 2: Livia, Octavia, and Julia

102

The First Ladies of the Roman Empire, Part 1: Livia and Octavia

103

Arsinoë II, Queenmaker of Ptolemaic Egypt

104

Cleopatra, Part 4: Exploring Her Legacy

105

Cleopatra, Part 3: It Is Indeed Most Fine

106

Cleopatra, Part 2: Make It So

107

Cleopatra, Part 1: Growing Up Ptolemy

108

A History of Women & Poison

109

The Women Who Ran Ancient Rome, Part 3: Fulvia

110

The Women Who Ran Ancient Rome, Part 2: Servilia

111

The Women Who Ran Ancient Rome, Part 1: Cornelia

112

A Lady's Life in the Ancient Roman Empire, Part 3

113

A Lady's Life in the Ancient Roman Empire, Part 2

114

A Lady's Life in the Ancient Roman Empire, Part 1

115

A History of Female Hair Removal

116

Queen Olympias & Alexander the Great's Women, Part 2

117

Queen Olympias & Alexander the Great's Women, Part 1

118

Amazons & the Real Warrior Women of Antiquity, Part 2

119

Amazons & the Real Warrior Women of Antiquity, Part 1

120

Sappho & Sexuality in Ancient Greece

121

A Lady's Life in Ancient Greece, Part 2

122

A Lady's Life in Ancient Greece, Part 1

123

The History of Women and Beer

124

The Lady Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt, Part 2: Hatshepsut, Nefertiti, and Tawosret

125

The Lady Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt, Part 1: Merneith, Neferusobek, and Hatshepsut

126

A Lady's Life in Ancient Egypt, Part 2

127

A Lady's Life in Ancient Egypt, Part 1

128

Pioneer Women in the Wild West

129

Novelist & Abolitionist: Harriet Beecher Stowe

130

Harriet Tubman & Elizabeth Keckley, Part 2

131

Harriet Tubman & Elizabeth Keckley, Part 1

132

The Madams: Mary Ann Hall & Madame Restell

133

Lady Spiritualists & Mediums of 19th Century America

134

Lady Spies of the Civil War

135

Sarah Emma Edmonds: Soldier, Nurse and Spy

136

Lady Soldiers in the Civil War

137

Sex & Prostitution in 19th Century America

138

Angel of the Battlefield: Clara Barton

139

Nurses of the American Civil War

140

A Lady's Life in 19th Century America

141

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