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The Exploress — 139 episodes

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Empress Börte and Life for Women in the Mongol Empire

2

Giving Cleopatra Voice with Natasha Solomons

3

Empress Cleopatra of Ancient Egypt

4

Empress Theodora & Life for Women in the Byzantine Empire

5

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

6

Women Who Ruled the World with Elizabeth Norton

7

The Voodoo Queen of New Orleans, Marie Laveau

8

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

9

Empress Nur Jahan & Life for Women in Mughal India

10

Empress Trailer

11

Heroines of the Harlem Renaissance with Victoria Christopher Murray

12

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

13

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

14

Lesbian Fashion History with Eleanor Medhurst

15

The Wild Times of Julie D'Aubigny

16

Ladies Who Sleuth in Regency England with Alison Goodman

17

1,001 Nights with Al-Khayzuran

18

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

19

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

20

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

21

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

22

Love and War in Ancient Rome with Jenny Williamson

23

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

24

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

25

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

26

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

27

Announcement!

28

The FYREBIRDS Audiobook

29

Writing Magical Women and the Belle Epoque with author Ryan Graudin

30

NIGHTBIRDS: Let's Talk Spoilers

31

FYREBIRDS and the Women of 1920s Prohibition, Revisited

32

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

33

The History of the Bikini

34

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

35

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

36

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

37

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

38

The Crusader Queens, Part 2

39

The Crusader Queens, Part 1

40

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

41

The Black Female Entertainers of the 1920s

42

The Female Movie Stars of 1920s Hollywood

43

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

44

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

45

The Lady Killers of 1920s Chicago

46

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

47

Giulia Tofana, Italy's Poison Queen

48

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

49

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

50

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

51

Unsinkable: The Women Aboard the Titanic

52

Celebrating Women of Myth with Ancient History Fangirl

53

Writing Black Women Back into History: Interview with Krystal Marquis

54

The Women of the 1920s Who Defied Prohibition

55

The Women of the 1920s Who Supported Prohibition

56

Writing 1920s-Inspired Historical Fiction with Lyssa Mia Smith

57

The Exploress: NIGHTBIRDS Edition

58

The 1920s, But Make It Fiction with Amie Kaufman

59

The Flappers of the 1920s

60

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

61

Being Queen with Elizabeth I

62

Education in Tudor England with Queen Katherine Parr

63

Sex in Tudor England with Queen Catherine Howard

64

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

65

WWII Code Girls with Ellie Marney

66

Courtship in Tudor England with Queen Anne of Cleves

67

Tudor Ladies in Waiting: Interview with Sylvia Barbara Soberton

68

Childbirth in Tudor England with Queen Jane Seymour

69

Was Shakespeare Really A Woman?

70

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

71

All Things Anne Boleyn: Interview with Natalie Grueninger

72

Fashion in Tudor England with Queen Anne Boleyn

73

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

74

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

75

Introducing: Pub Dates

76

The History of Mrs, Miss, and Ms

77

The Magnificent Lady Fu Hao

78

A Brief History of Sequins

79

Women and Witch Hunts in Scotland and England

80

Re-Release: A History of Women & Poison

81

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

82

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

83

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

84

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

85

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

86

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

87

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

88

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

89

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

90

A History of Menstruation

91

The Wolf Den: Interview with Elodie Harper

92

Rebel Warrior Queens: Boudicca and Zenobia

93

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

94

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

95

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

96

The Women's Suffrage Movement & American Voting Rights

97

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

98

A Brief History of the Bra

99

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

100

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

101

Arsinoë II, Queenmaker of Ptolemaic Egypt

102

Cleopatra, Part 4: Exploring Her Legacy

103

Cleopatra, Part 3: It Is Indeed Most Fine

104

Cleopatra, Part 2: Make It So

105

Cleopatra, Part 1: Growing Up Ptolemy

106

A History of Women & Poison

107

The Women Who Ran Ancient Rome, Part 3: Fulvia

108

The Women Who Ran Ancient Rome, Part 2: Servilia

109

The Women Who Ran Ancient Rome, Part 1: Cornelia

110

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

111

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

112

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

113

A History of Female Hair Removal

114

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

115

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

116

Amazons & the Real Warrior Women of Antiquity, Part 2

117

Amazons & the Real Warrior Women of Antiquity, Part 1

118

Sappho & Sexuality in Ancient Greece

119

A Lady's Life in Ancient Greece, Part 2

120

A Lady's Life in Ancient Greece, Part 1

121

The History of Women and Beer

122

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

123

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

124

A Lady's Life in Ancient Egypt, Part 2

125

A Lady's Life in Ancient Egypt, Part 1

126

Pioneer Women in the Wild West

127

Novelist & Abolitionist: Harriet Beecher Stowe

128

Harriet Tubman & Elizabeth Keckley, Part 2

129

Harriet Tubman & Elizabeth Keckley, Part 1

130

The Madams: Mary Ann Hall & Madame Restell

131

Lady Spiritualists & Mediums of 19th Century America

132

Lady Spies of the Civil War

133

Sarah Emma Edmonds: Soldier, Nurse and Spy

134

Lady Soldiers in the Civil War

135

Sex & Prostitution in 19th Century America

136

Angel of the Battlefield: Clara Barton

137

Nurses of the American Civil War

138

A Lady's Life in 19th Century America

139

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