Chickstory

Annie & Phoebe

This is Chickstory! A podcast about chicks... in history. Each episode Annie (curious chickstorian) is joined by Phoebe (actual historian) to share some of the most remarkable stories about often overlooked women of history. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/chickstory. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  1. 05/11/2025

    S8 Ep 8 - Eunice Newton Foote & Kitty McEwan

    In the final episode of the season, Annie tells Phoebe all about Eunice Newton Foote - an American scientist, inventor, and women's rights campaigner who was the first scientist to identify the climate phenomenon now referred to as the greenhouse effect. And, Phoebe tells Annie all about Kitty McEwan an Australian sports journalist, golfer and former superintendent for the Australian Women's Land Army in Victoria and, is believed to have been the first female sports journalist in Australia. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/chickstory. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    49 min

  2. 01/10/2025

    S8 Ep 7 - Alice Cornwell & Amy Johnson

    In this week's episode, Phoebe tells Annie all about Alice Cornwell, a British goldmining industrialist and newspaper proprietor who made her fortune from gold and floated her company on the London Stock Exchange. Phoebe tells Annie all about Amy Johnson, the first woman pilot to fly solo from London to Darwin. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/chickstory. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    1h 5m

  3. 03/09/2025

    S8 Ep 6 - The 'Ladies' Bridge & Phoebe Chappel

    In this episode, Annie tells Phoebe the real story of the Waterloo Bridge, otherwise known as the "Ladies Bridge", and Phoebe tells Annie all about Phoebe Chappel - MM MBBS BSc, a South Australian medical doctor, decorated for her heroic service in France during World War I and the first Australian, and the only female doctor, to receive the Military Medal – awarded for gallantry in the field. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/chickstory. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    46 min

  4. 06/08/2025

    S8 Ep 5 - Louise Mack and Bertha Benz

    In this week's episode - Phoebe tells Annie all about Australian poet, journalist and novelist Louise Mack, who in 1914 became the first female war correspondent during World War I and Annie tells Phoebe all about Bertha Benz - business partner, investor and wife of automobile inventor Carl Benz who was the first person to drive an internal-combustion-engined automobile over a long distance whilst field testing the Benz Patent-Motorwagen. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/chickstory. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    59 min

  5. 03/07/2025

    S8 Ep 4 - Emma Goldman & Isabel Myers Briggs

    In this episode, Annie tells Phoebe all about Isabel Myers Briggs, an American writer who co-created the Myers–Briggs Type Indicator with her mother, Katharine Cook Briggs. The MBTI is one of the most often used personality tests worldwide; over two million people complete the questionnaire each year. And, Phoebe tells Annie all about Emma Goldman, a Russian-born anarchist revolutionary, political activist, and writer. She played a pivotal role in the development of anarchist political philosophy in North America and Europe in the first half of the 20th century. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/chickstory. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    1h 4m

  6. 04/06/2025

    S8 Ep 3 - Mary Somerville & Valentina Tereshkova

    In this episode, Phoebe tells Annie all about Mary Somerville, a Scottish scientist, writer, and polymath who studied mathematics and astronomy, and in 1835 was elected the first female Honorary Member of the Royal Astronomical Society. Annie tells Phoebe all about Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman in space, who flew a solo mission on Vostok 6 on June 16, 1963. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/chickstory. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    59 min

  7. 30/04/2025

    S8 Ep 2 - Mary Blair & Brettena Smythe

    In this episode, Annie tells Phoebe about Mary Blair, a prominent concept artist who was pivotal in producing well-known art and animation for The Walt Disney Company, and Phoebe tells Annie about Brettena Smythe, an Australian women's rights activist and entrepreneur. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/chickstory. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    58 min

  8. 02/04/2025

    S8 Ep 1 - Kate Cocks & Louisa Lawson

    We're back!! Welcome to season 8. This season, we're mixing things up a little. We'll be bringing you two Chickstories a month in one bumper episode. We are also proudly now part of the broad radio network - a radio and podcast network run entirely by women for women. This month Annie tells Phoebe about Louisa Lawson - poet, writer and mother of Henry Lawson and Phoebe tells Annie about Kate Cocks - SA's first police woman. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/chickstory. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    48 min
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This is Chickstory! A podcast about chicks... in history. Each episode Annie (curious chickstorian) is joined by Phoebe (actual historian) to share some of the most remarkable stories about often overlooked women of history. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/chickstory. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Information

  • Creator
    Annie & Phoebe
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2025
  • Episodes
    131
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Classic Me Productions
  • Show Website
    Chickstory

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