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A podcast for serious women. Hosted by journalists Brittany Shoot and Amy Westervelt, Bearcat is a podcast celebrating women who are committed to leading by example, to benefiting their communities in ways big and small, to taking their lives and their impact on the world seriously.

29/10/2018

Melissa Ludtke, the Woman Who Opened Up Baseball's Clubhouses and Locker Rooms to Women

In 1976 Melissa Ludtke was the only woman working as a full-time baseball reporter. She tried to nicely integrate herself into the institution of baseball, but when the commissioner banned her from a stadium for entering the locker room, she wound up the plaintiff in a discrimination suit that opened up the sport to women reporters forever.Episode Sponsor: LOLA -- monthly subscription for organic tampons, pads, and more. Save 40% off all subscriptions when you go to mylola.com & use BEARCAT at checkout. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

56 min
16/09/2018

Reverend Roslyn Bouier on the Sin of Income Inequality

Reverend Roslyn Bouier runs one of the largest food pantries in Detroit. Her work feeding hundreds of hungry folks in Detroit every month is profiled in an upcoming episode of The Fifty One. For Bearcat, we dig into Rev. Roslyn's general approach to community service and her push back against the hypocrisy of religious folk who shun the poor. For $35 off your first SunBasket order, visit sunbasket.com/bearcatThe Fifty One: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-fifty-one/id1361701448?mt=2 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

32 min
09/09/2018

A Tribute to Flo Kennedy

She helped start NOW, then left to start The Feminist Party, which got Shirley Chisholm elected to Congress. She was the first Black woman to graduate from Columbia law school. Yet, we hear precious little about Florynce "Flo" Kennedy. If you want more Flo, check out this amazing archive of her show: https://archive.org/details/flokennedyschlesingerlibraryThis episode is brought to you by Audible. Go to audible.com/bearcat to start a 30-day free trial and get your first audiobook free! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

22 min
17/05/2018

Arlene Blum on Tackling Mountains, Chemistry, and Self Doubt

Arlene Blum led the first all-women ascents of most of the world's tallest mountains. But before she started climbing mountains, and then again after she retired from mountaineering, she took on another huge challenge: the chemical industry. Over 70 now, she shows no sign of slowing down. In this episode she takes us on a hike and tells us about her adventures in both realms. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

28 min
19/04/2018

Masako Ishii-Kuntz Is Training Better Japanese Fathers

As a longtime fatherhood researcher, Masako Ishii-Kuntz was instrumental in the launch of the ikumen project, a nationwide campaign aimed at encouraging fathers to get more involved in home-making and childcare. Now she trains most of the home economics teachers in Tokyo, and has introduced gender-balanced labor and childcare as part of the class, which is required all through school in Japan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

35 min
05/04/2018

Episode 2: Leticia Aguilar on Immigration, Misogyny, and Valuing Women

In this episode, we meet Leticia Aguilar and hear about her epic journey, from growing up as one of 18 kids in a small town in Mexico to her early days in Sacramento to the work she does now, helping Latina immigrants get educated and defeat machismo. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

29 min
21/03/2018

Episode 1: St. Rita

In our first episode, traveling bookseller Rita Collins talks to us about why she loves living in the Montana woods and how she came to own and operate the country's first traveling bookstore. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

18 min
28/02/2018

Trailer - Welcome to Bearcat

Bearcat (noun): 1920s slang term for a hot-blooded or feisty woman. Bearcat is a podcast for serious women. Bi-weekly episodes, hosted by reporters Brittany Shoot and Amy Westervelt, celebrate women who are committed to leading by example, to benefiting their communities in ways big and small, to taking their lives and their impact on the world seriously. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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A true-crime podcast about climate change. Hosted by award-winning investigative journalist Amy Westervelt and reported by a team of climate journalists, Drilled investigates the various obstacles that have kept the world from adequately responding to climate change.

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Law & Order meets the climate crisis as we dig into the stories behind the hundreds of climate cases around the globe.

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In Rigged, we’ll rummage through the bag of tricks used by PR to shape the world you live in. Over the last century, these tricks have rigged the media, the government… society, really...with sometimes ridiculous, and sometimes profoundly serious effects on our democracy. This is a podcast about that war for hearts and minds right here on US soil.

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A podcast for serious women. Hosted by journalists Brittany Shoot and Amy Westervelt, Bearcat is a podcast celebrating women who are committed to leading by example, to benefiting their communities in ways big and small, to taking their lives and their impact on the world seriously.

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Episodios

Melissa Ludtke, the Woman Who Opened Up Baseball's Clubhouses and Locker Rooms to Women

Reverend Roslyn Bouier on the Sin of Income Inequality

A Tribute to Flo Kennedy

Arlene Blum on Tackling Mountains, Chemistry, and Self Doubt

Masako Ishii-Kuntz Is Training Better Japanese Fathers

Episode 2: Leticia Aguilar on Immigration, Misogyny, and Valuing Women

Episode 1: St. Rita

Trailer - Welcome to Bearcat

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Melissa Ludtke, the Woman Who Opened Up Baseball's Clubhouses and Locker Rooms to Women

Reverend Roslyn Bouier on the Sin of Income Inequality

A Tribute to Flo Kennedy

Arlene Blum on Tackling Mountains, Chemistry, and Self Doubt

Masako Ishii-Kuntz Is Training Better Japanese Fathers

Episode 2: Leticia Aguilar on Immigration, Misogyny, and Valuing Women

Episode 1: St. Rita

Trailer - Welcome to Bearcat

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