41 episodes

Women's history

Queens and Rebels Marta Cholovska

    • History

Women's history

    41: Women in WW2 - Remembrance Day Special

    41: Women in WW2 - Remembrance Day Special

    First hand recollection of women's experiences in WW2. 



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    Sources:

    - Moorehead, Caroline. “The Unwomanly Face of War by Svetlana Alexievich Review – for 'Filth' Read Truth.” The Guardian, Guardian News and Media, 2 Aug. 2017, https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/aug/02/unwomanly-face-of-war-svetlana-alexievich-review.

    - Aleksievich, Svetlana. Unwomanly Face of War: An Oral History of Women in World War II; Trans. by Richard Pevear. RANDOM House, 2017.

    • 38 min
    40: Jack the Ripper's Victims - Part 3

    40: Jack the Ripper's Victims - Part 3

    Spooktober special - Part 3 of 3 on Jack the Ripper's victims.  Who were the woman behind the infamous crimes? Let's take a trip to the darkest parts of London and find out.

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    Sources:

    - Rubenhold, Hallie. The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper. Black Swan, 2020.

    • 42 min
    39: Jack the Ripper's Victims - Part 2

    39: Jack the Ripper's Victims - Part 2

    Spooktober special - Part 2 of 3 on Jack the Ripper's victims.  Who were the woman behind the infamous crimes? Let's take a trip to the darkest parts of London and find out.

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    Email: QueensandRebelspod@gmail.com

    Sources:

    - Rubenhold, Hallie. The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper. Black Swan, 2020.

    • 54 min
    38: Jack the Ripper's Victims - Part 1

    38: Jack the Ripper's Victims - Part 1

    Spooktober special. Part 1 of 3 on Jack the Ripper's victims.  Who were the woman behind the infamous crimes? Let's take a trip to the darkest parts of London and find out. 



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    Email: QueensandRebelspod@gmail.com

    Sources:

    - Rubenhold, Hallie. The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper. Black Swan, 2020.

    • 38 min
    37: St. Olha (Olga) of Kyiv

    37: St. Olha (Olga) of Kyiv

    Vengeance, sainthood, taxes and a one bad-ass Queen. 



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    Sources:

    - The Rus' Primary Chronicle. Translated by Leonid Makhnovets, Dnipro Publishing, 1990.

    - Hruševsʹkyj Mychajlo Serhijovyč. History of Ukraine - Rus'. Translated by Marta Daria Olynyk et al., Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies Press, 2010.

    - Plokhy, Serhii. The Gates of Europe: A History of Ukraine. Basic Books, 2021.

    - Subtelny , Orest. Ukraine: A History. 4th ed., University of Toronto Press, 2009.

    • 41 min
    36: Gay and Soviet - Part 4

    36: Gay and Soviet - Part 4

    Homosexuality now re-criminalized faced brutal repression.  Stalin's death brought gradual and limited freedoms that unfortunately omitted attitudes and laws on gay life.   



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    Sources:

    - Healey, Dan. Homosexual Desire in Revolutionary Russia: the Regulation of Sexual and Gender Dissent. University of Chicago Press, 2004.

    - Guskov, Kirill. “Gay Life in Stalin's Gulag.” OpenDemocracy, 11 Dec. 2018, www.opendemocracy.net/en/odr/gay-life-in-stalins-gulag/.

    • 51 min

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