EP 5: Pauli, Roy & Tim, and The Mysterious Tape Recording That Shouldn’t Exist

There were no official audio or video recordings of the Edith Green hearings – only a printed transcript that her office produced and distributed. However, Leigh discovers that the Schlesinger Library also contains the collected papers – and some recordings – of activist and Civil Rights attorney Pauli Murray, who testified alongside Bunny Sandler. 

As Leigh uncovers these tapes, we discover the real Pauli Murray, perhaps one of the most singularly important feminist and Civil Rights activists of the 20th century … who you may not have ever heard of.

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Feminist Files is written and produced by Leigh Fondakowski and Sarah Lambert

Featuring the Feminist Files Ensemble:

Jodie Foster as Dr. Bernice “Bunny” Sandler

Samira Wiley as Pauli Murray

Amy Hill as Representative Patsy Takemoto Mink

Mercedes Hererro as Ruth Bader Ginsberg, Edith Green, Alice Paul, Phyllis Schlafly, and ensemble parts

Margo Hall as Commissioner Frankie Freeman and ensemble parts

Chris Rickett as Vincent Macaluso and ensemble parts

Victoria Libertore as Ann Scott

Christina Sajous as Shirley Chisholm

And Alex Grubbs, Jules Latimer, Ronald Peet, RyanNicole in ensemble parts

Associate producers: Margo Hall, Victoria Libertore, and Diana Park

Executive producers: Stacey Book, Dominique Ferrari, Avi Glijansky, and Rora Brodwin

Original Music and Sound Design by: Gary Grundei

Theme music created by: Gary Grundei with vocals by Silversmith

Sound Engineering by: Julian Kwasneski

Additional Engineering by: Donovan Dorrance

Special Thanks to: Wendy Mink, Julia Lamber, Jean Robinson, The Scheslinger Library and its staff, Shari Hoffman, Charlotte Sheedy, and the estate of Pauli Murray.

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