Watch Her Cook

Cassie Yahnian and Danielle LaRock
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Watch Her Cook is a podcast about the women who made history—or headlines. Every Wednesday, friends Cassie and Danielle dive into the stories of women who shattered norms, defied expectations, and proved their skills and aspirations reached far beyond the kitchen. From brave trailblazers to those who stirred up a scandal, we’re uncovering the bold, brilliant, and sometimes brazen women who left their mark!

  1. OCT 1

    Julia Child: Stirring Up America’s Appetite

    Before food TV came to be, one woman taught America how to cook with joy… and lots of butter. From writing to working for the CIA, Julia Child’s path led her to Paris, where she discovered French cuisine and forever changed how America eats. Follow us on Instagram: @watchhercookpodcast  Sources: The history of chocolate | alimentarium The French Chef - SNL  French Onion Soup | The French Chef Season 1 | Julia Child  Excerpt from 'A Covert Affair: Julia Child and Paul Child in the OSS' » PopMatters  The Passionate, Progressive Politics of Julia Child | The New Yorker  Paul Child, Artist, Dies at 92 - The New York Times  JULIA CHILD / 1912-2004 - Los Angeles Times Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    46 min

  2. SEP 24

    Violet Jessop: The Titanic Survivor Who Lived To Tell 3 Tales

    She is known as “Miss Unsinkable.” Between the years 1908 and 1950, Violet Jessop worked as a stewardess and nurse aboard some of the most famous ships in history. Incredibly, she survived not one, not two, but three maritime disasters- including the Titanic itself.  Follow us on Instagram: @watchhercookpodcast  Sources: The Stunning Survival Story of Ernest Shackleton and His Endurance Crew | HISTORY  Titanic survivor : the memoirs of Violet Jessop, stewardess https://web.archive.org/web/20120117003457/http://www.biography.com/people/violet-jessop-283646  Violet Constance Jessop : Titanic Stewardess (Survivor)  The Woman Who Survived All Three Disasters Aboard the Sister Ships: the Titanic, Britannic, and Olympic  Unsinkable Violet Jessop: Survivor of the Titanic and two other ship disasters | Sky HISTORY TV Channel  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    42 min
  3. The Black Angels: The Outbreak of Tuberculosis

    SEP 17

    The Black Angels: The Outbreak of Tuberculosis

    In the early decades of the twentieth century, tuberculosis was a shadow that loomed over New York City. Amid segregation and discrimination in American health care, a group of black nurses at New York’s Sea View Hospital rose to the occasion. Follow us on Instagram: @watchhercookpodcast  Sources: The Underground Railroad | Short History Of... | Noiser History Podcasts  Tuberculosis  Virginia Allen, one of the last surviving “Black Angels”, is Graduation Keynote Speaker | NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing  The ‘Black Angels’ who helped cure tuberculosis - The Emancipator  (The Black Angels: The Untold Story of the Nurses Who Helped Cure Tuberculosis by Maria Smilios) The Heroic Black Nurses Who Helped Cure Tuberculosis | Scientific American  "Racial and Religious Democracy": Identity and Equality in Midcentury Courts by Elizabeth D. Katz :: SSRN Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    45 min
  4. Chevalière d’Éon: The Transgender Spy

    SEP 10

    Chevalière d’Éon: The Transgender Spy

    In 18th-century France, Chevalière d’Éon became famous as a brilliant spy and diplomat- and one of the first openly transgender figures in European history. Throughout their life, it was unknown if they were a man or a woman, living boldly between identities and loyalties, carrying out secret missions for both France and England. Follow us on Instagram: @watchhercookpodcast Sources: She went to the field : women soldiers of the Civil War : Tsui, Bonnie : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive  The Incredible Chevalier d'Eon, Who Left France as a Male Spy and Returned as a Christian Woman - Atlas Obscura  D'Eon de Beaumont, his life and times; : Homberg, Octave, 1876-1941 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive  Lettres, mémoires et négociations particuliéres du chevalier d'Éon : Misitre Plemipotentiaire aupres du Roi de la Grande-Bretagne; avec M.M. les Ducs de Praslin, de Nivernois, de Sainte-Foy, & Regnier de Guerchy, Ambassad. Extr. &c.&c.&c. : Eon de Beaumont, Charles Geneviève Louis Auguste André Timothée d', 1728-1810 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive  The Chevalière d'Eon, Transgender Autobiography and Identity - Morris - 2019 - Gender & History - Wiley Online Library  The French Diplomat Who Lived as Both a Man and a Woman | HISTORY  Charles, chevalier d’Éon de Beaumont | French secret agent, Eonism | Britannica  French Revolution: Timeline, Causes & Dates | HISTORY  Louis XIV | Palace of Versailles BBC - History - King Louis XV  Le Secret du roi ou l'histoire d'une sottise on JSTOR Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    44 min
  5. Mina Crandon and Rose Mackenberg: Exposing Fraudulent Mediums

    SEP 3

    Mina Crandon and Rose Mackenberg: Exposing Fraudulent Mediums

    During the height of spiritualism in the 1920s, Boston medium Mina "Margery" Crandon became a sensation with her dramatic séances and claims of spiritual contact. But not everyone was convinced. Rose Mackenberg, an investigator who worked alongside Houdini, went undercover to expose fraudulent mediums across the country - including mediums like Mina. Follow us on Instagram: @watchhercookpodcast  Sources: Hauntings - Series 1: 1. The Enfield Poltergeist - BBC iPlayer  Enfield Poltergeist | Skeptical Inquirer  Overlooked No More: Rose Mackenberg, Houdini’s Secret ‘Ghost-Buster’ - The New York Times  HOUDINI'S GREATEST NEMESIS — American Hauntings  Houdini's Greatest Trick: Debunking Medium Mina Crandon  “The First Klansman”: Xenophobia, Faith, and Redemption in the Indiana Klan | Invisible Indianapolis  Ghosts, apparitions, and poltergeists : an exploration of the supernatural through history Article clipped from The Gazette The New York Times Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    46 min
  6. Frances Glessner Lee: The Mother of Forensic Science

    AUG 27

    Frances Glessner Lee: The Mother of Forensic Science

    Imagine a dollhouse, but amongst the miniature furniture and doors, you find…a murder scene. Frances Glessner Lee- often referred to as the “Mother of Forensic Science” - created tiny crime scenes known as the Nutshell studies, to revolutionize the way detectives investigated real cases. In this episode, we uncover how a woman from Chicago’s elite society transformed her privilege and passion into a legacy that shaped modern forensic science. Follow us on Instagram: @watchhercookpodcast  Sources: Frances Glessner Lee – Science Technology and Society a Student Led Exploration  Murder Is Her Hobby: Frances Glessner Lee and The Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death The Woman Who Invented Forensics Training with Doll Houses | The New Yorker  Tiny Murder Scenes are the Legacy of N.H. Woman Known as 'The Mother of CSI' | New Hampshire Public Radio  Glessner House  The Story of a House: Frances Glessner Lee and Erle Stanley Gardner  Death in Diorama: The Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death | Legacy of Frances Glessner Lee  Frances Glessner Lee: The Mother of Forensic Science - A&E True Crime  The Formation of the Department of Legal Medicine · Corpus Delicti: the Doctor as Detective · OnView  Solon and Croesus  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    44 min

  7. AUG 20

    Georgia Frontiere: The First Lady of the NFL

    Georgia Frontiere rose from the entertainment world to become one of the most powerful women in professional sports, making history as the first female primary owner of an NFL team. Facing intense public scrutiny, she guided the Los Angeles Rams to a Super Bowl championship and cemented a legacy of resilience, vision, and underestimated leadership in the league. Follow us on Instagram: @watchhercookpodcast  Sources: Former Rams Cornerback Jalen Ramsey Spotted in Los Angeles Socialite moved Rams to St. Louis - Los Angeles Times  Georgia Frontiere, 80, First Female N.F.L. Owner, Is Dead - The New York Times  End of an Era: The Rise and Fall of Georgia Frontiere  ESPN.com: NFL - L.A. Confidential, Part 1: Retracing the missteps in L.A.  57c. The Equal Rights Amendment  Who Killed the ERA? | Linda Greenhouse | The New York Review of Books  What is your opinion on Georgia Frontiere? : r/LosAngelesRams  From the Archives: Georgia Frontiere is St. Louis' misery, and it can have her - Los Angeles Times  Google newspaper The Myth of 'Bloody Mary,' England's First Queen  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    51 min
  8. Mary Anning: The Fossil Hunter of the Jurassic Coast

    AUG 13

    Mary Anning: The Fossil Hunter of the Jurassic Coast

    In the early 19th century, most people thought extinction was impossible - if no new creatures appeared, how could any have ever vanished? Mary Anning, a young fossil hunter from Lyme Regis, proved them wrong with discoveries that rewrote Earth’s history. Living on the Jurassic Coast, she became the first to uncover the first complete skeleton of an extinct marine reptile, changing paleontology forever. Follow us on Instagram: @watchhercookpodcast  Sources: Mary Anning: the unsung hero of fossil discovery  Mary Anning: Biography  Mary Anning 1799-1847 Mary Anning- museum of earth  The life of Mary Anning, fossil collector  Smithsonian magazine  The geological society  Mcgill- William Buckland  Sir Henry De La Beche  Rosalind Franklin Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    43 min
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Watch Her Cook is a podcast about the women who made history—or headlines. Every Wednesday, friends Cassie and Danielle dive into the stories of women who shattered norms, defied expectations, and proved their skills and aspirations reached far beyond the kitchen. From brave trailblazers to those who stirred up a scandal, we’re uncovering the bold, brilliant, and sometimes brazen women who left their mark!

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    Cassie Yahnian and Danielle LaRock
  • Years Active
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