Chickstory

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.

Hi Chickstorians! Just jumping into your feed to let you know Chickstory is taking a wee break while Annie works on a brand new podcast with the OG Chickstorian Yvie Jones called Can I Pat Your Dog? It's out on August 29th and we'd love you to give it a follow. Join Yvie each week as she visits a celebrity in their home to ask if she can pat their dog! Expect to laugh, learn and fall in love with some of Australia's favourites when they let us into their world of being a dog parent. Follow on your preferred podcast app - https://lnk.bio/CanIPatYourDogPodcastCan I Pat Your Dog? is proudly brought to you by Big Dog Pet Foods.

In the final ep of Season 7, Annie tells Phoebe all about Slawa Horowitz, an inventor, artist, interior designer, and teacher who designed, patented and manufactured the folding umbrella! If you have a spare 2 minutes, we'd love for you to rate and review our little podcast; it helps people like you who might also like what do find us!Chick PicksPodcast: Bronwynhttps://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/bronwyn/id1748010922Book: At The foot Of The Cherry Tree - Alli Parkerhttps://www.booktopia.com.au/at-the-foot-of-the-cherry-tree-alli-parker/book/9781460763520.html

This week, Phoebe tells Annie all about Ettie Rout, a safe sex campaigner in World War 1, who designed safe sex kits after recognising the venereal disease problem during the war. Her kits were handed out to all soldiers going on leave in an effort to administer preventative methods. If you have a spare 2 minutes, we'd love for you to rate and review our little podcast; it helps people like you who might also like what do find us!Chick PicksPodcast: Buried Boneshttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/buried-bones-a-historical-true-crime-podcast-with/id1455668750Book: The Accident - Fiona Lowehttps://www.booktopia.com.au/the-accident-fiona-lowe/book/9781867246992.html

This week, Annie tells Phoebe all about Eleanor of Toledo, a Spanish noblewoman who became the world's first lady as the Duchess of Florence—the first wife of Cosimo I de' Medici. A keen businesswoman, she financed many of her husband's political campaigns and is credited with introducing tomatoes, amongst other herbs and vegetables, to Italy. If you have a spare 2 minutes, we'd love for you to rate and review our little podcast; it helps people like you who might also like what do find us!Chick PicksTV Show: Stanley Tucci- Searching for Italyhttps://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/tv-series/stanley-tucci-searching-for-italy/season-2Book: With My Little Eye - Sandra Hoganhttps://www.booktopia.com.au/with-my-little-eye-sandra-hogan/book/9781760878467.html

This week, Phoebe tells Annie all about Marie Beuzeville Byles, the first practising female solicitor in New South Wales. She was also an Australian conservationist, pacifist, mountaineer, explorer, avid bushwalker, feminist, journalist, and original member of the Buddhist Society in New South Wales.If you have a spare 2 minutes, we'd love for you to rate and review our little podcast; it helps people like you who might also like what do find us!Podcast: Dolly Parton's Americahttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dolly-partons-america/id1481398762Book: Holly Throsbyhttps://www.hollythrosby.com/