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We're back: Introducing Phoebe!
Chickstory is back with a new look a new co-host but the same incredible stories about often overlooked women from history.
Meet Phoebe, my new co-host. Phoebe resides on Wadawurrung land and is your resident history detective and super sleuth (her parents also refer to her as a "sticky beak'') she is passionate about genealogy and discovered a love of researching families, their origins and finding skeletons in the closet (and coaxing them out). This is mostly due to her fascination with her own family history which is abundant with stories and mysteries from all over the world.
It took Phoebe a while to find her groove and work out what she wanted to do, but after an epiphany, while reading the newspaper in her early-20s, she realised that history "detectiving" was what she needed to do. So, she established Born & Bred Historical Research eight years ago to do just that. Born & Bred researches just about anything and everything you might imagine: family trees, family history, the history of your home, business or property, heir searches, oral history interviews, as well as being passionate about helping indigenous Australians with their genealogy. I'm thrilled to welcome Phoebe, and we can't wait to share many more stories of remarkable women with you!
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8. S8 Ep 8 - Eunice Newton Foote & Kitty McEwan
49:06||Season 8, Ep. 8In the final episode of the season, Annie tells Phoebe all about Eunice Newton Foote - an American scientist, inventor, and women's rights campaigner who was the first scientist to identify the climate phenomenon now referred to as the greenhouse effect. And, Phoebe tells Annie all about Kitty McEwan an Australian sports journalist, golfer and former superintendent for the Australian Women's Land Army in Victoria and, is believed to have been the first female sports journalist in Australia.7. S8 Ep 7 - Alice Cornwell & Amy Johnson
01:04:52||Season 8, Ep. 7In this week's episode, Phoebe tells Annie all about Alice Cornwell, a British goldmining industrialist and newspaper proprietor who made her fortune from gold and floated her company on the London Stock Exchange. Phoebe tells Annie all about Amy Johnson, the first woman pilot to fly solo from London to Darwin.6. S8 Ep 6 - The 'Ladies' Bridge & Phoebe Chappel
45:30||Season 8, Ep. 6In this episode, Annie tells Phoebe the real story of the Waterloo Bridge, otherwise known as the "Ladies Bridge", and Phoebe tells Annie all about Phoebe Chappel - MM MBBS BSc, a South Australian medical doctor, decorated for her heroic service in France during World War I and the first Australian, and the only female doctor, to receive the Military Medal – awarded for gallantry in the field.5. S8 Ep 5 - Louise Mack and Bertha Benz
58:55||Season 8, Ep. 5In this week's episode - Phoebe tells Annie all about Australian poet, journalist and novelist Louise Mack, who in 1914 became the first female war correspondent during World War I and Annie tells Phoebe all about Bertha Benz - business partner, investor and wife of automobile inventor Carl Benz who was the first person to drive an internal-combustion-engined automobile over a long distance whilst field testing the Benz Patent-Motorwagen.4. S8 Ep 4 - Emma Goldman & Isabel Myers Briggs
01:03:39||Season 8, Ep. 4In this episode, Annie tells Phoebe all about Isabel Myers Briggs, an American writer who co-created the Myers–Briggs Type Indicator with her mother, Katharine Cook Briggs. The MBTI is one of the most often used personality tests worldwide; over two million people complete the questionnaire each year. And, Phoebe tells Annie all about Emma Goldman, a Russian-born anarchist revolutionary, political activist, and writer. She played a pivotal role in the development of anarchist political philosophy in North America and Europe in the first half of the 20th century.3. S8 Ep 3 - Mary Somerville & Valentina Tereshkova
58:39||Season 8, Ep. 3In this episode, Phoebe tells Annie all about Mary Somerville, a Scottish scientist, writer, and polymath who studied mathematics and astronomy, and in 1835 was elected the first female Honorary Member of the Royal Astronomical Society. Annie tells Phoebe all about Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman in space, who flew a solo mission on Vostok 6 on June 16, 1963.1. S8 Ep 2 - Mary Blair & Brettena Smythe
58:16||Season 8, Ep. 1In this episode, Annie tells Phoebe about Mary Blair, a prominent concept artist who was pivotal in producing well-known art and animation for The Walt Disney Company, and Phoebe tells Annie about Brettena Smythe, an Australian women's rights activist and entrepreneur.1. S8 Ep 1 - Kate Cocks & Louisa Lawson
48:04||Season 8, Ep. 1We'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.Introducing - Can I Pat Your Dog? With Yvie Jones
05:28|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.