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The podcast about amazing and noteworthy women from history! A Broad is a woman who lives by her own rules; Broads You Should Know shares the stories of those Broads who have helped shape our world.
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Wednesday Aug 16, 2023
Wednesday Aug 16, 2023
Ruth (Moskowicz) Handler was born the 10th child to a family of immigrants and from the get-go she was a hard working Broad jumping quickly from the local soda fountain to Paramount Pictures in Los Angeles. Her boyfriend Elliott was quick to follow, and soon enough they tie the knot, a partnership that would prove to be a huge success in both the personal and corporate worlds.
How did Ruth originally conceive of the idea of Barbie? How did she influence Barbie's design and development as the line continued? And more importantly - how did Ruth's savvy marketing genius push Barbie and Mattel into the #1 toy manufacturer spot? Oh yeah - and what's the story behind the "trouble with the IRS" that was mentioned in the movie?
Well - you'll have to listen to find out!
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A Broad is a woman who lives by her own rules. Broads You Should Know is the podcast about the Broads who helped shape our world!
3 Ways you can help support the podcast:
- Write a review on Apple Podcasts
- Share your favorite episode on social
- Tell a friend!
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Broads You Should Know is hosted by Sara Gorsky.
IG: @SaraGorsky
Web master / site design: www.BroadsYouShouldKnow.com
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Broads You Should Know is produced by Sara Gorsky & edited by Chloe Skye
Wednesday Aug 09, 2023
Wednesday Aug 09, 2023
Sara welcomes back guests Chloe Skye and Zach Livingston to gush over and analyze the new Greta Gerwig Barbie Movie and the way that the world is reacting to it!
We daresay NEVER in the history of blockbuster filmmaking, has a film so well articulated the damage that patriarchy inflicts on EVERY PERSON it touches (yes, it's bad for Kens, too!), and so precisely defined the challenges ALL women face in balancing the contradictory expectations inflicted on us by patriarchy (truly masterful work, America Ferrera!).
And GUESS WHAT? Despite what the haters are saying, this movie is NOT just for women! The journey that Ken, and all the Kens go through is freaking phenomenal, and from the mouth of Zach (our personal Ken) it's a powerful message that all men need to hear!
Pull up a chair for this deep dive armchair analysis of probably the best movie of the year and certainly one of our personal favs of all time.
**SPOILER ALERT** If you haven't seen the movie yet and don't want anything spoiled, PRESS PAUSE and come back to listen once you've seen it because we definitely sort through all the nuts and bolts of the story in this episode.
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A Broad is a woman who lives by her own rules. Broads You Should Know is the podcast about the Broads who helped shape our world!
3 Ways you can help support the podcast:
- Write a review on Apple Podcasts
- Share your favorite episode on social
- Tell a friend!
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Broads You Should Know is hosted by Sara Gorsky.
IG: @SaraGorsky
Web master / site design: www.BroadsYouShouldKnow.com
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Broads You Should Know is produced by Sara Gorsky & edited by Chloe Skye
Wednesday Aug 02, 2023
Wednesday Aug 02, 2023
Why isn't there another new Broad for you today? What in the world has been going on with Broads You Should Know the past few weeks?!
The short answer: JURY DUTY. Sara was held captive by the "Justice" System, and now that the case is over she can finally tell all about what it was like to be on a Jury, and why she's feeling pretty messed up about it.
BUT FIRST! We preview all the great new Broads episodes we've got coming down the pipeline including our own "Barbenheimer" with some of your favorite past pod guests, including a special on the mother of Barbie, Ruth Handler, and the truth about what really happened at Los Alamos and the Broad who has been fighting to protect those indigenous lives that were ruined by Oppenheimer's project. There's even more to be excited about in the coming weeks and months, so give it a listen and then come back next week for another Broad You Should Know!
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A Broad is a woman who lives by her own rules. Broads You Should Know is the podcast about the Broads who helped shape our world!
3 Ways you can help support the podcast:
- Write a review on Apple Podcasts
- Share your favorite episode on social media / tell a friend about the show!
- Send us an email with a broad suggestion, question, or comment at BroadsYouShouldKnow@gmail.com
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Broads You Should Know is hosted by Sara Gorsky.
IG: @SaraGorsky
Web master / site design: www.BroadsYouShouldKnow.com
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Broads You Should Know is produced by Sara Gorsky & edited by Chloe Skye
Wednesday Jul 26, 2023
Wednesday Jul 26, 2023
Sara has been stuck in Jury Duty (where she's forbidden to act out in any way) so it's a great excuse to revisit our episode about Helen Hulick Beebe - the woman who DARED to wear pants to the courthouse in defiance of the judge...
Helen Hulick Beebe is working as a teacher in Los Angeles in 1938, and when she's called to court to testify in a burglary case she inadvertently causes quite the ruckus by...wearing pants! The Judge is outraged and reschedules the court date with an order to wear a dress when she returns, but Helen refuses to comply and the ire of the Judge boils over. The whole ordeal that follows lasts months and makes headlines across the country, putting Helen and her "slacks-tivism" into the spotlight.
However, her story doesn't end there. Helen goes on to pioneer a new method of teaching for deaf students. Known today as the auditory-verbal approach, her method has opened the door for hearing impaired students and their families, making it possible to interact with the hearing world at a level that was previously impossible.
How did Helen's battle against the pants-hating Judge ultimately play out? And how did she chart a pathway to develop, then expand the auditory-verbal approach? You'll have to listen to find out!
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A Broad is a woman who lives by her own rules. Broads You Should Know is the podcast about the Broads who helped shape our world!
3 Ways you can help support the podcast:
- Write a review on Apple Podcasts
- Share your favorite episode on social media / tell a friend about the show!
- Send us an email with a broad suggestion, question, or comment at BroadsYouShouldKnow@gmail.com
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Broads You Should Know is hosted by Sara Gorsky.
IG: @SaraGorsky
Web master / site design: www.BroadsYouShouldKnow.com
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Broads You Should Know is produced by Sara Gorsky & edited by Chloe Skye
Wednesday Jul 19, 2023
Wednesday Jul 19, 2023
We just passed her birthday on June 6th, so it's a great time to revisit our episode on Frida Kahlo — the Mexico-born painter and revolutionary whose tragic backstory adds depth to her work.
Frida originally wanted to be a doctor, but a bus accident left her broken and bedridden for an extended period of time. While she was confined to her room, she began painting self-portraits and developing her own unique style. After impressing muralist Diego Rivera with her work, they were married and Frida began traveling the world with him and developing a reputation of her own.
Check out the episode to learn more about Frida Kahlo, her life story, and the passion & emotions that drove her work.
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3 Ways you can help support the podcast:
- Write a review on Apple Podcasts
- Share your favorite episode with a friend or on social
- Send us an email with a broad suggestion, question, or comment at BroadsYouShouldKnow@gmail.com
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Broads You Should Know is hosted by Sara Gorsky.
IG: @SaraGorsky
Web master / site design: www.BroadsYouShouldKnow.com
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Broads You Should Know is produced by Sara Gorsky & edited by Chloe Skye
Wednesday Jul 12, 2023
Wednesday Jul 12, 2023
From the very beginning of the colonization of Australia, the treatment of Aborigine people was atrocious, but the end of the 19th century the codification of that treatment upticked sharply in an attempt to flat out remove the Aborigine people via cultural erasure and breeding, so when Molly Craig entered the world around 1915 the deck was heavily stacked against her.
After 14 year old Molly, and her sister and cousin, are all ripped away from their mothers' arms and transported almost 1,000 miles away to the other side of the country to be "re-educated and cared for" by white people, Molly makes one of the most epic decisions ever seen in Australia: She takes her sister and cousin, and they run away from the horrors of the camp to go back home...ON FOOT!
Her story is absolutely remarkable and it's one you certainly don't want to miss!
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A Broad is a woman who lives by her own rules. Broads You Should Know is the podcast about the Broads who helped shape our world!
3 Ways you can help support the podcast:
- Write a review on Apple Podcasts
- Share your favorite episode on social media / tell a friend about the show!
- Send us an email with a broad suggestion, question, or comment at BroadsYouShouldKnow@gmail.com
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Broads You Should Know is hosted by Sara Gorsky.
IG: @SaraGorsky
Web master / site design: www.BroadsYouShouldKnow.com
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Broads You Should Know is produced by Sara Gorsky & edited by Chloe Skye
Wednesday Jul 05, 2023
Wednesday Jul 05, 2023
We've talked a lot about Marsha P. Johnson but today we're finally circling around to her other half - her best friend and co-founder of STAR House - Sylvia Rivera!
Orphaned at a young age and suffering much abuse at the hands of her caretakers, Sylvia left home at eleven years old and never looked back. She found a new home with the drag queens of 42nd Street who took her in, dubbed her Sylvia, and taught her how to survive the streets.
Her activist heart was in action long before the Stonewall Riots, and she was supposedly there that night with Marsha, and said threw the second molotov cocktail that kicked off the riots!
Much of her story mimics Marsha's - being rejected by the greater Gay Liberation movement and shuffled to the sidelines - even denied the right to march in the first pride parade (thought her and Marsha did anyway!), but Sylvia remained a fighter for most of her life and left behind some epic stories in her wake. Listen now to hear her full story!
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A Broad is a woman who lives by her own rules. Broads You Should Know is the podcast about the Broads who helped shape our world!
3 Ways you can help support the podcast:
- Write a review on Apple Podcasts
- Share your favorite episode on social media / tell a friend about the show!
- Send us an email with a broad suggestion, question, or comment at BroadsYouShouldKnow@gmail.com
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Broads You Should Know is hosted by Sara Gorsky.
IG: @SaraGorsky
Web master / site design: www.BroadsYouShouldKnow.com
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Broads You Should Know is produced by Sara Gorsky & edited by Chloe Skye
Wednesday Jun 28, 2023
Wednesday Jun 28, 2023
Mademoiselle Chevalier d'Éon is a contentious figure among modern historians. For the first 40 years of her life she lives as a man, during which time she works as a spy for the French Government, serves in the military, negotiates the Treaty of Paris (ending the Seven Years War with Britain), and blackmails the King of France to avoid imprisonment. However, eventually, rumors begin to spread that she is actually a woman — so what does this 18th century Broad do to quash the rumors? She decides to....OH WAIT - you'll have to listen to find out!
It's a must-listen episode about one of the earliest Broads in modern history to officially transition in the eyes of her Government, and though her story may not be one you've heard before, but it's certainly one you'll never forget!
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A Broad is a woman who lives by her own rules. Broads You Should Know is the podcast about the Broads who helped shape our world!
3 Ways you can help support the podcast:
- Write a review on Apple Podcasts
- Share your favorite episode on social media / tell a friend about the show!
- Send us an email with a broad suggestion, question, or comment at BroadsYouShouldKnow@gmail.com
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Broads You Should Know is hosted by Sara Gorsky.
IG: @SaraGorsky
Web master / site design: www.BroadsYouShouldKnow.com
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Broads You Should Know is produced by Sara Gorsky & edited by Chloe Skye
Wednesday Jun 21, 2023
Wednesday Jun 21, 2023
When you google the term "trans activist" you'll find Raquel Willis is at the top of your results. Empowered & encouraged by her loving and supportive family, even in the wake of her father's passing, Raquel was lit up by the activist flame as Black Lives Matter took center stage in the US, but frustrated by the lack of support for transgender people within the movement - Raquel was determined to shift her activist focus specifically to her own trans community. When she was catapulted to the stage at the inaugural Women's March in DC (where her mic was cut off, by the way!) she quickly rose to the forefront in the fight for equal rights that our trans sisters face everyday. Oh yeah, and she's only 33!
Listen now to hear her whole story, including her groundbreaking role as Executive Editor of Out Magazine - the FIRST transgender and black person to hold the position in it's 30-year reign.
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A Broad is a woman who lives by her own rules. Broads You Should Know is the podcast about the Broads who helped shape our world!
3 Ways you can help support the podcast:
- Write a review on Apple Podcasts
- Share your favorite episode on social media / tell a friend about the show!
- Send us an email with a broad suggestion, question, or comment at BroadsYouShouldKnow@gmail.com
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Broads You Should Know is hosted by Sara Gorsky.
IG: @SaraGorsky
Web master / site design: www.BroadsYouShouldKnow.com
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Broads You Should Know is produced by Sara Gorsky & edited by Chloe Skye
Wednesday Jun 14, 2023
Wednesday Jun 14, 2023
Chloe Skye joins Sara to ring in PRIDE MONTH on the pod. Specifically, this year, we are celebrating and lifting up the stories of our trans sisters. WHAT IS GOING ON with all these States trying to erase the existence of transgender people? What is all this vitriol and hatred REALLY ABOUT and how can we fight against it, and best support our trans friends?
As a proud member of the trans community, Chloe's personal insights bring an astounding depth of knowledge and perspective to a conversation that is too often reduced to sound bytes by local and social media. JOIN US to celebrate pride by learning more about what it means to be trans, especially in 2023, and why WE ALL have a moral imperative to protect and defend our transgender friends and dispel the terrible myths and lies that conservatives have twisted and sold as facts. This is an episode you won't want to miss!
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A Broad is a woman who lives by her own rules. Broads You Should Know is the podcast about the Broads who helped shape our world!
3 Ways you can help support the podcast:
- Write a review on Apple Podcasts
- Share your favorite episode on social
- Tell a friend!
—
Broads You Should Know is hosted by Sara Gorsky.
IG: @SaraGorsky
Web master / site design: www.BroadsYouShouldKnow.com
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Broads You Should Know is produced by Sara Gorsky & edited by Chloe Skye