Broads You Should Know

Jan 29 2025 200 ep. 30 mins 207

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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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Eva "Evita" Perón - Part 1: The Legacy and Legend of Argentina's Most Famous Broad

Jan 29 2025 39 mins

Maria Eva Duarte Perón grew up in poverty with her mother after the death of her father. Falling in love with performance, she became a radio star, model and then moderately successful actress. An activist from early on - she took on leadership roles with the actor unions and became politically active - eventually meeting Juan Perón at an event and almost never leaving his side.

Artemisia Gentileschi — Baroque Painter Extraordinaire

Jan 21 2025 29 mins

This week, Sara brings us the incomparable Italian painter Artemisia Gentileschi! She is considered one of the foremost painters of the 17th century, eclipsing her father's skill and considered more brazen than Caravaggio himself. Due to her own exceptional skill and brilliant business tactics, Artemisia's popularity exploded and she painted commissions for the most elite patrons a

Mayor Karen Bass - Los Angeles' First (and Best!) Female Mayor

Jan 15 2025 41 mins

After a week of flames and ash, some of which were in Sara's backyard, Los Angeles is reeling from the devastation. Amidst it all, certain ill-intentioned bad eggs have started a whole bunch of rumors about the incompetence of Mayor Karen Bass. Sara is here to tell you that not only are these bad eggs ill intentioned and seeking political gain from their falsehoods, they are just f

Tomyris — Queen of the Massagetae Who Defeated Cyrus II

Jan 08 2025 28 mins

This week, Sara brings us the ancient warrior queen Tomyris! In 500 BCE Cyrus II conquers much of Asia to form the first Persian Empire, but his ego and greed are insatiable, and eventually he crosses swords with the wrong Queen; Tomyris and her fierce, nomadic horse warriors face off their attacker in a blaze of glory and sorrow to take revenge on the biggest bully in the world. A

Malala Yousafzai — Peace Advocate Who Survived a Taliban Assassination

Jan 01 2025 37 mins

This week, Sara brings us the story of the one and only Malala Yousafzai, who was targeted for assassination because she dared to speak out against the Taliban. She survived and continues to preach peace and acceptance of all people. — 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! BroadsYouShouldK

Broad of the Year - Giséle Pelicot

Dec 26 2024 21 mins

Sara's Broad of the Year - the woman who has made the most profound impact on women and women's rights this year is none other than Giséle Pelicot. This week saw the conclusion of the criminal trial against her ex-husband who drugged her without her knowledge, and 50 other men who r@ped her when she was drugged over the course of a decade. Giséle made the incredible choice to not

Santa Broads - The Women Who Saved Christmas

Dec 18 2024 22 mins

When America ran out of Santas during World War II what happened? Was Christmas cancelled while the men were overseas fighting? NOPE! The Rosie the Riveter spirit persisted, and WOMEN stepped up to the plate! But not everybody was happy about it. Learn how these Santa Broads came to be, who loved them, who hated them, and most importantly - DID THEY WEAR THE BEARD, TOO? Also, what

Timoclea - OG Greek Revenge Killer

Dec 11 2024 25 mins

When Alexander the Great defeated Thebes in 335 CE him and his soldiers decimated the city - killing 6,000 Thebans and enslaving over 30,000. In the process, a drunk, disorderly captain forces his way into Timoclea's home, sexually assaults her, and attempts to rob her of her wealthy property. But clever Timoclea talks this drunk ahole into retiring her gold from an empty well, and

Lizzie Magie - Inventor of the Original "Monopoly"

Dec 04 2024 20 mins

Did you know that one of the most popular American Board games of all time - MONOPOLY - was actually invented by a Broad?! That right! Lizzie Magie invented THE LANDLORD'S GAME to help teach the concept of Georgism to the masses, and even patented it in 1904, 30 years before the Monopoly patent was filed. As we dive down the rabbit hole we discover not only more about the incredib

Anacaona - Haitian Queen Who Led with Peace & the BYSK THANKSGIVING CHALLENGE!

Nov 27 2024 23 mins

While history marks the first Thanksgiving as being in Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1621, it turns out that when Christopher Columbus (and his *sshole brother, Bartholomew) first land in modern-day Haiti in 1492, they were warmly welcomed and assisted in a similar fashion by today's Broad, Anacaona! A powerhouse leader of the Taino people, Anacaona led her people NOT into war, as so