Giulia Tofana is known for inventing the deadly (and untraceable) poison known as Aqua Tofana, which was the most feared cause of death by men living in Renaissance Italy. She exclusively sold her poisons to women trapped in abusive or loveless marriages, freeing them from their servitude and/or existence as their husbands' property.
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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!
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Broads You Should Know is hosted by Sam Eggers, Sara Gorsky, & Chloe Skye. This week, Jupiter Stone guests.
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Jupiter Stone
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Sam Eggers
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Modern Eyes with Skye and Stone, where Chloe Skye & Jupiter Stone look at films from 10 or more years ago through Modern Eyes
Skye and Stone do Television, where Chloe Skye & Jupiter Stone review TV shows. Thus far, they've covered Euphoria, Watchmen, and Lovecraft Country
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Broads You Should Know is produced by Chloe Skye & Jupiter Stone and edited by Chloe Skye
Mary Edwards Walker — First female U.S. war surgeon, POW, & only woman to receive the Medal of Honor
Heroes of the Coronavirus — The women who are fighting to slow the spread, pass legislation, & find a cure for COVID-19
Hua Mulan — The (Possibly Fictional) Legend Who Inspired A Nation For Centuries
Indira Gandhi — Hero or Villain? The First Female PM of India was Rife with Contradiction
Irena Sendler — Responsible for Saving 2,500 Children During the Holocaust
Hedy Lamarr — Inventor of Wi-Fi and Successful Film Star
Mary McLeod Bethune — Political Activist, Educator of Black Youth, & VP of the NAACP
"Stagecoach" Mary Fields — The whiskey-drinking, gun-toting, bar-fighting mail carrier of the Wild West
Broadly Speaking #1: Is "Broad" a curse word?, Roxane Gay's "Bad Feminist", "Cheer" on Netflix, & more!
Marsha P. Johnson — “The Mayor of Christopher Street", LGBT Activist at Stonewall
Dorothy Bolden — Civil Rights Leader & Founder of National Domestic Worker's Union
Sarah Goode — Inventor, First African American Woman to receive a US Patent
Olga of Kiev — Viking Queen & Patron Saint of Widows and Converts
Lili'uokalani — First and Last Queen of the Hawaiian Kingdom
Eartha Kitt — American singer/actress (& more) who overcame being Blacklisted by a US President
Betsy Ross — Designer of the first American Flag
Fatima Al-Fihriya — Founder of world's first University
Mileva Maric — The physicist who co-wrote Einstein’s theories
Sacagawea — Navigator, translator, & mother during Lewis & Clark expedition
Tuira Kayapo — The native Brazilian woman who single-handedly stopped construction of $500M dam
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