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Gals Guide
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From the Gals Guide Women's History Academy, tune into this weekly share of a woman of history. Each Gal Pal presents their pick of the month, their share doesn't need to be a thesis statement, and drinking is encouraged...so this show is a lot of fun!
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Ginger Rogers - Leah's Pick for Movement & Joy in the Body
May 400:35:40Tap to summarizeLeah starts off the month with our new theme. In May, Gals Guide is learning from women who found wellness with Movement & Joy in the body. Leah talks about the famous quote and how it might be truer (and wiser) than we might have given it credit for. "Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did, but did it backwards...and in high heels." Also, a tribute and wish for Mother's Day.
Transcribe →Selma Miriam - Leah's Pick for Nourishment & The Table
Apr 2700:28:46Tap to summarizeThe world is a better place because Selma Miriam was in it... and we might not have known about her without the support of our patron Tony Vasquez. He was the one who sent us a DVD of the amazing documentary A Culinary Uprising: The Story of Bloodroot. Leah closes our learning theme with a wonderful example of Nourishment & The Table. Selma Miriam created a space for well being in so many women’s lives. Learn and share the story of Bloodroot a feminist, vegetarian, restaurant, and bookstore in Bridgeport Connecticut.
Transcribe →Leah Chase - Katie's Pick for Nourishment & The Table
Apr 2000:35:45Tap to summarizeKatie continues our learning theme - Nourishment & the Table - by talking about the Queen of Creole Cuisine, Leah Chase. Learn why her restaurant, Dooky Chase, was named one of the 40 most important restaurants of the past 40 years by Food & Wine.
Transcribe →Alexis Nikole Nelson - Amy's Pick for Nourishment & The Table
Apr 1300:32:04Tap to summarizeAmy Dalton is back on the show! Amy continues our learning theme - Nourishment & the Table by talking about The Black Forager, Alexis Nikole Nelson. Learn from this adorable forest fairy of a woman, all about how the outdoors are full of things we can eat and how we can have fun learning what is edible and what isn't.
Transcribe →Claire Saffitz - Bonnie's Pick for Nourishment & The Table
Apr 600:26:20Tap to summarizeBonnie starts our learning theme - Nourishment & the Table by talking about Desert Person, Claire Saffitz. Claire's describes being a desert person as "an attitude; it's about embracing cooking and eating as fundamental sources of pleasure."
Transcribe →Meditation - The Ground of Being
Mar 2300:13:48Tap to summarizeLeah finishes up Rest as Resistance month with a meditation. She learned this meditation from the Tara Mandala Center. She has been led in this meditation by Lama Tsultrim Allione as well as Lopon Charlotte Rotterdam. It’s a practice that can be done whenever you need it. It has a seed of Buddhism with mindful compassion at its center but you can use this process with any spiritual path, including no specific spiritual path.
Transcribe →Betty Ford - Katie's Rest as Resistance Pick
Mar 1600:32:06Tap to summarizeKatie continues Rest as Resistance Month talking about Betty Ford. Learn about the former First Lady whose clinic provided rest and awareness of those with substance use disorders.
Transcribe →Mother Jones - Debbi's Rest as Resistance Pick
Mar 900:38:05Tap to summarizeDebbi continues Rest as Resistance Month talking about Mother Jones. Learn about the activism of Mary G. Harris Jones to provide rest for the Industrial Workers of the World as well as transform child labor laws.
Transcribe →Tricia Hersey of the Nap Ministry - Leah's Rest As Resistance Pick
Mar 200:31:42Tap to summarizeLeah starts off Rest as Resistance Month with the woman who wrote the book on it, Tricia Hersey. Learn all about the amazing teaching artist and founder of the Nap Ministry. "Rest is a healing portal to our deepest selves. Rest is care. Rest is radical." - Tricia Hersey from Rest is Resistance
Transcribe →Jane Goodall - Leah's Heart & Connection Pick
Feb 2300:30:47Tap to summarizeLeah finishes Heart & Connection Month with a gal whose empathy for animals changed our understanding of the world. Learn about Jane Goodall and her amazing work with chimpanzees.
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