Chickstory

In this week's episode, Phoebe tells Annie all about Beatrice Shilling, a woman whose small but remarkable invention helped Britain battle Germany in the Second World War! Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/chickstory . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week's episode - Annie tells Phoebe all about Mary Dyer, a brave and remarkable woman who paid the ultimate sacrifice for taking a stand on what she believed in. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/chickstory . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Phoebe debuts her first ever Chickstory and tells Annie all about Lola Montez, a woman whose infamous 'Spider Dance' made it all the way to Goldfields of Melbourne. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/chickstory . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In our very first Ep of the season, Annie tells Phoebe all about Mary Anning - an English fossil collector and palaeontologist whose findings contributed to changes in scientific thinking about the history of the earth and prehistoric animals. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/chickstory . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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...

After 4 Seasons and 75 episodes, Yvie has finally left the Chickstory podcast nest and become a real hen to make it in the big time. Personally, I thought she'd never leave. In this final Ep with Yvie and Annie, we take a look back at some of our favourite eps over the last 2 years. What next for Chickstory? We'll be back with Annie plus! a brand new co-host - so stay tuned!! Support this show htt...

Well, it finally happened, life got in the way of recording an Ep this week so we're replaying one of our most popular eps - S2 Ep 2 with special guest Clementine Ford. It seems fitting to replay this ep today in light of Clementine's recent defamation suit win against The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age. "I have never been a woman easily controlled and I am not about to start now" - Clementine...

In this week's Ep, Annie tells Yvie all about one of the most wanted women of the Gestapo - Australian/New Zealander Nancy Wake. This incredible story almost doesn't seem real and much of what she did was the inspiration behind the movie Inglorious Bastards. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/chickstory . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We've probably all heard of Jack Black, but did you know his mum, Judith Love Cohen, was an American aerospace engineer? We also chat about the harrowing case of Sue Neil Fraser and the amazing Documentarian, Eve Ash, who is fighting for her release plus! we launch a new segment - 'Doing The Bare MiniMAN. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/chickstory . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/priv...

This week Annie takes a look a the incredible women behind the 1980's Jobs for Women campaign that led to a historic 14-year anti-discrimination court battle with Australia's biggest company at the time - BHP. Inspired by the ABC documentary Women of Steel these women paved the way for many more anti-discrimination cases to follow and is considered one of the most important cases of its kind in Au...

This week Yvie tells Annie all about one of the women who inspired the Paramount+ series The Gilded Age. Alva Erskine Belmont was obsessed with being accepted by the New York elite but she was also a fierce feminist who was behind the first suffrage parade in New York City in 1910. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/chickstory . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information...

This week Annie tells Yvie all about one of the most important whistleblowers in NSW policing history - Sallie-Anne Huckstepp who paid the ultimate price for being a brave, fearless and incredible woman. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/chickstory . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We are dedicating this weeks episode to Beverly, Yvie's beautiful fur baby who we sadly lost last week. Yvie has chosen one of her favourite episodes to revisit, Frances Levvy who was one of Australia's first animal activists and co-founder of RSPCA. We love you Beverly 08/08/2006 - 17/02/2022 xx Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/chickstory . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for m...

You might think you know her... maybe you've watched The Crown and maybe you've even visited The Palace but have you heard the Chickstory episode about Her Majesty? We do something completely nuts to kick off Season 4 and feature one of the most well-known women in the world - The Bloody Queen. We also chat about Amanda McKenzie, this week's CITN - CEO and co-founder of The Climate Council. Welcom...

In this final episode of Season 3, we chat about Chicks in Linguistics, think syntax, phonetics, phonology, morphology.. Sexy right? We feature a chick who is making history advocating for language rights for deaf children - this story is incredible! Speaking of sexy wait till you hear our 1900 voices. Yvie's CITN is a woman who has taught her dog to speak and little Bev even makes...

Ok, stay with us on this Ep! Yvie and Annie try to talk about women in Tech. Annie thinks STP’s are real trees that talk to each other and Yvie throws around acronyms like she’s bloody Steve Jobs. She casually drops words like Protocol, LAN and Loops like she actually knows what she’s talking about. We really have bitten off more than we can chew. We hope the smart listeners appreciate it. Pl...

Chickstory- serving you orally since 2020! This week we chat about women in Faaaaarrrsshhun and Annie tells Yvie all about one of Coco Chanel's rivals, Elsa Schiaparelli. Elsa was the first French-Italian female designer to merge art and fashion and her surrealist designs in the early 20th century meant many heralded her as a fashion genius and, she invented the wrap dress 40 years before Diane vo...

This week we look at women throughout history and the contributions they've made to food. We take a look at how women were instrumental in the agricultural revolution! (you guessed it - women were first - men followed) Our CITN is a proud Ualarai Barkandji woman and bushfood educator Jody Orcher, who is making it her mission to educate people on indigenous bush foods and medicine. Yvie tells Annie...

Don't be fooled by this weeks ep - we haven't all of sudden decided to do a bread podcast, although if the first 10 mins are anything to go by you might be mistaken. Annie eventually gets to tell Yvie all about Mary Shelley, the amazing writer behind one of the greatest gothic novels of all time - Frankenstein. We chat about Maid which takes Yvie on a much-deserved rant and we highlight young writ...

In this weeks ep, we chat about Chicks in Comedy and explore that age-old trope - 'Women aren't funny' (how very dare they!). We explore the life and incredible career of one of comedies greatest stars from yesteryear and we also chat about one of our favs from today. Annie talks about her newest crush Stanley Tucci but Yvie doesn't like the way he speaks. Pffffft. Got an amazing story about a Chi...

In this 'Chicks in Politics' episode, Annie takes us all the way back to Imperial China where we learn all about a young woman in her 20's who ruled the Qing Dynasty for nearly half a century. We also discuss the new Foxtel show Impeachment and spoiler alert- Annie is up to Ep 3 of Scenes From a Marriage and it's v v sad! Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/chickstory . Hosted on Acast. S...

In this episode, we take a look at women in law enforcement, from Australia's first female detective to a hero of today who is helping victims of rape, track and monitor their DNA testing kits. We stop waffling at 21:04 (although you do not want to miss Yvie's Skyhooks performance!) Got an amazing story about a Chick In History? Email us at mychickstory@gmail.com Follow us on Instagram: @chickstor...

In our first themed episode - Chicks in Pandemics, Annie and Yvie look back at pandemics throughout history and how chicks have risen to the challenge! Got an amazing story about a Chick In History? Email us at mychickstory@gmail.com Follow us on Instagram: @chickstory_podcast and TikTok @chickstorypodcast. Executive Producers Yvie Jones and Annette Staglieno Edited by Annette Staglieno Support th...

You’ve probably heard of Florence Nightingale, but have you heard of Mary Seacole? In this Ep- Annie tells Yvie all about the OG Mary Seacole, a British-Jamaican woman who was turned away time after time for offering her ‘Doctress’ services during the Crimean War. Mary takes matters into her own hands and builds her own hospital to nurse and assist the wounded during the war. Our Chicks in the Now...

This weeks episode we chat about Bessie Coleman who was an early American civil aviator. She was the first African-American woman and first Native American to hold a pilot license. And our CITN are all the women in Afghanistan who have gone back under taliban rule. We stop waffling at - 22:33 Got an amazing story about a chick in history of your own? Email your Chickstory to mychickstory@gmail.com...