Broads You Should Know
Sara GorskyThe 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.
Rani Lakshmi Bai — India’s Joan of Arc
Mar 26 • 30m
Broad of the Year - Giséle Pelicot
Dec 26, 2024 • 21m
Santa Broads - The Women Who Saved Christmas
Dec 18, 2024 • 22m
Timoclea - OG Greek Revenge Killer
Dec 11, 2024 • 25m
Lizzie Magie - Inventor of the Original "Monopoly"
Dec 4, 2024 • 20m
Broad Opinions - What Do We Do Now? A Post-Election Reflection
Nov 13, 2024 • 24m
Norma McCorvey — aka ”Jane Roe” from Roe v Wade
Nov 6, 2024 • 37m
Galina Brok-Beltsova - The Last Night Witch
Oct 23, 2024 • 18m
The Broads of the Salem Witch Trials
Oct 16, 2024 • 54m
Broad Opinion: On Violence Against Women
Oct 9, 2024 • 28m
Izumo no Okuni — Inventor of Kabuki Theater
Oct 1, 2024 • 27m
Sarah Biffin - Limbless Renassiance Painter
Sep 25, 2024 • 24m
Elizabeth Packard - Fighter for Women's and Asylum Patient's Rights
Sep 11, 2024 • 48m
Nancy Dowd — Breakout Female Screenwriter of the 70’s
Sep 4, 2024 • 33m
Broad Opinion: A Tribute to Joan Davis - the Broad That Started It All
Aug 28, 2024 • 23m
Gudrid the Well-Traveled - Brave Viking Adventurer
Aug 21, 2024 • 57m
Simone Biles - GOAT Gymnast and All-Around Human Being
Aug 14, 2024 • 1h 0m
Broad Opinions: VP Kamala Harris for President
Jul 31, 2024 • 43m
Victoria C. Woodhull - First Woman to Run for U.S. President
Jul 24, 2024 • 41m
Broad Opinions - "Disastrous Debate" Hot Take
Jul 10, 2024 • 24m
Dervla Murphy - Irish Travel Writer Who Bicycled Across the World
Jul 3, 2024 • 32m
The Invisible Battalion — The Female Soldiers of the Ukrainian Army
Jun 26, 2024 • 21m
Joan of Arc — French Warrior, Blessed ”Maid” and Betrayed Martyr
Jun 5, 2024 • 50m
Chrysame of Thessaly - The Priestess Who Took Down an Army
May 22, 2024 • 12m
Broadly Speaking About Bears vs Men & Other Dangers
May 8, 2024 • 36m
Kadambini Ganguly — First Female Medical Doctor in India
Apr 24, 2024 • 31m
Mary Shelley - The Mother of American Gothic Horror
Mar 27, 2024 • 27m
Alexya Salvador — ”First Transgender Shepherd of Latin America"
Mar 20, 2024 • 25m
Carrie Johnson - 17 Year Old Who Faced a Capital Murder Trial
Feb 28, 2024 • 33m
Harriet Tubman - Mastermind Behind the Underground Railroad
Feb 21, 2024 • 32m
Alice H. Parker - Inventor of the Natural Gas Heater
Feb 14, 2024 • 15m
Constance Baker Motley — Lawyer, Judge, and ”Civil Rights Queen”
Feb 7, 2024 • 43m
Yu Gwan-sun — Korean Teenage Activist Who Fought for Independence
Jan 31, 2024 • 31m
Broadly Speaking #18 - Why Oscar Snubbed Barbie
Jan 24, 2024 • 43m
Dr. Jessica Wade - Our #1 Champion of Women in S.T.E.M.
Jan 17, 2024 • 25m
Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke - New Zealand’s Youngest Māori MP
Jan 10, 2024 • 22m
2023 Broads in Review
Jan 3, 2024 • 38m
Betsy Ross — Designer of the First American Flag
Dec 27, 2023 • 14m
Santa Broads - The Women Who Saved Christmas
Dec 20, 2023 • 22m
Walpurga Hausmännin - The Infamous German Babykiller
Nov 29, 2023 • 26m
Ana Koldings - ”Mother of the Devil” in Danish Witch Trials
Nov 8, 2023 • 19m
The Night Witches — Elite All-Female WWII Russian Air Force Unit
Nov 1, 2023 • 21m
Hypatia - Ancient Genius & ”Martyr of Philosophy”
Oct 18, 2023 • 26m
The Broads of the Salem Witch Trials
Oct 11, 2023 • 54m
Loyda Martinez - Fighting for the Rights of Los Alamos, NM
Aug 30, 2023 • 44m
Ruth Handler - The Mother of Barbie
Aug 16, 2023 • 27m
BYSK State of the Union
Aug 2, 2023 • 23m
Helen Hulick Beebe — Slacks-tivist & Innovator in Deaf Education
Jul 26, 2023 • 23m
Molly Craig - The Aborigine Girl Who Walked 1,000 Miles
Jul 12, 2023 • 26m
Sylvia Rivera — The OG Transgender Latina Activist
Jul 5, 2023 • 32m
Raquel Willis — Trans Author & Decorated Activist
Jun 21, 2023 • 34m
Broadly Speaking 15: The Fight for Trans Rights
Jun 14, 2023 • 42m
Sibyl Ludington - America’s Controversial Revolutionary Rider
May 24, 2023 • 18m
Ching Shih — From Prostitute to Ruler of a Pirate Empire
May 17, 2023 • 33m
Agnodice - The First Known Female Midwife
May 10, 2023 • 15m
Melitta Bentz - Inventor of the Paper Coffee Filter
Apr 19, 2023 • 17m
Boudica - Celtic Warrior Queen Extraordinaire
Apr 5, 2023 • 24m
Kathrine Switzer — First Woman to (Officially) Run the Boston Marathon
Mar 22, 2023 • 29m
Jean Nidetch — Founder of WeightWatchers [Lisa Callahan]
Mar 15, 2023 • 35m
Dottie Frazier - The First Female SCUBA Diving Instructor in the US
Mar 1, 2023 • 20m
Marian Anderson — African American Singer Who Broke Down Race Barriers
Feb 22, 2023 • 32m
Broadly Speaking 14: Black History Broads - Part 2
Feb 15, 2023 • 26m
Broadly Speaking 14: Black History Broads - Part 1
Feb 8, 2023 • 27m
Benedetta Carlini — Italian Mystic & Secret Lesbian [with Chloe Skye]
Jan 25, 2023 • 41m
Frances Farmer — The Actress Who Forged Her Dreams and Lost Her Mind
Jan 18, 2023 • 47m
Anne Heche — The Crazy, Brilliant Actress
Jan 11, 2023 • 31m
Broadly Speaking #13: The Spectacular Broads of 2022
Jan 4, 2023 • 51m
Hannah Chaplin - Charlie Chaplin’s Brilliantly Talented Mother
Dec 21, 2022 • 22m
Margery Kempe - Medieval Mystic and Inventor of ”Chaste Marriage”
Dec 7, 2022 • 29m
Hildegard von Bingen Part 2 - Visions, Madness, or Machinations?
Oct 12, 2022 • 23m
Broadly Speaking #12: ’The Woman King’ and Viola Davis’ Impending Oscar
Sep 21, 2022 • 42m
They Were Called Crazy - Exploring the Broads Who Wore That Label
Sep 7, 2022 • 23m
Marion Stokes — Secretly Archived 35 Years of TV [Sara Gorsky]
Aug 24, 2022 • 28m
Nancy Dowd — Breakout Female Screenwriter of the 70’s [Darren Callahan]
Aug 17, 2022 • 33m
Boudica — Celtic Warrior Queen Extraordinaire [Sara Gorsky]
Jun 22, 2022 • 24m
Rani Lakshmi Bai — India’s Joan of Arc [Sara Gorsky]
May 25, 2022 • 30m
Norma McCorvey — aka ”Jane Roe” from Roe v Wade [Chloe Skye]
May 18, 2022 • 37m
Broadly Speaking #10 - Advocacy and Activism
May 4, 2022 • 21m
Michelle Yeoh — Greatest Action Heroine of All Time
Apr 20, 2022 • 31m
Constance Baker Motley — Lawyer, Judge, and ”Civil Rights Queen”
Apr 13, 2022 • 43m
Artemisia Gentileschi — Baroque Painter Extraordinaire [Sara Gorsky]
Apr 6, 2022 • 29m
Daria Nicolodi — Italian Scream Queen & Horror Legend [Michael Kuciak]
Mar 23, 2022 • 31m
reBROADcast: Olga of Kyiv - The OG Boss Queen of Ukraine
Mar 9, 2022 • 25m
Myrlie Evers — Civil Rights Activist and NAACP Phenomenon [Sara Gorsky]
Feb 23, 2022 • 17m
Mary Kenner — Holds the Most US Patents of Any African-American Woman
Feb 16, 2022 • 17m
Izumo no Okuni — Inventor of Kabuki Theater [Steven Townshend]
Feb 2, 2022 • 27m
Kadambini Ganguly — First Female Medical Doctor in India [Sara Gorsky]
Jan 19, 2022 • 31m
Broadly Speaking #9: The Broads of 2021
Jan 5, 2022 • 34m
Charlotte Cushman — World-Famous 19th Century Actor [Dawn Alden]
Dec 29, 2021 • 59m
Na Hye-sok — Korean Artist, Writer and Radical Feminist [Earl T. Kim]
Nov 24, 2021 • 38m
Broadly Speaking #8 — Sara & Chloe look back on 100 Episodes
Sep 22, 2021 • 46m
Ada Lovelace — World's First Computer Programmer [Chloe Skye]
Sep 15, 2021 • 22m
Broads of the 2021 Tokyo Olympics [Sara Gorsky]
Aug 18, 2021 • 25m
"Behind the Scenes" Broads (You Should Know) [Sara Gorsky]
Aug 4, 2021 • 42m
Broadly Speaking #7: Top 10 Broads of 2020
Jul 7, 2021 • 14m
Ma Rainey — Mother of the Blues who Inspired Generations [Jupiter Stone]
Mar 31, 2021 • 38m
Ching Shih — From Prostitute to Ruler of a Pirate Empire [Sara Gorsky]
Mar 24, 2021 • 33m
Pele — Hawaiian Goddess of Volcanoes and Fire [Jupiter Stone]
Jan 13, 2021 • 35m
Nakano Takeko — One of the Last Samurai Warriors [Sara Gorsky]
Dec 16, 2020 • 20m
Chief Theresa Kachindamoto — The Marriage Terminator [Sam Eggers]
Dec 9, 2020 • 18m
Broadly Speaking #5: One Year of Broads (You Should Know)
Nov 18, 2020 • 24m
Broadly Speaking #4: A Toast to Ruth Bader Ginsburg — The Notorious RBG
Oct 14, 2020 • 18m
Broadly Speaking #3: "Disney's Mulan" Reactions & Review
Sep 9, 2020 • 34m
Annie Edson Taylor — Went Over Niagara Falls in a Barrel [Sam Eggers]
Jul 22, 2020 • 21m
Dr. Jane Cook Wright — Revolutionized Cancer Research [Sam Eggers]
Jul 8, 2020 • 16m
Jacinda Ardern — PM of New Zealand [Chloe Skye]
Jun 17, 2020 • 33m
Hedy Lamarr — Inventor of Wi-Fi and Successful Film Star
Mar 4, 2020 • 33m
Olga of Kiev — Viking Queen & Patron Saint of Widows and Converts
Jan 22, 2020 • 22m
Lili'uokalani — First and Last Queen of the Hawaiian Kingdom
Jan 15, 2020 • 17m
Betsy Ross — Designer of the first American Flag
Jan 1, 2020 • 14m
Fatima Al-Fihriya — Founder of world's first University
Dec 25, 2019 • 21m
Mileva Maric — The physicist who co-wrote Einstein’s theories
Dec 18, 2019 • 23m
Greta Thunberg — Swedish teenage climate advocate
Nov 27, 2019 • 14m
Virginia Hall (aka The Limping Lady) — Elite UK Spy during WWII
Nov 20, 2019 • 18m
Empress Dowager Cixi — From concubine to world leader
Nov 13, 2019 • 30m
Margaret Hamilton — Mother of software engineering
Nov 13, 2019 • 21m
Madam CJ Walker — America’s first black millionaire
Nov 13, 2019 • 20m
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