The Exploress
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Empress Börte and Life for Women in the Mongol Empire
50 mins; March 30, 2026
Giving Cleopatra Voice with Natasha Solomons
44 mins; February 11, 2026
Empress Cleopatra of Ancient Egypt
116 hours 2 mins; January 22, 2026
Empress Theodora & Life for Women in the Byzantine Empire
62 hours 20 mins; December 17, 2025
Empress Taytu Betul & Life for Women in 19th-century Ethiopia
52 mins; November 26, 2025
Women Who Ruled the World with Elizabeth Norton
48 mins; November 13, 2025
The Voodoo Queen of New Orleans, Marie Laveau
33 mins; October 27, 2025
Women's Medicine in the 19th Century (with a side of spice) with Adriana Herrera
47 mins; October 13, 2025
Empress Nur Jahan & Life for Women in Mughal India
51 mins; September 24, 2025
Empress Trailer
53 secs; September 24, 2025
Heroines of the Harlem Renaissance with Victoria Christopher Murray
37 mins; August 05, 2025
A Lady's Life in the Viking Age, Part 5: Shield Maidens and Sorceresses
48 mins; July 23, 2025
A Lady's Life in the Viking Age, Part 4: Weavers, Traders, Raiders, and Slaves
38 mins; July 09, 2025
Lesbian Fashion History with Eleanor Medhurst
41 mins; June 23, 2025
The Wild Times of Julie D'Aubigny
22 mins; June 15, 2025
Ladies Who Sleuth in Regency England with Alison Goodman
70 hours 3 mins; May 20, 2025
1,001 Nights with Al-Khayzuran
23 mins; May 07, 2025
A Lady's Life in the Viking Age, Part 3: The Daily Grind
43 mins; April 22, 2025
A Lady's Life in the Viking Age, Part 2: Relationships, Marriage, and Power
45 mins; April 07, 2025
A Lady's Life in the Viking Age, Part 1: Finding the Norse
42 mins; March 20, 2025
A Lady's Life in the Viking Age: The Goddess Freyja
15 mins; March 06, 2025
Love and War in Ancient Rome with Jenny Williamson
41 mins; February 25, 2025
Re-Release: Spiritualists & Mediums of 19th-Century America
49 mins; October 22, 2024
Re-Release: The History of Witch Hunts in Scotland and England
47 mins; October 10, 2024
Forty Elephants: The All-Female Crime Gang of 1920s London
12 mins; September 23, 2024
Lady Pirates and Queen Elizabeth I's Golden Age of Piracy
41 mins; September 09, 2024
Announcement!
1 min; September 02, 2024
The FYREBIRDS Audiobook
36 mins; August 30, 2024
Writing Magical Women and the Belle Epoque with author Ryan Graudin
55 mins; August 28, 2024
NIGHTBIRDS: Let's Talk Spoilers
34 mins; August 14, 2024
FYREBIRDS and the Women of 1920s Prohibition, Revisited
69 hours 38 mins; August 08, 2024
Crude, Rude, and Setting the Mood: An Interview with Therese O'Neill
39 mins; July 29, 2024
The History of the Bikini
36 mins; July 12, 2024
A Lady's Life in Tokugawa Japan, 4: Off to Battle with Samurai Warrior Women
40 mins; June 24, 2024
A Lady's Life in Tokugawa Japan, Part 3: Fashion & Fun with the Glamorous Geisha
55 mins; June 06, 2024
A Lady's Life in Tokugawa Japan, Part 2: Home, Duty, Marriage, and Tea
50 mins; May 22, 2024
A Lady's Life in Tokugawa Japan, Part 1: Welcome to the Edo Era
34 mins; May 08, 2024
The Crusader Queens, Part 2
29 mins; April 22, 2024
The Crusader Queens, Part 1
36 mins; April 08, 2024
Queens with Swords: Teuta, Amanirenas, and Mavia (Mawiyya)
19 mins; March 18, 2024
The Black Female Entertainers of the 1920s
46 mins; February 29, 2024
The Female Movie Stars of 1920s Hollywood
52 mins; February 08, 2024
America's Fight for Women's Rights: Interview with Elizabeth Cobbs
56 mins; February 01, 2024
A Lady's Life in the 1920s, Part 4: A Friday Night
44 mins; December 18, 2023
The Lady Killers of 1920s Chicago
46 mins; December 03, 2023
Writing the Women of Pompeii: Elodie Harper Interview, Part 2
53 mins; November 15, 2023
Giulia Tofana, Italy's Poison Queen
18 mins; November 01, 2023
A Lady's Life in the 1920s, Part 3: A Thursday at Home
36 mins; October 17, 2023
A Lady's Life in the 1920s, Part 2: A Wednesday at Work
42 mins; October 02, 2023
A Lady's Life in the 1920s, Part 1: A Summer Saturday
41 mins; September 14, 2023
Unsinkable: The Women Aboard the Titanic
71 hours 27 mins; July 06, 2023
Celebrating Women of Myth with Ancient History Fangirl
59 mins; May 29, 2023
Writing Black Women Back into History: Interview with Krystal Marquis
34 mins; May 01, 2023
The Women of the 1920s Who Defied Prohibition
62 hours 17 mins; April 20, 2023
The Women of the 1920s Who Supported Prohibition
49 mins; March 27, 2023
Writing 1920s-Inspired Historical Fiction with Lyssa Mia Smith
46 mins; March 15, 2023
The Exploress: NIGHTBIRDS Edition
57 mins; February 27, 2023
The 1920s, But Make It Fiction with Amie Kaufman
61 hours 37 mins; February 26, 2023
The Flappers of the 1920s
51 mins; February 20, 2023
Re-Release: The Women's Suffrage Movement & American Voting Rights (The 2023 Edition)
60 hours 57 mins; February 13, 2023
Being Queen with Elizabeth I
44 mins; January 12, 2023
Education in Tudor England with Queen Katherine Parr
52 mins; December 20, 2022
Sex in Tudor England with Queen Catherine Howard
62 hours 50 mins; November 27, 2022
Magic, Poison, and Sex in the French Court of King Louis XIV
30 mins; October 18, 2022
WWII Code Girls with Ellie Marney
63 hours 40 mins; October 04, 2022
Courtship in Tudor England with Queen Anne of Cleves
55 mins; September 20, 2022
Tudor Ladies in Waiting: Interview with Sylvia Barbara Soberton
48 mins; September 02, 2022
Childbirth in Tudor England with Queen Jane Seymour
54 mins; August 08, 2022
Was Shakespeare Really A Woman?
25 mins; July 22, 2022
Reimagining Catherine of Aragon and Anne Boleyn for The King's Wife Musical: Interview with Jennifer Kranz
49 mins; July 07, 2022
All Things Anne Boleyn: Interview with Natalie Grueninger
80 hours 46 mins; June 23, 2022
Fashion in Tudor England with Queen Anne Boleyn
54 mins; June 08, 2022
Religion in Tudor England with Queen Catherine of Aragon, Part 2
36 mins; March 29, 2022
Religion in Tudor England with Queen Catherine of Aragon, Part 1
33 mins; March 18, 2022
Introducing: Pub Dates
2 mins; February 15, 2022
The History of Mrs, Miss, and Ms
15 mins; December 20, 2021
The Magnificent Lady Fu Hao
13 mins; December 13, 2021
A Brief History of Sequins
13 mins; December 06, 2021
Women and Witch Hunts in Scotland and England
47 mins; October 30, 2021
Re-Release: A History of Women & Poison
40 mins; October 18, 2021
A Lady's Life in Tudor England, Part 9: Feast & Fun
33 mins; October 11, 2021
A Lady's Life in Tudor England, Part 8: Women of Business
21 mins; October 04, 2021
A Lady's Life in Tudor England, Part 7: A Woman's Work, Continued
16 mins; September 27, 2021
A Lady's Life in Tudor England, Part 6: A Woman's Work is Never Done
20 mins; September 20, 2021
A Lady's Life in Tudor England, Part 5: Let's Get Dressed
23 mins; September 13, 2021
A Lady's Life in Tudor England, Part 4: Getting Clean
16 mins; September 06, 2021
A Lady's Life in Tudor England, Part 3: Of Godliness and Privies
11 mins; August 30, 2021
A Lady's Life in Tudor England, Part 2: Rise and Shine
15 mins; August 23, 2021
A Lady's Life in Tudor England, Part 1: Where Are We, Exactly?
13 mins; August 16, 2021
A History of Menstruation
36 mins; August 02, 2021
The Wolf Den: Interview with Elodie Harper
42 mins; May 13, 2021
Rebel Warrior Queens: Boudicca and Zenobia
65 hours 48 mins; March 22, 2021
Sisters in Arms: Cleopatra and the Hasmonean Women
38 mins; February 15, 2021
The First Ladies of the Roman Empire, Part 6: Empress Agrippina
40 mins; January 24, 2021
The First Ladies of the Roman Empire, Part 5: Agrippina the Younger
49 mins; January 11, 2021
The First Ladies of the Roman Empire, Part 4: Livia and Both Agrippinas
50 mins; November 13, 2020
The Women's Suffrage Movement & American Voting Rights
58 mins; October 31, 2020
The First Ladies of the Roman Empire, Part 3: Livia and Agrippina the Elder
48 mins; October 24, 2020
A Brief History of the Bra
28 mins; October 08, 2020
The First Ladies of the Roman Empire, Part 2: Livia, Octavia, and Julia
54 mins; September 25, 2020