Booking Overview
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Episodes: 183
Frequency: Biweekly
Rating: 4.8/5.0
Estimated listeners: 10k-100k
Gender skew: Female
Location: USA
YouTube: 2.1k subscribers
Instagram: 5.4k followers
Contact Information
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whatshernamepodcast@gmail.com
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Host
Katie Nelson - Professor-turned-podcaster and co-founder of a women's-history podcast created with her sister.
Olivia Meikle - Professor-turned-podcaster and co-founder of a women's-history podcast created with her sister.
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Recent Guest Discussions
Jane Harrington - Marie-catherine D'aulnoy, Women Fairy-tale Writers, Hidden Critiques Of Patriarchy, And Original Versions Of Classic Fairy Tales.
Kay Turnbaugh - Goldie Griffith, Women Of The Wild West, Bronco Riding, Boxing, And The Overlooked Lives Of Pioneering Cowgirls.
Tilar Mazzeo - Mary Ann Patten's Leadership During A Dangerous Sea Voyage And The Historical Life Of The Young Female Sea Captain's Wife.
Kathleen Brady - Clare Of Assisi, Agnes Of Bohemia, Women's Religious Leadership, Poverty, And Conflicts With Patriarchal Authority In Medieval Christianity.
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Episodes
THE FAIRYTELLER Marie-Catherine d'Aulnoy
August 31, 2026
350 years ago in Paris, Marie-Catherine d'Aulnoy retired from espionage and formed a Fairy Tale Resistance. Her team of women wrote over 70 fairy tales, each with hidden critiques of patriarchy and gender roles. We now know their stories as Rapunzel, Beauty and the Beast and more. But in their original versions, strong women saved themselves. So how did the Brothers Grimm get it so spectacularly wrong? Professor Jane Harrington unearths the story of Marie-Catherine d'Aulnoy, whose real li...
THE LAST OF THE WILD WEST COWGIRLS Goldie Griffith
August 17, 2026
Goldie Griffith lived at least a dozen different lives. From preteen boxer in a sketchy snake-oil show, to bronco-riding superstar of the world-famous Buffalo Bill Wild West, to accidental bigamist and bartender - Goldie dived headlong into every new endeavor with her trademark fearless enthusiasm. And she never shot a husband who didn't deserve it. Olivia is on location in Nederland, Colorado with Kay Turnbaugh, author of The Last of the Wild West Cowgirls. Music featured in t...
THE SEA CAPTAIN Mary Ann Patten
August 03, 2026
It's 1857. A clipper ship is headed into a monster storm at Cape Horn- the most dangerous waters on earth. The captain is in a coma; the first mate is locked up in the brig. Who can lead the ship through the jaws of death? Mary Ann Patten, a pregnant 19-year-old from the Boston slums, that's who! Katie brings us a love story and incredible adventure- and all of it really happened. Our guest is bestselling biographer (and sailor!) Tilar Mazzeo, author of The Sea Captain's Wife....
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