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34 Circe Salon -- Make Matriarchy Great Again -- Disrupting HistoryMiriam Robbins Dexter - Sacred Script of Old Europe - with Vicki NobleAccording to Marija Gimbutas, "During the sixth millennium B.C., the Old Europeans developed a writing system; like many other Old European achievements, writing grew out of religious symbols and signs." How did this writing system work and what was its function? And why has its primacy and importance been overlooked by scholars?Join us as we discuss this topic with Miriam Robbins Dexter, Ph.D., who holds a B.A. in Classics and a Ph.D. in Indo-European Studies (comparative linguistics, archaeology and mythology) from the University of California, Los Angeles. Her friend and col...
2023-06-251h 04
34 Circe Salon -- Make Matriarchy Great Again -- Disrupting HistoryVicki Noble - The Matriarchy of Old Europe - New VersionIn a classic recording, Vicki Noble joins Sean Marlon Newcombe and Dawn "Sam" Alden to discuss the matriarchal roots of Western Civilization. "Old Europe" is the term given to a set of advanced cultures that lasted for thousands of years west of the Black Sea. The topic so controversial, mainstream scholarship often refuses to address it. Vicki's knowledge and detail of this history (or "herstory") is not to be missed.This was initially presented in five parts. It has now been edited in long-form for your listening pleasure.
2023-06-111h 23
34 Circe Salon -- Make Matriarchy Great Again -- Disrupting HistoryMiriam Robbins Dexter - Tarim Basin Mummies - with Vicki NobleJoin us as we discuss the fascinating story of the Tarim Basin mummies with Miriam Robbins Dexter. The Tarim Basin mummies are naturally mummified human remains that were discovered in China's Tarim Basin dating from around 2,000 BC to AD 200. Their origins have attracted international attention over their “Western” physical appearance. Where did these people come from and how do they relate to the migrations of both the matriarchal civilizations and Indo-European invaders that we've discussed on other podcasts?Miriam Robbins Dexter, Ph.D., holds a B.A. in Classics and a Ph.D. in Indo-European Studies (comparative linguis...
2023-06-041h 05
Broads You Should KnowValiant Ladies of Potosí — Teenage Peruvian Vigilantes of the 1600s [Dawn ”Sam” Alden]This week, Sara brings on guest host Dawn "Sam" Alden to teach us all about the Valiant Ladies of Potosí, two teenage girls who loved sword fighting, mayhem, and one another, and traveled the countryside to defend the freedom of the underprivileged. Check out the full episode to learn more of their exploits, and why they qualify as Broads You Should Know!
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2023-05-3121 min
34 Circe Salon -- Make Matriarchy Great Again -- Disrupting HistoryMichelle Manu - Women In Hawaiian Martial ArtsJoin us as we discuss the role of women in Hawaiian martial arts and traditional combat with stuntwoman and martial artists Michelle Manu. Ms. Manu is a native of Hawaii and is a stuntwoman and a teacher of the Hawaiian martial art called "Lua."Sean Marlon Newcombe and Dawn "Sam" Alden co-host.
2023-05-2847 min
34 Circe Salon -- Make Matriarchy Great Again -- Disrupting HistoryJoan Marler -- Talks On Marija Gimbutas -- Part 2 (with Vicki Noble)The second part of our talk with Joan Marler about her mentor Marija Gimbutas. Joan is the Founder and Executive Director of the Institute of Archaeomythology. She is the editor of The Civilization of the Goddess (1991) by Marija Gimbutas and From the Realm of the Ancestors: An Anthology in Honor of Marija Gimbutas (1997). Joan lectures internationally about the work of Maria Gimbutas and she is working on a biography of Dr. Gimbutas.Vicki Noble joins us to share her experiences with Dr. Gimbutas and her work as well.Sean Marlon Newcombe and Dawn "Sam...
2023-05-212h 01
34 Circe Salon -- Make Matriarchy Great Again -- Disrupting HistoryWho Were The Amazons? -- Max Dashu Interview -- Encore PresentationThe Amazons are our inspiration and we thought it would be good to introduce our new listeners to some of discussions on the topic. In a wonderful, spirited discussion, we present and encore episode in which Max Dashu discusses her research into the warrior women called "Amazons." How did the Ancient Greek conception of femaleness shape the stories of Amazons that we know today? What is the relationship of Amazon concept to the warrior tribes that existed in the Black Sea region? Was there really a standalone tribe of warrior women? Sean Marlon Newcombe and Da...
2023-04-221h 09
34 Circe Salon -- Make Matriarchy Great Again -- Disrupting HistoryJoan Marler -- Talks On Marija Gimbutas -- Part 1 (with Vicki Noble)Join us as we talk with Joan Marler about her mentor Marija Gimbutas. Joan is the Founder and Executive Director of the Institute of Archaeomythology. She is the editor of The Civilization of the Goddess (1991) by Marija Gimbutas and From the Realm of the Ancestors: An Anthology in Honor of Marija Gimbutas (1997). She worked closely with Marija Gimbutas as her personal editor from 1987-1994 and lectures internationally on Prof. Gimbutas’ life and work. Joan is working on a biography of Dr. Gimbutas and discusses with her legacy and continued influence.Vicki Noble joins us to share her exper...
2023-04-101h 07
34 Circe Salon -- Make Matriarchy Great Again -- Disrupting HistoryMary Mackey On Creativity (with Vicki Noble)What is the source of creativity? Where do poems come from? How does an artist come into being?Join us as we chat with Mary Mackey about her new book Creativity. Mary Mackey is the author of eight collections of poetry and fourteen novels, including the New York Times best-seller A Grand Passion and The Village of Bones, The Year The Horses Came, The Horses At The Gate, and The Fires of Spring, four sweeping historical novels that take as their subject the earth-centered, Goddess-worshiping cultures of Neolithic Europe. In her new book Mary takes on he...
2023-04-021h 05
34 Circe Salon -- Make Matriarchy Great Again -- Disrupting HistoryJack Weatherford - The Secret History of the Mongol Queens -- Encore PresentationEasily one of our favorite episodes, this extraordinary and little-known bit of history always amazes.Deliberately erased from history, the story of the women of the Mongol Empire was one of tremendous achievement. Genghis Khan encouraged equality of the genders and his daughters, granddaughters, daughters-in-law took advantage of that to great success. Prof. Jack Weatherford is one of the foremost scholars of Mongol history and a New York Times Best Seller author. He has recovered the stories of these powerful women and shares the tales of their amazing lives with Sean Marlon Newcombe and Dawn "Sam" Alden.
2023-03-121h 39
34 Circe Salon -- Make Matriarchy Great Again -- Disrupting HistoryInternational Women's Day Episode with Vicki NobleJoin us as we celebrate the history and relevance of International Women's Day (IWD). From it's inception as an outgrowth of socialist labor movements in the early 20th Century to it's modern incarnation as a global day of awareness of the struggles of women, International Women's Day has provided an annual opportunity to focus on female empowerment. We will touch upon the United States Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) and whether this could be the year that American women will have their equal rights enshrined in the US Constitution. Also, we will talk about this year's UN theme for...
2023-03-081h 02
34 Circe Salon -- Make Matriarchy Great Again -- Disrupting HistoryJohn Colarusso -- The Women of the Nart Sagas -- Encore PresentationWe present an encore presentation of John Colarusso's discussion of the the fabulous Nart Sagas. As our following has grown, we'd like to acquaint our new listeners with some of the foundational topics of this podcast. The Nart Sagas touch upon many of the foundational concepts explored in this podcast. These sagas are a collection of heroic tales from the Black Sea Region and the Caucasus which are notable for their stories of warrior women and mystical matriarchs. In the Classical World, Caucasia was known as the land of the fearsome female fighters whose name would pass into...
2023-02-261h 27
34 Circe Salon -- Make Matriarchy Great Again -- Disrupting HistoryIn Praise of the Goddess-- Winter GoddessesWhile there is still a chill in the air, let us take a moment a praise the Goddesses of Winter! Join Dawn "Sam" Alden as she regales us with tales of the Frosty Feminine Divine. You'll hear stories of winter goddesses from cultures around the world-- including a few places that you might not expect!Sean Marlon Newcombe co-hosts.
2023-02-1952 min
34 Circe Salon -- Make Matriarchy Great Again -- Disrupting HistoryNative American Matriarchal Culture - The LenapeThe Lenape people are the original inhabitants of a region that stretched from southern New York State through New York City to the state of Delaware. (They are also known as "The Delaware Nation.") They were eventually displaced to Oklahoma by colonialist encroachment, but their cultural legacy is still powerful in both locations. One aspect of that culture that is rarely discussed is its matriarchal character. Jeremy Johnson, Cultural Education Director of the Delaware Tribe, joins us to tell us about this matriarchal heritage.Sean Marlon Newcombe and Dawn "Sam" Alden co-host.
2023-02-121h 01
34 Circe Salon -- Make Matriarchy Great Again -- Disrupting HistoryPodcast Takeover - Home To Her - Liz Childs Kelly, Vicki Noble and Dawn "Sam" AldenAn exploration of why we want to "make matriarchy great again," with our own Dawn "Sam" Alden and Vicki Noble joining Liz Childs Kelly on her "Home To Her" podcast. Liz Childs Kelly created the Home To Her podcast in order to, in her words, "Remember and reconnect with the Sacred Feminine, an ancient Divine force known intimately by ancestral peoples around the world." Please listen here and then go over to Liz's podcast as well to enjoy the great discussions she has about the feminine divine:https://www.hometoher.com/
2023-01-221h 14
34 Circe Salon -- Make Matriarchy Great Again -- Disrupting HistoryFeminine Divine - Rev. Dr. Kate CressMake Matriarchy Great Again returns for 2023 and our first episode of the new year is part of the Feminine Divine series. In this episode we interview the Rev. Dr. Kate Cress, an Episcopal priest who talks to us about her journey from a non-religious upbringing to a life of faith and the role that women have played in that journey. Dawn "Sam" Alden and Sean Marlon Newcombe co-host.
2023-01-1556 min
34 Circe Salon -- Make Matriarchy Great Again -- Disrupting HistoryMax Dashu - Pythias and Classical Oracular WomenWhat was the oracular tradition like in Ancient Greece and what were its matriarchal roots? Join us we talk with Max Dashu about this incredible tradition.Sean Marlon Newcombe and Dawn "Sam" Alden co-host.
2022-11-131h 13
34 Circe Salon -- Make Matriarchy Great Again -- Disrupting HistoryFemale Revenge Movies - Thelma & Louise (1991)The iconic film Thelma & Louise debuted in 1991 and changed the cinematic landscape forever. Join Vicki Noble, Dawn "Sam" Alden and Sean Marlon Newcombe as they examine this legendary female revenge film and its effect on culture.
2022-09-191h 06
34 Circe Salon -- Make Matriarchy Great Again -- Disrupting HistoryVicki Noble - Marija Gimbutas Symposium - Encore PresentationWe present an encore presentation of Vicki Noble's discussion of the Marija Gimbutas Symposium from 2021. As our following has grown, we'd like to acquaint our new listeners with some of the foundational topics of this podcast. Without question, the matriarchal scholarship of Marija Gimbutas is a guiding force of Make Matriarchy Great Again-- as is the matriarchal scholarship of Vicki Noble! In fact, Vicki is teaching a course on the matriarchal origins of civilization. You can find out more here:https://www.yogaandthemoon.fr/vicki-waitlistCelebrating the centennial of Marija Gimbtutas' birth, the Asso...
2022-09-111h 08
34 Circe Salon -- Make Matriarchy Great Again -- Disrupting HistoryWomen Have Always Fought - Encore PresentationJoin us in an encore presentation of one of our earliest episodes: "Women Have Always Fought." In it, Dawn "Sam" Alden talks with Sean Marlon Newcombe about the myriad of women warriors throughout history and how their stories have been erased. In many ways, this episode is foundational to understanding the spirit of our podcast and to clarifying the themes that we seek to explore.Also please take a look at our video excerpt at: https://youtu.be/B4EA8BwdCJkOriginally aired May 25, 2020
2022-08-3137 min
34 Circe Salon -- Make Matriarchy Great Again -- Disrupting HistoryWomen Have Always Fought - Encore PresentationDawn "Sam" Alden talks with Sean Marlon Newcombe about the myriad of women warriors throughout history and how their stories have been erased. What we talk about in this episode is in many ways foundational to what we’d like to achieve in this podcast. These are the stories we’d like to tell about women and truths about them that we wish to uncover. Please also take a look at a video excerpt of this episode: https://youtu.be/B4EA8BwdCJk
2022-08-3137 min
34 Circe Salon -- Make Matriarchy Great Again -- Disrupting HistoryRematriartion - Voices of Indigenous WomenJoin us for a wonderful discussion of the rematriation movement as it impacts Native American people. According to the women leading the this movement, "rematriation" refers to the Indigenous concept of reclaiming ancestral remains, spirituality, culture, knowledge and resources in a manner that honors the feminine and the female in culture. Rematriation is a way to reclaim indigenous culture and sovereignty while keeping a matriarchal perspective.We talk with Kristen McCormick, an activist involved in Native American and environmental issues, as well as a CEO of a company, to discuss how Native American women's voices have become...
2022-08-2152 min
34 Circe Salon -- Make Matriarchy Great Again -- Disrupting HistoryFemale Revenge Movies - Promising Young Woman (2020)Referred to as, "A black comedy told in pastels," the film "Promising Young Woman" initiates our series on female revenge movies. Written and directed by Emerald Fennell (for which she won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay) and starring Carey Mulligan, "Promising Young Woman" is a black comedy thriller which tells the story of a young woman, traumatized by a tragic event in her past, who seeks out vengeance against those who cross her path. Join Dawn "Sam" Alden, Sean Marlon Newcombe and Vicki Noble as they discuss this excellent film.
2022-08-0356 min
34 Circe Salon -- Make Matriarchy Great Again -- Disrupting HistoryFifth Sacred Thing - Novel by StarhawkAn epic tale of freedom and slavery, love and war, and the potential futures of humankind tells of a twenty-first century California clan caught between two clashing worlds, one based on tolerance, the other on repression-- such is the novel "The Fifth Sacred Thing" by Starhawk. Join Dawn "Sam" Alden and Sean Marlon Newcombe as they discuss this seminal work of matriarchal science fiction.
2022-07-171h 02
34 Circe Salon -- Make Matriarchy Great Again -- Disrupting HistoryFearless Nadia-- Female Action Hero!Join us as Dawn "Sam" Alden regales us about the colorful and incredibly exciting life of Mary Ann Evans, the woman known in India as "Fearless Nadia." A pioneer of women's action films, this British woman slipped through the conventions of colonial Anglo-Indian culture to become one of the most beloved stars of Indian cinema. Remembered best as the masked, whip-wielding star of Hunterwali (in which she did her own stunts) Nadia was a star for decades working well into her sixties-- becoming a fitness guru after her film retirement in her seventies! A life that spanned most of the...
2022-07-031h 08
34 Circe Salon -- Make Matriarchy Great Again -- Disrupting HistoryDr. Ping Yao - Women, Gender and Sexuality in ChinaReturning to chat with us again is Professor Ping Yao of Cal State Los Angeles. A specialist on gender and religion in Premodern China, Dr. Yao joins us to do a deeper survey into the important aspects of gender systems and gender practices throughout Chinese history, from the earliest period to the modern era.Sean Marlon Newcombe and Dawn "Sam" Alden co-host.
2022-06-0935 min
34 Circe Salon -- Make Matriarchy Great Again -- Disrupting HistoryCirce - A Novel By Madeline MillerMadeline Miller's beautiful and lyrical novel, "Circe," Is one part mythology, one part biography and one part half-remembered dream. It is a work that explores Greek myth from the perspective of a female character-- and does so with insight and poetry. Join Sean Marlon Newcombe and Dawn "Sam" Alden as they discuss this marvelous book.
2022-05-291h 03
34 Circe Salon -- Make Matriarchy Great Again -- Disrupting HistoryIn Praise of the Goddess - Freyja - Blood EclipseSex and war. Magic and death. These are the realms of the great Goddess Freyja. Seemingly rising from the chthonic myst of power in the matriarchal past, Freyja is both unknowable and all-encompassing. Join Sean Marlon Newcombe and Dawn "Sam" Alden as they extol the great Lady of battlefield and bedroom. (*Recorded during the eclipse of the blood moon.)
2022-05-1641 min
34 Circe Salon -- Make Matriarchy Great Again -- Disrupting HistoryConstance Tippett - The Goddess Timeline - with Vicki NobleThe Goddess Timeline is a chronological record of archaeological images of women and goddesses on a uniform time scale from 30,000 BCE to the present. Join us as we talk to Constance Tippett about her creation of the timeline, its historical significance and its relevance to the matriarchy movement today. We are joined by Make Matriarchy Great Again member and inspiration Vicki Noble.Sean Marlon Newcombe and Dawn "Sam" Alden co-host.
2022-05-0950 min
34 Circe Salon -- Make Matriarchy Great Again -- Disrupting HistoryWomen Heroes of Aviation - The WASPsWe chat with filmmakers Matia Karrell and Hilary Prentice about their documentary on the American female military aviators of World War II, the WASPs. Overlooked then erased from history, these women brave aviation trailblazers who served a crucial role in the war effort. It would take decades, but they would eventually be acknowledged and honored for their service.Sean Marlon Newcombe and Dawn "Sam" Alden co-host.
2022-05-0257 min
34 Circe Salon -- Make Matriarchy Great Again -- Disrupting HistoryEllen Snortland - Beauty Bites BeastEllen Snortland is a writer, director and producer who has been a women's self-defense advocate and instructor for most of her career. Her seminal work, "Beauty Bites Beast" has gone from book to film and chronicles not only her own journey in self-defense, but the journeys of women across the world who have developed a powerful sense of confidence and self-esteem as they have developed their potent ability to physically defend themselves. Sean Marlon Newcombe and Dawn "Sam" Alden co-host.
2022-04-251h 05
34 Circe Salon -- Make Matriarchy Great Again -- Disrupting HistoryElaine Pagels - Women in Gnosticism and the Early ChurchElaine Pagels is one the most celebrated scholars of early Christianity in the world. She is the author of such popular works as "The Gnostic Gospels," "Adam, Eve and the Serpent" and "Beyond Belief: The Secret Gospel of Thomas." Dr. Pagels talks with Sean Marlon Newcombe and Dawn "Sam" Alden about the role and identity of women in early Christianity including the radical early movement known as "Gnosticism."
2022-04-111h 07
34 Circe Salon -- Make Matriarchy Great Again -- Disrupting HistoryVicki Noble - War Against The Goddess - Echoes In UkraineIt is a tragic echo of earliest civilizations that an army would sweep out of the Crimean to attack a people in Ukraine. As when the Indo-European warriors stormed the towns along the shores and rivers of Old Europe, so we watch a conflict between two countries take place eerily in the footsteps of this millennia earlier clash that transformed the world. Join Vicki Noble as she contextualizes this conflict within the history and current debate over the story of the matriarchal people of Old Europe.Sean Marlon Newcombe and Dawn "Sam" Alden co-host.
2022-04-031h 01
34 Circe Salon -- Make Matriarchy Great Again -- Disrupting HistoryIn Praise of the Goddess: ArtemisMatron of the Amazons. Goddess of the moon. Sister of the hunt. The OMG-- Original Mother-Goddess. She is Artemis and we LOVE her. Join Sean Marlon Newcombe and Dawn "Sam" Alden as they sing her praises. All hail Artemis!
2022-03-2854 min
34 Circe Salon -- Make Matriarchy Great Again -- Disrupting HistoryVicki Noble - From Priestess To BrideJoin us as Vicki Noble guides us through the story of how the religious rites of The Goddess were turned into the wedding rituals of the patriarch. Long ago, the wheeled-wagon invaders overran the matriarchies and coopted and subverted the matriarchal lineage of female spiritual and temporal power. Today we see that barely recognize that lineage in its transformed state as contemporary wedding rites. How did this happen and what does it mean for female power?Sean Marlon Newcombe and Dawn "Sam" Alden co-host.
2022-02-221h 07
34 Circe Salon -- Make Matriarchy Great Again -- Disrupting HistoryPodcast Crossover-- Broads You Should Know-- Valiant Ladies of PotosiA special crossover episode of the Broads You Should Know podcast. (https://broadsyoushouldknow.com/) Today it's our own Dawn "Sam" Alden joining the Broads You Should Know gang to talk about the dashing South American swordswomen, The Valiant Ladies of Potosi!
2022-02-0625 min
34 Circe Salon -- Make Matriarchy Great Again -- Disrupting HistoryVicki Noble - Jeannine Davis-KimballJoin Dawn "Sam" Alden as she talks with Vicki Noble about her experience working with Jeannine Davis-Kimball and their journey into the land of ancient women warriors. Sean Marlon Newcombe discusses meeting Dr. Davis-Kimball and her influence on his research. Dr. Kimball was a pioneering archaeologist whose work helped uncover the truth that warrior women were not a myth, but existed all throughout the Ancient World.
2022-01-141h 06
34 Circe Salon -- Make Matriarchy Great Again -- Disrupting HistoryPing Yao - Women In Ancient ChinaJoin us as we discuss the roles of women in Ancient China with Prof. Ping Yao of Cal State Los Angeles. What were gender relations like in Chine before and during the first dynasties (2700 BC - 221 BC)? What kind of roles did they have in governance, education, warfare and marriage? Sean Marlon Newcombe and Dawn "Sam" Alden co-host.
2021-12-1952 min
34 Circe Salon -- Make Matriarchy Great Again -- Disrupting HistoryKimberly Rockwell - Women of the Beat GenerationThey dragged themselves through the streets at dawn and staggered across tenement roofs illuminated just like the men-- but very few of us know the names of these gifted writers. They were the women of the "Beat" literary movement, The Beat Generation, and their contributions to this period of American writing was vast but unheralded. Now it's time to say their names and share their work. Join Sean Marlon Newcombe and Dawn "Sam" Alden as they talk with Kimberly Rockwell about the Women of the Beat Generation.
2021-11-121h 02Broads You Should KnowValiant Ladies of Potosí — Teenage Peruvian Vigilantes of the 1600s [Dawn ”Sam” Alden]This week, Sara brings on guest host Dawn "Sam" Alden to teach us all about the Valiant Ladies of Potosí, two teenage girls who loved sword fighting, mayhem, and one another, and traveled the countryside to defend the freedom of the underprivileged. Check out the full episode to learn more of their exploits, and why they qualify as Broads You Should Know!
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A Broad is a woman who lives by her own rules. Broads You Should Know is the podcast about the Broads who helped shape our world!
3 Ways you can help support the...
2021-11-0321 min
34 Circe Salon -- Make Matriarchy Great Again -- Disrupting HistoryJack Weatherford - The Secret History of the Mongol QueensDeliberately erased from history, the story of the women of the Mongol Empire was one of tremendous achievement. Genghis Khan encouraged equality of the genders and his daughters, granddaughters, daughters-in-law took advantage of that to great success. Prof. Jack Weatherford is one of the foremost scholars of Mongol history and a New York Times Best Seller author. He has recovered the stories of these powerful women and shares the tales of their amazing lives with Sean Marlon Newcombe and Dawn "Sam" Alden.
2021-10-271h 39
34 Circe Salon -- Make Matriarchy Great Again -- Disrupting HistoryThe Power - Pt. 1 - Naomi Alderman's novel of a dystopian matriarchyOne of the most original works of the last few decades, Naomi Alderman's "The Power," is a sci-fi dystopian masterpiece. What sets it apart is that in this dystopia, it is the women who seize control and the men who are in fear. There is so much to unpack in this wonderful book, that we are going to stretch the discussion over multiple episodes. Joins Dawn "Sam" Alden and Sean Marlon Newcombe as they discuss "The Power."
2021-09-2958 min
34 Circe Salon -- Make Matriarchy Great Again -- Disrupting HistoryThe Modern SportswomanJoin Sean Marlon Newcombe and Dawn "Sam" Alden as they talk with two women in the world of sports: Jill Morely, a former professional boxer and Emily Halpern, a former professional basketball player (and current jiu-jitsu black belt). What are the challenges that sportswomen face today? Are distorted notions of femininity still affecting how we perceive women who devote their focus to athletic pursuits? Women have been athletes for thousands of years, but what is the state of women's sports today?Join us for a very revealing and eye-opening episode!Please check out Jil...
2021-09-141h 01
34 Circe Salon -- Make Matriarchy Great Again -- Disrupting HistoryOnly For His Lady -- The Romance Novel TodayOh, this was a spirited one! Join Dawn "Sam" Alden and Sean Marlon Newcombe as they discuss a modern romance novel and what it says about gender in entertainment today. A passionate and fun discussion reveals many insights into gender relations in culture and the entertainment that reflects it.
2021-09-0955 min
34 Circe Salon -- Make Matriarchy Great Again -- Disrupting HistoryWhat Is Matriarchy and Why Do We Want It?The sine qua non of this podcast: Matriarchy. What is it and why is it desirable. Dawn "Sam" Alden and Sean Marlon Newcombe have an open and frank discussion on the topic of "matriarchy." This is sure to be a defining episode for this series.
2021-08-091h 07
34 Circe Salon -- Make Matriarchy Great Again -- Disrupting HistoryJohn Colarusso - The Women of the Nart SagasA fascinating exploration of the wonderful ancient sagas of the peoples of the Black Sea region and the powerful women that their stories extol. Join us as we talk with John Colarusso, linguistic professor and translator of the Nart Sagas. The "Nart Sagas" are a collection of heroic tales from the Caucasus which are notable for their stories of warrior women and mystical matriarchs. In the Classical World, Caucasia was known as the land of the fearsome female fighters whose name would pass into history as "Amazons." The history of these people, their languages, their sto...
2021-08-021h 27
34 Circe Salon -- Make Matriarchy Great Again -- Disrupting HistoryVicki Noble - Marija GimbutasJoin Vicki Noble as she chats with us about the legacy of her friend, Marija Gimbutas, a woman whose theories on the role of women in the neolithic period and in the creation of civilization are starting to be confirmed by modern DNA and archaeological research. Marija would've been 100 years old this year.Join Sean Marlon Newcombe and Dawn "Sam" Alden as they chat with Vicki Noble about the scope of Gimbutas' scholarship in the worlds of archaeology, history and mythology, how she revolutionized the view of women in the Ancient World and why her work is u...
2021-07-191h 13
34 Circe Salon -- Make Matriarchy Great Again -- Disrupting HistoryAristotle Was An Ass**** - Misogyny in the Ancient World - Ep. 1A new series exploring the often overlooked, elided or trivialized misogyny of the founders of Western patriarchy. In the first episode, we set the tone for future discussion by introducing Aristotle's writings on women. Let's just say... he wasn't a feminist.Aristotle was, in many ways, the father of Western science and logic. He shaped the approach to serious inquiry of our world and its workings from the time of Ancient Greece and Rome, to Early Christendom, Islam and Medieval Judaism, through The Enlightenment and all the way to our modern world. The echo of his...
2021-07-1147 min
34 Circe Salon -- Make Matriarchy Great Again -- Disrupting HistoryMax Dashu - Helen of Troy and Women of the Trojan War“Was this the face that launch'd a thousand ships,And burnt the topless towers of Ilium--Sweet Helen, make me immortal with a kiss.--"So wrote Christopher Marlowe of one of the most famous names in history: Helen of Troy. But who was Helen and what was life like for women of that era?" Join us as we talk to again with Max Dashu, noted scholar of women in history, about Helen of Troy and women in that portion of the Bronze Age. Were there still strands of matriarchy in these highly phall...
2021-06-271h 12
34 Circe Salon -- Make Matriarchy Great Again -- Disrupting HistoryIn Praise of the Goddess - IsisMistress of the Cosmos, Ruler of the House of Light-- This episode, we celebrate the mighty goddess Isis! Join us as we talk with our guest Nancy about the inspiration she draws from this great ancient deity. Isis was revered throughout the ancient world, but what does she have to say for modern people-- Women in particular? Nancy, a Moslem woman of Egyptian origin, talks to us about how Isis' relevance and importance to her in all aspects of her life.Sean Marlon Newcombe and Dawn "Sam" Alden co-host.
2021-06-2159 min
34 Circe Salon -- Make Matriarchy Great Again -- Disrupting HistoryStarr Goode - Sheela na gig: Sacred Female PowerFound primarily in Ireland and the British Isles, the Sheela na gig has been a mysterious symbol of female power for a millennia. These 12th- to 17th-century stone carvings of supernatural females displaying their vulvas have been found in both sacred and secular architecture, from medieval churches to castles, town walls, holy wells, and gravestones. What do they represent and how do they connect to women today? Join our guest, Starr Goode, a noted writer and teacher as well as a scholar of matriarchal history as she tells us about her lifelong study of these sacred female sym...
2021-06-1444 min
34 Circe Salon -- Make Matriarchy Great Again -- Disrupting HistoryBeing A Bad Martha - PeriodsA further exploration of the cultural taboos around the lives of women, in this episode we discuss periods. Dawn "Sam" Alden hosts.
2021-05-221h 44
34 Circe Salon -- Make Matriarchy Great Again -- Disrupting HistoryBeing A Bad Martha - Ep. 3 - MiscarriagesMisunderstandings around miscarriages threaten women's lives. The guilt and isolation is an unnecessary addition to the grief and loss that they experience. In today's episode Dawn "Sam" Alden talks with women who have had miscarriages and how they navigated their tragedy.
2021-04-131h 10
34 Circe Salon -- Make Matriarchy Great Again -- Disrupting HistoryWarrior Women - Rani of JhansiThe Warrior Women are back! This episode we discuss the amazing story of Rani of Jhansi, a 19th Century queen in India who bravely took up arms against the colonial British rulers who tried to depose her. Much as Boudica was for the sovereignty of the British tribes, Rani was for her people in India.
Dawn "Sam" Alden is our guide for this episode.
Sean Marlon Newcombe hosts.
2021-04-0443 min
34 Circe Salon -- Make Matriarchy Great Again -- Disrupting HistoryVicki Noble - The War Against The Goddess - Ep. 1"The Goddess refuses to die... She will only fade away for good when we devise an alternative grand history that accounts for large-scale coherences."
-- Prof. Richard Lesure, UCLA
With those words began an attack on the very truth of matriarchal history. From the halls of American and British academia has come a call to arms to CONSPIRE to deny the archaeological facts that indicate a long period of matriarchal civilization and to eliminate the very discussion of matriarchal existence once and for all.
Join us as Vicki Noble sheds light on this important and dangerous development in scholarship and...
2021-03-281h 05
34 Circe Salon -- Make Matriarchy Great Again -- Disrupting HistoryBeing A Bad Martha - Ep. 2 - Female SexualityFemale Sexual Pleasure-- the great fear of patriarchy since the first man made the first law. Controlling female sexual pleasure has been central to male-centric civilization. Join us as we discuss how women's eroticism has been suppressed and stigmatized throughout history.
Dawn "Sam" Alden hosts.
2021-03-091h 08
34 Circe Salon -- Make Matriarchy Great Again -- Disrupting HistoryFeminine Divine - Ep. 6 - An Asian-American PerspectiveIn this episode we talk with Jen, a creator and podcaster who looks to bring diversity to the work that she shares with the world. A native of the San Francisco/Oakland Bay Area, her parents immigrated to the US from Hong Kong before she was born. She was raised with a strong sense of the power of women in both a spiritual and temporal realm. She shares with us how her cultural heritage has influenced her perspective on women in society.
Sean Marlon Newcombe and Dawn "Sam" Alden co-host.
2021-03-0446 min
34 Circe Salon -- Make Matriarchy Great Again -- Disrupting HistoryBeing A Bad Martha - Ep. 1 - MenopauseLet's talk about the taboo: Dawn "Sam" Alden talks with Erin, Samantha and Ceridwen about the joys and horrors of the menopausal journey, and try to get some valuable info out into the void. Let's all go public with our hot flashes and embarrass the men around us!
2021-02-201h 55
34 Circe Salon -- Make Matriarchy Great Again -- Disrupting HistoryFeminine Divine - Ep. 5 - Women In JudaismIn this fascinating episode, we talk with Rabbi Batshir Torchio, a woman who leads a Jewish congregation in Northern California. Rabbi Torchio tells us about both the historical and modern roles of women in Judaism and about her own journey of discovery of the feminine face of spirituality.
Sean Marlon Newcombe and Dawn "Sam" Alden co-host.
2021-02-051h 01
34 Circe Salon -- Make Matriarchy Great Again -- Disrupting HistoryIn Praise of the Goddess - RanThe Norse pantheon is known for its fearsome goddesses, but not all of its divine women are familiar to us. Introducing Ran, the Norse goddess of the sea. She is powerful, harsh, rapacious-- but what more do we know about her? Join Sean Marlon Newcombe and Dawn "Sam" Alden as they chat with the "Norse Pagan Witch," L. Stephanie Tait, about this marvelous and mysterious deity.
2021-01-0847 min
34 Circe Salon -- Make Matriarchy Great Again -- Disrupting HistoryFeminine Divine - Ep. 4 - A Christian PerspectiveIn a very warm and insightful episode, we talk with Kaitlin Shetler, a poet who is taking the journey through the Feminine Divine as a Christian. Christianity has a long and wonderful heritage of connection with faith from a feminine standpoint, but that heritage is often forgotten or directly denied. The cost for those who make the journey today can often be difficult-- but the rewards can also be transcendent.
Join Sean Marlon Newcombe and Dawn "Sam" Alden as they discuss this poignant and timely aspect of the Divine Feminine.
2020-12-241h 07
34 Circe Salon -- Make Matriarchy Great Again -- Disrupting HistoryIn Praise of the Goddess - HeraPerhaps no goddess embodies the Ancient Greek attitude towards women than Hera, Queen of the Gods. Portrayed as the perpetually spiteful wife, her power was shown as limited and lesser. But who was the true Hera and where did she come from? Join Sean Marlon Newcombe and Dawn "Sam" Alden as they discuss the history of this goddess with noted archaeologist and Homeric scholar, Dr. Gary Stickel.
2020-12-1847 min
34 Circe Salon -- Make Matriarchy Great Again -- Disrupting HistoryFeminine Divine - Ep. 3 - Norse Pagan WitchSimply a wonderful and amazing discussion-- the power of the feminine in the paganism of the North. In our third episode on the Feminine Divine, we interview Stephanie, a practicing witch and devotee of the Feminine Divine. We discuss her heritage of witchcraft and her love of the goddesses of Norse paganism. Stephanie is a knowledgeable, open and warm as she shares her experiences with us.
In popular culture, the religion of the Norse is skewed towards the masculine, but the truth is that North mythology contains some of the most dominant and dynamic women in all of world mythology...
2020-11-251h 02
34 Circe Salon -- Make Matriarchy Great Again -- Disrupting HistoryIn Praise of the Goddess - Aphrodite (Venus)“O, learn to love, the lesson is but plain,
And once made perfect, never lost again.”
― William Shakespeare, Venus and Adonis
Aphrodite, Venus-- The Goddess of Love. She is perhaps the most well known of any in the Greco-Roman Pantheon. But what do we really know of her story and her origin? Join us as Dr. Gary Stickel tells her tale as we praise the Goddess!
Sean Marlon Newcombe and Dawn "Sam" Alden host.
2020-11-1740 min
34 Circe Salon -- Make Matriarchy Great Again -- Disrupting HistoryWho Were The Amazons? -- Max Dashu InterviewIn a wonderful, spirited discussion, Max Dashu discusses her recent research into the warrior women called "Amazons." How did the Ancient Greek conception of femaleness shape the stories of Amazons that we know today? What is the relationship of Amazon concept to the warrior tribes that existed in the Black Sea region? Was there really a standalone tribe of warrior women? Sean Marlon Newcombe and Dawn "Sam" Alden discuss these concepts with Max.
2020-11-101h 06
34 Circe Salon -- Make Matriarchy Great Again -- Disrupting HistoryIn Praise of the Goddess - AthenaThe first of a new series: In Praise of the Goddess! In this series we take a scholarly approach to examining the Divine Feminine. Join us as our guest, archaeologist and Homeric scholar Dr. Gary Stickel, tells us the story of one of the most famous goddesses in any pantheon, Athena! Goddess of wisdom and defensive war, and matron of the great city of Athens, Greece.
Sean Marlon Newcombe and Dawn "Sam" Alden host.
2020-10-2242 min
34 Circe Salon -- Make Matriarchy Great Again -- Disrupting HistoryAmazon History -- Walter Penrose - Pt. 3 - The Kingdom of Women & Warrior QueensIn the last part of our fascinating discussion of Amazon history with Dr. Walter Penrose, we shift our attention to the Indian concept of "Stri Rajya" or "The Kingdom of Women." The Ancient Indians located this kingdom to the west of them-- somewhere towards the Eurasian Steppe and Caspian Sea-- right in the neighborhood where Amazons were noted by the Greeks and others. We also explore the stories of Hellenistic warrior queens and their connection to the warlike women in their region. Sean Marlon Newcombe and Dawn "Sam" Alden host.
2020-09-2326 min
34 Circe Salon -- Make Matriarchy Great Again -- Disrupting HistoryAmazon History -- Walter Penrose - Pt. 2 - Thracians, Scythians and SauromatiansIn part 2 of our discussion of the history of the Amazons with Dr. Walter Penrose, we talk about the tribes of warrior women who inhabited the Black Sea region and Eurasian Steppe-- the "Fertile Crescent" of female warriors. Thracians, Scythians, Sauromatians were all renowned for their warlike women. Join us as we explore the truth of those legends. Sean Marlon Newcombe and Dawn "Sam" Alden host.
2020-09-2321 min
34 Circe Salon -- Make Matriarchy Great Again -- Disrupting HistoryAmazon History -- Walter Penrose - Pt. 1 - Female Bodyguards in India and PersiaIn this episode we sit down with Walter Penrose, PhD, associate professor of history at San Diego State University. Dr. Penrose specializes in the History of Gender and Sexuality in Ancient Greek, Hellenistic, and South Asian contexts. We talk with him about the historical views of the Amazons, particularly in the non-Western world. Part 1 focuses on the use of female bodyguards by the Indians and Persians and how many of these women came from the Black Sea region-- the same region where the Greeks identified the presence of Amazons! Sean Marlon Newcombe and Dawn "Sam" Alden host.
2020-09-2317 min
34 Circe Salon -- Make Matriarchy Great Again -- Disrupting HistoryVicki Noble - Rise of the Amazons - Pt. 5 - The Matriarchal Resistance MovementUpon the ashes of a lost fallen female-centric civilization arose a new figure in human culture: The Amazon. In part five, we start to fill in the details of what this Amazon culture was like and how men viewed it-- particularly in the case of the civilization on Lemnos. Vicki Noble leads the discussion. Sean Marlon Newcombe and Dawn "Sam" Alden host.
2020-09-1615 min
34 Circe Salon -- Make Matriarchy Great Again -- Disrupting HistoryVicki Noble - Rise of the Amazons - Pt. 4 - From Flight to FightThe concept of an "Amazon" begins to develop as the millennia pass and the descendants of the Old Europe matriarchies are forced to take up arms to protect their people and culture. Vicki Noble shares her knowledge. Sean Marlon Newcombe and Dawn "Sam" Alden host.
2020-09-1624 min
34 Circe Salon -- Make Matriarchy Great Again -- Disrupting HistoryVicki Noble - Rise of the Amazons - Pt. 3 - The Trojan ConnectionLong before the Troy of The Iliad and The Odyssey, there was a civilization in Anatolia at Troy that derived its foundation from the Old European matriarchies and the "Amazons." Once the women of Old Europe began to flee, the established strongholds in the Aegean and the Black Sea. Lesbos, Lemnos, Troy, Ephesus, were all establish by the women and men who fled the destruction of the Indo-European invaders and who looked to create a defensive stronghold that would preserve their matriarchies. Vicki Noble tells the story. Sean Marlon Newcombe and Dawn "Sam" Alden host.
2020-09-1624 min
34 Circe Salon -- Make Matriarchy Great Again -- Disrupting HistoryVicki Noble - Rise of the Amazons - Pt. 2 - FlightOn the run, the women of the Old Europe matriarchies flee both east and west to preserve their matriarchal culture and female-centric religions. Vicki Noble discusses the evidence for the destruction and frantic preservation of the Old Europe matriarchies and how that led in turn to Amazonian responses. Sean Marlon Newcombe and Dawn "Sam" Alden host.
2020-09-1624 min
34 Circe Salon -- Make Matriarchy Great Again -- Disrupting HistoryVicki Noble - Rise of the Amazons - Pt. 1 - Kill the QueenHere we go... The first installment in our series on the birth of the historical women called "Amazons." Who were there ancestors? Where did they come from? In part one, we talk about the destruction of the Old Europe matriarchy by the warrior men from the Eurasian steppes and how it was the spark that produced the matriarchal resistance movement of the Amazons. Vicki Noble leads the way and shares her extensive knowledge of the era. Sean Marlon Newcombe and Dawn "Sam" Alden host.
2020-09-1626 min
34 Circe Salon -- Make Matriarchy Great Again -- Disrupting HistoryAlpha Babes - Pamela Jaye Smith - Pt. 3 - Alpha Babes ProcessPamela Jaye Smith talks about her "Alpha Babes" course and how it can help filmmakers and other creatives tell the stories of female heroes. Sean Marlon Newcombe and Dawn "Sam" Alden host.
2020-09-0926 min
34 Circe Salon -- Make Matriarchy Great Again -- Disrupting HistoryAlpha Babes - Pamela Jaye Smith - Pt. 2 - The Image of Women In Film and Media TodayIn part two, we have an intense discussion about the state of women in film today. How are women being portrayed? What opportunities are there for women creators? Is it different than in the past or is it just window dressing? Insights are sharp and passions are high.
Guest: Pamela Jaye Smith
Hosts: Sean Marlon Newcombe
Dawn "Sam" Alden
2020-09-0933 min
34 Circe Salon -- Make Matriarchy Great Again -- Disrupting HistoryAlpha Babes - Pamela Jaye Smith - Pt. 1 - Creative MythologyHow can writers, filmmakers and other artists use mythology to create new tales and images for the modern world? How can we specifically offer new or alternative images of female heroes? Meet Pamela Jaye Smith, filmmaker and mythologist. Pamela talks with Sean Marlon Newcombe and Dawn "Sam" Alden about her "Alpha Babes" course and how it helps shift the narrative for female protagonists.
2020-09-0925 min
34 Circe Salon -- Make Matriarchy Great Again -- Disrupting HistorySuppressed History Of Women - Max Dashu - Pt. 3In part three, we discuss with Max that current state of, and prospects for, matriarchy in the modern world. Is there a chance for a matriarchal movement today? Are some of the egalitarian concepts of matriarchy already in use by today's progressive movements? We Make Matriarchy Great Again in part three. Sean Marlon Newcombe and Dawn "Sam" Alden host.
2020-09-0530 min
34 Circe Salon -- Make Matriarchy Great Again -- Disrupting HistorySuppressed History Of Women - Max Dashu - Pt. 2In part two, we talk to Max Dashu about the concepts of matriarchy and patriarchy in the context of the Ancient World. How did patriarchy arise and what about the matriarchy that predated it? How does our Western viewpoint affect how we view matriarchy in the Ancient World. Sean Marlon Newcombe and Dawn "Sam" Alden host.
2020-09-0526 min
34 Circe Salon -- Make Matriarchy Great Again -- Disrupting HistorySuppressed History Of Women - Max Dashu - Pt. 1Max Dashu has championed the various lost histories of women and championed female-centric civilizations for decades. In part one, Sean Marlon Newcombe and Dawn "Sam" Alden interview Max about her own life story and how and why her mission to tell the forgotten history of women and of matriarchy came about.
2020-09-0529 min
34 Circe Salon -- Make Matriarchy Great Again -- Disrupting HistoryVicki Noble - Sacred Script of Matriarchy - Pt. 4 - Matriarchs and Amazons, oh, my!In part four, we look at the possible tantalizing connections between the sacred script of Old Europe and the Linear A of Crete-- as well as the linguistic connection to Lemnos and maybe-- yes, even mabye-- the Amazons!. Special guest: Vicki Noble Hosts: Sean Marlon Newcombe Dawn "Sam" Alden
2020-08-2815 min
34 Circe Salon -- Make Matriarchy Great Again -- Disrupting HistoryVicki Noble - Sacred Script of Matriarchy - Pt. 3 - The Symbols of the ScriptIn part three, we examine the symbols themselves. What was the nature of of this script and what was its chief function? Vicki Noble details the nature of this mother written language.
Special guest: Vicki Noble
Hosts: Sean Marlon Newcombe
Dawn "Sam" Alden
2020-08-2822 min
34 Circe Salon -- Make Matriarchy Great Again -- Disrupting HistoryVicki Noble - Sacred Script of Matriarchy - Pt. 2 - Matriarchal CultureIn part two, we talk about the culture of the women and men who created a form of writing long before the patriarchal civilizations that arose later.
Special guest: Vicki Noble
Hosts: Sean Marlon Newcombe
Dawn "Sam" Alden
2020-08-2827 min
34 Circe Salon -- Make Matriarchy Great Again -- Disrupting HistoryVicki Noble - Sacred Script of Matriarchy - Pt. 1 - The Legacy of Marija GimbutasWhat if I told you that a form of writing had been invented long before hieroglyphics and that it conveyed the divine feminine language of matriarchy? Scholars have long known of the script used by female-centric civilizations millennia before the rise of Egypt, Phoenicia and Sumer, but they've dismissed it along with the concept of "matriarchy." In part 1 of our series, we discuss the basic premise of this "sacred" script of Old Europe and how Marija Gimbutas uncovered it. Special guest: Vicki Noble Hosts: Sean Marlon Newcombe Dawn "Sam" Alden
2020-08-2829 min
34 Circe Salon -- Make Matriarchy Great Again -- Disrupting HistoryVicki Noble - Matriarchy of Old Europe - Pt. 1 - What Is Matriarchy?In what is sure to be a classic set of recordings, Vicki Noble joins Sean Marlon Newcombe and Dawn "Sam" Alden to discuss the matriarchal roots of Western Civilization. "Old Europe" is the term given to a set of advanced cultures that lasted for thousands of years west of the Black Sea. The topic so controversial, mainstream scholarship often refuses to address it. Vicki's knowledge and detail of this history (or "herstory") is not to be missed.
2020-08-1734 min
34 Circe Salon -- Make Matriarchy Great Again -- Disrupting HistorySadie the Goat and Gallus MagSix-feet tall and ready to do damage-- Gallus Mag was a bouncer in 19th Century New York City who would take no guff from anyone. Sadie Farrell, aka "Sadie the Goat," was a Hudson River pirate who backed down to no one. When they crossed paths, a legend was born. Join Sean Marlon Newcombe and Dawn "Sam" Alden as they discuss the incredible story of two of the toughest women in the Empire State and what happened when they crossed paths.
2020-08-0209 min
34 Circe Salon -- Make Matriarchy Great Again -- Disrupting HistoryCheng I Sao and the Women Pirates of ChinaWhat if we told you that the most successful pirate of all time was a woman? Meet the inimitable Ching I Sao, Queen of the High Seas. Cheng terrorized the China Seas with her pirate been of men AND women. Learn more of her amazing story and the story of Chinese women pirates with Dawn "Sam" Alden and Sean Marlon Newcombe.
2020-08-0211 min
34 Circe Salon -- Make Matriarchy Great Again -- Disrupting HistoryWomen Pirates from the Renaissance to the 18th CenturyAargh! Shiver me timbers! It's the classic age of the pirate. We've seen their images everywhere for all of our lives-- the skull and crossbones, the pistol and sword, the eye patch. Yet, rarely have the women pirates of the era been depicted. Oh and there were plenty of them! Join Sean Marlon Newcombe and Dawn "Sam" Alden as they explore the women pirates of the high seas!
2020-08-0231 min
34 Circe Salon -- Make Matriarchy Great Again -- Disrupting HistoryWomen Pirates of the Ancient WorldSailing Seven Seas, dueling armadas, claiming treasures-- this is the life of... Women Pirates! Come along with Dawn "Sam" Alden and Sean Marlon Newcombe as they explore the TRUE stories of excitement and adventure of women who ruled the ocean millennia ago!
2020-08-0234 min
34 Circe Salon -- Make Matriarchy Great Again -- Disrupting HistoryTomyris of the MassegetaeShe stood against the might of Cyrus the Great and Persian Empire and toppled it, beheading the great king. Her name was Tomyris, a queen of a Scythian tribe called the Massegetae. Few know her name today, but her actions echoed through the ancient world. Join Sean Marlon Newcombe and Dawn "Sam" Alden as they enter the world of a true warrior queen!
2020-07-0335 min
34 Circe Salon -- Make Matriarchy Great Again -- Disrupting HistoryBoudica And The Women Of The Celts“In stature she was very tall, in appearance most terrifying, in the glance of her eye most fierce, and her voice was harsh"
-- Tacitus on Queen Boudica
The Celts were renown for their ferocity, but how many still realize that it was the ferocity of Celtic women that astonished the Ancient World? Travel back in time with Sean Marlon Newcombe and Dawn "Sam" Alden as they discuss the powerful martial endeavors of Queen Boudica and the extraordinary Celtic warrior women.
2020-07-031h 07
34 Circe Salon -- Make Matriarchy Great Again -- Disrupting HistoryWomxn Stage Combatants -- Stunts on StageJoin actress and stage combatant Dawn "Sam" Alden as she talks to four other womxn of stage combat about what they do, why they love it and what is unique to the experience of a woman in that line of dramatic work.
Co-host: Sean Marlon Newcombe
Guests: Jen Albert, Amanda Noriko, Chloe Noelle Baldwin, Stephanie Albright.
2020-06-111h 23
34 Circe Salon -- Make Matriarchy Great Again -- Disrupting HistoryWarrior Nuns and AbbessesSean Marlon Newcombe and Dawn "Sam" Alden sit down with Jody Buckley O'Riordan to talk about the vast, but little-known history of nuns and abbesses who engaged in combat during the Middle Ages. You'll never look at a convent the same way again!
2020-05-2843 min
34 Circe Salon -- Make Matriarchy Great Again -- Disrupting HistoryWomen Have Always FoughtDawn "Sam" Alden talks with Sean Marlon Newcombe about the myriad of women warriors throughout history and how their stories have been erased.
2020-05-2537 min
34 Circe Salon -- Make Matriarchy Great Again -- Disrupting HistoryVicki Noble - Crete, "Minoan" Women and the Origin of the Amazons -- Pt. 2Part 2 of 2
Co-hosts Sean Marlon Newcombe and Dawn "Sam" Alden join Vicki Noble again to talk about the herstory of the Amazons. In this episode, they uncover the relationship between the women of Ancient Crete, called "Minoans," and their matriarchy's connection to the Amazons. The so-called "Minoan" civilization was the first advanced Western civilization and it was also matriarchal, which means that matriarchy predated the civilizations of Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome. Tune in...
2020-05-2231 min
34 Circe Salon -- Make Matriarchy Great Again -- Disrupting HistoryVicki Noble - Crete, "Minoan" Women and the Origin of the Amazons -- Pt. 1Part 1 of 2
Co-hosts Sean Marlon Newcombe and Dawn "Sam" Alden join Vicki Noble again to talk about the herstory of the Amazons. In this episode, they uncover the relationship between the women of Ancient Crete, called "Minoans," and their matriarchy's connection to the Amazons. The so-called "Minoan" civilization was the first advanced Western civilization and it was also matriarchal, which means that matriarchy predated the civilizations of Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome. Tune in...
2020-05-2232 min
34 Circe Salon -- Make Matriarchy Great Again -- Disrupting HistoryVicki Noble - The Amazons and Matriarchy -- Pt. 3Part 3 of 3
Co-Hosts Sean Marlon Newcombe and Dawn "Sam" Alden discuss the origin of the Amazon warrior women and their roots in the Matriarchy of Old Europe with legendary author and historian, Vicki Noble.
2020-05-2216 min
34 Circe Salon -- Make Matriarchy Great Again -- Disrupting HistoryVicki Noble - The Amazons and Matriarchy -- Pt. 2Part 2 of 3
Co-Hosts Sean Marlon Newcombe and Dawn "Sam" Alden discuss the origin of the Amazon warrior women and their roots in the Matriarchy of Old Europe with legendary author and historian, Vicki Noble.
2020-05-2132 min
34 Circe Salon -- Make Matriarchy Great Again -- Disrupting HistoryVicki Noble - The Amazons and Matriarchy -- Pt. 1Co-Hosts Sean Marlon Newcombe and Dawn "Sam" Alden discuss the origin of the Amazon warrior women and their roots in the Matriarchy of Old Europe with legendary author and historian, Vicki Noble.
2020-05-2130 min
Sisters of Sci-FiDawn Sam Alden and Jen Albert- Fight Choreography and Klingon Tamburlaine I had the great honor and pleasure of talking with Dawn Sam Alden and Jen Albert about their experiences as both fight coordinators and acting in classic theatre, including their current production of a Klingon adaptation of Christopher Marlowe's Tamburlaine through the theatrical company, the School of Night. See the show-notes on our website for photos from the production. You can find Jen Albert on the following social media: Twitter:@thejenalbert Instagram:@thejenalbert Twitter: @SchoolofNightLA Instagram: @SchoolofNight FB: @schoolofnighttheatre D...
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