34 Circe Salon -- Make Matriarchy Great Again -- Disrupting History
Episodes
Encore Episode - Walter Penrose - Lost Amazons!
18 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we sit down with Walter Penrose, PhD, associate professor of history at San Diego State University. Dr. Penrose specializes in the His...
Being a Bad Martha - Misogynist Song Lyrics
04 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Kimberly Rockwell, Dawn "Sam" Alden and Lauren Torres talk about the music that shaped their youth. The songs we scream-sang, and those that comforted...
Kim Gould: Re-envisioning Astrology's Foundational Myths
23 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Kim Gould is a mentor and coach who teaches people to access their own unique way to create meaningful change in their lives through astrology and the...
Nobody's Mother - Dr. Sandra Glahn
08 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join us as we interview Dr. Sandra Glahn, professor at the Dallas Theological Seminary, about her wonderful book, Nobody's Mother: Artemis of the Ephe...
Founding Mothers: Lilian Gilbreth and Edith Clark
24 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode in the Founding Mother’s series, we explore two influential women from the past: Lilian Gilbreth, an American psychologist, ind...
"Karen" -- Deconstruction of a Slur
09 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"Karen"-- a term that became ubiquitous in 2020. It was used as a verbal cudgel to upbraid a certain type of woman: white and very outspoken.Some sa...
Female Robin Hoods!
26 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"Rob from the rich, give to the poor!" This is the famous rallying cry of Robin Hood. But is he the only legendary figure to do so? And were there...
2025-2026 Season Preview!
19 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We're back! We hope you've all had a wonderful summer break! Now it's time to Make Matriarchy Great Again. :-) Join us for our preview of our six...
In Memoriam - Sally Roesch Wagner - Sisters In Spirit: Suffragists and Native American Women
28 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Our final episode of the season is an encore presentation, in memoriam, of the first episode of the season-- Sally Roesch Wagner and the Suffragists-N...
In Praise of the Goddess -- Summer Goddesses
06 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the Northern Hemisphere, this is the time of year when cultures celebrate the return of light and warmth after the long, cold nights of winter. I...
Max Dashu - War Against The Goddess
22 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In another installment of our continuing series called, "The War Against The Goddess," we welcome Max Dashu once again as she joins us to discuss the ...
What Is Matriarchy and Why Do We Want It? - Encore Presentation
08 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Tár - Cinema Reviewed From A Matriarchal Lens
19 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Marvelously acted, written and director, the film Tár was a critical darling. But this will not be a film review, but rather an appraisal of how Ho...
Being A Bad Martha - The Female Gaze in Filmmaking
07 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Kimberly Rockwell and Dawn "Sam" Alden discuss the Female Gaze - is there such a thing? How does a film camera typically "look" at a woman vs how it "...
Max Dashu - Titanides - Encore Presentation
21 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Right now, the world needs goddesses, so there's no better time to give an encore presentation of our episode on the Titanides with Max Dashu! Tune in...
Laura Hirch - From The Goddess Film Series - with Vicki Noble
07 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join us for a wonderful, foundational episode: we're making matriarchy great again! Laura Hirch is a filmmaker, writer, artist and a scholar of matria...
Thracian Goddesses - Power and Majesty
24 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Thracians - Once the most numerous people of Europe, but, now, lost amidst the fog of history.They were known as formidable and warlike-- and some...
Women Spies in WW2 - the novels of Kate Quinn
10 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Co-hosts Dawn "Sam" Alden and Kimberly Rockwell discuss the works of author Kate Quinn and the women characters in her WW2 novels. Most based on actua...
Female Revenge Films - Hard Candy
25 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The last in our series, this might actually be what a true Female Revenge Film looks like! Dawn “Sam” Alden and Kimberly Rockwell talk about thi...
Joan Cichon - Matriarchy in Ancient Crete
09 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Was Crete one of the latest Matriarchies to resist infiltration and overthrow by the waves of Indo-European invasion? What evidence is hidden in plain...
Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language
26 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The gang's all here and we're ready to discuss the sexism and misogyny imbedded in many words in our language and we're using the book Wordslut by Ama...
Motherpeace Tarot - with Vicki Noble and Karen Vogel
02 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Motherpeace Round Tarot deck is a co-creation of Karen Vogel and Vicki Noble. Created in 1978, within a year of being given their first tarot deck...
In Praise of Stuntwomen: Double Dare - 20th Anniversary
15 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It’s the 20th Anniversary of an amazing documentary, Double Dare. We speak with the director and one of the stars, and speak fondly of the other sta...
Founding Mothers - Dr. Felicitas Goodman
05 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Felicitas D. Goodman was an anthropologist who made some ground breaking discoveries in her field. She discovered and verified that holding specifi...
Spartan Women - Dr. Carla Ionescu
22 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Carla Ionescu joins us again, this time to talk about Spartan women! The women of Sparta were unique in the Ancient Greek world for the level of...
Being A Bad Martha: Abortion
05 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A frank discussion about abortion.
Sally Roesch Wagner -- Sisters In Spirit: Suffragists and Native American Women
21 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We're back for the 2024-2025 season! And what better way to begin than to discuss the history of a sisterhood between the Haudenosaunee women and th...
A Big Season-End Thank You!
25 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A belated season-end thank you from the 34 Circe Salon to all of our listeners! We concluded the 2023-2024 season with our Medusa episode and we'll ...
Medusa - with Starr Goode, Miriam Robbins Dexter and Joan Marler
29 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we delve into the matriarchal reinterpretation of the Medusa myth, contrasting it with the traditional patriarchal narrative of Ancie...
In Praise of the Goddess - Persephone
15 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join Lauren Torres and Dawn "Sam' Alden as they welcome author Molly Remer and discuss (and praise) the Goddess Persephone. Goddess of spring and Quee...
A Word To Our Matrons
11 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Just a brief message to our sponsors from the newest members of the 34 Circe Make Matriarchy Great Again family, Lauren Torres and Kimberly Rockwell....
The Importance of Postnatal Care
02 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Taking care of new mothers by restoring their health through rest, bodywork, and nourishing foods can be found in every society, most in the not so di...
Female Revenge Films - Peppermint (2018)
19 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join Dawn "Sam" Alden and Kimberly Rockwell as they discuss the female revenge film Peppermint (2018). Starring Jennifer Garner, Peppermint tells th...
Vicki Noble - Amazons and Matriarchy - Pt. 2
28 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We're back with the long-awaited follow-up discussion to our foundational episode on Amazons and Matriarchy. In Part I, we discussed the movements o...
34 Circe Salon - Make Matriarchy Great Again - Fourth Anniversary Bonus Episode!
26 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Has it been four years already? Why, yes, it has! Join us as we celebrate our fourth anniversary and take a trip down memory lane. Favorite episodes...
Stuntwomen!
12 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
They are the daring action women that we all adore, but what is it really like to be a stuntwoman? Join us for a really fun discussion with four Holly...
Vicki Noble - Amazons and Matriarchy - Pt. 1 - Full Episode
29 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In preparation for our upcoming part 2 episode, we bring you the uncut version of part 1 of Vicki Noble's discussion of the matriarchal origins of the...
Founding Mothers - Viola Spolin and Neva Boyd
07 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join us for the first episode in our Founding Mother Series! Viola Spolin developed a complete system of education which she called Theater Games and ...
Professor Walter Penrose - Wonder Woman (2017) and the Amazons
25 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We welcome back Professor Walter Penrose, specialist in gender and sexuality in the Ancient World, to discuss everyone's favorite Amazon: Wonder Woman...
We Love Artemis! A Discussion of the Great Goddess Artemis with Dr. Carla Ionescu
11 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It's no secret that Artemis is beloved at the 34 Circe Salon Make Matriarchy Great Again podcast, so this episode is a match made in heaven for us.......
Being A Bad Martha - Virginity
25 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
People speak of virginity as if it’s a thing. It’s not. It’s not a thing. Kimberly and Dawn talk about the science and the myth of virginity, an...
Max Dashu - Titanides
17 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It is our pleasure, once again, to present a fascinating conversation with Max Dashu!Max Dashu has championed the various lost histories of women and ...
Womancraft Publishing
30 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join new Make Matriarchy Great Again host Lauren Torres as she talks with Lucy Pearce, the founder of Womancraft Publishing. Lucy is a multi-faceted c...
Medea Was Framed! -- Perspectives on Medea with Vicki Noble and Miriam Robbins Dexter
14 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
As with so many women in Greek mythology, Medea has seen her nature, persona and story changed pejoratively with every retelling by the men who spoke ...
Being A Bad Martha - Gossip
31 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Women talking to each other - how dare they? Kimberly and Dawn talk to each other about the origin of the campaign against gossip, and how most of it ...
Heide Göttner-Abendroth - Modern Matriarchal Studies Pioneer
18 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The founder of the Academy Hagia and one of the strongest voices in the Modern Matriarchal Studies movement, Heide Göttner-Abendroth has written book...
In Praise of Amazons - Penthesilea and Hippolyta!
10 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Time for a shout-out to two great Amazon warriors, Penthesilea and Hippolyta. Join old-school hosts, Sean Marlon Newcombe and Dawn "Sam" Alden, as the...
We're Back! Introducing our new hosts!
08 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We're back for the new season (finally) and we're introducing our new hosts as well. Join us as we get back into action making matriarchy great again!
Announcement! Changes Coming to 34 Circe's Make Matriarchy Great Again!
29 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Hey, everyone! There are some changes afoot for the podcast. We are going to reorganize in order to keep bringing you content that helps make matr...
Greer "GR" MacAllister -- Author -- "The Five Queendoms" Series: Scorpica and Arca
10 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Greer “G.R.” Macallister is an author of historical fiction and science fantasy. Under her full name, "Greer MacAllister," she has written the his...
Encore: Tony Wolf - Suffrajitsu-- The Female Bodyguards of the British Suffrage Movement
02 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This one was definitely worth an encore: Join us as we take a fun dive into the history of the British suffrage movement and the untold story of the ...
Miriam Robbins Dexter - Sacred Script of Old Europe - with Vicki Noble
25 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
According to Marija Gimbutas, "During the sixth millennium B.C., the Old Europeans developed a writing system; like many other Old European achievemen...
Podcast Takeover: Subject To Power Podcast-- "The Oldest Trauma"
18 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast takeover, we're delighted to turn over the reins to the Subject To Power Podcast. Hosted by Elle Kamihira, Subject To Power focuses ...
Vicki Noble - The Matriarchy of Old Europe - New Version
11 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In a classic recording, Vicki Noble joins Sean Marlon Newcombe and Dawn "Sam" Alden to discuss the matriarchal roots of Western Civilization. "Old Eur...
Miriam Robbins Dexter - Tarim Basin Mummies - with Vicki Noble
04 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Join us as we discuss the fascinating story of the Tarim Basin mummies with Miriam Robbins Dexter. The Tarim Basin mummies are naturally mummified h...
Michelle Manu - Women In Hawaiian Martial Arts
28 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Join us as we discuss the role of women in Hawaiian martial arts and traditional combat with stuntwoman and martial artists Michelle Manu. Ms. Manu ...
Joan Marler -- Talks On Marija Gimbutas -- Part 2 (with Vicki Noble)
21 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 Archae...
Who Were The Amazons? -- Max Dashu Interview -- Encore Presentation
22 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The 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, s...
Joan Marler -- Talks On Marija Gimbutas -- Part 1 (with Vicki Noble)
09 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Join us as we talk with Joan Marler about her mentor Marija Gimbutas. Joan is the Founder and Executive Director of the Institute of Archaeomytholog...
Mary Mackey On Creativity (with Vicki Noble)
02 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 b...
Jack Weatherford - The Secret History of the Mongol Queens -- Encore Presentation
12 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Easily one of our favorite episodes, this extraordinary and little-known bit of history always amazes.Deliberately erased from history, the story of t...
International Women's Day Episode with Vicki Noble
08 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Join us as we celebrate the history and relevance of International Women's Day (IWD). From it's inception as an outgrowth of socialist labor movemen...
John Colarusso -- The Women of the Nart Sagas -- Encore Presentation
26 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We 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 o...
In Praise of the Goddess-- Winter Goddesses
19 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
While 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 ...
Native American Matriarchal Culture - The Lenape
12 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The 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....
Podcast Takeover - Home To Her - Liz Childs Kelly, Vicki Noble and Dawn "Sam" Alden
22 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
An 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...
Feminine Divine - Rev. Dr. Kate Cress
15 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Make 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 intervi...
Max Dashu - Pythias and Classical Oracular Women
13 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What was the oracular tradition like in Ancient Greece and what were its matriarchal roots? Join us we talk with Max Dashu about this incredible tra...
Female Revenge Movies - Thelma & Louise (1991)
19 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The iconic film Thelma & Louise debuted in 1991 and changed the cinematic landscape forever. Join Vicki Noble, Dawn "Sam" Alden and Sean Marlon ...
Vicki Noble - Marija Gimbutas Symposium - Encore Presentation
11 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We 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 a...
Blood Mysteries
03 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Vicki Noble & Marilu Shinn - Women's Blood MysteriesVicki and Dawn speak with Marilu Shinn about menstrual blood - its beginning, its end, and how...
Women Have Always Fought - Encore Presentation
31 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dawn "Sam" Alden talks with Sean Marlon Newcombe about the myriad of women warriors throughout history and how their stories have been erased. What we...
Rematriartion - Voices of Indigenous Women
21 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Join us for a wonderful discussion of the rematriation movement as it impacts Native American people. According to the women leading the this movement...
Female Revenge Movies - Promising Young Woman (2020)
03 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Referred to as, "A black comedy told in pastels," the film "Promising Young Woman" initiates our series on female revenge movies. Written and direct...
Fifth Sacred Thing - Novel by Starhawk
17 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
An epic tale of freedom and slavery, love and war, and the potential futures of humankind tells of a twenty-first century California clan caught betwe...
Fearless Nadia-- Female Action Hero!
03 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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....
Genevieve Vaughan and Vicki Noble - The Gift Economy
28 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Could matriarchy provide an alternative to the predatory corporatism that defines the global economy? Join us as we bring bring back our third member ...
Dr. Ping Yao - Women, Gender and Sexuality in China
09 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Returning 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 join...
Circe - A Novel By Madeline Miller
29 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Madeline Miller's beautiful and lyrical novel, "Circe," Is one part mythology, one part biography and one part half-remembered dream. It is a work t...
In Praise of the Goddess - Freyja - Blood Eclipse
16 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Sex and war. Magic and death. These are the realms of the great Goddess Freyja. Seemingly rising from the chthonic myst of power in the matriarc...
Constance Tippett - The Goddess Timeline - with Vicki Noble
09 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The 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....
Women Heroes of Aviation - The WASPs
02 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We chat with filmmakers Matia Karrell and Hilary Prentice about their documentary on the American female military aviators of World War II, the WASPs....
Ellen Snortland - Beauty Bites Beast
25 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ellen 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 wor...
Misogyny In The Ancient World - Ep. 3 - Hesiod Was An A**hole
18 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In describing the punishment that Zeus would levy upon the world for the "transgression" of man using fire, Hesiod wrote, "At once he made an afflicti...
Elaine Pagels - Women in Gnosticism and the Early Church
11 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Elaine Pagels is one the most celebrated scholars of early Christianity in the world. She is the author of such popular works as "The Gnostic Gospel...
Vicki Noble - War Against The Goddess - Echoes In Ukraine
03 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It 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 w...
In Praise of the Goddess: Artemis
28 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Matron 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 M...
Mary Mackey -- Novelist and Poet
21 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Mary Mackey is a beloved novelist and poet whose work centers on matriarchal and ecological subjects. Her historical novels take place in the matria...
In Praise of the Goddess - Ishtar
12 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
An illuminating and deeply personal discussion with an Assyrian priestess of Ishtar. One of the Great Goddesses, she was also known as Inanna in Sum...
The tale of Gallus Mag & Sadie the Goat
09 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Have you heard the tale of Gallus Mag and Sadie the Goat? These two very colorful characters lived in the 19th Century in New York City, and despite...
Vicki Noble - From Priestess To Bride
22 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Join 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. Lo...
Tony Wolf - Suffrajitsu: The Bodyguard of the British Suffrage Movement
12 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Join us as we take a fun dive into the history of the British suffrage movement and the untold story of the women who became martial arts experts and ...
Podcast Crossover-- Broads You Should Know-- Valiant Ladies of Potosi
06 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A special crossover episode of the Broads You Should Know podcast. (https://broadsyoushouldknow.com/) Today it's our own Dawn "Sam" Alden joining the ...
Lieutenant Nun (La Monja Alférez) - Catalina de Erauso, Swashbuckler
23 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Catalina de Erauso, who in 1599 escaped from a Basque convent dressed as a man and went on to a life of adventure and violence throughout South Americ...
Vicki Noble - Jeannine Davis-Kimball
14 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Join Dawn "Sam" Alden as she talks with Vicki Noble about her experience working with Jeannine Davis-Kimball and their journey into the land of ancien...
In Praise of the Goddess - Sekhmet and Bast
03 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We start the new year with "In Praise of the Goddess"! This time it's Sekhmet and Bastet. Join us as we explore these powerful divine females and se...
Ping Yao - Women In Ancient China
19 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Join 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 b...
Vicki Noble - Marija Gimbutas Symposium
25 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Celebrating the centennial of Marija Gimbtutas' birth, the Association for the Study of Women & Mythology held a symposium on her life and works. ...
Kimberly Rockwell - Women of the Beat Generation
12 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
They dragged themselves through the streets at dawn and staggered across tenement roofs illuminated just like the men-- but very few of us know the na...
The Power - Pt. 2 - Naomi Alderman's novel of a dystopian matriarchy
08 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We continue our discussion of Naomi Alderman's haunting sci-fi novel, "The Power." The story of a dystopian future where women rule, in part two we ...