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Julia Child: Stirring Up America’s Appetite
01 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Before food TV came to be, one woman taught America how to cook with joy… and lots of butter. From writing to working for the CIA, Julia Child’s p...
Violet Jessop: The Titanic Survivor Who Lived To Tell 3 Tales
24 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
She is known as “Miss Unsinkable.” Between the years 1908 and 1950, Violet Jessop worked as a stewardess and nurse aboard some of the most famous ...
The Black Angels: When Death Loomed Over NYC
17 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the early decades of the twentieth century, tuberculosis was a shadow that loomed over New York City. Amid segregation and discrimination in Ameri...
Chevalière d’Éon: The Transgender Spy
10 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In 18th-century France, Chevalière d’Éon became famous as a brilliant spy and diplomat- and one of the first openly transgender figures in Europea...
Mina Crandon and Rose Mackenberg: Exposing Fraudulent Mediums
03 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
During the height of spiritualism in the 1920s, Boston medium Mina "Margery" Crandon became a sensation with her dramatic séances and claims of spiri...
Frances Glessner Lee: The Mother of Forensic Science
27 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Imagine a dollhouse, but amongst the miniature furniture and doors, you find…a murder scene. Frances Glessner Lee- often referred to as the “Mothe...
Georgia Frontiere: The First Lady of the NFL
20 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Georgia Frontiere rose from the entertainment world to become one of the most powerful women in professional sports, making history as the first femal...
Mary Anning: The Fossil Hunter of the Jurassic Coast
13 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the early 19th century, most people thought extinction was impossible - if no new creatures appeared, how could any have ever vanished? Mary Anning...
Part 2: How Nellie Bly Circumnavigated the Globe
06 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We’re back with Part 2 of our Nellie Bly series! Last week, we shared how Nellie went undercover in an asylum to expose the abuse and neglect happe...
Part 1: Nellie Bly ft. National Park After Dark
30 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
You may know us from our other podcast, National Park After Dark (Apple and Spotify). This week on Watch Her Cook, we will be sharing a National Park...
Chipeta: Queen of the Utes
23 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
1848 marked the start of a wave of westward expansion that would forever change the American frontier and the lives of the Native peoples who called i...
Neerja Bhanot: The Hero of Pan Am Flight 73
16 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In 1986, over 350 passengers on board Pan Am Flight 73 were faced with a traveller’s worst nightmare… their plane was hijacked. At just 22 years o...
Hedy Lamarr: The Hollywood Star Who Revolutionized Technology
09 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
She was a woman who lived many lives. When beauty meets genius, the result is Hedy Lamarr. Even though she is known for her glamorous Hollywood roles,...
Hitting Pause For for Independence Day
02 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In light of Independence Day, we will not be releasing an episode this week. We'll be back next Wednesday, July 9, with another powerful story from...
Belle Gunness: Murder Through Love Letters
25 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
She was a loving mother, a grieving widow–and one of America’s most prolific female serial killers. In the 19th century, Norwegian immigrant Belle...
The Courageous Women in Pink
18 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the heartland of rural India, 400,000 women dressed in pink saris have come together to fight domestic abuse, caste discrimination, and political c...
The Mother of Science Fiction: Inventing Frankenstein
11 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What began as a vivid dream on a stormy night during the “Year Without a Summer,” after a round of German ghost stories by the fire, would go on t...
The Most Notorious Shoplifters in British History
04 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the filthy streets of Victorian South London, a group of women from Elephant and Castle pulled off the largest and most sophisticated shoplifting o...
Hitting Pause For Memorial Day
28 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In light of Memorial Day, we will not be releasing an episode this week. We'll be back next Wednesday, June 4, with another powerful story from an ...
The Most Feared Pirate of the South China Sea
21 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It began in the crowded harbors of Guangdong, where intelligent woman, Zheng Yi Sao, worked aboard a floating brothel. Through strategy, negotiation a...
Fighting Breast Cancer in Antarctica
14 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In 1999, Dr. Jerri Nielsen landed her dream job at the South Pole, only to face a life-threatening diagnosis when she discovered a lump in her breast....
The Woman Who Changed The Boston Marathon
07 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In 1967, photos of a furious race official lunging at a woman mid-stride were plastered across the front pages of newspapers worldwide. That woman was...
The Woman Who Found the Cure for the Untreatable
30 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Alice Ball is a name that was almost erased from history. At just 23 years old, Alice revolutionized the treatment for leprosy—a feared and misunder...
The Woman Who Told The Truth About Sex
23 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the 1970s and 80s, Shere Hite believed that understanding sexuality meant listening—really listening—to people’s experiences. Her anonymous s...
The Woman Who Spoke To Animals
16 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Deep in Europe’s oldest forest once lived a witch… or at least that’s what people called her. Simona Kossak, defined by her anything-but-ordinar...
The Fearless Trio of WWII
09 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
At just 14, 16, and 18, sisters Truus and Freddie Oversteegen and their friend Hannie Schaft became brave resistance fighters against the Nazis during...
The Girl Who Stood Up To The Taliban
09 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Who is Malala? A question that once shook the world—asked in the face of death, now answered with unwavering bravery. Today, we uncover the story of...
Welcome To Watch Her Cook!
01 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From inventors and activists to outlaws and criminal masterminds, join Cassie and Danielle each week as they dive into the stories of incredible women...