The Bitchery of History

This month, we've teamed up with It's Personal: The Podcast to bring you a series of interviews from the performers that took part in Bitches Get Personal in 2019! -- Sara Fisher loves to sleep...and she loves to dream. But...she doesn't always follow through with her dreams as she tells us in the Bitches Get Personal show August and September 2019. Listen to our interview with her to see if she's still a big dreamer! Interviewer: Liz Kummer Interviewee: Sara Fisher Producer: Max Kirkham Artwork: Lauren Cierzan Music: Josh Hendricks Learn more about our upcoming 4th annual Bitches Get Personal show at itspersonalonstage.com!

This month, we've teamed up with It's Personal: The Podcast to bring you a series of interviews from the performers that took part in Bitches Get Personal in 2019! -- It's hard not to compare yourself to a Disney princess when your name is Ariel...but it's not all glass slippers and fairy dust. Listen to Ariel Putnam's piece at our annual Bitches Get Personal show in 2019 and check out the interview for a look at the woman behind the crown. Interviewer: Riley Billingsley Interviewee: Ariel Putnam Producer: Max Kirkham Artwork: Lauren Cierzan Music: Josh Hendricks Learn more about our upcoming 4th annual Bitches Get Personal show at itspersonalonstage.com!

This month, we've teamed up with It's Personal: The Podcast to bring you a series of interviews from the performers that took part in Bitches Get Personal in 2019! -- If you're a woman, hearing "you should smile more!" is like nails on a chalkboard. Alycia Conrad gets personal about all the things people have said to her or about her at our Bitches Get Personal show in August and September of 2019. Interviewer: Liz Kummer Interviewee: Alycia Conrad Producer: Max Kirkham Artwork: Lauren Cierzan Music: Josh Hendricks Learn more about our upcoming 4th annual Bitches Get Personal show at itspersonalonstage.com!

This month, we've teamed up with It's Personal: The Podcast to bring you a series of interviews from the performers that took part in Bitches Get Personal in 2019! -- Riley wants a baby. She really wants to be a mom. But...not right now. It's complicated. Hear all about her journey to not motherhood on this week's episode! Interviewer: Chloé Godard Interviewee: Riley Billingsley Producer: Max Kirkham Artwork: Lauren Cierzan Music: Josh Hendricks Learn more about our upcoming 4th annual Bitches Get Personal show at itspersonalonstage.com!

This month, we've teamed up with It's Personal: The Podcast to bring you a series of interviews from the performers that took part in Bitches Get Personal in 2019! -- Allison Powell performed onstage with us for the first time at our Bitches Get Personal show in August and September 2019. She tells the audience how she gained a love of running...which turned into a love for taking care of herself. Come along for the journey and listen along! Interviewer: Max Kirkham Interviewee: Allison Powell Producer: Max Kirkham Artwork: Lauren Cierzan Music: Josh Hendricks Learn more about our upcoming 4th annual Bitches Get Personal show at itspersonalonstage.com!

This week, live from YouTube and The 4th Annual Bitches Get Personal, Max and Allison talk about two women who challenged impossible odds. The first, an activist and labor organizer, was the first published feminist in Puerto Rico. The second, a Native American interpreter and educator, straddled the two worlds. That right, we're talking about Luisa Capetillo and Sarah Winnemucca! Then, we're joined by Maebe A. Girl, the first drag queen elected to public office in California! We talk about her journey, her goals, and her fight. Music by: Bensound.com Max: @quirkytitle Allison: @allisonhpowell Maebe A. Girl: @maebeagirl

This week, live from YouTube and The 4th Annual Bitches Get Personal, Max and Allison talk about two women who changed who changed the world by the force of their will. The first, an activist and educator, almost went to jail for decades for a crime she didn't commit. The second, a doctor and suffragist, is widely believed to have opened the first birth control clinic in the world. That right, we're talking about Angela Davis and Aletta Jacobs! Then, we're joined by AJ Joyce of the She's So Reel podcast. We talk about her journey, her podcast, and her love of diversity and inclusion in entertainment. https://shessoreel.com/ https://www.facebook.com/shessoreel/ Music by: Bensound.com Max: @quirkytitle Allison: @allisonhpowell AJ Joyce: @ajsoreel

Today, Allison is joined by It Could Be Me founder Triny Willerton. This inspirational triathlete was hit by a truck in May of 2018 while riding her bike and was running an Iron Man later that year. Triny talks to Allison about recovery, her advocacy work, and their shared love of being active! Bitches Get Stuff Done indeed! Silent Bike Ride - May 20th @ 2:10pm on Swift https://www.itcouldbeme.org/ Twitter: @itcouldbeme Instagram: @itcouldbeme2020 Itcouldbeme2019@gmail.com Logo: Lauren Cierzan Music: Youtube Audio Library Max: @QuirkyTitle Allison: @AllisonHPowell Triny: @trinywillerton

In HONOR of International Nurses Week, we're re-releasing this episode from May of 2018 -- This week, Allison and Max discuss two nurses! The first, became the first black nurse in America, in the mid 1800's; the second, known around the world as the "lady with the lamp," built her reputation through her ceaseless work ethic: Mary Mahoney and Florence Nightingale. Intro and Ad Music: BenSound.com Logo: Lauren Cierzan Max: @QuirkyTitle Allison: @AHPowell91

In HONOR of International Nurses Week, we're re-releasing this episode from May of 2018 -- This week, Allison and Max discuss two nurses! The first, became the first black nurse in America, in the mid 1800's; the second, known around the world as the "lady with the lamp," built her reputation through her ceaseless work ethic: Mary Mahoney and Florence Nightingale. Intro and Ad Music: BenSound.com Logo: Lauren Cierzan Max: @QuirkyTitle Allison: @AHPowell91

In light of last week's events, we're re-releasing this episode from March of 2019. -- Max and Allison discuss two women who shed light on the world around them. The first, an investigative journalist and relentless civil rights advocate, became, arguably, the loudest anti-lynching crusader in US history; the second, a doctor and one of the first women ordained as a methodist minister, was a leader of the national suffrage movement in the United States: Ida B. Wells and Anna Howard Shaw. Intro and Ad Music: BenSound.com Logo: Lauren Cierzan Max: @QuirkyTitle Allison: @AHPowell91

Hello! Thank you again for joining us for this special Quarantine Cycle of episodes. For our final week, we're joined by Lola Noh and Anna Lewis. Also, Allison reads a piece submitted by Marguerite Nocci. Producer: Max Kirkham Producer: Allison Powell Music: Bensound.com & YouTube Audio Library Artwork: Lauren Cierzan For more information visit www.thebitcheryofhistory.com.

Greetings from Hollywood in hibernation! Over another week in isolation, we got more of our friends and family on the phone to share their stories. Please welcome Nicole Powell, Ashlei Sharpe Chestnut, Roni Geva, and Grace Seamon Lahiff! Producer: Max Kirkham Producer: Allison Powell Music: Bensound.com & YouTube Audio Library Artwork: Lauren Cierzan For more information visit www.thebitcheryofhistory.com.

This episode of It’s Personal: the Podcast originally aired on January 12, 2020. -- Riley interviews Liz Kummer about her piece from the Heartbreak show in January and February 2019. Liz's performance was unlike anything we've ever done before (or since) in an It's Personal show...does she feel like it paid off? Interviewer: Riley Billingsley Interviewee: Liz Kummer Producer: Max Kirkham Music: Joshua Hendricks Artwork: Lauren Cierzan www.itspersonalonstage.com

Hello from Los Angeles in lockdown! We've been hard at work getting our friends and family on the phone to share their stories. Today, Janette Danielson, Kim Grant, and Lauren Brooks. Producer: Max Kirkham Producer: Allison Powell Music: Bensound.com & YouTube Audio Library Artwork: Lauren Cierzan For more information visit www.thebitcheryofhistory.com.

This episode originally aired on January 20, 2020. -- Riley interviews Max Kirkham about what grosses him out. We won't spoil it in the description, but you'll sure get a kick out of this one. Max performed March & April 2019. Interviewer: Riley Billingsley Interviewee: Max Kirkham Producer: Max Kirkham Music: Joshua Hendricks Artwork: Lauren Cierzan www.itspersonalonstage.com

Hello from Los Angeles in lockdown! Our hiatus was scheduled to go until the next Bitches Get Personal, but then there was a pandemic. So we thought we'd check in and bring you some words of comfort from our best friends and family members. Producer: Max Kirkham Producer: Allison Powell Music: Bensound.com & YouTube Audio Library Artwork: Lauren Cierzan For more information visit www.thebitcheryofhistory.com.

From the Executive Producer of The Bitchery of History, and the creators of It's Personal, comes a new podcast you won't want to miss! Subscribe to It's Personal: The Podcast today on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Soundcloud so you don't miss the first episode on January 6, 2020! / www.itspersonalonstage.com @itspersonalonstage

Originally released on October 16, 2016, Max and Allison talk about two women whose life's work will continue to impact our world for ages to come. The first, a poet born more than 600 years before the birth of Christ, became one of the most successful artists the world has ever known; The other, a nurse and a social worker, saved more than 2000 souls from the jaws of a great evil: Sappho and Irena Sendler! / Intro and Ad Music provided by BenSound.com / Logo Art by Lauren Cierzan / Join the Conversation! thebitcheryofhistory.com / Facebook / Twitter / Instagram / Max: @QuirkyTitle Allison: @AHPowell91 / The Team: Janette Danielson (@Neddie94) Sydney Tannenbaum (@sydneyxmastree) Jess Lee (@jessmlee)

Over the course of just under 47 hours, Allison Powell made history in becoming the first woman to run The Backbone Trail in Malibu, CA out and back: 136.8 miles (220.16 km)! In this special episode, Max and Allison discuss her process, her achievement, and the team that helped make it happen. / Intro and Ad Music provided by BenSound.com / Logo Art by Lauren Cierzan / Join the Conversation! www.thebitcheryofhistory.com / Max: @QuirkyTitle Allison: @AHPowell91 /