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Introducing Motherlode, a Ranieri & Co. production. The gripping story about the birth of computer hacking from an unlikely centre - Melbourne Australia. It was here teenage boys, and they were mostly boys, hacked into some of the biggest organisations in the world. It’s also where a young hacker, Julian Assange, cut his teeth on computers and went on to develop Wikileaks, the most disruptive website the world has seen. But Wikileaks didn’t just spring up out of nowhere. It was 20 years in t ...
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This week we’re joined by Kate Foley! She’s the CEO of Epic Consulting Group, co-host of her podcast called Her Table, and an agent in the NBA. We chat about the start of career at Nike, being a fixer, and having boundaries in her career. Her Table Podcast: https://hertablepodcast.com/ Epic Consulting Group: https://theepicconsultinggroup.com/ Conn…
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This week we’re joined by the hilarious Chaundra Daniels! She’s the Director of Career Services at Vaughn College, a humor consultant, and longtime friend of our co-host Sandra. Tune in wherever you listen as she breaks down equity versus equality, being a Black woman in a white industry, and the importance of butterflies to her. www.vaughn.edu www…
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This week we’re joined by the wisdom-filled Dr. Crystal M. Edwards! Crystal is the Founder and President of Empowering Single Moms, Inc., the mother of four, the principal in one of the largest, urban school districts in the country, and wife to Mr. Fantastic! Crystal breaks down stereotypes about single moms, shares advice for dads, and her encoun…
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This week we’re joined by the former Assistant Coach for the Atlanta Dream of the WNBA, Daynia La-Force! Prior to the Atlanta Dream, she served as Coach at the University of Rhode Island, Northeastern University, and the University of New Haven. Away from the court, she’s the mother to both Terance and Martin Mann, and is married to Eddie Benton. O…
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Denice Simon is a pharmacist turned attorney who is the mother of 3 awesome humans who’ve played sports professionally. She’s currently the Lead Counsel at Takeda, a loving mother and grandmother, and philanthropist who serves on numbers boards for a wide array of organizations ranging from the Association of Corporate Counsel Chicago to the YWCA L…
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Zrinka Allen is the owner and founder of A2Z Consulting Services, the former Chief People Officer of the Pro-Football Hall of Fame, and a shoe lover alongside Sandra. Zrinka joins The Motherlode Show to chat about coming to America as a young girl from Croatia, surviving an abusive relationship, and gets a surprise virtual visit from her daughters!…
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Shaku Miriyala is an entrepreneur and owner of My Growth Academy, and a loving mother of two. Shaku joins The Motherlode Show to chat about encouraging her children’s passions, what inspired her to start her own company, and a guest appearance from her son Akash to chat about his hopes for the WNBA. My Growth Academy: https://mygrowth.academy/ Conn…
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Monica Wright Rogers is a former McDonald’s All American, University of Virginia’s all-time leading scorer, a 2x WNBA championship winner, and most recently, a mom. Monica joins The Motherlode Show to chat about being the number 2 WNBA draft pick in 2010, meeting President Obama, and balancing her new role as the Assistant General Manager for the P…
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Join Sandra Brunson (Mother of New York Knick Jalen Brunson) and Steve Long (Some guy that bought a microphone) as they dive deep into the lives of incredible moms. Episode one welcomes Cynt Marshall the CEO of the Dallas Mavericks and overall amazing mom! The Motherlode Show is hosted by Sandra Brunson and Steve Long where the long-time friends in…
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Wikileaks was at least 20 years in the making. Described as a “radical form of muck-raking”, it was a unique convergence of technology, a new brand of politics and university maths puzzles. It’s founder Julian Assange was ideologically driven and had a sharp sense of humour. Wikileaks, or as Assange called it, “an intelligence agency of the people”…
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A new brand of politics was taking hold online. Left leaning liberals and free market libertarians combined to create something new. United by a belief that encryption was a powerful political weapon, they were technically literate, proudly wrote code and a profound influence on Julian Assange and the creation of Wikileaks. The Cypherpunks. See Pri…
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The next hacker group to hit the scene, International Subversives went further, hacked more and were unashamedly political. Trax, Prime Suspect and Mendax - who we now know as Julian Assange were prolific and talented. They hacked phone companies and military networks, but all the time strictly adhering to the hacker ethic. Credits: Underground: Th…
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It took a while for the Australian Federal Police to take hacking seriously, but when they finally did, the party was over. The Realm Hackers were charged with new laws which had never been tested in the courts. No-one knew what to expect from the judge. They were the canary in the coalmine and a new hacker group, headed by Julian Assange was watch…
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Melbourne hackers were getting a reputation around the world, and none more so than the group known as The Realm. Phoenix, Electron and Nom antagonised system administrators and computer security experts around the world, even shutting down NASA for an entire day. The police needed to act and they were starting to catch up. Credits: News clips (ABC…
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(If you’re from the US and haven’t heard that term, better look it up). The beginning of Hacktivism. The Wank Worm infected thousands of computers around the world. Its target was NASA and there was a strong political message. Although it’s never been proven who was responsible, the hackers left some unique clues which helped investigators trace it…
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Computer hacking started off innocently enough. Teenage boys, bored with life in the outer suburbs, exploring a new technology. Hacking credit cards and buying flowers, cans of coke and concert tickets for their girlfriends. They were known by their online handles. In this episode, we meet Optimus Prime, Bit Mapper and Optic Surfer, hackers who wer…
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Introducing Motherlode, a Ranieri and Co. production. The gripping story about the birth of computer hacking from an unlikely centre - Melbourne, Australia. It was here teenage boys, and they were mostly boys, hacked into some of the biggest organisations in the world. It’s also where a young hacker, Julian Assange, cut his teeth on computers and w…
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It’s pride month! In this episode, writer and photographer Malika Ali Harding tells us about Pauli Murray. Pauli Murray was a civil rights activist, women’s rights activist, lawyer, author, poet, and is amongst the first generation of female Episcopal priests. She’s done so many amazing things… but why isn’t she more well known?? We talk about how …
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Bianca Rowlett tells us about Jeane Kirkpatrick, the first woman to serve as US Ambassador to the United Nations under Reagan’s administration. Jeane Kirkpatrick was a very controversial figure and is known for the Kirkpatrick Doctrine that justified supporting authoritarian right wing regimes and dictatorships as long they were anticommunist. She …
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In this episode, I continue my conversation with author, film critic, and journalist Helen O’Hara about her new book Women vs. Hollywood: The Fall and Rise of Women in Film. We talk about the nuts and bolts of the movie making industry. Why some aspects turn people into products. How telling more diverse stories is not only morally good but also ec…
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It's Women’s History Month and awards season so let’s talk about women in Hollywood. In this episode, author, film critic, and journalist Helen O’Hara tells us about her new book Women vs. Hollywood: The Fall and Rise of Women in Film. We talk about women in leadership roles when filmmaking was first invented but were later written out of Hollywood…
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In this episode, historian and writer Clover Hope tells us about her new book, The Motherlode, a comprehensive history of women rappers. Clover tells us about the role of women in the birth of hip-hop. We talk about the first female rapper, MC Sha-Rock and other women who were crucial to building the genre. Clover tells us about her process of rese…
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It’s February and Black History month! In this episode, historian and writer Hadley Meares tells us the story of Georgia Ann Hill Robinson, the first black woman hired to the LAPD in 1919. Her story is very topical to what’s going on today and the conversation about the role of police officers and the use of social agencies to help address communit…
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In this episode, historian and writer Dr. Tiffany González tells us the story of Irma Rangel, the first Mexican American woman elected to the Texas House of Representatives in 1976. We talk about Irma Rangel’s path to politics, how she started as a teacher, and then decided to become a lawyer. She saw a lack of representation for Mexican American c…
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In this episode, actress and writer Mary Jane Wells tells us about how she adapted the true story of a female soldier in the US army into a one woman play called “Heroine”. We talk about how to tell the story of someone’s traumatic experience without being exploitive or causing more distress. We talk about artistic license and when a story takes on…
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In this episode, historian and author Kellie Carter-Jackson tells us about her new essay “‘Dare You Meet a Woman’: Black Women, Abolitionism, and Protective Violence, 1850-1859” If you think America is tense now, you need to hear more stories about the Antebellum Era, especially just before the American Civil War started in 1861. Kellie Carter-Jack…
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America has finally elected its first female Vice President, Kamala Harris. In this episode, we talk to author and historian Sarah Rowley about political husbands. In the 1970s, more women were elected to political office thus changing gender roles in Washington. The political spouse had for so long been a wife. We talk about Bella Abzug and her hu…
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Voter suppression isn’t new to America. In this episode, we talk to author and historian Liette Gidlow about tactics used to keep women, namely minority women, from casting a ballot after 1920 when the 19th Amendment finally passed. Some registrars got creative while others literally ran and hid. We talk about how disenfranchisement within our coun…
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Happy Halloween! In this episode, author and Halloween expert Lisa Morton tells us about female horror writers of the late 1800s and early 1900s. She tells us about what inspires and influences her own writing. We chat about how spooky stories reflect our culture and current events. She also tells us about early seances and how mediums were big tim…
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In this episode, author and historian Holly Guise, tells us about Elizabeth Peratrovich. Elizabeth Peratrovich was a civil rights activist who fought for equality for Alaska Natives. Her story is like others who fought for change. In Alaska, Elizabeth and her husband Roy Peratrovich found discrimination, difficulty buying a house in certain neighbo…
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In this episode, author and historian Judy Wu, tells us about Patsy Mink. Patsy Mink was an attorney and politician from the state of Hawaii. She was the first Asian-American woman and the first woman of color elected to Congress. Patsy’s story is great because she didn’t give up when things were tough. She was a woman who really fought for change …
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In this episode, historian and author Stacie Taranto tells us about Ellen McCormack. Ellen McCormack ran for president in 1976 as a Democrat with an exclusively pro-life platform. She was creating the single issue voter by being the single issue presidential candidate. What’s interesting about stories like Ellen McCormack is that it shows the power…
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In this episode of She’s History, historian Marjorie Spruill tells us about who Ruth Bader Ginsburg was, her accomplishments, her struggles to get a job in law, the cases she argued and won in front of the Supreme Court, how she became a justice on the Supreme Court, her famous dissents, and her lasting legacy. We also talk about voting rights, how…
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Now we’re 100 years and a couple days into women having the right to vote and there’s still a lot of work to do in regards to gender equality. More than you’d think! We continue our conversation with historians Stacie Taranto and Leandra Zarnow about their new book "Suffrage at 100", a really great collection of essays from various writers about wo…
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It’s August 26th, 2020 which is the 100 year anniversary of the 19th amendment to the U.S. Constitution being formally adopted allowing women the right to vote. Historians Stacie Taranto and Leandra Zarnow tell us about their new book "Suffrage at 100", which is a really great collection of essays from various writers about women in American politi…
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As we celebrate the 100 year anniversary of the last state to ratify for the 19th amendment declaring for the first time that all American women, like men, deserve the right to vote, we hear the story of how Phyllis Schlafly threw a gala to celebrate her role in helping to stop states from ratifying another amendment, the Equal Rights Amendment. In…
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Marjorie Spruill, historian and author of the book “Divided we stand”, tells us about the 1977 Houston Women's Conference and how it was an amazing celebration of American women as well as a tool for furthering a growing divide. This event really did pave the way for the extreme partisan politics we see today. *Disclaimer, you do not need to watch …
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Marjorie Spruill, historian and author of the book “Divided we stand”, tells us about Midge Costanza, Jean O’Leary, the gay rights provision in the national plan of action, why Bella was nervous about it, and why it’s important to stand your ground for what’s right. *Disclaimer, you do not need to watch the "Mrs. America" limited series to enjoy th…
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In this episode, historian Marjorie Spruill tells us about Bella Abzug, a champion for equality. We learn about Bella's career in politics as the country was beginning to divide so extremely in the 1970s. *Disclaimer, you do not need to watch the "Mrs. America" limited series to enjoy the history conversation in this podcast. However, the 7th episo…
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Historian Marjorie Spruill wrote the book "Divided We Stand" which illustrates how America became so polarized. With protests and calls for change, Marjorie and I have a conversation about what historically might be next for our country. #blacklivesmatter #protests #justiceforgeorge #georgefloyd #unite #unitedwestand #america #politics #division #r…
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*Disclaimer, you do not need to watch the Mrs. America limited series to enjoy the history conversation in this podcast. However, the 6th episode of the series is a good companion piece for this podcast episode. In this episode, Marjorie talks about Republican feminist Jill Ruckelshaus. Marjorie Spruill is a historian and author of the book Divided…
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*Disclaimer, you do not need to watch the Mrs. America limited series to enjoy the history conversation in this podcast. However, the 5th episode of the series is a good companion piece for this podcast episode. In this episode, Marjorie talks about sex and marriage in the 1960s and 70s. Marjorie Spruill wrote the book “Divided We Stand”. Her book …
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*Disclaimer, you do not need to watch the Mrs. America limited series to enjoy the history conversation in this podcast. However, the 4th episode of the series is a good companion piece for this podcast episode. In this episode, Marjorie talks about Betty Friedan. We also discuss how Phyllis Schlafly used emotion to get the upper hand on Betty duri…
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*Disclaimer, you do not need to watch the Mrs. America limited series to enjoy the history conversation in this podcast. However, the 3rd episode of the series is a good companion piece for this podcast episode. In this episode, Marjorie talks about Shirley Chisholm who became the first black woman to run for the office of President of the United S…
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*Disclaimer, you do not need to watch the Mrs. America limited series to enjoy the history conversation in this podcast. However, the 2nd episode of the series is a good companion piece for this podcast episode. In this episode, Marjorie talks about Gloria Steinem and the women trying to pass the Equal Rights Amendment in the 1970s. At the same tim…
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*Disclaimer, you do not need to watch the Mrs. America limited series to enjoy the history conversation in this podcast. However, the 1st episode of the series is a good companion piece for this podcast episode. In this episode, Laura interviews Marjorie Spruill, historian and author of the book "Divided We Stand" about who Phyllis Schalfly is and …
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