Chickstory

About Chickstory

This is Chickstory! A podcast about chicks... in history. Each episode Annie (curious chickstorian) is joined by Phoebe (actual historian) to share some of the most remarkable stories about often overlooked women of history. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/chickstory (http://supporter.acast.com/chickstory). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

Publisher

Annie & Phoebe

Category

history · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

21 Jun 2020

Latest episode

5 Nov 2025

Latest episodes

131 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   5 Nov 2025

   S8 Ep 8 - Eunice Newton Foote & Kitty McEwan

   In the final episode of the season, Annie tells Phoebe all about Eunice Newton Foote - an American scientist, inventor, and women's rights campaigner who was the first scientist to identify the climate phenomenon now referred to as the greenhouse effect. And, Phoebe tells Annie all about Kitty McEwan an Australian sports journalist, golfer and former superintendent for the Australian Women's Land Army in Victoria and, is believed to have been the first female sports journalist in Australia. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/chickstory (http://supporter.acast.com/chickstory). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

2. 

   1 Oct 2025

   S8 Ep 7 - Alice Cornwell & Amy Johnson

   In this week's episode, Phoebe tells Annie all about Alice Cornwell, a British goldmining industrialist and newspaper proprietor who made her fortune from gold and floated her company on the London Stock Exchange. Phoebe tells Annie all about Amy Johnson, the first woman pilot to fly solo from London to Darwin. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/chickstory (http://supporter.acast.com/chickstory). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

3. 

   3 Sept 2025

   S8 Ep 6 - The 'Ladies' Bridge & Phoebe Chappel

   In this episode, Annie tells Phoebe the real story of the Waterloo Bridge, otherwise known as the "Ladies Bridge", and Phoebe tells Annie all about Phoebe Chappel - MM MBBS BSc, a South Australian medical doctor, decorated for her heroic service in France during World War I and the first Australian, and the only female doctor, to receive the Military Medal – awarded for gallantry in the field. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/chickstory (http://supporter.acast.com/chickstory). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

3 ratings

Spotify

4.7 / 5

24 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 63 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

91

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

90

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