We take on old and new stories and ask how they have shaped us. Sonja's a historian and Vanessa's a literary scholar, and both are experienced educators. In Walks a Woman podcast is educational, engaging, and relatable. Visit our website: inwalksawoman.com. Support our work on Patreon: patreon.com/InWalksaWoman and follow us on Instagram @inwalksawoman
In Walks a Woman
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We take on old and new stories and ask how they have shaped us. Sonja's a historian and Vanessa's a literary scholar, and both are experienced educators. In Walks a Woman podcast is educational, engaging, and relatable. Visit our website: inwalksawoman.com. Support our work on Patreon: patreon.com/InWalksaWoman and follow us on Instagram @inwalksawoman
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July 4, 2026
77. Eve Invents Sex: John Milton’s PARADISE LOST (S6E4)
<p>Eve as seductress is a cliche. That would make more sense if it were actually in the story about her. People realizing they are naked does not = having sex like bunnies. Sorry guys (and we do mean guys), but there is no sex in the Genesis story. </p><p><br /></p><p>In this episode, we’ll tell you about John Milton, mid-to-late 17th century biblical scholar, who wrote a landmark narrative poem, PARADISE LOST (1667). It’s mostly about Satan falling from grace, but in Satan’s many adventures, he squeezes in a stop by the Garden of Eden to stir up trouble. </p><p><br /></p><p>Milton takes some ideas from other (male) biblical scholars and spins some sexy ideas of his own in this massively (x1000) influential work of English literature. And one of those ideas is that after eating the fruit, Eve and Adam lay right down and have the first sex ever. Fan fiction, anyone? </p><p><br /></p><p>What you might find, after hearing this episode, is that some of the ideas you have associated with Eve come from THIS poem, NOT the Bible. That’s how powerful stories work: they infiltrate, and at some point, we’re not even sure how they infiltrated our sense of reality–but they have. </p><p><br /></p><p>Along the way, Sonja susses out some birthing metaphors, and Vanessa gives Paradise Lost an environmentalist read. </p><p><br /></p><p>REFERENCES:</p><p>Feel brave? Check out <a href="https://www.yorku.ca/earmstro/text/ParadiseLostBk1.pdf" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Paradise Lost</a> for yourself. Eve’s story is in Book 9.</p><p>If you want to look at a footnoted text, this link will take you right to Book 9 at the <a href="https://milton.host.dartmouth.edu/reading_room/pl/book_9/text.shtml" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">John Milton Reading Room at Dartmouth</a> site.</p><p>Here is a link to John Milton’s <a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44750/sonnet-19-when-i-consider-how-my-light-is-spent" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Sonnet 19</a> that starts, “When I consider how my light is spent.”</p><p><br /></p>
June 26, 2026
76. Erasing Eve: Shakespeare’s THE TEMPEST (S6E3)
<p>No fruit. No talking snake. No woman breaking rules. </p><p><br></p><p>So why is THE TEMPEST in the All About Eve season? </p><p><br></p><p>For starters, in this 1612 play, we do have an old, powerful, white guy in charge of an idyllic island. His name is Prospero and he happens to be a sorcerer who can control the weather, puts others into magical slumbers, make people bring him firewood, but most of all, he completely controls the only female character on stage.</p><p><br></p><p>If a man with magical powers controls you completely, how can you ask questions and explore? How can you be Eve? Perhaps that’s the goal…</p><p><br></p><p>Beyond that, THE TEMPEST demonstrates an early exploration of how to approach the “New World.” It’s a great example of Shakespeare basing a story on something akin to a newspaper headline in the early 17th century. </p><p><br></p><p>Along the way, Sonja says cannibalism as many times as she can, and Vanessa switches a C for T. </p><p><br></p><p>REFERENCES:</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roanoke_Colony"><u>Roanoke Colony Story</u></a> explained here.</p><p>Here’s some basic information about the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colony_of_Virginia"><u>Virginia Colony</u></a></p><p>Jamestown Settlement 1607 information <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamestown,_Virginia"><u>here</u></a></p><p><a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/starving-settlers-in-jamestown-colony-resorted-to-cannibalism-46000815/"><u>Smithsonian account of cannibalism </u></a> in Jamestown.</p><p>Here is information about the ship wreck of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_Venture"><u>Sea Venture</u></a></p><p>We reference our episode #57 on MUCH ADO, which you can find <a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/7iyzUcdvcvlGsv4IfgxXk1"><u>here.</u></a></p><p>Here is Michel de Montaigne essay, <a href="https://web2.qatar.cmu.edu/~breilly2/odyssey/Montaigne.pdf"><u>"Of Cannibals"</u></a></p><p><br></p>
June 19, 2026
S6E2: Eve as Origin Story in CASSANDRA SPEAKS, guest author Elizabeth Lesser
<p>Have you read CASSANDRA SPEAKS? If not, run to your local bookstore and get a copy! It will change how you see the world.</p><p><br></p><p>In this interview with Elizabeth Lesser, we focus on the Eve story: what it actually says, what stories have grown out of it, and why. </p><p><br></p><p>Beyond Eve, we discuss what impact it's had on the history of the world when about half the population–women–have been cut out of the storytelling. Can we really reflect humanity as a whole when only half of humanity gets to speak and be heard? </p><p> </p><p>Lesser’s research will enrich you and surprise you. For example, we think of the fight-or-flight response as a fundamentally “human” response. But is it? The first study that introduced that concept used only men as test subjects. What did scientists find when they studied women? </p><p><br></p><p>This episode is about Eve, but CASSANDRA SPEAKS is one of the books that inspired the podcast, so we really hope you join us!</p><p><br></p><p>EXPORE FURTHER:</p><p><br></p><p>Elizabeth Lesser’s TED TALKS: </p><p><a href="https://www.ted.com/talks/elizabeth_lesser_say_your_truths_and_seek_them_in_others"><u>Say Your Truths and Seek Them in Others </u></a></p><p><a href="https://www.ted.com/talks/elizabeth_lesser_take_the_other_to_lunch"><u>Take "the Other" to Lunch</u></a></p><p>Check out Elizabeth Lesser’s <a href="https://www.eomega.org/?gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=23010655561&gbraid=0AAAAAqG_NHXrmBEwv45wAdo0OEmggZ9ma&gclid=Cj0KCQjwrs7RBhDuARIsAIVfBD3WwKs24210UBIF6q8lk_BK4FBdC48IYY3k3_eF0wrBVd9NLJ593voaAhb9EALw_wcB"><u>Omega Institute for Holistic Studies </u></a></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>
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