Women Who Went Before
Claim This Podcastby Rebekah Haigh & Emily Chesley
Podcast Overview
<p>Women Who Went Before is on a gynocentric quest into the ancient world. Join hosts Rebekah Haigh and Emily Chesley as they interview the world’s top scholars and unearth the lives of women from the past. It’s a history podcast and detective journey in one, sifting through texts and tropes to find the women who lived beneath.</p>
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Publishing Since
8/16/2022
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Recent Episodes
August 14, 2025
Wearing (Down) the Body: Asceticism in Late Antique Monasticism
In our Season 2 finale, we learn about Christian women from late antiquity who sought to transform their bodies inside and out: ascetics and monastics. From fasting to renouncing sexual “appetites” to special clothing—there were lots of things that marked a monk. Dr. Rebecca Krawiec explains all of this and more. Why did women join monasteries? What do we do with those extreme stories of saints punishing their bodies? How can letters give us a more full understanding of women monastics? Who w...
July 31, 2025
Idols for Idling Eyes: The Female Form in Roman Art
Can we trust Roman statues to tell us about real people? What were the differences between gods and humans in art? How much of a say did the emperor have over how Roman women dressed and lived their lives? Dr. Caroline Vout answers these questions and many more in the penultimate episode of Season 2, as we learn how the Romans put bodies on display. Access full transcript and episode show notes Women Who Went Before is written, produced, and edited by Rebekah Haigh and Emily Chesley. Music i...
July 17, 2025
From Athens to Ethiopia: Race and Gender in Ancient Greek Literature
People groups, power, hierarchy, and othering—big themes in Homer’s Odyssey and Iliad. In this episode we learn from Dr. Jackie Murray about what race was and wasn’t in Ancient Greek literature. We see how gender and class intersected with race. We’ll learn about a Greek novel The Aethiopica, what a metic was, and what this all has to do with some recent Hollywood controversies. Transcript and episode show notes Women Who Went Before is written, produced, and edited by Rebekah Haigh and Emily...
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- What is Women Who Went Before?
<p>Women Who Went Before is on a gynocentric quest into the ancient world. Join hosts Rebekah Haigh and Emily Chesley as they interview the world’s top scholars and unearth the lives of women from the past. It’s a history podcast and detective journey in one, sifting through texts and tropes to find the women who lived beneath.</p> - How often does this podcast release new episodes?
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