Women of War

S1E3: Treason without Citizenship - Tokyo Rose and War in the Pacific

Tokyo Rose, aka Iva Toguri, siren of the airwaves seducing American GIs to desert with her seductive voice or American patriot undermining the Japanese every chance she could? Episode 2 of Women of War takes you to WWII Japan, where an American woman with very few choices would end up caught in a journalistic manhunt and tried for treason against her beloved US.

This episode contains references to child death, the internment of Japanese people in World War II and wartime atrocities.

This podcast is recorded on Wurundjeri land. We pay our respects to elders past and present. Sovereignty was never ceded. 

All efforts have been made to ensure the accuracy of the information presented in this podcast however with the nature of historical research, there may be mistakes or inconsistencies.

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Music: Frosty Forest by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com

S1E2: Poor Fellow My Country - Tarenorerer and the Aboriginal Tasmanian Resistance

This week on Women of War: Tarenorerer, the leader of Indigenous Tasmanian resistance against British invaders in the 19th Century, attempting to prevent a genocide. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander listeners are warned this episode contains references and the voices of people who have died. This episode contains references to violence and genocide.

 

This episode was recorded on Wurundjeri land and we pay our respects to elders past and present. Sovereignty was never ceded. 

Disclaimer: While every attempt has been made to accurately research Tasmanian Aboriginal history and Tarenorerer’s life, we realise that with such conflicting and often deliberately misleading information available, and without the inclusion of a Tasmanian Aboriginal perspective, some mistakes will be made. 

 

Donate to the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung Cultural Heritage Aboriginal Corporation: https://www.wurundjeri.com.au/support/donate/

 

Donate to the Warriors of Aboriginal Resistance: https://www.welcometocountry.org/aboriginal-charity-guide/ 

 

Thank you to the First Peoples Art and Culture Department at the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery for their permission to include the audio recording of Fanny Cochrane Smith and their assistance with this podcast. 

 

Fanny Cochrane Smith. Fanny Cochrane Smith’s Tasmanian Aboriginal Songs. Wax Cylinder, 1899. 500445. National Film and Sound Archive. https://www.nfsa.gov.au/collection/curated/fanny-cochrane-smiths-tasmanian-aboriginal-songs.

 

Thank you also to the National Archives of Australia and the Honourable Paul Keating for permission to include an audio clip from Mr Keating’s Redfern Speech: 

 

NAA: M3983, 1095117 - Prime Minister Paul Keating - Redfern Park Speech Launching Australia's Participation In The United Nations' International Year Of The World's Indigenous People 1993

 

Map of Indigenous Australia: https://aiatsis.gov.au/explore/map-indigenous-australia

 

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Introduction Music: Frosty Forest by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com

S1E1: Mata Hari - The Original Femme Fatale?

Welcome to Women of War, a podcast by two almost-historians about the amazing variety of roles women have played in wars throughout history. This first episode of Women of War takes a look at The (with a capital T) femme fatale, Mata Hari, aka Margareetha Zelle, aka the only reason France lost World War I. Wait, what? Join Hannah Viney and Nicola Ritchie as they discuss how a Dutch woman with no spy training ended up tangled with the French Secret Service in WWI. 

 

This episode contains references to wartime violence and domestic abuse. This episode was recorded before the recent terrorist attack in Nice. 

 

This podcast is recorded on Wurundjeri land and we pay our respects to elders past and present. Sovereignty was never ceded. 

 

All efforts have been made to ensure the accuracy of the information presented in this podcast however with the nature of historical research, there may be mistakes or inconsistencies. 

 

Thanks to Yveline for her help with research and pronunciation during this episode; sorry the lessons didn’t stick.

 

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Intro and Outro Music: Frosty Forest by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com

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Slightly irreverent, mostly factual, and thoroughly interesting, Women of War profiles different women from wars throughout history to answer the question: what were the women doing?