Landline with Mary Mahoney

The Untold Story of the Women Who Served Henry VIII's Six Wives with Nicola Clark

Why are we still so drawn to the Tudor era? Is it Henry VIII? His wives? The soap opera-level intrigue? I called up historian Nicola Clark, author of The Waiting Game, to talk about the women who were always in the background of this history, the ladies in waiting who served Henry VIII's six wives. These women were information brokers, diplomatic agents, reluctant witnesses, and fierce loyalists, often all at once. We get into orange-hidden messages, impossible loyalty oaths, the question of whether Anne of Cleves actually "won," and why we simply cannot stop talking about this era. Spoiler: Henry VIII is not actually that interesting. The women around him absolutely are. If you think you know the Tudor story, think again. Become a Patreon member → https://www.patreon.com/cw/MaryMahoney [https://www.patreon.com/cw/MaryMahoney]  TIMESTAMPS 00:00 – Catherine of Aragon could hold a grudge (a preview) 02:32 – How long does it take to write a book like this? 07:18 – So what actually is a lady in waiting? 11:23 – Maria de Salinas and the Spanish archives nobody knew about 18:37 – Messages hidden in oranges (yes, really) 23:22 – Jane Parker: villain, victim, or just surviving? 33:10 – Katherine Howard and the impossible tightrope 52:09 – Why are we so obsessed with the Tudors? 56:53 – The "girl bossification" of women in history TRANSCRIPT Full episode transcript here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MDd1xK5PoUuZf_pkv3a2VXQDM9l3kHtDeIDVAcG4Rd0/edit?usp=sharing [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MDd1xK5PoUuZf_pkv3a2VXQDM9l3kHtDeIDVAcG4Rd0/edit?usp=sharing]  Connect with Mary: * Website: www.marymmahoney.com [http://www.marymmahoney.com] * Instagram: @mimimahoney [https://www.instagram.com/mimimahoney/?hl=en] * Email: MaryMargaret.Mahoney@gmail.com [MaryMargaret.Mahoney@gmail.com] Connect with Nicola Clark: * Website: https://www.chi.ac.uk/people/nicola-clark/ [https://www.chi.ac.uk/people/nicola-clark/]  * Instagram: @nicolaclark86 [https://www.instagram.com/nicolaclark86/#] * The Waiting Game: The Untold Story of the Women Who Served the Tudor Queens: A History: https://bookshop.org/a/102042/9781639368099 [https://bookshop.org/a/102042/9781639368099]  Love the show? Please leave a rating and review! It helps other listeners find Landline. Sponsor Message:  Landline is sponsored by Libro.Fm [http://libro.fm]. Listen to your favorite books and support your local bookstores! (Link: https://tidd.ly/40tPrKb [https://tidd.ly/40tPrKb] )  ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Zoom Zoom Zoom: Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century with Kat Brzozowski (Patreon Preview)

Oh, we're really doing this. This month's bonus episode is the one I didn't know I needed until I needed it desperately: a full deep dive into Xenon: Girl of the 21st Century, the DCOM that has genuinely never left my brain, and honestly, why would I want it to? I'm joined by editor extraordinaire and fellow Leo, Kat Brzozowski (of Dolls of Our Lives: Why We Can't Quit American Girl [https://bookshop.org/a/102042/9781250792839]fame), and we do not hold back. We talk costumes, we talk Raven-Symoné's criminally underused presence, we talk about Greg and his many, many crimes. We also get into what this movie actually got right about the future, why Protozoa is the only trustworthy man in the film, and what it means that we are — I cannot stress this enough — closer to 2049 than to 1999. Zetus lapetus, indeed. Become a Patreon member → https://www.patreon.com/cw/MaryMahoney [https://www.patreon.com/cw/MaryMahoney]  TIMESTAMPS 00:00 — INTRO & HOW KAT AND MARY FOUND EACH OTHER (VIA KAT’S SISTER SCOUT, PUBLISHING LORE, AND AMERICAN GIRL)  09:00 — Rewatching Zenon: the opening sequence as a masterclass in show don't tell, Leo energy, and the costume theory  20:00 — Greg's crimes, Aunt Judy's chaos, and the case for Protozoa  36:00 — Technology, surveillance, and what 1999 got eerily right (and wrong) about the future 51:00 — Girl power, Raven-Symoné, and why this movie has aged surprisingly well  1:05:00 — Supernova Girl, the songwriters, and the music that still goes hard  1:20:00 — Final takes, AOL emails, Lance Bass almost going to space, and why Zenon deserved more TRANSCRIPT Full episode transcript here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cSyNza0TE2Ti0bFpDw51l9bW6eRnRKf7GVAu14dy6bQ/edit?usp=sharing [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cSyNza0TE2Ti0bFpDw51l9bW6eRnRKf7GVAu14dy6bQ/edit?usp=sharing]  Connect with Mary: * Website: www.marymmahoney.com [http://www.marymmahoney.com] * Instagram: @mimimahoney [https://www.instagram.com/mimimahoney/?hl=en] * Email: MaryMargaret.Mahoney@gmail.com [MaryMargaret.Mahoney@gmail.com] Connect with Kat: * Kat’s Substack: https://katbrzozowski.substack.com/ [https://katbrzozowski.substack.com/]  * Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/katbrzozowski/ [https://www.instagram.com/katbrzozowski/#] Love the show? Please leave a rating and review! It helps other listeners find Landline. Sponsor Message:  Landline is sponsored by Libro.Fm [http://libro.fm]. Listen to your favorite books and support your local bookstores! (Link: https://tidd.ly/40tPrKb [https://tidd.ly/40tPrKb] )  ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

The New Guys: The Class That Broke the Space Ceiling with Meredith Bagby

This week, I'm talking with author and producer Meredith Bagby about her book The New Guys, which follows the NASA astronaut class of 1978, the first to include women and people of color. We get into Sally Ride's complicated legacy (first American woman in space, closeted gay icon, accidental hero of the Challenger investigation), the very real dangers of flying on a shuttle whose O-rings had failed a dozen times before anyone died, and what it means to celebrate diversity milestones when the culture is actively trying to erase them. Also: Ron McNair playing saxophone in space, Shannon Lucid befriending a canary in a freezing Russian apartment, and Judy Resnick telling Tom Brokaw where he could stick his roses. Kristen Stewart is playing Sally Ride in the Amazon series adaptation, and I genuinely cannot wait. Become a Patreon member → https://www.patreon.com/cw/MaryMahoney [https://www.patreon.com/cw/MaryMahoney]  Get the weekly newsletter and biweekly podcast episodes FREE!  For $5/month, get ad-free episodes, a monthly bonus episode, a weekly newsletter of pop culture recommendations, and more!  TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Intro & Patreon updates 01:20 Why Mary ended up reading a space book (thanks, Taylor Jenkins Reid) 03:12 Meredith watched Challenger explode live as a kid — and never forgot it 05:12 The class of '78: the first astronauts who didn't all look the same 07:38 Sally Ride's hero's journey: lost friends, investigated her bosses, kept a secret 13:58 The Challenger investigation — O-rings, cover-ups, and a document slipped to Sally 18:21 How the women in the class handled the media, the sexism, and each other 24:47 Ron McNair: physicist, jazz saxophonist, one of the greats 27:42 Military pilots vs. Berkeley scientists — the culture clash inside NASA 31:52 Anna Fisher: surgeon, astronaut, first mom in space 34:00 Shannon Lucid: hid her pregnancies, aced a final two days after giving birth, lived alone in Russia with a canary 42:00 How politics and budgets shaped the Challenger disaster 48:00 What this history means now — DEI rollbacks, erasure, and why these stories still matter 55:30 The Amazon series, Kristen Stewart as Sally, and new Challenger revelations 57:30 Outro — Patreon, Instagram, and Jessica Fletcher memes TRANSCRIPT Full episode transcript here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1sJYZv8iwMI4BvEcFbyi8xZ5osq7KINYVpglZbcqkIUk/edit?usp=sharing [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1sJYZv8iwMI4BvEcFbyi8xZ5osq7KINYVpglZbcqkIUk/edit?usp=sharing]  Connect with Mary: * Website: www.marymmahoney.com [http://www.marymmahoney.com] * Instagram: @mimimahoney [https://www.instagram.com/mimimahoney/?hl=en] * Email: MaryMargaret.Mahoney@gmail.com [MaryMargaret.Mahoney@gmail.com] Connect with Meredith Bagby: * Website: https://www.meredithebagby.com/ [https://www.meredithebagby.com/]  * Twitter/X: https://www.tiktok.com/@merbagby [https://www.tiktok.com/@merbagby]  * Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/merbagby/ [https://www.instagram.com/merbagby/]  * Book: The New Guys: The Historic Class of Astronauts That Broke Barriers and Changed the Face of Space Travel [https://bookshop.org/a/102042/9780063141988] Love the show? Please leave a rating and review! It helps other listeners find Landline. Sponsor Message:  Landline is sponsored by Libro.Fm [http://libro.fm]. Listen to your favorite books and support your local bookstores! (Link: https://tidd.ly/40tPrKb [https://tidd.ly/40tPrKb] )  ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

The WNBA as A Living Fashion Archive with Hypatia Sorunke

What does it mean to be a WNBA fan, and can we find the answer in fashion? I talked with digital media artist and archivist Hypatia Sorunke about A Women’s Basketball Fashion Archive, a project focused on documenting the expression of the global community of people who love women’s basketball. The premier project, “The Fitted W,” chronicled 1500+ archival film photos at 50+ games in 12 major cities across the United States. We get into queer community, the politics of visibility, how fandom cultures evolve, and why that jean jacket covered in defunct team patches found in Connecticut is basically a primary source. What are the best-dressed WNBA cities? The Worst? Yes, we get into it. I also share my feelings about the CT Sun moving to Houston, which I'm handling totally fine. Become a Patreon member → https://www.patreon.com/cw/MaryMahoney [https://www.patreon.com/cw/MaryMahoney]  Get the weekly newsletter and biweekly podcast episodes FREE!  For $5/month, get ad-free episodes, a monthly bonus episode, a weekly newsletter of pop culture recommendations, and more!  TIMESTAMPS 0:00 — Patreon announcements 1:30 — Intro to WNBA fandom and what you'll see at a game 7:39 — What is the A Women’s Basketball Fashion Archive and The Fitted W  10:15 — From the Great Migration to the WNBA: the research origin story 15:33 — What makes WNBA fan spaces different 17:26 — What Hypatia found traveling to 12 cities in 2024 21:17 — Fan fashion: homemade merch, vintage jerseys, and the fangirl vs. fashion spectrum 27:28 — Gatekeeping, the Caitlin Clark effect, and the Don't Be a Cheryl shirt 38:17 — The politics of team ownership, Indiana, and racialized history 41:39 — Connecticut Sun feelings (mine, specifically) 48:55 — Can fan culture keep the W from going fully corporate? 54:13 — Best and worst dressed cities (we went there) 1:05:40 — What this project is really about: documenting marginalized joy 1:08:31 — The Fitted W as book: why Hypatia refused to just make a photo dump TRANSCRIPT Full episode transcript here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1TB_xImPdbGFGx9JEffdfV8kwiSoDY9pRXin3HcWnbI8/edit?usp=sharing [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1TB_xImPdbGFGx9JEffdfV8kwiSoDY9pRXin3HcWnbI8/edit?usp=sharing]  Connect with Mary: * Website: www.marymmahoney.com [http://www.marymmahoney.com] * Instagram: @mimimahoney [https://www.instagram.com/mimimahoney/?hl=en] * Email: MaryMargaret.Mahoney@gmail.com [MaryMargaret.Mahoney@gmail.com] Connect with guest Hypatia Sorunke — digital media artist and archivist * A Women’s Basketball Fashion Archive: https://www.awomensbasketballfashionarchive.com/info [https://www.awomensbasketballfashionarchive.com/info]  * The Fitted W (lookbook) — https://notesofhype.bigcartel.com/product/the-fitted-w [https://notesofhype.bigcartel.com/product/the-fitted-w]  * Hypatia's Vogue piece on the 2024 WNBA Finals — https://www.vogue.com/slideshow/i-traveled-to-40-liberty-games-this-season [https://www.vogue.com/slideshow/i-traveled-to-40-liberty-games-this-season]  * Hypatia's essay via Barnard —https://zines.barnard.edu/news/sport-organizing-black-action-heroine-hypatia-sorunke [https://zines.barnard.edu/news/sport-organizing-black-action-heroine-hypatia-sorunke]  * Hypatia on Insta: https://www.instagram.com/itshypatia/ [https://www.instagram.com/itshypatia/]  * Follow the FittedW:https://www.instagram.com/fittedwbb/ [https://www.instagram.com/fittedwbb/]  Love the show? Please leave a rating and review! It helps other pop culture and history lovers find Landline. Sponsor Message: Landline is sponsored by Libro.Fm [http://libro.fm]. Listen to your favorite books and support your local bookstores! (Link: https://tidd.ly/40tPrKb [https://tidd.ly/40tPrKb] )  ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Is this a breakdown or a breakthrough? A history of turning 40 and the midlife crisis with Corinne Fay

Is turning 40 a big deal? Am I headed for a midlife crisis? This week I'm joined by the brilliant Corinne Fay of Big Undies to dig into the actual history behind the midlife crisis (spoiler: it was invented in 1965, mostly about men, and honestly feels like a Mad Men episode). We trace the significance of "40" from Biblical floods to actuarial science to Gail Sheehy's hugely influential 1976 book Passages, and ask whether any of this is even real. We also review some truly unhinged celebrity 40th-birthday celebrations, including one that features a hologram of a dead father (!), and draft our personal role models for this stage of life. Angela Lansbury, Nicole Kidman's divorce photo, and Corinne's nephew all make the list. Perimenopause, Saturn's return, and Justin Timberlake's DWI also come up, because of course they do. Become a Patreon member → https://www.patreon.com/cw/MaryMahoney [https://www.patreon.com/cw/MaryMahoney]  Get the weekly newsletter and biweekly podcast episodes FREE!  For $5/month, get ad-free episodes, a monthly bonus episode, a weekly newsletter of pop culture recommendations, and more!  TIMESTAMPS 00:00 – Intro & Patreon shoutout (Divas Live bonus episode, zine workshop) 01:11 – Meet Corinne Fay: Big Undies newsletter, Burnt Toast podcast, and freshly 40 02:47 – Moving to Patreon: what they love, what they miss about Substack 05:46 – Astrology check-in: Capricorn, Leo, Saturn's return, and what it all means 08:10 – Mary's turning 40 a week after her son turns one 10:30 – How Corinne celebrated her 40th (a solo trip to Marfa, Texas) 16:38 – Why did 40 become a milestone? The history begins 20:07 – The number 40 in the Bible, the Middle Ages, and actuarial science 23:20 – Freud, Jung, and psychology's role in defining midlife 25:04 – Elliott Jacques coins "midlife crisis" in 1965 (spoiler: it's mostly about men) 27:16 – Perimenopause enters the chat 37:24 – Gail Sheehy's Passages and "the deadline decade" 43:17 – Celebrity 40th birthday review: Oprah, Elizabeth Taylor, Kate Moss 52:09 – Kim Kardashian's pandemic island birthday and the hologram gift 59:26 – Draft: role models for turning 40 (Nicole Kidman, Angela Lansbury, Queen Latifah) 1:07:06 – Who NOT to be like at 40 (Justin Timberlake, Don Draper, Gwen Stefani) 1:09:45 – Closing wisdom and advice for turning 40 Full episode transcript here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/15Rl5nBjcfgmEqUZTRPi2p22AYMQkV3KG_W43xKYNtOE/edit?usp=sharing [https://docs.google.com/document/d/15Rl5nBjcfgmEqUZTRPi2p22AYMQkV3KG_W43xKYNtOE/edit?usp=sharing]  Love the show? Please leave a rating and review! It helps other listeners find Landline. Connect with Mary: * Website: www.marymmahoney.com [http://www.marymmahoney.com] * Instagram: @mimimahoney [https://www.instagram.com/mimimahoney/?hl=en] * Email: MaryMargaret.Mahoney@gmail.com [MaryMargaret.Mahoney@gmail.com] Connect with Corinne: * Subscribe to Big Undies!: https://www.patreon.com/cw/BigUndies [https://www.patreon.com/cw/BigUndies]  * TikTok: @SelfieFay * Instagram: @SelfieFay * Listen to Burnt Toast: https://www.patreon.com/cw/virginiasolesmith [https://www.patreon.com/cw/virginiasolesmith]  Want even more resources, deep dives, and behind-the-scenes context on this episode's topics? Patreon members get access to my exclusive newsletter with extended research, additional links, and insights that didn't make it into the show. You can get the weekly newsletter when you join for free. Paid members get a monthly bonus episode and a weekly newsletter of things I'm loving in pop culture. Become a Patreon member → https://www.patreon.com/cw/MaryMahoney [https://www.patreon.com/cw/MaryMahoney]  Sponsor Message:  Landline is sponsored by Libro.Fm [http://libro.fm]. Listen to your favorite books and support your local bookstores! (Link: https://tidd.ly/40tPrKb [https://tidd.ly/40tPrKb] )  ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.