Making Myth Podcast
We’ve all heard the phrase “reality is stranger than fiction” but does the same thing apply when we look at the past? The Making Myth podcast hopes to untangle fact from history, myth, legend and speak to how we assign meaning to our lives.
Join us on the journey as we transcend through the past and emerge with new understandings.
Making Myth Podcast
Latest Episodes
#29: Sor Juana Inés de La Cruz: The World's Worst Nun
By age 15 Juana Inés de la Cruz was known as the most learned woman in Colonial Mexico. Born to a Spanish father and a Creole mother, Juana experienced the rigidity of the Mexican casta system. When her mother said no to letting Juana dress as ...
#28: Sally Hemings – Emancipator of Her Children, Part II
In 1998, genetic scientific evidence confirmed nearly two centuries of rumors: Sally Hemings' children were, in fact, fathered by Thomas Jefferson. After her return to the United States, Sally bore seven children with four surviving to adulthoo...
#27: Sally Hemings – Emancipator of Her Children, Part I
On July 15, 1787, 14 year old Sally Hemings arrived in Paris, France with Martha "Patsy" Jefferson. For the first time in her short life, she was on free soil. As a young woman owned by Thomas Jefferson, she'd never had the possibility of freed...
#26: Hypatia – Daughter of the Library of Alexandria
Astronomer, philosopher, and mathematician Hypatia of Alexandria echoes down the centuries through a love of learning. The daughter of the last Librarian of Alexandria, Hypatia committed her life to science and outshone her father in all ways. ...
#25: Equaysayway – An Ojibwe Woman in Two Worlds
On July 10, 1799, Equaysayway, an Ojibwe woman, received the baptismal name Madeline Cadotte. As part of the Crane clan, Equaysayway represented the powerful connections to fur-rich lands on the Great Lakes. Her skills as an Indigenous woman we...
