Women's Lives Revisited: A Platform Sharing Personal Experiences – The Dead Ladies Show
In the heart of Berlin, the podcast The Dead Ladies Show is making waves by bringing to light the lives and contributions of overlooked women from history. The brainchild of hosts Katy Derbyshire, Florian Duijsens, and Susan Stone, the podcast was conceived over a shared bottle of Rotkäppchen in 2015.
The podcast's format is a unique blend of biographical storytelling, historical insight, and a dash of humour, aiming to make history engaging and accessible. Each episode presents the life, accomplishments, and sometimes tragedies of a different woman, accompanied by contextual historical background.
The women featured on the show are usually independent and willful, with diverse experiences shaped by their class, financial situation, and geographical location. Susan Stone, a podcast host, emphasizes that "imperfection" makes a good dead lady, and they don't have to be role models.
The podcast's first performance took place at ACUD MACHT NEU in Mitte, and since then, it has grown to include a live show in New York, as well as a traveling Belgian version and occasional New Zealand outings. The podcast launched in 2017, with each episode offering the story of one woman's life taken from the live show.
Among the women featured on the podcast are Amrita Sher-Gil, Eva Crane, and Sister Mary Ignatius Davies. Recent episodes have included comic-book pioneer June Tarpé Mills, actor Romy Schneider, and writer Djuna Barnes. The podcast's three rules are that the subject must have been dead for at least six months, must have identified as a woman while alive, and cannot be a fascist.
The audience for The Dead Ladies Show is global, with most listeners tuning in from Germany or the US. However, episodes are regularly downloaded from as far afield as the Dominican Republic, South Korea, and Uzbekistan.
Stone, a podcast host, believes strongly that women's history should be taught and understood as everyone's history. She also expresses that she does not want to make a book about the women featured on the podcast, but instead believes that each woman should have a biography of her own.
If you're intrigued and want to delve deeper, visiting the podcast’s official website or platform page would be the best next step. There, you can find details on the next live show, as well as examples and detailed episode guides for the podcast.
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