#170 Female Leaders and how Boudica Torched London! (Part 2)
About this episode
This episode discusses incredible female leaders in history, including Boudica, Christine de Pizan, and Shi Yang, while also sharing a quirky story about a milkman in London.
This is Part 2! For Part 1, check the feed! This week we have three stories of incredible female leaders from throughout history: Queen Boudica and how she took on the Romans, trailblazer author Christine de Pizan and lastly, the terrifying story of 1700s pirate Shi Yang! Plus, Chris’ milkman has become the first milkman to be a freeman of the city of London. Has your milkman done anything as impressive? Please let us know: hello@ohwhatatime.com And from now on Part 1 is released on Monday and Part 2 on Wednesday - but if you want more Oh What A Time and both parts at once, you should sign up for our Patreon! On there you’ll now find: •The full archive of bonus episodes •Brand new bonus episodes each month •OWAT subscriber group chats •Loads of extra perks for supporters of the show •PLUS ad-free episodes earlier than everyone else Join us at 👉 patreon.com/ohwhatatime And as a special thank you for joining, use the code CUSTARD for 25% off your first month. You can also follow us on: X (formerly Twitter) at @ohwhatatimepod And Instagram at @ohwhatatimepod Aaannnd if you like it, why not drop us a review in your podcast app of choice? Thank you to Dan Evans for the artwork…
People in this episode
Hosts: Chris, Elis, Tom
Topics covered
- female leaders
- history
- pirates
- Boudica
- education
- comedy
Keywords
- Boudica
- female leaders
- Christine de Pizan
- Shi Yang
- history
- comedy
- London
- Patreon
Sponsors
Patreon
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Patreon, Acast
Places: London, city of London
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