Happy Halloween! Max Dashu talks about the fascinating and long-suppressed histories of witches with priestess and sociologist Giana Cicchelli.
Max just published her first book, Witches and Pagans: Women in European Folk Religion, 700-1100. The book looks at "what the authentic cultural heritages of European women are before Christianity."
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Visual talks / events with Max Dashu
Next live webcast Saturday Nov. 4 12 noon San Francisco time
Women in Ancient Arabia: we look at neolithic icons; invoking women as a key theme in rock art; the sculpture of Yemen and Jordan, of Timna, Petra, Khirbet et-Tannur, and Palmyra; the Sabaeans and astrological goddesses, with a bit on modern Arabian weavers and muralists.
Sunday Nov. 12, Noon (San Francisco time, live)
Witch hunts: We will honor the women felled by persecution, whether rebels, herbalists, or those targeted for many other reasons, by looking at what happened, and discussing its legacies in modern culture. (See link for more.)
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Also on today's show:
Health worker Amanda Bloom reports from Puerto Rico
A little bit of humor from Peter Tannen
