More Than A Muse
Welcome to MORE THAN A MUSE, a weekly podcast where we explore the lives of women artists, musicians, writers, sculptors, and more. Join Stauney (a graphic designer) and Sadie (a singer-songwriter) EVERY MONDAY as we reframe art history and pop culture with feminism, empowering women to be educated, unapologetically angry, and champion those whom history has forgotten. Through in-depth historical discussions and pop culture chats, we spotlight unsung heroines, all while challenging the status quo. It's time to remember every woman artist as 'More Than A Muse'.
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Feminine Rage: Women and Anger
This week, Stauney and Sadie are covering everything about the most uncomfortable emotion for women to talk about - anger.
52 min
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Ukraine's Folk Art Maven: Maria Prymanchenko
This last week, a museum in Ukraine was set ablaze by Russian invaders. That museum carried over two dozen pieces by one of the most celebrated Ukrainian artists of all time. Today, Stauney introduces us to Maria Prymachenko, a self-taught artist known for her naive style of Ukrainian folk painting.
43 min
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"Women Can't Paint" by Helen Gørrill
It's our monthly bonus episode and this month, we're about the book "Women Can't Paint: Gender, the Glass Ceiling and Values in Contemporary Art" by Helen Gørrill. We talk about the interview that inspired the whole project, and the research provided...
27 min
179
The Art of the Olympics
The Olympics may have ended, but it's still a chance to reflect back on how music and art are involved in these biennial games in a huge way. We discuss the Olympic games division of Art Competitions and the complications that eventually ended them and then move into how modern Olympic competitions still involve the arts in many ways...
58 min
180
Breaking Color Barriers: Miss Alma Thomas
This week on the podcast, Sadie is introducing us to a legendary and beloved artist, Alma Thomas. Although Thomas was truly an artist of every kind throughout the course of her life, she didn't reach the art world acclaim she is now known for until after she retired.
53 min
181
Misogyny & Marriage: A Second Glance
This week on the podcast, we're revisiting one of our most popular episodes from last year and touching on what happens when art and marriage mix. (It's now an annual anti-valentine episode perfect for all you cynics out there!)
70 min
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The Most Famous Unknown Voice of the 90's: Mart...
This week on the podcast, Stauney introduces us to Martha Wash, an incredible vocalist known for her duo The Weather Girls with their hit single "It's Raining Men" as well as her insanely amazing lead vocal in "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)".
78 min
183
Men We Hate in Art & Music: Picasso, Dr. Luke, ...
This week on the podcast, Sadie and Stauney dive into the deep and sordid world of male musicians and artists who achieved fame despite being horrible people.
69 min
184
Written by a Woman: Friends, Gilmore Girls, & N...
Today on the Podcast, Stauney, and Sadie discuss three major television shows: Friends, Gilmore Girls, and New Girl, all created, written (and even mostly produced) by women! We talk about the writers and creators behind each show, how they each changed the face (and future) of television, the wins and downfalls of them all, how they do on the Bechdel test, and much, much more!
75 min
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Romantic Composer with 460+ Works: Fanny Mendel...
Today on the Podcast, Sadie introduces us to Fanny Mendelssohn, an 18th-century composer, and pianist. Although Fanny is often overshadowed by her brother who was able to pursue music, Fanny was able to rise above the gender constraints of the time period and become a recognized prodigy and composer.
45 min
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Betty White: A Century of Laughter
Today on the Podcast, Stauney and Sadie talk about Betty White and her century-long career and legacy of laughter. Although Betty White has frequently been brought up or appeared, it's easy with her almost 90 years of fame to forget about the early days, relationships, and the career that molded her into the hilarious woman we all adore.
57 min
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Painter of Kings and Queens: Sofonisba Anguilsola
Today on the Podcast, Stauney introduces us to Sofonisba Anguilsola, one of the earliest recorded female artists we know of. At the height of the Italian Renaissance, she studied under some of the best-known artists of her time and created a path in the field of painting that allowed many female painters to step further out into the professional artistic field...
48 min
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A Musical Theater Professional with Amanda Fris...
In this month's bonus episode, we got to chat with Amanda Frisby Johnson, a professional actress, and singer about her career, what musical theatre professional life is like, singing the Phantom of Opera at Abravanel Hall and so much more!
42 min
189
The Inventor of the Chocolate Chip Cookie: Rut...
This week, Sadie introduces us to Ruth Wakefield, the inventor of the famous chocolate chip cookie! Wakefield inventor her classic cookie while experimenting in her kitchen at Tollhouse Inn, which she owned and operated with her husband.
30 min
190
Legendary Women of Christmas: Santa Lucia to Mr...
Move over, Santa Claus! Discover the enchanting world of Christmas-leading ladies from across the globe in this festive episode. Join Stauney and Sadie as they delve into the legends of 10 magical women, including Santa Lucia and Mrs. Santa Claus, from various countries.
43 min
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The Madonna & Magdalene: Depictions of Women in...
In this episode, Stauney and Sadie dive deep into the discussion behind the iconography of Mary, the Mother of Jesus Christ, and Mary Magdalene, the first woman to see the resurrected Chris, and how they've been depicted in artwork throughout time.
47 min
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Karen Carpenter: At the End of a Song
This week, Stauney introduces us to one of the most incredible, unique, and famous contralto vocalists of all time: Karen Carpenter! Although she has been associated mainly with her early death and her eating disorder, there was so much more to the talented musician.
59 min
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SHE HAW! Women in Country Music
LET'S GO GIRLS. This week Stauney and Sadie are talking about all things country music and how women have a hard time in that entire genre. They discuss country music radio reigning supreme, how record labels and listening numbers factor into the scene in ways that they don't with other genres, the CMA's complete overlook of women...
47 min
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The French Songbird of La Vie en Rose: Edith Piaf
This week Sadie introduces us to the famed Paris singer, Edith Piaf. Most well-known for her famous song "La Vie En Rose," she was a stunning Paris songbird who came from a very tragic past and yet made her mark as one of France's most beloved singers.
38 min
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Her Royal Majesty, The Muse: The Changing Portr...
This week, we are talking all about literal queens. We are discussing six prominent female political leaders and the role they have played in pop culture even leading up to today. Society has a habit of changing powerful women into objects of adoration or scorn, and these women...
86 min
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Arctic Life to Artistic Icon: Kenojuak Ashevak
This week, Stauney introduces us to the Inuit artist, Kenojuak Ashevak. Although there is little information on her life, it wasn't without struggles. Growing up in a tribe that has long been plagued by colonization, along with the struggles of disease and death...
30 min
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Female Horror Film Tropes from "The Science of ...
It's time for another bonus book episode! This month we read "The Science of Women in Horror" by Meg Hafdahl & Kelly Florence, the co-hosts of the Horror Rewind Podcast. This book is a great overview of a bunch of horror films and the impact they make on feminism and cinema within the horror genre.
59 min
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The Cultural Impact of the Twilight Series
This week we dive into one of the most hated and most controversial, and yet also some of the top best-selling and most lucrative series of books and movies We're talking all about Stephenie Meyer's Twilight Series! We aren't die-hard fans, but did Twilight deserve all the hate it got in the mid-200's?
66 min
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Ghostwriting with a Ghost: Patience Worth & Pea...
This week Stauney introduces us to an strange pairing, a woman and the ghost she claimed was using her to write poetry and novels. Before this incident, Pearl Lenore Curran lived a very normal and ordinary life, with dreams to work in music and be a singer.
56 min
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Happy Birthday Pop Quiz: We're One Year Old!
We're One!!! We are officially ONE YEAR OLD as of tomorrow and to celebrate we did a whole episode quizzing each other and ourselves on all of our past episodes. From Artemesia Gentileschi to Shirley Jackson, let's see how well we know all of the artists we've talked about, and reminisce on all of the topics and people we've talked about in this past year!
43 min