How Radical The Podcast

Listen to today’s episode of How Radical: the podcast Episode #9 featuring Stephanie Herseth Sandlin, the first in her family to earn a law degree, the first woman in South Dakota elected to Congress, and the first woman president of Augustana University, Sioux Falls.

Author Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve says Native American women’s influence within the family guided their husbands at the polls, but it took education and overcoming many obstacles to get them to the polls even after Native Americans gained the right to vote.

In Episode #7, associate professor of history at South Dakota State University, Dr. Chuck Vollan, examines the attitudes about women’s roles the suffragist had to fight with.

Ann McKay Thompson chooses to live her life guided by a philosophy discovered in an 8th grade debate. Listen to today’s episode of How Radical: the podcast to see how that philosophy has allowed her to contribute to South Dakota’s education systems, culture, and the arts through work and volunteerism.

Tune in to Episode #5, How Radical, the podcast, to learn about Angela Kennecke’s life as an investigative reporter and news anchor, her mission to help erase the stigma surrounding addiction and the legacy she hopes to leave for her children.

Explore particular challenges suffragists faced in the Black Hills region of the state with Historian Kelly Kirk in Episode # 4 of How Radical: the podcast.

Listen to podcast episode #3 with the Honorable Karen E. Schreier, United States District Judge for the District of South Dakota. Schreier says her position as the first (and only) federal district court judge in South Dakota is her biggest success, and she is proud that it makes the same opportunity available to other women.

On Episode #2 of How Radical: the podcast, Justice Judith Meierhenry shares her journey to becoming the first woman in South Dakota to be appointed as a Justice of the South Dakota Supreme Court. Transitioning from the expected occupation of teaching to the legal profession created opportunities to impact the state.

Robert Cooney’s book on the woman suffrage movement, “Winning the Vote: The Triumph of the American Woman Suffrage Movement,” is the result of 25 years of research. Cooney is an in-demand national speaker and was awarded the “Write Women Back Into History” Award in 2005 from the National Women’s History Project for his work. In this podcast, Cooney explains why South Dakota played an important role in the suffrage movement. “It got a lot of attention nationally and in a way that a lot of state residents might not realize,” says Cooney