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Lost Ladies of Lit

Amy Helmes & Kim Askew

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A book podcast hosted by writing partners Amy Helmes and Kim Askew. Guests include biographers, journalists, authors, and cultural historians discussing lost classics by women writers. You can support Lost Ladies of Lit by visiting https://www.patreon.com/c/LostLadiesofLit339.
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Join us every Tuesday and Thursday as we break down the wildest developments in the messy world of sports — because it’s much more fun to watch athletes on the field if you know what they’re doing off of it. Whether you’re a die-hard fan who has the standings of multiple leagues memorized, or someone who really does think that Taylor Swift put Travis Kelce on the map, join us Madeline Hill and Charlotte Wilder, as we watch sports with one eye on the game and one eye on the personal life sect ...
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Madeline and Charlotte are back with a special Christmas Day episode, because the NBA gave The Sports Gossip Show a present! The gals open a very special gift from the league and talk about the NBA stars playing on Christmas based on who they’re married to or dating. Listen to this while you clean up wrapping paper, or pop in some headphones if you…
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Madeline and Charlotte are thrilled to present the first ever Sports Gossip Show Awards. The gals hand out awards like The Most Puzzling Instagram Story By Tom Brady Award, Most Compressed Floral Wedding Award, The President of Our Universe Award, Best Hard Launch Award, and more. It’s a walk down memory lane through 2025 with some Sports Gossip Sh…
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Send us a text Before penning the lyrics to “America the Beautiful,” Katharine Lee Bates shone a spotlight on the invisible (and not so invisible) labor tackled by an unsung Christmas heroine, Mrs. Claus. Bates’s 1888 poem “Goody Claus on a Sleigh Ride” imagines Santa’s spouse setting the record straight about who really does most of the work in pr…
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Madeline and Charlotte are back with a complete gossip breakdown of the end of the Chiefs’ season — technically, there are several more games, but Kansas City is officially out of the playoffs — and Taylor Swift’s new documentary. The gals dive into quarterback Patrick Mahomes’ injury, Travis Kelce’s comments about the end of the team’s playoff dre…
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Madeline is back from the Galapagos and Charlotte is in a very exciting undisclosed location when it comes to The Sports Gossip Show (all will be revealed in due time)! The gals dive into the massive scandal surrounding former Michigan football head coach Sherrone Moore. He was charged with third-degree home invasion, stalking, and breaking and ent…
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Madeline and Charlotte are back to answer lots of the questions that their Shareholders sent in for this very special mailbag episode! The gals talk about the state of sports media, the fact that only 18% of sports podcasts are hosted by women, how they met and why they started this show, and what advice they’d give to anyone who wants to get into …
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Madeline is in the Galapagos (extremely cool) so Charlotte is flying solo today with some help from Sports Gossip Show friends Grace Raynor and Jessica Smetana! Grace is a college football writer at The Athletic and Jess is the co-host of The Echoes, a Notre Dame podcast. They are both brilliant and SGS Shareholders should follow them if you don’t …
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Send us a text Dark and disturbing, yet strangely redemptive, Djuna Barnes’s 1936 modernist masterpiece Nightwood left even its greatest champion, T.S. Eliot, a bit bewildered. Guest Margaret Vandenburg, an expert in modernism, post-modernism and gender studies, joins us to illuminate Barnes’s tumultuous life and help us decipher her "ultimate brea…
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Madeline and Charlotte start the episode off with exclusive news about LSU head coach Lane Kiffin’s departure from Ole Miss. Also, Kiffin left his dog in Mississippi — but was it actually his dog? Plus: screenshots have surfaced of DMs Kiffin sent to women in Oxford, and people who took hot yoga classes with him are very glad he’s gone. Today in “y…
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Madeline and Charlotte are back with another episode after a wild weekend of sports gossip. Patriots quarterback Drake Maye’s wife, Ann Michael Maye, is making a baking advent calendar on TikTok. The comments from men suggest that perhaps Patriots fans are becoming less toxic. Then it’s time for the big story of the week: coach Lane Kiffin left Ole…
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Madeline and Charlotte are back with a doozy of a show. This is the last one before Thanksgiving, so they also want to say that they’re very grateful for their Shareholders! Today’s episode starts by shouting out Gotham FC for winning their second NWSL Championship. The Washington Spirit lost, and now their star, Trinity Rodman is a free agent — is…
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Send us a text Likened to a fresh Yorkshire breeze, Malachi Whitaker’s year-in-the-life memoir And So Did I, published in 1939, is a quirky spirit-quest juxtaposing wry humor and contemplative observations amidst the impending threat of global conflict. Valerie Waterhouse, a PhD researcher and executor of Whitaker’s literary estate, joins us to dis…
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Madeline and Charlotte are back with a special edition that they’re calling “Play The Hits,” because this episode has all of SGS’s main characters in one show. First, Tom Brady wore the same Marty Supreme jacket as Karl-Anthony Towns and ballerina Misty Copeland, so the gals dug into it. They also went to a Marty Supreme screening the other night a…
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Madeline and Charlotte are back with a banger of an episode if they do say so themselves! First off, Jordyn Woods got her boyfriend, Knicks star Karl-Anthony Towns, a car from his childhood for his birthday. KAT also wore merch for the movie Marty Supreme, starring his friend and major Knicks fan Timothée Chalamet. Knicks fanatic and legendary film…
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Madeline and Charlotte are thrilled to welcome Ken Rosenthal to the show! Ken is a two-time Sports Emmy Award-winner, a reporter and insider for FOX Sports’ Major League Baseball coverage, and a senior baseball writer for The Athletic who has spent nearly 40 years covering the major leagues. He joins the gals to talk about how Cleveland Guardians p…
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Madeline and Charlotte are back, and it’s been a bad week for company men! First, an update on this week’s NFL vibes-based picks because they did very well, although the Sunday and Monday night football games were very boring. At least there were some electric NBA games! Now, onto the firings: The gals begin with Nico Harrison, general manager of t…
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Send us a text In this special episode, Kim and Amy recount their recent visit to The Sitting Room, a unique library and literary salon in Sonoma, CA, dedicated to women's literature. Trip highlights included a stay at a Julia-Morgan-designed architectural gem in Berkeley, a private tour of Jack London State Park, and a fascinating tour of The Sitt…
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Madeline is back with a new haircut, and Charlotte is here for it! The gals give their NFL Week 10 vibes-based predictions and wonder: is NFL great Tom Brady throwing shade at Bill Belichick, his former coach? Speaking of Tom Brady, he cloned his dog. The gals dig in, because it’s a real follow the money situation. A while ago, Brady (and Tiger Woo…
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Madeline and Charlotte are back after an exhilarating Game 7 of the World Series. The LA Dodgers are champions after a heartbreaking loss to the Toronto Blue Jays. The gals talk about Ernie Clement crying in the locker room, Kiké Hernandez trolling Drake, and, most importantly, Miguel Rojas’ Van Cleef & Arpels necklace. F1 driver Charles Leclerc is…
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Madeline and Charlotte are back with two very special visitors: themselves, as Saturday Night Live’s NPR hosts Margaret Jo McCullin (aka Ana Gasteyer) and Terry Rialto (aka Molly Shannon)! It’s a deliciously dishy episode. The gals start with some World Series gossip, because the games between the Dodgers and Blue Jays have been electric (and invol…
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The gals are back with a particularly goofy one today, folks — it’s Charlotte’s turn to battle a migraine after Madeline’s flu game two weeks ago, so buckle up (also, they recorded this before that crazy, 18-inning World Series game, so stay tuned for baseball stuff on Thursday). First, a few updates about the gals’ trips around the world. Then, a …
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Send us a text Republished this year by Valancourt books, Rosalind’s Ashe’s 1976 gothic thriller Moths is a spine-chilling tale of supernatural seduction featuring a femme fatale who lures men to their deaths like lepidoptera to a flame. Gothic lit expert Lisa B. Kröger joins us to discuss Ashe’s knack for channeling female rage in a novel that’s b…
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Madeline and Charlotte are thrilled to welcome Angie “Pumps” Sullivan to the show! Angie is the co-host of the political pop culture show “I’ve Had It Podcast” with Jennifer Welch, and also a huge sports fan. The gals loved talking to her about how sports are inherently political but can still bring people together. Angie and the gals covered a lot…
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Madeline and Charlotte are thrilled to welcome The Athletic’s Fred Katz to the show. Fred is a senior NBA writer who loves to gab, and the gals really were not ready for the amount of information he dropped on them in the first ten minutes. They start out talking about the Knicks — namely, why Josh Hart is living the dream of every seven-year-old w…
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Madeline has a migraine today, so this is her flu game, and the result is a particularly unhinged and fantastic episode if you ask Charlotte. First, an important announcement: the gals have decided on a name for their audience, and it is: THE SHAREHOLDERS!!! They love it and hope you do, too. Then, NFL Week 7 vibes-based predictions are back, with …
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Madeline and Charlotte are doing things a little differently this week — instead of the normal Tuesday episode, they’re bringing you a special deep dive today into the UNC football program coached by Bill Belichick. Lots of reporting came out last week about the problems within the program, including a report from The Athletic, which college footba…
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Send us a text Often called “the lesbian Bible,” Radclyffe Hall’s 1928 novel The Well of Loneliness has been sparking debate for nearly a century. Banned in the UK after an infamous obscenity trial, the book remains a lightening rod for readers — some revere it, others can’t stand it. We’ll explore what makes this groundbreaking novel so remarkable…
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ESPN’s NHL reporter Emily Kaplan joins Madeline and Charlotte to talk about the biggest and best storylines heading into the 2025-2026 hockey season that kicked off on Tuesday. Did you know that there are a ton of brothers playing in the league? That the players fight to defend each other? That Brad Marchand’s current team hated him before he joine…
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Madeline and Charlotte are thrilled to welcome Emmy award-winner Scott Hanson to the show for a very special conversation. Scott is the host of NFL RedZone, Gold Zone during the Olympics, and is in EA Sports’ Madden NFL. If you’re a football fan, he is the voice of your Sundays. But first, the gals discuss the workplace drama in the WNBA. In her ex…
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Madeline and Charlotte have some news: they’re going to Buffalo for the Bills-Patriots game this weekend, so invite them to your tailgate! The gals also need suggestions for what to call the audience of The Sports Gossip Show. Now, the drama: Bad Bunny is performing the Super Bowl halftime show, and the announcement was anticlimactic. LeBron James …
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Send us a text In this follow-up to our 2021 episode on Nancy Mitford, we’re turning the spotlight on her younger sister, Jessica (a.k.a. “Decca”) Mitford, an activist and journalist whom Time magazine called “the queen of the muckrakers.” Her influential 1963 nonfiction title The American Way of Death exposed corruption in the funeral industry and…
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The Sports Gossip Show officially turns one today, so Madeline and Charlotte get a little sentimental looking back at a crazy 12 months since they started this show in Charlotte’s apartment. Thank you so much to everyone who’s listened, watched, and subscribed, to The Athletic for bringing SGS on board, and to the husbands of the show — the gals co…
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Madeline and Charlotte are back with a jam-packed show! Some quick hits from Europe: Harry Styles ran the Berlin marathon very quickly under a weird pseudonym, and F1 drivers Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz drove a van to Monaco after their flight was delayed. Then, the thing everyone wants to know about: Ole Miss head coach Lane Kiffin’s daughter…
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There are a ton (well, at least three) of NFL documentaries out this fall, and Madeline and Charlotte watched them so you don’t have to. And if you watched them too, that’s great! It’s like a book club, but for docs! Join SGS for another deep dive episode analyzing two Netflix series, “America’s Team: The Cowboy and His Gamblers” and “Quarterback,”…
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Well, folks, Madeline and Charlotte have a doozy of an episode for you today! Lots of juicy stuff — but first, they check in on their Week 2 NFL vibes-based picks. Not to brag, but they really crushed it this week. Then, an update on the compressed flowers at Green Bay Packers’ quarterback Jordan Love’s wedding. In not-so-great news, Joe Burrow bro…
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Send us a text With her witty and self-deprecating takes on dating and the single life, the narrator of Miriam Karpilove’s Diary of a Lonely Girl: Or the Battle Against Free Love is the 1918 Yiddish precursor to Girls’ Hannah Horvath, Sex and the City’s Carrie Bradshaw, and Bridget Jones. Guest Jessica Kirzane’s English translation of the novel was…
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Madeline and Charlotte are back with a very special episode. First, the gals pick their winners of the NFL’s Week 2 using vibes only. Then, it’s time for a refresher on the most famous Wags of the NFL. The gals talk about how they met, how long they’ve been together, and — if the couple is married — how compressed the flowers were at their weddings…
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The gals are back after a dizzying first week of NFL football. First, an update on Madeline’s first RedZone experience, a hello to RedZone host Scott Hanson, and checking in on Charlotte’s Patriots (bad). Tom Brady is online again, posting very 2016 selfies, and it’s great. Nebraska’s Dylan Raiola continues to emulate the Chiefs’ Patrick Mahomes. T…
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Madeline and Charlotte are back, and so is the NFL!! The gals talk about vibes a lot on The Sports Gossip Show, so they decided to put their money where their mouths are and pick the winner of the Week 1 match-ups based solely on how they feel about the teams (and a few facts, but whatever). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informati…
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Well, folks, it finally happened — Bill Belichick took the field to coach UNC’s football team for the first time. After months of build-up and hype (especially surrounding his relationship with Jordon Hudson, who cold-called the gals out of the blue last month), his team lost 48-14. The TCU Horned Frogs demolished UNC, and the announcers ran out of…
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Send us a text In this encore presentation, we’re reviving a literary suicide scandal that took place among some of the biggest names in the West Coast’s early 20th century bohemian society. Joining us to discuss lost poet Nora May French and her life—and death—is Catherine Prendergast, author of the riveting book The Gilded Edge: Two Audacious Wom…
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Madeline and Charlotte are thrilled to welcome a guest that they’ve been wanting to have on the show for a LONG time — Jessica Smetana! Jess is a sports commentator and analyst. She currently hosts The Echos podcast with Mike Golic Jr., and you may have seen her on Vice TV’s Sports Gone Wrong or on a Meadowlark Media property. Jess and Charlotte ha…
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This episode was supposed to be the weekly Tuesday episode of The Sports Gossip Show, but then Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce got engaged, and Madeline and Charlotte had to record an emergency episode that went up yesterday instead! Go listen to it! Here we’ve got a few quick hits: Madison Beer and Justin Herbert were photographed together again, Wa…
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Folks, it finally happened: Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are engaged. They announced it on Tuesday on Instagram, and Sports Gossip Show listeners immediately reached out to Madeline and Charlotte in hopes of an emergency episode. You’re all in luck, because the gals were on it. Here is everything you need to know about the engagement, including (o…
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Catherine Whitaker is one of the co-hosts of The Tennis Podcast, another great show on The Athletic Podcast Network, and Madeline and Charlotte are thrilled to welcome her to the Sports Gossip Show ahead of this year’s US Open. The tennis tea has never been hotter! The gals ask Catherine everything you all want to know about this year’s upcoming Am…
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This episode starts out with Madeline and Charlotte’s affinity for the arts and a shameless request for tickets to Shakespeare In The Park. Then, a quick Jordon Hudson update, because she should take a page out of Taylor Swift’s playbook. Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert stopped by singer Madison Beer’s photoshoot — are they dating? WNBA great S…
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Send us a text Originally drafted in 1939, the Prohibition-era gangster novel The Girl by Meridel Le Sueur remained unpublished for nearly 40 years. Le Sueur used the intervening decades to transform her work into a powerful narrative, focusing on the lives of marginalized women in Depression-era America. Joining us is Dr. Rosemary Hennessy, a Prof…
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Madeline and Charlotte are back with a Thursday episode dropping on a Wednesday night! That’s because there was an emergency that needed addressing: Taylor Swift went on New Heights, the podcast hosted by her boyfriend, Travis Kelce, and his brother, Jason Kelce. The audience learned a lot about her new album, just as much as she wanted us to know …
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