HERstory: Southeast Asia Podcast
1) 1 | Supayalat, the Last Queen of Burma
In this episode, we’re going to meet the beautiful and ruthless Queen Supayalat. She has long been credited for the massacre of a hundred of the King's relatives to ensure her claim to the throne. But...Show More
2) 32 | The Secret Life of Joey Guerrero Leaumax
Josefina “Joey” Veluya Guerrero—later Joey Guerrero Leaumax—was one of the most daring and effective spies in the Pacific War. Armed not with weapons, but with a disease long treated as a curse, this ...Show More
3) 31 | Women, War, and Resistance: Southeast Asia in WWII
New season, new stories — this time, we’re diving into the herstory of Southeast Asia in World War 2. Their resistance and resilience helped shape independence movements, political landscapes, and ong...Show More
4) Bonus Episode | Excerpt from "Antonia Lopez Writes: Life at the Sta Ysabel Convent 1915"
What was it like to grow up behind convent walls? In this bonus episode, we follow Margarita, a young girl whose world is shaped by the rhythms of Santa Ysabel Convent. Through the words of Antonia E....Show More
5) 30.2 | Ang Henerala: Salud Algabre with Ana Algabre Hernandez
History often forgets the women who fought for freedom—but we don’t. In the last episode of Season 2, we sit down with Salud Algabre's granddaughter,Ana Algabre Hernandez, to understand her leadership...Show More
6) 30.1 | Ang Henerala: Salud Algabre
In this two-part episode, we discuss Henerala Salud Algabre, a prominent member of Sakdal, a Filipino peasant organization founded in 1930 to oppose American colonialism and the ruling elites in the P...Show More
7) 29 | Labor at the Margins: Indian and Chinese Women Migrants in British Malaya
This episode is about the overlooked history of female immigrants in colonial Malaya, spanning from the late 19th to mid-20th century. These women, primarily from Indian and Chinese communities, playe...Show More
29 | Labor at the Margins: Indian and Chinese Women Migrants in British Malaya
21:23 | Dec 31st, 2024
8) 28 | Katipuneras: Women of the Philippine Revolution
In this episode of HERstory Southeast Asia, we delve into the stories of the women of the Philippine Revolution. These "Katipuneras" (though we specify who among them were actually in the Katipunan an...Show More
9) 27 | The Slave Trade of Women & Children in "French Indochina”
As early as the mid-1870s, Chinese pirates were trafficking Vietnamese women and children into China to be sold as slaves. However, with the arrival of the French in 1885, this trade significantly inc...Show More
10) 26 | The Soenting Melajoe Women's Newspaper 1912-1921
This is part of two of us revisiting the Minangkabau matrilineal society. In the previous episode, we talked about Ruhana Kuddus, Indonesia’s First Female Journalist. In this episode, we’re going to t...Show More