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First, but Last? introduces you to the creative, intrepid and influential women all across the state of Wyoming asking them about wisdom, work and adventure in the “equality” state. This special series celebrates Wyoming as the first state to give women the right to vote! ThinkWY | Wyoming Humanities podcasts are created to capture the stories in and outside of Wyoming to share ideas, perspectives, and insights about the human experience.
The Equality State meets the oil field, and you hear how a cowgirl handles proving herself.
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A grounded Wyoming conversation where hunting mentorship opens into women's authority, equality, and home.
First But Last? sets Wyoming's equality-state identity against the practical work of Becca Smith and the Wyoming Women's Foundation. In conversation with Emmy DeGrappa, Smith's story moves from Michigan and New Hampshire toward the National Student Exchange and, eventually, a…
A Wyoming cowgirl connects ranching self-reliance with women's work in oil and gas.
Jessica Buller-Jack brings Wyoming's equality-state identity down to the working ground of oil and gas. A Wyoming native, cowgirl, and land representative for Crestwood Midstream Partners LP in Douglas, she traces a life that started in Jackson, moved through places including…
A reflective conversation on how cultural ritual can grow into a life in theater.
Before Dr. Cecilia Aragon found formal theater, Santa Fe had already taught her how performance lives in a community. She recalls a 10th-generation Santa Fe upbringing shaped by a Spanish father, a mother who identified as Navajo and Pueblo, and a childhood surrounded by Pueblo…
Lynette Graybull links Wind River, education, and public life in a grounded Wyoming equality story.
Lynette Graybull's account ties Wyoming's "equality state" identity to questions of belonging, education, and public life. A full-blooded Native American from the Lakota and Northern Arapaho tribes, with Wind River Reservation as home, she reflects on the family history and…
A Wyoming lawmaker links family roots, public service, and civic patience in a divided moment.
Wyoming's equality-state identity gives this episode its frame, but the conversation stays close to lived experience. State Senator Tara Nethercott traces a life rooted across the state, from Jackson family history to time in Pinedale, Lovell, and Riverton, and connects that…
Messy women, sharp history, Regency receipts.
Feminist history with wine-night velocity.
Women’s history with drinks, jokes, and bite.
Earth stories, science lives, human impact.
Difficult women, messy histories, sharp company.
Gold Rush California, told through its women
Emmy DeGrappa talks with Becca Smith, director of the Wyoming Women's Foundation, about Wyoming's equality history and the foundation's work on women's economic self-sufficiency.
Jessica Buller-Jack says breakaway roping is now in the PRCA ranks and the National Finals Rodeo.
Emmy DeGrappa interviews Dr.
Lynnette Gray Bull, a Northern Arapaho and Lakota woman from Wind River Reservation, says she became the first Native American woman in Wyoming to run for U.S.
Wyoming State Senator Tara Nethercott links her legal career and 2016 election to a childhood moment when the Pinedale Police Department was disbanded and her family "lost everything financially." She says Wyoming's "independence and survival nature" comes from its land, and she argues that budget cuts should be judged by the families and children they affect.
Host Emmy DeGrappa interviews Caroline Mills, an American Indian woman from the Wind River Reservation, about her life, education, and work with young students.
Host Emmy DeGrappa interviews retired educator Maggie Murdoch about growing up in Wyoming and her perspective on women's progress toward equality.
Host Emmy DeGrappa interviews Jennifer Wilmette, chair of the Wyoming Council for Women, about the organization's goals and challenges facing women across the state.
Host Emmy DeGrappa interviews Diane Schober, Executive Director of the Wyoming Office of Tourism, about her career journey and experiences as a woman in Wyoming.
Host Emmy DeGrappa interviews Laura Griffith, founder of Recover Wyoming, about her life and work in the Equality State.
Host Emmy DeGrappa interviews Wyoming legislator Sarah Burlingame about her work and the state's legacy of women's suffrage.
Host Emmy DeGrappa interviews financial advisor Kristen Wilkerson about her journey to Wyoming and her work advocating for women.
Host Emmy DeGrappa interviews singer-songwriter Sarah Sample about her journey to Wyoming and her perspective on equality in the Equality State.