1. hey, girl.
A storytelling focused podcast all about healing, sisterhood, finding your power, and making your voice heard.
On hey, girl, host Alex Elle brings an intimacy to conversations around women’s liberation that is pretty singular. As an author, she’s often most interested in what creative and spiritual freedom means for women, bringing on guests who range from family members to activists and fellow artists.
2. Encyclopedia Womannica
Bite-sized 5- to 10-minute snapshots of women across time who made history.
History class often paints a portrait of the world that excludes about half of its population. That’s what Wonder Media Network’s Encyclopedia Womannica sets out to fix, by releasing 5- to 10-minute episodes on women who made history in a certain field. Each month focuses on a different area of expertise, which most recently included activism and music.
3. Therapy for Black Girls
Weekly chats on a range of mental health topics geared specifically toward Black women.
Black women are one of the most underserved demographics in American society, especially when it comes to medical care. That’s why host and licensed psychologist Dr. Joy Harden Bradford’s Therapy for Black Girls is so vital. Dr. Harden Bradford, who has a Ph.D. in counseling psychology, provides informal therapy sessions on a wide spectrum of mental health issues and strategies for everything from processing communal grief to finding agency through pleasure. Episodes are structured around interviews with an expert and then a listener advice segment. Dr. Harden Bradford is careful to start with a disclaimer that the podcast is no substitute for actual one-on-one therapy, offering resources for how to find one on the Therapy for Black Girls website.