About Advanced TV Herstory
Television history, feminist media studies, and cultural analysis—made accessible.
Advanced TV Herstory is a long-running podcast offering scholarly, readable conversations about television history and women in media. Each episode pairs close listening with historical context, inviting students, researchers, and curious viewers into the archive.
Our story
A research-driven podcast built for listening, teaching, and citation.
Advanced TV Herstory began as an experiment in bringing television scholarship into a public, conversational format—without sacrificing rigor.
The show treats television as an essential cultural record. Episodes move between industry history, textual analysis, and the lived realities of audiences, with particular attention to women’s labor, representation, and authorship across eras and genres.
“We approach TV history as both an archive and an argument—what gets remembered, who gets credited, and how meaning changes over time.”
Advanced TV Herstory
Alongside the episode archive, the site shares editorial essays, research notes, and updates on ongoing book and publication projects. The goal is simple: make it easier to discover episodes by topic, guest, and keyword—and to keep the conversation going beyond the feed.
What you will find here
A structured hub for listening and research—designed for discovery, classroom use, and deep dives.
Episode archive
Searchable listening, built for the long term
Browse episodes by topic, guest, and keyword, with clear summaries that help you find the right conversation quickly.
Essays & context
Editorial writing that extends the audio
Long-form posts that develop episode themes with historical framing, recommended viewing, and references where appropriate.
Research & books
Ongoing scholarship, shared in progress
Updates on current projects, publications, talks, and works-in-progress—so listeners can follow the research as it develops.
The people behind the microphone
Advanced TV Herstory is produced by a small, research-oriented team. Roles below are placeholders—replace with your actual names, titles, and bios as needed.
Host Name
Host & Producer
Co-Host / Editor Name
Co-Host & Audio Editor
Research Assistant Name
Research & Show Notes
Web / Community Name
Web & Community
What listeners and readers say
A few representative notes from the community (placeholders—swap in real quotes when available).
★★★★★
“A model for public scholarship: rigorous, generous, and deeply listenable.”
Listener
Media Studies Instructor
★★★★★
“The archive is invaluable for teaching—episodes make complex debates legible without oversimplifying.”
Reader
Graduate Student
★★★★★
“Every episode connects television history to the present in a way that feels both careful and urgent.”
Subscriber
Researcher