Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls: The Podcast is a fairy tale podcast about the extraordinary women who inspire us. The show is based on Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls, the global best-selling book series written by Elena Favilli and Francesca Cavallo, inspiring millions of girls and women around the world to dream bigger, aim higher, and fight harder.
Listen to the true stories of female pirates, freedom fighters, opera singers, computer scientists, and world-class athletes as told by some of the most distinct and impactful "rebel girl" voices in the world: Diana Nyad, Jessica Valenti, Poorna Jagannathan, Tarana Burke, among others. Stay tuned for our secret host, announced at the end of the season!
Designed to complement both volumes of the global best-selling book series Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls, the podcast is a sound-rich deep dive into the most inspiring adventures contained in the global best-selling books. Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls authors Elena Favilli and Francesca Cavallo initially created the Rebel Girls movement in order to empower girls and women through examples of the extraordinary, unconventional women who have changed and are still changing the world today. “We've always looked at these books as the stepping stone of a larger media company," says Elena Favilli and Francesca Cavallo.
“This is a storytelling revolution and we're just getting started.” - Elena Favilli and Francesca Cavallo
Each 12-minute episode focuses on a different story, accompanied by original theme music and sound design by Elettra Bargiacchi.
The show will feature a plethora of guest narrators, including:
• Billie Jean King - read by Jessica Valenti, columnist and feminist author
• Margaret Hamilton - read by Poorna Jagannathan, actress and producer
• Yusra Mardini - read by Diana Nyad, athlete, journalist, author and public speaker
• Madam C.J. Walker - read by Poorna Jagannathan, actress and producer
• Virginia Hall - read by S. Mitra Kalita, executive at CNN
• Harriet Tubman - read by Tarana Burke, artist, organizer and freedom fighter
• Grace O'Malley - read by Alison Mosshart, singer and songwriter
• Ada Lovelace - read by Jodi Kantor, author and journalist
• Frida Kahlo - read by Tessa Thompson, star of Selma, Creed, and Thor: Ragnarok
• Wangari Maathai - read by a secret host!
• Maria Callas - read by Our Lady J, pianist and writer
Download our media kit for full bios of the hosts.
The 10-episode series launches March 6, 2018, with subsequent episodes releasing each Tuesday.
But the story doesn't end there.
As a thank you to all of the amazing women who narrated the stories for the podcasts, Timbuktu, publisher of Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls Volumes 1 and 2, has made donations to charities of their choosing in their names. They are putting their rebel voices to work helping others.
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Media Inquiries
Executive producers Elena Favilli and Francesca Cavallo are available for interviews, speaking engagements, and quotes by reaching out to Meredith Hinshaw-Chaney at meredith at rebelgirls dot co.
Download the Press Kit
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/qqiuuncy5dsz3jf/AACSr_Xc0xurMB4wc0HvV38ja?dl=0