Hello and welcome to this day in Esoter political history from Radiotopia.

My name is Jody Avergan.

This day, September 7, 1968.

200 or so feminists and civil rights advocates

are protesting the Miss America pageant.

This is taking place in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

We'll get into the details, but the activist unfurled banners,

spoke with the press, how to rally on the nearby Atlantic City boardwalk.

And it was out there that one of, I would say,

the most persistent political myths in American history was

born. This image of protesters throwing their bras into a trash can fire. But the thing is,

there was no fire, there was no bra burning that day, but this image in this notion of the bra burner stuck to characterize the 1960s and 1970s feminist movement.

So let's talk about Miss America protests and the bra burning label.

Here as always, Nicole Hammer of Vanderbilt and Kelly Carter Jackson of Wellesley.

Hello there.

Hello Jody.

Hey there.

And we have a special guest for this episode, the great Kristen Konger podgaster and journalist.

She is the founder and host of Unladylike, the long-running feminist lifestyle podcast.

And then there's a new show just out now on the way conspiracy she wrote

which unravels women's overlooked roles in today's conspiracy culture as

instigators, evangelizers, and mascots of good versus evil. Kristen, thank you for doing this and

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