Episode #447: 'Spacewoman' with Kevin Smokler

We’re capping off a month at looking at different films directed by women with Hannah Berryman’s documentary, Spacewoman . Kevin Smokler , author of Breaking the Frame: Conversations with Women Filmmakers joins us to talk about this close look at the stellar career of astronaut Eileen Collins, the first woman to pilot, and later command, a Space Shuttle mission. What’s Good Alonso - Calm for naps Drea - getting a doctor’s appointment Kevin S. - Memorizing Oscar winners as a sleep aid Kevin A. - 3 hour Celebrity game ITIDIC AI-Generated Val Kilmer Will Appear in Movie Kilmer Was to Shoot Before His Passing April Wolfe/Chloe Okuno Project Bad Hand Lands at Searchlight Staff Picks Alonso - Late Shift Drea - Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice Kevin S. - Say Amen Somebody Kevin A. - A Teacher Directors Mentioned in C-Block: Patricia Cardoso Debra Granik Amy Heckerling Anna Boden Rose Troche Donna Deitch Cheryl Dunye Joan Micklin Silver Lizzie Borden Wanuri Kihiyu Melanie Laurent Maggie Gyllenhaal Allison Anders Gillian Armstrong Celine Sciamma Lynn Shelton The Wachowskis Penny Marshall Martha Coolidge Vera Drew Jane Schoenbrun Alice Maio Mackay Mira Nair Věra Chytilová Ida Lupino Dorothy Arzner Alice Guy-Blaché Caitlin Adams Susan Seidelman Nia DaCosta Kathryn Bigelow Julia Hart Dee Rees Catherine Breillat Mary Harron Regina King Dyan Cannon Thanks to everyone who participated in this year's MaxFunDrive! Still want to get in on the action? Follow this link to support this show (and get in on our limited-time keychain sale to benefit the Center for Constitutional Rights):

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Episode #447: 'Spacewoman' with Kevin Smokler is an episode from Who Shot Ya? by MaximumFun.org.

This episode is 01:03:03 long.

This episode was published on Mar 27, 2026.

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