Today – March 8 – is International Women’s Day. And to celebrate, on today ‘s Masters of the Risk Universe episode, I am going to explore the life and times of three queens of rock and roll: Debbie Harry, Patti Smith and Pat Benatar.

Growing up as a kid in Australia, these three women were the three I dreamed of being when I grew up. Not necessarily as a singer or a musician. I am a trained musician, but I am no singer.

When I say I dreamed of being them, I more refer to me somehow being able to mimic their self-assuredness. Embrace their willingness to step outside the boundaries. Somehow become as courageous as them when confronting and taming the unknown.

For a young mixed race kid in Australia in the 1970s and 1980s, and that was a hard time, let me tell you. As a mixed race kid who didn’t really know her place, and always felt out of place. These three women encouraged me to dream and to dream big.

So, today, a very personal exploration of three masters of everything. This won’t be the usual Risktory episode, heavy on facts, with a little opinion mixed in to bring it all together.

This will be a story of how these three women influenced me as a woman, and how their mastery of the unknown, influences me – to this day – as a risk practitioner.

The Risktory Podcast is created, written, hosted and produced by Jacinthe A Galpin.

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Bibliography
https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/debbie-harry-interview-patti-smih-andy-warhol/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patti_Smith#Feminism_and_women_in_music
https://www.azquotes.com/author/6330-Debbie_Harry
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Benatar
https://www.metrowestdailynews.com/entertainmentlife/20190421/why-heck-isnt-pat-benatar-in-rock-amp-roll-hall-of-fame

Seven Inch Records
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_%28music%29

Fisher Price Record Player
https://muppet.fandom.com/wiki/Sesame_Street_record_player_(Fisher-Price)

Song Links
The Tide Is High - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htRwf9zNGlI
Call Me - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StKVS0eI85I
Heart of Glass - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGU_4-5RaxU
Dancing Barefoot - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Z9G8BdnFGs
Because The Night - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_BcivBprM0
Smells like Teen Spirit - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_ciiCyxOJA
Hit with me with your best - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRD80XRMT7s
Love is a battlefield - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGVZOLV9SPo
We belong - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxZInIyOBXk
Invincible - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5A4xBp2rizQ