←Recommendations of Buffalo Baby

  • Stephen Kaplan: Buffalo Baby by Donna Hoke
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    I always love when I learn something new from a play and Hoke's short audio play doesn't disappoint. She serves history smoothly alongside a dramatic story crackling with the obstacles of gender and science and shows us how sadly 1850 wasn't too far away from where we are today.

    I always love when I learn something new from a play and Hoke's short audio play doesn't disappoint. She serves history smoothly alongside a dramatic story crackling with the obstacles of gender and science and shows us how sadly 1850 wasn't too far away from where we are today.

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  • Cheryl Bear: Buffalo Baby by Donna Hoke
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    A fascinating history of the shift to when doctors were allowed in the room changing gender barriers. Well done!

    A fascinating history of the shift to when doctors were allowed in the room changing gender barriers. Well done!

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  • Matthew Weaver: Buffalo Baby by Donna Hoke
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    Hoke takes a fascinating piece of history and brings it to life with this radio drama. She expertly delivers just enough detail of the time and place - armed with nothing but sound! - to center us. All the while, she delivers on a topic in which she is well-versed - the battle of the genders - as twenty medical students sit around, commenting on the progress of an anonymous woman as she prepares to give birth, marking a monumental moment in medical advancement. And shades of current events, as the most important progress is met by scandalized pearl clutchers.

    Hoke takes a fascinating piece of history and brings it to life with this radio drama. She expertly delivers just enough detail of the time and place - armed with nothing but sound! - to center us. All the while, she delivers on a topic in which she is well-versed - the battle of the genders - as twenty medical students sit around, commenting on the progress of an anonymous woman as she prepares to give birth, marking a monumental moment in medical advancement. And shades of current events, as the most important progress is met by scandalized pearl clutchers.

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  • Karen Fix Curry: Buffalo Baby by Donna Hoke
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    An Insightful telling of the shift from midwifery to medical doctors and how shocking the idea was in the 1850’s. Lush with atmosphere and sound, you can picture this drama with all it’s period elements in your mind.

    An Insightful telling of the shift from midwifery to medical doctors and how shocking the idea was in the 1850’s. Lush with atmosphere and sound, you can picture this drama with all it’s period elements in your mind.

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