[Draft] Script: Programme 1 - Max Dashu Secret Historyof Witches  Frieda: Today on WINGS, feminist archivist and historian Max Dashu tells some of what she has uncovered and collected for her 16-volume series The Secret History of The Witches.   [clip] WINGSIntro Music  Frieda 1 link:  MaxDashu has spent over 50 years collecting and researching oral traditions,folklore, written records and artifacts to “find the women’ in history. She createdThe Suppressed Histories Archives to showcase her findings. Part of that is her 16-volume  series: The Secret History ofThe Witches. In today's program - part one of two -  Max Dashu speaks with WINGS Contributing Producer Mindy Ran about the legacy of political abuse and violence hidden in The Secret History of The Witches.   Most histories of witches tend to start with the European witch hunts.  Mindy asked Max to tell how far back she has documented history of witches.  Clip: Prog 1, Part 1Main [final] edit.wav                              Frieda 2 link:   On WINGS, you are listening to feminist archivist and historian Max Dashu, talking to WINGS producer Mindy Ran about the history of witches.  They covered some of the salient insights from Dashu's 16-part series  The Secret History of the Witches.  Next, Max discusses some of the mechanisms behind the "witch terror," and the lasting legacy of "witch hunts" until today.   Clip: Prog 1, part 2 [final] edit.wav  Frieda 3 Link: Scared yet?  Wait, there's more.  Part 2 of Mindy Ran's interview with Max Dashu will focus on rebellion and reclamation.  You can read about The Secret History of the Witches, at   Triple-w, dot suppressedhistories.net.  WINGS thanks our supporters, including your local community radio stations, Suzette Cullen, and Genevieve Vaughan, whose online events can be viewed at maternalgifteconomymovement.org.   The WINGS sound logo is from Libana's album A Circle Is Cast.  I'm Frieda Werden.  This is the Women's International News Gathering Service.