Wing Women

An actual play podcast about real life soviet aviatrixes as they harass the nazi’s, endure discrimination, and navigate the absurdity of World War 2. Against this bitter setting our 4 motley heroines gain the chance to experience queer joy, gender euphoria, and equality for the first and perhaps only time in their lives. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join producer/GM Kevin McCann and Editor/Player Julianne Kastner as they discuss the genesis of Wing Women - the people who made it possible, the equipment they sourced and the historical research they did before they hit "RECORD."Oh and there's certainly NOOOOOOTHING at the end of this episode, nothing at all to look forward to as we get closer to spooky season. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The first part in our Halloween trilogy. Members of the 588 have mysteriously disappeared enroute to their first active duty station. What’s more, superior officers have spotted unidentified flying objects looming in the woods nearby.Content Warnings - Mentions of blood: 12:58, 43:24, 45:49 Abduction: 26:03 - 26:28, Gunshots SX: 28:37, 35:55, 45:13 Description of plane crash: 39:38 - 39:47, 40:38 - 41:03, 42:43 - 43:19, Impaling: 43:50 - 44:06, Burns: 44:45 - 45:00, NPC Death: 45:01 - 45:20Want to support the folks in the cockpit that are making this show happen?Tip us on Kofi, follow us on social media https://linktr.ee/wingwomenpod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The hunt for missing members of the 588 continues. The witches realize that they're dealing with something far more sinister and personal as they come to a clearing in the forest.Content Warnings Gunshots: 6:45- 6:57, 42:16-42:18, Body Horror/Mutilation: 9:37-9:54, 17:18-17:23, 29:36-29:49 Gross Mouth Noises: 17:32-18:02, Description of Plane Crash, Fire and Injuries: 20:21-20:56, Implications of loss of sanity/institutionalization: 32:35-32:53 Description of long imprisonment, illness, loss of teeth: 33:41-37:40Want to support the folks in the cockpit that are making this show happen?Tip us on Kofi, follow us on social media https://linktr.ee/wingwomenpod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hey, Comrades - be sure to check those content warnings below! It's the horrifying conclusion of our first Halloween thriller! The witches tumble into a new nightmare but, despite this world being built for their missing squadmate - Nino, Rita and Tati find scares aplenty, crafted by the Baba Yaga, just for them. Content Warnings: Gunshots: 9:20-24, 11:35-37, 11:49-52, 12:52-53 14:34-45, 31:28-30 34:03-11, 37:58-38:01 Threatening with Gun: 27:25-29, 31:17-30 Strangling: 31:53-32:00, 32:35-50 Death by shooting: 12:52-53, 14:34-45, 18:34-59 Burn Injury: 27:08-18 Gore/Bones Breaking: 12:52-53, 14:34-45, 18:34-59, 29:35-40, 32:35-50, 33:13-20, 35:30-57 Player Character Death: 18:34-59, 32:35-50, 35:30-57 Transphobia/Homophobia: 29:10-20, 36:10-40Want to support the folks in the cockpit that are making this show happen?Tip us on Kofi, follow us on social media https://linktr.ee/wingwomenpod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The squadron is back together! The cast of Wing Women revisits some of their favorite player and character moments from season one while testing out their NEW virtual recording studio. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

All aboard for our Halloween special! Join the Navy's biggest, manliest losers for "One-Page Cthulhu" by Don Bisdorf. With a waterlogged engine, whispering cargo, and crabby passengers it's sure to delight this spooky season! Special thanks to Matti Wells, Kevin DiFazio, Matthew Kastner, Chloe Familton, Will Cloud, Justin - The DM's Guide, and someone who wished to remain anonymous - for providing additional mission pool points or "biscuits" for us to use in times of great peril (and bad rolls).Want to support the folks in the cockpit who are making this show happen?Tip us on Kofi, and follow us on social media https://linktr.ee/wingwomenpodGeneral CW: War Themes, Bombing, Blood/Gore, Language1:48-2:16 Discussions of STDs | 5:15-52 1:25:48-55 Mentions of dead bodies | 10:52-54, 30:35-37, 36:32-52 Religious practices or items | 17:50- 18:00, 1:01:35- 2:35, 1:16:20-17:30, 1:27:12-33 Mentions of bombings | 18:07-18:16, 38:55-39:00 Mentions of injured soldiers | 31:45-48, 55:18-30 Mentions of homicide/DV | 33:26-30 Threat of drowning | 36:35-37:26 Stabbing and removal of a monster limb | 39:09-39:22 Mentions of urination | 39;50-40:00 Illusions to the mistreatment of those with mental illness | 41:34-37, 1:05:51-59 Bones crack/break | 45:37-46:00, 49:10-16, 1:03:21-1:03:52, 1:05:38-49 Mentions of bleeding wound | 47:08-48:13 Removal of eyeballs | 48:13-29 Vomiting | 55:29-39 Punch to the face with sound effect | 56:55-57:20 PC threatened at knifepoint | Description of bloody nose 58:04-10 | 58:41-59:32 Death of NPC (Stabbing) | 1:02:26-41 Death of NPC (Decapitation) | 1:07:17-8:47 PC Death (throat slit) | 1:05:03-36 Mention of excessive blood | 1:19:23-45 Unamed NPC Deaths Man-Eating Crabs | 1:21:30- 22:55 Death of PC | 1:27:40-52 Decapitation of legs | Smoking tobacco 1:30:10-15, 1:30:55- 31:02 | Illusions to PTSD 1:30:10-15, 1:31:18-39 | Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Happy Halloween, Comrades! Our spooky, seasonal transmission has been intercepted. Please enjoy this treat while we resolve our technical tricks.After a mission goes horribly wrong, "The Nats" -a squadron of Night Witches all named Natasha- are tasked with investigating a piercing shriek heard throughout the camp.What Haunts Us is a modern ghost hunting TTRPG by InnocentGoblin. Investigate ghosts, help them cross to the other side and deal with your own unfinished business before your life as a hunter catches up to you!Learn more about this game (and others by InnocentGoblin!) at https://innocentgoblin.itch.io/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This year’s Halloween episode is a ghost hunting adventure, FULL of big feelings, with August Hakvaag GMing! After a mission goes horribly wrong, "The Nats" -a squadron of Night Witches all named Natasha- are tasked with investigating a piercing shriek heard throughout the camp. We're playing "What Haunts Us" a modern ghost hunting adventure created by Innocent Goblin TTRPGS. You can learn more about this and other games by him at https://innocentgoblin.itch.io/Special thanks to Matti Wells, Kevin DiFazio, Matthew Kastner, Chloe Familton, Will Cloud, Justin - The DM's Guide, GM Ashowan, Nate Scott Jones and someone who wished to remain anonymous - for providing additional mission pool points or "biscuits" for us to use in times of great peril (and bad rolls).General CW: War/Military Themes and Violence, Language and Suggestive Dialogue, Bombing Nazis, GriefMentions of death 2:06 -2.14, 14.10-14:13, 44:48-44:55, 45:65-46:12 Smoking (tobacco) 7:25-7:30, 7:50-7:55, 8:46-8:52References to hallucinogenic drugs 13:00-13:14References to hospital patients/injuries 21.04 -21:15Descriptions of death by aerial combat 22:00-22:23Mentions of blood 36:50-37:00, 38:30-38:33, 40:30-40:33, 44:28-44:38, 47:53-47:58Instance of assault (kicking, punching, tackling) 39:14-40:06, 40:28-40:53, 1:11:05-1:11:39 Emotional gaslighting 46:13-46:39, 47:05-47:16Threats of physical violence 1:01:12-1:01:22, 1:04:10-1:04:17, 1:12:43-1:12:49 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Meet the motley crew new to the 588 bombardiers. 4 women get transferred and try and settle into their somehow worse accommodations.Want to support the folks in the cockpit that are making this show happen? Tip us on Kofi, follow us on social media -> https://linktr.ee/wingwomenpod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The crew scrambles and separates to find a new propeller. Dimitria robs the Kitchen! Tati tries Capitalism! Rita emotionally dominates Ninochka. It's not weird!Want to support the folks in the cockpit that are making this show happen?Tip us on Kofi, follow us on social media -> https://linktr.ee/wingwomenpod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

After much shenaniganry, all our airwomen's separate efforts to fix Rita and Nino's plane collide. A tentative alliance is formed, the male regiment's hanger is the target of a late night heist and a new threat emerges, not from above but from within the 588's camp. Want to support the folks in the cockpit that are making this show happen?Tip us on Kofi, follow us on social media -> https://linktr.ee/wingwomenpod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Desperate times call for desperate measures - like Tati enlisting the master of shenaniganry to help her break into the mailroom while the NKVD launches a surprise investigation on our precariously positioned aviatrixes.Want to support the folks in the cockpit that are making this show happen?Tip us on Kofi, follow us on social media https://linktr.ee/wingwomenpod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Somehow stealing confiscated mail is not the most buck-wild thing to happen to our airwomen this episode. After carefully placed contraband is discovered and linked to a member of the 588, the squadron wrestles with the consequences - and who will be answering for them.Want to support the folks in the cockpit that are making this show happen?Tip us on Kofi, follow us on social media -> https://linktr.ee/wingwomenpod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The 588 gathers the morning before their first big mission for some vigorous exercise (and teasing). A twisted ankle provides our aviatrixes a much needed reprieve - and the opportunity to see what's hidden just outside the camp. Gay panic ensues when Madison Dmitriya gets better acquainted with a "tall drink of water" at the nurses station.CW: Explicit Suggestive Language 0.00- 2.38Special thanks to Matti Wells, Kevin DiFazio, Matthew Kastner and someone who wished to remain anonymous - for providing additional mission pool points or "biscuits" for us to use in times of great peril (and bad rolls).Want to support the folks in the cockpit that are making this show happen?Tip us on Kofi, follow us on social media https://linktr.ee/wingwomenpod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our favorite aviatrixes in the 588 are preparing for their first mission with proper explosives when their regimental commander drops a different bomb on them... whoever performs the best is to be promoted to "Lieutenant" and be named the squadron leader. Special thanks to Matti Wells, Kevin DiFazio, Matthew Kastner and someone who wished to remain anonymous - for providing additional mission pool points or "biscuits" for us to use in times of great peril (and bad rolls).Want to support the folks in the cockpit that are making this show happen?Tip us on Kofi, follow us on social media https://linktr.ee/wingwomenpodCW: Mentions of blood 15.10-15.20 and 20.10- 21.07 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

When it rains, it pours.To add insult to fresh injuries, the crew realize that they've made some pretty powerful enemies on the other side of camp. Stakes soar when they also discover that these antagonizers will be participating in their next mission.Special thanks to Matti Wells, Kevin DiFazio, Matthew Kastner and someone who wished to remain anonymous - for providing additional mission pool points or "biscuits" for us to use in times of great peril (and bad rolls).Want to support the folks in the cockpit that are making this show happen?Tip us on Kofi, follow us on social media https://linktr.ee/wingwomenpod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The 588's planes have received some much needed TLC in preparation for their mission with the male regiment - who fully intent to fight dirty. Safe to say, Nino's first mission as Lieutenant and squadron leader comes with high stakes but, when they go low, the Night Witches go high.CW: 7:57 - 10:00 explicit, suggestive language and Kevin kinda dies for a minute there.Special thanks to Matti Wells, Kevin DiFazio, Matthew Kastner and someone who wished to remain anonymous - for providing additional mission pool points or "biscuits" for us to use in times of great peril (and bad rolls).Want to support the folks in the cockpit that are making this show happen?Tip us on Kofi, follow us on social media https://linktr.ee/wingwomenpod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The 588's time at their fist duty station is coming to an end. But before diving (nose first) into active duty, they want to go into town on a little "supply run." Olya is more than willing to help but to pull this off...they're going to need a car. One car. Only one. Special thanks to Matti Wells, Kevin DiFazio, Matthew Kastner, Chloe Familton, Will Cloud and someone who wished to remain anonymous - for providing additional mission pool points or "biscuits" for us to use in times of great peril (and bad rolls).Want to support the folks in the cockpit that are making this show happen?Tip us on Kofi, follow us on social media https://linktr.ee/wingwomenpod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A night on the town sends the witches into a tailspin. In this new setting, dressed in their civies, they uncover new truths about themselves - but in the Soviet Union, some things are best left unsaid. CWSuggestive Dialogue 45:44 - 46:02, 48:22 - 48:40Internalized Homophobia 51:12 - 55:05Special thanks to Matti Wells, Kevin DiFazio, Matthew Kastner, Chloe Familton, Will Cloud and someone who wished to remain anonymous - for providing additional mission pool points or "biscuits" for us to use in times of great peril (and bad rolls).Want to support the folks in the cockpit that are making this show happen?Tip us on Kofi, follow us on social media https://linktr.ee/wingwomenpod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.