Femmes of STEM Podcast
1) Bonus Episode: Girls Talk Math! Part 1
Surprise, it's a bonus episode! We're bringing you stories about lady mathematicians from the Girls Talk Math summer camp. In Episode Eight of the Femmes of STEM podcast, we talked with Francesca Ber...Show More
2) Episode Nine: Planes, Motorcycles, & Automobiles
Beatrice Shilling was all about speed and efficiency. She modified her Norton M30 (a schmancy motorbike) so she could rip up the Brooklands motor circuit at speeds of 100+ miles per hour, and she fixe...Show More
3) Bonus Episode: Girls Talk Math! Part 2
It's part two of the Girls Talk Math bonus episode! We're bringing you mini-sodes about historical math femmes. In Episode Eight of the Femmes of STEM podcast, we talked with Francesca Bernardi, the c...Show More
4) Episode Eight: Girls Talk Math!
Sofya Kovalevskaya was a 19th century Russian mathematician, novelist, and political activist. She was born into Russia at a time of political unrest and, well, pretty restrictive times for women. How...Show More
5) Episode Seven: Nuclear Physics, Nueroscience, and Chisme
Sameera Moussa was an early 20th century Egyptian nuclear physicist who held a doctorate in atomic radiation. She was the first woman at her Univeristy to earn a PhD in her field, and the first woman ...Show More
6) Season Two Trailer!
The Femmes of STEM returns October 15th.
7) Bonus Episode: Decolonising Science 101
Surprise - you get a bonus episode! While the Femmes of STEM examines science and science history through a feminist lens, there's another framework near and dear to your hosts queer, brown heart: pos...Show More
8) Episode Six: Bugs and Stuff
Maria Sibylla Merian was a 17th century middle class woman who studied bugs (and stuff) at a time when butterflies were considered demonic creatures and beetles were believed to spontaneously appear f...Show More
9) Episode Five: Mary Anning's Revenge
Mary Anning is a 19th century paleontologist responsible for the discovery of Dino-Age creatures such as ichthyosaurs, pleisosaurs, and pterosaurs. She hung out with and provided invaluable fossil spe...Show More
10) Episode Four: Woman As Scientist, Woman as Activist
Roger Arliner Young was an early 20th century american biologist. She is best known for being the first African American woman to earn a PhD in zoology - but her story is often presented as a sad, one...Show More