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Klaatu from the podcast "GNU World Order" interviews me about e-cigarettes, and we get some unintentional vocal effects on his track due to feedbac...
- Added: Aug 25, 2013
- Length: 21:08
Biologists Carrie Albertin and Judit Pungor join us to discuss a strange and wonderful animal, the octopus.
Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, KPVL, and WRNC-LP
- Added: Aug 22, 2013
- Length: 25:57
- Purchases: 3
In school it’s usually the men who are encouraged in science, says April Quarles. Though women continue to face negative social influences when pur...
Bought by WTJU
- Added: Aug 21, 2013
- Length: 03:17
- Purchases: 1
From: Distillations
To avoid being perceived as aggressive, says Lynn Johnson Langer, women often qualify their thoughts. Phrases like “it’s just my opinion” are used ...
Bought by WTJU
- Added: Aug 13, 2013
- Length: 03:58
- Purchases: 1
The job market for highly skilled positions is more competitive now than in previous generations, says Savannah Sullivan. Learning outside your cho...
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- Added: Aug 05, 2013
- Length: 03:10
- Purchases: 1
A chemistry set with “really nice stuff in it” sparked Anna Wilson’s lifelong interest in chemistry, but her passion made her a bit of an oddball i...
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- Added: Jul 29, 2013
- Length: 03:00
- Purchases: 1
It’s not all about career, says Laura McCunn. Marriage and family need to be considered when choosing a path, she says, and she credits a lot of he...
- Added: Jul 22, 2013
- Length: 03:03
In 1941 Helen Free was studying to be a Latin and English teacher—that is, until Pearl Harbor changed her fate. With the country’s young men being ...
- Added: Jul 22, 2013
- Length: 03:50
After getting her master’s degree Kristine Chin found herself working in industry as the first woman in an all-male lab. It was a challenging exper...
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- Added: Jul 22, 2013
- Length: 03:16
- Purchases: 1
In the mid-1980s only 10 of the 100 on-scene coordinators at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) were women. Mary Ellen Ternes was one of thi...
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- Added: Jul 22, 2013
- Length: 02:53
- Purchases: 1
From: Distillations
After the launch of Sputnik in 1957 the new emphasis on science education in the United States helped spark an interest in a young Mary Jo Nye. She...
- Added: Jul 22, 2013
- Length: 04:33
For Wendy Young Reed, life is too short for disliking a job. To find a career you enjoy, she says, the key is to network the old-fashioned way: wit...
- Added: Jul 22, 2013
- Length: 03:29
In her new book, journalist Denise Kiernan shares the never before told story of the young women who played a crucial role in one of the most signi...
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- Added: Jul 04, 2013
- Length: 28:58
- Purchases: 1
When navigating the career path, advises Cynthia Palmer, make sure the jobs you take are the ones you actually want. She talks about the importance...
- Added: Jun 10, 2013
- Length: 03:27
It was a tough decision, she says, but Terri Taylor left grad school to become a high-school chemistry teacher. She talks about the importance of f...
- Added: Jun 10, 2013
- Length: 03:30
From: Distillations
Marinda Wu chose her particular graduate program because she wanted to work for a famous professor. But when she arrived, she was told the professo...
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- Added: May 20, 2013
- Length: 04:00
- Purchases: 1
Women chemists who are also trying to raise a family can get a lot of heat, even from other women, says Bevin Parks. It helps, she says, to get to ...
- Added: May 13, 2013
- Length: 04:12
The Opening Door with Wendy Strgar, Loveologist, entrepreneur, & educator, is a joyful refocusing on love as the transformative force of life. The ...
- Added: May 08, 2013
- Length: 26:51
The Opening Door with Wendy Strgar, Loveologist, entrepreneur, & educator, is a joyful refocusing on love as the transformative force of life. The ...
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- Added: May 08, 2013
- Length: 26:06
- Purchases: 1
In the face of harassment, Isabel Escobar learned the hard-earned lesson of standing up for herself. From men assuming she had a temper and could “...
- Added: May 06, 2013
- Length: 04:36
When Kathryn Lysko began her undergraduate work, there were 15,000 men and 100 women in her entire college. She talks about the camaraderie that em...
- Added: May 01, 2013
- Length: 04:15
From: Distillations
Without mentors, says Judith Iriarte-Gross, she would have never become a chemist. She talks about the importance of encouragement, the necessity o...
- Added: Apr 22, 2013
- Length: 03:57
The obstacles facing women today have not disappeared—they’ve just become more subtle, says Bonnie Charpentier. In this week’s episode, she discuss...
- Added: Apr 16, 2013
- Length: 03:54
Joan Brennecke talks about how spending Saturdays with her dad pulling apart cars and old calculators led to a lifetime of curiosity.
- Added: Apr 16, 2013
- Length: 04:06
From: Distillations
In a small town in South Carolina, chemistry students at a high school were doing accomplished, innovative work—yet no one was paying attention. De...
- Added: Apr 16, 2013
- Length: 02:41