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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...
Bought by WTJU
- 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: BackStory with the American History Guys
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BackStory producer Eric Mennel and literature professor Benjamin Reiss brings us the story of Jane Rider, a sleepwalking servant girl whose case in...
Bought by WABE, New Hampshire Public Radio, Radio Newark, PRX Remix, and KBRP Community Radio
- Added: Jun 04, 2013
- Length: 11:38
- Purchases: 5
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 ...
Bought by Radio Catskill
- 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
In this episode we look at questionable appearance enhancers. First the Beauty Historian shares some shocking beauty rituals of yore. Then a look a...
- Added: Apr 30, 2013
- Length: 15:25
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
Shop class 20 years ago meant hacksaws and hammers, but today's shop class is about teaching innovation and creation through computer programming, ...
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- Added: Apr 11, 2013
- Length: 28:58
- Purchases: 3
In her role with the Chemical Security Engagement program of the U.S. Department of State, Nancy Jackson travels throughout Asia and the Middle Eas...
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Mar 28, 2013
- Length: 03:57
- Purchases: 1
Chemists can be narrowly focused, says Rebecca Guenard. In a field that encourages scientists to follow a pre-defined path, she encourages young wo...
- Added: Mar 28, 2013
- Length: 04:43
Filmmakers Sara Lamm and Mary Wigmore talk revolutionary medicine, natural childbirth, and the importance of just being nice.
- Added: Mar 13, 2013
- Length: 26:12
From: Distillations
In her job as a technical writer Rachael Brady is an artist surrounded by scientists. She talks about the challenges, joys, and importance of using...
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- Added: Mar 11, 2013
- Length: 04:07
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Amanda Field, senior administrative assistant of the Chemical Engineering Program for Texas A&M University at Qatar, believes that careers aren’t s...
- Added: Mar 08, 2013
- Length: 03:44
After being told she wasn’t particularly smart, Mary Shultz, a professor of chemistry at Tufts University, set out to prove otherwise. She talks ab...
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Mar 08, 2013
- Length: 05:09
- Purchases: 1
