STEM Fatale Podcast
Science Podcasts
Emma and Emlyn teach each other about historic (and current) women in STEM and remind each other about things they DEF should know.
Location:
United States
Genres:
Science Podcasts
Description:
Emma and Emlyn teach each other about historic (and current) women in STEM and remind each other about things they DEF should know.
Twitter:
@STEMFatalePod
Language:
English
Episodes
Bonus: Lost Women of Science Season 2 Trailer
3/31/2022
No new episode of STEM Fatale this month! Instead we encourage you to check out Season 2 of a different women in science history podcast, the Lost Women of Science. Listen to this bonus ep to hear the trailer!
More about the Lost Women of Science Podcast: https://lostwomenofscience.org/
Learn about us and other women in STEM on our website https://www.stemfatalepodcast.com/
Duration:00:03:11
Episode 083 - Marie Maynard Daly | Biochemist
2/28/2022
Emma tells Emlyn about the American Biochemist, Dr. Marie Maynard Daly.
Learn about us and other women in STEM on our website https://www.stemfatalepodcast.com/
Sources
Main Story - Marie Maynard Daly
Marie Maynard Daly (1921-2003), America's First Black Woman Chemisthttps://books.google.com/books?id=-ydHVdMUqdEC&pg=PA57#v=onepage&q&f=falseMarie Maynard Daly | Science History InstituteMarie M. Daly PhD Memorial Celebration | Graduate Programs in the Biomedical Sciences | Albert Einstein College of MedicineWomen who Work
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-03232-9An asteroid killed dinosaurs in spring—which might explain why mammals survived | Ars TechnicaFossil fish reveal timing of asteroid that killed the dinosaurs Spreadsheet of Labs supporting Ukrainian Scientists: Labs supporting Ukrainian Scientists
Music
“Mary Anning” by Artichoke
“Work” by Rihanna
Cover Image
File:Marie Maynard Daly.jpg - Wikimedia Commons
Duration:00:46:49
Episode 082 - Annie Dodge Wauneka Part 2 | Public Health Activist
1/31/2022
Emlyn tells Emma about public health advocate Annie Dodge Wauneka.
Learn about us and other women in STEM on our website https://www.stemfatalepodcast.com/
Sources
Main Story - Annie Dodge Wauneka
Niethammer, Carolyn. I’ll Go and Do More: Annie Dodge Wauneka, Navajo Leader and Activist. Nebraska Press, Lincoln, NE. 2001.
Women who Work
Here's why whales don't drown when they gulp down food underwater
Anatomical mechanism for protecting the airway in the largest animals on earth: Current Biology
Music
“Mary Anning” by Artichoke
“Work” by Rihanna
Cover Image
http://www.schools.utah.gov/curr/indianed/teacher/lessons/Leaders/AnnieDodge.htm
Duration:01:17:02
Episode 081 - The 24 Women of STEM-mas - Trivia #4
12/23/2021
Come play with us! Emma and Emlyn quiz each other about the 24 women of STEMmas we have covered in our podcast so far! How many questions can you answer??
Cheat sheet --> https://twitter.com/STEMFatalePod/status/1474052626589585409?s=20 Sources Music “Mary Anning” by Artichoke “No Copyright Music: Christmas Instrumentals” by Heroboard: Music for Creators https://youtu.be/dYyPTy6425U
Duration:00:45:48
Episode 080 - Annie Dodge Wauneka Part 1 | Public Health Activist
11/30/2021
Episode Summary
Emlyn tells Emma about public health advocate Annie Dodge Wauneka.
Learn about us and other women in STEM on our website https://www.stemfatalepodcast.com/
Sources
Main Story - Annie Dodge Wauneka
Niethammer, Carolyn. I’ll Go and Do More: Annie Dodge Wauneka, Navajo Leader and Activist. Nebraska Press, Lincoln, NE. 2001.
Women who Work
https://lostwomenofscience.org/
Music
“Mary Anning” by Artichoke
“Work” by Rihanna
Cover Image
http://www.schools.utah.gov/curr/indianed/teacher/lessons/Leaders/AnnieDodge.htm
Duration:01:02:12
Episode 079 - Deborah S. Jin | Physicist
10/25/2021
Emma tells Emlyn about Deborah S. Jin, an atomic physicist that engineered TWO new forms of ultracold matter.
Learn about us and other women in STEM on our website https://www.stemfatalepodcast.com/
Sources
Main Story - Dr. Deborah S. Jin
Deborah Jin, government physicist who won MacArthur ‘genius’ grant, dies at 47Deborah Jin Fellowship | Department of Physics | The University of ChicagoBolometerDeborah Jin engineered new quantum states of matter — twiceAsk Ethan: What's The Difference Between A Fermion And A Boson?Bose–Einstein condensateOnset of fermi degeneracy in a trapped atomic GasUltracold Polar Molecules | Joint Quantum Institute
Women who Work - Dr. Adi Utarini
http://www.adiutarini.id/https://time.com/collection/100-most-influential-people-2021/6095805/adi-utarini/
Music
“Mary Anning” by Artichoke
“Work” by Rihanna
Cover Image
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NIST_Physicist_Wins_MacArthur_%27Genius%27_Grant_(5941062940).jpg
Duration:00:51:42
Episode 078 - Bessie Blount Griffin | Inventor, Physical Therapist, and Forensic Scientist
9/20/2021
Emlyn tells Emma about Bessie Blount Griffin, an inventor, physical therapist, and forensic scientist.
Learn about us and other women in STEM on our website https://www.stemfatalepodcast.com/
Sources
Main Story - Bessie Blount Griffin
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/27/obituaries/bessie-blount-overlooked.htmlhttps://www.aetv.com/real-crime/bessie-blount-griffinhttps://pdfpiw.uspto.gov/.piw?PageNum=0&docid=2550554Women who Work
Shape-shifting: changing animal morphologies as a response to climatic warmingThe warming climate is causing animals to 'shapeshift'Music
“Mary Anning” by Artichoke
“Work” by Rihanna
Cover Image
Bessie Blount Griffin (1914-2009) •
Duration:00:39:06
Announcement - Summer Break!
6/15/2021
We'll be taking a summer break but will be back in September to talk about more awesome STEMinists!
Duration:00:00:15
Episode 077 - Edna Paisano | Statistician & Sociologist
5/26/2021
Emma tells Emlyn all about Edna Paisano, the woman who combined her skills in mathematics and sociology to make the US Census more inclusive!
Learn about us and other women in STEM on our website https://www.stemfatalepodcast.com/
Sources
Main Story - Edna Lee Paisano
Edna L. Paisano | Obituaries | lmtribune.comhttps://archive.org/details/101careersinmath0000unse/page/136/mode/2up?q=paisanohttps://www.census.gov/prod/cen1990/wepeople/we-5.pdfhttps://www2.census.gov/geo/pdfs/reference/GARM/Ch5GARM.pdfWhy We Conduct the Decennial CensusHow the Census Works | HowStuffWorksResults of the 1996 Race and Ethnic Targeted TestAs Simple as One, Two, Three: Census Underenumeration Among the American Indians and Alaska NativesCOVID-19 Adds a New Snag to the 2020 Census Count of Native AmericansCounting Indigenous American Indians and Alaska Natives in the US censusBy Right of Discovery: United Indians of All Tribes Retakes Fort Lawton, 1970 - Seattle Civil Rights and Labor History Project
Women who Work
Preorder a Forces of Nature book here: https://forcesofnaturebook.com/Preorder
Music
“Mary Anning” by Artichoke
“Work” by Rihanna
Cover Image
Edna L. Paisano | Obituaries | lmtribune.com
Duration:00:48:31
Episode 076 - Inez Whipple Wilder | Herpetologist & Anatomist
5/3/2021
Episode Summary
Emlyn tells Emma all about herpetologist and anatomist Inez Whipple Wilder!
Learn about us and other women in STEM on our website https://www.stemfatalepodcast.com/
Sources
Main Story - Inez Whipple Wilder
Forensic FingerprintsISBN978-0-12-800672-6 https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/pdf/10.1086/BBLv24n4p251
Women who Work
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jmor.21356https://doi.org/10.1002/jmor.21356The World's Weirdest Worm
Music
“Mary Anning” by Artichoke
“Work” by Rihanna
Cover Image
Whipple, Inez L. (1906). "The naso-labial groove of lungless salamanders". Biological Bulletin 11: 1-26.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nasiolabial_groove_of_Desmognathus_fuscus.jpg
Duration:00:40:22
Episode 075 - Marietta Blau | Physicist
4/12/2021
Alternate Title: Overcome with Emulsion
Emma tells Emlyn all about Marietta Blau, the physicist that developed photographic emulsion technology in order to discover and describe subatomic particles and their behavior!
Learn about us and other women in STEM on our website https://www.stemfatalepodcast.com/
Sources
Main Story - Marietta Blau
https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0110028 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00016-012-0097-6January 27: Exposedwww.aip.org/history-programs/niels-bohr-library/oral-histories/32406
Women who Work
Yawn contagion promotes motor synchrony in wild lions, Panthera leohttps://www.sciencenews.org/article/lion-yawn-contagious-synchronize-group-movement-hunt
Music
“Mary Anning” by Artichoke
“Work” by Rihanna
Cover Image
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Marietta_Blau.jpg
Duration:00:56:16
Episode 074 - Janaki Ammal | Cytologist & Botanist
3/29/2021
Alternate Title: The Sweet Smell of Success
Emlyn tells Emma about the Indian cytologist and plant breeder, Dr. Janaki Ammal!
Learn about us and other women in STEM on our website https://www.stemfatalepodcast.com/
Sources
Main Story - Dr. Janaki Ammal
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/pioneering-female-botanist-who-sweetened-nation-and-saved-valley-180972765/@LEILASEDAIhttp://www.leilamcneill.com/https://www.ladyscience.com/https://mbgna.umich.edu/celebrating-womens-history-month-janaki-ammal-indias-first-woman-ph-d-in-botany-and-a-michigan-connection/https://scroll.in/article/730186/remembering-dr-janaki-ammal-pioneering-botanist-cytogeneticist-and-passionate-gandhianhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janaki_Ammal
Women who Work
URI researchers: Microbes deep beneath seafloor survive on byproducts of radioactive process
Music
“Mary Anning” by Artichoke
“Work” by Rihanna
Cover Image
File:Dr. EK Janaki Ammal.jpg - Wikimedia Commons
Duration:00:35:39
Short Stories 5 - Jimena Quirós | Oceanographer
3/8/2021
Alternate Title: The Oceanographer
Emma tells a short story about Spain's first oceanographer, Jimena Quirós.
Learn about us and other women in STEM on our website https://www.stemfatalepodcast.com/
Sources
Lozano, Pablo. "Jimena Quirós: the Civil War cut short the career of the first oceanographer in the history of Spain." Oceánicas. 2018. Translated by Google Translate. https://oceanicas.ieo.es/jimena-quiros-la-primera-oceanografa-en-la-historia-de-espana-cuya-carrera-trunco-la-guerra/
Music
“Mary Anning” by Artichoke
Cover Image
https://mujeresconciencia.com/2019/12/05/jimena-quiros-oceanografa/
Duration:00:11:43
Short Stories 4 - Geraldine Pittman Woods | Neuroembryologist
2/22/2021
Alternate Title: The Facilitator
Emma tells a short story about Dr. Geraldine Pittman Woods, the neuroembryologist turned science administrator and advocate for minorities in STEM.
Learn about us and other women in STEM on our website https://www.stemfatalepodcast.com/
Sources
1. Warren, Wini. Black women scientists in the United States. Bloomington, Indiana University Press, 1999. https://archive.org/details/blackwomenscient00warr/page/269/mode/1up
2. Woo, Elaine. "Geraldine Woods; Scientist Helped Launch Head Start." Los Angeles Times. 2000. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-jan-05-mn-50930-story.html
Music
“Mary Anning” by Artichoke
Cover Image
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Geraldine_Pittman_Woods.gif
Duration:00:16:39
Episode 073 - Jessie Isabelle Price | Bacteriologist
2/8/2021
Alternate Title: The Duchess of Duck Disease
Emlyn tells Emma about the bacteriologist and duck disease expert, Dr. Jessie Isabelle Price!
Learn about us and other women in STEM on our website https://www.stemfatalepodcast.com/
Sources
Main Story - Jessie Price
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessie_Isabelle_PriceDr Dorsey William Bruner (1906-1996)https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/price-jessie-isabelle-1930-2015/https://poc2.co.uk/2019/03/14/dr-jessie-isabelle-price-veterinary-microbiologist/
Women who Work
Discoveries at the Edge of the Periodic Table: First Ever Measurements of Einsteinium
Music
“Mary Anning” by Artichoke
“Work” by Rihanna
Cover Image
"Doctor to Long Island Ducks". Ebony. September 1964.
Duration:00:35:47
Episode 072 - Helia Bravo Hollis | Botanist
1/25/2021
Alternate Title: Bravo, Helia!
Emma tells Emlyn about the famous botanist and Queen of Cacti, Helia Bravo Hollis!
Learn about us and other women in STEM on our website https://www.stemfatalepodcast.com/
Sources
Main Story - Helia Bravo Hollis
A lifetime among Cacti: Helia Bravo-Hollis – Biodiversity Heritage LibraryBravo Hollis, Helia (1901-2001) on JSTORhttps://www.britannica.com/event/Mexican-RevolutionHelia Bravo Hollis, la reina de los cactusHelia Bravo Hollishttps://www.researchgate.net/publication/334316889_The_Cactus_Explorer_Cactus_People_Histories_Who_is_Helia_Bravo-Hollis
Women who Work
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-79311-010.1038/s41598-020-79311-0https://youtu.be/2ik3L_R9dDA
Music
“Mary Anning” by Artichoke
“Work” by Rihanna
Cover Image
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Helia_Bravo_Hollis.jpg
Duration:00:41:06
Episode 071 - Hertha Aryton | Engineer & Inventor
1/4/2021
Alternate Title: Fans of Ayrton
Emlyn tells Emma about the genius engineer, mathematician, physicist, inventor, and suffragette, Hertha Aryton.
Check out our merch! www.stemfatalepodcast.com/merch
Sources
Main Story - Hertha Ayrton
http://dx.doi.org/10.15180/181002https://massivesci.com/articles/hertha-ayrton-mathematics-bodichon-electric-arc/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hertha_Ayrton
Women who Work
This week, we wanted to give credit to the many wonderful women who made the new COVID-19 vaccines possible! Read more about them in the following articles:
Kizzmekia Corbett, an African American woman, is praised as key scientist behind COVID-19 vaccineKatalin Kariko's work in mRNA is the basis of the Covid-19 vaccineMeet Kathrin Jansen who leads Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine teamProf Sarah Gilbert: The woman who designed the Oxford vaccine
Music
“Mary Anning” by Artichoke
“Work” by Rihanna
Cover Image
File:Hertha Ayrton LCCN2014716701 (cropped).jpg
George Grantham Bain Collection, Library of Congress, LCCN 2014716701
Duration:00:50:55
Episode 070 - The 24 Women of STEM-mas - Trivia #3
12/15/2020
Come play with us! Emma and Emlyn quiz each other about the 24 women of STEMmas we have covered in our podcast so far! How many questions can you answer?? Sources Music “Mary Anning” by Artichoke “No Copyright Music: Christmas Instrumentals” by Heroboard: Music for Creators https://youtu.be/dYyPTy6425U
Duration:00:46:54
Episode 069 - Nettie Maria Stevens | Geneticist
11/30/2020
Alternate Title: Sex Cells
Emma tells Emlyn about the geneticist Dr. Nettie Maria Stevens, who was one of the first scientists to discover sex determination by chromosomes.
Check out our holiday merch! www.stemfatalepodcast.com/merch
Sources
Main Story - Nettie Maria Stevens
http://www.jstor.org/stable/230427 http://www.jstor.org/stable/986332https://www.google.com/books/edition/Studies_on_Ciliate_Infusoria/8Ic_AQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22studies+on+ciliate+infusoria%22&pg=PA1&printsec=frontcoverhttps://www.nature.com/scitable/topicpage/developing-the-chromosome-theory-164/#http://genestogenomes.org/nettie-stevens-sex-chromosomes-and-sexism/
Women who Work
10.1093/jmammal/gyaa127www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/11/201119135403.htm
Music
“Mary Anning” by Artichoke
“Work” by Rihanna
Cover Image
The Incubator (courtesy of Carnegie Institution of Washington) - http://incubator.rockefeller.edu/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/NettieStevens.jpg
Duration:00:55:02
Episode 068 - Susan La Flesche Picotte | Physician
11/10/2020
Alternate Title: La Flesche and Blood
Emlyn tells Emma about Dr. Susan La Flesche Picotte, the first Native American physician, who used her training and expertise to campaign for social reform and health care in her Omaha community.
Learn more about us and other women in science at our website www.stemfatalepodcast.com
And order some holiday merch here!
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Sources
Main Story - Dr. Susan La Flesche Picotte
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/incredible-legacy-susan-la-flesche-first-native-american-earn-medical-degree-180962332/https://daily.jstor.org/the-first-native-american-to-receive-a-medical-degree/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_American_disease_and_epidemicshttps://www.nps.gov/people/susan-la-flesche-picotte.htmhttps://indiancountrytoday.com/archive/ulysses-s-grant-mass-genocide-through-permanent-peace-policy-Ing8OYiNuU6hw6ZgulRA9QWomen who Work
Flaherty, Colleen. Study finds gender bias in TA evals, too. Inside Higher Ed. 2020.
Music
“Mary Anning” by Artichoke
“Work” by Rihanna
Cover Image
Courtesy of the Nebraska State Historical Society Photograph Collections. This image was found at The National Library of Medicine. https://www.nlm.nih.gov/changingthefaceofmedicine/physicians/biography_253.html
Duration:00:54:58