Babes of Science

Women have contributed to the sciences for centuries, but not always in a way that fulfills the stereotypical role of a scientist or in a way that gets recognition. Babes of Science is about about women's work in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics throughout history.

Susan La Flesche Picotte 04/26/2018

Susan La Flesche Picotte Susan La Flesche was the first Native American to earn a medical degree. She proceeded to become the physician for the Omaha Nation, traveling by horse and buggy to care for a community spread across an area the size of Rhode Island. /episode/index/show/babesofscience/id/6523469

Lady Ranelagh 01/22/2018

Lady Ranelagh Every early chemist has heard of Boyle’s law -- the equation that relates a gas’s pressure to its volume. But even if you have some awareness of Robert Boyle himself, it’s unlikely that you’ve heard of his sister...even though she was probably talking him through his ideas, either in person or by letter. This episode of Babes of Science was produced in collaboration with Distillations Podcast. Babes of Science is a podcast that seeks to answer two questions: Who are the women who changed the trajectory of science? And why has it taken us so long to recognize their work? Music in this episode: Theme: Showers by Podington BearDay Into Night by RhoDaydream Shelshock by Wolf AsylumAm I The Devil YEYEYHistory Explains Itself by The LosersLike Swimming Broke For FreeInsatiable Toad by Blue Dot SessionsOne And by Broke For FreeModulation of the SpiritMelt by Broke For FreeEleanor by The LosersI Am A Man Who Will Fight For Your Honor by Chris ZabriskieTidal Wave by YEYEY /episode/index/show/babesofscience/id/6171053

Marguerite Perey 10/04/2017

Marguerite Perey Marguerite Perey identified a new element called Francium while she was working in the Curie laboratory. So why don't we know her name? MUSIC: Mile Post 1 by Alex Fitch Drifting Spade by Blue Dot Sessions Building The Sun by Broke For Free Biolumina L2 by Little Glass Men History Explains Itself by The Losers Summer Spliffs by Broke For Free /episode/index/show/babesofscience/id/5805844

Henrietta Lacks 03/07/2017

Henrietta Lacks Henrietta Lacks developed an aggressive form of cervical cancer, and died at the age of 31. The cells from the tumor on her cervix, however, are still alive today. More than twenty tons of her cells have grown in labs, participating in disease research for the polio vaccine and for AIDS treatment. And Henrietta's cells have literally traveled to space and back. MUSIC: Secret Place by Alex Fitch Kelp Grooves by Little Glass Men Love is Not by Broke For Free Tiptoe (Instrumental) by YEYEY Is That You Or Are You You? Chris Zabriskie Deadpanned by Jahzzar With Many Tears by Candlegravity Stakes and Things by Blue Dot Sessions Melt by Broke for Free /episode/index/show/babesofscience/id/5146361

Bertha Pappenheim/Anna O. 02/14/2017

Bertha Pappenheim/Anna O. Bertha Pappenheim was spending each night by her sick father's bed when she began hallucinating. Josef Breuer would diagnose her with hysteria and spend two years practicing "the talking cure." He and Sigmund Freud later published her account as a case study under the name Anna O. To support the show, head to patreon.com/babesofscience. Or visit babesofscience.com for more information on Babes of Science. You can also follow @babescience on twitter for fun facts about women in science history. Music in this episode: Dream Blaze by Little Glass Men Delta by Podington Bear Slow Slow Sky by Blue Dot Sessions From Here to Iceland (Full) by Loch Lomond A Suicide by Candlegravity You Bastard! by The Losers Daydreamer by Podington Bear Jupiter The Blue by Gillicuddy The Temperature on the Bow of the Kaleetan by Chis Zabriskie How it Fades by Scott Gratton Be Mine and Be Kind (Instrumental) by Loch Lomond /episode/index/show/babesofscience/id/5082474

Irène Joliot-Curie 01/24/2017

Irène Joliot-Curie Irène Joliot-Curie found that radioactivity wasn't just something to be found in the earth's elements -- scientists could make other metals radioactive. And then her research took her right up to nuclear fission...and World War II. To support the show, head to patreon.com/babesofscience. Or visit babesofscience.com for more information on Babes of Science. You can also follow @babescience on twitter for fun facts about women in science history. Music in this episode: Thematic by Blue Dot Sessions Divider by Chris Zabriskie John Stockton Slow Drag by Chris Zabriskie Frog Legs Rag by James Scott from 1906 piano roll Keep The Prices Down by Podington Bear Morning Mist by Podington Bear The Zeppelin by Blue Dot Sessions Beachhead by Podington Bear Grand Fell by Blue Dot Sessions Because You Hold Me Tight by Alex Fitch /episode/index/show/babesofscience/id/5018600

Margaret Cavendish 01/03/2017

Margaret Cavendish Margaret Cavendish used her writing to debate philosophy with some of the great thinkers of the scientific revolution. And she was the only woman to visit the Royal Society meetings for at least its first hundred years. Visit babesofscience.com for more information on Babes of Science, or follow @babescience on twitter for fun facts about women in science history. Music in this episode: Panoramic Showers by Podington Bear Rise by Igor Khabarov Periodicals by Blue Dot Sessions The Sun is Scheduled to Come Out Tomorrow by Chris Zabriskie Feels Like Home by Fabian Measures Not Drunk (no vocals) by The Joy Drops Sunset by Lee Rosevere Five by Marcel Pequel Pens From Spain (Instrumental) by Loch Lomond K-Eyes by Rho Nobody Here But Us Charles Dickens! Holy Roller by YACHT Spontaneous Existence by Little Glass Men /episode/index/show/babesofscience/id/4958140

Rita Levi-Montalcini 12/13/2016

Rita Levi-Montalcini Rita Levi-Montalcini worked with homemade tools in her bedroom laboratory when she and her family were forced into hiding during World War II. The findings from her bedroom lab were the beginning of her Nobel-winning research and life obsession. Music in this episode: Illway by Blue Dot Sessions Pineapple by Podington Bear New England is Interesting by BOPD Poppyseed by Podington Bear Sunset Part 2 by Podington Bear Wonder Cycle by Chris Zabriskie Uneasy by Blue Dot Sessions Cylinder Two by Chris Zabriskie Books by Jahzzar Danse Morialta by Kevin MacLeod Autumn Fields by Lee Rosevere Golden by Little Glass Men Silver Felt (Instrumental) by Loch Lomond /episode/index/show/babesofscience/id/4907931

Maria Sibylla Merian 11/29/2016

Maria Sibylla Merian Maria Sibylla Merian painted caterpillars with their corresponding cocoons and butterflies on a host plant. While most of Maria's peers in the 17th century admired her for her artistry, now her work is considered one of the earliest examples of ecology. Image courtesy of Smithsonian Libraries. Music in this episode: The Everlasting Itch For Things Remote by Gillicuddy Violins and Tea (Instrumental) by Loch Lomond Skirting Boards by Bleak House Alchemical by Blue Dot Sessions Tweedlebugs by Podington Bear Betrayal, Lies and Disaster by The Losers A Garden And A Library by Gillicuddy Eight by Marcel Pequel 2 Spring_Summer by Dustin Wong Is That You Or Are You You? by Chris Zabriskie A Simple Shroud by Blue Dot Sessions Idea by Kai Engel Chromium Blush by Blue Dot Sessions /episode/index/show/babesofscience/id/4868773

Babes Alive: Brittany Bushnell 11/15/2016

Babes Alive: Brittany Bushnell Imagine you're a PhD student, just getting started. And you realize you can't hear anything out of one ear, and THEN you learn that's because there's a tumor wrapped around the nerve starting at your inner ear and heading into the brain. That's what happened to Brittany Bushnell. She was studying neuroscience...and then she became the class example for abnormal visual reflexes. Music in this episode: Modulation of the Spirit by Little Glass Men Barometer by Bleak House The Temperature of the Air on the Bow of the Kaleetan by Chris Zabriskie Because You Hold Me Tight by Alex Fitch The Terrarium by Blue Dot Sessions February by Kai Engel Chinese Blues by Moore and Gardner from 1916 George Gershwin piano roll Tipsy Xylo by Podington Bear Trundle by Podington Bear All Eventualities by Gillicuddy Pens From Spain (Instrumental) by Loch Lomond /episode/index/show/babesofscience/id/4832421

Zora Neale Hurston 11/01/2016

Zora Neale Hurston Zora Neale Hurston collected folklore and stories from communities throughout the rural south. Her stories were some of the first that represented black people with pride, and not with a feeling of distance or exoticism. *for links to Zora Neale Hurston's recordings with the Federal Writers' Project, check Music in this episode: performed by Zora Neale Hurston performed by Zora Neale Hurston F.I.B by Ben McElroy Eola by Alex Fitch Coloured Lead Crayons by Bleak House Cylinder Six by Chris Zabriskie Papageno Drunk by Ergo Phizmiz Isolated by Kevin MacLeod Dream Blaze by Little Glass Men Betrayal, Lies and Disaster by The Losers performed by Zora Neale Hurston The First by Scott Gratton /episode/index/show/babesofscience/id/4791760

Margaret Sanger 10/18/2016

Margaret Sanger Margaret Sanger opened the first birth control clinic in the U.S. one hundred years ago this week. The clinic only lasted ten days, but Margaret was just getting started. Music in this episode: Surly Bonds by Blue Dot Sessions Idea by Kai Engel Bliss by Podington Bear City Limits by Blue Dot Sessions I Am Running With Temporary Success From A Monstrous Vacuum In Pursuit by Chris Zabriskie Grey Sunday by Lee Rosevere Tipsy Xylo by Podington Bear One by Marcel Pequel Screaming Silence by Natus Set The Dogs (Instrumental) by YEYEY Is That You or Are You You? By Chris Zabriskie you better take your eyes by The Rebel /episode/index/show/babesofscience/id/4752721

Ada Lovelace 10/04/2016

Ada Lovelace Ada Lovelace defined modern computing and wrote the first computer program...for an imaginary machine. Because the computer as a usable, physical object wouldn't exist for almost another century. Music in this episode: Heliotrope, Blue Dot Sessions An Opus in Bb, Blue Dot Sessions First Fist, Rho Marble Chase, Blue Dot Sessions Books, Jahzzar The Third, Scott Gratton Wonder Cycle, Chris Zabriskie Candlepower, Chris Zabriskie Danse Morialta, Kevin MacLeod The Fourth, Scott Gratton /episode/index/show/babesofscience/id/4727438

Ep11: Barbara McClintock 06/17/2016

Ep11: Barbara McClintock Barbara McClintock suggested that genes jump from chromosome to chromosome, so people called her crazy. Decades later, they figured out that she was absolutely right. Music in this episode: A Way to Get By, Scott Gratton piano lesson, The Rebel Golden, Little Glass Men Little Strings, The Losers Divider, Chris Zabriskie Modulation of the Spirit, Little Glass Men Spontaneous Existence, Little Glass Men Pieces of the Present, Scott Gratton /episode/index/show/babesofscience/id/4727439

Ep10: Mary Anning 05/24/2016

Ep10: Mary Anning Mary Anning found the some of the first evidence of giant dinosaur-like lizards. And actual dinosaurs. And also vampires. Music in this episode: Because You Hold Me Tight, Alex Fitch Dash and Slope, Blue Dot Sessions Vibe Drive, Podington Bear Dark Water, Podington Bear Slider, Blue Dot Sessions Bliss, Podington Bear Day Into Night, Rho /episode/index/show/babesofscience/id/4727440

Ep9: Rosalyn Sussman Yalow 04/25/2016

Ep9: Rosalyn Sussman Yalow After being denied entry to medical school and just barely squeezing into a PhD program, Rosalyn Sussman Yalow developed a tool that could measure hormones in the bloodstream using nuclear medicine. Music in this episode: Showers, Podington Bear Beeth, Blue Dot Sessions K-Eyes, Rho Leadin, Blue Dot Sessions Grey Sunday, Lee Rosevere Ash Gray, Pictures of the Floating World Idea, Kai Engel Widow's Plea For Her Son, The Joy Drops Skyline Horizon, Rho /episode/index/show/babesofscience/id/4727441

Ep8: Nettie Stevens 03/18/2016

Ep8: Nettie Stevens Once upon a time, everything from timing to the temperature at conception could get blamed for the sex of a baby. Even the baby's mom. Nettie Stevens first suggested that there's no blame to be had; a people's sex is all in their chromosomes. Music in this episode: Along the Hwy, Alex Fitch Winter Theme, Blue Dot Sessions Bouncing, Blue Dot Sessions CGI Snake, Chris Zabriskie John the Whale, Ben McElroy Highway Acrylic, Bleak House Stance Gives You Balance, Hogan Grip /episode/index/show/babesofscience/id/4727442

Ep7: Alice Ball 02/22/2016

Ep7: Alice Ball IN THIS EPISODE Poncie talks about Alice Ball, who found one of the first treatments for leprosy. After Alice Ball's method was used, some of the first patients from leper colonies are released from isolation, and can return to their families. Music in this episode by Bleak House, Blue Dot Sessions, Ben McElroy, Podington Bear, and Dustin Wong. /episode/index/show/babesofscience/id/4727443

Ep6: Florence Nightingale 01/19/2016

Ep6: Florence Nightingale IN THIS EPISODE Poncie talks about Florence Nightingale, who changed nursing from a field where ladies would hunt for husbands to one where women prevented the spread of disease. Music in this episode by Podington Bear, Blue Dot Sessions, Albin Andersson, and Ben McElroy. /episode/index/show/babesofscience/id/4727444

Ep5: Maria Mitchell 12/11/2015

Ep5: Maria Mitchell Babes of Science is a podcast about women who made an impact in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics. Learn more at babesofscience.com IN THIS EPISODE Poncie talks about Maria Mitchell, one of the first women to discover a comet. She spent decades predicting how stars would move through the night sky, became the first professor hired at Vassar, and in her spare time, advocated for women's education. Music in this episode by Broke For Free, Podington Bear, Kevin MacLeod, Coldnoise, Igor Khabarov, and Kai Engel. Portrait by H. Dassell, 1851. /episode/index/show/babesofscience/id/4727445

Ep4: Hedy Lamarr 11/13/2015

Ep4: Hedy Lamarr Babes of Science is a podcast about women who made an impact in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics. Learn more at babesofscience.com IN THIS EPISODE Poncie talks about Hedy Lamarr, who suggested and then patented spread spectrum, or frequency hopping, to aid torpedoes during World War II. It later became the basis for bluetooth, cell phone communications, and some internet connections. She also happened to be a movie star. Music in this episode by George Antheil and Podington Bear. /episode/index/show/babesofscience/id/4727446

Ep3: Tilly Edinger 10/13/2015

Ep3: Tilly Edinger Babes of Science is a podcast about women who made an impact in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics. Learn more at babesofscience.com IN THIS EPISODE Poncie talks about Tilly Edinger, who studied fossil brains to understand how different animals' brains evolved. She also escaped Germany just before World War II started. Music in this episode by Little People, Ulrich Schnauss, and Podington Bear. /episode/index/show/babesofscience/id/4727458

Ep2: Alice Hamilton 09/07/2015

Ep2: Alice Hamilton Babes of Science is a podcast about women who made an impact in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics. Learn more at babesofscience.com IN THIS EPISODE Poncie talks about Alice Hamilton, who studied how the environment at factories impacted the health of the laborers who worked there. She also put cocaine in her eyes (for science of course). Music in this episode by Zero 7, Alt-J, Podington Bear, and Melodium. /episode/index/show/babesofscience/id/4727459

Ep1: Welcome to Babes of Science 08/01/2015

Ep1: Welcome to Babes of Science Babes of Science is a podcast about women who made an impact in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics. Learn more at babesofscience.com IN THIS EPISODE Poncie wanders downtown Boulder and then the Boulder public library in search of female scientists...and nearly comes up empty-handed. Music in this episode by Podington Bear and Thomas Dolby. /episode/index/show/babesofscience/id/4727460

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