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High Tales of HistoryHenrietta Lacks; Lineage and History of the British Royal FamilyWelcome to episode 42! Laurel kicks things off with a story about a Black woman named Henrietta Lacks, who passed away from an unbelievably aggressive form of cervical cancer. Her legacy runs deep and wide as the same cells that took her life help science and medicine in life-saving and astonishing ways to this day. Unfortunately, as much as we have all been impacted by her legacy, there has been a decades long injustice that still continues to this day. Next, KT gives a nod to the late Queen Elizabeth II with a story of the lineage and centuries long his...2022-09-1652 min
AS(Fem)RHenrietta LacksHello and welcome back to AS(Fem)R! This week's story is about Henrietta Lacks and her incredible "immortal" cells. Although she might not be a household name, I would be so bold as to say that not a single person that listens to this episode HASN'T been affected by Henrietta in some way.
Tonight's whispered story introduces Henrietta the person and discusses her legacy to medicine and the controversy that surrounds her story. I hope it brings you relaxation and deep sleep.
The Henrietta Lacks Foundation: http...2021-03-3020 min
What's With WashingtonA Wombat Can Dream: Why the National Zoo Prefers Elephants to our Favorite Fuzzy Wuzzy Chubby Cutie Snuggly Marsupial (an Exposé)When a listener writes in asking why the National Zoo doesn't have a wombat, you can count on Mikaela to confront the zookeepers about their decision-making. Then, Poncie Rutsch joins Mikaela to talk about the surprising history of the National Zoo. Hint: It includes a taxidermist, a bison hunt and a menagerie of animals on the National Mall.
To submit a question, visit wamu.org/whatswith.
The What’s With Washington podcast is made possible by our listeners. To support the show, visit wamu.org/donate/.2019-04-2319 min
Babes of ScienceSusan La Flesche PicotteSusan 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. 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? Image courtesy of the Nebraska State Historical Society Photograph Collections. Music in this episode: Chance, Luck...2018-04-2613 min
Babes of ScienceLady RanelaghEvery 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 tak...2018-01-2220 min
Distillations | Science History InstituteThe Almost Forgotten Story of Katherine Jones, Lady RanelaghEvery aspiring chemist has heard of Boyle’s law—the equation that relates the pressure of a gas to its volume. But even if you know about Robert Boyle himself, it’s not likely you’ve heard of his sister, even though she probably talked him through many of his ideas. Katherine Jones, Lady Ranelagh (1615–1691), had a lifelong influence on her famous younger brother, natural philosopher Robert Boyle. In her lifetime she was recognized by many for her scientific knowledge, but her story was almost lost to time. This episode is a collaboration with Poncie Rutsch, th...2018-01-0925 minBabes of ScienceMarguerite PereyMarguerite 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 Free2017-10-0406 min
Babes of ScienceHenrietta LacksHenrietta 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? C...2017-03-0713 min
Babes of ScienceBertha 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...2017-02-1415 min
Babes of ScienceIrène Joliot-CurieIrène 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 Z...2017-01-2417 min
Babes of ScienceMargaret CavendishMargaret 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...2017-01-0313 min
Babes of ScienceRita Levi-MontalciniRita 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...2016-12-1316 min
Babes of ScienceMaria Sibylla MerianMaria 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...2016-11-2916 min
Babes of ScienceBabes Alive: Brittany BushnellImagine 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...2016-11-1516 min
Babes of ScienceZora Neale HurstonZora 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 babesofscience.com Music in this episode: Tilly Lend Me Your Pigeon performed by Zora Neale Hurston Mule On The Mount performed by Zora Neale Hurston F.I.B by Ben McElroy Eola by Alex Fitch Coloured Lead Crayons by Bleak House...2016-11-0114 min
Babes of ScienceMargaret SangerMargaret 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...2016-10-1817 min
Babes of ScienceAda LovelaceAda 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 Gratton2016-10-0415 min
Babes of ScienceEp11: Barbara McClintockBarbara 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 Gratton2016-06-1712 min
Distillations | Science History InstituteBabes of Science, a Guest EpisodeWe’re guessing you know who Albert Einstein and Isaac Newton are, and maybe you’re even familiar with Linus Pauling or Roald Hoffmann. But it turns out that a lot of people can’t name a single female scientist besides Marie Curie. Exasperated by this fact, radio producer Poncie Rutsch made a podcast she titled Babes of Science. The show profiles accomplished scientists from history who also happened to be women. We became such fans of the show that we decided to create a special Babes of Science and Distillations collaborative episode. In it Rutsch profiles Barbar...2016-06-0726 min
Babes of ScienceEp10: Mary AnningMary 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, Rho2016-05-2412 min
Babes of ScienceEp9: Rosalyn Sussman YalowAfter 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, Rho2016-04-2512 min
Babes of ScienceEp8: Nettie StevensOnce 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 Grip2016-03-1809 min
Babes of ScienceEp7: Alice BallIN 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.2016-02-2208 min
Babes of ScienceEp6: Florence NightingaleIN 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.2016-01-1911 min
Babes of ScienceEp5: Maria MitchellBabes 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, 1851.2015-12-1110 min
Babes of ScienceEp4: Hedy LamarrBabes 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.2015-11-1309 min
Babes of ScienceEp3: Tilly EdingerBabes 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.2015-10-1309 min
Babes of ScienceEp2: Alice HamiltonBabes 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.2015-09-0809 min
Babes of ScienceEp1: Welcome to Babes of ScienceBabes 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.2015-08-0103 min
State of the HumanLearning to Lie (full episode)When asked what trait they want to instill in their children, most parents answer “honesty.” But in truth, learning to lie is a crucial part of childhood. This week, we take a deep look at how and why we learn to lie, and what lying does to you. Our first story investigates the most common lie of the western world and how it ushers us into the world of lies. Our second story is about the irrepressible urge to tell the truth, and our third and final story is about lying as a form of love.
Producer: Natacha Ruck
Featuring: Josh...2014-02-131h 10