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A Recast of ‘Lost Women of Science’

For every Marie Curie or Rosalind Franklin whose story has been told, hundreds of female scientists remain unknown to the public at large. In this series, we illuminate the lives and work of a diverse array of groundbreaking scientists who, because of time, place and gender, have gone largely unrecognized. Each season we focus on a different scientist, putting her narrative into context, explaining not just the science but also the social and historical conditions in which she lived and worked. We also bring these stories to the present, painting a full picture of how her work endures.

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Recastable Episodes (155)

1. Lost Women of Science: Trailer Oct. 14, 2021
2. The Pathologist in the Basement: Trailer Oct. 20, 2021
3. The Pathologist in the Basement: Chapter 1 Nov. 4, 2021
4. The Pathologist in the Basement: Chapter 2 Nov. 11, 2021
5. The Pathologist in the Basement: Chapter 3 Nov. 18, 2021
6. The Pathologist in the Basement: Chapter 4 Nov. 25, 2021
7. The Pathologist in the Basement: The Resignation Dec. 23, 2021
8. A Grasshopper in Very Tall Grass: Trailer March 17, 2022
9. A Grasshopper in Tall Grass: Chapter 1 March 31, 2022
10. A Grasshopper in Tall Grass: Chapter 2 April 7, 2022
11. A Grasshopper in Tall Grass: Chapter 3 April 14, 2022
12. A Grasshopper in Tall Grass: Chapter 4 April 21, 2022
13. A Grasshopper in Tall Grass: Chapter 5 April 28, 2022
14. A Grasshopper in Tall Grass: The Weather Myth June 2, 2022
15. Meet our new cohost! Sept. 1, 2022
16. The First Lady of Engineering: Trailer Sept. 8, 2022
17. The First Lady of Engineering: Chapter 1 Sept. 22, 2022
18. The First Lady of Engineering: Chapter 2 Sept. 29, 2022
19. The First Lady of Engineering: Chapter 3 Oct. 6, 2022
20. The First Lady of Engineering: Chapter 4 Oct. 13, 2022
21. The First Lady of Engineering: An Interview with Y.Y.'s Daughter, Carol Lawson Nov. 3, 2022
22. The Feminist Test We Keep Failing Nov. 17, 2022
23. The Woman Who Knocked Science Sideways Dec. 1, 2022
24. Introducing Lost Women of Science Shorts: Trailer Jan. 5, 2023
25. A Complicated Woman: Leona Zacharias Jan. 12, 2023
26. Of Chestnuts, Cherry Trees, and Mushroom Catsup: Flora Patterson, the Woman who Kept Devastating Blights from U.S. Shores Jan. 26, 2023
27. The Doctor and the Fix: Trailer March 16, 2023
28. The Doctor and the Fix: Chapter 1 March 30, 2023
29. The Doctor and the Fix: Chapter 2 April 6, 2023
30. The Doctor and the Fix: Chapter 3 April 13, 2023
31. The Doctor and the Fix: Chapter 4 April 20, 2023
32. Reminder about next episode and an update April 27, 2023
33. The Doctor and the Fix: Chapter 5 May 4, 2023
34. What's in a Street Name? Everything. June 1, 2023
35. The Highest of All Ceilings: Astronomer Cecilia Payne June 22, 2023
36. From Our Inbox: Alessandra Giliani, 14th-century Italian anatomist July 6, 2023
37. Women of the Manhattan Project: Trailer July 13, 2023
38. One of Many Lost Women of the Manhattan Project: Leona Woods Marshall Libby July 20, 2023
39. Blood, Sweat, and Fears: The Story of Floy Agnes Lee, the Young Woman Who Analyzed the Blood of Manhattan Project Scientists July 27, 2023
40. No Place for a Woman in Mathematics? The Woman Who Ended up Supervising The Computations that Proved an Atomic Bomb Would Work Aug. 3, 2023
41. The Story of the Real Lilli Hornig, the Only Female Scientist Named in the Film Oppenheimer Aug. 17, 2023
42. Meet the Physicist who Spoke Out Against the Bomb She Helped Create Aug. 24, 2023
43. They Remembered the Lost Women of the Manhattan Project So That We Wouldn't Forget Aug. 31, 2023
44. Part 1: Why Did Lise Meitner Never Receive the Nobel Prize for Splitting the Atom? Sept. 7, 2023
45. Part 2: Why Did Lise Meitner Never Receive the Nobel Prize for Splitting the Atom? Sept. 14, 2023
46. A Flair for Efficiency: The Woman Who Redesigned the American Kitchen Sept. 21, 2023
47. Dr. Sarah Loguen Fraser, an ex-slave’s daughter, becomes a celebrated doctor Sept. 28, 2023
48. Who was Christine Essenberg? A remarkable zoologist almost lost to history Oct. 5, 2023
49. The English Lit Major Who Cracked Nazi Codes Oct. 12, 2023
50. From Our Inbox: A Microbe Hunter in Oregon Fights the 1918 Influenza Pandemic Oct. 19, 2023
51. Flemmie Kittrell and the Preschool Experiment Oct. 26, 2023
52. Dr. Rebecca Crumpler, America's First Black Female Public Health Pioneer Nov. 2, 2023
53. The Woman Who Demonstrated the Greenhouse Effect Nov. 9, 2023
54. From Our Inbox: Mária Telkes, The Biophysicist Who Harnessed Solar Power Nov. 16, 2023
55. Best Of: The Feminist Test We Keep Failing Nov. 23, 2023
56. The Devastating Logic of Christine Ladd-Franklin Nov. 30, 2023
57. Flapper of the South Seas: A Young Margaret Mead Travels To The South Seas Dec. 7, 2023
58. Emma Unson Rotor: The Filipina Physicist Who Helped Develop a Top Secret Weapon Dec. 14, 2023
59. Adventures of a Bone Hunter Jan. 4, 2024
60. From Our Inbox: Vera Peters - The Doctor Who Helped Spare Women From Radical Mastectomy Jan. 11, 2024
61. Best of: A Complicated Woman, Leona Zacharias Jan. 25, 2024
62. From Our Inbox: Forgotten Electrical Engineer’s Work Paved the Way for Radar Technology Feb. 1, 2024
63. The Universe in Radio Vision Feb. 8, 2024
64. The Industrial Designer Behind the N95 Mask Feb. 15, 2024
65. Lost Women of Science Conversations: The Black Angels Feb. 29, 2024
66. How Lilian Bland Built Herself A Plane March 7, 2024
67. Best Of: Meet the Physicist who Spoke Out Against the Bomb She Helped Create March 14, 2024
68. The Cognitive Scientist Who Unraveled the Mysteries of Language March 21, 2024
69. Lost Women of Science Conversations: Mischievous Creatures March 28, 2024
70. The Victorian Woman Who Chased Eclipses April 4, 2024
71. Best Of: The Highest of All Ceilings, Astronomer Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin April 11, 2024
72. The Theoretical Physicist Who Worked With J. Robert Oppenheimer at the Dawn of the Nuclear Age April 18, 2024
73. Elizabeth Bates and the Search for the Roots of Human Language April 25, 2024
74. Lost Women of Science Conversations: Mathematics for Ladies May 2, 2024
75. Revisiting the Pathologist in the Basement May 9, 2024
76. Revisiting the Pathologist in the Basement: Episode 2 The Matilda Effect May 16, 2024
77. Revisiting the Pathologist in the Basement: Episode 3 The Case of the Missing Portrait May 23, 2024
78. Revisiting The Pathologist in the Basement: Episode 4 Breakfast in the Snow May 30, 2024
79. Lost Women of Science Conversations: Wild By Design June 13, 2024
80. Chemistry Professor and Crime Buster: The Remarkable Life of Mary Louisa Willard June 27, 2024
81. Lost Women of Science Conversations: The Exceptions July 11, 2024
82. Dr. Jess Wade, Physicist and Wikipedia Maven July 25, 2024
83. The Quest for Everything Aug. 8, 2024
84. Lost Women of Science Conversations: Writing for Their Lives Aug. 22, 2024
85. Trailer: The Devil in the Details Aug. 29, 2024
86. The Devil in the Details - Chapter One Sept. 12, 2024
87. The Devil in the Details - Chapter Two Sept. 19, 2024
88. The Devil in the Details - Chapter Three Sept. 26, 2024
89. The Devil in the Details - Chapter Four Oct. 3, 2024
90. The Devil in the Details - Chapter Five Oct. 10, 2024
91. Lost Women of Science Conversations: Wonder Drug Oct. 17, 2024
92. Finding Dora Richardson - The Forgotten Developer of Tamoxifen Oct. 24, 2024
93. Finding Dora Richardson: The Forgotten Developer of Tamoxifen, a Lifesaving Breast Cancer Therapy - Episode Two Oct. 31, 2024
94. Lost Women of Science Conversations: Attention is Discovery Nov. 14, 2024
95. Lost Women of the Manhattan Project: Carolyn Beatrice Parker Nov. 21, 2024
96. Lost Women of Science Conversations - Brave the Wild River Dec. 5, 2024
97. Best Of: Flora Patterson, the Woman who Kept Devastating Blights from U.S. Shores Dec. 19, 2024
98. Lost Women of Science Conversations: Breaking Through Jan. 9, 2025
99. Margarethe Hilferding, Sigmund Freud, and the Conspiracy of Silence Jan. 23, 2025
100. Who Discovered the Cause of Down Syndrome? Episode One Feb. 6, 2025
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