The Math of Matilda
This episode reframes the Matilda Effect not as a simple story of stolen credit, but as a mathematical and institutional process in which small biases compound over time. Drawing on sociology of scien...
24 Mar 22min
FLASHCARDS! Dr. Yvonne Sylvain: Haiti's First Female Doctor
In this Flashcard Friday episode of Math! Science! History!®, host Gabrielle Birchak celebrates Women's History Month and Podcasthon by spotlighting Dr. Yvonne Sylvain, Haiti's first female physician....
20 Mar 12min
Annie Jump Cannon: The Census Taker of the Sky
She looked at starlight and said, I can organize that, and then she did! For Women's History Month, host Gabrielle Birchak profiles Annie Jump Cannon (1863–1941), the American astronomer who took a ch...
19 Mar 13min
SPECIAL: Podcasthon and Espwa Means Hope
It's Podcasthon Week! In this special Women's History Month and Podcasthon episode of Math! Science! History!, I Gabrielle Birchak interviews Angie Maldonado, founder of Espwa Means Hope, a U.S.-based...
17 Mar 46min
FLASHCARDS! What Sci-Fi can Teach Science
Science fiction does not need to predict the future to matter. It matters because it trains the mind. In this Flashcards Friday episode, Gabrielle Birchak uses four unforgettable Star Trek moments to ...
13 Mar 11min
Mari Wolf: A Hidden Space Age Story
In this episode, I tell the story of Mari Wolf, who wrote sharp, unsettling science fiction in the early 1950s while also working in Computing at Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Her life sits at the inters...
10 Mar 33min
FLASHCARDS! The Archive that Survives
How does knowledge survive when libraries burn, devices are seized, and archives come under threat? In this Flashcards Friday episode of Math! Science! History!, Gabrielle Birchak takes a closer look ...
6 Mar 12min
When Knowledge Survives War: Adolphe Rome and Scientific Memory
What does it take to preserve knowledge when libraries burn, records disappear, and history itself is under threat? In this episode of Math! Science! History!, Gabrielle Birchak takes a closer look at...
3 Mar 18min
