Lost Women of Science
Lost Women of Science tells the remarkable stories of groundbreaking women who never got the full recognition they deserved – until now.
From the Jaws of Obscurity to One Million Downloads!
This month marks an important milestone for Lost Women of Science. We’ve hit one million podcast downloads!
We want to thank you, our listeners, and everyone on the Lost Women of Science team - producers, engineers, marketing/promotional team, administrative staff, our Advisory Board, and our wonderful funders.
And of course, thank you to all the wonderful female scientists whose stories we have told. It’s been a terrific journey. And keep listening! There are so many more great female scientists to celebrate!
Latest Trailer
Dr. Frances Kelsey
The Devil in the Details
Dr. Frances Oldham Kelsey was a physician, a pharmacologist, and a nitpicker who refused to be intimidated by big pharma.
Starting in September, a new five-part series from Lost Women of Science: The Devil in the Details, the Story of Frances Oldham Kelsey, The Doctor Who Said No To Thalidomide.
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News & Events
We've Got Merch!
We chose Spring as our shopping site because they believe that a creator is anyone with an idea and an audience to share it with. That's a pretty great description of what we do at Lost Women of Science. We produce our stories of lost scientists, then send them out into the world, and the dozens of individual creators make their products for us to turn into merch for our listeners. We hope you have a blast shopping.
Episodes by Topic
Episodes
Each episode tells the story of one lost woman of science.
Conversations
A new series in which we interview authors, working scientists, science journalists, filmmakers, artists, even poets.
Lost Women of the Manhattan Project
Thousands of scientists worked on the Manhattan project, the top secret push to develop an atomic bomb that would end World War II. Hundreds of those scientists were women.
From Our Inbox
Introducing From Our Inbox, episodes in which we give you a snippet of an earful created from suggestions that come from our listeners.
The Doctor & The Fix
In these episodes, we bring you Marie Nywander's story and the radical treatment that would upend the landscape of addiction for decades to come.
The First Lady of Engineering
Yvonne Y. Clark, known as Y.Y. throughout her career, made groundbreaking achievements as a Black female mechanical engineer.
A Grasshopper in Tall Grass
The first modern-style code executed on a computer was written in the 1940s by a woman named Klára Dán von Neumann–or Klári to her family and friends.
The Pathologist in the Basement
Listen to our inaugural episodes about Dorothy Andersen, a physician and pathologist who solved a medical mystery when she identified and defined cystic fibrosis in 1938.
What Our Listeners Say
Obsessed!
What a great idea for a show! The Matilda Effect episode was fascinating. Can’t wait for more. Telling all of my friends about this!
Wonderful podcast!
Inspiring story of a bright and compassionate physician, ahead of her time. I am fascinated and eager for future episodes. What a delightful random discovery!
Great show
Fabulous concept, well executed. I really like the voice of the host too, which is often a sticking point with me. Congratulations, all!
Waiting (not so) patiently for each episode!
This show was recommended on another podcast I listen to and I am so glad to have found this gem! This podcast is well done and inspiring. The narrator’s voice is very even and the story is unfolded so you’re left on a cliffhanger waiting to hear about the next chapter of these great ladies lives! Definitely sending this to friends.
Fascinating!
I have already shared this on my Facebook and will be hyping it when more episodes come out on my science tiktok! More please and soon!
Absolutely love the Lost Women of Science podcast and am SO excited to hear the new season! It's like a true crime podcast but for women in STEM!
The second episode of Lost Women of Science, my new favourite podcast, is named The Matilda Effect.
Matilda Effect means someone else gets credit for a woman's work and that someone else is a man.
I have shared the show more than once on social media. I believe it's extremely important to showcase these women in science - most of whom, even as a math/science teacher, I am unfamiliar with. Thank you!
Loved the series on Clara Von Neuman (got me hooked). I've begun rolling my eyes at mentions of Ada Lovelace (over credited, but great communicator about the Babbage Engine). However, I now have a GREAT to highlight as a better example.
As a woman trained in physics, I look forward to these stories. Especially loved the one about Madame Wu :)
Great show. I like how fair and balanced it is. Credits all people when deserved. Really appreciate efforts by Katie Hafner and team to explore depths of story.
I’m a podcast snob - can’t stand poor audio, lazy editing - and this show is so good on every level, from story to interview style to sound quality. LOVE IT!
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