STEAMpunks is back and this time we're cooler, chiller, more broken bones, less self-imposed strict rules - and better than ever!. . .Join us as we learn about modern-day STEAMpunk Lynn Conway - computer scientist, electrical engineer, and tr

18. Dr. M. Phyllis Lose: PPN Show Swap 2020 ft. Colt Classics

Aug 26th, 2020 1h 16m

This month we welcome Britty and Jessica from Colt Classics - PPN's newest show in which an equestrian and a filmmaker create the new best worst horse movie. They're telling us all about Dr. M. Phyllis Lose - the first female equine veterinari

17. Sorting STEAMpunks: PPN Guest Month 2020 ft. Sorted

May 21st, 2020 35m 32s

This month we're happy to welcome JD and Alex from the podcast Sorted to help us place some of our favorite STEAMpunks into Hogwarts Houses!. . .We have also made a folding@home team to help scientists fight diseases, specifically including C

16. Mary Kenneth Keller

Feb 12th, 2020 22m 27s

Women make up only 18% of students in computer science majors and a big reason for that is people thinking computer science has never been for women. Well to that we say NOPE! Meet Sister Mary Kenneth Keller, the first person in the USA to ea

15. Virginia Apgar

Jan 18th, 2020 31m 53s

A computer crash, some lost files, and a couple of re-records later.... the audio on this one is still pretty rough. We'll be back in shape next episode, don't you worry!...Virginia Apgar is known most for her work with newborns - but there i

14. Henrietta Lacks: PPN Show Swap 2019

Nov 27th, 2019 28m 15s

Transcript link: http://bit.ly/37Llskj...It's Show Swap Week! Join John and Bethany, the hosts of Home Viewing, and learn about Henrietta Lacks - an extremely important, if completely involuntary, contributor to medical science....Further R

13. Frida Kahlo

Nov 17th, 2019 45m 6s

Transcript link: http://bit.ly/330d11e ...CW: Auto accident and descriptions of recovery, miscarriage, infidelity, suicide....Learn about Frida Kahlo, Mexico's most prolific female artist. ...Further Viewing:PBS Documentary: The Life a

12. Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin

Oct 30th, 2019 25m

Transcript link: http://bit.ly/2QiLtkV...Learn about Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, a person with several "The First Woman to"s under her belt and the first person to discover that the sun has a WHOLE LOT of hydrogen!...Further Reading:Out of

11. The Great STEAMpunks Quiz Show!

Oct 7th, 2019 16m 21s

Emily tests Zach to see if he's really been paying attention - and he does great!...Check out more awesome podcasts like ours on the Pocket Podcast Network!. . .Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook @steampunkspod, and follow Emily o

10. Hildegard of Bingen

Sep 11th, 2019 19m 12s

We're back from some crazy life stuff! Learn about Hildegard of Bingen, one of the Middle Age's most prolific composers (and a scientist to boot!)...Further Reading:Hildegard of Bingen: the Woman of her Age by Fiona Maddocks. . .Check

9. Clara Schumann

Aug 17th, 2019 28m 56s

Get ready for this one, y'all, it's basically Emily and Zach geeking out over word painting and voice leading for half an hour. Learn about Clara Schumann, pianist and composer extaordinaire, on this weeks episode of STEAMpunks!...Further Rea

8. Mary Anning

Jul 31st, 2019 35m 15s

We have returned to full power! And on that note.. . .She sells seashells on the sea shore. The shells she sells are seashells, I'm sure. For if she sells seashells on the seashore then I'm sure she sells seashore shells!...Learn all about

7. Fun Facts Part 2

Jul 17th, 2019 10m 51s

Uh oh, we done goofed. We ran out of time to record full episodes while preparing for our trip, but we're here with some fun facts about future STEAMpunks to tide you over! We'll be back with another minisode on the 17th, and a full and awes

6. Fun Facts Part 1

Jul 3rd, 2019 9m 5s

5. Sally Ride

Jun 20th, 2019 48m 12s

It's a double-whammy of celebrations this week! For both the celebration of Pride Month (Sally was also the first LGBT person in space!) and the 36th anniversary of her historic space flight, join us as we learn more about Sally Ride - the fir

4. Julie d'Aubigny

Jun 5th, 2019 24m 38s

Happy Pride Month to all of our LGBTQ+ friends! To help celebrate, we're talking about somebody who would have one heck of a show to put on at a Pride event had they existed at the time. Learn about Julie d'Aubigny, Mademoiselle de Maupin - the

3. Hedy Lamarr

May 22nd, 2019 29m 17s

TW: a short description of simulated sex in a movie and cruel directing decisions from 6:34 to 7:03, please skip if you want or need to! . . .Woah! We're on a network now! What the heck! We are so excited to be a part of the Pocket Podcast

2. Elzada Clover & Lois Jotter

May 8th, 2019 24m 49s

Meet the first two women to survive the Colorado River - and discover some new cacti along the way! Botanists Elzada Clover and Lois Jotter are the subject of our second episode, sponsored by the brilliant plantstagram @chubbyplantpeople! Fu

1. Ada Lovelace

Apr 3rd, 2019 30m 40s

Welcome to STEAMpunks!Join wife and husband Emily and Zach Shock as they explore the lives of women in science, technology, engineering, arts, and math throughout history!For the subject of our first episode, we chose Ada Lovelace - the firs