Interview on WAMC’s 51%

I recently spoke with WAMC’s Susan Barnett for her show 51% – The Women’s Perspective. She asked me about freelancing and gave a nice shout out to my site Freelance Cafe. It was fun to be on the other side of the mic for a change! This was Episode 1220, broadcast on November 29 at 8pm and…

Stories from the Field – Marye Anne Fox

I recently interviewed Marye Anne Fox for Stories from the Field, a project of the Chemical Heritage Foundation. Ms. Fox was the first female chief executive of North Carolina State University in Raleigh, North Carolina and was the seventh chancellor of the University of California, San Diego. In 2010, she received the National Medal of Science from President Obama.

Stories from the Field – Juana Acrivos

I interviewed Juana Acrivos for Stories from the Field – a collection of stories from women working in chemistry and related science about their successes, their challenges, and the people and events that have influenced their careers and their lives. Ms. Acrivos is Professor Emeritus of Chemistry at San Jose State University. She earned her D.Sc.…

Distillations #160 – Teflon

For this episode of Distillations we dive into CHF’s vast oral history archive. Producer Amy Kraft digs through hours of interviews with Dupont’s Roy Plunkett and Malcolm Renfrew to bring us the history of  Teflon, the now ubiquitous super material. Then, an interview with the always charming Bob Kenworthy, who met Plunkett, and later worked as a…