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…
This is first installment of Distillations‘ new three-part series A Day in the Life: Morning, Noon, and Night. At the top of each show, biochemist Joe Rucker breaks down the chemistry of some of the products we use every day. In the Morning show, Joe explains sodium lauryl sulfate – a chemical that shows up in…
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.
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.…
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…
In this installment of Stories from the Field we hear from Carolyn Ribes, a business analytical leader for the Dow Chemical Company.
Through a serendipitous series of events, I’ve had the opportunity to produce the Wesleyan Storytelling Project – a pilot podcast that gives Wes alums a chance to share their most memorable college experiences and how those experiences have shaped their lives. This first story is from Bill Wasch, class of 1952.
I interviewed Cheryl Baldwin Frech for Stories from the Field – a series that “preserves and celebrates the contributions of women working in chemistry and related sciences.” Ms. Frech is a professor of chemistry at the University of Central Oklahoma.