Sarah on Bacteria, Unicorns, and Being a Good Scientist by The Egg Factory

Episode 8.5: Margaret on Risks, Writing and Saving the Animals by The Egg Factory

Hope is a retired Spanish teacher in Pennsylvania with a surprising past. Listen in to hear her thoughts on living in a revolution and what it's like to reflect on your youth when you're in your sixties.

Think of a brilliant person you know, and all the times you've wanted to ask how their mind and life works. Hadiseh is one of the most intelligent, humble people we've met and she let us ask her some of these questions. She also discusses her experience with science as a religious person, and the role of Islam in her marriage. We loved hearing her thoughtful perspective and hope you do too!

What's an improviser? Who's an improviser? Lisa Rowland is, and maybe you will want to be too after you listen to her explain how improvisation can make us all better humans. Plus: the overlap between improv and science, and an epic tale of gummy bear freedom. Music: "Guernica" by Podington Bear.

Natalie on Gender and Filmmaking by The Egg Factory

After 27 years as Sylvia Paris, Sylvia Wasmer is back. How do you deal with an unexpected new identity and life in your fifties? Sylvia tells us in this week's interview.

Peer inside the mind of a young doctor as she diagnoses her patient's back pain and deals with awkward encounters with teenagers. Plus, Susan turns the tables and ends up interviewing US in this week's podcast. Listen in to learn her technique for getting people to change their own behavior! Photo courtesy Yasmin Marcantonio.

Three years ago, Reagan was leading a Female Engagement Team with the Marines in Afghanistan. Today, she's an undergraduate studying economics at Stanford. Listen to this episode to hear about navigating the "third gender" as an American woman in Afghanistan and what it's like to transition to life in a classroom full of Snapchatting teenagers. Music by Podington Bear. Photo by Reagan Odhner.

For our very first episode, we discuss marriage, academia, hiring, and giant dogs with historian of science Jenna Tonn. Jenna is finishing up her doctorate degree at Harvard. Welcome to the Egg Factory! Music by Podington Bear.