Episodes

  • 10. The woman who discovered the opiate receptor in the brain + someone is LIVING in the lab?
    Sep 24 2025

    🧠 welcome to the LAST episode of OVERLOOKED, the series where we shine a light on the women in STEM who history often left in the shadows. For our last episode, we’re talking all about Candace Pert, the groundbreaking neuroscientist who discovered the opioid receptor. Her work not only changed our understanding of how the brain and body communicate but also opened doors for modern medicine. She challenged the establishment, broke barriers as a woman in science, and proved just how powerful persistence and brilliance can be.


    😳 And don’t forget this week’s LaboraTEAAAA… we’ve got a wild anonymous story about someone who suspects a colleague might actually be living in the lab. Empty protein bar wrappers, toothpaste left behind, the whole thing. Tune in to hear what we think!


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    0:00 Intro2:10 Candace Pert30:05 Is someone actually living in the lab?!


    𝗚𝗼𝘁 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗿 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲?

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    45 mins
  • 9. The woman who outsmarted Enigma + exposing my lunch THIEF!
    Sep 17 2025

    🧮 We’re BACK with the ninth episode of… OVERLOOKED - this series we are looking on the other side of HIS-tory at some of the most iconic women in stem. This was a highly requested theme so we can’t wait for you to listen! You’ve probably heard of Alan Turing—the mathematical genius who cracked the Nazi Enigma code and helped end World War II.

    He’s the war hero, the pioneer of modern computing, the face of genius under pressure.

    But what if we told you… he didn’t do it alone?

    Behind the war rooms, the machines, and the myth was someone else—

    a woman in the shadows, armed not with weapons, but with numbers, logic, and relentless precision. She didn’t seek the spotlight, but her mind helped alter the course of history.

    Her name? Joan Clarke. Tune in to learn all about her pioneering work.


    😳 And don’t forget the laboraTEAAAA! This week are back with some crazy what would you do if scenarios. Listen in to find out what we think!


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    0:00 intro

    2:40 Joan Clarke

    25:25 exposing my lunch THIEF!

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    𝗚𝗼𝘁 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗿 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲?

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    38 mins
  • 8. The woman who discovered Radium + my lab mate STOLE my presentation
    Sep 10 2025

    ⚡ Welcome to EP8 of OVERLOOKED! Today we’re exploring the story of one of the most legendary scientists in history… and yet, someone who still had to fight to be recognised: Marie Curie.


    The year is 1898. In a cramped Paris laboratory, Marie and her husband Pierre discover two new elements: polonium and radium. These glowing substances would open the door to the age of radioactivity, transforming medicine and physics forever. But the discoveries came at a cost. Years of exposure slowly poisoned Marie, and despite winning two Nobel Prizes in different sciences (QUEEN), she was denied a seat at the French Academy of Sciences, SIMPLY because she was a woman.


    🪄 Without Marie Curie, we wouldn’t have X-rays in hospitals, cancer radiotherapy, or even our modern understanding of radioactivity. S



    🫨 And for this week’s LaboraTEAAAA… someone wrote in about their lab mate STEALING their slides from their computer and presenting them at a conference. The AUDACITY… We have thoughts.



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    0:00 Intro

    4:41: Marie Curie

    33:19 my lab mate STOLE my presentation


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    46 mins
  • 7. The ancient recipe that shook modern medicine + labmates caught THE ACT!!
    Sep 3 2025

    🌿 We’re BACK with the seventh episode of… OVERLOOKED - this series we are looking on the other side of HIS-tory at some of the most iconic women in stem. This was a highly requested theme so we can’t wait for you to listen! This week we are talking all about a woman who used a 1600 year old recipe to cure MILLIONS!!! Whilst she never sought recognition, and even submitted her findings anonymously, she was the first Chinese scientist to receive a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine AND the first Chinese woman to receive a Nobel in any scientific category.


    😳 And don’t forget the laboraTEAAAA! This week we have an INSANE listener story. Our listener may have caught their lab mates… IN THE ACT… ON THE LAB BENCH!!! What should they do? Report them, confront them, or pretend it never happened? Listen in to find out what we think!


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    0:00 intro

    4:50 Tu Youyou

    33:50 labmates CAUGHT IN THE ACT!

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    𝗚𝗼𝘁 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗿 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲?

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    48 mins
  • 6. The woman who mapped memory + I HATE my research but I've got a year left....
    Aug 27 2025

    🧠 welcome to EP SIX of OVERLOOKED, wellllll today we’re exploring the story of one of the most brilliant, yet often forgotten, neuroscientists of our time… Brenda Milner.


    The year is 1953. A young patient, known only as H.M., undergoes brain surgery to cure his severe epilepsy. The procedure stops his seizures, but leaves him unable to form new memories. Enter Brenda Milner, who, through years of careful observation and experiments, makes a groundbreaking discovery: memory isn’t just one thing. There are multiple systems in the brain, and H.M.’s story would forever change how we understand learning, memory, and the human mind.


    🪄 Without Brenda Milner, we might never have known that short-term and long-term memory rely on different brain regions. Her work opened the door to modern neuroscience and showed us how fragile and fascinating our memory really is.


    🫨 And for this week’s LaboraTEAAAA… we're doing another WWYD if?! You guys submitted some funny ones this time round, and some that got us questioning if they were based on your own real life scenarios.


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    0:00 Intro

    3:10 Brenda Milner & Patient H.M.

    32.26 WWYD if?!


    #sciencepodcast #stempodcast #womeninstem #brendamilner #neuroscience

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    48 mins
  • 5. The forgotten mother of Fission + my PI is having a mid-life crisis
    Aug 20 2025

     💥 We’re BACK with the fifth episode of… OVERLOOKED - this series we are looking on the other side of HIS-tory at some of the most iconic women in stem. This was a highly requested theme so we can’t wait for you to listen! This week we are talking all about a woman who discovered something that could light up cities … or … destroy them. Whilst she never sought recognition, scientists believe that not awarding her the Nobel Prize alongside her male counterpart was the biggest oversight in Nobel Laureate history.


    😳 And don’t forget the laboraTEAAAA! This week we have a funny listener story. Do you have a PI who acts a bit too “down with the kids” or “gen-z” then you may has something in common with our listener. Listen in to find out what we think!


    🗒️Have your own LaboraTEA to share? Click our 𝗮𝗻𝗼𝗻𝘆𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘀 link here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSftEuu6Xu6VWxurDzr6sKStnYCf4v5UrF47K7SH_rxUzlbFYw/viewform or email us at soculturedpodcast@gmail.com


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    0:00 intro

    4:00 Lise Meitner

    34:30 my PI is having a mid-life crisis

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    𝗚𝗼𝘁 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗿 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲?

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    44 mins
  • 4. The Radium Girls + I was CATFISHED by my PI on tinder?!
    Aug 13 2025

    ☢️It’s Episode 4 of OVERLOOKED, and we’re diving into one of the eeriest, most haunting stories in the history of science...The Radium Girls. The year is 1917, and across America, hundreds of young women are hired to paint glow-in-the-dark watch dials. They’re told it’s safe… even good for them. They twirl the brushes between their lips to get a perfect point, unknowingly swallowing small doses of radium every single day.


    🪄At first, the glow is MAGICAL?! their clothes sparkle in the dark, their skin shimmers after a shift. But soon, strange and terrifying symptoms begin to appear. Teeth falling out. Bones aching. Jaws literally crumbling away. What followed was a fight for justice that would change workplace safety laws forever, and expose a cover-up that corporations hoped would never see the light of day.


    🫨And for this week’s LaboraTEAAAA… you are NOT ready. We got an email from a listener who thinks they’ve been catfished on Tinder… by their own PI. Yes, you read that right. They matched online, the profile photos were showing up elsewhere, and then an inside joke.... Absolutely WILD. Honestly, this might be one of the most chaotic, unbelievable stories we’ve ever had on the podcast. From glowing dials to glowing red flags, this episode has it all.



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    0:00 intro

    4:20 The Radium Girls

    31:45 CATFISHED BY MY BOSS...

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    𝗚𝗼𝘁 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗿 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲?

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    #sciencepodcast #stempodcast #womeninstem #radiumgirls

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    42 mins
  • 3. The woman who put code on the MOON + a screen share disaster during lab meeting?
    Aug 6 2025

    🌔 We’re BACK with the third episode of… OVERLOOKED - this series we are looking on the other side of HIS-tory at some of the most iconic women in stem This was a highly requested theme so we can’t wait for you to listen! This week we are highlighting a very resilient woman. The woman who coined the term “software engineering”, and ensure Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong landed on the moon during the Apollo 11 mission… this week we’re talking all about Margaret Hamilton.


    😳 And don’t forget the laboraTEAAAA! This week we aare throwing it back to our WWYDI (what would you do if), and you guys have sent us some crazy scenarios to cover. This week, we’re covering an awkward screen sharing situ, relationships with professors, and a PI who’s moved abroad… Listen in to find out what we think!

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    0:00 intro

    3:12 Margaret Hamilton

    26:41 WWYDI

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    𝗚𝗼𝘁 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗿 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲?

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    40 mins