BA in Science

Sisters Maggie (a mathematician) and Brynna (a chemist) discuss badass human beings who also were amazing scientists.

Who Needs Friends When You Have Physcs

The Season 10 Brawl episode had to be epic and this doesn't disappoint. Maggie and Brynna bring you part one of a three-part brawl that involves one guy with two (at least) nemeses. Don't miss the conclusion to this story in episodes 14 and 15 later this season!Fin us on Patreon: patreon.com/bainscienceFeatured BAs: Isaac Newton and Robert Hooke

10-29
01:48:30

Prophet and Propagandist of Botany

One thing about BAs: they've got passion for their field of expertise. This is completely true for the BA that Maggie and Brynna discuss this week. He was obsessed with plants in the best way, and even was director of a place that allowed him to be continually surrounded by the most incredible and varied plant species in the world. Find us on Patreon: patreon.com/bainscienceFeatured BA: Sir Edward Salisbury

10-15
01:03:47

Not Just for Bond Villains

Maggie and Brynna are pleased to welcome Ciaran O'Connor to the podcast this week. Ciaran is a bit of an expert on all things laser ablation and imaging. We're thrilled we got to have a conversation with the youngest BA we've ever had or talked about on the podcast!Find us on Patreon: patreon.com/bainscience

10-01
01:20:15

From Engines to Gaming

In this week's episode, Maggie and Brynna circle back to a guy who we talked about a little bit all the way back in season 4, and we need to finish discussing the guy who was convinced that the less humans are involved sometimes, the better.Find us on Patreon: patreon.com/bainscienceFeatured BA: Charles Babbage

09-17
01:22:25

Virtuoso Anatomist

We're back for Season 10!! On this episode, Maggie and Brynna tackle a guy who might have gotten a lot wrong, but he was still way more right than anyone else was at the time.Find us on Patreon: patreon.com/bainscienceFeatured BA: Galen

09-03
01:15:08

Expectations, pt 2

In part two of the season 9 finale, Maggie and Brynna discuss the inheritor's powder and a woman who did not get away with murder.Find us on Patreon: patreon.com/bainscienceFeatured BAs: Marsh and Orfila

06-11
01:32:55

Expectations, pt 1

In part one of the season 9 finale, Maggie and Brynna talk about two BAs who made it a lot harder for people to come into their inheritances sooner than later and get away with it.Find us on Patreon: patreon.com/bainscienceFeatured BAs: Marsh and Orfila

06-07
51:38

Putting the Pea in Punnett Square

This week, Maggie and Byrnna discuss a monk who was VERY invested in the breeding habits of pea plants, and his work is how we know that two brown-eyed parents can have a blue-eyed child.Find us on Patreon: patreon.com/bainscienceFeatured BA: Gregor Mendel

05-28
01:09:48

Forwards and Backwards

Maggie and Brynna discuss an oft-forgotten BA this week who made a huge impact on mass transit in the United States and around the world.Find us on Patreon: patreon.com/bainscienceFeatured BA: Frank Sprague

05-21
01:18:47

Snake Pit

Maggie and Brynna get into the BS of unwitting human experimentation in mental health facilities in this week's episode. Find us on Patreon: patreon.com/bainscienceFeatured Story: Willowbrook Hepatitis Experiments

05-14
01:34:12

Clever Clogs

Maggie and Brynna love an over-achiever, and the BA they discuss this week is the very definition of that. It wasn't easy to squeeze even a small list of the guy's accomplishments into a regular episode; he could probably have had his own season.Find us on Patreon: patreon.com/bainscienceFeatured BA: Thomas Young

05-07
01:26:27

Mathematical Mermaid

In this week's episode, Maggie and Brynna discuss a woman who had a fake husband and figured out how to find the conditions for where very real (as in not imaginary) solutions to certain problems can be.Find us on Patreon: patreon.com/bainscienceFeatured BA: Sofya Kovalevskaya

04-23
01:38:48

You Need To Calm Down

This week, Maggie and Brynna discuss a very chill BA who took on histamines because they were being too loud. But is it really the histamines, or something else?Find us on Patreon: patreon.com/bainscienceFeatured BA: Nancy T Chang

04-16
01:10:49

Pronoun Trouble

For the Season 9 Brawl, Maggie and Brynna discuss two guys with huge egos, one of whom just kept holding a grudge. But were both of them to blame for the brawl that took place around the discovery and isolation of a little hormone we all need to live?Find us on Patreon: patreon.com/bainscienceFeatured BAs: Fred Banting and JJR Macleod

04-09
01:39:40

BRAT: Not Just a Season, a Whole Diet

Maggie and Brynna discuss a woman who did her best for the children in her country and who may correctly be credited with giving us a way to get our digestion back on track after the yuckiest kind of illness.Find us on Patreon: patreon.com/bainscienceFeatured BA: Fe Del Mundo

04-02
01:14:01

Blue Collar Chemistry

This week, Maggie and Brynna talk about a guy who had a few wild moments when he was young, but who became the father of organic chemistry and an excellent professor, too.Find us on Patreon: BA in Science | creating A Podcast | PatreonFeatured BA: Justus von Liebig

03-26
01:22:45

Late Nights and Excesses

Join Maggie and Brynna as they kick off Season 9 with a BA who lived a scandalous life even by today's standards, but also made a major contribution to physics and chemistry and thermodynamics.Find us on Patreon! BA in Science | creating A Podcast | PatreonFeatured BA: Emilie du Chatelet

03-19
01:29:14

Sounds like Something a Cultist Would Say, Part 2

In this last episode of Season 8, Maggie and Brynna discuss the impact Pythagoras has had on culture though the centuries, as well as the fact that the Pythagorean theorem might be misnamed. Find us on Patreon: BA in Science | creating A Podcast | Patreon

12-11
58:58

Sounds Like Something a Cultist Would Say

In part 1 of the Season 8 Finale, Maggie and Brynna discuss the life and myths of one of the biggest names in mathematics. Find us on Patreon: BA in Science | creating A Podcast | Patreon Featured BA: Pythagoras

12-04
55:20

A Curious Love Affair

This week, Maggie and Brynna discuss a woman who would probably insist that you can teach an old dog new tricks. Or maybe an old rat. Find us on Patreon! BA in Science | creating A Podcast | Patreon Featured BA: Marian Diamond

11-20
59:00

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