MOMENTUM! Mentorship creates opportunities for everybody!

MOMENTUM! Mentorship creates opportunities for everybody!

Wel­come to Mon­day Momen­tum! I’m Gabrielle Bir­chak. I love physics, and one of the things that fas­ci­nates me is momen­tum, how things actu­al­ly move for­ward, whether it’s a fly­wheel, a steam engine, or a chain of gears. Noth­ing gets going with­out it. Life works the same way: ideas, skills, and oppor­tu­ni­ties don’t move for­ward unless momen­tum is cre­at­ed, pushed, pulled,

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Flashcards! The Archive that Survives

Flashcards! The Archive that Survives

If you have ever felt your stom­ach drop when you’ve lost a file on your com­put­er, then you already under­stand the first les­son of his­to­ry. His­to­ry is not only made by peo­ple. His­to­ry is also made by what survives. 

FLASHCARDS! Look in the Margins

FLASHCARDS! Look in the Margins

this episode is about read­ing with depth and deter­mi­na­tion to find the accu­rate sources behind the suc­cess sto­ries. The pat­tern is not only that black female inven­tors were over­looked; it is also the way in which the over­look­ing occurs.

Pride Month Stats: Facts speak louder than fear

Pride Month Stats: Facts speak louder than fear

It’s Flash­card Fri­days at Math! Sci­ence! His­to­ry!, the pod­cast where num­bers aren’t just facts, they’re frame­works for under­stand­ing our world. It is June, and we are kick­ing off Pride Month.  So let’s get our rain­bow flags and cel­e­brate our loved ones who are part of the LGBTQ com­mu­ni­ty. Though it is offi­cial­ly rec­og­nized in June in the Unit­ed States and

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Discovery!

Discovery!

I love research­ing Late Antiq­ui­ty his­to­ry. If you like his­to­ry and his­tor­i­cal sci­ence as much as I do, I am sure you share the same kind of thrill that I get when I dis­cov­er an indi­vid­ual or indi­vid­u­als who hold the key to a trove of fas­ci­nat­ing his­to­ry. For years, I have been vis­it­ing https://www.Livius.org. It is a web­site of

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