Podcasts about Katie Hafner

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Best podcasts about Katie Hafner

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Making Contact
Dr. Rebecca Crumpler, America's First Black Female Public Health Pioneer

Making Contact

Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2025 29:16


Dr. Rebecca Crumpler was the first Black woman to become a physician in the United States. Working in the aftermath of the Civil War, she made immense contributions to public health, despite the racism and sexism she faced. We'll trace the course of her remarkable life and work with in a story brought to us by the podcast Lost Women of Science, hosted by Katie Hafner and producer Dominique Janee. Featuring:  Dr. Melody McCloud, Physician and author of Black Women's Wellness Dr. Joan Reede, Dean for Diversity and Community Partnership at Harvard Medical School  Jim Downs, Historian and author of Sick from Freedom * Victoria Gall, with Hyde Park Historical Society and Friends of the Hyde Park Branch Library Making Contact Credits Episode host and producer: Lucy Kang Producers: Anita Johnson, Salima Hamirani, Amy Gastelum, and Lucy Kang Executive Director: Jina Chung Engineer: Jeff Emtman  Digital Media Marketing: Lissa Deonarain Music Credit: "The Road From Home" by Sergii Pavkin from Pixabay Lost Women of Science: "Dr. Rebecca Crumpler, America's First Black Female Public Health Pioneer" Credits Producer and host: Dominique Janee  Host: Katie Hafner Managing senior producer: Barbara Howard  Audio engineer and sound designer: Samia Bouzid  Published in partnership with Scientific American   Learn More:  Making Contact homepage | Listen to the full episode from Lost Women of Science  

Curiosity Daily
Women In Science & The Future of Male Contraception

Curiosity Daily

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2025 29:15


It's Women's History Month and to celebrate we have Katie Hafner on Curiosity Weekly to discuss the history of women in STEM and ways we can highlight their contributions today. Then, Sam looks into the Wooly Devil, aka the first new plant genus found in a national park in almost 50 years. Finally, Sam and producer Teresa Carey talk about what to know regarding male contraception. Link to Show Notes HERE. Follow Curiosity Weekly on your favorite podcast app to get smarter with Dr. Samantha Yammine — for free! Still curious? Get science shows, nature documentaries, and more real-life entertainment on discovery+! Go to https://discoveryplus.com/curiosity to start your 7-day free trial. discovery+ is currently only available for US subscribers. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Keen On Democracy
Episode 2250: :John Markoff compares Steve Jobs with contemporary tech titans like Sam Altman and Elon Musk

Keen On Democracy

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2024 54:25


Former New York Times reporter John Markoff has been writing about Silicon Valley for almost a half century. In December 1993 the Pulitzer Prize winning journalist wrote one of the earliest articles about the World Wide Web, referring to it as a "map to the buried treasures of the Information Age." So where are we now in the history of tech, I asked Markoff. Is the AI boom just one more Silicon Valley cycle of irrational exuberance? And how do contemporary tech titans like Sam Altman and Elon Musk compare with Steve Jobs, who Markoff covered for many years.John Markoff is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist. He has reported on Silicon Valley for more than four decades and wrote for The New York Times' science and technology beat for 28 years, where he was widely regarded as the paper's star technology reporter. He is the author of five books about the technology industry including his upcoming book Whole Earth: The Many Lives of Stewart Brand (on sale in March 2022). For decades Markoff has chronicled how technology has shaped our society. In Whole Earth, he delivers the definitive biography of one the most influential visionaries to inspire the technological and cultural revolutions of the last six decades. While Stewart Brand is largely known as the creator of The Whole Earth Catalog that became a counterculture bible for a generation of young Americans during the 1960s, his life's work is much larger. Brand became a key influence in the ‘70s environmental movement and the computing world of the ‘80s. Steve Jobs adopted Brand's famous mantra “Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish” as his code to live by, and to this day Brand epitomizes what Markoff calls “that California state of mind.” Brand has always had “an eerie knack for showing up first at the onset of some social movement or technological inflection point,” Markoff writes, “and then moving on just when everyone else catches up.” Brand's uncanny ahead-of-the-curve-ness is what makes John Markoff his ideal biographer. Markoff's reporting has always been at the cutting edge of tech revolutions—he wrote the first account of the World Wide Web in 1993 and broke the story of Google's self-driving car in 2010. Stewart Brand gave Markoff carte blanche access in interviews for the book, so Markoff gets a clearer story than has ever been set down before, ranging across Brand's time with the Merry Pranksters to his fostering of the marriage of environmental consciousness with hacker capitalism and the rise of a new planetary culture. Markoff's other books are: The High Cost of High Tech (with Lennie Siegel); Cyberpunk: Outlaws and Hackers on the Computer Frontier (with Katie Hafner); Takedown: The Pursuit and Capture of America's Most Wanted Computer Outlaw (with Tsutomu Shimomura); What the Dormouse Said: How the Sixties Counterculture Shaped the Personal Computer Industry; and Machines of Loving Grace: The Quest for Common Ground Between Humans and Robots. He is a Fellow at Stanford University's Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences. He has been a lecturer at the University of California at Berkeley School of Journalism, and an adjunct faculty member at the Stanford Graduate Program on Journalism. In 2013, Markoff was part of a Pulitzer Prize-winning team for Explanatory Reporting “for its penetrating look into business practices by Apple and other technology companies that illustrates the darker side of a changing global economy for workers and consumers.” He continues to work as a freelance journalist for The Times and other organizations. Markoff graduated from Whitman College with a B.A. in sociology, and an M.A. in sociology from the University of Oregon.Named as one of the "100 most connected men" by GQ magazine, Andrew Keen is amongst the world's best known broadcasters and commentators. In addition to presenting KEEN ON, he is the host of the long-running How To Fix Democracy show. He is also the author of four prescient books about digital technology: CULT OF THE AMATEUR, DIGITAL VERTIGO, THE INTERNET IS NOT THE ANSWER and HOW TO FIX THE FUTURE. Andrew lives in San Francisco, is married to Cassandra Knight, Google's VP of Litigation & Discovery, and has two grown children.Keen On is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit keenon.substack.com/subscribe

Lost Women of Science
The Devil in the Details - Chapter Three

Lost Women of Science

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2024 28:45


It's 1961 and Widukind Lenz, a German pediatrician, is going door to door in his efforts to find out what is causing the epidemic of babies born with shortened limbs and other serious medical conditions. In the U.S., drug company Merrell is battling with Dr. Frances Kelsey at the Food and Drug Administration about the approval for thalidomide. She's asking for data that shows it's safe in pregnancy (spoiler alert: it's not). Meanwhile, Merrell continues to send hundreds of thousands of thalidomide pills to doctors in so-called clinical trials. In November 1961, Dr. Lenz goes public with the results of his medical sleuthing and, as host Katie Hafner puts it, “the proverbial shit hits the proverbial fan.”

Lost Women of Science
Best of: A Complicated Woman, Leona Zacharias

Lost Women of Science

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2024 37:15


Scientist Leona Zacharias was a rare woman. She graduated from Barnard College in 1927 with a degree in biology, followed by a Ph.D. from Columbia University. But throughout her career she labored behind men with loftier titles who got the bulk of the credit. In the 1940s, when premature babies born with healthy eyes were going blind, Dr. Zacharias was part of the team that worked to root out the cause. In this best of Lost Women of Science episode, host Katie Hafner visits the archives at M.I.T. and The Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary in Boston to try to understand Dr. Zacharias's role in rooting out the cause. For host Katie Hafner, it's personal: Leona Zacharias was her grandmother.

The Gould Standard
A Romance on Three Legs

The Gould Standard

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 18, 2024 46:01


In this special episode of The Gould Standard, Katie Hafner, an accomplished author and journalist renowned for her works like "A Romance on Three Legs," takes the reins as guest host. The book delves into the eccentricities of pianist Glenn Gould and his obsession with finding the “perfect piano” - fabled Steinway concert grand CD-318. Pianist and educator Jim Prosser, upon reading the book, presented a surprising revelation – one of the pianos discussed in Katie's book is none other than his current instrument. Prosser provides a captivating account of the instrument's history, its encounter with Gould, and its subsequent evolution. The interview offers a unique blend of musical passion, historical context, and personal connection.

Lost Women of Science
Best Of: The Feminist Test We Keep Failing

Lost Women of Science

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2023 21:59


There's a test that we at Lost Women of Science seem to fail again and again: the Finkbeiner Test. Named for the science writer, Ann Finkbeiner, the Finkbeiner Test is a checklist for writing profiles of female scientists without being sexist. It includes rules like not mentioning her husband's job, or her childcare arrangements, or how she was the “first woman to…”—all rules we break regularly on this show. In this episode, Katie Hafner talks to Christie Aschwanden, the science writer who created the test, and Ann Finkbeiner, who inspired it, to find out how they came up with these rules, and to see if there might be hope yet for our series. She reports her findings to Carol Sutton Lewis, who has a whole other set of rules for telling these stories.

Commonwealth Club of California Podcast
Robert Wachter and Katie Hafner: Creating the Science, Covering the Science

Commonwealth Club of California Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2023 71:19


Join us for a discussion with journalist Katie Hafner, who covers scientific advances, especially those by women, and her husband, Dr. Robert Wachter of UCSF, who is on the forefront of the digital transformation of health care and has been influential in advancing public understanding of the COVID crisis. Dr. Wachter coined the term “hospitalist” in 1996 and has overseen that medical specialty, the fastest growing specialty in modern medical history. His tweets on COVID-19 have been a trusted source of information on the clinical, public health, and policy issues surrounding the pandemic, garnering more than 500 million views. Hafner and Wachter are at the center of advancing public understanding of science and health care through various media. We will discuss Hafner's popular "Lost Women of Science" podcast, her groundbreaking nonfiction books, and her recent switch to fiction with The Boys. We'll also discuss Dr. Wachter's perspective on COVID—including lessons learned—as we enter a new phase of the pandemic, how health care will be transformed by digital tools like ChatGPT, and how to communicate about science in the face of uncertainty, political polarization, and misinformation. In addition, they'll discuss the experience of working and writing together as a married couple, particularly when the pandemic forced them—like so many couples—into the same bubble.    MLF ORGANIZER George Hammond NOTES A Humanities Member-led Forum program. Forums at the Club are organized and run by volunteer programmers who are members of The Commonwealth Club, and they cover a diverse range of topics. Learn more about our Forums. In Association with Wonderfest. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Writer's Bone
Episode 606: Katie Hafner, Author of The Boys

Writer's Bone

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2023 48:07


Author Katie Hafner joins Daniel Ford on the show to chat about her stunning novel The Boys.  To learn more about Katie Hafner, visit her official website, like her Facebook page, and follow her on Twitter and Instagram. Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Libro.fm, As Told To: The Ghostwriting Podcast, and A Mighty Blaze podcast.

Bay Area Book Festival Podcast
At Play on the Page

Bay Area Book Festival Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 10, 2023 57:27


Mark Ciabattari, Katie Hafner, and Peter Hoey, moderated by Heather Scott Partington All the creators in this session depict a world that is just slightly off-kilter from reality. Join three inventive creators for an intellectually playful conversation about approaching the craft of fiction seriously—but with whimsy to spare. Buy the books here 

Había una vez un algoritmo...
Oscar Fernandez Sierra: la importancia de ayudar | E-115

Había una vez un algoritmo...

Play Episode Play 40 sec Highlight Listen Later Jul 1, 2023 73:16


Una gran conversación con Oscar Fernandez Sierra, un informático con una gran componente humanista.A continuación algunos de los textos recomendados durante la entrevista:El efecto Checklist de Atul Gawande. Dar y recibir: Por qué ayudar a los demás conduce al éxito de Adam Grant.Amplitud (Range): Por qué los generalistas triunfan en un mundo especializado de David Epstein.The Dream Machine de M. Mitchell Waldrop.Where Wizards Stay Up Late: The Origins Of The Internet de Katie Hafner.Support the show

The Daily Show With Trevor Noah: Ears Edition
How The Matilda Effect Removes Women in STEM From History | Beyond the Scenes

The Daily Show With Trevor Noah: Ears Edition

Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2023 52:36


The Matilda Effect was coined in 1993 and explains the phenomenon of women's historical contributions to science getting forgotten over time. These women are not only left out of history books, but also subjected to men taking credit for their work. Daily Show writer Nicole Conlan and host of the podcast Lost Women of Science, Katie Hafner, join Roy Wood Jr. to uncover why women and girls get overlooked in the sciences and how this can be improved through representation and exposure. Original Air Date: March 21, 2023 Beyond the Scenes is a podcast from The Daily Show. Listen to new episodes every Tuesday wherever you get your podcasts, or watch at YouTube.com/TheDaily Show  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Keen On Democracy
The Art of Fictionalizing Non-Fiction: Katie Hafner on Kafka, Silicon Valley and the truish story behind her novel "The Boys"

Keen On Democracy

Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2023 35:56


EPISODE 1461: In this KEEN ON episode, Andrew talks to the author of THE BOYS, Katie Hafner, about the art of fictionalizing non-fiction, Kafka and her career writing about Silicon Valley Katie Hafner was on staff at The New York Times for ten years, where she remains a frequent contributor, writing on healthcare and technology. She has also worked at Newsweek and BusinessWeek, and has written for The New York Times Magazine, Esquire, Wired, The New Republic, The Washington Post, and O, The Oprah Magazine. She is the author of five previous works of nonfiction covering a range of topics, including the origins of the Internet, computer hackers, German reunification, and the pianist Glenn Gould. Her first novel, The Boys, was published in July 2022. Katie is also co-creator and host of Lost Women of Science, a narrative podcast that illuminates the lives of remarkable female scientists whose stories have been lost to history. Named as one of the "100 most connected men" by GQ magazine, Andrew Keen is amongst the world's best known broadcasters and commentators. In addition to presenting KEEN ON, he is the host of the long-running How To Fix Democracy show. He is also the author of four prescient books about digital technology: CULT OF THE AMATEUR, DIGITAL VERTIGO, THE INTERNET IS NOT THE ANSWER and HOW TO FIX THE FUTURE. Andrew lives in San Francisco, is married to Cassandra Knight, Google's VP of Litigation & Discovery, and has two grown children. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Beyond the Scenes from The Daily Show with Trevor Noah
How The Matilda Effect Removes Women in STEM From History

Beyond the Scenes from The Daily Show with Trevor Noah

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2023 51:20


The Matilda Effect was coined in 1993 and explains the phenomenon of women's historical contributions to science getting forgotten over time. These women are not only left out of history books, but also subjected to men taking credit for their work. Daily Show writer Nicole Conlan and host of the podcast Lost Women of Science, Katie Hafner, join Roy Wood Jr. to uncover why women and girls get overlooked in the sciences and how this can be improved through representation and exposure.    Watch the original segment:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmoMm7JSHbY&t=6s   Listen to The Lost Women of Science podcast:  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lost-women-of-science/id1590670779See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Lost Women of Science
LWoS Shorts: A Complicated Woman: Leona Zacharias

Lost Women of Science

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2023 35:57


Scientist Leona Zacharias was a rare woman. She graduated from Barnard College in 1927 with a degree in biology, followed by a Ph.D. from Columbia University. But throughout her career she labored behind men with loftier titles who got the bulk of the credit. In the 1940s, when premature newborns were going blind after being born with perfectly healthy eyes, Dr. Zacharias was part of the team that worked to root out the cause. In this inaugural episode of Lost Women of Science Shorts, host Katie Hafner visits the archives at M.I.T. and The Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary in Boston to try to understand Dr. Zacharias's role in rooting out the cause.For host Katie Hafner, it's personal: Leona Zacharias was her grandmother.

Beyond the Desk
Gift Ideas

Beyond the Desk

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2022 37:20


In this episode, we welcome WAPL librarian Gina to the podcast. She, Desirae and Sarah suggest gift ideas, both fiction and nonfiction, for the various book lovers in your life—and maybe for yourself. Titles discussed in this episode include: The Boys by Katie Hafner; Go to Sleep (I Miss You) by Lucy Knisley; Hunt, Gather, Parent by Michaeleen Doucleff; How to Keep House While Drowning by KC Davis; Dinner in One by Melissa Clark; The Bone Shard Daughter by Andrea Stewart; The Witch's Heart by Genevieve Gornichec; Marple: Twelve New Stories by various writers; Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney; Slenderman by Kathleen Hale; and Strange Planet and Stranger Planet by Nathan W. Pyle. Check out books and movies at countycat.mcfls.org, wplc.overdrive.com and hoopladigital.com. For more about WAPL, visit westallislibrary.org. Music: Tim Moor via Pixabay

Lost Women of Science
The Feminist Test We Keep Failing

Lost Women of Science

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2022 21:28


There's a test that we at Lost Women of Science seem to fail again and again: the Finkbeiner Test. Named for the science writer, Ann Finkbeiner, the Finkbeiner Test is a checklist for writing profiles of female scientists without being sexist. It includes rules like not mentioning her husband's job, or her childcare arrangements, or how she was the “first woman to…”—all rules we break regularly on this show. In this episode, Katie Hafner talks to Christie Aschwanden, the science writer who created the test, and Ann Finkbeiner, who inspired it, to find out how they came up with these rules, and to see if there might be hope yet for our series. She reports her findings to Carol Sutton Lewis, who has a whole other set of rules for telling these stories.

Lost Women of Science
BONUS: The "Relentlessly Positive" Yvonne Young Clark: An Interview with Y.Y.'s Daughter, Carol Lawson

Lost Women of Science

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2022 34:19


This week, we're bringing you an episode from another podcast hosted and produced by Katie Hafner, Our Mothers Ourselves. It's a show that celebrates extraordinary mothers through conversations with their children. In this episode, Katie speaks with Yvonne Young Clark's daughter, Carol Lawson. We hope you enjoy this episode of Our Mothers Ourselves, “The ‘Relentlessly Positive' Yvonne Young Clark: An Interview with Y.Y.'s Daughter, Carol Lawson.”

Moms Don’t Have Time to Read Books
Katie Hafner, THE BOYS: A Novel

Moms Don’t Have Time to Read Books

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2022 22:45


Former staff writer at The New York Times Katie Hafner joins Zibby to discuss her debut novel, The Boys, which grew out of a conversation she and her daughter overheard on a vacation years ago. The two talk about Katie's thoughts on her own twist ending, why she wanted to work with a smaller publisher, and her love story with her late husband. Katie also shares why she warns writers to be careful when writing memoirs and why it was so freeing, as a journalist and non-fiction author, to make up her own set of facts.Purchase on Amazon or Bookshop.Amazon: https://amzn.to/3BQ4wKDBookshop: https://bit.ly/3DF2KgVSubscribe to Zibby's weekly newsletter here.Purchase Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books merch here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Downtown Writers Jam

Journalist and author Katie Hafner stopped by the Bunker to talk about her debut novel, The Boys. She and Brad took a stroll through some of the difficult times she had growing up and as a professional, but swerved through the difficulties of switching from nonfiction to fiction. And the joy of writing about goodness. Oh, and we forgot to mention that Katie not only influenced Brad's early career, she also taught a class he took at Berkeley. (There's only a few fanboy moments.) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lost Women of Science
Lost Women of Science Season 3: Trailer

Lost Women of Science

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2022 1:46


Carol Sutton Lewis, host of the podcast Ground Control Parenting, has long been interested in Black history. This season, she's joining Lost Women of Science as a cohost to help tell the story of the mechanical engineer, Yvonne Young Clark. Known as Professor Clark to her students and YY to her engineering colleagues, YY's career spanned academia and industry. She was a dedicated STEM educator and a champion of historically Black colleges and universities. Alongside cohost Katie Hafner, Carol will trace YY's life and work through fascinating chapters of Black history, from the promises of Reconstruction to integration efforts at NASA.

Talk Cocktail
How Did The Pandemic Change Us? A Conversation with Katie Hafner

Talk Cocktail

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2022 23:42


Early on in the pandemic, in the earliest days of the lockdown, we wondered this was going to change the world. Ironically, it was easier to look out and to try and figure out its impact on the world, rather than dig deeper and wonder how it might affect us. But it did give us time to think, to wonder, and for some, to be deeply creative. It gave us all a springboard to see the familiar in new ways. To cope with isolation in new ways, to reaffirm or reconstruct our most intimate relationships. All of this has given way to what might become a new genre of the pandemic art form; be it in the service of art, or music, or movies, or novels. If Katie Hafner's debut novel The Boys is any indication, it will be a great genre. My conversation with Katie Hafner: 

Books Are My People
83 - Books Are My People with Author Katie Hafner (The Boys)

Books Are My People

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2022 35:07


Click here to purchase any of the books mentioned today.This week, I am joined by Katie Hafner, author of The Boys. We talk about how reading is like matchmaking and Katie recommends some of her favorite books. Books Recommended :The Boys by Katie HafnerYou Again by Debra Jo ImmergutI The Last Housewife by Ashley WinsteadCapture the Castle by Dodie Smith Portrait of an Unknown Lady by Maria Gainza translated by Thomas BunsteadJoan is Okay by Weike Wang Other Books Mentioned:The Burning by Jonathan Kellerman and Jesse Kellerman The Darkness of Others by Cate Holahan What Storm, What Thunder by Myriam J. A. Chancy The Witches of Moonshyne Manor by Bianca Marais We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirely JacksonSouthern Book Club Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady HendrixMy Best Friend's Exorcism by Grady HendrixHorrorstor by Grady HendrixThe Final Girls Support Group by Grady HendrixBel Canto by Ann PatchettThe Patron Saint of Liars by Ann PatchettMotherthing by Ainslie HogarthKatie Hafner on Social MediaTwitter: @katiehafner Instagram: @katiehafnerOther Things Mentioned:Link up to podcast The Sh*t no one tells you about writingRecord your recommendation for the show!  Send a brief voice memo recording to booksaremypeople@gmail.com. Include title and author!Take a beginning novel writing class with me September 6 – October 28:Visit my website jennifercaloyeras.com to learn more or my Instagram page @jennifercaloyerasSign up for my newsletter: www.jennifercaloyeras.comBennet House LinkAthletcisgreen.com/emergingSupport the show

In the Bubble with Andy Slavitt
How to Treat Your COVID (with Drs. Bob Wachter and Taison Bell)

In the Bubble with Andy Slavitt

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 10, 2022 50:11


With lots of COVID treatments now available, how do you know which one, if any, is right for you? Andy found himself just as confused as the rest of us when he fell ill with the virus. Using his own experience as a case study (as well as the slightly more high profile case of President Biden), Andy seeks answers from UCSF Department of Medicine Chair Dr. Bob Wachter and UVA Critical Care and Infectious Disease Physician Dr. Taison Bell. They run through the four main treatment methods, which one works the best, and examine the link between Paxlovid and rebound cases. Keep up with Andy on Twitter @ASlavitt. Follow Dr. Bob Wachter and Dr. Taison Bell on Twitter @Bob_Wachter and @TaisonBell. Joining Lemonada Premium is a great way to support our show and get bonus content. Subscribe today at bit.ly/lemonadapremium.    Support the show by checking out our sponsors! Click this link for a list of current sponsors and discount codes for this show and all Lemonada shows: https://lemonadamedia.com/sponsors/    Check out these resources from today's episode:  Read Andy's piece in the Atlantic about the three COVID developments he's holding out hope for: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/08/covid-variant-spread-immunity-outcome/671024/ Check out “The Boys,” a new novel written by Bob's wife, Katie Hafner: https://www.spiegelandgrau.com/theboys Find vaccines, masks, testing, treatments, and other resources in your community: https://www.covid.gov/ Order Andy's book, “Preventable: The Inside Story of How Leadership Failures, Politics, and Selfishness Doomed the U.S. Coronavirus Response”: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250770165  Stay up to date with us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram at @LemonadaMedia.  For additional resources, information, and a transcript of the episode, visit lemonadamedia.com/show/inthebubble.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Commonwealth Club of California Podcast
Katie Hafner, Author of ""The Boys""

Commonwealth Club of California Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2022 58:12


Katie Hafner is a technology, health care, and society journalist who wrote on staff for The New York Times for 10 years and remains a frequent contributor. She has also worked at Newsweek and BusinessWeek and has written for many major publications, including The Washington Post and Oprah Magazine. She is the author of five previous works of nonfiction covering a range of topics, including the origins of the Internet, computer hackers, German reunification, and the pianist Glenn Gould. Hafner's first novel, The Boys, writes a charming narrative about love and the yearning for connection. The story follows Ethan Fawcett, an introvert who marries the vivacious Barb. One day Barb brings home two young brothers, Tommy and Sam, for them to foster, and when the pandemic hits, Ethan becomes obsessed with providing a perfect life for the boys. The introduction of the boys into their household drives a wedge between Ethan and Barb. Ethan decides to take the boys on a biking trip in Italy on a misguided quest for love and connection, and expectedly discovers what it will take to repair his marriage. Join us to as Katie Hafner takes us through her reflections on loneliness and community.  NOTES This program is part of our Good Lit series, underwritten by the Bernard Osher Foundation. SPEAKERS Katie Hafner Journalist; Host and Co-Executive Producer, "Lost Women of Science" Podcast; Author, The Boys Carol Edgarian Co Founder, Narrative; Author, Vera—Moderator In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, we are currently hosting all of our live programming via YouTube live stream. This program was recorded via video conference on July 18th, 2022 by the Commonwealth Club of California. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hudson Mohawk Magazine
Book House & book clubs

Hudson Mohawk Magazine

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2022 10:23


Hear about the history of book clubs and three recently released novels by lesser known authors as Brea Barthel talks with Cheryl McKeon of The Book House in Albany, a local independent store. Selections include "Singing Lessons for the Stylish Canary" (Laura Stanfill, 2022), "Lucky Turtle" (Bill Roorbach, 2022), and "The Boys" (Katie Hafner, 2022). For more info, visit www.bhny.com.

Command Line Heroes
Invisible Intruders

Command Line Heroes

Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2022 22:18


What began as a supposed accounting error landed Cliff Stoll in the midst of database intrusions, government organizations, and the beginnings of a newer threat—cyber-espionage. This led the eclectic astronomer-cum-systems administrator to create what we know today as intrusion detection. And it all began at a time when people didn't understand the importance of cybersecurity. This is a story that many in the infosec community have already heard, but the lessons from Stoll's journey are still relevant. Katie Hafner gives us the background on this unbelievable story. Richard Bejtlich outlines the “honey pot” that finally cracked open the international case. And Don Cavender discusses the impact of Stoll's work, and how it has inspired generations of security professionals.If you want to read up on some of our research on ransomware, you can check out all our bonus material over at redhat.com/commandlineheroes. Follow along with the episode transcript.  

Living With Cystic Fibrosis
Lost Women of Science

Living With Cystic Fibrosis

Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2022 35:08


 I was on a zoom conference, I was bored. it was about using my zoom account, so it wasn't extremely engaging.  I continued to listen while I wandered away from the conference and was looking on the zoom page that recommended podcasts.  One caught my eye…actually the word Cystic Fibrosis jumped out at me for obvious reasons. Then I saw the Lost women of science podcast and read the description.  It was about science pioneer, Dr. Dorothy Anderson.  I didn't know anything about her, how could I not know anything about her? .Thanks to Dr. Anderson, CF was diagnosed.  Next, I read a description about the podcast and listened to every episode about Dr. Anderson, over and over again.  Host and Executive producer Katie Hafner does a wonderful job telling the story with her voice, and the voice of others.  Hafners co-executive producer, Amy Scharf is with us today to talk about all that they uncovered about Dr. Anderson's life.Amy is a bioethicist at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City. Amy is also the Chair of Board of Children's Aid, a non-profit that provides comprehensive social, educational, and health services to children in NYC's underserved communities and an Advisory Board member of the Johns Hopkins University Berman Institute of Bioethics.We're honored to talk with her.Lost Women of Science Website: https://lostwomenofscience.org/Lost Women of Science Podcast Season 1: https://lostwomenofscience.org/season-1For more information on The Bonnell Foundation find us at:  https://thebonnellfoundation.org/Thanks to our sponsors:Vertex Pharma - the science of possibility.  https://www.vrtx.comViatris:  https://www.viatris.com/enThe original music in this podcast is performed by Kevin Allan, who happens to have Cystic Fibrosis.  You can find him on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/KevinAllanMusicThis podcast was produced by JAG in Detroit Podcasts: https://jagindetroit.com/

Math Therapy
S4E08: “Dude Walls” & the lost women of science w/ Katie Hafner

Math Therapy

Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2022 36:58


You're probably thinking “what the F*CK is a dude wall?!”, and today Vanessa talks to the incredible Katie Hafner to find out.  Katie is an author, journalist, and host of the podcast “Lost Women of Science,” whose mission is to tell the stories of female scientists who history has inconveniently forgotten. But how do we prevent this from happening in the future? How do we encourage more girls and women to go into STEM, and how do we ensure their portraits aren't left off the walls of our academic institutions?About KatieKatie Hafner is host and executive producer of Lost Women of Science. She is a longtime reporter for the New York Times, where she continues to be a frequent contributor, writing on healthcare and technology. Hafner is uniquely positioned to tell these stories. Not only does she bring a skilled hand to complex narratives, but she has been writing about women in STEM for nearly 30 years. The author of six books of nonfiction, she is currently host and executive producer of Our Mothers Ourselves, an interview podcast that celebrates extraordinary mothers.Show notes:If you see a dude wall, please email: lostwomenofscience@gmail.comListen to Lost Women of ScienceListen to Our Mothers, Ourselves, Katie's other podcastPre-order “The Boys,” Katie's book coming out in July (where the main character and his mom talk in Fortran!)Read the study from Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences about interest and perceived interest in computer scienceConnect with us:Katie Hafner: (Twitter, Website)Lost Women of Science: (Twitter, Instagram, Facebook)Vanessa Vakharia: @themathguru (Insta, Twitter, TikTok)Math Therapy: @maththerapy (Twitter)

All TWiT.tv Shows (MP3)
This Week in Google 662: Made With Lard

All TWiT.tv Shows (MP3)

Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2022 167:50 Very Popular


Elon Musk Plans to Take Twitter Public a Few Years After Buyout. Inside Twitter's emotional Friday all-hands. Twitter reports user bump, revenue miss for Q1, days after accepting Musk's takeover bid. Google previews I/O 2022 schedule, 'What's new' keynotes, and sessions. The latest Pixel Watch spec rumors show Google's trying to make a flagship. Parliament invites Elon to visit. Elon Musk considers 'slight' Twitter fee for commercial users. Tesla CEO Elon Musk attends the 2022 Met Gala. The Well: A Story of Love, Death & Real Life in the Seminal Online Community by Katie Hafner. Snap's new Pixy drone is a $230 selfie machine. Airbnb tells employees they can work remotely forever... All About Waffle House. Concede defeat against bad speech. Cameo lays off close to 90, including senior executives. Amazon to reimburse U.S. employees who travel for abortions, other treatments. SafeGraph is under fire for selling abortion data. Its CEO says more changes are coming. T-Mobile 5G Home Internet promises $50/month lifetime rate, $20 off for phone subscribers, covering fees for switchers. Facebook Pulls the Plug on Podcast Business After a Year. Google TV announces 'Favorite Channels' for Live TV tab. Google Play system updates for May bring Nearby Share to self, Google Help redesign, and more. Google Assistant in Chrome, powered by Duplex, can now auto-change stolen passwords. May's Pixel 6 and 6 Pro update primarily improves haptic feedback. Google prepares 'ChromeOS' rebrand to drop the space. Theranos merchandise on eBay sparks bloodlust among Elizabeth Holmes fans. How to Zoom Your Room: Room Rater's Ultimate Style Guide. Salt_Hank is killing it!! Picks: Stacey - Schlage Encode Plus Smart Wi-Fi lock: Apple Home Key arrives Jeff - 1990 Press Photo Jeff Jarvis, Founding Managing Editor of Entertainment Weekly on eBay Jeff - The Long S Ant - ULANZI Handheld Light Wand Ant - Fish Oil by Nature's Bounty Ant - Puritan's Pride Odorless Garlic Ant - The Mother of Black Hollywood: A Memoir Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: privacy.com/twig Compiler - TWIG itpro.tv/twit promo code TWIT30

This Week in Google (MP3)
TWiG 662: Made With Lard - Twitter earnings, Google IO preview, Airbnb WFH policy, T-Mobile home internet

This Week in Google (MP3)

Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2022 167:50


Elon Musk Plans to Take Twitter Public a Few Years After Buyout. Inside Twitter's emotional Friday all-hands. Twitter reports user bump, revenue miss for Q1, days after accepting Musk's takeover bid. Google previews I/O 2022 schedule, 'What's new' keynotes, and sessions. The latest Pixel Watch spec rumors show Google's trying to make a flagship. Parliament invites Elon to visit. Elon Musk considers 'slight' Twitter fee for commercial users. Tesla CEO Elon Musk attends the 2022 Met Gala. The Well: A Story of Love, Death & Real Life in the Seminal Online Community by Katie Hafner. Snap's new Pixy drone is a $230 selfie machine. Airbnb tells employees they can work remotely forever... All About Waffle House. Concede defeat against bad speech. Cameo lays off close to 90, including senior executives. Amazon to reimburse U.S. employees who travel for abortions, other treatments. SafeGraph is under fire for selling abortion data. Its CEO says more changes are coming. T-Mobile 5G Home Internet promises $50/month lifetime rate, $20 off for phone subscribers, covering fees for switchers. Facebook Pulls the Plug on Podcast Business After a Year. Google TV announces 'Favorite Channels' for Live TV tab. Google Play system updates for May bring Nearby Share to self, Google Help redesign, and more. Google Assistant in Chrome, powered by Duplex, can now auto-change stolen passwords. May's Pixel 6 and 6 Pro update primarily improves haptic feedback. Google prepares 'ChromeOS' rebrand to drop the space. Theranos merchandise on eBay sparks bloodlust among Elizabeth Holmes fans. How to Zoom Your Room: Room Rater's Ultimate Style Guide. Salt_Hank is killing it!! Picks: Stacey - Schlage Encode Plus Smart Wi-Fi lock: Apple Home Key arrives Jeff - 1990 Press Photo Jeff Jarvis, Founding Managing Editor of Entertainment Weekly on eBay Jeff - The Long S Ant - ULANZI Handheld Light Wand Ant - Fish Oil by Nature's Bounty Ant - Puritan's Pride Odorless Garlic Ant - The Mother of Black Hollywood: A Memoir Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: privacy.com/twig Compiler - TWIG itpro.tv/twit promo code TWIT30

Radio Leo (Audio)
This Week in Google 662: Made With Lard

Radio Leo (Audio)

Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2022 167:50


Elon Musk Plans to Take Twitter Public a Few Years After Buyout. Inside Twitter's emotional Friday all-hands. Twitter reports user bump, revenue miss for Q1, days after accepting Musk's takeover bid. Google previews I/O 2022 schedule, 'What's new' keynotes, and sessions. The latest Pixel Watch spec rumors show Google's trying to make a flagship. Parliament invites Elon to visit. Elon Musk considers 'slight' Twitter fee for commercial users. Tesla CEO Elon Musk attends the 2022 Met Gala. The Well: A Story of Love, Death & Real Life in the Seminal Online Community by Katie Hafner. Snap's new Pixy drone is a $230 selfie machine. Airbnb tells employees they can work remotely forever... All About Waffle House. Concede defeat against bad speech. Cameo lays off close to 90, including senior executives. Amazon to reimburse U.S. employees who travel for abortions, other treatments. SafeGraph is under fire for selling abortion data. Its CEO says more changes are coming. T-Mobile 5G Home Internet promises $50/month lifetime rate, $20 off for phone subscribers, covering fees for switchers. Facebook Pulls the Plug on Podcast Business After a Year. Google TV announces 'Favorite Channels' for Live TV tab. Google Play system updates for May bring Nearby Share to self, Google Help redesign, and more. Google Assistant in Chrome, powered by Duplex, can now auto-change stolen passwords. May's Pixel 6 and 6 Pro update primarily improves haptic feedback. Google prepares 'ChromeOS' rebrand to drop the space. Theranos merchandise on eBay sparks bloodlust among Elizabeth Holmes fans. How to Zoom Your Room: Room Rater's Ultimate Style Guide. Salt_Hank is killing it!! Picks: Stacey - Schlage Encode Plus Smart Wi-Fi lock: Apple Home Key arrives Jeff - 1990 Press Photo Jeff Jarvis, Founding Managing Editor of Entertainment Weekly on eBay Jeff - The Long S Ant - ULANZI Handheld Light Wand Ant - Fish Oil by Nature's Bounty Ant - Puritan's Pride Odorless Garlic Ant - The Mother of Black Hollywood: A Memoir Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: privacy.com/twig Compiler - TWIG itpro.tv/twit promo code TWIT30

This Week in Google (Video HI)
TWiG 662: Made With Lard - Twitter earnings, Google IO preview, Airbnb WFH policy, T-Mobile home internet

This Week in Google (Video HI)

Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2022 168:34


Elon Musk Plans to Take Twitter Public a Few Years After Buyout. Inside Twitter's emotional Friday all-hands. Twitter reports user bump, revenue miss for Q1, days after accepting Musk's takeover bid. Google previews I/O 2022 schedule, 'What's new' keynotes, and sessions. The latest Pixel Watch spec rumors show Google's trying to make a flagship. Parliament invites Elon to visit. Elon Musk considers 'slight' Twitter fee for commercial users. Tesla CEO Elon Musk attends the 2022 Met Gala. The Well: A Story of Love, Death & Real Life in the Seminal Online Community by Katie Hafner. Snap's new Pixy drone is a $230 selfie machine. Airbnb tells employees they can work remotely forever... All About Waffle House. Concede defeat against bad speech. Cameo lays off close to 90, including senior executives. Amazon to reimburse U.S. employees who travel for abortions, other treatments. SafeGraph is under fire for selling abortion data. Its CEO says more changes are coming. T-Mobile 5G Home Internet promises $50/month lifetime rate, $20 off for phone subscribers, covering fees for switchers. Facebook Pulls the Plug on Podcast Business After a Year. Google TV announces 'Favorite Channels' for Live TV tab. Google Play system updates for May bring Nearby Share to self, Google Help redesign, and more. Google Assistant in Chrome, powered by Duplex, can now auto-change stolen passwords. May's Pixel 6 and 6 Pro update primarily improves haptic feedback. Google prepares 'ChromeOS' rebrand to drop the space. Theranos merchandise on eBay sparks bloodlust among Elizabeth Holmes fans. How to Zoom Your Room: Room Rater's Ultimate Style Guide. Salt_Hank is killing it!! Picks: Stacey - Schlage Encode Plus Smart Wi-Fi lock: Apple Home Key arrives Jeff - 1990 Press Photo Jeff Jarvis, Founding Managing Editor of Entertainment Weekly on eBay Jeff - The Long S Ant - ULANZI Handheld Light Wand Ant - Fish Oil by Nature's Bounty Ant - Puritan's Pride Odorless Garlic Ant - The Mother of Black Hollywood: A Memoir Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: privacy.com/twig Compiler - TWIG itpro.tv/twit promo code TWIT30

All TWiT.tv Shows (Video LO)
This Week in Google 662: Made With Lard

All TWiT.tv Shows (Video LO)

Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2022 168:37


Elon Musk Plans to Take Twitter Public a Few Years After Buyout. Inside Twitter's emotional Friday all-hands. Twitter reports user bump, revenue miss for Q1, days after accepting Musk's takeover bid. Google previews I/O 2022 schedule, 'What's new' keynotes, and sessions. The latest Pixel Watch spec rumors show Google's trying to make a flagship. Parliament invites Elon to visit. Elon Musk considers 'slight' Twitter fee for commercial users. Tesla CEO Elon Musk attends the 2022 Met Gala. The Well: A Story of Love, Death & Real Life in the Seminal Online Community by Katie Hafner. Snap's new Pixy drone is a $230 selfie machine. Airbnb tells employees they can work remotely forever... All About Waffle House. Concede defeat against bad speech. Cameo lays off close to 90, including senior executives. Amazon to reimburse U.S. employees who travel for abortions, other treatments. SafeGraph is under fire for selling abortion data. Its CEO says more changes are coming. T-Mobile 5G Home Internet promises $50/month lifetime rate, $20 off for phone subscribers, covering fees for switchers. Facebook Pulls the Plug on Podcast Business After a Year. Google TV announces 'Favorite Channels' for Live TV tab. Google Play system updates for May bring Nearby Share to self, Google Help redesign, and more. Google Assistant in Chrome, powered by Duplex, can now auto-change stolen passwords. May's Pixel 6 and 6 Pro update primarily improves haptic feedback. Google prepares 'ChromeOS' rebrand to drop the space. Theranos merchandise on eBay sparks bloodlust among Elizabeth Holmes fans. How to Zoom Your Room: Room Rater's Ultimate Style Guide. Salt_Hank is killing it!! Picks: Stacey - Schlage Encode Plus Smart Wi-Fi lock: Apple Home Key arrives Jeff - 1990 Press Photo Jeff Jarvis, Founding Managing Editor of Entertainment Weekly on eBay Jeff - The Long S Ant - ULANZI Handheld Light Wand Ant - Fish Oil by Nature's Bounty Ant - Puritan's Pride Odorless Garlic Ant - The Mother of Black Hollywood: A Memoir Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: privacy.com/twig Compiler - TWIG itpro.tv/twit promo code TWIT30

Radio Leo (Video HD)
This Week in Google 662: Made With Lard

Radio Leo (Video HD)

Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2022 168:37


Elon Musk Plans to Take Twitter Public a Few Years After Buyout. Inside Twitter's emotional Friday all-hands. Twitter reports user bump, revenue miss for Q1, days after accepting Musk's takeover bid. Google previews I/O 2022 schedule, 'What's new' keynotes, and sessions. The latest Pixel Watch spec rumors show Google's trying to make a flagship. Parliament invites Elon to visit. Elon Musk considers 'slight' Twitter fee for commercial users. Tesla CEO Elon Musk attends the 2022 Met Gala. The Well: A Story of Love, Death & Real Life in the Seminal Online Community by Katie Hafner. Snap's new Pixy drone is a $230 selfie machine. Airbnb tells employees they can work remotely forever... All About Waffle House. Concede defeat against bad speech. Cameo lays off close to 90, including senior executives. Amazon to reimburse U.S. employees who travel for abortions, other treatments. SafeGraph is under fire for selling abortion data. Its CEO says more changes are coming. T-Mobile 5G Home Internet promises $50/month lifetime rate, $20 off for phone subscribers, covering fees for switchers. Facebook Pulls the Plug on Podcast Business After a Year. Google TV announces 'Favorite Channels' for Live TV tab. Google Play system updates for May bring Nearby Share to self, Google Help redesign, and more. Google Assistant in Chrome, powered by Duplex, can now auto-change stolen passwords. May's Pixel 6 and 6 Pro update primarily improves haptic feedback. Google prepares 'ChromeOS' rebrand to drop the space. Theranos merchandise on eBay sparks bloodlust among Elizabeth Holmes fans. How to Zoom Your Room: Room Rater's Ultimate Style Guide. Salt_Hank is killing it!! Picks: Stacey - Schlage Encode Plus Smart Wi-Fi lock: Apple Home Key arrives Jeff - 1990 Press Photo Jeff Jarvis, Founding Managing Editor of Entertainment Weekly on eBay Jeff - The Long S Ant - ULANZI Handheld Light Wand Ant - Fish Oil by Nature's Bounty Ant - Puritan's Pride Odorless Garlic Ant - The Mother of Black Hollywood: A Memoir Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: privacy.com/twig Compiler - TWIG itpro.tv/twit promo code TWIT30

El Librero
Yo no saludo de mano

El Librero

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2022 60:24


Desde Prólogo Jorge y Mauricio llegan con nuevas recomendaciones de las lecturas que han hecho por estos días, entre ellas "Romance en Tres Patas" de Katie Hafner, "Casa desolada" novela de Charles Dickens, "El buen nombre" escrita por Jhumpa Lahiri y "El maestro de Petersburgo" del escritor sudafricano J.M. Coetzee.También hablan del libro "Un verdor terrible" de Benjamín Labatut, de "La Esposa Diminuta" de Andrew Kaufman, "El malogrado" de Thomas Bernhard, la novela "El simpatizante" de Viet Thanh Nguyen, "EM" de la escritora vietnamita Kim Thúy, y del libro "Las cenizas del Cóndor" del chileno Fernando Butazzoni, entre otras novedades. Bienvenidos a El Librero.

Bring A Friend
My Friend the Storyteller

Bring A Friend

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2022 40:23


What's your story? That's the question we pose to Katie Hafner, award-winning New York Times journalist, seven-time author and celebrated podcast creator this week. Katie's life story meanders across country, across generations and across literary genres, and it leaves a trail of love, devotion and willingness to take creative risks. 

Next Steps Forward
A Conversation on Women and Resilience w/ Katie Hafner

Next Steps Forward

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2022 60:00


Katie Hafner is a journalist, author and current host of not one but two podcasts, Lost Women of Science and Our Mothers Ourselves. She speaks with program host Chris Meek about the focus of both of her podcasts. The first, Lost Women of Science, is a new narrative podcast that illuminates the lives of remarkable female scientists whose stories have been lost to history and have often been overshadowed by men. The show has focused on fascinating female scientists such as Dr. Dorothy Andersen, who developed the test to diagnose cystic fibrosis, and Klara Dan von Meumann who helped program the first computer in the 1940s which ultimately played a significant role in meteorology and weather forecasts. Katie will speak about these inspiring women and several others during her appearance on Next Steps Forward, as well discuss the concept of her other podcast which focuses on the children of resilient mothers. A champion of women who seeks to uplift the female gender in many of her initiatives and someone who seeks to bring forth stories of resilience into the spotlight, Katie will also give a preview of her newest book “The Boys.” Giving Katie's interview a listen is a great way to observe Women's History Month or celebrate women at any time!

Next Steps Forward
A Conversation on Women and Resilience w/ Katie Hafner

Next Steps Forward

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2022 60:00


Katie Hafner is a journalist, author and current host of not one but two podcasts, Lost Women of Science and Our Mothers Ourselves. She speaks with program host Chris Meek about the focus of both of her podcasts. The first, Lost Women of Science, is a new narrative podcast that illuminates the lives of remarkable female scientists whose stories have been lost to history and have often been overshadowed by men. The show has focused on fascinating female scientists such as Dr. Dorothy Andersen, who developed the test to diagnose cystic fibrosis, and Klara Dan von Meumann who helped program the first computer in the 1940s which ultimately played a significant role in meteorology and weather forecasts. Katie will speak about these inspiring women and several others during her appearance on Next Steps Forward, as well discuss the concept of her other podcast which focuses on the children of resilient mothers. A champion of women who seeks to uplift the female gender in many of her initiatives and someone who seeks to bring forth stories of resilience into the spotlight, Katie will also give a preview of her newest book “The Boys.” Giving Katie's interview a listen is a great way to observe Women's History Month or celebrate women at any time!

Living With Cystic Fibrosis
Salt in My Soul

Living With Cystic Fibrosis

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2022 55:02


Mallory Smiths book, Salt in my Soul was published posthumously by her mother, Diane Shader Smith (husband Mark) after she died from CF at the age of 25 years old.  Smith died after a double lung transplant.  So many people have read her book.  I bought it years ago, but was never able to read it.  I have a mental block, lots of CF books sitting on my shelf that I can't read.  I am living this life, I am raising not one but two girls with cystic fibrosis.  I didn't think I could handle any of these books, but I bought them, and they sat on my shelf. Serendipity happened to me, as it always does with CF related incidents. I was on a  zoom webinar, got bored, and started looking at their Ads.  One popped out at me:  Lost Women of Science with NY Times reporter Katie Hafner. She did a four part series about Dr. Dorothy Anderson, who discovered in 1938, that CF existed.  So for whatever reason, it seemed time  to start reading all these books I had -- with my girls at 27 and 24 years old, it was time to delve into everything CF. At this time Diane Shader Smith and Director, Will Battersby were debuting their film, Salt in my Soul.  It was Mallory's story on film.  It featured her videos, writings, her story.  I didn't know what to expect, but after watching it I felt like Diane was my CF Mom Soulmate and I had to talk to her.  That's where our story begins.In this podcast you'll hear from Diane and Will.  We talked about everything from Phage therapy that could have saved Mallory, to staying strong and pushing for more in the world of CF.  Will Battersby: @Battersby4WillFilm link: saltinmysouldoc.comDiane Shader Smith: @dianeshadersmthTrailer link: https://youtu.be/m5779DFldHAFilm: @SaltInMySoulDocMore on phage therapy: @YalePhageSalt in My Soul Website: https://saltinmysouldoc.com/ 

Friends in Your Ears
93: Katie Hafner and Leah Lemm

Friends in Your Ears

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 31, 2021 8:57


Katie, Leah and Kathy talk about minorities, writing, parenting, and of course, podcasting in this very special episode of Friends In Your Ears. Theme Music by Christopher and Adelaide Breen Edited by Dear Podcast Incomparable Memberships!: Sign up, help support this show, and get some fun bonus material. Kathy Campbell with Katie Hafner and Leah Lemm.

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Superfeed! from The Incomparable
Friends in Your Ears 93: Katie Hafner and Leah Lemm

Superfeed! from The Incomparable

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 31, 2021 8:57


Katie, Leah and Kathy talk about minorities, writing, parenting, and of course, podcasting in this very special episode of Friends In Your Ears. Theme Music by Christopher and Adelaide Breen Edited by Dear Podcast Incomparable Memberships!: Sign up, help support this show, and get some fun bonus material. Host Kathy Campbell with Katie Hafner and Leah Lemm.

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Making Media Now
Discovering ”The Lost Women of Science”

Making Media Now

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2021 36:13


On this episode, host Michael Azevedo speaks with journalist and author Katie Hafner, and bioethicist Amy Scharf about the Lost Women of Science Initiative, a new educational nonprofit organization created to research and promote the stories of the forgotten women of science. The initiative's mission is to raise awareness of the pivotal role women have played in scientific discoveries and innovations, and to promote interest in STEM education and careers - especially among girls and young women.    The Lost Women of Science podcast launches on November 4, in partnership with public media organization PRX and the award-winning Scientific American magazine. Katie Hafner is the host and Amy Scharf is one of the co-executive producers. The podcast series will present deeply reported narratives of female scientists previously unrecognized by the general public for their accomplishments. The first season will include four in-depth episodes centered on Dr. Dorothy Andersen (1901-1963), a brilliant pathologist and pediatrician who discovered and named cystic fibrosis in the 1930s.    Making Media Now is sponsored by Filmmakers Collaborative, a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting media makers from across the creative spectrum. From providing fiscal sponsorship to presenting an array of informative and educational programs, FC supports creatives at every step in their journey.   About the host: www.mrazvo.com and https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-azevedo/ Sound Engineer: A.J. Kierstead 

The Golfer's Journal Podcast
Episode 90: Views from the Hollins Tees

The Golfer's Journal Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2021 57:47


Why are the Hollins tees at Pasatiempo—named for one of the longest hitters in women's history—so far forward? Why is putting the tee in the ground as a beginner so scary? How did Tom Coyne come up with the "Burger Dog Index?" Today's podcast guest comes ready with answers. Amidst a successful career at the New York Times, Katie Hafner has recently turned her lens toward golf after falling for the game. She joins the pod to discuss her piece in TGJ No. 17 on Pasatiempo and its founder Marion Hollins, the true impact pioneers like Hollins continue to have on the game, writing an early obituary for Golf in the Kingdom's Michael Murphy and much more.

Our Mothers Ourselves
Benter Akoth, Determined to Educate Girls. A Conversation with Enos Magaga.

Our Mothers Ourselves

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2021 30:44


Benter Akoth was born and lives in Kenya, where education is often seen as an opportunity that is given only to boys. But Benter has wanted to change that ever since she was told in primary school that girls could also be things like doctors, engineers, and architects, if they got educated. Although her own education was cut short, she passed on her conviction that girls should be educated too to her son Enos Magaga. He has taken this ideal and made it his life's work.This week Katie Semro fills in as host for Katie Hafner, and talks with Magaga about how his mother taught him to value education for girls and to respect women despite this being completely contrary to what he saw around him.For more about Magaga's work educating girls in Kenya with Beads for Education visit their website: http://www.beadsforeducation.org/Artwork by Paula Mangin (@PaulaBallah).Music composed and performed by Andrea Perry.Producer: Katie SemroExecutive Producer: Katie HafnerMother Word Cloud: Please contribute the one word that best describes your mother to the Mother Word Cloud. Note: Our sister podcast, Mother Mine, has moved to its own feed. Click here to listen on Apple Podcasts, or search for Mother Mine wherever you listen. 

Our Mothers Ourselves
Luca Di Pietro: Creating community around food

Our Mothers Ourselves

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2021 31:06


Although we usually celebrate mothers here on Our Mothers Ourselves, once a year for Fathers' Day we celebrate a father. This year Katie Semro, from the Mother Mine mini-series, fills in for Katie Hafner as host, and talks with Isabella Di Pietro about her father Luca who owns and runs the Tarallucci e Vino restaurants in NYC. Katie talks with Isabella about how the family rose to the challenges of the pandemic by creating the organization Feed the Frontlines NYC which not only helped them save their restaurant and keep their staff, but also helped other restaurants do the same whilst feeding health care workers and New Yorkers experiencing food insecurity. Listen to hear the story of how good food, soccer, and an open mind make Luca an extraordinary father. Artwork by Paula Mangin (@PaulaBallah).Music composed and performed by Andrea Perry.Producer: Katie SemroExecutive Producer: Katie HafnerMother Word Cloud: Please contribute the one word that best describes your mother to the Mother Word Cloud. 

Our Mothers Ourselves
Linda Heidenreich, A Life Fully Lived. A Conversation with Brittany Zaccagnini

Our Mothers Ourselves

Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2021 30:35


This week, Katie Semro, from the Mother Mine mini-series, fills in for Katie Hafner as host. Katie interviews her childhood best friend Brittany Zaccagnini about her mother Linda Steed Heidenreich’s 54 years of life lived fully.Linda was a vivacious woman who made everyone she met feel special. She loved her family, and also worked hard in a variety of careers. And yet, as Brittany tells Katie, her mother never put any pressure on her children to be perfect. Linda managed to encourage them to strive hard but was never disappointed with them. She asked only that they try their best. Artwork by Paula Mangin (@PaulaBallah).Music composed and performed by Andrea Perry.Producer: Katie SemroExecutive Producer: Katie HafnerMother Word Cloud: Please contribute the one word that best describes your mother to the Mother Word Cloud. 

Radio UV
Oye, lee y dile - Emiliano Becerril

Radio UV

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2021 31:08


Oye, lee y dile con sana distancia es una serie que conducen Germán Martínez y Alma Espinosa. Oye, lee y dile es el espacio radiofónico de la Editorial de la Universidad Veracruzana, sus libros y sus autores. Nuestro invitado de hoy es Emiliano Becerril, editor y director de la Editorial Elefanta, quien nos hablará del libro Romance en tres patas, libro de la periodista Katie Hafner, quien recopila la vida de Glen Gould.

The History of Computing
The WELL, an Early Internet Community

The History of Computing

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2021 19:09


The Whole Earth ‘lectronic Link, or WELL, was started by Stewart Brand and Larry Brilliant in 1985, and is still available at well.com. We did an episode on Stewart Brand: Godfather of the Interwebs and he was a larger than life presence amongst many of the 1980s former hippies that were shaping our digital age. From his assistance producing The Mother Of All Demos to the Whole Earth Catalog inspiring Steve Jobs and many others to his work with Ted Nelson, there's probably only a few degrees separating him from anyone else in computing.  Larry Brilliant is another counter-culture hero. He did work as a medical professional for the World Health Organization to eradicate smallpox and came home to teach at the University of Michigan. The University of Michigan had been working on networked conferencing since the 70s when Bob Parnes wrote CONFER, which would be used at Wayne State where Brilliant got his MD. But CONFER was a bit of a resource hog. PicoSpan was written by Marcus Watts in 1983. Pico is a small text editor in many a UNIX variant and network is network. Why small, well, modems that dialed into bulletin boards were pretty slow back then.  Marcus worked at NETI, who then bought the rights for PicoSpan to take to market. So Brilliant was the chairman of NETI at the time and approached Brand about starting up a bulletin-board system (BBS). Brilliant proposed NETI would supply the gear and software and that Brand would use his, uh, brand - and Whole Earth following, to fill the ranks. Brand's non-profit The Point Foundation would own half and NETI would own the other half.  It became an early online community outside of academia, and an important part of the rise of the splinter-nets and a holdout to the Internet. For a time, at least.  PicoSpan gave users conferences. These were similar to PLATO Notes files, where a user could create a conversation thread and people could respond. These were (and still are) linear and threaded conversations. Rather than call them Notes like PLATO did, PicSpan referred to them as “conferences” as “online conferencing” was a common term used to describe meeting online for discussions at the time. EIES had been around going back to the 1970s, so Brand had some ideas abut what an online community could be - having used it. Given the sharp drop in the cost of storage there was something new PicoSpan could give people: the posts could last forever. Keep in mind, the Mac still didn't ship with a hard drive in 1984. But they were on the rise.  And those bits that were preserved were manifested in words. Brand brought a simple mantra: You Own Your Own Words. This kept the hands of the organization clean and devoid of liability for what was said on The WELL - but also harkened back to an almost libertarian bent that many in technology had at the time. Part of me feels like libertarianism meant something different in that era. But that's a digression. Whole Earth Review editor Art Kleiner flew up to Michigan to get the specifics drawn up. NETI's investment had about a quarter million dollar cash value. Brand stayed home and came up with a name. The Whole Earth ‘lectronic Link, or WELL.  The WELL was not the best technology, even at the time. The VAX was woefully underpowered for as many users as The WELL would grow to, and other services to dial into and have discussions were springing up. But it was one of the most influential of the time. And not because they recreated the extremely influential Whole Earth catalog in digital form like Brilliant wanted, which would have been similar to what Amazon reviews are like now probably. But instead, the draw was the people.  The community was fostered first by Matthew McClure, the initial director who was a former typesetter for the Whole Earth Catalog. He'd spent 12 years on a commune called The Farm and was just getting back to society. They worked out that they needed to charge $8 a month and another couple bucks an hour to make minimal a profit.  So McClure worked with NETI to get the Fax up and they created the first conference, General. Kevin Kelly from the Whole Earth Review and Brand would start discussions and Brand mentioned The WELL in some of his writings. A few people joined, and then a few more.  Others from The Farm would join him. Cliff Figallo, known as Cliff, was user 19 and John Coate, who went by Tex, came in to run marketing. In those first few years they started to build up a base of users. It started with hackers and journalists, who got free accounts. And from there great thinkers joined up. People like Tom Mandel from Stanford Research Institute, or SRI. He would go on to become the editor of Time Online. His partner Nana. Howard Rheingold, who would go on to write a book called The Virtual Community. And they attracted more. Especially Dead Heads, who helped spread the word across the country during the heyday of the Grateful Dead.  Plenty of UNIX hackers also joined. After all, the community was finding a nexus in the Bay Area at the time. They added email in 1987 and it was one of those places you could get on at least one part of this whole new internet thing. And need help with your modem? There's a conference for that. Need to talk about calling your birth mom who you've never met because you were adopted? There's a conference for that as well. Want to talk sexuality with a minister? Yup, there's a community for that. It was one of the first times that anyone could just reach out and talk to people. And the community that was forming also met in person from time to time at office parties, furthering the cohesion.  We take Facebook groups, Slack channels, and message boards for granted today. We can be us or make up a whole new version of us. We can be anonymous and just there to stir up conflict like on 4Chan or we can network with people in our industry like on LinkedIn. We can chat real time, which is similar to the Send option on The WELL. Or we can post threaded responses to other comments. But the social norms and trends were proving as true then as now. Communities grow, they fragment, people create problems, people come, people go. And sometimes, as we grow, we inspire.  Those early adopters of The WELL inspired Craig Newmark of Craigslist to the growing power of the Internet. And future developers of Apple. Hippies versus nerds but not really versus, but coming to terms with going from “computers are part of the military industrial complex keeping us down” philosophy to more of a free libertarian information superhighway that persisted for decades. The thought that the computer would set us free and connect the world into a new nation, as John Perry Barlow would sum up perfectly in “A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace”. By 1990 people like Barlow could make a post on The WELL from Wyoming and have Mitch Kapor, the founder of Lotus, makers of Lotus 1-2-3 show up at his house after reading the post - and they could join forces with the 5th employee of Sun Microsystems and GNU Debugging Cypherpunk John Gilmore to found the Electronic Foundation. And as a sign of the times that's the same year The WELL got fully connected to the Internet. By 1991 they had grown to 5,000 subscribers. That was the year Bruce Katz bought NETI's half of the well for $175,000. Katz had pioneered the casual shoe market, changing the name of his families shoe business to Rockport and selling it to Reebok for over $118 million.  The WELL had posted a profit a couple of times but by and large was growing slower than competitors. Although I'm not sure any o the members cared about that. It was a smaller community than many others but they could meet in person and they seemed to congeal in ways that other communities didn't. But they would keep increasing in size over the next few years. In that time Fig replaced himself with Maurice Weitman, or Mo - who had been the first person to sign up for the service. And Tex soon left as well.  Tex would go to become an early webmaster of The Gate, the community from the San Francisco Chronicle. Fig joined AOL's GNN and then became director of community at Salon. But AOL. You see, AOL was founded in the same year. And by 1994 AOL was up to 1.25 million subscribers with over a million logging in every day. CompuServe, Prodigy, Genie, Dephi were on the rise as well. And The WELL had thousands of posts a day by then but was losing money and not growing like the others. But I think the users of the service were just fine with that. The WELL was still growing slowly and yet for many, it was too big. Some of those left. Some stayed. Other communities, like The River, fragmented off. By then, The Point Foundation wanted out so sold their half of The WELL to Katz for $750,000 - leaving Katz as the first full owner of The WELL.  I mean, they were an influential community because of some of the members, sure, but more because the quality of the discussions. Academics, drugs, and deeply personal information. And they had always complained about figtex or whomever was in charge - you know, the counter-culture is always mad at “The Management.” But Katz was not one of them. He honestly seems to have tried to improve things - but it seems like everything he tried blew up in his face.  So Katz further alienated the members and fired Mo and brought on Maria Wilhelm, but they still weren't hitting that hyper-growth, with membership getting up to around 10,000 - but by then AOL was jumping from 5,000,000 to 10,000,000. But again, I've not found anyone who felt like The WELL should have been going down that same path. The subscribers at The WELL were looking for an experience of a completely different sort. By 1995 Gail Williams allowed users to create their own topics and the unruly bunch just kinda' ruled themselves in a way. There was staff and drama and emotions and hurt feelings and outrage and love and kindness and, well, community. By the late 90s, the buzz word at many a company were all about building communities, and there were indeed plenty of communities growing. But none like The WELL. And given that some of the founders of Salon had been users of The WELL, Salon bought The WELL in 1999 and just kinda' let it fly under the radar. The influence continued with various journalists as members.  The web came. And the members of The WELL continued their community. Award winning but a snapshot in time in a way. Living in an increasingly secluded corner of cyberspace, a term that first began life in a present tense on The WELL, if you got it, you got it. In 2012, after trying to sell The WELL to another company, Salon finally sold The WELL to a group of members who had put together enough money to buy it. And The WELL moved into the current, more modern form of existence. To quote the site: Welcome to a gathering that's like no other. The WELL, launched back in 1985 as the Whole Earth ‘Lectronic Link, continues to provide a cherished watering hole for articulate and playful thinkers from all walks of life. For more about why conversation is so treasured on The WELL, and why members of the community banded together to buy the site in 2012, check out the story of The WELL. If you like what you see, join us! It sounds pretty inviting. And it's member supported. Like National Public Radio kinda'. In what seems like an antiquated business model, it's $15 per month to access the community. And make no mistake, it's a community.  You Own Your Own Words. If you pay to access a community, you don't sign the ownership of your words away in a EULA. You don't sign away rights to sell your data to advertisers along with having ads shown to you in increasing numbers in a hunt for ever more revenue. You own more than your words, you own your experience. You are sovereign.  This episode doesn't really have a lot of depth to it. Just as most online forums lack the kind of depth that could be found on the WELL. I am a child of a different generation, I suppose. Through researching each episode of the podcast, I often read books, conduct interviews (a special thanks to Help A Reporter Out), lurk in conferences, and try to think about the connections, the evolution, and what the most important aspects of each are. There is a great little book from Katie Hafner called The Well: A Story Of Love, Death, & Real Life. I recommend it. There's also Howard Rheingold's The Virtual Community and John Seabrook's Deeper: Adventures on the Net. Oh, and From Counterculture to Cyberculture: Stewart Brand, the Whole Earth Network, And the Rise of Digital Utopianism from Fred Turner and Siberia by Douglas Rushkoff. At a minimum, I recommend reading Katie Hafner's wired article and then her most excellent book! Oh, and to hear about other ways the 60s Counterculture helped to shape the burgeoning technology industry, check out What the Dormouse Said by John Markoff.  And The WELL comes up in nearly every book as one of the early commercial digital communities. It's been written about in Wired, in The Atlantic, makes appearances in books like Broad Band by Claire Evans, and The Internet A Historical Encyclopedia.  The business models out there to build and run  and grow a company have seemingly been reduced to a select few. Practically every online community has become free with advertising and data being the currency we parlay in exchange for a sense of engagement with others.  As network effects set in and billionaires are created, others own our words. They think the lifestyle business is quaint - that if you aren't outgrowing a market segment that you are shrinking. And a subscription site that charges a monthly access fee to cgi code with a user experience that predates the UX field on the outside might affirm that philosophy -especially since anyone can see your real name. But if we look deeper we see a far greater truth: that these barriers keep a small corner of cyberspace special - free from Russian troll farms and election stealing and spam bots. And without those distractions we find true engagement. We find real connections that go past the surface. We find depth. It's not lost after all.  Thank you for being part of this little community. We are so lucky to have you. Have a great day.

In the Bubble with Andy Slavitt
Toolkit: Where Is My Vaccine?

In the Bubble with Andy Slavitt

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2021 49:12


Now that we are a couple of months into the vaccine rollout, we wanted to answer more of your vaccine-related questions. Dr. Bob asks Paul Offit your questions about what more we've learned about the vaccines in terms of safety, efficacy and vaccinating kids. Ruth Faden tackles your questions about the ethics of deciding who gets the shots first, jumping the line, and vaccination passports. Plus, Dr. Bob and his wife Katie Hafner discuss what it's like when one person in a bubble is vaccinated and the other isn’t.   Follow Dr. Bob on Twitter @Bob_Wachter and check out In the Bubble’s new Twitter account @inthebubblepod.   Follow Paul Offit @DrPaulOffit and Ruth Faden @fadenethx on Twitter.   Keep up with Andy in D.C. on Twitter @ASlavitt and Instagram @andyslavitt.   In the Bubble is supported in part by listeners like you. Become a member, get exclusive bonus content, ask Andy questions, and get discounted merch at https://www.lemonadamedia.com/inthebubble/    Support the show by checking out our sponsors!   Click this link for a list of current sponsors and discount codes for this show and all Lemonada shows: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NEJFhcReE4ejw2Kw7ba8DVJ1xQLogPwA/view    Check out these resources from today’s episode:    Find your place in the line for the COVID-19 vaccine with this tool from The New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/12/03/opinion/covid-19-vaccine-timeline.html  Keep track of the U.S.’s vaccine rollout with this graphic from The Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/health/covid-vaccine-states-distribution-doses/  Read more on what Dr. Paul Offit thinks of President Biden’s plan to distribute 100 million vaccines in 100 days: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/21/health/biden-covid-vaccine-supply.html  Check out this New Yorker article featuring Ruth Faden, asking if it’s wrong to take advantage of technicalities and glitches in the vaccine distribution: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/should-you-wait-your-turn-for-the-covid-19-vaccine.html  Learn more about Dr. Bob Wachter and the UCSF Department of Medicine here: https://medicine.ucsf.edu/   To follow along with a transcript and/or take notes for friends and family, go to www.lemonadamedia.com/show/in-the-bubble shortly after the air date.   Stay up to date with us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram at @LemonadaMedia. For additional resources, information, and a transcript of the episode, visit lemonadamedia.com. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Connected Social Media
Tech Tonics: Dr. Sally Shaywitz: Advancing Science, Driving Policy, Overcoming Dyslexia

Connected Social Media

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2020


Dr. Sally Shaywitz – Yes, she is David’s mom – has brought an entrepreneur’s mindset to her life’s work in dyslexia, recognizing the condition as a prevalent and underappreciated need, then working tirelessly to advance the science and enact the policy required to fully unlock the potential within so many brilliant individuals.  Sally has helped a huge array of individuals access what she has famously termed their “sea of strengths”. The daughter of two immigrants who had escaped Eastern Europe at the turn of the century and arrived in America in search of a better life, Sally was born and grew up up in the Bronx, New York. The family wasn’t well-off: her father was a dressmaker, her mom, a homemaker. Yet she describes her childhood, with her parents and older sister, Irene, as “overflowing with love.” Sally attended college at the City College of New York (CCNY), and after initially contemplating a career in law, found herself drawn to medicine, and was accepted early into the medical school of her choice, Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Tragically, the same year, Sally’s mom was afflicted with endometrial cancer, and despite what initially seemed like an encouraging prognosis, she grew progressively ill and ultimately passed away, a particularly devastating experience given the family’s especially close emotional bonds. While entering medical school with a heavy heart, Sally soon found she resonated with what she describes as the humanity and warmth of medicine; she was especially drawn to pediatrics, pursuing it herself and marrying a pediatrician, Bennett Shaywitz, she met the summer after her first year of medical school. While Sally was one of only four women in a class of 100, she generally found the men to be far friendlier; similarly, during her pediatrics training. When she wanted to organize her schedule so she could take time off to be with her first child, it was her female colleagues, she said, who resisted and rejected the idea. After completing her training in pediatrics and a fellowship in developmental pediatrics, Sally and her family – now with three children – moved to Dayton, OH, where her husband had been assigned by the Air Force to run a research center during the Vietnam War. Sally decided she wanted to focus on her children, and put her career on hold. She loved the experience, and wrote about it for the New York Times Sunday Magazine, focusing on the contrast between, as she describes it, what “enlightened women” were taught about motherhood and how, in her experience, it was so much more instinctive, positive and fulfilling. The family subsequently relocated to suburban Connecticut after Bennett accepted a position at Yale Medical School. Sally says she initially planned to be a stay-at-home mom, but found the available social environment intellectually deadening. She began to see patients out of her home – an experience she wrote up for Ms. Magazine – and was soon recruited by Yale to care for the learning disorder patients that apparently no one else was interested in seeing. The field was viewed at the time as a bit of a backwater (the starting point of so many entrepreneurial journeys!), but Sally found she really enjoyed taking care of patients with dyslexia, and was determined to drive their care forward. This mission would come to define Sally’s career (and soon, Bennett’s as well, as they began to work as a team), starting with a transformative longitudinal study (now in its 37th year, and counting!) that evolved into an extensive clinical research program. Their research revealed that dyslexia was surprisingly common – affecting about 20% of the population – and that it doesn’t spontaneously regress with age. Sally developed what’s now commonly called the “sea of strengths” model, which describes dyslexia as a localized deficit in the way language is processed, so reading takes longer. It is a problem often seen in children with tremendous strengths; thus, it becomes particularly important to evaluate dyslexics on what they do know – their reasoning ability, say – and not to mistakenly undervalue their potential simply because they are slow readers. Accommodations such as additional time for tests can prove transformative in allowing a dyslexic’s intrinsic ability to be revealed and meaningfully assessed. As a consequence of impact of this research, Sally and Bennett achieved exceptional academic success – both are endowed professors at Yale Medical School, elected members of the National Academy of Medicine, and have led many NIH grants and program projects. Yet – like many entrepreneurs — they were also determined to drive the science into palpable change, in this case for dyslexic students and their families. Together they co-founded the Yale Center for Dyslexia & Creativity and have relentlessly focused not only on advancing the research, but also on ensuring the knowledge finds expression in public policy.  They frequently testify before Congress and state legislatures, for example. In 2003, Sally summarized her learnings in her best-selling book, Overcoming Dyslexia; earlier this year, she released a completely-revised and updated second edition, which has been similarly well-received. We are grateful to Manatt Health for sponsoring today’s episode of Tech Tonics. Manatt Health integrates strategic business consulting, public policy acumen, legal excellence and deep analytics capabilities to better serve the complex needs of clients across America’s healthcare system. Together with it’s parent company, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, the firm’s multidisciplinary team is dedicated to helping its clients across all industries grow and prosper. Show Notes: “Catch-22 For Mothers” – by Sally Shaywitz, New York Times Sunday Magazine, March 4, 1973 Yale Center for Dyslexia & Creativity (YCDC) “Success Stories” – profiles of exceptional dyslexics, from YCDC site “The Couple Who Helped Decode Dyslexia” by Katie Hafner, New York Times, September 21, 2018 “Test Early To Detect Dyslexia – Our Children Deserve Nothing Less” by Ruben Navarrette Jr., Washington Post Writer’s Group (syndicated column, October 2020). Overcoming Dyslexia, 2nd Edition (Knopf, 2020) About the Yale Dyslexia panel – 2015 – featuring Ari Emanuel, Diane Swonk, Brian Grazer, Toby Cosgrove, David Boies, with remarks by Senators Chris Murphy (D-CT) and Bill Cassidy (R-LA), and by Valerie Jarrett.

Our Mothers Ourselves
Audre Lorde's The Cancer Journals, 40 years on. A conversation with Elizabeth Lorde-Rollins

Our Mothers Ourselves

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2020 33:56 Transcription Available


A self-described “Black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet,” Audre Lorde had a poem for every occasion, says her daughter, Dr. Elizabeth Lorde-Rollins, in this week’s conversation with Katie Hafner. Lorde's lifelong love of words led her to a life as a renowned poet and author of more than a dozen volumes. Her poetry is unflinching, raw and filled with rage against social, racial and sexual norms. In 1978, Lorde was diagnosed with breast cancer and underwent a radical mastectomy. Her experiences and emotions at that time were chronicled in her diaries, which were then published in a book titled, The Cancer Journals. The Cancer Journals was among the first narratives to lend voice to the physical and emotional isolation of breast cancer, is now being republished 40 years after its original release. Elizabeth, an ob-gyn who is currently studying acupuncture, speaks about her reactions to her mother's work when she was young, her mother's life and legacy, and the continued relevance of her work.Fittingly, Penguin Classic's new edition coincides with Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Forty years after The Cancer Journals was first published, Black women still have the highest breast cancer death rate of all racial and ethnic groups in the U.S., and they’re 42% more likely to die of breast cancer than white women are. This is just plain wrong and it needs to be redressed.To coincide with its literary tribute to Audre Lorde, Penguin Random House has pledged its support to Black Women's Health Imperative, an organization that supports health and wellness initiatives for Black women. We hope you'll support BWHI, too. Here's their Web site.Further ways you can donate: Susan G. Komen organization, Ralph Lauren's Pink Pony Campaign and/or Breast Cancer Action, an organization we think Audre would heartily approve of.Music composed and performed by Andrea Perry.Artwork by Paula Mangin. (@PaulaBallah)Intern: Rosie Manock (@RosieManock)

LFPL's At the Library Series
Mother Daughter Me : Katie Hafner 07-23-13 (rebroadcast)

LFPL's At the Library Series

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2020


The complex relationship between mothers and daughters is brought to life in Katie Hafner's memoir, an exploration of the year she and her octagenarian mother, Helen, spent working through a lifetime of unresolved emotions - along with the author's teenage daughter. Katie Hafner is a regular contributor to The New York Times, writing on healthcare and technology, and is the author of five previous works of nonfiction.

Health Unchained Podcast
Ep. 63: Healthcare Smart Contracts with DAML - Corey Todaro (Digital Asset)

Health Unchained Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2020 85:37


Corey Todaro is Senior Product manager at Digital Asset. Corey also spent a few years at Hashed Health, one of the earliest companies trying to bring blockchain tech to healthcare. We talked about the effects of COVID19 on the healthcare system, the development of DAML, and how healthcare stakeholders feel about all these new technologies. DAML is completely open-source programming language for writing distributed applications and the well supported SDK is available on DAML.com. Show Notes •Introduction of Corey's background in education and cultural/religious studies •Journey into technology, business, and healthcare in your career •COVID19 pandemic has revealed that the healthcare industry is over-optimized •When did you first hear about blockchain? •Experience at Hashed Health •Designing DLT solutions in the healthcare industry •DAML is an open source programming language for dapps •“DAML sits at a higher level of abstraction closer to the business layer than to the persistence layer (database/blockchain layer)” •DAML is blockchain protocol agnostic – it’s interoperable with multiple blockchains •Why is DAML unique compared to other smart contract programming languages? •Governance best practices that you've learned are prerequisites for network success •Healthcare Consortia •Structure of a good multi-party application deployment •What are the biggest misconceptions of blockchain when you speak with various healthcare executives? •FHIR and Consumer health data ecosystem •How can various healthcare stakeholders benefit from a decentralized ecosystem? (Patients, providers, payers, pharma, and research) •Industry Partners and customer traction - existing partners and pilot projects •Digital Asset is backed by large banks and institutions. Is there a consideration for the crypto communities who believe blockchain and cryptocurrency will end the big banks? •Can you describe the competitive and/or cooperative landscape? •What do you believe in that most people would disagree with? – “Religion is an artificial construct” •Favorite books: Map is not Territory by Jonathon Z. Smith; Where wizards stay up late by Katie Hafner; Contract theory by Patrick Bolton; Moonshine behind the Monster by Terry Gannon. •Have you changed your mind on anything recently and what made you change it? Corey thinks Decentralized Identity actually has some potential now •If you had to have micro chip implanted in your body, where would you want it to be implanted? Ears or Eyes •Coping with physical distancing measures •Wrap-up and Final Takeaways News Corner links On May 7th, Zoom announced its acquisition of Keybase to strengthen its security of the video communications platform. Keybase, which launched in 2014, has developed an encrypted social networking service that allows users to tie their identities to a user’s PGP key or other encryption keys. https://blog.zoom.us/wordpress/2020/05/07/zoom-acquires-keybase-and-announces-goal-of-developing-the-most-broadly-used-enterprise-end-to-end-encryption-offering/ https://blog.zoom.us/wordpress/2020/03/30/using-zoom-for-telehealth-virtual-care/ https://decrypt.co/28121/keybase-users-revolt-following-zoom-acquisition https://www.forbes.com/sites/kateoflahertyuk/2020/05/07/zoom-buys-keybase-in-powerful-security-move-how-this-could-change-everything/ Health Unchained Links Website: https://healthunchained.org Telegram: t.me/healthunchained Twitter: twitter.com/Healthunchaind Bert’s Blockchain and Healthcare Weekly Newsletter: https://bert.substack.com/

Our Mothers Ourselves
Mrs. Fitzpatrick -- Does She Have a First Name?

Our Mothers Ourselves

Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2020 21:39 Transcription Available


In this inaugural podcast of Our Mothers Ourselves, Katie Hafner talks with Ellen Fitzpatrick, a professor of 20th century U.S. history, about her mother, Mary.Mrs. Fitzpatrick was for many years a favorite math teacher at Amherst Regional High School. She majored in math at U Mass in the 1940s, and went on to raise six kids while working full-time. Widowed suddenly in 1975 at age 52, Mary Fitzpatrick carried on. Hers wasn't a flashy life, but it was a meaningful one, leaving a deep impression on thousands of people at a pivotal time in their lives. And it makes you think: It really does matter how you live your life every day.

Commonwealth Club of California Podcast
Relieving Social Isolation Among Seniors

Commonwealth Club of California Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2020 61:23


Through the adept facilitation of journalist Katie Hafner, the audience will hear directly from four expert panelists from four key service organizations that are helping to connect older adults at risk of social isolation. Village organizations, assisted living communities, phone line support services and senior centers are facing new challenges to support and connect at-risk older adults and disabled people in this time of social distancing and self-quarantine. Each of the four types of organizations is different. Learning how all four are working from different angles to meet the challenge of social isolation posed by this epidemic will give a sense of what is possible—and hopefully will generate ideas to open even more avenues for socialization. To bring it all together, Commonwealth Club president and CEO Dr. Gloria Duffy will give us her family's firsthand perspective of living with her aging mother who suddenly finds herself separated from the groups and activities that would routinely bring connection and variety to her life. MLF Organizer: John Milford MLF: Grownups Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Voices of Esalen
Katie Hafner: Truth in Memoir

Voices of Esalen

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2020 28:04


Katie Hafner is the author of the memoir "Mother, Daughter, Me," the unsettling true story of how she and her daughter took in her estranged mother for a year. She is also an accomplished journalist, having written for the New York Times since 1991, as well as for Newsweek, Esquire, Wired, and the New Republic. We talked about how her background in journalism aided her in writing a difficult memoir, and what it’s like to grapple with the truth in these disparate genres. We also went back and forth about our favorite memoirs and the writers behind them - you may want to take some notes, you’re sure to pick a few gems.

BearTalk
S1 E20: BearTalk featuring This Week's News

BearTalk

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2019 4:56


In this episode of BearTalk, we talk about JROTC, My Chemical Romance's reunion, the Veteran's Pep Rally, and much more! Enjoy and have a Beary thankful day! Credits: Host, Mallory Roberts and Katie Hafner; Public Relations Director, Destiny Mizell; Advertising Broadcaster, Cole West; and Podcast Editor and Producer Luke Judkins.

BearTalk
S1 E19: BearTalk Featuring Bailey Levy

BearTalk

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2019 17:34


In this episode of BearTalk, we sit in with Art Club President Bailey Levy to talk about the club and her artwork. We also congratulate the Band of Gold on their performance at MTSU this past weekend and share a few quick bits of news. Enjoy and have a Beary thankful day! Credits: Host, Mason Stegner and Katie Hafner; Special Guest, Bailey Levy; Public Relations Director, Destiny Mizell; Advertising Broadcaster, Cole West; and Podcast Editor and Producer Luke Judkins.

BearTalk
S1 E18: My Chemical Romance, School Petitions, and Supernatural

BearTalk

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2019 8:04


In this episode of BearTalk, we talk about the student petition for no school after Halloween, Supernatural Stars, and the return of My Chemical Romance. Enjoy and have a Beary thankful day! Credits: Host, Destiny Mizell and Katie Hafner; Advertising Broadcaster, Cole West; and Podcast Editor and Producer Luke Judkins.

Jepson School of Leadership Studies
Take 5 featuring Katie Hafner

Jepson School of Leadership Studies

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2019 4:53


Jepson School of Leadership Studies student Mehreen Usman, ’20, interviews 2019-20 Jepson Leadership Forum speaker Katie Hafner, journalist, author, and frequent contributor to The New York Times, prior to her presentation, "The Origins of the Internet" September 17, 2019

Jepson School of Leadership Studies
The Origins of the Internet

Jepson School of Leadership Studies

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2019 58:08


The 2019-20 Jepson Leadership Forum, Digital Dystopias: Truth and Representation in the Internet Age, presents Katie Hafner, journalist, frequent contributor to The New York Times, and author, for a discussion on "The Origins of the Internet.” Sept. 17, 2019

Ephemera
13: The Life (and Deaths) of The WELL

Ephemera

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2019 35:19


We got a big boi over here - the first >30m episode! http://storiesfromtheinter.net ephemeraTHEpodcast@gmail.com http://patreon.com/ephemerapodcast I couldn't have done this story without Fred Turner’s book “From Counterculture to Cyberculture”, or Katie Hafner’s extensive 1997 history in Wired magazine: https://www.wired.com/1997/05/ff-well/ the WELL is a much much bigger story than I could possibly tell here. For all that I say in the episode, I think it was a really special place with a prescient idea about how to build bonds in an online community.  

Trailblazers with Walter Isaacson
Business Communications: Did You Get the Memo?

Trailblazers with Walter Isaacson

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2018 31:40


We’ve been using technology to instantly convey ideas and collaborate across companies – and continents. Yes, communication’s come a long way since the days of Samuel Morse. In this episode, we crack the code on how it’s continuing to evolve and add context to every text. Join Walter and guests Stewart Butterfield, Gary Starkweather, Jonathan Coopersmith, Katie Hafner, Larry Roberts, and Tom Standage in a fascinating message thread of an episode. For more on these stories go to delltechnologies.com/trailblazers. Please let us know what you think of the show by leaving us a rating or review in Apple Podcasts.

Aspen Ideas to Go
The Epidemic of Loneliness

Aspen Ideas to Go

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2017 41:52


A crisis is emerging that could pose as grave a threat to public health as obesity or substance abuse: social isolation. Neuroscientists have identified regions of the brain that respond to loneliness, and a powerful body of research shows that lonely people are more likely to become ill, experience cognitive decline, and die early. Across the industrialized world, millions of people live with sparse human contact, putting their well-being at risk. Does social media drive loneliness, or help to cure it? How does loneliness alter the brain, and how can we treat this condition? Featured guests are Carla Perissinotto, Dixon Chibanda, Julianne Holt-Lunstad, and Katie Hafner. Find our companion episode "The Opioid Tsunami," by clicking here. Find Katie Hafner's New York Times investigative article about loneliness here. Follow the show on Twitter @aspenideas and Facebook at facebook.com/aspenideas. Email your comments to aspenideastogo@gmail.com.

Community Signal
Lessons From The WELL + Making a World Where the Sun Rises the Next Morning

Community Signal

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2017 46:12


With a career in online community spanning more than 25 years, including 20+ leading influential online community The WELL and 13 as director of communities for Salon, Gail Ann Williams is a pioneer of our industry. On this episode, the inside stories and lessons that Gail shares, from The WELL, weave together to create an overall theme of how to protect, respect and inform the communities that we serve. Including: The right and wrong ways to close a community Understanding privacy and confidentiality in community spaces What happens when your community software reaches “religious significance” Big Quotes “Cliff Figallo, who hired me at The WELL, said that a community is a complex network of relationships that endure over time, and I found that really profound because that’s one of the differences to me. What makes something a community? Let’s say some people get into an elevator together. You can get really metaphorical and crazy and say this is a family that lasts for three minutes. That’s kind of nonsense. I don’t know what kind of elevator rides you usually have, but there’s a point where you need to have time and you need to have a complex relationship, and I think part of that is that there needs to be an ability for some people to go deeper and know each other much better than others. It’s really important to have sort of key people who anchor the conversation with different kinds of degrees of connection to one another, because that’s what makes the community, and that’s what makes it feel like it’s a place, like a town where some of the people have very complex close relationships and others just like kind of live there and say hi when they go by in the street.” -@wellgail “A couple years after I joined Salon, Table Talk, which was an amazing, huge forum site and free and not paying for itself, in an ad situation, was just something that was very familiar to a lot of people. One day, [I was told,] ‘Hey, I think we’re going to close Table Talk on Monday,’ and I’m like, ‘No, we don’t do this. We don’t close a community with no notice.’ [They said,] ‘It’ll be less traumatic for people. It’s kind of like pulling a bandage off.’ No, it doesn’t work that way.” -@wellgail “As consumers in online communities, we need to start asking people who run the community, when you close, how do I export my data? When you close, how do I contact all of my contacts and tell them where I want to go and find out where we’re going to be talking about where we land off your site? Where do we talk elsewhere? I’ve gone through this. I think many of us have.” -@wellgail “Maybe [efforts to save online communities] don’t matter to ownership groups, but they should. I mean, this is your legacy. These are the people who trusted you, and if they can pull it together and keep it going as a membership operation, then you as the founder or you as the current steward of that community, I think you’re kind of obligated to cheer them on and support them to the degree that you can. … It’s not mandated by capitalism. It’s got to come from a sense of actual community responsibility to other humans and actually understanding the value and importance of what we do.” -@wellgail “In the original software, [when a post was hidden on The WELL,] you would see something that said ‘censored.’ It was a little bit dramatic. That was something that we changed to say ‘hidden.’ It’s hidden. That’s the language we use. If you think it’s censorship, go ahead and bring that up, but let’s not tell everybody it’s censorship from the get-go. They might [recognize something was wrong with their post]. It might not be a fight. … Let’s be neutral, let’s not start fights we don’t have to, in the software itself.” -@wellgail “People would be very open in confiding in one another and then saying, ‘Wow, if my boss ever read this, I’d be fired.’ And you’re thinking, ‘Okay, some people here don’t like you. Your boss could pay $15 for one month, get in here, and see this.’ The people who don’t like you, if they’re really mean, they could tell your boss to sign up, and they’re still not personally releasing your material. But you’re making all these assumptions. Don’t put yourself at that much risk.” -@wellgail About Gail Ann Williams Gail Ann Williams is a collaboration and problem-solving fanatic. A professional in the online community sector since 1991, when she became the conferencing manager at The WELL, Gail set out to solve nitty-gritty puzzles of how social networking can best work in our lives, and how online community toolsets and practices can work better. Her stewardship of that legendary community space, through two decades of challenge and community drama, led to a deepening of both idealism and practical skepticism. Now she primarily consults with media, storytelling and social sites. Gail especially enjoys overall strategic planning for new ventures along with practical problem-solving for those that are choosing or evolving the most appropriate tools and cultural norms for their members. She also writes for craft beer publications and is a certified beer judge. Related Links Gail’s website The WELL, influential online community launched in 1985, which Gail led from 1991 through 2012 Salon Media Group, best known for Salon, where Gail was director of communities for 13 years, when the company owned The WELL Gail’s user page on The WELL “Terse outline” of Gail’s “On Being in the Community Business” presentation at 1994’s IEEE conference TechSoup, formerly Compumentor, who sent a volunteer to the nonprofit arts group where Gail worked to help them setup a modem, helping to facilitate her discovery of The WELL Google search for “ecology,” the first definition of which reminds Patrick of community Cliff Figallo, who hired Gail at The WELL John Coate, employee #2 at The WELL and “the first online community manager” The WELL: A Story of Love, Death & Real Life in the Seminal Online Community by Katie Hafner “The Epic Saga of The WELL” by Katie Hafner for Wired Bruce Katz, former owner of The WELL “Salon Magazine Buys a Virtual Community” by The Associated Press Stewart Brand and Larry Brilliant, co-founders of The WELL “Users Bet $400,000 on The WELL, an Original Online Hangout” by Don Clark for The Wall Street Journal, about Salon Media Group selling The WELL to a group of community members Cindy Jeffers, former CEO of Salon Media Group, who opted to sell The WELL shortly after joining the company Pete Hanson, long time developer at The WELL, who Gail describes as one of the community’s “champions” “Au Revoir, Table Talk” by Mary Elizabeth Williams for Salon, about Salon’s closure of their Table Talk community Fotolog, a photo sharing site “It’s Time for Online Community Software to Allow Members to Download Their Content” by Patrick Community Signal episode about IMDb’s message board closure ipernity, a photo sharing site used by Gail’s mother Wikipedia page for PicoSpan, the software that powers The WELL “Don’t Piss in The WELL” by Earl Vickers, a folk song about The WELL “Online Community Building Concepts” by Gail (written in 1994) Transcript View the transcript on our website Your Thoughts If you have any thoughts on this episode that you’d like to share, please leave me a comment, send me an email or a tweet. If you enjoy the show, we would be grateful if you spread the word. Thank you for listening to Community Signal.

Marketing Over Ice
3: (Special) DoubleX 1 - Limitless Leadership: The Powerful Women Who Worked with Steve Jobs

Marketing Over Ice

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2016 18:54


For information on the upcoming DoubleX event "Where No Man Has Gone Before: Women in Space," please click here.On November 2, 2015 Cunningham Collective hosted its first DoubleX: Women of Influence panel discussion: “Limitless Leadership: The Powerful Women Who Worked with Steve Jobs.” The event brought together 300 Bay Area leaders at SAP Labs in Palo Alto to hear the insights of five influential women who worked alongside Steve in the early years at Apple, NeXT and Pixar. Moderated by Katie Hafner, a journalist who covered Apple and NeXT in the 1980s and 1990s, for BusinessWeek, Newsweek and The New York Times, the panel included:Joanna Hoffman, a marketing leader and one of the original members of both the Apple Macintosh team and the NeXT team.Susan Barnes, an alumna of Apple Inc, she was Controller of the Macintosh Division at Apple and later cofounded NeXT.Barbara Koalkin Barza, the former product marketing manager for the Macintosh computer and later director of marketing at Pixar.Debi Coleman, the second woman to join the original Macintosh team and the finance and operations chief at Macintosh and Apple for over a decade.Andy Cunningham, founder of the marketing innovation consultancy Cunningham Collective and former publicist for Steve Jobs at Apple, NeXT and Pixar.Links:Additional information on the event: Cunningham Collective BlogVideo of this event: YouTubeGuy Kawasaki interviewing Andy Cunningham: YouTubeDownload file here.

LFPL's At the Library Series
Katie Hafner 07-23-13

LFPL's At the Library Series

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2013


The complex relationship between mothers and daughters is brought to life in Katie Hafner's memoir, an exploration of the year she and her octagenarian mother, Helen, spent working through a lifetime of unresolved emotions - along with the author's teenage daughter. Katie Hafner is a regular contributor to The New York Times, writing on healthcare and technology, and is the author of five previous works of nonfiction.

LFPL's At the Library Series
Katie Hafner 07-23-13

LFPL's At the Library Series

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2013


The complex relationship between mothers and daughters is brought to life in Katie Hafner's memoir, an exploration of the year she and her octagenarian mother, Helen, spent working through a lifetime of unresolved emotions - along with the author's teenage daughter. Katie Hafner is a regular contributor to The New York Times, writing on healthcare and technology, and is the author of five previous works of nonfiction.