{"podcast":{"title":"Lost Women of Science","slug":"lost-women-of-science-4474223","podcast_index_feed_id":4474223,"rss_url":"https://feed.lostwomenofscience.org","website_url":"https://lostwomenofscience.org/","image_url":"https://f.prxu.org/413/images/5b466d6c-eb03-413f-b897-849e3842cb8c/LWoS_Show_Cover_PRX_SciAm_02_copy.jpeg","author":"Lost Women of Science (Maggie.Gourville@prx.org)","episode_count":158,"summary":"For every Marie Curie or Rosalind Franklin whose story has been told, hundreds of female scientists remain unknown to the public at large. In this series, we illuminate the lives and work of a diverse array of groundbreaking scientists who, because of time, place and gender, have gone largely unrecognized. Each season we focus on a different scientist, putting her narrative into context, explaining not just the science but also the social and historical conditions in which she lived and worked. We also bring these stories to the present, painting a full picture of how her work endures.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-16T12:22:22.221308+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/lost-women-of-science-4474223"},"episode":{"title":"Conversations: The Rediscovery of I Who Have Never Known Men","slug":"conversations-the-rediscovery-of-i-who-have-never-known-men","published_at":"2026-07-16T03:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/lost-women-of-science-4474223/conversations-the-rediscovery-of-i-who-have-never-known-men","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/lost-women-of-science-4474223","url":"https://play.prx.org/listen?ge=prx_413_b56f696a-acb8-4f9c-9922-6a72c1c52ef2&uf=https%3A%2F%2Ffeed.lostwomenofscience.org","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/sblTq32fyWAjsHzze2LG/dovetail.prxu.org/_/413/b56f696a-acb8-4f9c-9922-6a72c1c52ef2/Lost_Women_of_Science_-_IWHNKM_-_FIRST_HALF_FINAL_MIX.mp3","summary":"In this episode of Lost Women of Science Conversations , host Elah Feder explores the remarkable resurgence of I Who Have Never Known Men , Jacqueline Harpman’s 1995 novel that went largely unnoticed for decades before becoming an international sensation. Harpman was a psychoanalyst and her training informed the book’s speculative fiction, dystopian, and science fiction genres. Elah first speaks with award-winning translator Ros Schwartz, who translated the novel into English twice –once in 1997 and again in 2022, when a new edition helped introduce Harpman’s work to a new generation of readers. Later, Elah is joined by Susan Watkins, Professor of Women’s Writing at Leeds Beckett University, to discuss the novel’s themes of resilience, isolation, and survival, and why this once-overlooked book is resonating so strongly with readers today. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices","meta_description":"In this episode of Lost Women of Science Conversations , host Elah Feder explores the remarkable resurgence of I Who Have Never Known Men , Jacqueline Har…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1724,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/lost-women-of-science-4474223/episodes/conversations-the-rediscovery-of-i-who-have-never-known-men/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/lost-women-of-science-4474223/conversations-the-rediscovery-of-i-who-have-never-known-men.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}