{"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":"Sharla Boehm: The Programmer Whose Code Underpins the Internet","slug":"sharla-boehm-the-programmer-whose-code-underpins-the-internet","published_at":"2026-05-14T03:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/lost-women-of-science-4474223/sharla-boehm-the-programmer-whose-code-underpins-the-internet","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/lost-women-of-science-4474223","url":"https://play.prx.org/listen?ge=prx_413_bcf672e9-a1dd-417b-b4bc-affd652ecb75&uf=https%3A%2F%2Ffeed.lostwomenofscience.org","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/sblTq32fyWAjsHzze2LG/dovetail.prxu.org/_/413/bcf672e9-a1dd-417b-b4bc-affd652ecb75/EP_Sharla_Perrine_Part_01.mp3","summary":"Sharla Boehm earned a teaching degree from UCLA before channeling her talent for math into computer programming. While working at the Rand Corporation, she built a ground-breaking simulation, originally conceived to strengthen military communications during the Cold War. The simulation –and her work– would ultimately lay the foundation for the modern internet. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices","meta_description":"Sharla Boehm earned a teaching degree from UCLA before channeling her talent for math into computer programming. While working at the Rand Corporation, sh…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1595,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/lost-women-of-science-4474223/episodes/sharla-boehm-the-programmer-whose-code-underpins-the-internet/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/sharla-boehm-the-programmer-whose-code-underpins-the-internet.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}