Facts and Fandom

Today's episode is a little bit different. Today on the 25th anniversary of The X-Files pilot episode I wanted to give thanks to some of the wonderful women that have worked so hard to keep us all connected to each other and our love of the show. Special Thanks to Avi, Roileigh, and Tiffany from the Team at X-Files News for allowing me to interview them and for sharing their stories. 

24 hours after watching The X-Files Series finale a few girls got together and drank some wine, ate some Thai food and had a nice chat about the last season of our favorite show. We touch on the ways Scully has inspired us, the things we love about season 11 and the things we didn't love so much. We spill some wine and we spill our hearts. Hope you all enjoy!

Content warning: We talk a lot about sex and we don't even try to contain our language

This week I am honored to welcome Writer and Journalist Jennifer Stewart Fueston. We talk about her love of writing, being women in the academic setting and of course this season's latest X-Files episode. 

Please take a moment to read Jen's recent work in the link below

The X-Files and The Handmaids Tale: How we talk when we talk about rape

I welcome Dr. Brittany Dodson this week to talk about her work in Entomology, her favorite X-Files episodes and how Scully has impacted her career and her future as a science communicator. Brittany can be found @Dodson_here (coolest twitter handle ever!) and read about Here 

Please check out these fantastic links that Brittany and I discuss in the episode! Book Shelf to come! 

Books

"Packing for Mars" and "Stiff" by Mary Roach 

Articles

Fox impact article on Scully Effect statistics

NY Times article on Inclusion Riders

I spent two years trying to fix the gender imbalance in my stories by Ed Yong

Videos

Why some of us don't have one true calling TED talk on multipotentialism

For our second installation of Series 1: The Scully Effect I have invited Vanessa from the Not Another XF Pod to come and talk about her work in science communication and outreach. 

Resources 

- WWEST

We discuss the book "Weapons of Math Destruction" by Cathy O'Neil. Below I have linked to a full PDF copy of the book. 

- Weapons of Math Destruction PDF

Cathy O'Neil was a speaker at the President's Dream Colloquium at Simon Fraser University. All of the talks can be viewed at the following link

- President's Dream Colloquium

Lastly we discuss Vanessa's work writing about depictions of women in STEM in movies and TV. Below is the link to read her insights

- Media Matters

- Dana Scully specifically

Come listen to the awesome @JossaDosBitchos talk about her path towards becoming a Medical Doctor and then an Immunology researcher at Harvard. We talk science and how people perceive their medical professionals and also we gush about Gillian Anderson and Mark Snow. There might be a great idea for a Black Mirror episode in here but IDK... come on twitter and let me know if I am on to something or if it sucks or even if it's just "Meh"