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Season 2

Oct. 28, 2025

137. Bonus Halloween Episode! Dr. Kristen Lear – Bat Scientist & Cons…

In this bonus, Halloween and Bat Week episode, we talk with Dr. Kristen Lear , a bat conservation scientist , National Geographic Explorer, and If/Then® Ambassador whose lifelong passion for misunderstood creatures turned int...

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Oct. 22, 2025

136. Catherine Jackson Jones: STEM Opportunities for Every Student - …

In this episode, Kathy and Linda talk with Catherine Jackson Jones, a coach and mentor with the National Math and Science Initiative (NMSI), a nonprofit organization dedicated to expanding STEM opportunities for students and ...

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Oct. 7, 2025

135: Manyphay Viengkham-Systems Engineer; Resilience, Reinvention, an…

In this episode, Kathy and Linda talk with Manyphay Viengkham , an accomplished technology leader whose career spans energy innovation, systems engineering, and entrepreneurship. With degrees in biochemistry and computer scie...

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Sept. 23, 2025

134. Lawanda Parnell – A Technology Career Across Generations

In this episode of Ordinarily Extraordinary – Conversations with Women in STEM , Kathy and Linda sit down with Lawanda Parnell , a retired technology and utility leader whose career began at IBM in the early 1980s and spanned...

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Sept. 9, 2025

133. Stacy Cluff; Utility Technology Leader

After almost a year away, Ordinarily Extraordinary: Conversations with Women in STEM is back — and we’re relaunching with something new: a co-host! In this episode, Kathy is joined by her longtime friend and new co-host, Lind...

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