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This episode best friends Megan and Milena cover 20th century Inuit printmaker Pitseolak Ashoon & Emmy Noether, a German mathematician that loved math so much, she invented her own branch of study.

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Pitseolak Ashoon

Some art careers don’t start until well into middle age – printmaker Pitseolak is an example of that. Born in the early 1900’s, after the passing of her husband in the 40’s Pitseolak begain exploring ways to support her family. With the help of a local network of artists and educators, Pitseolak went from struggling single mother to being award the highest civilian honor, the Order of Canada. We cover her creative rise, and how the Canadian Arctic is only

You can see the 1971 short film based off of Pitseolak’s work HERE

Selected Work

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Emmy Noether

Milena and math are old friends. Not always on speaking terms, but still old friends. Emmy and math? Don’t get us started….no really, Emmy developed a new field of mathematics, we could be here all day talking about it. Instead of filling your ears with the madness that is abstract algebra, Milena covers how this woman came to pursue her education, lived as a Jewish woman in 1920’s Germany, and just what her and Albert Einstein have in common. (Pfff….it’s a love of math).

In the judgment of the most competent living mathematicians, Fraulein Noether was the most significant mathematical genius thus far produced since the higher education of women began.

– Oh, just Albert Einstein name dropping Emmy Noether

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As always, music by EeL

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P.S Here’s that shameless ART PLUG Megan mentioned at the end of the episode. Don’t listen past the closing music? Man you’re missing out…