In our eighth episode we talk science, politics, policy, and LEGO? Listen in as we discuss how we believe science is political, and highlight the wonderful Dr. Sarah Myhre. Learn about Dr. Rita Levi-Montalcini, a neuroscientist, nobel prize winner, and Italian senator who was discriminated against throughout her career. Then, we interview Vanessa Sung, the co-president at Science and Policy Exchange at McGill University and she tells us all about her journey through science and into science policy. Finally, we highlight Evidence for Democracy, the new LEGO women of NASA set, and announce the launch of our Kickstarter, which goes live on Friday, November 17! Be sure to follow us on social media to hear about it when it happens! Thanks for listening :) facebook: www.facebook.com/SuperwomenSci/ twitter: twitter.com/SuperwomenSci website: www.superwomeninscience.wordpress.com Rachel Ignotofsky Women in Science: www.amazon.ca/Women-Science-Fear…nged/dp/1607749769 Dr. Sarah Myhre's articles! : why-female-scientists-are-becoming-activists.html">https://www.livescience.com/60056-why-female-scientists-are-becoming-activists.html http://www.thestranger.com/slog/2017/08/31/25389058/if-scientist-says-harvey-is-climate-change-thats-political-if-doctor-says-youre-sick-thats-life-or-death Vanessa’s links! Twitter: https://twitter.com/sung_vanessa Science and Policy Exchange: exchange.ca/">http://sp-exchange.ca/ Evidence for Democracy : https://evidencefordemocracy.ca/en LEGO: https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/10/a-new-lego-set-honors-the-women-of-nasa-and-it-looks-pretty-awesome/ https://shop.lego.com/en-CA/Women-of-NASA-21312