About Girls Who Chase: Stories of Women in Weather & Storm Chasing
Girls Who Chase is a new initiative to elevate the content and voices of female and female-identified storm chasers. We empower and inspire girls & women globally to pursue the sciences, the weather and their passions. For more information, please check out girlswhochase.com.
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1 Nov 2024
S3E1 - Lt Col Kait McLaughlin, Capt. Sarah Olsen, & Capt. Amaryllis Cotto: Chasing the skies with the Hurricane Hunters
Episode Notes
For our Season 3 opener, we begin with a very special extended episode in an interview with three women in the United States Air Force 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron at Keesler Air Force Base, MS - known to most as the Hurricane Hunters.
Lt Col Kait McLaughlin was the first female chief aerial reconnaissance weather officer for the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron. She’s currently the 403rd Operations Group Aerial Reconnaissance Weather Officer (or, ARWO) Standards and Evaluations Officer.
Capt. Sarah Olsen is an Aerial Reconnaissance Weather Officer in the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron. She serves as a flight meteorologist, mission director, and National Hurricane Center liaison for aerial weather reconnaissance missions.
Capt. Amaryllis Cotto is currently a meteorologist at the National Weather Service Houston/Galveston, and a meteorologist for the U.S. Air Force Reserves, as part of the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron.
Mentions during show: United States Air Force 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron - https://www.403wg.afrc.af.mil/About/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/192529/ (https://www.403wg.afrc.af.mil/About/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/192529/)
EPISODE SPONSOR
This episode is sponsored by Ventusky, a weather mapping application combining models and real-time radar and satellite data globally to provide useful visuals for a variety of weather-related needs. For more information, check out ventusky.com (http://ventusky.com).
The Girls Who Chase Podcast is recorded and edited by Jen Walton. “Badlands” - our music - is by Lori Bailey and Inês Lobo.
Find out all about us and more at www.girlswhochase.com (http://www.girlswhochase.com).
Follow us on Instagram, Facebook and Bluesky at the handle girlswhochase.
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Please support our important work on Patreon: www.patreon.com/girlswhochase (http://www.patreon.com/girlswhochase)
23 Jan 2024
S2E8 - Stella Kafka, Melissa Burt & Kim Klockow-McClain: Breaking down DEI in the sciences
Episode Notes
GWC closes Season 2 with a very special episode. We had the opportunity to speak with three leaders who are all making significant contributions to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in the weather space - and they’re tackling it from very different directions.
Dr. Stella Kafka is the Chief Executive of the American Meteorological Society.
Dr. Melissa Burt is an Associate Professor and Associate Dean for Diversity and Inclusion in the Department of Atmospheric Science and College of Engineering at Colorado State University. She is also the Vice President for the non-profit 501(c)3 organization, the Earth Science Women’s Network, and a co-founder of Science Moms, a non-partisan group of climate scientists and mothers working to give our children the planet they deserve.
Dr. Kim Klockow-McClain is a Senior Social Scientist with the National Weather Service, and serves as the National Center for Environmental Prediction Coordinator for Social Science Applications.
References during show:
American Meteorological Society: https://www.ametsoc.org/ (https://www.ametsoc.org/)
AMS Annual Meeting 2024: https://annual.ametsoc.org/index.cfm/2024/ (https://annual.ametsoc.org/index.cfm/2024/)
Clear Skies Ahead podcast: https://www.ametsoc.org/index.cfm/ams/education-careers/careers/career-guides-tools/all-about-careers-in-meteorology/clear-skies-ahead-podcast/ (https://www.ametsoc.org/index.cfm/ams/education-careers/careers/career-guides-tools/all-about-careers-in-meteorology/clear-skies-ahead-podcast/)
The Girls Who Chase Podcast is recorded and edited by Jen Walton. “Badlands” - our music - is by Lori Bailey and Inês Lobo.
“Motivation Orchestra” for Spring Training promo is licensed via Envato.
Find out all about us and more at www.girlswhochase.com (http://www.girlswhochase.com).
Follow us on Instagram and Twitter at @girlswhochase.
See our videos & podcast media on YouTube under Girls Who Chase Storms - youtube.com/girlswhochase (http://youtube.com/girlswhochase)
Please support our important work on Patreon: www.patreon.com/girlswhochase (http://www.patreon.com/girlswhochase)
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