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Motherboard Does Dune: Eugenics and Race (with Hood Feminism author Mikki Kendall)

Motherboard Does Dune: Eugenics and Race (with Hood Feminism author Mikki Kendall)

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Motherboard Does Dune: Eugenics and Race (with Hood Feminism author Mikki Kendall)

FromCYBER

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Length:
67 minutes
Released:
Oct 27, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

BONUS SERIES: Dune is out! And it's the biggest movie in America. In this special series, Motherboard and friends dissect all things Dune. In this episode, we look at how Frank Herbert approaches eugenics and race in the book series, and how Denis Villeneuve handles it in the blockbuster movie. This episode features: Hood Feminism author Mikki Kendall, Edward Ongweso Jr., Gita Jackson, Jason Koebler, Brian Merchant, and Tim Marchman. Note to CYBER listeners: We're doing this series in addition to our normal CYBER episodes, which will still be released this week.
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Released:
Oct 27, 2021
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Titles in the series (100)

Hacking. Hackers. Disinformation campaigns. Encryption. The Cyber. This stuff gets complicated really fast, but Motherboard spends its time embedded in the infosec world so you don't have to. Host Ben Makuch talks every week to Motherboard reporters Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai and Joseph Cox about the stories they're breaking and to the industry's most famous hackers and researchers about the biggest news in cybersecurity.