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EP16.1: Mesmerizing Convolutions: The Rise of Fingerprint Identification

EP16.1: Mesmerizing Convolutions: The Rise of Fingerprint Identification

FromDarts and Letters


EP16.1: Mesmerizing Convolutions: The Rise of Fingerprint Identification

FromDarts and Letters

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Length:
55 minutes
Released:
Apr 6, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description



In this bonus episode, Gordon Katic speaks with Simon A. Cole, a professor of Criminology, Law and Society at University of California Irvine. He’s the author of “Suspect Identities: A History of Fingerprinting and Criminal Identification”. We do a deep dive into the social and political story of fingerprinting, and how it took more than a century before anyone tried to figure out if it actually worked
Released:
Apr 6, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (99)

This is about ‘arts and letters,’ but for the kind of people who might hack a dart. We cover public intellectualism and the politics of academia from a left perspective. Each week, we interview thinkers about key debates that are relevant to the left. We discuss politics, culture, and intellectual history.