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EP17: Pathological: The Work of Dr. Charles Smith

EP17: Pathological: The Work of Dr. Charles Smith

FromDarts and Letters


EP17: Pathological: The Work of Dr. Charles Smith

FromDarts and Letters

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Length:
76 minutes
Released:
Apr 9, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description



Dr. Charles Smith performed autopsies at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, ON. The cops kept turning to him with new corpses, and he kept claiming that these deaths were the result of foul play. He was thought of as a God in his field–few people were willing to question his work. That is until a 2008 inquiry, which found evidence of errors in 20 of the 45 autopsies they reviewed. Dr. Smith’s judgements played a role in 13 wrongful convictions. On this episode, we tell one of those stories.
Released:
Apr 9, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

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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.