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'Control' chronicles the dark history of eugenics and its ongoing impact
'Control' chronicles the dark history of eugenics and its ongoing impact
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Length:
11 minutes
Released:
Nov 22, 2022
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Podcast episode
Description
Adam Rutherford is a geneticist and author who just wrote a new book about the history of eugenics, and he tells NPR's Rebecca Ramirez that the political ideology is not just a relic of the past, but very much still relevant today. In this episode, Rutherford explains how anti-immigrant fear in the 19th century spurred popularity for an unscientific practice that was eventually embraced by Nazis – and has a complicated relationship with today's reproductive rights movement.
Released:
Nov 22, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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