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S5.02 Breeding better humans: Exposing the dark legacy and troubling present of eugenics
Season 5 · Episode 2

S5.02 Breeding better humans: Exposing the dark legacy and troubling present of eugenics

Exposing the dark legacy and troubling present of eugenics

Genetics Unzipped · Genetics Unzipped

January 27, 202235m 7s

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Show Notes

We sit down with geneticist and author Adam Rutherford for a chat about his new book, Control, which explores the horrific legacy of eugenics and its present-day manifestations.

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