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#110 A History of Childbirth
Science for the People
English - April 29, 2011 04:00 - ★★★★★ - 174 ratingsSocial Sciences Science Health & Fitness Medicine science interview critical thinking bethany brookshire social justice technology rachelle Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: #109 A Lifetime of Data
Next Episode: #111 Animal Testing
We explore the changing ways that medicine and culture have treated pregnancy and childbirth. We’ll talk with doctor and medical journalist Randi Hutter Epstein, about her book Get Me Out: A History of Childbirth From the Garden of Eden to the Sperm Bank. And on another edition of Everything You Know is Sort Of Wrong, Greg Laden looks at common misconceptions about life expectancy.