Forced Sterilization w/ Audrey Clare Farley

Talk Nerdy with Cara Santa Maria

Talk Nerdy, Inc.

Natural Sciences, Science, Society & Culture

4.7 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 12 July 2021

⏱️ 71 minutes

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In this episode of Talk Nerdy, Cara is joined by writer and historian Dr. Audrey Clare Farley to talk about her new book, "The Unfit Heiress: The Tragic Life and Scandalous Sterilization of Ann Cooper Hewitt." Audrey tells a story steeped in white supremacy and greed, against a backdrop of the growing eugenics movement in 1930s America.

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0:00.0	Hello everyone and welcome to Talk Nurdy. Today is Monday, July 12th, 2021 and I'm
0:18.0	the host of the show Kara Santa Maria and as always before we dive into this week, I do want to thank those of you who make
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1:17.0	All right let's dive into this week's episode. It's a fascinating one. So I have the opportunity to sit down with author and historian of
1:25.9	20th century American fiction and culture, Audrey Claire Farley. Now she has
1:31.6	special interests in science and religion and now she's a
1:35.4	full-time writer but she used to teach literature at the University of Maryland
1:39.9	College Park where she also got her PhD in English.
1:43.7	Now, she's written for several outlets,
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