Inheritance

Radiolab

WNYC Studios

Science, Natural Sciences, History, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.6 • 43.5K Ratings

🗓️ 1 April 2022

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Once a kid is born, their genetic fate is pretty much sealed. Or is it? In this episode, originally aired in 2012, we put nature and nurture on a collision course and discover how outside forces can find a way inside us, and change not just our hearts and minds, but the basic biological blueprint that we pass on to future generations.Support Radiolab by becoming a member of The Lab today.

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0:00.0	Wait, you're listening to Radio Lab from WNYC.
0:16.0	Hey, it's Latif.
0:20.0	Lulu.
0:21.0	This is Radio Lab.
0:22.0	In a very real way, we've been thinking a lot about inheritance.
0:25.4	We inherited this beloved show that we first fell in love with as listeners.
0:29.0	As of 11.01am on Tuesday when we're recording this, we have not broken the show.
0:34.0	So far.
0:35.0	Still standing.
0:37.0	And we're trying to think about how do we keep it the same in a lot of ways,
0:41.0	but how do we also let it grow into something beyond what it was originally built to be?
0:47.0	Well, you said it's so much more diplomatically.
0:49.0	I'd be like, we got the keys, we're going to trash the house.
0:51.0	Well, I mean, you know, yeah, artfully trash.
0:53.0	Artfully trash the house.
0:55.0	Anyway, we think about that all the time, and I was just talking to Lulu about that,
0:58.0	and she's like, you know, there's the Radio Lab about this.
1:00.0	A really good Radio Lab about this.
1:02.0	Called inheritance.
1:03.0	I won't say too much more except it includes one of my favorite kind of scientific parables
1:09.0	that I've ever heard is something I still think about all the time.
1:12.0	It's so good that it makes you not want to trash the house.
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