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TED Radio Hour

Listen Again: The Biology Of Sex

TED Radio Hour

NPR

Social Sciences, Science, Society & Culture, Technology

4.321.7K Ratings

🗓️ 16 July 2021

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Original broadcast date: May 8, 2020. Many of us were taught biological sex is a question of female or male, XX or XY ... but it's far more complicated. This hour, TED speakers explore what determines our sex. Guests on the show include artist Emily Quinn, journalist Molly Webster, neuroscientist Lisa Mosconi, and structural biologist Karissa Sanbonmatsu.

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Okay, so now on with the show.

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We're working hard on new episodes.

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So for this week, we surveyed the team and picked one of our favorites from the archive to share with you.

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It's an episode that aired back in May 2020 called

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Biology of Sex. And it explains how much we are still learning about the science that

1:02.4

determines our biological sex. It's particularly fascinating and important as we begin to live

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in a society with laws and attitudes that are more

1:14.4

accepting of the different ways people express their gender. So enjoy it again or for the first time.

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I'll be back next week with a brand new show. See you then. This is the TED Radio Hour.

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Each week, groundbreaking TED Talks.

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Our job now is to dream big.

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Around the world.

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From those talks, we bring you speakers and ideas that will surprise you.

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Challenge you.

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We truly have to ask ourselves, like, why is it noteworthy?

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