The IQ Debate

the goop podcast

Gwyneth Paltrow

Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Society & Culture, Education

4.3 • 7.1K Ratings

🗓️ 7 April 2020

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

“It’s really important to draw attention to not only the physical but also the mental consequences of a rampant environmental poisoning,” says medical ethicist Harriet A. Washington. In her book A Terrible Thing to Waste, Washington outlines the staggering, extensive impact of environmental racism. She examines how marginalized communities—and particularly the infants and children in these communities—are disproportionately affected by lead poisoning, atmospheric pollution, infectious disease, and industrial waste. In this conversation, she also takes on the IQ debate and the flawed science behind it. IQ, Washington reveals, is a misused metric that has had devastating effects on our country. And now, we have a critical opportunity to remedy many of these toxic effects. (For more, see The goop Podcast hub.) To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Elise Loonon, co-host with Gwyneth of the Goop podcast.
0:08.5	Today's guest is Harriet Washington.
0:11.1	She is the final guest in our special series called Women on Top, which is all made possible
0:16.0	by our friends of Banana Republic.
0:23.1	The most interesting businesses are born out of curiosity.
0:26.5	This is the space that Gwyneth was in when she started Goop.
0:29.3	It's also the space from which Banana Republic was founded back in 1978 by two California
0:34.7	creatives with adventurous spirits.
0:36.9	Last fall, we partnered with a team at Banana Republic to celebrate curiosity by talking
0:41.5	with women who are redefining what it means to be powerful and brave, and we're very excited
0:46.3	to be back for a second series.
0:48.2	I hope you love listening to these conversations as much as I love having them, and I know
0:52.2	you'll be deeply inspired by these women.
0:55.2	So please keep listening and keep shopping with our friends at Banana Republic.
0:59.1	To see our favorites from their spring collection, head to bananarepublic.com slash goop.
1:09.2	Don't hold anything too tightly.
1:11.6	Just wish for it, want it, let it come from the intention of real truth for you, and
1:18.3	then let it go.
1:19.4	For me, our soul is like it's unbound, it's limitless, but we will use words
1:25.2	to limit ourselves.
1:27.6	When people stop believing that somebody's got your back or Superman's coming, we turn
1:33.8	to ourselves, and that's where you become empowered.
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