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Radiolab "G" Series: Podcast Brunch Club September 2019 playlist

Podcast Brunch Club is like book club, but for podcasts. Every month we listen to a different set of podcasts and meet up in chapters worldwide to discuss. The September 2019 playlist is a deep dive into Radiolab's "G" series, which explores intelligence. See how it works: https://podcastbrunchclub.com/how-it-works/

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Created August 29, 2019

Updated January 24, 2024

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  1. Radiolab

    G: The Miseducation of Larry P

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    12Jun 7th, 20191h 4m
    Are some ideas so dangerous we shouldn’t even talk about them? That question brought Radiolab’s senior editor, Pat Walters, to a subject that at first he thought was long gone: the measuring of human intelligence with IQ tests. Turns out, the t
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  2. Radiolab

    G: Problem Space

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    2Jun 14th, 201940m 25s
    In the first episode of G, Radiolab’s miniseries on intelligence, we went back to the 1970s to meet a group of Black parents who put the IQ test on trial. The lawsuit, Larry P v Riles, ended with a ban on IQ tests for all Black students in the
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  3. Radiolab

    G: Relative Genius

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    2Jun 28th, 20191h 2m
    Albert Einstein asked that when he died, his body be cremated and his ashes be scattered in a secret location. He didn’t want his grave, or his body, becoming a shrine to his genius. When he passed away in the early morning hours of April, 18,
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  4. Radiolab

    G: Unfit

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    3Jul 17th, 201953m 43s
    In the past few weeks, most people have probably seen Britney Spears' name or face everywhere. When she stood in front of a judge (virtually) and protested the conservatorship she's been living under for the past 13 years, one harrowing detail
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  5. Radiolab

    G: Unnatural Selection

    2Jul 26th, 201934m 7s
    This past fall, a scientist named Steve Hsu made headlines with a provocative announcement. He would start selling a genetic intelligence test to couples doing IVF: a sophisticated prediction tool, built on big data and machine learning, design
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  6. Radiolab

    G: The World's Smartest Animal

    2Jul 30th, 201948m 37s
    This episode begins with a rant. This rant, in particular, comes from Dan Engber - a science writer who loves animals but despises animal intelligence research. Dan told us that so much of the way we study animals involves tests that we think s
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  7. Podcast Brunch Club

    Roundup of the Radiolab G Series

    2Sep 28th, 201926m 56s
    Adela and Sara discuss the G series from Radiolab, which explored the concept of intelligence. They then diverge, as usual, to talk about other podcast recommendations.This is what we talked about:Radiolab G series podcast listening listSar

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