Eugenics: a toxic history

Published: March 10, 2022, noon

Adam Rutherford discusses the dark \u2013 and often surprising \u2013 history of the eugenics movement \n \nGeneticist Adam Rutherford speaks to Ellie Cawthorne about the dark, and often surprising, history of the eugenics movement, from \u2018best baby\u2019 fairs and population control to the Nazi \u2018euthanasia\u2019 programme. He discusses the ideas behind the ideology, and how its implementation has had devastating impacts. \n \n(Ad) Adam Rutherford is the author of Control: The Dark History and Troubling Present of Eugenics (Orion, 2022). Buy it now from Waterstones:\nhttps://go.skimresources.com?id=71026X1535947&xcust=historyextra-social-histboty&xs=1&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.waterstones.com%2Fbook%2Fcontrol%2Fadam-rutherford%2F9781474622387\n Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices