Bad Blood, Bad Science
An episode of the Distillations | Science History Institute podcast, hosted by Science History Institute, titled "Bad Blood, Bad Science" was published on March 21, 2023 and runs 59 minutes.
March 21, 2023 ·59m · Distillations | Science History Institute
Episode Description
The word "Tuskegee" has come to symbolize the Black community's mistrust of the medical establishment. It has become American lore. However, most people don't know what actually happened in Macon County, Alabama, from 1932 to 1972. This episode unravels the myths of the U.S. Public Health Service (USPHS) Syphilis Study (the correct name of the study) through conversations with descendants and historians.
Credits
Hosts: Alexis Pedrick and Elisabeth Berry Drago
Senior Producer: Mariel Carr
Producer: Rigoberto Hernandez
Associate Producer: Padmini Raghunath
Audio Engineer: Jonathan Pfeffer
"Innate Theme" composed by Jonathan Pfeffer. Additional music by Blue Dot Sessions.
Resource List
Black Journal; 301; The Tuskegee Study: A Human Experiment
Descendants of men from horrifying Tuskegee study want to calm virus vaccine fears, by David Montgomery
Examining Tuskegee: The infamous Syphilis Study and Its Legacy
Susceptible to Kindness: Miss Evers' Boys and the Tuskegee Syphis Study
Under the Shadow of Tuskegee: African Americans and Health Care, by Vanessa Northington Gamble
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