Subhadra Das

Subhadra Das discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known. Subhadra Das is a researcher and storyteller who looks at the relationship between science and society. She specialises in the history and philosophy of science, particularly the history of scientific racism and eugenics, and what those histories mean for our lives today. For nine years, she was Curator of the Science Collections at University College London, and also Researcher in Critical Eugenics at the Sarah Parker Remond Centre for the Study of Racism and Racialisation. She has written and presented podcasts, curated museum exhibitions, done stand-up comedy and regularly appears on radio and TV. Her first book, (Un)Civilised: 10 Lies That Made The West comes out in May 2023. For more information, go to https://www.waterstones.com/book/un-civilised/subhadra-das/9781399704359%C2%A0 Francis Galton https://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/museums/2015/10/22/francis-galton-and-the-history-of-eugenics-at-ucl/ Alok Vaid Menon https://www.instagram.com/alokvmenon Alabama 3 https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2001/apr/04/artsfeatures.popandrock Gaudy Night https://www.newyorker.com/books/under-review/an-overlooked-novel-from-1935-by-the-godmother-of-feminist-detective-fiction Pocket https://getpocket.com/ The Muppet Movie https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-muppet-movie-1979 This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm