Genetic Frontiers
banner
geneticfrontiers.bsky.social
Genetic Frontiers
@geneticfrontiers.bsky.social
A podcast about the promise, power, perils of genetic information with host, @susannasmith.bsky.social. Listen at geneticfrontiers.org or on your favorite podcast app.
“I want people to not fool themselves into thinking there's a simple, bright line between eugenics and legitimate medical genetics.” -Dr. Nathaniel Comfort
Listen--> content.libsyn.com/p/1/a/1/1a13... from Season 2: #Genetics in American #Politics & #Culture
November 20, 2025 at 9:51 PM
A vulnerable conversation between Tiffany Graham Charkosky, author of Living Proof: How Love Defied Genetic Legacy, and Genetic Frontiers host @susannasmith.bsky.social about their shared experiences of living with genetic risks. content.libsyn.com/p/0/6/1/0617...
November 20, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Our latest episode out now with a message #genetics professionals can't afford to ignore --> "It's a very scary prospect but the seeds are being planted for... a 21st century #eugenics ideology playing out at the level of the federal government." -Alexandra Minna Stern Lisen here: lnkd.in/gC7Nz8cs
July 29, 2025 at 1:04 PM
June 24, 2025 at 4:10 PM
The NYT article I reference barely scratched the surface of this ethical minefield. Read my take as a previvor, who opted out of this genetic technology while recognizing it has very real clinical benefits for some families. geneticfrontiers.substack.com/p/16-questio...
#genomesequencing
June 18, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Eugenic imaginary is not an extreme fringe belief, but is embedded in everyday ideas; that the eugenic fiction appears to make a person deserving of the power that they already hold. - Sue Currell, PHD
geneticfrontiers.substack.com/p/episode-11...
June 9, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Quote from Sue Currell, from Episode 11: The Most Dangerous Thing Donald Trump Believes in Season 2: Genetics in American Politics & Culture. geneticfrontiers.substack.com/p/episode-11...
June 5, 2025 at 5:47 PM
The information isn’t new, but the political climate has changed and 23andMe is for sale. The communities most at risk have been skeptical of federal protections for years. I feel this so strongly as a previvor.
Find the original article and my full response on Substack: substack.com/home/post/p-...
May 28, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Warning: this episode might blow your mind. www.geneticfrontiers.org/episode10-ti...

A discussion about how #eugenic thinking is insidious in Silicon Valley & central to worldviews of some of the powerful people in the U.S. today w/ @timnitgebru.bsky.social & @xriskology.bsky.social.
May 7, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Out now, episode 1 of 6 on #Genetics in American #Politics & #Culture, www.geneticfrontiers.org/episode9-ang..., an interview Angela Saini. It's urgent to talk frankly about how what is happening politically in the US is informed by cultural ideas about science, genetics, heredity & human worth.
April 1, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Our latest episodes of Genetic Frontiers, a new podcast about the promise, power & perils of genetic information. www.geneticfrontiers.org/season-1. Find us on your fav podcast listening app!

#informedconsent #history #eugenics #geneticdifference #disabilityrights #inclusion
#geneticcounseling
January 13, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Check out the first four episodes of Genetic Frontiers, a new podcast about the promise, power, and perils of genetic information. www.geneticfrontiers.org/season-1

#bioethics #genetics #genethics #podcastsinscience #logotherapy #prenatal #spermbanks #cancer #medicalethics #geneticcounseling
January 13, 2025 at 8:54 PM