Episode 16: Vaccine Patents, Tesla's Travails, and the Persistence of Race Science ft. Angela Saini

The Received Wisdom - A podcast by Shobita Parthasarathy & Jack Stilgoe

In this episode, Jack and Shobita talk about the controversy over making COVID-19 vaccines globally available by waiving the patents, and the recent crash of one of Tesla's "self-driving" cars. And they chat with science journalist Angela Saini about her recent book Superior: The Return of Race Science. They discuss why assumptions about the biology of race seem so persistent even in the context of understanding COVID-19, and how George Floyd's murder may have changed global discussions about race and science.