A History of Childbirth #110

April 29, 2011

This episode was recorded when Science for the People was called Skeptically Speaking.

We explore the changing ways that medicine and culture have treated pregnancy and childbirth. We’ll talk with doctor and medical journalist Randi Hutter Epstein, about her book Get Me Out: A History of Childbirth From the Garden of Eden to the Sperm Bank. And on another edition of Everything You Know is Sort Of Wrong, Greg Laden looks at common misconceptions about life expectancy.

Guests:

  • Greg Laden
  • Randi Hutter Epstein
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