Sam Fenn talks to anthropologist Christopher Knight about the disconnect between Noam Chomsky’s politics and his science. Plus, a biologist honours President Obama by naming a parasite after him. And Alex brings us a story about Harvard’s secret gay court.

Sam Fenn talks to anthropologist Christopher Knight about the disconnect between Noam Chomsky’s politics and his science. Plus, a biologist honours President Obama by naming a parasite after him. And Alex brings us a story about Harvard’s secret gay court.

Sam Fenn talks to anthropologist Christopher Knight about the disconnect between Noam Chomsky’s politics and his science. Plus, a biologist&nbsp;honours&nbsp;President Obama by naming a parasite after him. And Alex brings us a story about Harvard’s secret gay court.

#23: Chomsky's Carburetor

Experts shape our world. Sometimes for better, sometimes for worse. In every big story, you’ll find one; you’ll find a researcher, scientist, engineer, planner, policy wonk, data nerd, bureaucrat, regulator, intellectual, or pseudo-intellectual. Their ideas are often opaque, unrecognized, and difficult to understand. Some of them like it that way. On Cited, we reveal their hidden stories.

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