In this podcast, we discuss Angela’s most recent book, Superior, which explores the existence of racism in science and how science is often used to support a certain position. We reflect on the impact of the killing of George Floyd and the Black Lives Matter movement on public awareness, as well as some of the reasons why people from Black and Asian backgrounds have been disproportionately affected by the COVID pandemic.
Angela Saini is an award-winning science journalist, author and broadcaster. She presents radio and television programmes on the BBC and her writing has appeared in The Sunday Times, Nature, New Scientist, National Geographic and Wired. She has won a number of national and international journalism awards.
Her two-part documentary series for BBC 4 about the history and science of eugenics aired in autumn 2019 and was a pick of the day in a number of national newspapers. Her latest book, Superior: The Return of Race Science published in 2019 to widespread critical acclaim, was named a book of the year by the Financial Times, Guardian and The Telegraph and Sunday Times and won the Transmission Prize. Her previous book, Inferior: How Science Got Women Wrong, was published in 2017 and has been translated into thirteen languages. She is currently working on her fourth book, to be published in early 2023.
The Academy’s Developing Practice Podcast is produced by The Academy, University of Liverpool. The role of the Academy is to promote and enable organisational excellence through the strategic development of the University’s people and practices. The podcast hosts Matt Davis and Alex Owen are based in the Academy. Matt is an Organisational Developer and Alex is an Academic Developer. To find out more about the work of The Academy check out: https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/the-academy/
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