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InThoseGenes

The only narrative science podcast where genetics and Black culture come together to tell the stories carried in our DNA.

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The Genetics of Reproduction Series

New episodes
dropping soon

In Those Genes returns with a special three-part series on the genetics of reproduction — told through the lived experience of people in our community.

Dr. Janina Jeff Ringo connects the dots on the genetics of reproductive traits for people who all have one thing in common — being born with a uterus. New episodes drop biweekly — coming soon.

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Our DNA.

In Those Genes is a Black-women-led independent production.

Sam Riddell Janicia Francis Danya Abdul-Hameid Cinthia Pimentel Maya Blasingame Warner Meadows Kayden Wong Angela Sabblah Talaya Robinson Imani Willis

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Clip from S2 · E01 — “How the World Inherited Blackness”

Season 2

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Season 2

While you wait for Season 3, revisit the episodes that started the conversation.

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Season 2

Baby Got Black

There’s a belief that Black bodies are built thicker and bigger — but where did that idea come from?

Season 2

Blackletes

Some of the world’s strongest, fastest, most decorated athletes are Blackity Black — but why?

Season 2

R&B: Rhythm & Blackness

We all got that one friend who just can’t catch the beat — so where does rhythm come from?

Favorites & Award-Winners

Some of the episodes we’re most proud of

Black Don’t Crack

The age-old question: why don’t Black people seem to age?

Black to the Future

Race is a social construct — not a distinction we make in biology.

Dat Rona

A special episode on the coronavirus — and Black communities.

How the World Inherited Blackness

Is race genetic? The Peabody-honored question that started it all.

Scientific Sankofa

Sankofa — “go back and fetch it”: never forgetting our past.

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Writing

Long
reads.

Essays and deeper dives on genetics, ancestry, and the science behind the headlines — decoded without the jargon, over on Substack.

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