The Story of our DNA, 'Sweetbitter' on Screen, Am I Destroying the Planet?

Midday on WNYC | Apr 26, 2018

Harvard University geneticist David Reich discusses his book Who We Are and How We Got Here. Stephanie Danler, writer and executive producer of Sweetbitter, talks about adapting her novel for the screen. Lynne Tillman chronicles the journey of an intellectual male feminist in her new novel Men and Apparitions. Mark Fischetti and Kim Nicholas explain how changing our lifestyles could help save the planet.

This episode is guest hosted by DW Gibson.

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