It's Not Race, It's Recessive: Part 1

Some diseases really do run in certain ancestries. Others just look that way until you factor in poverty and colonialism. We dig into which is which, what these conditions actually are, and the surprisingly strategic reasons evolution let some of them stick around. CW: Death in Childhood, Medical Racism, Colonialism, Imperialism, Pain as a Medical Symptom, Details of Medical Conditions (Cystic Fibrosis, Tay Sachs, Sickle Cell, Diabetes), Poverty Music provided by Dark Fantasy Studios. [License] Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/why-would-you-ask-that--5784165/support.