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Listen now (88 mins) | The historical roots of radicalism

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Listen now (88 mins) | The historical roots of radicalism

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Listen now (48 mins) | The law and politics behind the Awokening

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  1 in 36 children in the US have an Autism Spectrum Disorder diagnosis, but did you know that 20-30% have a known genetic cause for their condition? Read more how, for the first time, parents can use Orchid’s whole genome sequencing to screen th…

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Listen now (80 mins) | The global and historical context of caste

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On this episode of the Unsupervised Learning podcast, Razib talks to internet commentator formerly known as default friend who is perhaps better known today as the internet culture writer Katherine Dee. Dee is a regular contributor to Retvrn, The Washi…

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Well, here we are. Razib and Amey talk about Sri Lankan genetics, casteism or lack thereof in the USA, the FUBAR of American immigration and finally how William Dalrymple triggers Amey’s Maratha pride. Since I haven’t asked in a while, please review positively on Apple and Spotify. Also, if you want to support the hosting … Continue reading The 100th Browncast with Amey the Maratha

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The elite diaspora have globalisation etched into their bones

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https://razib.substack.com This is where you will find all the podcasts from Razib Khan’s Substack and original video content. Today Razib talks to Inez Stepman, a senior policy analyst at the Independent Women’s Forum, a Lincoln Fellow with the Clarem…

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https://razib.substack.com This is where you will find all the podcasts from Razib Khan’s Substack and original video content. On this episode of Unsupervised Learning Razib talks to Dr. Cory J. Clark, a behavioral scientist and executive director of t…

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I am planning on doing a podcast on caste this week for my Substack this week. (here are my posts on the topic)

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Back-to-school edition

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Listen now (81 mins) | Indo-European origins in 2023

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This Politic piece on caste in America is pretty balanced. But one thing that this “Indian Americans are so casteist” discourse misses is that 85% of Indian American Hindus are “General Category”, with a few percent being Dalits or Scheduled Tribes (the remainder are OBC). There aren’t many low caste people to discriminate against, but … Continue reading The creation of Homo General Category

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I’ve fascinated by regions that border each other and have very different fertilities. For example, Saudi Arabia has a TFR of 2.2 and Yemen one of 4. Today it looks like Bihar has a fertility of around 3.0 and West Bengal 1.6. Bihar surpassed West Bengal in the late 1990’s, and is still more populous … Continue reading Fear of a Bihari nation

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interestingly (or not?) these guys are from kerala, while the other guy is from tamil nadu. is track and field stuff just more popular in south india? https://t.co/KwRTTpQvLv — Razib 🥥 Khan 🧬 📘✍️📱 (@razibkhan) September 3, 2023

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interestingly (or not?) these guys are from kerala, while the other guy is from tamil nadu. is track and field stuff just more popular in south india? https://t.co/KwRTTpQvLv — Razib 🥥 Khan 🧬 📘✍️📱 (@razibkhan) September 3, 2023

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On this episode of Unsupervised Learning Razib talks with Alex Young of UCLA and James Lee of the University of Minnesota about quantitative genetics and its relationship to complex traits and the genomic revolution. Young, trained as a mathematician, …

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Reconstructing the population history of Sinhalese, the major ethnic group in Śrī Laṅkā: Interestingly, we found an unexpected excess of smaller chunks sharing between Marāṭhā and Sinhala (>16%) than the Marāṭhā and STU, thus supporting the linguistic hypothesis of Geiger, Turner and van Driem. To confirm the excess sharing, we looked for the population which … Continue reading Sri Lanka Genetics

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Listen now (82 mins) | Consciousness at the heart of neuroscience

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