{"id":570,"date":"2015-12-24T00:20:02","date_gmt":"2015-12-24T00:20:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/genotopia.peachpuff-wolverine-566518.hostingersite.com\/?p=570"},"modified":"2015-12-24T00:20:02","modified_gmt":"2015-12-24T00:20:02","slug":"new-stuff-recent-and-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scienceblog.com\/genotopia\/570\/new-stuff-recent-and-future\/","title":{"rendered":"New stuff, recent and future"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two upcoming gigs, one online, one live:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I&#8217;m going to be talking to Paul Knoepfler (UC Davis) about his new book,\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/GMO-Sapiens-Life-Changing-Science-Designer\/dp\/9814678538\" target=\"_blank\">GMO Sapiens<\/a>,<\/em> on\u00a0<em>Talking Biopolitics, <\/em>podcast of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.geneticsandsociety.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Center for Genetics and Society<\/a>.\u00a0We record in January&#8211;watch their website for when it goes live.<\/li>\n<li>And I&#8217;m privileged to talk to the wonderful <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alondranelson.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Alondra Nelson<\/a> (Columbia University) about her book,\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beacon.org\/The-Social-Life-of-DNA-P1140.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">The Social Life of DNA<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beacon.org\/The-Social-Life-of-DNA-P1140.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">: Race, Reparations, and Reconciliation After the Genome<\/a><\/em>, hitting the shelves in January. We&#8217;ll be at the Enoch Pratt Free Library on Jan. 19 (<a href=\"http:\/\/calendar.prattlibrary.org\/event\/writers_live_alondra_nelson_the_social_life_of_dna_race_reparations_and_reconciliation_after_the_genome#.Vns5T9-rTv0\" target=\"_blank\">details here<\/a>). If you can make it to Baltimore, come down, listen to Alondra give a reading and hear our conversation, and pick up a signed copy!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Finally, I took a little holiday down-time to update the <a href=\"https:\/\/scienceblog.com\/genotopia\/scribblings\/\" target=\"_blank\">Scribblings<\/a> page to include some of my recent articles, in <a href=\"https:\/\/aeon.co\/\" target=\"_blank\">Aeon<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thenation.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Nation<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nature.com\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Nature<\/a>, and elsewhere. Links to html articles\u00a0and\/or pdfs included whenever possible. 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