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The Renegade Anthropologists Who Reinvented How We Think About Race & Gender


In his new book, 'Gods of the Upper Air,' Charles King tells the story of Franz Boas, Margaret Mead and the other 20th century anthropologists who challenged outdated notions of race, class and gender.

Also, linguist Geoff Nunberg discusses the language he calls "chatspeak."


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 August 20, 2019  48m