Nerdette: Rebecca Skloot On Henrietta Lacks
May 05, 2017•32 min
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Episode description
Rebecca Skloot talks about the long journey of turning her book, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, into an HBO film starring Oprah.
She also discusses the importance of storytelling in science and why, even after 18 years, she’s still traveling the world to talk about the life of Henrietta Lacks.
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