# Alexandra Minna Stern

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Why History Matters: Reproductive Rights and Justice

In this week’s episode of then & now, we present a recording of a recent event hosted by the UCLA History Department, "Why History Matters: Reproductive Rights and Justice." This event brought together experts to explore the far-reaching effects of the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization d…

Episode 6: The Eugenesis of Genetic Counseling

Eugenics is at the core of the emergence of the genetic counseling profession. In this episode, Alexandra Minna Stern, PhD, the Humanities Dean at UCLA, a historian, and researcher, discusses how this entanglement casts a long shadow over the profession and offers important historical context for s…

Deconstructing the Alt-Right: Alexandra Minna Stern

Culture Informs Politics The Alt-Right believes politics is downstream from culture. They operate in this meta-political sphere where changing American politics must start with changing culture, discourse, and language. The internet allowed the Alt-Right's ideology to proliferate through memes, in …

#1712 Eugenics Redux: A Gilded Age Ideology Brought Back for the Second Gilded Age

Air Date 5/27/2025 Slippery slope arguments persist because good ideas taken to extremes become bad ones. Eugenics exemplifies this—often starting with good intentions. Be part of the show! Leave us a message or text at 202-999-3991 or email Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Full Show Notes BestOfTheLeft.c…

Episode 12: Genetics & the American Far Right

Guest Alexandra Minna Stern, PhD, author of Proud Boys and the White Ethnostate talks about how the American far right views genetics, genetic technologies, eugenics, and science and the emerging political threat of 21st century eugenics ideology and policies. Follow Genetic Frontiers on your fav…

From Fruit to Freedom: The Brutal History of Women’s Rights in America

Women make up half the population, but their rights have always been treated like a special request. In this episode we dive into the real history of women’s rights in America: from forced sterilizations and credit card restrictions to the myth of the 19th Amendment being a universal win. We expose…

Gideon Nav Talking Time

Claire Beans (she/they) and Han Koehle (any pronouns) dive into Gideon the Ninth Act II Chapter 13. Gideon and Harrow negotiate. Han questions Harrow's understanding of the rules. Claire highlights other necro/cav models. Conversation gets unusually dark there in the middle. Today’s cover art was p…

369: Politics of Citation and Why Crediting Others Matters with Drs. Miroslava Chávez-García and Alexandra Minna Stern

In this episode of the Grad School Femtoring Podcast, I explore the politics of citation and why crediting others matters in academia and beyond, alongside Dr. Miroslava Chávez-García and Dr. Alexandra Minna Stern. We unpack how citation functions as a form of power, how it connects to mentorship a…

The motion that catalyzed the Holocaust - Alexandra Minna Stern and Natalie Lira

Trace the history of the eugenics movement in the US, and discover how the belief in ideal genetics led to forced sterilizations.--Since ancient Greece, humans have controlled populations via reproduction, retaining some traits and removing others. But in the 19th century, a new scientific movement…