. . . recipient of 2001 Peabody award and 2000 Silver Baton DuPont-Columbia University television and radio award.

The DNA Files is a series of public radio documentaries about genetic research, its applications and its impact on our lives. The genetic revolution affects us every day: our health, our food, our families. The DNA Files documentaries explain how.

The programs in the series are guided by advisors from many fields. Some specialize in genetics; others have expertise in areas that are directly related to or involved in genetic developments, such as forensics, health care, insurance, psychology, and anthropology. All share a desire to increase public understanding of genetic research and its social impact.

The DNA Files radio documentaries were first featured on National Public Radio stations throughout the United States in November 1998. In both series, host John Hockenberry guides listeners through discussions and interviews that demystify genetic science, providing practical information on current techniques, as well as possible implications of breakthroughs yet to come. Can gene therapy treat cancer? Will we be able to use genetics to design the personalities of our children? Is it likely that a corporation will want to patent your DNA? The DNA Files explores these issues and more.

This radio series was developed in part by a grant from the Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues program of the U.S. Department of Energy Human Genome Program.

GENETICS & APPLIED ECOLOGY
DNA: Code of the Wild
(November 2001)

GENETICS & ASTROBIOLOGY
Life: How to Make a Cosmic Omelet
(November 2001)

THE HUMAN GENOME PROJECT
Mapping the Future
(November 1998)

GENE THERAPY
Medicine for Your Genes
(November 1998)

DNA & BEHAVIOR
Is Our Fate in Our Genes?
(November 1998)

GENETICS & BIOTECHNOLOGY
DNA in the Marketplace
(November 1998)

PRENATAL GENETIC TESTING
Do You Really Want to Know Your Baby's Future?
(November 1998)

GENETICS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE
Planet of the Bugs: The Neverending Tale
(November 2001)

GENETICS OF AGING & LONGEVITY
Search for the Fountain of Youth
(November 2001)

GENETIC MEDICINE
Prescription for Conflict
(November 2001)

PREDICTIVE GENETIC TESTING
Do You Really Want to Know Your Future?
(November 1998)

LAW & THE GENETICS OF IDENTITY
The Science of DNA Fingerprinting
(November 1998)

DNA AND EVOLUTION
Where Did We Come From?
Where Did We Go?
(November 1998)

PLANTS, ANIMALS & TRANSGENICS
A Tomato By Any Other Name
(November 1998)

Listen to Some Samples

SoundVision Productions has provided our site with ten segments from The DNA Files.

Audio clips can be heard using the free Real Audio Player. Download a free player from the Real Audio Website.

The Windows Media Player can also be used. Download a Media Player from the MS Website.

Listen to the following:

Personality Traits: Nature and Nurture
Early History of the Eugenics Movement
What are "Races?"
Genetic Testing and Civil Rights
How Viruses Are Used in Gene Therapy
Climbing the Bacterial Family Tree
Irradiated Gators: Cleaning Contaminated Ecosystems
Million-Year-Old Microbes
Collecting Cholera
Don't Blame the Bacteria

Tapes and Transcripts

SoundVision Productions offers cassettes, audio CDs and transcripts of The DNA Files. Orders can be placed through the www.dnafiles.org website or by contacting:

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Berkeley, CA 94705

In your request for transcripts, cassettes and/or CDs, please be sure to note the title of show(s).