Dutee | Radiolab Presents: Gonads Episode 4

In the fourth episode of our miniseries that plunges into the mysterious world of human reproduction, Olympian Dutee Chand has drawn the spotlight not just for being one of the fastest Indian female runners ever, but also, she was banned after failing a “gender test.”
In 2014, India’s Dutee Chand was a rising female track and field star, crushing national records. But then, that summer, something unexpected happened: she failed a gender test. And was banned from the sport. Before she knew it, Dutee was thrown into the middle of a controversy that started long before her, and continues on today: how to separate males and females in sport.
First aired in 2018, Dutee and the story of female athletes in sport were back in the spotlight at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Join us for an update on Dutee’s second Olympic games, and the continued role testosterone has in shaping who is on the track and who is off.
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Radiolab Presents: Gonads is a multi-episode journey deep into the parts of us that let us make more of us. Senior Correspondant Molly Webster explores the primordial roots of our drive to reproduce, introduces a revolutionary fertility procedure that sounds like science fiction, reveals a profound secret about gender that lives inside all of us, and calls on writers, educators, musicians, artists and comedians to debate how we’re supposed to talk to kids about sex.
This update was reported by Molly Webster, with reporting and producing by Sarah Qari.
"Dutee" was reported by Molly Webster, with co-reporting and translation by Sarah Qari. It was produced by Pat Walters, with production help from Jad Abumrad and Rachael Cusick. The Gonads theme was written, performed, and produced by Majel Connery and Alex Overington.
Special thanks to Geertje Mak, Maayan Sudai, Andrea Dunaif, Bhrikuti Rai, Joe Osmundson and Payoshni Mitra. Plus, former Olympic runner Madeleine Pape, who is currently studying regulations around female, transgender and intersex individuals in sport.
Radiolab is supported in part by Science Sandbox, a Simons Foundation initiative dedicated to engaging everyone with the process of science. And the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, enhancing public understanding of science and technology in the modern world.
Illustration by Jasu Hu [www.jasuhuart.com]
Video by Michael Snyder, Kim Nowacki and Andrea Latimer.

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