Intronic Season Episode 3 - SNP-its, Short Audio Stories by Biorocket High School Interns

In Those Genes

Hey fam! Today we are hitting you with another Intronic episode but this time from high school interns from the Biorocket Program at Genspace who used our show as a model to do some science storytelling themselves. We call their short audio stories, SNP-its, a play upon words from an acronym in genetics that stands for single nucleotide polymorphism and describes common mutations in populations. . Over the next 40 minutes you’ll hear four SNP-its produced by this year’s Biorocket interns. The Biorocket interns worked collaboratively over the course of seven weeks to research, write, and produce a short podcast SNP-it about a science topic of their choosing. They covered everything from CRISPR gene therapies and “designer babies” to the environmental impacts of fast fashion and social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and how it is disproportionately impacting some communities. . You can find the transcripts from our interns here, bit.ly/32UxffI. . You can find more information about Genspace here, www.genspace.org/ . You can learn more about Biorocket here, www.genspace.org/biorocket . If you'd like to donate to Genspace, you can do so here, www.genspace.org/support-us. . If you enjoyed this please consider becoming a patron! We are REALLY trying to come back with a strong season 2 and we really need support. We are a THRIVING independent podcast with run by 3 freelancers most of which with other full-time jobs. . Become a patron here: www.patreon.com/inthosegenes . If you would like to give a one time donation, you can do that here: paypal.me/inthosegenes .