Carl Djerassi's 'Taboos' (broadcast Friday, September 26th, 2008)
Watch a clip from Carl Djerassi's play "Taboos" performed at the Soho Playhouse, in New York City. (Credits: Filmed by Flora Lichtman. Thanks to Soho Playhouse and Redshift Productions. ) See More Videos
Chemist Carl Djerassi, one of the fathers of the birth control pill, has traded his flasks for a playwright's pen. His newest play, 'Taboos,' is a story of sex and parenthood in an age of reproductive technology. What happens when sex is divorced from reproduction, and vice versa? We'll talk with scientist and playwright Carl Djerassi about his new play, and about the intersection between science and art.
Guests
Carl Djerassi
Playwright and Author, "Taboos"
Professor Emeritus,
Department of Chemistry
Stanford University
Stanford, California
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Segment produced by:Christopher Intagliata
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