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Roxanne Khamsi discusses her book 'Beyond Inheritance', which challenges the notion of fixed genetic destiny.

TWiEVO 126: Beyond Inheritance with Roxanne Khamsi June 1, 2026 Science journalist Roxanne Khamsi joins Nels and Vincent discuss her first book, Beyond Inheritance , which explores how DNA continuously mutates throughout our lives, challenging the idea that our genetic destiny is fixed at birth. Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello Guest: Roxanne Khamsi Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts , RSS , email Become a patron of TWiEVO Links for this episode Join the MicrobeTV Discord server Beyond Inheritance (Amazon) Timestamps by Jolene Music on TWiEVO is performed by Trampled by Turtles Send your evolution questions and comments to twievo@microbe.tv

People in this episode

Hosts: Nels Elde, Vincent Racaniello

Guest: Roxanne Khamsi

Topics covered

• DNA mutation
• genetic destiny
• science journalism
• inheritance
• evolution

Keywords

• DNA
• mutation
• genetics
• inheritance
• evolution
• science journalism

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Beyond Inheritance

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