
Should I Spit? - Episode 9 - Eye of Sauron
Claire discovers how the Australian Federal Police are embracing FIGG, but with no regulation to safeguard against the privacy concerns which come with increased genetic surveillance. And in the final...
19 Mars 202547min

Should I Spit? - Episode 8 - FIGG
Claire meets the scientist responsible for the original DNA family history project Michael’s father donated to. He’s a well-known archaeo-geneticist who was attempting to build a DNA family tree of th...
19 Mars 202544min

Should I Spit? - Episode 7 - Secrets of the Pharaohs
Claire learns the details about the original study which took the DNA samples from Michael’s father; from its religious origins to how the data eventually became part of Ancestry’s database. The polic...
19 Mars 202541min

Should I Spit? - Episode 6 - Sins of the Father
Although Michael is no longer a murder suspect, his male cousins are scrutinised. The Idaho Falls police are trialing a new technology which predicts someone’s physical appearance based on DNA samples...
12 Mars 202536min

Should I Spit? - Episode 5 - Psychological Rubberhose
A man called Chris Tapp has been in prison for 20 years for the death of Angie, but his DNA was never found at the crime scene. For Angie’s mother, Carol it doesn’t make sense, and she goes from initi...
12 Mars 202540min

Should I Spit? - Episode 4 - This is the Place
Claire attends RootsTech, the world’s largest family history conference to learn why genealogy is such a popular hobby. There, Claire learns how the LDS Church and Ancestry have amassed billions of re...
12 Mars 202537min

Introducing Should I Spit?
DNA is the blueprint for life. While police call it the ‘gold standard’ for forensic identification, transnational corporations see dollar signs. Investigative journalist Claire Aird brings the untold...
26 Feb 20254min

Should I Spit? - Episode 3 - Eternal Families
In this episode of Should I spit?, Claire discovers how the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is inextricably linked with the history of genetics and genealogy, through the church’s doctrine...
3 Feb 202545min



















