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The Pill for the People
Season 4Episode 7Season 4Episode 9

E8 The Pill for the People

NOVA / Season 4 / Episode 8

10 Mar, 1977 · 55min

 
Season 4Episode 7Season 4Episode 9

E8 The Pill for the People

NOVA / Season 4 / Episode 8

10 Mar, 1977 · 55min

 

NOVA profiles chemist Russell Marker who made the birth control pill possible by discovering a synthetic substitute for the hormone progesterone.

NOVA profiles chemist Russell Marker who made the birth control pill possible by discovering a synthetic substitute for the hormone progesterone.

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Cast

39 eps

Jay O. Sanders

Self - Narrator (voice)

73 yrs
24 eps

Lance Lewman

Narrator (voice)

65 yrs
22 eps

Neil Ross

Narrator

81 yrs
20 eps

Liev Schreiber

Narrator (voice)

58 yrs
20 eps

Craig Sechler

Narrator / Self - Narrator

74 yrs
14 eps

Will Lyman

Narrator / Narrator (voice) / Self - Narrator (voice)

78 yrs
13 eps

David Pogue

Host / Self

63 yrs
11 eps

Stacy Keach

Narrator / Narrator (voice)

85 yrs
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