Uploaded April 2022 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago

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It's our Monday morning show! (On a Tuesday...) This morning, let's talk about Genie Wiley, America's "feral child." For the first 13 years of her life, all hours of the day,  Genie is strapped to a potty chair in an empty room, with no stimulation whatsoever. When she's finally rescued, she becomes a national news story, and scientists everywhere are fighting tooth and nail to study this rare case of an isolated child. It's a sad story about the girl who deserved more from the world that, ultimately, took more from her instead.

00:00:00 - Good Morning!
00:02:00 - "Feral" Children
00:15:12 - Genie's Story
02:01:01 - Outro

Coffee & Tequila
Genie: America's "Feral Child"
Season 2 Episode 2

SOURCES:
Genie, A Scientific Tragedy by Russ Rymer
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genie_(feral_child)
youtube.com/watch?v=xtgnjRY_Z7w
abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=4873347&page=1

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