Part One: Dire Wolves, Dr. George Church & The De-Extinction Grift
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Robert walks Langston Kerman through the story of Dr. George Church, a very real scientist who co founded the company making bullshit claims of "de extincting" dire wolves.

(2 Part Series)

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• George Church, Colossal W*nker – For Better Science)
• Can Gene Therapy Slow Ageing in Dogs? - Gowing Life)
• Never-ageing Anti-aging to cure COVID-19 – For Better Science)
• The original sins of Leonard Guarente – For Better Science)
• Jeffrey Epstein Hoped to Seed Human Race With His DNA - The New York Times)
• Biologist George Church apologizes for contacts with Jeffreyticl Epstein)
• Genetics Company Wants To Bring Iconic Tasmanian Tiger Back From Extinction - Newsweek)
• Gene editing company hopes to bring dodo ‘back to life’ | Extinct wildlife | The Guardian)
• Jeffrey Epstein-Funded Geneticist Is Building a Dating App That Only a Eugenicist Could Love)
• George Church Explains How DNA Will Be Construction Material of the Future - DER SPIEGEL)
• Geneticist George Church gets funding for lab-grown woolly mammoths)
• Wooly Mammoth De-extinction Scientist Reveals Plan To Create 'Arctic Elephant' - Newsweek)
• Bringing back dinosaurs or making new ones? – DW – 06/10/2015)
• ‘If you’re not failing, you’re probably not trying as hard as you could be’ — Harvard Gazette)
• CRISPR gene editing on human embryos may be dangerous)
• Here are some actual facts about George Church’s DNA dating company | MIT Technology Review)
• Scientist on the Loose: George Church Strays Into Eugenics—Again | Center for Genetics and Society)
• So...What do we think of Colossal Biosciences? : r/pleistocene)
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• How 39-year-old Ben Lamm has started five companies)
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• Dr. George Church, Founding Father of Genomics | News | W.I.)
• The Church Of George Church)
• The World Has a Data Storage Problem. Is DNA the Answer? - proto.life)
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