#681 - Ben Lamm - The Man Bringing Extinct Creatures Back To Life

Modern Wisdom

Chris Williamson

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

4.7 • 4.6K Ratings

🗓️ 16 September 2023

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Ben Lamm is an entrepreneur, CEO of Colossal and a founder. What if Jurassic Park's dream of bringing extinct creatures back to life was possible? Well it kind of is. And Ben's company is forging ahead in the new frontier of de-extinction, starting with some of the most legendary animals from history. Expect to learn why Ben is bringing Wooly Mammoths back to life, how you give birth to an animal that died out thousands of years ago, where Ben gets the genetic material from, how bringing back Mammoths could fix climate change, whether artificial wombs will actually work, if we can make humans as strong as Neanderthals using their DNA, why we should bring back the Dodo bird and much more... Sponsors: Get the Whoop 4.0 for free and get your first month for free at https://join.whoop.com/modernwisdom (discount automatically applied) Get 5 Free Travel Packs, Free Liquid Vitamin D and more from AG1 at https://drinkag1.com/modernwisdom (discount automatically applied) Get 15% discount on Mud/Wtr at https://mudwtr.com/mw (use code MODERNWISDOM) Extra Stuff: Get my free Reading List of 100 books to read before you die → https://chriswillx.com/books/ To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom - Get in touch. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello everybody, welcome back to the show.
0:03.2	My guest today is Ben Lamb, he's an entrepreneur, CEO of Colossal, and a founder.
0:08.8	What if Jurassic Park's dream of bringing extinct creatures back to life was possible?
0:13.3	Well, it kind of is, and Ben's company is forging ahead in a new frontier of de-extinction,
0:19.9	starting with some of the most legendary animals from history.
0:23.3	Expect to learn why Ben is bringing woolly mammoths back to life, how you give birth to
0:27.6	an animal that died out thousands of years ago, where Ben gets the genetic material from,
0:32.7	how bringing back woolly mammoths could fix climate change, whether artificial wombs
0:37.3	will actually work, if we can make humans as strong as Neanderthals using their DNA,
0:41.9	why we should bring back the dodo bird, and much more.
0:46.6	Little bit of an update, I've been in the UK for nearly two full weeks now, and have
0:50.7	recorded a ton of episodes with guests that I've been looking forward to for a long time.
0:55.6	So keep your eyes peeled for those, as they will be coming out very soon, and this Monday
1:00.6	Stan Effeting, the world's strongest bodybuilder, joins me to talk all things, muscle gain, fat
1:05.9	loss, strength training.
1:07.8	He is ridiculously knowledgeable, and this episode was a lot of fun.
1:12.3	So get ready for that one.
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