Engineered Humans w/ Adam Piore

Talk Nerdy with Cara Santa Maria

Talk Nerdy, Inc.

Natural Sciences, Science, Society & Culture

4.7 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 11 July 2017

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

Cara speaks with journalist and author Adam Piore about his new book, “The Body Builders: Inside the Science of the Engineered Human.” Adam shares some his favorite stories from the book, including a “bionic man” and a blind woman who can “see” with her ears.

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0:00.0	Hello everyone and welcome to Talk Nurdy. It's Monday, July 10th and I'm your
0:17.2	host Kara Santa Maria. Now we've got a great show for you today but before we
0:21.9	launch in I want to thank those of you
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1:44.1	All right, I'm excited about this week's episode.
1:47.2	I had a chance to chat with a really great journalist.
1:51.8	He's New York-based and he's written for all sorts of places,
1:56.6	Kondinas Traveler, GQ, Discover magazine, Mother Jones, Scientific American, Business Week, News Week, but what's really exciting is his recent book.
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