Walter Isaacson on the Amazements and Ethics of Gene Editing

Larry Wilmore: Black on the Air

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Society & Culture

4.8 • 3.6K Ratings

🗓️ 13 March 2021

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Larry is joined by Walter Isaacson to talk about his new book, ‘The Code Breaker,’ a biography of the genetic scientist and a developer of CRISPR Jennifer Doudna. They talk about the history of genetic science (16:10), how the new mRNA vaccines work (33:43), and the ethical questions that arise when talking about the possibilities of gene editing (51:23). Host: Larry Wilmore Guest: Walter Isaacson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:51.7	Hey everybody welcome back. This is Larry Wilmore and you are listening to Black on the air.
0:56.5	Thanks for choosing me, choosing this program to listen. I really appreciate it. Nice to have you
1:02.6	guys here. Really interesting show today. I'm talking to Walter Isaacson, the author of books such as
1:10.0	The Biographies of Einstein, Steve Jobs, Leonardo DaVinci, all of those excellent books. He has a new
1:17.3	book called The Codebreaker and it's about the scientist Jennifer Doutner and her work with
1:24.8	CRISPR and the vaccine. Jennifer Doutner, gene editing in the future of the human race is the
1:30.0	title of the book but it's fascinating. I love this kind of stuff guys. I was a huge science nerd
1:34.7	growing up by the way. Just so you know I wanted to be an astronaut. I wanted to be a scientist. That
1:39.1	was the first thing. Eva in my life that I wanted to be. Still in love with science, love this stuff.
1:45.8	So how to talk with Walter about this really fascinating. And Jennifer Doutner, her life is
1:50.6	very interesting to her journey and all that stuff. But it's a great book guys. It's a really,
1:56.0	really good book. Get it if you can. Walter Isaacson, the code breaker and I talked to him a couple
2:02.3	days ago and I hope you enjoy that conversation. So also I was on Bill Marshall last night. Thanks
2:09.3	to Bill for having me on. Very nice of him. And so 2009, if you can, it's on HBO. It was a fun show.
2:17.5	Professor Galloway, man, he was on fire. He was great. Such a great guy. It was a fun panel. I found
2:23.8	myself just watching a lot of it myself. So toon today, you'll see what I'm saying. He was on
2:28.0	fire. He was great. He was a great, it was a fun show. Bill has always been cool and reaching out
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