Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard

Ben Lamm (on de-extinction)

September 23, 2026·2h 3m·7-min readconversationalscience
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Ben Lamm, CEO of Colossal Biosciences, joins Dan Shepard and Lily Padman to discuss his company’s audacious mission to de-extinct species like the woolly mammoth and dire wolf using synthetic biology, CRISPR, and AI. What began as a sci-fi dream has evolved into a real scientific and ethi

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Ben Lamm

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Ben LammGeorge ChurchDaxPeter JacksonGeorge R.R. Martin

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Colossal BiosciencesViogenOrchidX32

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Artificial IntelligenceBiohackingGeneticsLongevityScientific Method

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