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Interview Interlude Playlist, Part 9: Carl Zimmer
Stuff To Blow Your Mind - March 27, 2020 15:22 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 5.5K ratingsLet's talk about heredity. Here's our 2018 chat with acclaimed science writer Carl Zimmer about his book “She Has Her Mother's Laugh: The Powers, Perversions, and Potential of Heredity.” Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for pr...
Binah: Carl Zimmer with Annalee Newitz on Heredity
Binah - November 14, 2019 15:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsScience journalist Carl Zimmer argues that heredity isn’t just about genes that pass from parent to child, but also about other things that matter as much—or more—to our lives.
Episode 186: She Has Her Mother's Laugh: The Powers, Perversions, and Potential of Heredity, with Carl Zimmer
Give and Take - October 04, 2019 15:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 96 ratingsMy guest is Carl Zimmer. His newest book is She Has Her Mother's Laugh: The Powers, Perversions, and Potential of Heredity. (https://www.amazon.com/She-Has-Her-Mothers-Laugh/dp/1101984597) In it he presents a profoundly original perspective on what we pass along from generation to generation. Cha...
Let's CRISPR with Carl ZIMMER!
What The If? - October 01, 2019 00:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 60 ratingsWould you CRISPR your baby? The great science journalist Carl Zimmer, award winning columnist for the New York Times and author of thirteen (!) books joins us to imagine the steep up sides and the slippery down sides of the revolutionary technique for modifying genes. Fix those typos in your DNA!...
From the Vault: Carl Zimmer on Heredity's Power
Stuff To Blow Your Mind - May 11, 2019 11:26 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 5.5K ratingsWhy does heredity hold such power over us? How did the ancients contemplate it and how is genetic technology changing the shape of future heredity? In this classic episode, Robert and Joe chat with acclaimed science writer Carl Zimmer about the topics explored in his book “She Has Her Mother's ...
“What Is Life?” with Carl Zimmer, Why You Always Have Room for Dessert, and Learning Myths
Curiosity Daily - March 14, 2019 07:00 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 877 ratingsLearn about common misconceptions around learning that even educators believe; the scientific reason why it feels like you always have more room for dessert; and how science writer Carl Zimmer responded when we asked him “what is life?” In this podcast, Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer discuss the f...
Carl Zimmer and Paul Offit on Genetics, Race, and Vaccinations at CSICon 2018
Point of Inquiry - March 07, 2019 13:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 758 ratingsWe find ourselves in the information age among many who, although have the access to proper and accurate scientific information, choose not to believe it. What causes the parents of a newborn to avoid vaccines? Where do the misconceptions of genetics originate? Today on Point of Inquiry, Kavin...
Carl Zimmer on What’s “In Your Genes,” Nudge Theory, and Post-Apocalyptic Cockroach Myths
Curiosity Daily - March 07, 2019 08:00 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 877 ratingsLearn what it means when you have something “in your genes” with help from award-winning author Carl Zimmer; whether cockroaches really can survive a nuclear apocalypse; and how to change behaviors using a subtle suggestion. Carl Zimmer, award-winning author and columnist for The New York Times...
BONUS: A Conversation with Carl Zimmer about DNA, Identity, and Heredity
SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human - November 13, 2018 09:23 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 196 ratingsSurprise! As a special holiday treat, the SAPIENS team is presenting this unedited conversation between SAPIENS host Chip Colwell and acclaimed science journalist Carl Zimmer about DNA, identity, and heredity. This conversation was previously excerpted in our episode “Is Your DNA You?...
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How To Be Amazing with Michael Ian Black - August 08, 2018 09:56 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 2K ratingsThe author of 13 books about evolution, neuroscience, biology, and most recently heredity, as well as the weekly “Matter” science column in the New York Times, discusses his accessible style of science storytelling, answering Michael’s burning questions on his recent book She Has Her Mo...
8 | Carl Zimmer on Heredity, DNA, and Editing Genes
Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas - August 06, 2018 14:18 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3.7K ratingsOur understanding of heredity and genetics is improving at blinding speed. It was only in the year 2000 that scientists obtained the first rough map of the human genome: 3 billion base pairs of DNA with about 20,000 functional genes. Today, you can send a bit of your DNA to companies suc...
Your DNA May Not Be Your Destiny: Carl Zimmer
Good Life Project - June 26, 2018 03:01 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2.9K ratingsIs your DNA your destiny? Can you swap in better "source code" to save your life, change your appearance, be smarter or more athletic? Can a mother inherit DNA from her fetus? What do you really get when you pay for inexpensive genome-testing? These questions are just part of what we cover in to...
Interview: Carl Zimmer on Heredity's Power
Stuff To Blow Your Mind - June 14, 2018 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 5.5K ratingsWhy does heredity hold such power over us? How did the ancients contemplate it and how is genetic technology changing the shape of future heredity? Robert and Joe chat with acclaimed science writer Carl Zimmer about the topics explored in his new book “She Has Her Mother's Laugh: The Powers, Per...
Episode 210 - Carl Zimmer
Talk Nerdy with Cara Santa Maria - June 04, 2018 07:56 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 923 ratingsIn this episode of Talk Nerdy, Cara is joined by celebrated science writer Carl Zimmer, author of "She Has Her Mother's Laugh: The Powers, Perversions, and Potentials of Heredity." They discuss the promises of modern genetics research and applications, as well as the dark history of the eugenics ...
Episode 223: Carl Zimmer
Longform - December 07, 2016 20:43 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.7K ratingsCarl Zimmer, a columnist for the New York Times and a national correspondent at STAT, writes about science. “[Criticism] doesn’t change the truth. You know? Global warming is still happening. Vaccines still work. Evolution is still true. No matter what someone on Twitter or someone in an admini...
127 Carl Zimmer - The Mysterious World of Viruses
Inquiring Minds - April 01, 2016 07:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★ - 822 ratingsWe talk to science writer and New York Times columnist Carl Zimmer about viruses. Viral fragments make up 8% of our entire genome—how much do we actually know about them? Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/inquiringminds
Carl Zimmer - Viruses and Other Little Things
Point of Inquiry - February 05, 2013 19:14 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 758 ratingsThis year's flu season has been dubbed the worst in recent history, despite the fact that the flu vaccine is fairly effective and readily available. But of course, not everyone experiencing flu-like symptoms actually has the flu—with so many cold viruses and bacterial infections being passed aro...
Carl Zimmer - This is Your Brain on iPad
Point of Inquiry - October 23, 2010 00:32 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 758 ratingsHost: Chris Mooney On the show this week, Point of Inquiry features one of our most distinguished science writers—Carl Zimmer. He's the author of many acclaimed books, including Evolution: The Triumph of an Idea, and now he’s taken on an experiment: Publishing his next book, Brain Cuttings, as ...
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