Nora chats with Ben Lamm, founder and CEO of Colossal Biosciences, a company that is focused on using genomics and synthetic biology to prevent, and in some cases, reverse extinction. Ben discusses Colassal’s keystone projects – bringing back the woolly mammoth and the thylacine, also known as the Tasmanian tiger.
00:00 Intro
00:23 Intro to Ben Lamm
04:01 OG Occupations segment: Sonic
04:58 How Ben got into the genomics business
06:12 How Ben joined George Church and Colossal
08:25 George’s initial funding
09:39 Discussing monetization opportunity
12:18 The technology’s far-reaching applications
12:47 Why bring back the woolly mammoth
15:40 Extinction on earth and conservation work
19:49 Transparency, docu-series and woolly mammoth de-extinction timeline
21:22 Ben’s answer to critics
24:27 Colossal’s marketing strategy on social media
27:28 Influencers on Colossal’s social media
28:29 Moonshot segment: Off-world and underwater living
29:41 Credits
