The 8 Best Kevin Esvelt Podcasts
1) Mitigating catastrophic biorisks | Kevin Esvelt
In a world now painfully aware of pandemics, with ever-increasing access to autonomous biological agents, how can we help channel society’s response to COVID-19 to minimize the risk of deliberate misu...Show More
2) 58: Recipes for Future Plagues | Kevin Esvelt
USAID’s new “DEEP VZN” program aims to discover new pandemic-grade viruses, then broadcast their genomes to the world, according to MIT evolutionary engineer Kevin Esvelt. He estimates that 30,000 peo...Show More
3) 028: Cracking the Genetic Code with Kevin Esvelt
Kevin Esvelt leads the Sculpting Evolution Group at MIT. Their work explores “evolutionary and ecological engineering and responsive science.” Kevin joins Nate on the program to help him with some hom...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.4) The Risks of Manufactured Viruses - Dr. Kevin Esvelt
Can biotechnology be used in malevolent ways? The simple and inexpensive ways to generate genetic material make creating viruses easier than ever. Dr Kevin Esvelt from MIT's Media Lab discusses how DN...Show More
5) EAGxVirtual 2020: Mitigating catastrophic biorisks (Kevin Esvelt)
In a world now painfully aware of pandemics, with ever-increasing access to autonomous biological agents, how can we help channel society’s response to COVID-19 to minimize the risk of deliberat...Show More
6) Dangerous biological research - is it worth it? (Kevin Esvelt)
Kevin Esvelt, a scientist at MIT, argues that research intended to prevent pandemics is actually putting us in a lot more danger. Also discussed: Kevin's own research on engineering wild animal specie...Show More
7) Mouse’s Vineyard: Update!
It’s been two years since we followed MIT scientist Kevin Esvelt to Martha’s Vineyard. Has he created his Lyme-fighting super-mouse? We follow up.
8) Gene editing in mosquitoes
Omar Akbari and Kevin Esvelt discuss a gene editing approach for harmful mosquitoes.
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