Michael Specter

11 Podcast Episodes

Steven Johnson & Michael Specter on the Future of Life

Steven Johnson & Michael Specter on the Future of Life

Last month, longtime New Yorker staff writer Michael Specter released a brand new audiobook with our friends at Pushkin.... Read more

27 Apr 2023

57mins

Higher Animals with Michael Specter

Higher Animals with Michael Specter

Malcolm talks with his old friend, the brilliant science writer Michael Specter, about the future of life on Earth. Mich... Read more

6 Apr 2023

34mins

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From Higher Animals: A New Audiobook by New Yorker writer Michael Specter

From Higher Animals: A New Audiobook by New Yorker writer Michael Specter

This excerpt from Pushkin's new audiobook, Higher Animals: Vaccines, Synthetic Biology, and the Future of Life, features... Read more

6 Apr 2023

12mins

Synthetic Biology with Michael Specter

Synthetic Biology with Michael Specter

What is synthetic biology and why is the “next Industrial Revolution”? Michael Specter joins Adam to discuss MRNA vaccin... Read more

29 Mar 2023

59mins

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The Synthetic Biology Future with Michael Specter

The Synthetic Biology Future with Michael Specter

What happens when we can program our biology like we do software in a computer? Humanity’s finding out. It means we can ... Read more

28 Mar 2023

53mins

FAUCI by Michael Specter, read by Michael Specter

FAUCI by Michael Specter, read by Michael Specter

Journalist Michael Specter’s throaty voice and emotional yet precise delivery perfectly suit his examination of the coro... Read more

4 Jan 2021

5mins

Amanpour: Tim Phillips, Michael Specter, Richard Levitan

Amanpour: Tim Phillips, Michael Specter, Richard Levitan

With the number of coronavirus cases in the United States now standing at over 1 million the nation is struggling econom... Read more

April 20, 2020 Episode- HEROES & VILLAINS! We discuss Jane Mayer on Moscow Mitch; Michael Specter on Anthony Fauci; and more!

April 20, 2020 Episode- HEROES & VILLAINS! We discuss Jane Mayer on Moscow Mitch; Michael Specter on Anthony Fauci; and more!

19 Apr 2020

35mins

Michael Specter on the Gluten-Free Fad

Michael Specter on the Gluten-Free Fad

This week on Point of Inquiry, Lindsay Beyerstein is joined by renowned journalist Michael Specter, a staff writer for T... Read more

26 May 2015

35mins

Michael Specter - The Menace of Denialism

Michael Specter - The Menace of Denialism

This week, we learned that J. Craig Venter has at long last created a synthetic organism—a simple life form constructed... Read more

21 May 2010

38mins

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