{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Walter Isaacson on the Next Scientific Revolution","description":"Bestselling author Walter Isaacson (Jobs, Leonardo DaVinci) shares how Nobel Prize-winning scientist Jennifer Doudna and her collaborators blazed a trail in a field dominated by men and turned a curiosity of nature into an something that will transform the human race:&amp;nbsp;an easy-to-use tool that can edit DNA. &amp;nbsp;He reveals how the technology known as&amp;nbsp;CRISPR has launched a revolution that will allow us to cure diseases, fend off viruses, and have healthier babies. &amp;nbsp;Walter talks the controversy over so-called &quot;designer babies,&quot; how Doudna and others are leading the way in the fight against Covid-19,&amp;nbsp;and how the pandemic is actually&amp;nbsp;changing opinions about the potential of gene editing our off-spring. &amp;nbsp;Walter Isaacson also discusses his mission to get people excited about science&amp;nbsp;and the common trait that links all geniuses from Albert Einstein to Leonardo DaVinci.  The Code Breaker:&amp;nbsp;Jennifer Doudna, CRISPR, and the Future of the Human Race on Amazon, Audible, or wherever books are sold. &amp;nbsp;Subscribe to his podcast Trailblazers with Walter Isaacson wherever you get your podcasts,&amp;nbsp;and follow him on Twitter at @WalterIsaacson. See omnystudio.com\/listener for privacy information. ","author_name":"Kickass News","author_url":"https:\/\/www.kickassnews.com","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/18869477\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/101787635"}