Introduction

rob reed: This is a very unusual episode because to day, june eighteenth, is an unusual day. A talk i gave several weeks back at the annual ted conference was just posted to the front page of ted dot com. And this episode is an expansion on and a companion to that talk. The talks topic is certain dangers that could be posed by a technology that i'm generally a rabid fan of - synthetic biology. After the main interview with kevin here, i'll hve lots of extra resources connected to the risks discussed to day,. as well as news about something really exceptional i have for backers of this show on patrion.