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The Reluctant Theologian Podcast

Episode 6, Why Clone Anything at All? Part 2 of the David Barrass Interview

May 8, 2019
28:51

Have you ever wanted to know more about cloning?  R.T. Mullins sits down with biologist David Barrass, who worked with the team who created Dolly the sheep. In this episode, David explains some of the benefits and downsides of cloning. Ryan and David also discuss some of the philosophical implications of cloning for personal identity. This episode also has the ever popular popcorn round. 

Credits:

R.T. Mullins (PhD, University of St Andrews) is a research and teaching fellow in analytic theology at the University of St Andrews.

David Barrass is a researcher in the school of biology at the University of Edinburgh. 

Scientific Adviser and Show Manager—Ema Sani (PhD, University of Glasgow) is a postdoctoral fellow in biology at the University of Edinburgh. 

Music by Rockandmetal_domination – Raising-questions

rtmullins.com

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