Jurassic Park - The Resistance Rewind

In today's episode of The Resistance Rewind, Chad talks with filmmaker James Roland about the political and global impact of the themes behind the 1993 Spielberg blockbuster: Jurassic Park.

After some quick intros, James talks about some of the research he's been doing for an upcoming project (10:00), and then they ask the most obvious question: How close are we to making Jurassic Park really happen?? (13:15) Then they get into what the thesis of the film is, and if James would want to sit down with the president and/or congress to start a bigger conversation (31:00). 

Then they get into any personal takeaways they had (41:30), make an analogy to today's political climate (45:00), and end things with the big picture by covering the state of the JP franchise (52:00).

Show Notes:

The Science and Entertainment Exchange
//scienceandentertainmentexchange.org/

Radiolab on CRISPR
//www.radiolab.org/story/update-crispr/

Raptors in the Forest (my personal essay about Jurassic Park)
//mediumcowboy.com/2015/06/10/raptors-in-the-forest/

 

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