To celebrate the paperback release of Life As We Made It , The NeoJurassic Podcast returns from a lengthy hiatus to share a conversation with the book's author Dr Beth Shapiro.

"From the first dog to the first beefalo, from farming to CRISPR, the human history of remaking nature When the 2020 Nobel Prize was awarded to the inventors of CRISPR, the revolutionary gene-editing tool, it underlined our amazing and apparently novel powers to alter nature. But as biologist Beth Shapiro argues in Life as We Made It, this phenomenon isn’t new. Humans have been reshaping the world around us for ages, from early dogs to modern bacteria modified to pump out insulin. Indeed, she claims, reshaping nature—resetting the course of evolution, ours and others’—is the essence of what our species does. In exploring our evolutionary and cultural history, Shapiro finds a course for the future. If we have always been changing nature to help us survive and thrive, then we need to avoid naive arguments about how we might destroy it with our meddling, and instead ask how we can meddle better. Brilliant and insightful, Life as We Made It is an essential book for the decades to come."

Theme park journalist, podcaster, and Jurassic fan, Alicia Stella is our guide for a detailed tour through the many proposed jurassic attractions that never quite made the light of day as well as some interesting history on the ones that did. Later Alicia & Bri share their own hopes and expectations for what the future may hold for 'Jurassic' theme park attractions.

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Best in Slot

Professional Gamer & YouTuber, Conor Dalgarno, is basically living The John Hammond Dream building beautiful dinosaur parks & elaborate zoos for a living. No less than 762,000 subscribers return again and again to his YouTube channel, Best in Slot, as Conor develops countless parks, zoos & habitats across games like Jurassic World Evolution, Planet Zoo & the upcoming Prehistoric Kingdom. Conor shares his experience with just about every dinosaur game created, the third season of Jurassic World : Camp Cretaceous, and what he's looking forward to in the future of dinosaur games and beyond.

The NeoJurassic Podcast Episode 0111 : PaleoAccuracy at Big Rock with Ethan Storrer

Ethan Storrer, beyond being a very good friend of the show, is a Vertebrate Paleontology student working as a field paleontologist at a private prep lab in Utah and the man (at least in part) responsible for the more scientifically accurate bits of ‘Battle at Big Rock’s hangry adult Allosaurus!

Together we’ll be discussing his experience guiding Universal back to the light with their Allosaurus design, the thrills of field paleontology, and why the future success of the Jurassic franchise is dependent on paleoartists!

Chris Pugh ( Jurassic Outpost / The InGeneral Podcast ) joins the show to discuss teaming up with Universal Studios, Mattel & Target for the new Jurassic collector webseries, Beyond The Gates, his long history with dinosaurs and dinosaur toys, navigating the highs and lows of the franchise, the tricky "hybrid" terminology in the series, and what he'd like to see in the future of 'Jurassic World'.

Paleontologist turned futurist, Michael Garfield joins the show to discuss his intimate history with the 'Jurassic Park' franchise, his podcast Future Fossils , the psychedelic value of 'The Lost World' novel and Ridley Scott's 'Prometheus' & the looming question above all of our heads: "Is BioSyn the QAnon of 'Jurassic World' ?"

De-extinction pioneer & lead scientist at Revive & Restore, Ben Novak, joins the show to discuss his history with the 'Jurassic Park' franchise, the realities and challenges of de-extinction, Elizabeth Ann and the future of biotechnology in conservation.

Open Access De-Extinction - Ben Novak

Paleoartist Joschua Knuppe (Twitter: @JoschuaKnuppe ) joins the show to discuss his development as a paleoartist, his gorgeous new graphic novel Europasaurus and what he’d most like to see in the future of the ‘Jurassic World’ franchise.

DeviantArt : Joschua Knuppe

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