{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6a16f62630535b3e186fea0e/6a7b6c8c100ce00a18f64f1d?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Be it Resolved, let’s engineer better human beings","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6a16f62630535b3e186fea0e/1786473639096-43b94e44-70a1-4284-a7fb-1e4f99d611bc.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>This special episode features the Munk Debate on the Gene Editing, held before a live audience of 800 students and faculty at Deerfield Academy in April 2026.</p><p><br></p><p>Arguing in favour of the motion was the biophysicist, best-selling author, biotechnology entrepreneur, and the former director of the Program on Medicine, Technology and Society at UCLA School of Medicine, <strong>Gregory Stock</strong>. His debate partner was the internationally acclaimed strategic philosopher and pioneering transhumanist <strong>Max More</strong>. </p><p><br></p><p>Arguing against the motion was the prominent American bioethicist <strong>Ezekiel Emanuel</strong>, Special Advisor to the Director General of the WHO and a former founding chair of the Department of Bioethics at the NIH. His debate partner wass the award-winning educator, author, and Professor of Reproductive Science at University College London, <strong>Joyce Harper.</strong></p>","author_name":"Munk Foundation / iHeartRadio"}