On todays Modern Notion Daily show, our guest is Matthew Cobb, a zoology professor and author of Lifes Greatest Secret: The Race to Crack the Genetic Code (Basic Books, July 2015). Cobb traces the history of genetic discoveries from Mendel and his predecessors (yes, he stood on the shoulders of other early geneticists) to CRISPR and other up-to-the-minute techniques that could change our lives moving forward.

Music this hour:

“Octopus” by Jahzzar, from the album Sunlight

“Forgiven Not Forgotten” by Jahzzar, from the album Kuddelmuddel

“Soldiertype (militarised)” by Ketsa, from the album What’s Without’s Within