
- 62
- Episodes
- 1
- Transcribed
- 1,838
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2017
- First episode
About The After On Podcast
We dive deep into the science, tech, and social issues explored in the novel "After On." It's NOT necessary to be an "After On" reader to listen, learn & enjoy this podcast!
- Publisher
- Rob Reid
- Category
- science · technology
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 3 Aug 2017
- Latest episode
- 11 Mar 2026
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11 Mar 2026TRANSCRIPT
62: "DEEP VZN" Revisited | Kevin Esvelt

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62: "DEEP VZN" Revisited | Kevin Esvelt
Published 11 Mar 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] But before he joined the cult... Endo was a graduate-trained virologist, and he sought to obtain samples of Ebola for use against civilians, and was unsuccessful. James Holmes, who was a convicted mass murderer, the Aurora shooter, quit his life sciences PhD program not long before he opened fire in the theater. And of course, pre-Al Qaeda, the most famous terrorist was arguably the Unabomber. Ted Kaczynski was a brilliant mathematics professor who referred in his manifesto to the immense power of biotechnology, even though he wrote it decades ago. It's really hard to imagine someone like that who wanted to bring down the industrial system. would not have used that power if given access to pandemic virus genome sequences and modern virus assembly protocols. […]
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