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Mentioned in 13 episodes
Viral
The Search for the Origin of COVID-19
Book • 2021
In 'Viral', Alina Chan and Matt Ridley delve into the mystery of COVID-19's origins, scrutinizing evidence and hypotheses, including the potential laboratory leak or natural spillover.
The book provides a detailed account of the detective work by scientists and amateur sleuths to understand the pandemic's beginnings.
The book provides a detailed account of the detective work by scientists and amateur sleuths to understand the pandemic's beginnings.
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Mentioned in 13 episodes
Mentioned by 

in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and the lab leak hypothesis.


Balaji Srinivasan

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#331 – Balaji Srinivasan: How to Fix Government, Twitter, Science, and the FDA
Mentioned by Jordan Peterson as the author of several books, including "Viral", which explores the origin of COVID-19.

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310. Viral: The Origin of Covid 19 | Matt Ridley
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to explore the origins of COVID-19, discussing evidence for both natural and lab-leak origins.


Matt Ridley

Alina Chan

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#311 — Did SARS-CoV-2 Escape from a Lab?
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as a book that taps into the same energy as gurus hosting a podcast.

Chris Kavner

64 snips
Lab Leak Fever with Philipp Markolin
Mentioned by 

as a book about the search for the origin of COVID-19.


Matt Ridley

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Ideas Having Sex: How Money & Language Evolve Civilization w/ Matt Ridley (WiM574)
Mentioned by 

as one of 

's previous books.


Michael Shermer


Matt Ridley

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Sex and Beauty: The Extraordinary Implications of Darwin's Strangest Idea (Matt Ridley)
Mentioned as 

's previous book, which discusses the search for the origin of COVID-19.


Matt Ridley

37 snips
Free Bird | Interview: Matt Ridley
Recommended by 

as a book explaining the search for the origin of COVID-19.


Lex Fridman

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#247 – Jamie Metzl: Lab Leak Theory
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as one of 

's bestselling books, co-authored with Alina Chan.


Nick Gillespie


Matt Ridley

31 snips
Why Science Lost Its Way
Mentioned by 

while discussing the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic.


Michael Eisenberg

17 snips
Michael Eisenberg on the Start-Up Nation, Storytelling, and the Power of Technology



