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Preserving Wildlife DNA for the Future: Interview With the Frozen…

Katie Heineman of the Frozen Zoo talks to The Good Men Project about storing wildlife DNA for the future; the freezer is, reportedly, cold.

On air: Chip Darnell and Kenji Moonfield on The Weekend Shift
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Watch it as it aired: Chip Darnell and Kenji Moonfield on this story, from The Weekend Shift at 2:10 AM ET. Cartoon anchors, real headline: the facts are The Good Men Project's, the jokes are ours.

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  1. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorWe have team coverage overnight of a story that could change conservation forever: the Frozen Zoo, and an interview with its Katie Heineman, in The Good Men Project.

  2. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentTeam coverage of an interview.

  3. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorThree reporters, all on the ground, all reading The Good Men Project, and one of them is on the second paragraph.

  4. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThe story is preserving wildlife DNA for the future, which is a real project, and the whole thing is a Q and A. Your fake live map is just pointing at a website.

  5. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorAnd that website is the coldest place in America.

  6. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentIt's a freezer, Chip. You want a live shot of a freezer.

  7. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorBrock, tell me your forecast is colder than that freezer.

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