# FRANKENSTEIN

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Podcast: [What The If?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-the-if-2494024)
Published: 2025-10-31T01:06:50+00:00
Episode link: https://soundcloud.com/whattheif/frankenstein
Audio file: http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2202926071-whattheif-frankenstein.mp3
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## Resource

What the if Frankenstein was real and doctors actually tried stitching corpses together to create new people? Forget dramatic lightning strikes and brooding in Gothic towers - the real adventure is managing the world's most complicated pharmacy order when seventeen different immune systems meet for the first time and immediately start fighting. Join us as we explore why creating a functional monster requires less "It's alive!" moments and more "Does this insurance plan cover interdimensional tissue rejection?", discover the eternal question of whose blood type gets to be in charge, and meet today's synthetic biology scientists who figured out you can just build new life from genes like tiny biological LEGO blocks. Turns out whether you're using body parts or DNA, humanity's been enthusiastically playing god for centuries - we've just gotten way better at the paperwork.

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