Dr. Frances Arnold

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Science Friday · The evolution of an enzyme engineer who changed chemistry · 3 Aug 2026 podcast

I lived in Italy for a couple of years, so I speak pretty good Italian.

I speak Spanish.

I lived in Madrid.

I used to speak Portuguese because I lived in Brazil, but that has pretty much fallen by the wayside.

I think it's a connection.

I'm just curious about words.

I'm as curious about words as I am about DNA.

And the evolution of languages is completely fascinating.

Just like the evolution of proteins, you can build family trees of languages.

and have always been thrilled by how words express thoughts in different languages.

Oh, yes.

Of course, I think all lives can go in different directions.

And just like evolution, there's a contingency there.

This opportunity came in front of me at this time and I chose this path, whereas I could have had a different opportunity at a different time.

And the trick, I think, is to choose a path, is not be paralyzed by opportunities.

Choose something and go for it.

And you can always change directions if you don't like it.

So I tried many things before I found what I loved at age 30.

I finally found what I like.

But I did a lot of things before then.

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