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Chris Baron

Singapore-based documentary filmmaker and founder of Frontier Films, producing science and adventure documentaries for National Geographic, BBC, Disney+, PBS, and CuriosityStream.

Jun 17, 2026

Beyond 80%

Beyond 80%

Ep. 7: Life Begins at the Edge of Your Comfort Zone with Chris Baron

Jun 17 · 37m

Ryan OlicksonHOST
8:29
So talk us through how that happened.
Chris BaronGUEST
8:31
I'll give you the short version because it's a bit of a long story.
Chris BaronGUEST
8:34
But essentially, as you said, I did forensic biology as my undergraduate degree and then did a master's in molecular microbiology.
Chris BaronGUEST
8:41
And that comes down to curiosity a little bit.
Chris BaronGUEST
8:43
When I did the forensic thing, CSI was a big show at the time.
Chris BaronGUEST
8:46
I was like, oh, I want to do forensics.
Chris BaronGUEST
8:48
So I did my degree in that.

14 MINS LATER

Ryan OlicksonHOST
22:21
it's not like you can get close to lava, right? Like you have to be pretty far back.

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