Power, Sex, Suicide by Nick Lane - Book Summary

7 Minute Books: Free Book Summaries · Aug 4, 2026 · 7m · transcript

“Why Your Cells Are Run by Ancient Bacteria”

👉 For more insights, check out the full book and audio summary here 📖

📕 Transcript and audio of this episode is available here for free

Title: Power, Sex, Suicide

Author: Nick Lane

Category: Science & Discovery, Nature, Climate & Environment

What if the bacteria your ancestors swallowed two billion years ago are still running the show inside you—deciding how you get energy, why you have two sexes, and how you die? That's Nick Lane's claim in Power, Sex, Suicide, and Sam never hears 'powerhouse of the cell' the same again.

They…