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Polymarket – As the popularity of online prediction marketsgrows, correspondent Anderson Cooper sits down withPolymarket founder and CEO Shayne Coplan in his first networktelevision interview. The 27-year-old newly minted billionairetalks about his platform, where users can bet on politics andpop culture, sports and finance, even war and peace, and howall that data can be used to forecast the future. After athree-year U.S. ban, Coplan explains how Polymarket works andhow the company finds itself poised to reenter the U.S. marketwith backing from Washington, Wall Street, and SiliconValley. Graham Messick is the producer.CRISPR Kids –America's next wave of scientific talent may come from LambertHigh School, where students used CRISPR to develop a promisingnew way to detect and treat Lyme disease, which affects nearlyhalf a million Americans each year. Correspondent BillWhitaker meets these "CRISPR kids" as they take theirbreakthrough to iGEM—the global biotech Olympics inParis—and face off against the world's new rising force inbiotechnology: China. Henry Schuster is the producer. LamineYamal – Lamine Yamal, Barcelona's 18-year-old soccerphenom, has captivated fans with his improvisation andflair. He is already considered a generational talent and anheir to the great Lionel Messi. Correspondent JonWertheim meets Lamine Yamal in his home country of Spain totalk about his rapid ascent ahead of next summer's World Cup inNorth America. Draggan Mihailovich and Nathalie Sommer are theproducers.
