Lab-grown T-Rex leather handbag
Product in Fashion & Beauty
Lab-grown T-Rex leather handbag has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!. 2 people have made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Peter SagalHost of NPR's news quiz Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!
Sagal explained the purse was made from skin synthesized in a lab from protein found in a T-Rex fossil.
“they grew synthesized skin in a lab from some protein found in a T-Rex fossil, and then they took that synthesized skin and made a purse”
Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!: The World Cup, Trad Wives, and the Wedding of the Century (Jun 20, 2026) · Listen from 38:48
Shane O'NeillPanelist; writer of the Seriously Pop Culture newsletter for The Washington Post
O'Neill said he believed the T-Rex leather purse sold for far below its asking price.
“I think they priced it at like $600,000 and it sold for like $32,000”
Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!: The World Cup, Trad Wives, and the Wedding of the Century (Jun 20, 2026) · Listen from 39:21
Podcasts
- Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! · 1 episode
Episodes
The World Cup, Trad Wives, and the Wedding of the CenturyWait Wait... Don't Tell Me! · Jun 20, 2026 · 47 min
Peter Sagal and panelists Karen Chee, Peter Grosz and Shane O'Neill joke about World Cup visitors and Taylor Swift's wedding, and quiz Yesteryear author Caro Claire Burke.