Science isn’t as black and white as the media often portrays it. Join former science teacher and vegan educator Sarina Farb for nuanced, honest, and holistic conversations exploring the gray areas of science and ethics in society. If you care about making the world a better place, like doing your own critical thinking, and are tired of censorship, corporate bias, and politicized science, this is the podcast for you! The Science is Gray podcast takes a critical look at the intersection of sci ...
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S2E6 - Meat, Voters and Politicians - The Politics of Changing Our Food System w/Sparsha Saha PhD
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So why don’t politicians talk about meat consumption and animal agriculture? Is meat a “vote losing” topic and are governments and the elite actually “pushing veganism” on us? Or can animal ethics become a political issue too, and if so, what framing will work best at the political level? In today’s episode I speak with Sparsha Saha at Harvard univ…
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S2E5 - Reversing Autoimmune Diseases with Diet w/Dr. Benjamin Benulis
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Have you wondered if it’s actually possible to reverse chronic and autoimmune illnesses without drugs? Can diet and lifestyle really help people heal from their symptoms? If so, what diet and lifestyle? In today’s episode I speak with chiropractor and author Benjamin Benulis, about his personal experience healing himself, as well as what exactly “d…
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S2E4: Sexism, Effective Altruism, and Creating a Successful Plant-Based Foods Movement w/Michele Simon
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Have you heard about effective altruism? Do you know what it is and how it’s applied in animal advocacy of the plant-based foods movements? In today’s episode the founder of the Plant Based Foods Association Michele Simon JD, MPH, and I get raw sharing our feelings about issues like discrimination, sexism, and the Effective Altruism ideology that i…
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S2E3: Intersectionality Greenwashing and Connecting the Dots Between Human Health and Planetary Health, w/Nivi Jaswal
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“If clinical research ran the world - we’d all be walking around with washboard abs” - Nivi Jaswal. Have you ever wondered why our food system is the way it is, and why so many people continue to struggle with their health even though we have cutting edge brilliant research and knowledge about health and nutrition? In today’s episode I speak with N…
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S2E2: Culture, Ethics, Oppression, and Toxic Identity Politics with Soytheist
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Ready for some honest no-nonsense talk about animal rights, social justice, and identity politics? In today’s episode I speak with Aditya Prakash who goes by Soytheist on Youtube and social media. We discuss all things cultural relativism, what is and isn’t neo-colonization, and how identity politics can be toxic and illogical much of the time. Adi…
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S2E1: Using Science vs. Spirituality to Make Healthy and Ethical Food Choices w/Victoria Moran
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What should we do when science and spirituality conflict? Should we follow our intuition on what and how to eat, or should we only make evidence-based food choices? And can we truly make evidence based food choices when the science often seems to be contradictory or constantly changing? In today’s episode I speak with best selling author and inspir…
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#13: How Evidence-Based is Our Healthcare? Plant-Based Nutrition & Med School w/Dr. Lucky
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If you are curious about how our healthcare system operates with regards to nutrition and preventive medicine, or are confused by all the different diet trends like keto, paleo, and plant based, and want some clarity on how to navigate nutrition and the healthcare system as a patient, then this is the episode for you! Today Detroit native and 4th y…
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#12: Covid Vaccines, Animal Testing, Trusting Science, & Vegan Ethics w/Seb Alex
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We really GO THERE in this conversation! Animal testing. Veganism and vaccines. Pharma corporations. Trusting the science. Individual choices and ethical decision making. All of it! This is a multilayered open and honest conversation exploring the nuances in veganism, published science, modern medicine, and the ethics of using animals for scientifi…
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#11: Food Sovereignty and Animal Liberation: Can We Have Both? w/Nassim Nobari
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Does veganism inherently rely on a corporate globalized food system? Is it wrong to advocate just for animals without also advocating for exploited human farm workers? Are animal liberation and indigenous rights/food sovereignty at odds with each other? There may not be a single easy answer to any of these questions, but I really loved discussing a…
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Agriculture, Solving Climate Change, and Making Sense of Conflicting Numbers w/Sailesh Rao PhD)
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What is really the biggest cause of green house gas emissions? How much does animal agriculture actually contribute to climate change? What can we do to successfully solve the environmental crisis ASAP? All these questions and more are discussed in today’s episode with Sailesh Rao of Climate Healers where we cover: - How climate science is politici…
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Effective Altruism and Measuring the Effects of Our Vegan Activism w/Casey Taft PhD
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You've probably heard of the Effective Altruism (AE) movement before, and the effort to apply effective altruism to animal advocacy work and reducing suffering of animals. But do you know what it actually is? And is effective altruism all it's really cracked up to be?? I have seen countless debates within the animal advocacy movement about what the…
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Is Lab-grown Meat REALLY a Sustainable and Ethical Food Solution? W/Vasile Stanescu
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Do you have questions about lab-grown meat? Wondering if it's really as sustainable and great for animals as great as many proponents claim? Will it solve the ethical and environmental problems with our current food system and factory farming? Today Dr. Vasile Stanescu joins me to take a holistic deep dive into the benefits and downside of lab-grow…
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Biased Science: Roundup, Cancer, and Corporate Corruption with Carey Gillam
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In this episode I speak with award-winning author and investigative journalist Carey Gillam about the story of Monsanto's notorious weedkiller Roundup, and the ongoing litigation around it's cancer-causing potential. We discuss: - Carey's latest book The Monsanto Papers - The importance of lawsuits against Monsanto - The lengths Monsanto went to to…
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Nature, new technology and the collapse of civilization with Semih Oguzcan (PhD)
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Is progress and technological innovation always good? Is technology inherently unsustainable and incompatible with nature and human life on earth? In today's episode I speak with Semih Oguzcan and environmental engineer and advocate trying to stop our 6th mass extinction on this planet. We take a deep dive in this episode into the nuance around tec…
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Propoganda, GMOs, & Corporate Bias in Higher Education w/Robert Schooler
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In this episode I speak with my friend Robert Schooler about his personal experience as a student at Cornell University observing first-hand how corporations like Monsanto seek to push propaganda on students and bias science curriculum in favor of corporate profits and agendas. "The GMO Debate course, which ran in the fall of 2015, was a blatant di…
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Rethinking our Food and Agriculture Paradigms w/Laila Kassam PhD
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In this episode I speak with author and social change advocate Laila Kassam (PhD) about reductionist vs. holistic paradigms of food, agriculture, and international development, including: - reductionism in the global development industry - agricultural and development myths - what does "feeding the world" really mean - is organic food based on a "n…
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The Origins of COVID19 and the Pandemic Industrial Complex w/ Jonathan Latham PhD
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In this episode I speak with virologist Jonathan Latham about the origins of the COVID19 Pandemic and whether it originated from a wet market or was really a lab-release! This includes answering the following: Is there a precedent for lab-releases? What is the evidence for a lab leak? What is the evidence for a natural zoonotic origin? Why doesn’t …
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Dairy and Racism in The Federal Dietary Guidelines w/ Dr. Milton Mills
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In this episode I speak with Dr. Milton Mills, a critical care physician in the Washington DC area, and a long time plant-based nutrition advocate and expert. We discuss the history, impact, and biases of the federal dietary and nutrition guidelines and how they might not be as objective as many assume. This episode includes: - what the USDA federa…
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Reductionism in Nutrition Science with Dr. T. Colin Campbell
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In this episode I speak with my longtime hero Dr. T Colin Campbell about the current state of nutrition science, what a holistic vs. reductionist approach to nutrition and scientific research looks like, and how reductionist thinking is harming public health. This includes: - What is reductionist science and why it's harmful - how reductionist scie…
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Science isn’t as black and white as the media and memes often portrays it. Join science educator and justice advocate Sarina Farb for nuanced, open, and holistic conversations exploring the intricacies and gray areas of science in society. If you like doing your own critical thinking and are tired of censorship, corporate bias, and politicized scie…
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