20 episodios
Science is Gray Sarina Farb
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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 science, ethics, and public policy. Take a deep dive with us to hear uncensored conversations on controversial scientific topics, see past corporate propaganda masquerading as science, and to learn how our morals/ethics can and should shape science and how it's applied in society.
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S2E6 - Meat, Voters and Politicians - The Politics of Changing Our Food System w/Sparsha Saha PhD
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 university about her research studying meat politics from an empirical perspective! Sparsha Saha is a Lecturer at the Department of Government at Harvard University. She is the only (empirical) political scientist who studies meat politics. Her research is broadly situated in the field of political behavior. She uses experiments to understand how voters respond to political attention on meat, animal rights, and related issue areas. Her work has been or will be featured in Political Behavior, Journal of Social and Political Psychology (forthcoming), and Frontiers in Nutrition (accepted). She has been covered by New York Times, Fortune, Fast Company, Yahoo Finance, Harvard Gazette, among others. She was honored as Harvard’s South Asian Woman of the Year in 2022Get a FREE vegan living guide!Learn about my Vegan Van TourSupport the podcast on Patreon
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S2E5 - Reversing Autoimmune Diseases with Diet w/Dr. Benjamin Benulis
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 “disease reversal” even means and how it works.
Dr. Ben is a chiropractor and author of the book Create Health: Reverse Autoimmune Disease Without Drugs or their Side Effects, and has personal experience reclaiming his health from chronic illness using diet and lifestyle, and currently helps others do the same. If you or someone you know is struggling with a chronic illness, or just frustrated by the lack of help you’ve received from the medical establishment, this episode is a must listen.
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S2E4: Sexism, Effective Altruism, and Creating a Successful Plant-Based Foods Movement w/Michele Simon
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 is so present in many animal advocacy and “alternative protein” spaces.
If you like nuance and hearing some real honest thoughts on where our movement’s go wrong and how we can do better and be more effective, don’t miss this episode!
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S2E3: Intersectionality Greenwashing and Connecting the Dots Between Human Health and Planetary Health, w/Nivi Jaswal
“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 Nivi Jaswal MBA, NBC-HWC, who is the founder and president of the VIRSA Foundation about her background and journey from working for a corporate food and beverage company, to running an intersectional vegan research non-profit, and her view that clinical research alone doesn't take into account social, racial, political, and economic factors that impact how and why people make the food and lifestyle choices that they do.
This conversation covers:
Nivi’s unique insights into why our food and health care systems are the way they are,
How and where mixed messaging around what is healthy and sustainable food spreads from
What intersectionality green-washing is
How human health and planetary health are deeply connected
The importance of applying a social science and intersectional justice lens to health and nutrition research
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S2E2: Culture, Ethics, Oppression, and Toxic Identity Politics with Soytheist
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. Aditya and I don’t always agree, but we both value dialogue and open conversation and that’s what you’ll get with today’s episode!
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S2E1: Using Science vs. Spirituality to Make Healthy and Ethical Food Choices w/Victoria Moran
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 inspirational speaker Victoria Moran, about how she navigates making healthy and ethical food choices as both a spiritual yogi and ethical vegan.
Victoria is the bestselling author of thirteen books, including Creating a Charmed Life, The Love-Powered Diet, and the iconic Main Street Vegan. She is also a holistic health counselor, the founder and director of Main Street Vegan Academy, a podcast host, and film producer. She’s appeared twice on the Oprah Winfrey show and her articles and work have appeared in numerous publications including Yoga Journal, the Washington Post, Glamour, and Martha Stewart’s Whole Living.
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