Ep 19: Academic Capture & Greenwashing Animal Agriculture

This episode discusses the way the Canadian beef industry has been quietly funding academic research and, unsurprisingly, getting results that paint beef in an environmentally favorable light . We talk about how this echoes what the tobacco industry was doing for decades, and ask why this isn’t a bigger scandal.

We also ended up in a bigger conversation about why truth matters, and why what happens in academia isn't just an elitist problem, but actually affects what the rest of us believe, what we can imagine, and how we fight.

Referenced in the Episode:

Our earlier episode - Bullshit: Greenwashing Animal Agriculture

Vasile’s earlier research on academic capture in the U.S. - 'Cowgate:’ Meat Eating and Climate Change Denial

Fiction book recommendation: Venomous Lumpsucker

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