Did You Bring the Hummus? with Kimberly Winters Episode 128 “There’s a better way to be human” with philosopher John Sanbonmatsu
Today, I am joined by John Sanbonmatsu, Professor of Philosophy at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Massachusetts, where he teaches courses in ethics, political theory, existentialism, philosophy of technology, and other topics. He is the author of The Omnivore's Deception: What We Get Wrong about Meat, Animals, and Ourselves, and of The Postmodern Prince: Critical Theory, Left Strategy, and the Making of a New Political Subject, as well as editor of the book Critical Theory and Animal Liberation. He is also the creator of the CleanMeat-Hoax website, which takes a skeptical view of cellular or cultivated meat products. Professor Sanbonmatsu's writing has appeared in Christian Science Monitor, CounterPunch, Huffington Post, and St. Louis Post-Dispatch, among other places.
A thread in this episode is "to be." What do I mean by that? Guess you'll have to hit play to find out.
To connect with John:
Access his articles, essays, and interviews at www.JohnSanbonmatsu.com.
Visit clean meat-hoax.com https://www.cleanmeat-hoax.com/
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Buy his book - The Omnivore's Deception - https://www.johnsanbonmatsu.com/the-omnivores-deception.html
Mentioned in this episode:
Peter Singer - Animal Liberation
Article on Ants and their internal navigation systems: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982224017020
Better off Ted - Season 1, Episode 2 - Heroes. I can't find a specific clip about the "meat blob" but you can find the episode with this info.
United Poultry Concerns - https://www.upc-online.org/
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