The Michael Knowles Show Ep. 1940 - Oklahoma Democrats: Let's Turn Your Dead Granny Into Fertilizer!
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Mar 26, 2026 Lawmakers in Oklahoma spar over legalizing human composting and the cultural fallout it would cause. A historic appointment reshapes leadership in the Church of England. Mass protests supporting Iran erupt in the birthplace of the Constitution, raising free speech and public order questions.
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Human Composting Reveals A Shift In Moral Imaginaries
- Michael Knowles links human composting to deeper shifts in moral and religious assumptions about the body and dignity.
- He argues legalization reflects a nature-worshipping view that denies bodily resurrection and treats corpses as useful organic matter.
Oklahoma Legislator Says Human Remains Are Okay As Compost
- Michael Knowles plays an Oklahoma legislator clip where a representative is asked if human remains can be used as compost and replies yes.
- The exchange is used to show that lawmakers are literally discussing turning relatives into garden mulch.
Bodily Reverence Explains Intuitive Repugnance
- Knowles frames opposition to human composting as rooted in belief that humans are embodied beings whose bodies merit reverence.
- He invokes Leon Kass's 'wisdom of repugnance' and the Christian doctrine of bodily resurrection to explain repulsion toward mulchifying the dead.