Calva Sane
Writer and conversationalist who serves as a taboo critic/supporter on the episode, discussing philosophical and cultural angles on cannibalism alongside the host.
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Feb 20, 2026 • 1h 1min
Why don’t we eat people? (classic)
Calva Sane, writer and taboo critic exploring cultural and philosophical angles. Hannah Goldfield, New Yorker food critic and mother who sparked the question with her four-year-old. They chase a child’s question into stories about Columbus and the origins of the word cannibal, European medicinal eating, a notorious German trial, kuru and funeral cannibalism in Papua New Guinea, and whether lab-grown human meat would change our taboos.
