A (Mostly) Vegan World: Plantf*ckers Can Save Us All.
Unf*cking The Republic
UNFTR Media
4.9 • 683 Ratings
🗓️ 8 January 2022
⏱️ 76 minutes
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Summary
As many of you know, we’ve had this on the pod-docket for months. It’s finally time to unf*ck our food system and talk about veganism. We decided not to pursue this topic from a moral or ethical perspective, but that doesn’t mean this isn’t a story about justice. 40% of the world’s working population is in some way employed in the food and agriculture sector. A third of all food is wasted. 50% of the earth’s land has been cleared for livestock and farming. Overfishing and chemical runoff is destroying marine life. In our pursuit to feed the world, we’re killing the planet and ourselves in the process. Today’s episode examines the cycle of madness that is the industrial agriculture and food supply chain. So while there are no tips on how to “go vegan,” the conclusion (spoiler) is that we all better figure out how.
Chapters
Intro: 00:00:39
Prologue: 00:03:08
Segment 1: 00:05:22
Segment 2: 00:13:26
Segment 3: 00:18:29
Segment 4: 00:31:48
Segment 5: 00:37:06
Segment 6: 00:45:30
Show Notes: 00:52:24
Resources: 00:52:45
Book Love: 00:53:17
Pod Love: 00:53:49
Emails + Shoutouts: 01:03:20
Outro: 01:13:30
Resources
On the Principle of Population by Thomas Malthus
UN: Food Systems Statement of Action
EPA: Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions Data
Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences: Plant-Based Diet Research
Rodale Institute: Farming Systems Trial
The EAT: Lancet Commission on Food, Planet, Health
Book Love
Nicoletta Batini: The Economics of Sustainable Food: Smart Policies for Health and the Planet
Mark Bittman: Animal, Vegetable, Junk: A History of Food, from Sustainable to Suicidal
Pod Love
Eat the Rich: Episodes 104 and 105 on the United Fruit Company
Outrage & Optimism: Setting the Table for a Food Revolution
Doc Love
Vegan Influencers
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, it's your girl 99. Unfucking the Republic is brought to you by Sam C, Cryn G, Cindy S, and Corey S, |
| 0:06.8 | unfucking insane level members of the show. To learn more about how you can support Unfucking the |
| 0:11.1 | Republic, check out our website at unFTR.com or go to buy me a coffee.com slash unFTR. |
| 0:17.3 | We want to recognize and express our gratitude to the following plant fuckers who sent in notes and suggestions specifically in anticipation of this show. |
| 0:24.9 | Thank you to Allison D. Tyler M., Kyle C., Ron DeK., Carla H., Atomic Dog, Charlie S., Seamus, Andrew L., Lindsay F., Jules L.L., Paul C., and John D. |
| 0:38.9 | This episode has been in the works for a while, and fuckers weighed in as to how our vegan audience |
| 0:43.5 | members would like to be referred to, and as you know, I prevailed with the name plant fuckers |
| 0:47.8 | over Max's rather inelegant uncluckers. This episode is personal for me, because I've been a vegan |
| 0:53.3 | slash vegetarian since 2008. |
| 0:55.6 | I grew up in a family that ate meat, and never really questioned its origin. And I can't |
| 0:59.6 | remember why or what exactly sparked me, but one day I just thought, I love animals. Why am I |
| 1:04.4 | eating them? I went vegetarian very quickly after. I was barely a teenager, so I needed parental |
| 1:09.7 | buy-in and their support, financially for food and emotionally in my decision. But was barely a teenager, so I needed parental buy-in and their support, financially |
| 1:11.5 | for food and emotionally in my decision. But access is a big part of the equation. In college, |
| 1:16.8 | there was little access to vegan food, for example. But I've been consistent with it for a good |
| 1:20.8 | number of years now, and I've never once regretted my decision. My personal belief is that |
| 1:25.6 | animals deserve to live their lives in peace with love. |
| 1:28.4 | That's why I went vegan. |
| 1:30.0 | But veganism is deeply personal. |
| 1:32.1 | Everyone has their own valid story and rationale for living their version of a plant-based |
| 1:35.8 | life. |
| 1:36.8 | As I said, my reasoning started emotionally, and that remains a core tenet of my beliefs. |
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