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Ologies with Alie Ward

Entomophagy Anthropology (EATING BUGS AS SUSTAINABLE PROTEIN) with Julie Lesnik

Ologies with Alie Ward

Alie Ward

Comedy, Science, Society & Culture

4.923.8K Ratings

🗓️ 1 January 2019

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Summary

DO YOU CARE ABOUT THE APOCALYPSE? Okay cool. No matter what your diet, get this episode in your ears. Entomophagy Anthropologist Dr. Julie Lesnik -- an enthusiastic expert on bug eating -- breaks down the human past, present and future of insect cuisine for our surging population. If you're considering cutting back on meat, or if you're a vegan helping others explore more sustainable options, Dr. Lesnik will get you pumped as hell for changing mindsets. We talk about grasshopper tacos, ant omelettes, the nature of life, humane bug slaughter, water conservation, deep-fried scorpions, at-home mealworm farming, cricket chips, protein needs and the cultural biases that are literally killing us. Also: termite farts. Dr. Julie Lesnik's website, www.entomoanthro.org Subscribe to her brand new YouTube channel, Octopus & Ape To try crickets: EatChirps.com, use code Ologies10 for 10% off Chirp Chips Aly Moore's Bugible.com and EatBugsEvents.com More links at www.alieward.com Become a patron of Ologies for as little as a buck a month: www.Patreon.com/ologies OlogiesMerch.com has hats, shirts, pins, totes! Follow @Ologies on Twitter or Instagram Follow @AlieWard on Twitter or Instagram Sound editing by Steven Ray Morris and Jarrett Sleeper Theme song by Nick Thorburn Support the show: http://Patreon.com/ologies

Transcript

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0:00.0

Oh hey, it's that lady who wants to sample three gelatoes, but can only bear to make the gelato person give her two samples

0:07.2

and then just buys the flavor that she always gets.

0:09.4

Alleyboard, back with another episode of Ologies.

0:12.6

Okay, so speaking of eating, actually, you're about to change the way you look at food and the future.

0:19.9

So finally, the power to change the planet, it's in your hands, dog.

0:24.1

And it's in your smoothies and it's in your mouths.

0:27.2

Get ready for some bug science, some human history, and some dare I say hope.

0:32.1

But before hope comes business.

0:33.6

And this is the part where I thank patrons at patreon.com slash allergies for making the show possible,

0:40.2

which has its challenges, but I love making it.

0:43.1

Thank you to everyone getting merch at oligiesmerch.com.

0:46.8

Thanks to everyone hitting that subscribe button.

0:49.6

Just mash it up.

0:50.6

And thanks for rating the podcast, even leaving reviews that you know that I read in the dark

0:55.3

with a candle and a monocle and I softly weep because y'all are so nice.

1:00.2

So I read you on each week for proof.

1:03.0

This week's Dre J Lane says, I've been munching on this lovely podcast.

1:09.0

It's like tapas, but if the tapas were a taste of all the different allergies that you've ever wondered about

1:15.2

or never knew existed, tapas made of bugs for this episode at least.

1:20.4

Okay, entomophagy and thropology.

1:23.3

Let's just get the heck into it.

1:25.1

So entomon in Greek means insect, phage means to eat.

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