Selects: The Truth Behind Cage-Free and Free-Range
Stuff You Should Know
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🗓️ 24 January 2026
⏱️ 55 minutes
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You’d think terms like cage-free and free-range means the chickens we eat are frolicking happily in the fresh air under the shining sun, but you’d be so, so wrong. Cage-free is a huge improvement but free-range is lacking and both have a long way to go. Find out all about both in this classic episode.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.6 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:05.1 | Hey, everyone. |
| 0:06.1 | It's me, Josh, and for this week's Select, I've chosen our episode on Free Range and Cage-Free. |
| 0:11.5 | What do they mean? |
| 0:12.4 | Do they mean anything? |
| 0:13.8 | Turns out they do mean something, but not what you'd think. |
| 0:16.8 | This is starting to get kind of tough to follow, so I say just listen to the episode, |
| 0:20.8 | but this one changed my mind about a lot of stuff, and I hope it opens your eyes too. |
| 0:30.6 | Welcome to Stuff You Should Know, a production of IHeart Radio. |
| 0:41.7 | Hey, and welcome to the podcast. |
| 0:44.1 | I'm Josh and there's Chuck and it's just something is going on with Chuck. |
| 0:48.0 | I'm okay so far. |
| 0:50.2 | But Jerry's not here |
| 0:51.5 | because she turned into the chicken lady |
| 0:53.9 | and is in treatment for that. |
| 0:55.7 | Right. |
| 0:56.8 | Doing the chicken dance. |
| 0:58.5 | Do you remember the chicken lady from Kids in the Hall? |
| 1:01.4 | Oh, sure. |
| 1:02.4 | I was referencing the Rested Development. |
| 1:06.2 | Cuck, cah, cac. |
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