Silicon Valley entrepreneur on eating for the planet | Earth scientist Chris MacAskill

The Proof with Simon Hill

Simon Hill

Nutrition, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement, Education

4.9 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 28 August 2023

⏱️ 151 minutes

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Episode #276. How does an earth scientist embark on a career journey that traverses the fossil fuel industry, Silicon Valley alongside Steve Jobs, and a mission to revolutionise our approach to food? Chris MacAskill has worn many hats throughout his career, overcoming extreme hardship to get to where he is today. This episode challenges conventional thinking and is an inspiration to more carefully consider the choices we make every day, both for our health and the planet. We discuss: Introduction (00:00) Insights into Chris MacAskill's Background (03:00) Ancell Kees' Studies (07:20) Chris MacAskill's Childhood (13:50) Life-Altering Experiences of an Earth Scientist (32:51) Climate Change in the 1980s (40:01) Fuel Companies: Lobbying and Financing (43:39) Obesity, Public Healthcare, and Public Interest (46:33) A Deep Dive into Various Diets with Chris MacAskill (50:42) Diets Preferred by Brain Scientists (1:04:53) Understanding the Impact of Food on the Environment (1:08:46) The Health Implications of Beef Consumption (1:15:09) An Introduction to Cellular Agriculture (1:19:50) National Geographic Documentary Films & General Magic (1:23:48) Working Alongside Steve Jobs (1:35:41) The Legacy of General Magic (1:48:02) The Computer History Museum (2:01:01) Missfits (2:02:06) Transforming Weaknesses into Superpowers (2:07:43) How to Choose the Right Nutrition Expert to Listen to? (2:13:59) The Future of Plant Chompers (2:22:07) Outro (2:28:30) Connect Discover Chris MacAskill’s work on his Plant Chompers YouTube channel, where you’ll find accessible, research-backed educational content. You can also connect with him on Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn. Optimise your health with InsideTracker’s biomarker analysis. Get exclusive access to InsideTracker’s new ApoB test, and a significant discount at insidetracker.com/simon. For more insights and dozens of additional resources, head to the full show notes on The Proof website. Enjoy, friends. Simon Want to support the show? The best way to support the show is to use the products and services offered by our sponsors. To check them out, and enjoy great savings, visit theproof.com/friends. You can also show your support by leaving a review on the Apple Podcast app and/or sharing your favourite episodes with your friends and family. Simon Hill, MSc, BSc (Hons) Creator of theproof.com and host of The Proof with Simon Hill Author of The Proof is in the Plants Watch the episodes on YouTube or listen on Apple/Spotify Connect with me on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook Nourish your gut with my Plant-Based Ferments Guide Download my complimentary Two-Week Meal Plan and high protein Plant Performance recipe book

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1:08.0	In and out of juvenile hall, shoplifting and everything, those are traumatic years. See,
1:11.7	the dark cloud comes over when I talk about it, so it's going to talk about it for too long, but
1:15.7	he has one conversation with Ansel Kees on the phone when Ansel was in his 90s
1:22.0	and he gets the idea that Ansel is the worst scientist he'd ever met. So right now she's getting
1:27.6	a million dollars in funding a year and her salaries are on 150,000, so where's the 3850,000 going?
1:35.7	And while I did a little research on that too, and it's going to the same lobbying PR firm that the
1:40.3	Koch brothers use, beef industry, or some of the best marketers in the world, and the so-as-the-dairy
1:44.8	industry, they know what makes people tick and with men it's masculinity and with women it's beauty.
1:51.2	Steve was so emotional back then, which made him great. You know, it was once again his greatest
1:56.2	weakness and his greatest strength. You could see quickly what we all knew that he was the dumbest
2:03.9	person any of us had ever met, and the smartest person all rolled up into one. He could see things
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