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Skirting Steak: The Case for Artificial Meat

Science Talk

Scientific American

Science

4.2644 Ratings

🗓️ 17 May 2011

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

Journalist Jeffrey Bartholet talks about his June Scientific American magazine article on the attempts to grow meat in the lab, and Editor in Chief Mariette DiChristina talks about the cover piece in the May issue on radical energy solutions Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Ah, Benny's parents, thanks for coming.

0:02.3

Hiya.

0:02.9

So, Benny has really blossomed this term.

0:05.6

You're telling me, he outgrew his bike. We sold it, on eBay.

0:09.5

Oh, that's not quite what I meant.

0:11.1

It's free to sell on there?

0:12.3

Free to sell?

0:13.4

Easy too. Sold Benny's bike, your guitar, my jacket.

0:16.8

You sold my guitar?

0:19.9

Shall we talk about Benny?

0:22.1

When it's this easy to sell for free, you can't help but say when it's eBay.

0:26.7

Things people love.

0:28.0

T's and Cs apply, exclusive vehicles.

0:30.8

Welcome to Scientific American Science Talk posted on March 17, 2011.

0:36.5

I'm Steve Murski.

0:37.6

This week on the podcast,

0:38.9

They can't imagine a world where we have seven billion people

0:42.4

that large numbers of those people are increasing numbers

0:46.0

of those people want to eat meat,

0:47.7

and you're growing it the way we're growing it now.

0:50.5

That's Jeffrey Bartholet.

0:52.0

He's a contributing editor at Newsweek,

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