Trash Talk: The Dirty Truth About What We Throw Away

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🗓️ 17 September 2023

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Award-winning journalist Oliver Franklin-Wallis has spent the last number of years investigating the global waste industry. In June 2023 he came to Intelligence Squared to tell us the truth about Britain’s overflowing sewers and hollowed-out mining towns, the mountainous landfills of New Delhi, Ghana’s flooded second-hand markets and what it all means for the future. Joining him to discuss the book is Dr Güneş Taylor, science communicator and Postdoctoral fellow at The Francis Crick Institute. We’d love to hear your feedback and what you think we should talk about next, who we should have on and what our future debates should be. Send us an email or voice note with your thoughts to [email protected] or Tweet us @intelligence2. And if you’d like to support our mission to foster honest debate and compelling conversations, as well as ad-free podcasts, exclusive bonus content, early access and much more, become a supporter of Intelligence Squared. Just visit intelligencesquared.com/membership to find out more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, I'm Ian Stirling and I'm with one of McCain's farmers who grow their potatoes hang on these are odd-looking potatoes
0:06.0	That's kale Ian. You do know you need potato to make chips, right?
0:10.5	Yes, but we don't just grow potatoes. We actually rotate different crops to help keep the soil healthy. So we eat McCain chips
0:16.8	I'm helping do some good. Exactly. Yeah, you're supporting the move to regenerative farming
0:22.3	By the way, I do know the difference between kale and potatoes
0:26.1	Of course you do.
0:27.6	McCain, let's all chip in.
0:30.8	I mean Stirling and today I'm at a McCain potato field being chased by a massive war
0:36.4	It's just a lady bird Ian. Well, it had a real war spanner, Jay. Why are they here? Well, we plot wildflowers to help encourage wildlife
0:44.7	Like birds and insects. So we eat McCain chips. I'm helping do some good. Yeah, exactly. You're supporting the move to regenerative farming
0:52.1	Okay, this time it's definitely a wasp. My life's in danger
0:56.0	Ian, that's a butterfly. McCain, let's all chip in
1:01.2	Welcome to Intelligent Swared. I'm senior producer Connor Boyle on today's podcast trash talk Oliver Franklin Wallace the award-winning journalist
1:10.0	Discusses his book Wasteland and investigation of the dirty truth behind what we do with all our waste
1:16.4	Where it goes and why we should care about it talking with Oliver is Dr. Ganesh Taylor a science communicator and postdoctoral fellow at the Francis Crick Institute
1:24.8	If you'd like to hear this episode out free and enjoy a full-length version
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1:41.4	Let's join Ganesh with more. Hi, it's an absolute pleasure and delight to introduce our guest for today
1:48.1	Oliver Franklin Wallace Oliver is a magazine journalist whose writing has appeared in GQ
1:54.8	Wired the Guardian the New York Times the Sunday Times magazines
1:59.3	I would keep going, but I think he might get a bit embarrassed
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