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The Disclosure Podcast

Unpacking the truth about ultra-processed plant-based alternatives, food politics, RFK Jr., and more | In Conversation with Marlana Malerich

The Disclosure Podcast

Ed Winters

Ethics, Politics, Whole Foods, Society & Culture, Education, Animals, Morality, Veganism, Philosophy, Vegan, Plant Based Diet

5.01.3K Ratings

🗓️ 23 July 2025

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Summary

Is the fear around plant-based alternatives really based on science, and what does it teach us about the nature of misinformation? In today's episode, I chat with Marlana Malerich about plant-based alternatives, carnivore diets, seed oils, RFK Jr., meat lobby groups and more. Marlana Malerich is a PhD candidate at University of Sussex Business School where she is focussed on the plant-based industry in the U.K. and Europe. Prior to the PhD, she has worked over ten years at the intersection of...

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The Welcome to the Disclosure podcast. If you enjoy this episode and the work that I'm doing here,

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then please consider checking out my substack where I post regular articles.

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Links for everything can be found in this episode's show notes.

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I hope you find this episode interesting and informative, and thank you for listening.

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Hey everyone and welcome to this episode of The Disclosure Podcast. In today's episode,

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I am thrilled to be joined by Milana Malaric. Malarich. Malana is an expert when it comes to

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information around plant-based alternatives, the ultra-process conversation, and around

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sustainability and farming and

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agriculture in general. She has a BA in Environmental Studies from St. Mary's College of California

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and a Master's in Science, which is in relation to environmental studies, global food security,

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global food systems, and sustainability from the University of Edinburgh.

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Malana also was awarded the Best Dissertation Prize for her work on household food waste behavior

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during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Malana has been working in the intersection of food and sustainability for over 10 years now,

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and she is a co-founder of the rooted research collective, which is a group of

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multidisciplinary academics who are working to sort of transform research insights into

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data-driven and strategic policies that can be implemented to help create a sustainable

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