We've Got to Start Eating Insects

Inquiring Minds

Science, Society & Culture, Neuroscience, Female Host, Interview, Social Sciences, Critical Thinking

4.4 • 848 Ratings

🗓️ 24 July 2017

⏱️ 51 minutes

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We talk to entomologist Brian Fisher about his his research on ants in Mozambique and his new initiative to get entomologists more directly involved in conservation—a big part of which involves edible insects.Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/inquiringminds

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0:00.0	It's Monday, July 24th, 2017, and you're listening to Inquiring Minds.
0:06.5	I'm Andro Viscontas.
0:07.6	And I'm Kishore Hari.
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0:59.8	pb.com slash M-I-N-D-S. So we have a looming problem. There is going to be a change in our
1:08.4	climate. It's already happening, as we know. It's going to cause
1:11.2	even more famines like the one that is threatening Africa at the moment. And it's going to leave a lot
1:17.0	of people without the food that they're used to eating, even those who have a plenty of food
1:22.7	at the moment. So we need to figure out how we're going to solve this problem. Now, one of my friends is Brian Fisher.
1:29.0	He's the lead entomologist at the California Academy of Science, and he's well known for his
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