Mad Science: The Genetic Crossroad With Anna Kavanaugh
28 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 8 years ago -Anna Kavanaugh hosts the weekly radio series, "Mad Science: The Genetic Crossroad." The program aims to raise awareness and provide education about genetically modified organisms (GMO), in the world food supply and the practices of the GM biotech industry. The series is dedicated to all issues surrounding GM foods, its usage and ramifications thereof.
Anna is a writer, advocate, and founder of the (AKCF) Anna Kavanaugh Charitable Foundation. Her original novel, "The Cord of Callows," now an upcoming expanded trilogy series, is the inspiration for a GMO documentary film entitled, "The Cord of Callows trilogy: Fact Behind the Fiction. Fear Behind the Fact."
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Leveraging Loopholes: Biotech's Answer to Consumer GMO Protest
November 11, 2015 03:00 - 33 minutes - 29.4 MBOne of the latest practices in biotech is a process that allows DNA to be edited down to the letter. Known as CRISPR technology, scientists now have the ability to control gene mechanisms with unprecedented accuracy and without traditional invasive high-cost GMO procedures as they exist now. In effect, CRISPR is the evolution of GMO. All of this allows corporations to continue producing genetically altered foods without ever having to worry about legislation or labeling mandates. As consumer ...
Biotech Breach of Nature: Cost and Consequences
November 04, 2015 03:00 - 35 minutes - 31.7 MBThroughout the GMO, biotech and agrochemical debates, we have witnessed the ultimate in corporate control and influence along with the disastrous impacts from the implementation of these technologies in our world food supply, pharmaceuticals, and the reckless tampering of DNA for profit-driven purposes. These impacts pose drastic effects to our human health and evolutionary process in a variety of ways. However, there is another critical aspect to the larger picture of which we are not talkin...
Gluten and GMO: The Toxic Reality for 18 Million and Counting
January 16, 2015 03:00 - 26 minutes - 23.4 MBIt is still a fairly new-recognized and rapidly increasing reality. Gluten intolerance has become a primary health concern for millions of consumers around the world. However, in the face of such an epidemic, the biotech industry is in aggressive pursuit of genetically manipulating a relief for this affliction, one they seek undoubtedly to capitalize on. If brought to fruition, the result of such a genetically engineered response may in actuality cause more grave consequences to consumers th...
GMO Crossroads: The Point of No Return
December 12, 2014 03:00 - 36 minutes - 32.5 MBTo celebrate the airing of our 25th broadcast episode, tonight's show examines some of the highlights in previous shows and developments that have happened since. A discussion about everything from GMO labeling, to the global presence of agribusiness, to the frightening innovations under design in the biotech industry that may have serious impacts on consumers before another year comes to pass. We have seen good progress in consumer awareness and global action for change over the course of ou...
Synthetic Biology - The New Revolution
September 25, 2014 02:00 - 35 minutes - 31.9 MBAs we forge our way into the future, designing and constructing biological devices and systems for marketable purposes is no longer the stuff of science fiction, but quickly becoming the norm. Much more frightening is that it is rapidly being realized as the acceptable norm. What are the real implications of what is being dubbed, "The New Biological Revolution," in which agribusiness meets synthetic biology to not only define the next step in GMO, but also our own evolution as a species?
Insidious Exports - The GMO Invasion
April 16, 2014 02:30 - 33 minutes - 7.36 MBMany nations in the world have become prey to the agribusiness industry as it engulfs more and more crop-lands around the globe. Developing countries in Africa, South America, and Asia, are ripe for the picking, but how far will the push for profit and power go when it comes to the natural development of these vulnerable lands? As the corporate players of biotech and chemical agribusiness work to secure even bigger markets for themselves, what will be the ultimate impact to developing countri...
From Double Helix to Double Standard
April 02, 2014 03:30 - 31 minutes - 7.05 MBFrom the time our society saw the industrialization of our food supply, corporations have continued to push the limits of minimizing costs to maximize profits. Although the practices and policies of the biotech industry and its GMO make up a large part of this, in recent years there has been an ever growing list of dangerous chemical additives being incorporated into our food supply. These same dangerous chemicals are outlawed with strict fines and consequences for their use in most all other...
Beyond Conspiracy
March 26, 2014 02:00 - 30 minutes - 6.8 MBThere are numerous theories passed around about the sinister objectives of the corporate biotech machine, so much so that it is difficult to know what to really believe. Are there wealthy organizations using biotechnology for a more sinister agenda? Is the public being manipulated and kept from the truth? Some activists and conspiracy theorists are making frightening claims but we must go beyond the conspiracy theory to find what is really going on.
Public Protection? The Agencies in Charge of Our Health and Safety
March 19, 2014 02:00 - 33 minutes - 7.4 MBWho are the consumer protective agencies and what are their functions regarding GMOs? The FDA, USDA, and EPA make up the big three in American consumer protection – but are they doing a good job? A look at the historical actions of these agencies and the people driving them, may shed some light. Do they really have an interest in protecting the public? You decide.
Climbing the Food Chain
March 14, 2014 02:30 - 31 minutes - 6.91 MBWho are all the players involved in bringing food to our table? As the conflict rages on about GMO labeling, who of these players stand to lose or gain the most? Understanding exactly who is involved and what their stake is in the agricultural process may shed light on the motivations behind pushing GM foods on consumers and why certain companies and institutions are willing to spend millions to keep us from knowing.
Genetically Modified: The Biotech World - Here and Now
January 22, 2014 03:00 - 31 minutes - 7.03 MBWhat are the latest developments in the world of GMOs? From GMO labeling laws, global outrage, corporate product pipelines, to the debacle over the Seralini study on human health risks, we will examine new aspects to the biotech business and their implications for the health and safety of consumers worldwide. We may know where we have been and we may know where we are in the midst of the genetically modified debate, but can we see where we are going?
Building to Break
January 15, 2014 03:00 - 29 minutes - 6.64 MBScience. It has propelled the human race forward for thousands of years. While we have bettered our lives in some aspects, there has been a heavy toll to pay in others. Biotechnology is being used by corporate and political interest in the most self-destructive drive for profit in all of history. It is only our species that works against itself by using the very progress it creates. It is only us who build with one hand and break with the other. There is a union of science and human progress,...
The Chemical Burn
August 14, 2013 02:00 - 30 minutes - 6.74 MBAgent Orange, PCB's, DDT, Glyphosate. These are words that many of us believe are in a deadly past of devastated lives. There are also new, and just as deadly, toxic cocktails in the pipeline today such as Dicamba. Many of us have believed that chemicals such as these are no longer allowed for use, or that at least in extreme cases, they are heavily regulated. Yet, the US government has recently approved the increased use of Monsanto's pesticides in crops. What's more, the biotech industry st...
Discrowning the Six Kings
August 07, 2013 02:00 - 31 minutes - 7.08 MBCorporate giant, Monsanto, may be feeling the most headline heat from an outraged and growing body of consumers and concerned scientists objecting to the practices and blatant oversteps of GM crops and biotech business, but they are not the only player at the GMO table. There are six kings presiding over this controversial and frightening industry: Monsanto, Syngenta, Dupont, Bayer, Dow and BASF, and each one of these corporate kings contribute enormously to the rise of profit-driven science ...
Agenda 21: Domination
August 01, 2013 02:00 - 30 minutes - 6.76 MBWhat exactly is Agenda 21 all about and why are so many outraged because of it? Is it a United Nations voluntary consortium or a stepping stone toward a global centralized government? Under the disguise of world sustainability and feeding the hungry, is there an underlying agenda that is not so altruistic as they may have us believe? Monsanto along with other powerful corporations have shown more than an interest in Agenda 21. What use could this be for them and their profit driven GMO biotec...
The Safety Dance
May 08, 2013 02:00 - 29 minutes - 6.63 MBThe GM biotech industry assures us they have conducted adequate safety studies of genetically modified foods, and that these DNA manipulated foods are entirely safe for human consumption. To bolster their claims of safety, the industry loves to tout the names and institutions of corroborating scientists. However, these same scientists and institutions are among the hidden benefactors funded by the very industry they support. Contrarily, a wealth of independent testing by credible and experie...
GMO - The Issues of Today
May 01, 2013 03:00 - 26 minutes - 5.76 MBGMO - The Issues of Today GMO: The Issues of Today: What are the latest happenings in the GMO industry? This show will examine the current state of GMO in the US and around the world – from the newest wave of biotechnology in food crops to the steps of congress. Has our food industry hit new lows? Or has Monsanto hit new highs? Looking at trends of today, are we able to forecast what is coming in the future?
In the Absence of Ethics
April 17, 2013 02:00 - 36 minutes - 8.22 MBNOTE ARCHIVE LISTENERS: THE SHOW BEGINS AT THE 2:35 MARK FOLLOWING THE OPENING BLOGTALKRADIO JINGLE. PLEASE CLICK YOUR CURSOR AHEAD TO THAT TIME TO AVOID THE 2:00 DELAY. THANK YOU AND APOLOGIES FOR THE TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES AT THE START OF THE SHOW. In the Absence of Ethics The GM biotech industry has used its technology to produce a variety of products using combinations of genetic material between plants, animals, and even humans…some of which cross what most would consider the ethical l...
Kill Technology - Gene Genocide
April 10, 2013 02:00 - 27 minutes - 6.16 MBKill Technology - Gene Genocide The GM industry has developed what is termed, "terminator technology," and has already utilized gene silencing techniques to manipulate certain gene expressions from occurring in transgenic crops, and intend the same for the bee population which is currently in a state of crisis due to colony collapse disorder brought on by what is believed the excessive use of pesticides required for farmers to control Super Weeds in genetically modified crops. The industry n...
The Garden of Eden - For Sale
April 03, 2013 02:00 - 35 minutes - 7.8 MBThe GMO industry wants to own the genetic blueprints of all existing food sources around the globe. 250,000 farmer suicides in India, forced GMO compliance by European countries under threat of exclusion from the union, and even the swift impeachment of a South American President and extermination of native seeds are all frightening glimpses into the overtaking of world crops. Henry Kissinger said, "If you control the oil, you control nations. If you control the food, you control the people."...
Parallels
March 27, 2013 02:00 - 34 minutes - 7.77 MBOften, art defines real life and in many forms predicts, and even creates the future. It is uncanny how art has revealed so many parallels between fact and fiction. We also find this in actual historical events. What have we learned from the past and parallels to the present we find there? Whether fact or fiction, art or historical event, what are some of these parallels and using the past as a guide, can we prevent the onset of a human catastrophe? What responsibility do consumers have in us...
The Hidden Beneficiaries
March 06, 2013 03:00 - 33 minutes - 7.43 MB46 million dollars were spent to shut down Proposition 37 in California, calling for mandatory labeling of GM foods. Several independent studies proving serious health consequences of GMO consumption have been strangely discredited. It has been said, "All roads lead to Rome." Yet in this context, following the trail of curious connections of beneficiaries leads consistently back to the GMO industry itself.
A Simple Game of Risk
February 27, 2013 03:00 - 29 minutes - 6.53 MBWould you subject yourself, or your children, to be participants in a potentially harmful game? Consumers are unwittingly already part of a game in which we are merely pawns. Who has the right to determine what is an acceptable risk? The GMO industry is playing with our lives and making self-serving decisions about our safety, health and evolution. Their game of risk is not as simple as they would have us believe.
Contaminating The Human Code
February 20, 2013 03:00 - 35 minutes - 7.84 MBAll food contains genetic material that directly effects the expression of cells in the body. GM food forces a different expression than that of a natural state. To what degree, is yet to be quantified. Dr. Eva Notony said, "Even minor tampering with nature is apt to bring serious consequences, as did the introduction of a single chemical, DDT. Genetic engineering is tampering on a monumental scale, and nature will surely exact a heavy toll for this trespass." Will we reach the event horizon ...
Monsanto: Down The Rabbit Hole
February 13, 2013 03:00 - 32 minutes - 7.27 MBWhy are chemical companies, like Monsanto, excercising such inexplicable amounts of freedom and power over our world food supply? Their tentacles reach disturbingly into business and political interests unbeknownst to most consumers. The deeper you look into the twists, turns and connections, the further you fall into a rabbit hole of mounting questions and alarming concerns.
Dismantling DNA
February 06, 2013 03:00 - 31 minutes - 7.09 MBBehind the veil. The building blocks of life are being synthetically manipulated and altered from a natural state. Nearly 80% of all products in grocery stores now contain GMO ingredients. What is really involved in the process of altering the DNA in our food supply? Find out what they would rather you not know.
Toxic Promise
January 30, 2013 03:00 - 32 minutes - 7.27 MBThis episode examines the origins of the GMO industry and its purported global benefit impressed upon consumers under the guise of safety, stronger and more plentiful crops, and a world problem solver in meeting population demand for food. In the face of the industry's blatant disregard to disclose genetically modified organisms to the public, are GMO foods really what they promise?
The GMO Puzzle - The Pieces Don't Fit Together
January 23, 2013 03:00 - 35 minutes - 7.97 MBSeries Opener. Anna Kavanaugh introduces her new radio program, Mad Science: The Genetic Crossroad. In this episode, she raises questions about the GMO industry and its unregulated practice. She further spotlights some of the most puzzling issues surrounding GMO, including the control of chemical companies, like Monsanto, and their deep connection to the US Federal Government. Also examined is the questionable lack of mandatory labeling of GMO containing food products, and the unbiased scient...