040: Jenny Kleeman on adventures at the frontier of birth, sex, death & vegan meat

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English - June 28, 2022 20:00 - 58 minutes - 40.4 MB
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Jenny Kleeman is a broadcaster, journalist and author of the book Sex Robots & Vegan Meat: Adventures at the frontier of Birth, Sex and Death.

She is an award winning narrator of true stories across print, audio and TV and writes regularly in the Guardian, the Times, the New Statesman and Tortoise. She's reported for BBC One's Panorama, HBO's Vice News Tonight and Channel 4's Dispatches, as well as making films for Channel 4’s Unreported World. On radio, she launched Weekend Breakfast on Times Radio.

Jenny has some amazing insights and experiences to share on the human condition, how we relate to one another and what the frontier of technology means for our futures. My converstaion with her is hilarious, spooky, jaw-dropping and crazy in equal measure.

Show notes

4 new inventions that are about to challenge what it means to be human

Sex

Unintended consequences of sex robots – can they really solve happiness?Robots, lack of human contact, echo chambers and the future of human relationshipsBBC News website vs online porn consumptionSex dolls, male control and female disempowerment

Birth

Manmade amniotic sacks – experiments in lamb foetusesImproving premature birth outcomesGrowing a baby outside of the human bodyFetishizing pregnancy vs reproductive equalityDefinitions of abortion – redefining the journey and viability of birthWho will natural pregnancy be for in future? A 2nd class endeavour

Meat

How to grow real meat in a lab?Eating meat forever without caring about animal welfare: kosher bacon, ethical foie grasHow does a manmade chicken nugget taste?Cowschwitz and the implications for the future of agriculture

Death

Motivations of death capsule inventorsGiving people the right to die, but shielding vulnerable peopleControl, dignity and insurance policiesBaby Boomers who are used to getting what they wantMasculine desire to dominate and controlWomen will feel the effects of these four technologies more than men

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