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Science is Gray

22 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 11 ratings

Science isn’t as black and white as the media often portrays it. Join former science teacher and vegan educator Sarina Farb for nuanced, honest, and holistic conversations exploring the gray areas of science and ethics in society. If you care about making the world a better place, like doing your own critical thinking, and are tired of censorship, corporate bias, and politicized science, this is the podcast for you! The Science is Gray podcast takes a critical look at the intersection of science, ethics, and public policy. Take a deep dive with us to hear uncensored conversations on controversial scientific topics, see past corporate propaganda masquerading as science, and to learn how our morals/ethics can and should shape science and how it's applied in society.

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Episodes

S2E6 - Meat, Voters and Politicians - The Politics of Changing Our Food System w/Sparsha Saha PhD

January 30, 2024 11:00 - 36 minutes - 66.7 MB

So why don’t politicians talk about meat consumption and animal agriculture? Is meat a “vote losing” topic and are governments and the elite actually “pushing veganism” on us? Or can animal ethics become a political issue too, and if so, what framing will work best at the political level? In today’s episode I speak with Sparsha Saha at Harvard university about her research studying meat politics from an empirical perspective! Sparsha Saha is a Lecturer at the Department of Gover...

S2E5 - Reversing Autoimmune Diseases with Diet w/Dr. Benjamin Benulis

January 16, 2024 16:00 - 41 minutes - 76.6 MB

Have you wondered if it’s actually possible to reverse chronic and autoimmune illnesses without drugs? Can diet and lifestyle really help people heal from their symptoms? If so, what diet and lifestyle? In today’s episode I speak with chiropractor and author Benjamin Benulis, about his personal experience healing himself, as well as what exactly “disease reversal” even means and how it works. Dr. Ben is a chiropractor and author of the book Create Health: Reverse Autoimmune Diseas...

S2E4: Sexism, Effective Altruism, and Creating a Successful Plant-Based Foods Movement w/Michele Simon

December 13, 2022 22:50 - 54 minutes - 100 MB

Have you heard about effective altruism? Do you know what it is and how it’s applied in animal advocacy of the plant-based foods movements?  In today’s episode the founder of the Plant Based Foods Association Michele Simon JD, MPH, and I get raw sharing our feelings about issues like discrimination, sexism, and the Effective Altruism ideology that is so present in many animal advocacy and “alternative protein” spaces.  If you like nuance and hearing some real honest thoughts on wh...

S2E3: Intersectionality Greenwashing and Connecting the Dots Between Human Health and Planetary Health, w/Nivi Jaswal

November 22, 2022 19:20 - 58 minutes - 108 MB

“If clinical research ran the world - we’d all be walking around with washboard abs” - Nivi Jaswal. Have you ever wondered why our food system is the way it is, and why so many people continue to struggle with their health even though we have cutting edge brilliant research and knowledge about health and nutrition? In today’s episode I speak with Nivi Jaswal MBA, NBC-HWC, who is the founder and president of the VIRSA Foundation about her background and journey from working for a...

S2E2: Culture, Ethics, Oppression, and Toxic Identity Politics with Soytheist

November 08, 2022 12:00 - 56 minutes - 103 MB

Ready for some honest no-nonsense talk about animal rights, social justice, and identity politics? In today’s episode I speak with Aditya Prakash who goes by Soytheist on Youtube and social media. We discuss all things cultural relativism, what is and isn’t neo-colonization, and how identity politics can be toxic and illogical much of the time. Aditya and I don’t always agree, but we both value dialogue and open conversation and that’s what you’ll get with today’s episode! Follow A...

S2E1: Using Science vs. Spirituality to Make Healthy and Ethical Food Choices w/Victoria Moran

October 11, 2022 16:15 - 47 minutes - 87.8 MB

What should we do when science and spirituality conflict? Should we follow our intuition on what and how to eat, or should we only make evidence-based food choices? And can we truly make evidence based food choices when the science often seems to be contradictory or constantly changing?  In today’s episode I speak with best selling author and inspirational speaker Victoria Moran, about how she navigates making healthy and ethical food choices as both a spiritual yogi and ethical v...

#13: How Evidence-Based is Our Healthcare? Plant-Based Nutrition & Med School w/Dr. Lucky

January 18, 2022 12:00 - 47 minutes - 87.4 MB

If you are curious about how our healthcare system operates with regards to nutrition and preventive medicine, or are confused by all the different diet trends like keto, paleo, and plant based, and want some clarity on how to navigate nutrition and the healthcare system as a patient, then this is the episode for you! Today Detroit native and 4th year medical student Lackshman (Lucky) Mulpuri and I discuss our skewed healthcare system, his experience helping to create the first-eve...

#13: How Evidence-Based is Our Healthcare? Plant-Based Nutrition & Med School w/Lakshman Mulpuri

January 18, 2022 12:00 - 47 minutes - 87.4 MB

If you are curious about how our healthcare system operates with regards to nutrition and preventive medicine, or are confused by all the different diet trends like keto, paleo, and plant based, and want some clarity on how to navigate nutrition and the healthcare system as a patient, then this is the episode for you! Today Detroit native and 4th year medical student Lackshman (Lucky) Mulpuri and I discuss our skewed healthcare system, his experience helping to create the first-eve...

#12: Covid Vaccines, Animal Testing, Trusting Science, & Vegan Ethics w/Seb Alex

January 11, 2022 21:45 - 1 hour - 174 MB

We really GO THERE in this conversation! Animal testing. Veganism and vaccines. Pharma corporations. Trusting the science. Individual choices and ethical decision making. All of it! This is a multilayered open and honest conversation exploring the nuances in veganism, published science, modern medicine, and the ethics of using animals for scientific research and testing. This episode is a friendly conversation with Lebanese animal rights activist and vegan lecturer Seb Alex, as we ...

#11: Food Sovereignty and Animal Liberation: Can We Have Both? w/Nassim Nobari

January 04, 2022 18:20 - 1 hour - 166 MB

Does veganism inherently rely on a corporate globalized food system? Is it wrong to advocate just for animals without also advocating for exploited human farm workers? Are animal liberation and indigenous rights/food sovereignty at odds with each other? There may not be a single easy answer to any of these questions, but I really loved discussing and hearing activist Nassim Nobari’s nuanced perspective on these issues and what she thinks a truly radical and progressive approach to ...

Agriculture, Solving Climate Change, and Making Sense of Conflicting Numbers w/Sailesh Rao PhD)

October 28, 2021 11:00 - 50 minutes - 34.4 MB

What is really the biggest cause of green house gas emissions? How much does animal agriculture actually contribute to climate change? What can we do to successfully  solve the environmental crisis ASAP? All these questions and more are discussed in today’s episode with Sailesh Rao of Climate Healers where we cover: - How climate science is politicized - UN IPCC Conventions and bias - The killing machine vs. the burning machine - How to really solve climate change - The role o...

Effective Altruism and Measuring the Effects of Our Vegan Activism w/Casey Taft PhD

October 11, 2021 19:00 - 43 minutes - 29.8 MB

You've probably heard of the Effective Altruism (AE) movement before, and the effort to apply effective altruism to animal advocacy work and reducing suffering of animals. But do you know what it actually is? And is effective altruism all it's really cracked up to be?? I have seen countless debates within the animal advocacy movement about what the "best" type of activism is, with many people pushing everyone to do one single thing. In the last few years things like animal welfare...

Is Lab-grown Meat REALLY a Sustainable and Ethical Food Solution? W/Vasile Stanescu

September 06, 2021 16:00 - 53 minutes - 37 MB

Do you have questions about lab-grown meat? Wondering if it's really as sustainable and great for animals as great as many proponents claim?  Will it solve the ethical and environmental problems with our current food system and factory farming? Today Dr. Vasile Stanescu joins me to take a holistic deep dive into the benefits and downside of lab-grown meat (AKA in vitro meat, cell-based meat, cultured meat, or clean meat)  and who this novel technology will really benefit! We cov...

Biased Science: Roundup, Cancer, and Corporate Corruption with Carey Gillam

August 03, 2021 18:00 - 42 minutes - 29 MB

In this episode I speak with award-winning author and investigative journalist Carey Gillam about the story of Monsanto's notorious weedkiller Roundup, and the ongoing litigation around it's cancer-causing potential. We discuss: - Carey's latest book The Monsanto Papers - The importance of lawsuits against Monsanto - The lengths Monsanto went to to cover up evidence of cancer risk - What internal documents showed about corruption and how Monsanto biased science - The state of sci...

Nature, new technology and the collapse of civilization with Semih Oguzcan (PhD)

July 20, 2021 21:00 - 53 minutes - 37 MB

Is progress and technological innovation always good? Is technology inherently unsustainable and incompatible with nature and human life on earth? In today's episode I speak with Semih Oguzcan and environmental engineer and advocate trying to stop our 6th mass extinction on this planet. We take a deep dive in this episode into the nuance around technological innovation, evolution, science, and the unintended consequences are actions are having on human life. Semih Oguzcan has an...

Propoganda, GMOs, & Corporate Bias in Higher Education w/Robert Schooler

July 06, 2021 16:00 - 57 minutes - 39.4 MB

In this episode I speak with my friend Robert Schooler about his personal experience as a student at Cornell University observing first-hand how corporations like Monsanto seek to push propaganda on students and bias science curriculum in favor of corporate profits and agendas. "The GMO Debate course, which ran in the fall of 2015, was a blatant display of unscientific propaganda in an academic setting" - Robert Schooler Robert wrote an article about his experience back in 2016 ...

Rethinking our Food and Agriculture Paradigms w/Laila Kassam PhD

June 22, 2021 10:00 - 40 minutes - 28.1 MB

In this episode I speak with author and social change advocate Laila Kassam (PhD) about reductionist vs. holistic paradigms of food, agriculture, and international development, including: - reductionism in the global development industry - agricultural and development myths - what does "feeding the world" really mean - is organic food based on a "naturalistic fallacy"? - Can veganic/sustainable/organic agriculture really work? - origins of veganic and agroecological farming - what mater...

Rethinking our Food and Agriculture Paradigms w/Laila Kassam

June 22, 2021 10:00 - 40 minutes - 28.1 MB

In this episode I speak with author and social change advocate Laila Kassam (PhD) about reductionist vs. holistic paradigms of food, agriculture, and international development, including: - reductionism in the global development industry - agricultural and development myths - what does "feeding the world" really mean - is organic food based on a "naturalistic fallacy"? - Can veganic/sustainable/organic agriculture really work? - origins of veganic and agroecological farming - what mater...

The Origins of COVID19 and the Pandemic Industrial Complex w/ Jonathan Latham PhD

June 08, 2021 05:00 - 1 hour - 54.9 MB

In this episode I speak with virologist Jonathan Latham about the origins of the COVID19 Pandemic and whether it originated from a wet market or was really a lab-release!  This includes answering the following:  Is there a precedent for lab-releases?  What is the evidence for a lab leak? What is the evidence for a natural zoonotic origin?  Why doesn’t the wet market theory hold up?   Why has mainstream media censored discussions of a lab leak?  You can read Jonathan’s detaile...

Dairy and Racism in The Federal Dietary Guidelines w/ Dr. Milton Mills

May 26, 2021 04:00 - 46 minutes - 31.7 MB

In this episode I speak with Dr. Milton Mills, a critical care physician in the Washington DC area, and a long time plant-based nutrition advocate and expert. We discuss the history, impact, and biases of the federal dietary and nutrition guidelines and how they might not be as objective as many assume. This episode includes: - what the USDA federal dietary guideline are - the history of the dietary guidelines - Who/what influences the guidelines - How the federal nutrition gu...

Reductionism in Nutrition Science with Dr. T. Colin Campbell

April 27, 2021 17:00 - 56 minutes - 39.1 MB

In this episode I speak with my longtime hero Dr. T Colin Campbell about the current state of nutrition science, what a holistic vs. reductionist approach to nutrition and scientific research looks like, and how reductionist thinking is harming public health. This includes: - What is reductionist science and why it's harmful - how reductionist science and thinking is hindering our public health approach to the COVID19 Pandemic - How and why holistic science and nutrition research...

Welcome to The Science is Gray Podcast!

April 14, 2021 21:00 - 2 minutes - 1.49 MB

Science isn’t as black and white as the media and memes often portrays it. Join science educator and justice advocate Sarina Farb for nuanced, open, and holistic conversations exploring the intricacies and gray areas of science in society. If you like doing your own critical thinking and are tired of censorship, corporate bias, and politicized science, this is the podcast for you. 

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