Fairly Interesting

<p>Sunflowers turn before dawn, vines mimic their neighbors, corn recruits wasps to kill caterpillars, and trees chat underground. What secrets are plants hiding, and are they smarter than we think? Join us on this...

<p>Should imported beef be labeled “Product of the USA” when it’s not born or raised here? We discuss the complex issue of Country of Origin Labeling (COOL), which would ensure every package reveals its true origin...

<p>Donor organs are desperately needed. The waiting list for a heart. kidney, lung is long and uncertain. Enter the emerging world of Transgenic and Chimeric Pigs. What if pigs can grow a new heart, just for you? Even...

<p>In this podcast we clear up the misperceptions around Corporate Farming and explain how family farms are still the bedrock of American agriculture. The reality is far different than what you might think. We explore...

<p>In this episode we discuss irrigation; the manipulation of water for farming and human flourishing. From beaver dams to the Ogallala Aquifer, from the Indus valley to Petra, from (midget) water diviners to nuclear...

<p>RFK Jr. is driving a fresh national discussion on health through nutrition. While this is a welcome development, unfortunately, he and others like Joe Rogan and Tucker Carlson are missing the last part of the story...

<p>In this episode we revisit Fake Meat and explore why Beyond Beef stock crashed, why McDonald's discontinued their fake meat burger, and why the hype bubble is bursting. Hint, the cows won't even eat veggie burgers...

<p>Tune into our 2nd episode of Cruel To Be Kind, a continuation of our discussion about common farming animal husbandry practices. From Molting chickens, Trimming beaks, Dehorning cattle, and Shearing sheep, we delve...

Farmers around the world utilize common practices which may appear to be cruel, but ultimately are rooted in kindness ultimately produce the best outcomes. Livestock producers implement such practices that may be a...

<p>In this episode we revisit the saga of Golden Rice. 140 million poor children suffer from vitamin A deficiency, of which 500,000 go blind and 250,000 die each year. Golden Rice could save them, except Greenpeace...

<p>In this podcast we're joined by our agronomist friend, Seth Tuscherer, to bring the boots on the ground perspective as we discuss the demonization of glyphosate, monocrop agriculture and how the precautionary...

<p>In this chat we digest beef and it's nutritional components, such as protein, amino acids, vitamins, minerals and fats. Join us on a far ranging discussion, from Ferdinand Magellan’s crew to Custer’s 7th Cavalry...

<p>In this podcast we discuss the limitations of epidemiology, especially as it relates to nutrition and health studies in human populations. We dig into a recent study (2023) published by a group at Harvard that...

<p>In this podcast we discuss Thermoregulation. From the USS Jeanette Voyage to the artic to The San endurance hunters of the Kalahari we discuss thermoregulation of our bodies, how to keep our bodies in the Goldilocks...

<p>In this podcast we chat about the crazy world of epigenetics. From Jean Baptiste Lamark's half-baked theory of evolution, through Darwin and Mendel to today where scientist are confronted with more and more evidence...