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What the Headlines Get Wrong About the Future of Meat | Bruce Friedrich

May 26, 2026 · 1h 48m

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Six years on from our first conversation, global meat consumption is at a record high, and the harms of industrial animal agriculture have only deepened. Bruce Friedrich, founder of the Good Food Institute, is back on the podcast to argue that the answer is not asking people to eat less, but rebuilding meat itself from the ground up. Bruce is the author of the new book Meat: How the Next Agricultural Revolution Will Transform Humanity's Favorite Food and Our Future, and one of the most thoughtful voices working on alternative proteins anywhere in the world. What we cover: Why public health messaging on meat has not changed consumption since the 1960s The four harms of industrial animal…