Can I microdose veganism?
How would you do the most good with the least effort?
Happy Friday!
We missed you last week and we’re very happy to be back.
If you care about animals, but don't want to stop eating them ... what's the least you could do while doing the most good? That question, posed to The Atlantic's Annie Lowrey, leads us to a pair of true crime stories about animals. Turkeys plummeting wildly from the sky and a private investigation involving a small brown cow.
Articles of Annie Lowrey’s referenced in this story:
Tossing a Bird That Does Not Fly Out of a Plane
Radical Vegans Are Trying to Change Your Diet
Please no enormous arguments about food consumption in the comments section (my inbox is already heating up), but … if you’re making any non-standard dietary choices, I would hear about them.
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Let’s hang out ... in person?
Weird, I know, but: we have two live events coming up.
One is in continental North America, one in continental Europe. Come join us!
Brooklyn Live Event with Freakonomics - Thursday, September 26th. Tickets still available, but going f-a-s-t. (I actually don’t know if they’re going fast, I just want to fill the Bell House with Search Engine people before those pesky Freakonomics listeners buy all the tickets!!)
Amsterdam Live Event with Podimo - Thursday, October 3rd. This is in a beautiful old church, and the whole Search Engine team will be there. Do podcasts broadcast across the Atlantic? This will be an interesting way to find out.
What else?
I really liked the new Adam Sandler special on Netflix. Summer’s over in New York, no matter what the calendar officially says. I’m hunting for a good hoodie, the time is nigh. Taking hoodie suggestions, more into zip-ups than pull-overs, but I try to walk through this world unburdened by assumptions.
We’ll see you next week,
PJ
"As god is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly."
Really appreciated this episode. I never want to tell people that I'm vegan; when it inevitably comes out, I'm bombarded by people's assumptions about what I think, and why I eat the way I do. Meanwhile I'm sitting here thinking, "But aren't we on the same side? Don't we all recoil at animal cruelty and wish there was less of it?" I felt very seen during several points in this episode. So thanks to you and Annie for having the conversation.