Episode 2141 – On this Friday’s show, Vinnie Tortorich welcomes Jayne Buxton to discuss her book The Great Plant-Based Con where they address veganism, dietary guidelines, bad information, the environment, and more.
“THE GREAT PLANT-BASED CON”
- Vinnie welcomes Jayne and they discuss her approach to researching and writing her book. (3:59)
- The two exchange stories of various attacks on social media that they both receive. (15:15)
- Vinnie and Jayne also discuss how the vegan argument has changed over time from animal welfare into an environmental issue. (21:50)
- They chat about mixed messages and misinformation; as a result, Jayne says the misinformation leads to a “mirage of a solution.” (37:20)
- Vinnie reviews some of the history that lead up to the current dietary guidelines and how politics was involved, as discussed in Fat: A Documentary. (44:45)
- Jayne and Vinnie also chat about people being persuaded to “jump on the bandwagon.” (54:35)
- Big Food businesses have interests in things like fake meat.
- Vinnie talks more about the environmental impact of creating and shipping fake meat.
- Accordingly, Jayne says the vegan movement has muddied up its argument by pushing false information. (1:06:15)
- Vinnie asks Jayne her purpose behind the book, and the audience it was written for. (1:15:10)
- Finally, Vinnie and Jayne agree that the problem comes from politicians being pushed to make it into law.(1:23:30)
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