Beyond and Impossible

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Sales of plant-based meats have been declining. Most people just don't think it tastes good enough, says CNN's John Sutter. The idea for lab-grown meat came from an unlikely source: Winston Churchill. We should fight for a more ethical and climate-friendly meat alternative, he says.

Happy New Year! Maybe you’re interested in trying new things? Sean and his mom are. In today’s episode, they drive to Alameda, California to try “hybrid meat” — a mixture of lab-grown meat and veggie meat substitute that could deliver a more sustainable (but still meaty) future.

This episode was produced by Miles Bryan, edited by Jolie Myers, fact-checked by Laura Bullard with help from Siona Peterous and Hady Mawajdeh, engineered by Efim Shapiro, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.

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