Putting a Bug in Your Mouth

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Julie's research about why some cultures are freaked out by bugs, continued tsowas like looking into psychological disgust. And basiclylink a two year old will put anything in their mouths. We can take sort of our cultural stigmas and turn em into real disgust mechanisms if we train them to our kids at young ages. So for me, getting over this, its going to be a generational ange. It's going to be changing our attitudes towards kids putting a bug in their mouth. How often do you have to cit the change in attitudes toward lobster t your work? I i, you know, aly, i don't. Maybet might be like my hip

DO YOU CARE ABOUT THE APOCALYPSE? Okay cool. No matter what your diet, get this episode in your ears. Entomophagy Anthropologist Dr. Julie Lesnik -- an enthusiastic expert on bug eating -- breaks down the human past, present and future of insect cuisine for our surging population. If you're considering cutting back on meat, or if you're a vegan helping others explore more sustainable options, Dr. Lesnik will get you pumped as hell for changing mindsets. We talk about grasshopper tacos, ant omelettes, the nature of life, humane bug slaughter, water conservation, deep-fried scorpions, at-home mealworm farming, cricket chips, protein needs and the cultural biases that are literally killing us. Also: termite farts.

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