Lab-Graded Meat

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NASA put money into trying to make lab-grown meat for astronauts in space. It wasn't until about 10 years later that a Dutch scientist named Mark Post kicked off the craze. A number of startups launched primarily in the San Francisco Bay area, trying to make affordable lab- grown meat. There are over 100 around the world.

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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