#244 - Food, Climate, and Pandemic Risk

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this episode of the podcast Sam Harris speaks with Bruce Friedrich and Liz Specht from the </span><a href="https://gfi.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Good Food Institute</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> about the way the problems of climate change and pandemic risk are directly connected to animal agriculture. The Good Food Institute is an international nonprofit reimagining protein production.</span></p> <p><strong>Bruce Friedrich</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;"> oversees GFI&rsquo;s global strategy, working with the U.S. leadership team and international managing directors to ensure that GFI is maximally effective at implementing programs that deliver mission-focused results. Bruce is a TED Fellow, Y Combinator alum, and popular speaker on food innovation. He has penned op-eds for the </span><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Wall Street Journal</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">USA Today</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Los Angeles Times</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Wired</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">, and many other publications. </span><a href="https://www.ted.com/talks/bruce_friedrich_the_next_global_agricultural_revolution" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Bruce&rsquo;s 2019 TED talk</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> has been viewed two million times and translated into dozens of languages. He graduated magna cum laude from Georgetown Law and also holds degrees from Johns Hopkins University and the London School of Economics.</span></p> <p><strong>Liz Specht</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;"> works to identify and forecast areas of technological need within the alternative protein field. Her efforts also catalyze research to address these needs while supporting researc