Episode 20: Noah, Cosmos, #sealfies, and Leigh Phillips with a left defence of GMOs

In this month’s extended installment of the podcast, we begin by taking a field trip to a corporate chain movie theatre to watch better-than-average Hollywood slop in the form of Darren Aronofsky’s Noah. Then we take a field trip to our houses to watch better-than-everything sciencey television in the form of Cosmos. Next, our interview guest – science writer and EU affairs journalist Leigh Phillips (@leigh_phillips) – joins us to mount a leftist defence of genetically-modified food. Lastly, we review some listener feedback, and discuss the Inuit #sealfie campaign (and the Canadian government’s success in conflating the commercial and subsistence seal hunts to its own shit-mouthed benefit.)Episode LinksNoahCosmosLeigh PhillipsDebate: GM is good for youUnion of Concerned ScientistsMaking A Killing: The Political Economy of Animal RightsSistah VeganAn Animal Liberationist Perspective on #Sealfie and the Inuit Seal HuntEpisode MusicCorrosion of Conformity – TechnocracyThe Flatliners – Drown in Blood