Would You Eat Lab-Grown Meat?

Black Box Theory Podcast · Jul 2, 2026 · 3m · transcript

It's coming to a grocery store near you — or it would be, if a growing number of states weren't moving to ban it. In this clip we get into lab-grown meat: what it is, who's blocking it, and whether it's actually good for you.

Malcolm and Thomas talk through the real questions around cultivated meat — the health concerns people are raising, why several states have moved to ban or block its sale, and the bigger idea underneath it all: that how an animal actually lives affects the quality of the protein you put in your body. It's part science, part politics, part what's-really-on-your-plate.

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