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Feb 2024

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Barbecue Earth Trailer

CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE

About this episode

Meat isn’t just delicious. It’s also an important commodity, a politically powerful industry, and a big reason why our planet is overheating. Join the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace for our new podcast Barbecue Earth, as we explore the intersection of meat, climate change, and geopolitics.

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