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Feb 2016
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#28 — Meat Without Misery

SAM HARRIS
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Sam Harris offers a few more thoughts on Clinton vs Sanders, as well as on the ethics of strong encryption. He then speaks with Uma Valeti, cardiologist and CEO of Memphis Meats, about the future of food production. 

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