Episode 64: Each year at this time, there are lots of stories written about how to avoid having political fights around the Thanksgiving dinner table. But what if the debate is about what’s on the table instead?

Richard Kyte and Scott Rada discuss why the choices we make at supermarkets and restaurants send a strong ethical message.

Links to stories discussed during the podcast: 

Inside the fantastical, pragmatic quest to make “hybrid” meat, by Kenny Torrella, Vox

Here’s exactly how your diet affects the planet, a landmark study finds, by Scott Dance, The Washington Post

We badly need better alternatives to conventional meat, Matthew Ygelsias, Slow Boring

Thanksgiving dinner will cost 20% more this year because of inflation. Here's what to expect, By Vanessa Yurkevic, CNN

About the hosts: Scott Rada is social media manager with Lee Enterprises, and Richard Kyte is the director of the D.B. Reinhart Institute for Ethics in Leadership at Viterbo University in La Crosse, Wis.

Episode 64: Each year at this time, there are lots of stories written about how to avoid having political fights around the Thanksgiving dinner table. But what if the debate is about what’s on the table instead?
Richard Kyte and Scott Rada discuss why the choices we make at supermarkets and restaurants send a strong ethical message.
Links to stories discussed during the podcast: 
<a href="https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/23378912/meat-animals-beef-cultivated-in-vitro-food-plant-based-animal-welfare-impossible-burger">Inside the fantastical, pragmatic quest to make “hybrid” meat</a>, by Kenny Torrella, Vox
<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2022/10/24/pork-beef-diet-climate-impact/">Here’s exactly how your diet affects the planet, a landmark study finds</a>, by Scott Dance, The Washington Post
<a href="https://www.slowboring.com/p/we-badly-need-better-alternatives">We badly need better alternatives to conventional meat</a>, Matthew Ygelsias, Slow Boring
<a href="https://news.lee.net/lifestyles/food-and-cooking/thanksgiving-dinner-will-cost-20-more-this-year-because-of-inflation-heres-what-to-expect/article_4917e062-65ad-11ed-982a-e794cdccd678.html">Thanksgiving dinner will cost 20% more this year because of inflation. Here's what to expect</a>, By Vanessa Yurkevic, CNN
About the hosts: <a href="https://twitter.com/TribScott">Scott Rada</a> is social media manager with Lee Enterprises, and Richard Kyte is the director of the <a href="https://www.viterbo.edu/db-reinhart-institute-ethics-leadership">D.B. Reinhart Institute for Ethics in Leadership</a> at Viterbo University in La Crosse, Wis.

Scott Rada, Lee Enterprises social media manager, and Richard Kyte, director of the Ethics Institute at Viterbo University, talk about the intersection of ethics and modern life.

Scott Rada, <a href="https://lee.net/">Lee Enterprises</a> social media manager, and Richard Kyte, director of the <a href="https://www.viterbo.edu/db-reinhart-institute-ethics-leadership">Ethics Institute at Viterbo University</a>, talk about the intersection of ethics and modern life.

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