What if you just don't really enjoy food very much? What if you're totally fine eating the same thing every single day? What if you think food is an inefficient way to get what you need to survive?

What if, rather than eating "food," you just mixed a white powder (that is definitely not made of people because it's made of soy protein isolate instead) with water and drank that in food's place?

This hour: a look at what you might call the non-foodie movement and the "powdered food" meal replacement product that is Soylent.

What if <a href="https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health-and-fitness/health/i-hate-food-for-some-of-us-eating-is-just-aboutsustenance/article27936872/" data-cke-saved-href="https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health-and-fitness/health/i-hate-food-for-some-of-us-eating-is-just-aboutsustenance/article27936872/">you just don't really enjoy food very much</a>? What if <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2019/03/eating-the-same-thing-lunch-meal/584347/" data-cke-saved-href="https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2019/03/eating-the-same-thing-lunch-meal/584347/">you're totally fine eating the same thing every single day</a>? What if <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/05/12/the-end-of-food" data-cke-saved-href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/05/12/the-end-of-food">you think food is an inefficient way to get what you need to survive</a>?
What if, rather than eating "food," you just mixed <a href="https://soylent.com/" data-cke-saved-href="https://soylent.com/">a white powder</a> (that is definitely not <a href="https://giphy.com/gifs/damn-this-movie-soylent-green-cgvewuCvtnn7W" data-cke-saved-href="https://giphy.com/gifs/damn-this-movie-soylent-green-cgvewuCvtnn7W">made of people</a> because it's made of soy protein isolate instead) with water and drank that in food's place?
This hour: a look at what you might call the non-foodie movement and the "powdered food" meal replacement product that is Soylent.

The Colin McEnroe Show is public radio’s most eclectic, eccentric weekday program. The best way to understand us is through the subjects we tackle: Neanderthals, tambourines, handshakes, the Iliad, snacks, ringtones, punk rock, Occam’s razor, Rasputin, houseflies, zippers. Are you sensing a pattern? If so, you should probably be in treatment. On Fridays, we try to stop thinking about what kind of ringtones Neanderthals would want to have and convene a panel called The Nose for an informal roundtable about the week in culture.

<a href="https://www.ctpublic.org/show/the-colin-mcenroe-show/about">The Colin McEnroe Show</a> is public radio’s most eclectic, eccentric weekday program. The best way to understand us is through the subjects we tackle: Neanderthals, tambourines, handshakes, the Iliad, snacks, ringtones, punk rock, Occam’s razor, Rasputin, houseflies, zippers. Are you sensing a pattern? If so, you should probably be in treatment. On Fridays, we try to stop thinking about what kind of ringtones Neanderthals would want to have and convene a panel called <a href="https://www.ctpublic.org/tags/the-nose">The Nose</a> for an informal roundtable about the week in culture.

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