Tech Empire with Michael Kwet and Tshi Malatji

This episode welcomes Joe Fassler to discuss lab-grown meat. Last month, Joe released an in-depth article, “Lab-grown meat is supposed to be inevitable. The science tells a different story.”, at the non-profit news outlet, The Counter. His article challenges the popular idea that meat can be grown at an affordable scale to replace the industrial slaughter of animals for consumption. Joe explains how lab-grown meat works, and he breaks down the science and economic constraints showing that lab-grown meat will almost certainly never reach mass production.

Joe Fassler is a reporter and Deputy Editor at The Counter. You can follow him on Twitter at @Joe_Fassler. Follow Tech Empire at @TechEmpireCast and the host, Michael Kwet, at @Michael_Kwet.