Critical Nonsense
Pigs and Modern Spirituality
What is our responsibility to pigs? And what are we doing with the void of organized religion? [21:10]
This week, Jess, Joey, and magical guest Ilana talk about octopus gratitude, k-type versus r-type animals, "the PR crisis of raccoons", the Jewish New Year, thick and thin love, and our susceptibility to cults. They don't talk about how humans recently recorded pigs using tools for the first time.
references
- Reply All #149 30-50 Feral Hogs
- "The majority of the increase observed in CH4 resulted from swine and dairy cattle manure, where emissions increased 29 and 134 percent, respectively, from 1990 to 2017." and more emissions information from the Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 1990-2017
- Pew's study from 2015"America's Changing Religious Landscape"
- The Stanford initiative on understanding the younger generations
- Our documentary film from a few years ago on Instagram influence: Instafame
- Hillsong and Daybreak: examples of these new churches