So I know Robb Wolf from my general interest in diet, although I don't believe in Paleo, and he is the type who also started Crossfit hype. These people share religious zeal with vegans, but pretend they are better somehow.
Some interesting tidbits:
- the book presents clear statistics about the environmental impact of animal husbandry (it's not as bad as vegans tell us)
- the actual social impact of banning animal husbandry would be disastrous for many communities in poorer regions where nothing but grass grows anyway
- it would also negatively impact children, as lack of animal protein intake limits the brain development
- he discusses global warming effects with a nice anecdote that someone told him that people who question global warming usually also question Holocaust
- I think Mikhaila did the hosting part quite well, she was asking semi-interesting questions and faded into background as a good host should
- Robb Wolf claims that after he stopped eating some vegetables he stopped being sensitive to dairy
- brought up important issues of soil depletion and the fact our grain farming depends on fossil fuels
What I really disliked about the podcast is that Robb did not say much about possible negative impact of eating beef on health. He also did not stress the most damaging part of modern Western diet which are highly processed vegetable oils such as soybean oil. One of the absurdities he spewed was that the most dangerous are sugar and juices, and he recommended to drink diet soda (!!!). Personally, I don't respect anyone who say that sugar is oh so dangerous. Yes, you should not eat too much sugar, but it's not as dangerous as other aspects of modern diet.
They knew each other for some time, and her podcast was to help him shill his book "The Sacred Cow".