Book · 2007 · Health & Fitness
The Omnivore's Dilemma
A Natural History of Four Meals
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Michael Pollan is one of the reasons for that because The Omnivore's Dilemma he had established himself as a legitimate journalist who would comb through and parse through all the data to give you a comprehensive understanding of what exactly is going on.
Joe Rogan · The Joe Rogan Experience · Mar 2023 Listen at 1:43:40 What they say about it
- Recommends the book“check out the omnivores dilemma”3
The best things said about it
Michael Pollan is a writer who has become a kind of national food philosopher. He says a lot of our food problems are due to what's called The Omnivore's Dilemma, which is also the title of one of his books.
Stephen Dubner Freakonomics Radio · May 2012 Check out The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan.
As Michael Pollan wrote in his 2006 book, The Omnivore's Dilemma, corn was both the currency traders used to pay for slaves in Africa and the food upon which slaves subsisted on during their passage to America.
I was writing a piece uh that became a chapter in The Omnivore's Dilemma on the meat industry and how [ __ ] up it is and um and feed lots and and the drugs they give the animals.
Michael Pollan The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett · Jul 2022 Michael Pollan author of a fantastic book called The Omnivore's Dilemma.
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Why people recommend it
The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan is a widely discussed non-fiction book that explores the modern American food chain and the ethical, ecological, and health consequences of what people choose to eat. On Stuff They Don't Want You To Know, Ben Bowlin recommended the book to listeners as a helpful resource during conversations regarding dietary choices, vegetarianism, and omnivorism. Joe Rogan also recommended the title on The Joe Rogan Experience, suggesting it to Christopher Ryan, and noted elsewhere that Pollan established himself as a rigorous, credible journalist by thoroughly parsing data to explain complex food systems. Additionally, Dr. Christopher Gardner referenced Michael Pollan's work on Huberman Lab to illustrate the diverse range of diets that can sustain human health. Nick Kroll mentioned the author on The Joe Rogan Experience in the context of discussing psychedelics and Burning Man, implying the broad cultural footprint of Pollan's broader bibliography. Overall, podcast hosts and guests frequently cite the book to anchor discussions about the politics of food, the credibility of investigative journalism, and the deep complexities behind everyday consumption habits in contemporary society.
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Joe Rogan you might want to uh check out that book I mentioned earlier the omnivores dilemma Michael pollen 5
Discussed
“Michael pollen is one of the reasons for that because the omnivores dilemma he had established himself as a legitimate journalist who would comb through and parse through all the data to give you a comprehensive understanding of what exactly is going on”
Discussed
“well i think it's because you establish yourself again as a real writer before that where in the omnivore's dilemma”
Discussed
“did you ever read uh that goddamn book um about food anyway and ital it it it surveyed three different meals and one was like a fast food meal another was like a all organic homecooked meal another was a meal that like you made everything like you made the flour you harvested the yeast you did all that kind”
Discussed
“I think it might be in uh the omniv wars dilemma”
Recommended
“you might want to uh check out that book I mentioned earlier the omnivores dilemma Michael pollen”
Ben Bowlin well check out the omnivores dilemma by michael pollen uh which we keep uh to your point Sarah whispering i… 3
Discussed
“but we do have a Continuing Story regarding the great debate of what Michael pollen calls the omnivores Dilemma to eat”
Recommended
“well check out the omnivores dilemma by michael pollen uh which we keep uh to your point Sarah whispering in so here's the deal”
Discussed
“Michael Pollock author of a fantastic book called The omnivores dilemma he said it this way in an interview with NPR in 2003 he said our entire diet has been colonized by this one plant”
Nick Kroll A couple buddies were like I've done this acid before and I haven't read the Michael Pollan book but I was… 1
Recommended
“A couple buddies were like I've done this acid before and I haven't read the Michael Pollan book but I was like enough”
Ben O'Brien well'd like you've had Michael Pollan on the show before he wrote that Omnivore's Dilemma and in it he was… 1
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“well'd like you've had Michael Pollan on the show before he wrote that Omnivore's Dilemma and in it he was just said basically in a paraphrasing”
Dr. Christopher Gardner You know, Michael Pollen has a great quote on this, the author of Omnivore's Dilemma. 1
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“You know, Michael Pollen has a great quote on this, the author of Omnivore's Dilemma.”
Dr. Lisa Feldman Barrett so um i think it was michael pollan i don't remember if it was in the botany of desire but it was in one of… 1
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“so um i think it was michael pollan i don't remember if it was in the botany of desire but it was in one of his early books on um on botany and gardening where he wrote about um and he wrote about uh you know plants sort of utilizing humans for their own you know evolutionary purposes which is”
Michael Pollan I was writing a piece uh that became a chapter in The Omnivore's Dilemma on the meat industry and how [ __… 1
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“I was writing a piece uh that became a chapter in The Omnivore's Dilemma on the meat industry and how [ __ ] up it is and um and feed lots and and the drugs they give the animals.”
Stephen Dubner Michael Pollan is a writer who has become a kind of national food philosopher. He says a lot of our food pr… 1
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“Michael Pollan is a writer who has become a kind of national food philosopher. He says a lot of our food problems are due to what's called the omnivore's dilemma, which is also the title of one of his books.”
Tim Ferriss He's already done it before like The Omnivore's Dilemma, et cetera. I've seen him do this before. 1
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“He's already done it before like The Omnivore's Dilemma, et cetera. I've seen him do this before.”
Tim Tollefson we we had to read this book um omnivores dilemma 1
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“we we had to read this book um omnivores dilemma”
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Recommended
“Check out The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan. To your point, Sarah is whispering in.”
Discussed
“As Michael Pollen wrote in his 2006 book, The Omnivore's Dilemma, corn was both the currency traders used to pay for slaves in Africa and the food upon which slaves subsisted on during their passage to America.”
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Passing
“the botany of desire, which is about how humans and plants coevolved and collaborated to thrive, and the omnivores dilemma, which is an incredible book about food and nutrition.”
Plugged
“It's certainly after Un Vogue's Dilemma, which is 2006.”
Passing
“He has written several best-selling books including The Omnivore's Dilemma, In Defense of Food, and How to Change Your Mind.”
Passing
“So he's best known for The Omnivore's Dilemma.”
Passing
“I have young kids, I read Omnivore's Dilemma 20 years ago. I'm worried about the food system.”
Passing
“I will stand on this hill omnivores dilemma aside shout out to the author Michael Poland uh the the idea of speciesism is very real”
Passing
“Yet I hold firm; I will stand on this hill, omnivore's dilemma aside, shout out to the author Michael Pollan, the idea of speciesism is very real and is impacting a world that is still wrestling with the dwindling biodiversity on the planet right now.”
Passing
“And in it, BVA begins by discussing the key theme in Michael Pollen's books, The Botney of Desire, which is a great read by the way, and The Omnivore's Dilemma, which I haven't read yet.”
Passing
“Michael the cross-pollinator as a friend of mine referenced him as being @michaelpollan on Twitter if you want to say hello is the author of seven books prior to the one we'll be discussing quite a bit including Cooked, Food Rules, In Defense of Food, The Omnivore's Dilemma, one of my favorites, and The Botany of Desire, all of which”