Ep.17 Palm oil: ubiquitous, damaging, complicated and the Grease of Empire

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Max Haiven discusses whether palm oil is a particularly more destructive product than any other. Max's book, Palm Oil: Grease of Empire, gets into a bit of the history, political, economic and natural impact of the palm oil industry, which had its start during European colonisation of West Africa in the 19th century. Max then zooms out to look at the wider impact and how we might want to consider what we do about palm oil production.

Max is an author, a professor at Lakehead University in Canada and the Canada Research Chair in Radical Imagination. He also co-hosts a call-in podcast called What Do We Want, and directs the ReImagining Value Action Lab, a workshop for the radical imagination, social justice and decolonization. He's also the first and, so far, only non-vegan guest on this podcast

Website/Socials

Max Haiven⁠

https://maxhaiven.com/⁠ https://reimaginevalue.ca/ @maxhaiven on X https://maxhaiven.substack.com/ ⁠https://www.plutobooks.com/9780745345826/palm-oil/⁠

Emi Leese

⁠https://emilialeese.substack.com⁠ ⁠http://thinklikeavegan.com⁠

⁠http://emilialeese.com ⁠

@emi.leese or @thinklikeavegan, Instagram, Facebook, X, Threads

Credits

Host: Emilia A. Leese Guest: Max Haiven

Production & Engineering: Jim Moore of Bloody Vegans Productions; ⁠https://www.bloodyvegansproductions.com⁠

Graphics: Catherine Dorrell ⁠https://www.messyvegancook.com⁠ Music

Opening theme: “Flashbacks” by Jenny Moore’s Mystic Business Interlude: "Hit" by Flowers Must Die Closing theme: “Tear Things Up” by Jenny Moore’s Mystic Business

This podcast is part of iROAR, the Animals Podcasting Network ⁠https://iroarpod.com⁠