The Semantics of Meat (with Paul Shapiro)

Semantics play a significant role in shaping public perception about animals and animal welfare. The meat, dairy, and egg industries go to great lengths to remove harsh terminology and replace it with euphemisms that conceal the truth and sanitize violence. In today’s episode, I talk to someone who knows this all too well: Paul Shapiro, Vice President of Policy at The Humane Society of the United States. Join us as we discuss euphemisms and doublespeak used by animal agriculture and the best terms for plant-based and cultured meat. Thank you for supporting, subscribing to, and sharing Animalogy . This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit

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The Semantics of Meat (with Paul Shapiro) is an episode from Animalogy \ The Animals in Our Everyday Words & Phrases by Colleen Patrick-Goudreau.

This episode is 45:14 long.

This episode was published on Feb 11, 2017.

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