Podcasts by Mad Science: The Genetic Crossroad With Anna Kavanaugh
Anna Kavanaugh hosts the weekly radio series, "Mad Science: The Genetic Crossroad." The program aims to raise awareness and provide education about genetically modified organisms (GMO), in the world food supply and the practices of the GM biotech industry. The series is dedicated to all issues surrounding GM foods, its usage and ramifications thereof.
Anna is a writer, advocate, and founder of the (AKCF) Anna Kavanaugh Charitable Foundation. Her original novel, "The Cord of Callows," now an upcoming expanded trilogy series, is the inspiration for a GMO documentary film entitled, "The Cord of Callows trilogy: Fact Behind the Fiction. Fear Behind the Fact."
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Leveraging Loopholes: Biotech's Answer to Consumer GMO Protest from 2015-11-11T03:00
One of the latest practices in biotech is a process that allows DNA to be edited down to the letter. Known as CRISPR technology, scientists now have the ability to control gene mechanisms with unpr...
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Biotech Breach of Nature: Cost and Consequences from 2015-11-04T03:00
Throughout the GMO, biotech and agrochemical debates, we have witnessed the ultimate in corporate control and influence along with the disastrous impacts from the implementation of these technologi...
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Gluten and GMO: The Toxic Reality for 18 Million and Counting from 2015-01-16T03:00
It is still a fairly new-recognized and rapidly increasing reality. Gluten intolerance has become a primary health concern for millions of consumers around the world. However, in the face of such a...
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GMO Crossroads: The Point of No Return from 2014-12-12T03:00
To celebrate the airing of our 25th broadcast episode, tonight's show examines some of the highlights in previous shows and developments that have happened since. A discussion about everything from...
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Synthetic Biology - The New Revolution from 2014-09-25T02:00
As we forge our way into the future, designing and constructing biological devices and systems for marketable purposes is no longer the stuff of science fiction, but quickly becoming the norm. Muc...
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Insidious Exports - The GMO Invasion from 2014-04-16T02:30
Many nations in the world have become prey to the agribusiness industry as it engulfs more and more crop-lands around the globe. Developing countries in Africa, South America, and Asia, are ripe fo...
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From Double Helix to Double Standard from 2014-04-02T03:30
From the time our society saw the industrialization of our food supply, corporations have continued to push the limits of minimizing costs to maximize profits. Although the practices and policies o...
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Beyond Conspiracy from 2014-03-26T02:00
There are numerous theories passed around about the sinister objectives of the corporate biotech machine, so much so that it is difficult to know what to really believe. Are there wealthy organizat...
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Public Protection? The Agencies in Charge of Our Health and Safety from 2014-03-19T02:00
Who are the consumer protective agencies and what are their functions regarding GMOs? The FDA, USDA, and EPA make up the big three in American consumer protection – but are they doing a good job? A...
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Climbing the Food Chain from 2014-03-14T02:30
Who are all the players involved in bringing food to our table? As the conflict rages on about GMO labeling, who of these players stand to lose or gain the most? Understanding exactly who is involv...
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Genetically Modified: The Biotech World - Here and Now from 2014-01-22T03:00
What are the latest developments in the world of GMOs? From GMO labeling laws, global outrage, corporate product pipelines, to the debacle over the Seralini study on human health risks, we will exa...
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Building to Break from 2014-01-15T03:00
Science. It has propelled the human race forward for thousands of years. While we have bettered our lives in some aspects, there has been a heavy toll to pay in others. Biotechnology is being used ...
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The Chemical Burn from 2013-08-14T02:00
Agent Orange, PCB's, DDT, Glyphosate. These are words that many of us believe are in a deadly past of devastated lives. There are also new, and just as deadly, toxic cocktails in the pipeline today...
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Discrowning the Six Kings from 2013-08-07T02:00
Corporate giant, Monsanto, may be feeling the most headline heat from an outraged and growing body of consumers and concerned scientists objecting to the practices and blatant oversteps of GM crops...
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Agenda 21: Domination from 2013-08-01T02:00
What exactly is Agenda 21 all about and why are so many outraged because of it? Is it a United Nations voluntary consortium or a stepping stone toward a global centralized government? Under the dis...
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The Safety Dance from 2013-05-08T02:00
The GM biotech industry assures us they have conducted adequate safety studies of genetically modified foods, and that these DNA manipulated foods are entirely safe for human consumption. To bolste...
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GMO - The Issues of Today from 2013-05-01T03:00
GMO - The Issues of Today GMO: The Issues of Today: What are the latest happenings in the GMO industry? This show will examine the current state of GMO in the US and around the world – from the new...
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In the Absence of Ethics from 2013-04-17T02:00
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Kill Technology - Gene Genocide from 2013-04-10T02:00
Kill Technology - Gene Genocide The GM industry has developed what is termed, "terminator technology," and has already utilized gene silencing techniques to manipulate certain gene expressions fro...
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The Garden of Eden - For Sale from 2013-04-03T02:00
The GMO industry wants to own the genetic blueprints of all existing food sources around the globe. 250,000 farmer suicides in India, forced GMO compliance by European countries under threat of exc...
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The Hidden Beneficiaries from 2013-03-06T03:00
46 million dollars were spent to shut down Proposition 37 in California, calling for mandatory labeling of GM foods. Several independent studies proving serious health consequences of GMO consumpti...
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A Simple Game of Risk from 2013-02-27T03:00
Would you subject yourself, or your children, to be participants in a potentially harmful game? Consumers are unwittingly already part of a game in which we are merely pawns. Who has the right to d...
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Contaminating The Human Code from 2013-02-20T03:00
All food contains genetic material that directly effects the expression of cells in the body. GM food forces a different expression than that of a natural state. To what degree, is yet to be quanti...
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Monsanto: Down The Rabbit Hole from 2013-02-13T03:00
Why are chemical companies, like Monsanto, excercising such inexplicable amounts of freedom and power over our world food supply? Their tentacles reach disturbingly into business and political inte...
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Dismantling DNA from 2013-02-06T03:00
Behind the veil. The building blocks of life are being synthetically manipulated and altered from a natural state. Nearly 80% of all products in grocery stores now contain GMO ingredients. What is ...
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Toxic Promise from 2013-01-30T03:00
This episode examines the origins of the GMO industry and its purported global benefit impressed upon consumers under the guise of safety, stronger and more plentiful crops, and a world problem sol...
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The GMO Puzzle - The Pieces Don't Fit Together from 2013-01-23T03:00
Series Opener. Anna Kavanaugh introduces her new radio program, Mad Science: The Genetic Crossroad. In this episode, she raises questions about the GMO industry and its unregulated practice. She fu...
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