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    Animals Make Us Human

    Dr. Temple Grandin is the author, with Catherine Johnson, of Animals Make Us Human : Creating The Best Life for Animals. A Professor of Animal Science at Colorado State University and designer of livestock handling facilities, Dr.

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    By Evan Kleiman • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    Dr. Temple Grandin is the author, with Catherine Johnson, of Animals Make Us Human: Creating The Best Life for Animals. A Professor of Animal Science at Colorado State University and designer of livestock handling facilities, Dr. Grandin is autistic and she describes herself as a visual thinker. Much of her work is devoted to promoting humane methods of handling livestock through teaching and through improving slaughterhouses. For example, her designs for curved cattle corrals reduce stress on cattle as they are herded to slaughter. Dr. Grandin believes that stress levels in animals have a direct impact on meat quality

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    3. 15:35Animals Make Us HumanYou’re reading this
    4. 23:06Homemade Couscous
    5. 29:29Irradiated Vegetables
    6. 37:19Randomness Explains Everything
    7. 44:15Jonathan Gold: Chilli King
    8. 51:46Nigerian Dwarf Goats
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      Evan Kleiman

      host 'Good Food'

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      Bob Carlson

      host and producer, 'UnFictional'

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      Jennifer Ferro, President, KCRW, Los Angeles

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    The full episode

    3 of 8
    Life On A Container Ship; Irradiated Vegetables; The Theory of Randomness
    1. 0:00The Market Report
    2. 8:06Three Weeks on a Container Ship
    3. 15:35Animals Make Us HumanYou’re reading this
    4. 23:06Homemade Couscous
    5. 29:29Irradiated Vegetables
    6. 37:19Randomness Explains Everything
    7. 44:15Jonathan Gold: Chilli King
    8. 51:46Nigerian Dwarf Goats
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