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    Every Twelve Seconds

    Timothy Pachirat is an assistant professor at the New School for Social Research and the author of Every Twelve Seconds , a book that documents the author's undercover experience working in a slaughterhouse in the Midwest.

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

    Timothy Pachirat

    is an assistant professor at the New School for Social Research and the author of

    Every Twelve Seconds

    , a book that documents the author's undercover experience working in a slaughterhouse in the Midwest. He doesn't reveal which slaughterhouse he worked at, because he contends that what he witnessed is emblematic of practices in slaughterhouses across the US.

    The full episode

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    Orthorexia, Going Paleo, the Industrialized Meat Conundrum
    1. 0:00Orthorexia: Anxiety of Healthy Eating
    2. 8:11Nom Nom Paleo
    3. 15:03Hunters on the Rise
    4. 22:52Every Twelve SecondsYou’re reading this
    5. 36:31The Impact of the Beef Recall on Local Slaughterhouses
    6. 44:25Jonathan Gold Reviews Church & State
    7. 50:10Market Report with Nicole Rucker and Lucia Trevino
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      Evan Kleiman

      host 'Good Food'

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    The full episode

    4 of 7
    Orthorexia, Going Paleo, the Industrialized Meat Conundrum
    1. 0:00Orthorexia: Anxiety of Healthy Eating
    2. 8:11Nom Nom Paleo
    3. 15:03Hunters on the Rise
    4. 22:52Every Twelve SecondsYou’re reading this
    5. 36:31The Impact of the Beef Recall on Local Slaughterhouses
    6. 44:25Jonathan Gold Reviews Church & State
    7. 50:10Market Report with Nicole Rucker and Lucia Trevino
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