# "61" -  Dr. Anthony Chaffee: Was Food Designed to Make Us Easier to Control?

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Podcast: [No BS with Brad Smith](https://stenobird.com/podcast/no-bs-with-brad-smith-7712062)
Published: 2026-05-23T10:00:00+00:00
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Duration seconds: 1685

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What started as a conversation about the carnivore diet turned into a much bigger question: has food influenced more than just our health? Brad sits down with Dr. Anthony Chaffee to discuss the history of diet, agriculture, processed foods, and the controversial idea that food has been used to shape human behaviour for centuries. Agree or disagree, this one will make you think

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