The Optimist's Barn Podcast

Robert Yaman

A techno-optimist's lens on farm animal welfare.

Science Life Sciences Technology

Update frequency: every 31 days
Average duration: 11 minutes
Episodes: 5
Years Active: 2024 - 2025

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The Challenge and Promise of High-Expansion Nitrogen Foam

Portable humane killing might be an important capability, but the best use case is not yet clear.

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00:12:59 | Sun 31 Aug 2025

You Can Now Buy Eggs From In-Ovo Sexed Hens!

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00:09:25 | Thu 17 Jul 2025

Is Higher-Welfare Farming Scalable?

Could be more than you think.

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00:14:36 | Mon 02 Dec 2024

Why Innovating in Animal Agriculture is Hard

Structural barriers to innovation in animal agriculture mean change will happen too slowly, and it won’t always be pointed in the right direction.

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00:11:57 | Tue 22 Oct 2024

How to Be a Techno-Optimist for Animals