Topic: Seed Patents

The hosts critique a segment from CSI: Miami that features a farmer complaining about "drift" and large corporations seizing land. They interpret this as a thinly veiled attack on Monsanto's seed patent enforcement. They mock the show's inaccurate portrayal of Florida's agricultural landscape and the "racist" tropes used in the dialogue.

A conversation with a Jamaican taxi driver leads to a discussion about Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and his ties to Monsanto. Thomas previously served as an attorney for Monsanto before his appointment to the court. In 2001, he cast the deciding vote in JEM AG Supply v. Pioneer Hi-Bred, which legitimized the patenting of genetically modified and conventional seed varieties.