Topic: Wayne State University

Anthropologist Julie Lesnik argues that the Western aversion to eating insects is a learned behavior rooted in European colonial history. Lesnik suggests that early colonists avoided indigenous foods like bugs to maintain a sense of "civilized" identity and avoid becoming "savages." The hosts critique the concept of "othering" insects as a social justice framework applied to diet.

Donald De Gracia, a professor at Wayne State University, contributes $1,010.10 to become the show's new resident brain scientist. De Gracia's letter critiques the "philosophical pygmies" of modern science and offers a more worldly perspective from Detroit. He is knighted as Sir Don, King of Blackness in Detroit.