On this episode of the Acid For Squares podcast, hosts Tanya Dahl and Cody Blue sit down with acclaimed documentary filmmaker, producer, writer, and activist Kip Andersen, the filmmaker behind the groundbreaking documentaries Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret, What the Health, Seaspiracy, and his explosive new film, Christspiracy: The Spirituality Secret. Working with powerful executive producers like Leonardo DiCaprio and Joaquin Phoenix, Andersen’s films have reached millions of people around the world by investigating the environmental, physical, ethical, and spiritual consequences of humanity’s relationship with animals, while exposing the powerful institutions that profit from it. Kip’s latest film, Christspiracy, takes that investigation somewhere even more controversial: religion. After years of traveling the world with co-director Kameron Waters, from Jerusalem and the Vatican to Oxford and India, interviewing theologians, religious leaders, scholars, farmers, Indigenous spiritual teachers, and ancient-text experts, their investigation became centered around one deceptively simple question: Is there a spiritual way to kill an animal? Or even more provocatively: How would Jesus kill an animal? When their original streaming partner demanded that key information be removed from the film, Kip and his team made an extraordinary decision. They bought back the rights to their own movie and released Christspiracy independently and uncensored. In this conversation, Kip takes Tanya and Cody behind the curtain of that battle and into the deeper questions driving his life’s work. They explore the catastrophic environmental impact of industrial animal agriculture, its relationship to human health, and the psychological and spiritual consequences of a global system built upon the exploitation and slaughter of living beings. Kip challenges us to consider something even bigger: What happens to the human soul when suffering becomes so normalized that we stop seeing it? And what happens when the institutions we trust, including corporations, governments, health organizations, environmental groups, and even religious traditions, become entangled with the very systems they may be unwilling to confront? Kip also reveals the extraordinary journey behind Christspiracy, the discoveries about Jesus that proved too controversial for NETFLIX, and how the film’s investigation into Jesus, scripture, sacrifice, compassion, and humanity’s relationship with animals is challenging deeply held beliefs around the world. This is an episode about censorship, compassion, religion, environmental destruction, human health, animal consciousness, institutional power, and the uncomfortable possibility that saving the world may require humanity to fundamentally reconsider its relationship with every living creature on it. WATCH CHRISTSPIRACY HERE: watch.wwjdfilm.com/ACIDFORSQUARES THIS EPISODE IS PROUDLY SPONSORED BY: VORG Get all of your superfoods in one easy scoop! Use code ACIDFORSQUARES at checkout for 15% off your order! CLICK HERE: https://supervorg.com/?ref=acidforsquares and MIDWEST GROW KITS Explore their full collection of sacred plant tools and wellness products using the link below, and use code ACIDFORSQUARES at checkout for 15% off your order! CLICK HERE: https://www.midwestgrowkits.com Hosts: Tanya Dahl & Cody Blue Guest: Kip Andersen MORE INFO on Kip: Social Media: https://www.instagram.com/kipandersen WATCH CHRISTSPIRACY HERE: watch.wwjdfilm.com/ACIDFORSQUARES ACID FOR SQUARES MERCH HERE https://acidforsquares-shop.fourthwall.com/ GET MORE FROM ACID FOR SQUARES at PATREON www.patreon.com/acidforsquares PLEASE FOLLOW, LIKE, COMMENT AND SHARE! Your interaction with our content helps us so much! Follow Acid For Squares: @acidforsquares across all social media And same on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major platforms. Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed on the Acid For Squares Podcast are those of the guests and do not necessarily reflect those of the hosts or affiliated companies. The podcast is for entertainment and informational purposes only and is not professional advice. Topics may include mature content, parental discretion is advised. _______ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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