There is an animal cruelty controversy that is striking the largest dairy producer in Indiana and one of the largest in the country.  Video released by a group called Animal Recovery Mission showed cases of abuse and cruelty in the treatment of calves at Fair Oaks Farms.  There was also drug use by some employees caught on camera.  On one side of the issue is Richard Cuoto, founder of ARM who has been called the Batman of animal cruelty and on the other side, Mike McCloskey, founder of Fair Oaks Farms who runs Fair Oaks’ Dairy Adventure which some have called the Disneyland of agricultural tourism.  Sarah Bowman, environmental reporter at the Indianapolis Star, joins us to break down this story.

Next, we now have two cities on the books with laws decriminalizing magic mushrooms, Denver and Oakland.  There is an important distinction however, these laws just make it a lower priority for law enforcement, you can grow them and possess them, just not sell them.  However, some lawmakers see it going the way of cannabis into legalization. Matt Simon, science writer at Wired, joins us to talk about the journey to decriminalize psilocybin, also known as magic mushrooms.

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