What does it take for an opera singer to belt out an aria without a mic? It just might be a vegan diet! Grammy Award-winning baritone Lucas Meachem (bio below) took a break from Chicago Lyric Opera to join me in this episode. We also talked to Dr. Joel Kahn to find out if there is connection between the coronavirus and animal ag.

Grammy® Award winner Lucas Meachem is one of the most sought-after singers of today, captivating audiences with his "earnest appealing baritone" (New York Times). Meachem performs regularly at major opera houses around the world, including the Metropolitan Opera, Vienna Staatsoper, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Opéra National de Paris and Los Angeles Opera, where he gave his Grammy® Award-winning performance. In concert he has appeared as a soloist in works such as Mahler's “Kindertotenlieder” with Emmanuel Villaume and Fauré's “Requiem” with Seiji Ozawa, and in 2018 he made his debut at the Salzburg Festival with Penderecki's “St Luke's Passion.”