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The Future We Want – Ep 299

We seem to spend so much time talking about the things we don’t like, and the things we don’t want to see in our idealized world, that we thought it was high time we devote a discussion to exploring some of the things we actually DO want to see in that future, and more importantly, actions we can take to start honoring that future right this very second. Plus, a big announcement!

TRANSCRIPT

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Are Non-Profit Chapters A Form Of Colonization? w/ lauren Ornelas – Ep 297

We’ve got a jam packed episode today. First we talk to Jamila Alfred of the Afro Vegan Society to learn all about the upcoming National Afro-Vegan Conference Virtual Summit.

Then we are joined, once again, by lauren Ornelas, founder of the Food Empowerment Project to ask if non-profit chapters are a form of colonization. This is a topic she spoke about at the 2019 Animal Rights Conference and we were curious to pick her brain a bit more about why she came to this conclusion the implications it creates for activists. We discus why FEP decided to disband their Washington chapter as well as prohibit the formation of any new chapters. And ultimately we talk about strategies for moving forward.

A transcript of this episode is available here.

The Links:

Food Empowerment Project – Website / Instagram / Facebook / Twitter / Youtube

Afro Vegan Society – Website / Instagram / Facebook / Twitter

National Afro-Vegan Conference Virtual Summit Nov 13th, 2021

Episodes referenced:

Episode 2 – Living In A Non-Vegan World w/ lauren Ornelas

Episode 143 – Should Vegans Support Corporate Campaigns? w/ lauren Ornelas

Episode 162 – Vegan Food Justice w/ Brenda Sanders

Bonus Food episode – Darë cheese, Paul’s visit to Pittsburgh, Purple Carrot, Haunted hayrides, fostering kittens, and more!

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The Vegan To Woogan Pipeline w/ Christopher Sebastian – Ep 296

About a year and a half ago, the pandemic was just getting into full swing in the United States and we were just starting to see the seeds of COVID conspiracy being sewn within vegans and plant based dieters. We did an episode speculating on whether or not vegans are more susceptible to falling for these conspiracies than the general population. Of course, the episode was filled with wild, barely-substantiated speculation (as we’ve been known to do). Flash forward to today and we have a year and a half worth of anecdotal evidence to base a follow up episode on. The big question lingers; have things gotten worse?

Instead of merely speculating, this time we turn to the inimitable Christopher Sebastian, whose job working in media studies involves monitoring and documenting trends in social media engagement. We’ll talk about how social media is being utilized by pseudoscientific grifters and far right ideologues to radicalize vegans into conspiracy theorists, anti-vaxxers, and worse. Is this a problem of our own making? And most importantly, is there anything we can do to reverse course?

A transcript of this episode is available here!

Connect with Christopher Sebastian via his Website, Instagram, and Patreon.

What Do Vegans And Conspiracy Theories Have In Common? (EuroNews)

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Episodes referenced:

Episode 288: Vaccines And Vegan Ethics w/ Dr. Priyumvada Naik.

Episode 228: Are Vegans More Susceptible To COVID Conspiracies?

Can These Laws End Animal Agriculture? Ep 294

This week we continue our discussion about legislative tactics that might help animals. Starting with a brief look at the Plant Based Treaty and then moving on to welfare measures such as Prop 2 and Prop 12. With Prop 12, which requires specific square footage for animals exploited for food, about to take effect in CA many farmers are feeling the ripple effects of the measure. As they tell it, this new move could cost the industry millions and destroy their ability to profit off the death of animals. Could that possibly be the case? We’ll conclude by looking at a few bold initiatives that have the potential to go far beyond the mild welfare measures currently in place.

A transcript will be available here on October 6th.

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When Will Governments Recognize Animal Sentience? Ep 293

This week we are taking a look at a recent run of various globe-spanning legislative developments relating to legally establishing animal sentience. What do these moves actually mean for animals? It’s time to speculate wildly!

A transcript of this episode is available here.

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The Links:

Animal rights groups sue over latest Iowa farm trespass law (Agrinews)

S.Korea to grant legal status to animals to tackle abuse, abandonment (Reuters)

Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill

Action Plan For Animals Welfare

Are Your Taxes Cancelling Your Veganism? w/ Laura Reese and Connie Spence – TBV Classics

What’s up, beardos?! This week we bring back a classic interview that is quite possibly our most referenced. Of course, nothing can truly “cancel out” one’s personal vegan practice, but a lot of the potential practical good being done by a vegan population is consistently undermined by our taxes dollars. You know how every year we hear about less and less people drinking cow’s milk, and yet every year we also hear about massive dairy bailouts? We talk to Laura Reese and Connie Spence of Agriculture Fairness Alliance and Liberation 360 about the subsidies and bailouts that keep animal agriculture afloat. Most importantly, we talk about the creative strategies they are implementing to do something about it.

TRANSCRIPT of the original episode.

Want to get involved immediately? Check out the Agriculture Fairness Alliance’s call to action page HERE.

The Links:

Agriculture Fairness Alliance – Facebook – Twitter – Instagram – YouTube

Liberation 360 – I nstagram

Connie Spence on Instagram

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Eating Our Way To Extinction – Film Review – Ep 292

This week we’ve got a surprise film review of Eating Our Way To Extinction, which releases on Sept 16th. Andy backed this film on Indiegogo back in 2017 and since then it has grown and gathered a number of celebrity endorsements and participants. Now narrated by Kate Winslet and featuring appearances from Tony Robbins and Richard Branson, among many others. We’ll see if this celeb narrated, environmentally focused documentary can stand out in a now very crowded field.

Eating Our Way To Extinction releases to the public on Sept 16th.

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Is It Time To Retire The Phrase “Vegan For The Animals”? – Ep 291

This week we continue our “Is It Time To Retire ______” series by looking at three slogans/phrases that are often used within the animal rights movement and ask if they have outlived their accuracy or usefulness. Up first we assess “if slaughterhouses had glass walls, everyone would be vegetarian”, move on to “we are all animals” and then ultimately dive into “vegan for the animals” a phrase beloved by many that may have taken a more nefarious turn in recent years.

A full transcript of this episode is available here.

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Email TheBeardedVegans [at] gmail [dot] com
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Support the podcast and get bonus episodes and merch HERE.
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Referenced episodes:

Episode 33: Do We Need Graphic Images To Advocate?

Episode 222: Is It Time To Retire “Meat Is Murder”?

Episode 273: Is It Time To Retire “Why Love One But Eat The Other?”

28 Mailbags Later – Ep 290

It’s time to reach into the mailbag and attempt to answer a whole host of listener questions, including:

With no sentient life to harm, is Mars the perfect vegan world?
What’s the deal with the one anonymous listener that keeps sending us a physical piece of mail every ten weeks?
Are there any animal rights causes that vegans shouldn’t advocate for?
Is it unethical to consume drugs, such as caffeine, knowing that it will ultimately end up in waterways and impact wildlife?
How can one raise a child vegan without alienating them from the rest of their non-vegan friends and family? (with help from Carol Adams)
Is it unethical for a collective living situation to set a “vegan only” policy?
And much more!

A transcript of this episode is available here

Connect with us:

Email TheBeardedVegans [at] gmail [dot] com
Leave a voicemail: (323) 7BEARDO
Visit TheBeardedVegans.com
Support the podcast and get bonus episodes and merch HERE.
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The Links:

Nationalities Service Center (NSC) – Helping Afghan refugees

Carol J Adams: WEBSITE // TWITTER // FACEBOOK // INSTAGRAM

We Interview Carol J Adams at the Toronto Vegfest

Killing Carnivores & The Quest To End Wild Animal Suffering – Ep 289

This week we are taking a look at wild animal suffering. It’s a complex topic that brings up a lot of questions and mixed feelings. Is it an issue? If so, is it something that humans should attempt to intervene in? Do initiatives that end up helping predator animals (such as building bird boxes) actually create more harm than good? Are there ways we could help wild animals that wouldn’t drastically affect the ecosystem? Is maintaining an ecosystem a good justification for allowing animals to be harmed?

We’ll discuss some of the ways that humans are already intervening in wild animal suffering and some of the groups that are pushing for the rest of us to take it seriously. Ultimately we take a look at an argument making the rounds in the world of vegan youtube: in order to stay ethically consistent we must kill carnivores. It’s about to get messy!

A transcript of this episode will be available here on August 25th.

Connect with us:

Email TheBeardedVegans [at] gmail [dot] com
Leave a voicemail: (323) 7BEARDO
Visit TheBeardedVegans.com
Support the podcast and get bonus episodes and merch HERE.
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The Links:

The wild frontier of animal welfare (Vox April 2021)

Wild Animal Initiative

Animal Ethics

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