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Is My Octopus Teacher A Vegan Film? Ep 249

We’ve received a flood of requests to review My Octopus Teacher, and we’ve seen many vegans singing it’s praises as a film that will help people show compassion for animals. Despite a less than intriguing title, our interest was piqued. We had to know, was the film so many vegans were raving about a “vegan film”? We’ll get all up into this one on this week’s mini episode.

My Octopus Teacher is currently available for streaming on Netflix.

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Why Are We Still Surprised When “Vegan Corporations” Are Horrible? Episode 248

This week Paul and Andy tackle two more of the big stories they missed during their break and packing them together by asking why we (the collective we) are still surprised when “vegan corporations” are horrible? Starting with Light Life attacking Beyond and Impossible in a full page ad in the New York Times and Wall Street Journal. Is this bold strategy going to pay off for them, and does their critique of the other brands even make sense? Is it possible this was all orchestrated to heighten the profile of all the brands involved? Or, more nefariously, is it possible the end goal was to damage the reputation of all brands and vegan meats in general?

Paul and Andy conclude by looking at the last “vegan” company to garner much pearl clutching, Oatly. It was revealed that Trump-supporting billionaire Schwarzman’s Blackstone acquired a stake in the company. Blackstone has ties to companies destroying the Brazilian rainforest and Shwarzman personally donated $3 million to a pro-Trump super PAC. It is undeniably horrible, yet is it surprising? Is this just the cost that must be payed in order to create great accessibility for plant based products, or can we solve the problem by boycotting?

A transcript of this episode is available here

The Food:

Seven Suns, Two Moons (Atlanta, GA)

The Links:

Carol Adams Interview for Toronto Vegfest – Audio Only

The Ultimate Droopy Dog Companion (thanks Emily!)

Light Life Makes A “Clean Break”

Oatly vegan milk faces activist anger after Trump-supporting billionaire Schwarzman’s Blackstone acquired a stake(Business Insider)

Test Subjects – Ep 245

This week The Bearded Vegans continue their summer break film review series with an in depth look at Test Subjects, the latest short film from director Alex Lockwood. Paul and Andy were eagerly anticipating Lockwood’s follow up to 73 Cows, a film they both enjoyed overall. In fact, their only major criticism of that film was that they just wanted more. With Test Subjects also being a short sweet 16.5 minutes, they’ll see if it can manage to create a complete statement in such a brief run time.

Watch Test Subjects for free here

Donate to Afro Vegan Society

Interview with Brenda Sanders

Kindred Creatures – Ep 244

This week Paul and Andy kick off their later-than-usual summer break film review series: their chance to take a little break by checking out some vegan and animal rights related films we’ve been meaning to check out. They start with Kindred Creatures, a documentary that focuses on the lives of animal sanctuary residents as well as their caretakers. The film also touches on a bit of, well, everything. The Bearded Vegans discuss the merits of the film, its strategy, who it’s for, and much more.

A full transcript for the episode can be found here

Kindred Creatures is available to watch via Prime.

Do Vegans Need Allies? Ep 243

In this week’s mini episode, the Bearded Vegans dissect a recent post trying to push the term “vegan ally” as a way to describe those who aren’t. If vegans aren’t an oppressed group, do we need allies? Is this just a reducetarian rebrand? When allyship is unfortunately often seen as a noun and not a verb, does creating vegan allies actually encourage inaction? Or, does this actually help to create a larger and more effective movement by creating a bigger tent? Would non-vegans applying this label be more likely to go vegan, or create pro-vegan content? There is a lot to dig into here, and Paul and Andy will do their best to cover it all.

A full transcription is available at http://bit.ly/TBVEp243Transcript

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The Mailbag In The Woods – Ep 240

This week Paul and Andy bask in the warm sunny glow of the mailbag, where they will do their best to respond to listener questions, comments, and concerns. Topics covered include: what should people do with their old Thug Kitchen cookbooks, since starting the podcast do Paul and Andy feel pressure to always be right, is it okay to sell second hand leather, why are so many Vegfests so heavily health-focused, which political candidate will be the best vote the animals, and much much more!

A full transcript of the episode is available at https://bit.ly/TBVEp240Transcript

Paul’s Podcast Recommendations:

How Did This Get Made

How Did This Get Played

Comedy Bang Bang

An Oral History Of The Office

Andy’s Podcast Recommendations:

Made Of Human by Sophie Hagen – Episodes 134 and 135 (interview with Your Fat Friend)

Reply All – The Snapchat Thief

Ear Hustle

The Sporkful – A Reckoning At Bon Apetit, Can A Restaurant Be For Everyone? When White People Say Plantation.

The Links:

Damn it, Shark Week, don’t act like Mike Tyson is going to fight a shark (AV Club)

Do Survivalist Reality Shows Actually Make A Great Case For Veganism? Ep 235

In this week’s mini episode we ask if survivalist reality shows are secretly making a case for veganism. The discussion is framed by taking a closer look at the History Channel hit, Alone. The show finds 10 contestants dropped off in remote wilderness with only the clothes on their backs plus 10 items of their choosing and then asked to survive as long as possible. The last survivalist to tap out receives a $500,000 grand prize. While the show appears, on it’s surface, to be decidedly #notvegan, as contestants find themselves consuming fish, crabs, and small birds. However, is it possible that a show designed to champion human resilience actually shreds the illusion of human supremacy?

Seasons 3-7 of Alone are available on Hulu

Catapulting Squirrels: Does Harm Define Abuse? Ep 234

About a month ago we recorded this video but we held onto it in favor of releasing some more timely material. As we continue to work on some more ambitious projects, we’ve decided to release this mini episode, with an additional introduction discussing COVID and the recent protests, as well as some further relfection at the end of the episode. With that said, this week we discuss Mark Rober’s recent viral video: Building The Perfect Squirrel Proof Bird Feeder in which he constructs an eight part obstacle course that most questionably contains a catapult designed to launch squirrels right before the final reward. In the video, Mark details the efforts he has made to ensure no harm comes to the squirrels. Despite the fact that we’ve seen many vegans sharing this video without comment, something didn’t sit quite right with Andy and so we wanted to pick apart this idea that abuse and exploitation is only defined by physical harm. Is this video all just harmless fun, or is it the tip of the iceberg of something more sinister?

Transcript of the original episode HERE.

The Links:

Feeding Bill Gates A Fake Burger To Save The World (YouTube)

Exploring The 7 Points Of Allyship For The White Vegan Community In Defense Of Black Lives w/ Omowale Adewale – Ep 233

This week, we bring you an interview with Omowale Adewale to discuss the 7 Points Of Allyship For The White Vegan Community In Defense Of Black Lives. This pledge is designed to organize white vegans to take tangible action to support black lives during a time when performative allyship is at an all time high. Omowale discusses each point individually and expands on their meaning, as well as explaining just why he felt it was necessary to put this together in the first place.

A full transcript of the episode is available at http://bit.ly/TBVEp233Transcript.

Actions To Take:

Support Omowale Adewale on Patreon.

Take the allyship pledge at BlackVegfest.org

Donate To (and then share) The 7 Points Of Allyship on GoFundMe – Send us the screenshot of your donation and we will double donations up to $100 total.

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On Solidarity & Hypocrisy Memes – Ep 231

We had originally recorded an episode about something that started to feel more and more frivolous as the uprising sparked by the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery developed. So we jumped on the mic for a last minute episode to address a meme going around that features a protestor holding a severed pig’s head. The resulting online discourse was messy, to say the least. We’ll ask what is the purpose of this meme, who is the intended audience, and ultimately why we feel it is incredibly shortsighted and misguided. The conversation then evolves into addressing the latest trend of memes attempting to expose the hypocrisy of others. We’ll talk about what we think is lost in the quest for dunks.

A transcript of this episode can be found at https://bit.ly/TBVep231Transcript

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