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Volunteering At Non-Vegan Soup Kitchens? Episode 185

This week Paul and Andy respond to a listener submitted dilemma. Is it okay to opt out of volunteering at a non-vegan soup kitchen, simply out of personal discomfort? They’ll explore the pros and cons of opting out and whether anyone should feel obligated to engage in activism that doesn’t 100% align with their ethics. 

You can always reach The Bearded Vegans by emailing TheBeardedVegans@gmail.com or visiting TheBeardedVegans.com

Links:

10 Reasons To Say No To Animal Gifts(A Well Fed World)

Chilis On Wheels 

Community Solidarity

Food Empowerment Project 

This Food Bank Will Turn You Away If You Eat Meat(Vice)

Mailbag to Busan – Episode 180

The time has come for Paul and Andy to break open the ol mailbag and answer your questions, comments and concerns. They’ll mull over whether or not we would be willing to engage in activism that is likely to result in arrest, how to prevent new activists from coming into contact with activist cults, and, most importantly, why is Andrew WK the only person they follow on Instagram. All that and much much more!

You can always reach The Bearded Vegans by emailing TheBeardedVegans@gmail.com or visiting TheBeardedVegans.com

Find the full transcript for the episode here!

The Links:

MILLION DOLLAR VEGAN GIVES $100,000 TO HURRICANE SURVIVORS (MillionDollarVegan.com)

Why I Am Boycotting Events If DXE Is Also An Invited Speaker(Carol Adams)

Steps To Healing Our Community (DXE internal document)

Collectively Free Melbourne’s statement about the recent actions in Australia. (Facebook)

Is Blocking Traffic A Win For Animals? Episode 179

This week The Bearded Vegans continue their analysis of the recent high profile vegan protests in Australia. With mass demonstrations across multiple cities causing slaughterhouses and traffic to shut down for hours, they ask if this was a win for animals. They’ll start by laying out various metrics for measuring success and then see how this particular action lives up to it. After going over the positive affects of the action they then ask whether the positives outweigh the potential negative damage it may or may not do to the image of veganism as a whole. In what was originally intended to be a mini-episode, this turns out to be one of their longest yet, so strap in for a wild ride!

You can always reach The Bearded Vegans by emailing TheBeardedVegans@gmail.com or visiting TheBeardedVegans.com 

The Links:

Vegan documentary Dominion dubbed too confronting to watch(News.com)

“Your inconvenience doesn’t compare.” Australia’s animal protests from a vegan’s point of view. (Mamamia)

Australia animal activists shut down streets and storm slaughterhouses(CNN)

Shut up vegans, your self-righteous terrorism has lost us for good (News.com)

BREAKING: Thousands Of Melburnians Convert To Veganism After Having Their Morning Totally Ruined(The Shovel)

CQ News Poll: 92% disapprove of protestors(CQ News)

Scott Morrison denounces ‘green criminals’ as vegan protests block Melbourne CBD(The Guardian)

Vegan Protesters Block Downtown Melbourne In Coordinated Action Across Australia(NPR)

The drastic call to jail vegan ‘terrorists’ who target farmers with intimidation on their properties(News.com)

Queensland animal activists charged over protests (SBS News)

Ex-Vegans Part 2: When Health Fails – Episode 174

This week Paul and Andy continue their Ex Vegan series with an exploration of the phenomenon of the ex-vegan blogger who had to give up on their plant based diet as a result of failing health. With a number of prominent vegan YouTubers making public “why I’m no longer vegan” statements in the past few weeks, the bearded duo dive into the reasoning seen time and time again and do their best to separate the fact from the fiction. Why is it that so many folks that are hyper focused on healthy eating end up with such severe health problems? Is it possible that eating animal products could cause a drastic change in health in a matter of days? Do some people just need to eat meat? Paul and Andy tap into the expertise of Ginny Messina, The Vegan RD, for some answers and do some of their own patented wild speculation along the way.

You can always reach The Bearded Vegans by emailing TheBeardedVegans@gmail.com or visiting TheBeardedVegans.com 

Download the transcription for the episode here!

Andy’s top 3 vegan finds at Expo West:

Wild Brine‘s Brie

Alpha Food‘s Chicken Nuggets

Follow Your Heart‘s cream cheese

The Links:

How Many Former Vegans And Vegetarians Are There?(Faunalytics) 

The Vegan RD –Website–Facebook– Instagram  

My Bloody Mailbag! – Ep 170

This week The Bearded Vegans dive deep into the mailbag to answer listener questions, comments and concerns. They talk about what makes a good podcast host, if punk music aligns with non-violent communication, is it okay to disengage with aggressively anti-vegan family members, the ethical gray area of giving free turkey to a struggling family and much much more!

You can always reach The Bearded Vegans by emailing TheBeardedVegans@gmail.com or visiting TheBeardedVegans.com

The Links:

NEW STUDY EXPLORES THE REASONS BEHIND ANIMAL ACTIVIST ‘BURNOUT’  (Lady Free Thinker)

Chelsea Lincoln – Fat Vegan Voice  

Activist Burnout & Self Care – ep168

This week The Bearded Boys dive into the world of activist burnout and self care. What are the symptoms of burnout? Is it inevitable? How can we prevent it or address it when it arises? Is self care for the privileged? Is it selfish to indulge in distraction when there is so much work to be done? This is a massive episode that includes the voices of fifteen other activists. Normally we would split such a lengthy episode up into a two-parter but after giving it much thought, we felt it was important to keep the entire discussion in tact. 

This an episode we have been wanting to do for years. In fact, we started recording interviews in preparation for this episode nearly two years ago. We discuss why it took so long, the roll that the podcast plays in both our own burnout as well as our self care. The episode culminates in a long overdue announcement about the future of the podcast. 

You can always reach The Bearded Vegans by emailing TheBeardedVegans@gmail.com or visiting TheBeardedVegans.com 

Thank you to everyone who contributed their voice to this episode, in order of appearance:

Mark Hawthorne(author)

Katia Rodríguez(Vegan Outreach Mexico)

Laura VanZandt (The Herbivorous Butcher/ Bite Sized Beet)

Jose Elias (The Humane League)

Marla Rose(Vegan Street)

Areyenish Birdie (Encompass)

Emmanuel Marquez (Vegan Outreach Mexico)

Jaya Bumitra(Animal Equality)

Derrick “Doomie” Bey (Redefine Your Mind Project)

Andrea Jacobson(Balanced)

Demetria Atkinson(Redefine Your Mind Active)

Clifton Roberts(The Humane Party)

Jess Davis(Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary)

Jamila Alfred(Afro Vegan Society / The Soulful Veganista)

Muffy J Davis (Website/ Instagram)

The Ethics Of Vegan Tattooing w/ James Spooner – Ep 167

This week, The Bearded Vegans are pleased to bring you an interview with James Spooner. James is a vegan tattoo artist in Los Angeles and Paul mines his expertise on to give tips for those looking to get a vegan tattoo of their own. They also discuss his upcoming graphic novel and highly influential documentary, Afro Punk. 

You can always reach The Bearded Vegans by emailing TheBeardedVegans@gmail.com or visiting TheBeardedVegans.com 

The Links:

Natalie Portman on Eating Animals(CBS This Morning)

Animal Legal Defense Fund Appeals Dismissal of Groundbreaking Lawsuit for Abused Horse (ALDF)

PETA’s ridiculous commercial(Twitter)

James Spooner:

Monocle Tattoo 

Afro Punk Film 

Watch Afro Punk Film Here 

James Spooners’ No Fun (graphic novel)

Should Vegans Be Protected By Anti-Discrimination Laws? – Ep 164

The Bearded Vegans are back from their winter break, refreshed and ready to bring you new weekly episodes! They start by catching up on one of the most talked-about news stories of the past month: a lawsuit in the UK alleging that a man was fired for being an ethical vegan. The case could legally assign ethical veganism as being protected by the Equality Act. They’ll discuss whether or not they think this case could go through in today’s political climate, ask if vegans are a marginalized group in need of protection by anti-discrimination laws, and do their best to explore all the various slippery slopes that this ruling could potentially lead us down.

You can always reach The Bearded Vegans by emailing TheBeardedVegans@gmail.com or visiting TheBeardedVegans.com

The Food:

We LOVE The Superfun Times Holiday Vegan Cookbook

The Links:

Vegan Job Finder Tool Launches Next Month?(Veg News)

Tiffany Haddish Protesting Police Violence With Fur Is The Embodiment Of Weaponized Oppression(Christopher Sebastian)

Vegans may get same anti-discrimination rights as religious people in test case (Independent)

Jordi’s Crowfunding Campaign

Veganism Could Get the Same Legal Protections as Religion(WNEP)

Discrimination: Your Rights(Gov.UK)

Results of Survey on Vegan Provision in Scotland(Go Vegan Scotland)

Non-Violent Communication With Rama Ganesan – TBV CLASSICS

In the final installment of their winter break interview series, The Bearded Vegans bring back one of their most-cited interviews from the archives. Back in May of 2016, they talked to Rama Ganesan about her article “Is Non-Violent Communication Effective Vegan Advocacy?” to get to the bottom of that very question. Since that interview, they have found themselves referring back to it often and began to consider it one of their most formative episodes in terms of shaping the way they (try to) approach communicating with others in their activism as well as their everyday lives. Enjoy!

You can always reach The Bearded Vegans by emailing TheBeardedVegans@gmail.com or visiting TheBeardedVegans.com

The Links:

Is Non-Violent Communication Effective Vegan Advocacy?(Medium)

The Ethical Choices Programs

Redefine Your Mind W/ Derrick “Doomie” Bey – TBV CLASSICS

This week The Bearded Vegans bring you a classic interview from deep in the archives. All the way back in episode 10 they interviewed Derrick “Doomie” Bey about Redefine Your Mind, his two pronged project that is both a vegan clothing line as well as a program that educates incarcerated youth about living a compassionate lifestyle. They talk about going vegan while incarcerated, starting a clothing line and the methods he uses to educate the youth. A fascinating and uplifting interview, Paul and Andy are so pleased to bring this one back for new listeners!

You can always reach The Bearded Vegans by emailing TheBeardedVegans@gmail.com or visiting TheBeardedVegans.com

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