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The End – Ep 300

This week we bid a fond farewell to The Bearded Vegans. We’ll discuss why we came to this decision, reminisce about the past 6 years, and talk about what’s next.

If you haven’t listened to all of Episode 299 yet, give that a listen before you dive into this one.

All episodes will remain available in perpetuity, and bonus episodes can soon be found at TheBeardedVegans.com/bonus

Find a full transcript of this episode here!

Thanks everyone!

Want to keep the conversation going? In addition to the work of all previous guests of the podcast, we also recommend:

Watch The Cranky Vegan on Youtube

Follow and engage with Vegan_Abolitionniste on Instagram

Follow and engage with Anti-Speciesist Arts Collective on Instagram

Read Aphro-ism: Essays on Pop Culture, Feminism, and Black Veganism from Two Sisters by Aph Ko and Syl Ko

Read: Racism as Zoological Witchcraft: A Guide to Getting Out Book by Aph Ko

Where Is The Line Between Activism And Manipulation? Ep 298

With the mainstream movement placing so much emphasis on learning marketing techniques and social psychology in order to most effectively convert individuals to a plant based diet, we ask if manipulation is an inherent part of this type of activism. If it is, is that a bad thing? We’ll also talk about the difference between manipulation, persuasion, influence, and coercion, and how do they play into the struggle for justice. 

Plus we talk about this absolutely bizarre marketing campaign, touting a podcast playlist purporting to use hypnotherapy to get people to stop eating meat. We’ll ask, what the hell is up with that, and why did so many outlets report on this as if it was a real thing?

A transcript of this episode is available here.

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Get Off Meat Hypnosis. 

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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Should Vegans Be Concerned About The Mental Health Of Farmers? Ep 295

As we’ve spent the last few weeks talking about some legislative measures that have the aim to greatly hinder the animal agriculture industry, we received an email asking what responsibility the vegan activists bear for potentially harming the mental health of farmers (specifically those exploiting animals). Whether it is targeted harassment campaigns, the looming threat of their industry shrinking, or smaller farms constantly being consolidated into industry giants, there is certainly plenty that could cause distress and mental anguish. We’ll ask if this is really a problem or merely disingenuous claims meant to turn public favor against vegans. If it IS a problem, what responsibility do we bear to mitigate it? 

A transcript of this episode will be available here on October 13th.

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Episodes referenced:

Interview with lauren Ornelas of Food Empowerment Project

Are Your Taxes Cancelling Your Veganism? w/ Connie Spend and Laura Reece of Agriculture Fairness Alliance. 

The Links:

Donate to Donate to Lilith Fund

2017 Census Of Agriculture

How a simple CDC error inflated the farmer suicide crisis story—and led to a rash of inaccurate reporting (The Counter, 2018)

USDA statistics

Coalition of Immockalee Workers

Factory Farm Workers – Food Empowerment Project

Prevalence of serious psychological distress among slaughterhouse workers at a United States beef packing plant (National Library of Medicine)

Key Risk Factors Affecting Farmers’ Mental Health: A Systematic Review

Online abuse and farm protests: the vegans impacting on farmers’ mental health

Veganism row breaks out after Joaquin Phoenix is told: be kinder to farmers (Guardian Feb 2020)

Put veganism into perspective (NFU March 2019)

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  – Instagram

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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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

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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.

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The Links:

The wild frontier of animal welfare (Vox April 2021)

Wild Animal Initiative  

Animal Ethics 

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