The Vegan Option including Vegetarianism: The Story So Far
By Ian McDonald
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Episodes: 40
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Stories from vegan perspectives. Great radio that just happens to be vegan. Shows pick a topic to explore in-depth. In the 2016-7 season Ian McDonald covered one epic tale - the backstory to today's vegetarian and vegan movements. From the Ganges delta to the hills of New England, from the iron age to the present day, voices challenge the idea that other animals exist soley for humans. Discover philosopher kings, rebel poets, and forgotten heroes.
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Spillover Diseases: Covid-19 & Zoonoses, with Jonna Mazet and Aysha Akhtar
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Apr 29, 2020 |
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VegHist Ep 15: Liberation. Veganism, hippies, and the animal rights movement
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Sep 13, 2017 |
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VegHist Ep 14: Diet Reform. Consumerism, Lebensreform, and Gandhi
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Jun 29, 2017 |
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VegHist Ep 13: The Vegetarians. Abolitionism, colonialism, and Victorian reformers; with Julia Twigg and Bhaskar Chakraborty. In London
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May 16, 2017 |
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VegHist Ep 12: Radicals & Romantics. Bible Christians, Grahamites, and Transcendentalists
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Apr 28, 2017 |
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VegHist Ep 11: Enlightenment. Colonial India, Voltaire, Rousseau, and Les Bardus
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Feb 07, 2017 |
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VegHist Ep 10: Revolution. English civil war, diet gurus, and the poetry of Sensibility
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Jan 03, 2017 |
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VegHist Ep 9: Renaissance. Descartes, Montaigne, Gassendi, and the “sparing diet”
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Dec 08, 2016 |
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VegHist Ep 8: Contacts. Indian Sufism, Bhakti, Akbar, Portuguese Christianity, and Gaudiya Vaishnavism
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Oct 06, 2016 |
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VegHist Ep 7: Heresies. On Chinese Buddhists, Cathars, Bogomils, Islam, and Manichaeans
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Sep 06, 2016 |
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VegHist Ep 6: Hinduism. On Indian Vegetarianism, Vaishnavism, Satvik, and Mahayana Buddhism
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Jul 05, 2016 |
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Kerry McCarthy MP on Brexit
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Jun 11, 2016 |
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VegHist Ep 5: Flesh and Spirit. On Egyptian monasticism, Early Christianity, Plutarch, Neoplatonism, and Manicheansim
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Jun 07, 2016 |
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VegHist Ep 4: Ashoka
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May 03, 2016 |
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VegHist Ep 2: Pythagoreans
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Apr 05, 2016 |
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VegHist Ep 2: The Middle Path
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Mar 01, 2016 |
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VegHist Episode 1: Ahimsa
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Jan 22, 2016 |
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Digital Vegans: Picking up the Tab, with Stephanie Redcross of Vegan Mainstream
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Feb 02, 2014 |
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Palm Oil: with Catherine Laurence, Eric Lambin, Orangutan rescuer Daniek Hendarto, RSPO SG Darrel Webber
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Sep 13, 2013 |
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Science Fiction and Animals: from Jonathan Swift and HG Wells to Star Trek and Doctor Who; with Sherryl Vint, Robert McKay, and Tara Lomax
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Jul 05, 2013 |
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Cats: Ethics. With Erin Red, Evolution Diet’s Eric Weisman, and vets Lorelei Wakefield, Andrew Knight, and Jean Hofve
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Mar 13, 2013 |
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Cats: Can they be vegan? With vets Lorelei Wakefield, Andrew Knight, and Jean Hofve; and special guest Erin Red
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Feb 01, 2013 |
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Extended interviews on iTunes, starting with Dr Julia Minson
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Jan 08, 2013 |
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South East Asia: Finding Vegan Food in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and Cambodia
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Nov 28, 2012 |
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Judgemental: with Colleen Patrick-Goudreau, Dr Julia Minson, and Marla Rose
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Oct 06, 2012 |
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London Olympics: Closing Update with Vx, Animals in the Opening Ceremony, and Vegan Food
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Aug 13, 2012 |
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London Olympics: interview with Kara Lang, vegan Olympian, Canada soccer team
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Aug 09, 2012 |
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London Olympics
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Jul 27, 2012 |
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Vegan Cheese: Casein, Casomorphins, and the Daiya Redwoods Vegusto Taste Test
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Jul 04, 2012 |
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Born Vegan at Vegfest UK, with Ruby Roth, Mair Perkins, and a studio audience
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May 31, 2012 |
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Born Vegan: from 1976 UK TV to the Hebrew Israelites, three very different vegan childhoods
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May 01, 2012 |
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Lab Meat: Can in vitro meat save the animals? With Nicholas Genovese, David Pearce, and Jordi Casamitjana
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Apr 03, 2012 |
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Rebel Poet: Benjamin Zephaniah discusses the life of Abul ʿala Al-Maʿarri (أبو العلاء المعري), the medieval Arab vegan philosopher poet
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Mar 06, 2012 |
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Digital Vegans: with Happy Cow founder, iPhone apps, London Vegans, and Kerry McCarthy MP
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Jan 30, 2012 |
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Peace on Earth: will we ever have it? With Peter Singer and Gary Francione discussing Steven Pinker’s “The Better Angels of our Nature”
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Dec 20, 2011 |
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Veganism in Politics: The British Parliament Debates World Vegan Day
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Dec 13, 2011 |
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Veganism in Politics: Chris Williamson MP, Cathy Jamieson MP and Kerry McCarthy MP answer your questions
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Dec 01, 2011 |
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Veganism in Politics: Chris Williamson MP, Cathy Jamieson MP and Kerry McCarthy MP with questions from Dennis Kucinich and Maneka Gandhi
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Nov 01, 2011 |
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The Pledge: the London Vegan Campaigns challenge to go vegan for a month
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Oct 11, 2011 |
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A very small sneak peek.
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Oct 11, 2011 |