Vegans Talking Shit

In part two of a two-part episode, The Tofu Trio continues their discussion on the article from VegOutMag.com about the seven challenges of being vegan. They actually stay on topic beginning to end, at least when not doing a lot of shameless self-promotion, and they tackle the very real feeling of vegan imposter syndrome. Also, Jon goes on a rant about online trolls, Vanessa talks about the guilt...

For the first time in more than a month, The Tofu Trio is together again! In part one of a two-part episode, Jon, Vanessa, and Joey discuss an article they read that details seven things that vegans find challenging. They actually stay on topic the entire time, though Joey does make a very subtle movie reference at one point. Also, hear about the guy who incurred the wrath of Vanessa after he crac...

Joey bookends this week's episode, which includes two interviews recorded during Jon and Vanessa's vegan cruise. First up, Vanessa interviews Holly Butler, a human dancing machine who went vegan for health reasons, but eventually became an ethical vegan. Then Jon interviews Nancy Illman, a 19-year vegan who decided to give up animal products after being told by a doctor that she needed s...

While on their vacation, Jon and Vanessa made a stop in Otranto, a coastal town in southern Italy's Apulia region, and that's where they recorded a video episode of the show. With the Adriatic Sea in the background, they discuss where they went, what they ate, and the people they met while on a vegan cruise. Although Joey isn't in this episode, Jon makes him proud by making multiple...

With Jon and Vanessa still on vacation, Joey sits down with his non-vegan niece Mallory to hear her perspective on vegan food, fur and leather, and how Gen Z views vegan people. They also talk about pickles, Mallory's tattoo goals, and Plant Pizza, the amazing vegan pizzeria that recently closed down. As the show winds down, they discuss "Sex and the City," "Gilmore Girls,&quot...

This week, Jon and Vanessa are taking a much-deserved vacation, so with two-thirds of The Tofu Trio gone, instead of doing another weak-ass solo episode, Joey chats it up with his brother Jerome to get the non-vegan perspective on everything from plant-based meat to vegan activists. Will this be a constructive conversation, or just another episode of two brothers bickering? Tune in to find out! Ve...

The Tofu Trio pulls back the curtain on how they were able to get Gary Yourofsky to appear on their show, what it was like interviewing him, and how they felt after it was all over. This episode was recorded right after the interview, with Gary Yourofsky's appearance fresh on their minds, and it's obvious that they were still giddy from the experience. Also, Jon hints at his plans for th...

At long last, The Tofu Trio interviews lecturer, educator, and vegan animal liberation activist Gary Yourofsky. In what may be his most incendiary interview yet, Gary Yourofsky doesn't hold back. He's raw, unfiltered, and not afraid to push a few buttons. Of course, this wouldn't be Vegans Talking Shit without some foolishness. Jon can't help but to strike up a conversation abo...

The Tofu Trio continues to read feedback from listeners, haters, and social media trolls, but in part two of this two-part episode, they spend all their time on a video they posted on Facebook that generated over 500 comments. They focus primarily on the negative comments, especially the more hateful ones. Weirdly, they almost seem to enjoy the negative comments more than the positive ones. There&...

The Tofu Trio reads emails, social media comments, and reviews from their listeners in part one of a two-part episode. But first Jon makes a big - no, HUGE - announcement: He somehow convinced legendary vegan and animal liberation activist, Gary Yourofsky, to be interviewed on the show. If you're unfamiliar with Gary Yourofsky, watch the inspirational speech he gave at Georgia Tech on July 8,...

Virginia Le Fay and The Tofu Trio continue their discussion about vegan and cruelty-free beauty products in part two of a two-part episode. But wait, there's more! Joey remembers a cruelty-free perfume from Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, Jon and Vanessa recount the time they went to a hockey game together, and Vanessa, in true form, was more interested in crocheting than slapshots, and Virgini...

Friend of the show Virginia Le Fay is back in part one of a two-part episode about vegan beauty. Virginia sits down with The Tofu Trio to talk about being a makeup artist in the fashion and entertainment industry, and how she always tries to use vegan and cruelty-free products in her profession. Meanwhile, Jon brings out his stash of beauty products (and it's a lot!), Vanessa talks about how...

This week, The Tofu Trio discuss vegan frozen foods, but first, Joey talks about how much he enjoyed the movie "Ballerina." After that, he plays around with some vegan-related Google search autocompletes that leaves Jon questioning Google's algorithms, Vanessa gets downright giddy while talking about her fancy new vegan milk machine, and somewhere along the way, she says the word &q...

Brad Sitlick makes his seventh guest appearance in a row (and his final appearance) in part two of a two-part episode that asks if vegans are pretentious assholes. The Tofu Trio go to weird places right away, from Vanessa saying that drinking milk is worse than eating meat to Jon comparing eating meat to cannibalism. Before anyone could fully digest that, they get into the heartbreaking themes of...

Special guest Brad Sitlick is back to help The Tofu Trio discuss whether or not vegans are pretentious assholes. In part one of a two-part episode, the show starts off with an unintentional preview of their upcoming episode about vegan beauty as the men talk about the personal care products they use. Joey's complete lack of self-awareness is on full display as he tries to claim that he isn&ap...

Toward the end of last week's episode, The Tofu Trio, along with special guest Brad Sitlick, started talking about religion, and that's how this week's episode begins. They proceed to talk about religion for a while. A long while. In fact, they talk about religion for over 25 minutes before they finally get back to their discussion about whether or not it's hard to go vegan. Ju...

The Tofu Trio, along with returning guest Brad Sitlick, discusses whether or not it's hard to go vegan. In part one of a two-part episode, Brad describes the tragic and traumatic event that lead to him giving up meat for good, Vanessa gives Jon a hard time for a couple of moments when he wasn't a very good vegan, and Joey talks about one of his recurring nightmares. All that, plus mastur...

Special guest star Brad Sitlick is back for part two of The Tofu Trio's conversation about whether or not eating vegan is inherently healthy. It was decided early on during part one that the answer to that question is "no," so much of part two consists of Jon talking about his experience dealing with doctors in Brazil without Vanessa to help translate, everyone giving Joey a hard ti...

In part one of a two-part episode that features The Tofu Trio's friend Brad Sitlick as a guest, the answer to that question is a resounding no. Hear Brad's story and learn why you shouldn't assume that eating vegan is always healthy. Plant-based junk food may be yummy, but vegan or not, highly processed food is highly processed food. Also, Vanessa says the F-word three times, Jon ma...

For this week's episode, The Tofu Trio starts the show off without knowing the topic. They spend the first 15 minutes shooting the shit and bouncing around various subjects that have nothing to do with the vegan lifestyle, including Joey's probing questions about his upcoming colonoscopy and Jon's story about the time he fell out of his hammock. Meanwhile, Vanessa urges the boys to...

In part two of a two-part episode that was recorded via Zoom, you get more really bad audio! At least this episode doesn't have a glaringly awkward edit like last week's did, but the audio is so bad that we probably should have considered editing out the whole episode altogether. For the first few minutes of this episode that is ostensibly about revisiting our vegan goals and hopes for 2...

In part one of a two-part episode that was recorded via Zoom, Jon and Vanessa are back, and not a moment too soon. The Tofu Trio revisits vegan goals and hopes for 2025 to see where they stand now. At least, that was the plan. Instead, Jon talks about his time in Chicago over the last few weeks, Joey reveals that he's no longer wearing earrings, and Vanessa talks about Brazil nuts. Meanwhile,...

With Jon and Vanessa unavailable as they handle some family business, Joey records a very short episode all by himself that's devoid of any topic, He just babbles about vegan pudding, plans for future episodes, and then he whines about how he doesn't get to work from home anymore. Naturally, he spends a little time talking about movies and comic books, with the only surprise being that i...

In a shocking move, for part two of their two-part episode about vegan jokes, The Tofu Trio actually tells some vegan jokes! Some are good, some are bad, some make fun of vegans, some make fun of meat eaters. You get a good 15 minutes of vegan jokes before Jon and Joey start talking about 80s TV shows, video games, professional wrestling, "The Mandalorian," and more. Vanessa mostly just...

In part one of a two-part episode on vegan jokes, The Tofu Trio can only manage to say two jokes. Two! They came prepared with about two dozen jokes, but because none of them can stay on topic, they talk about religion, sea moss, and a bunch of other stuff instead. Maybe next week, they'll manage to focus on the topic, and share some of the jokes they were prepared to tell. In the meantime, l...