How I Vegan Podcast

In this episode some of our previous guests tell us about their vegan highlights of 2022. For a special treat, Wez and Matthew travelled to Manchester and met Number 1 superfan Martin for a meal at Wagamama.

In this episode we hear from Rory, one of the organisers of @Christmasrunforanimals, who will be running from dawn till dusk on December 21st to raise money for @vivacharity and to help raise awareness of the huge number of turkeys and other animals killed every year for human consumption over the festive period. You can donate to Christmas run for animals here: https://linktr.ee/runforanimals

In this episode we speak to Martin of the band @Vystopiaofficial about the release of their new single, his local chocolate factory and the loneliness that being vegan can sometimes bring. Listen to the Spotify version to hear Conscience-stipated.

In this episode we spoke to Louise of @lwtheatreschool about her acting career, leading sessions at @vegancampout, being a vegan parent with non-vegan offspring, and how she used to bully Matthew when they worked together fifteen years ago.

In this episode we speak to Icelandic TV star Aldís Amah Hamilton (@aldisamah) about her forthcoming series Black Sands, starting in the UK this month on @alibichannel. We also discussed the improving vegan scene in Iceland.

To help us celebrate our twentieth episode, we were joined by Molly from Elwood's Organic Dog Meat, who served us up a delicious platter of pug bacon and labrador steaks, all washed down with a glass of ice cold golden retriever milk. Elwood's is the best local, organic, free range dog meat on the market. Check out their website at www.elwooddogmeat.com

We spoke to Sian about her new dog Nora, being a vegan teacher, and how a lot of us struggle with feeling like we're not doing enough as vegans.

In this episode we lament the closing of one of our favourite restaurants and we speak to activist, YouTuber and podcaster George from Carnism Debunked.

We're back from our summer break! Wez and Matthew discuss some recent positive news items.

They say you should never meet your heroes, but our number one superfan Martin did just that when he joined us for this episode! We discussed Footprints animal sanctuary, slaughterhouse vigils and the creation of a new name for pudding before lunch.

It's finally here - Vegan Camp Out 2022. We recorded some of our thoughts, feelings and reactions to the talks, events and perhaps most importantly, food. Plus we talk about how we're trying to deal with post-Camp Out blues.

In this episode we cover the concept of vystopia - the anguish felt by vegans caused by living in a non-vegan world - and our plans and preparations for Vegan Camp Out 2022.

In this episode we welcome @trudi_brugesvegan, our first international guest. Trudi is an activist, blogger and Happy Cow ambassador who travels across Belgium recording her vegan food experiences and encourages non-vegan restaurants to improve their vegan offerings.

Here are just some of the vegan products our guests have recommended. Check out the full episodes wherever you get your podcasts

In this bumper episode we speak to podcaster Matt. We cover his online activism, how he deals with trolls and how best to argue that veganism is the future.

In this episode we talk to Hannah, covering subjects as diverse as wild swimming, parkrun tourism and using nutritional yeast as a primary ingredient.

In this episode we're joined by Carrie and Chris, a couple Matthew met through Vegan Runners. We talked about bringing up vegan children, outreach, and Chris's celebrity lookalikes.

In this episode, vegan drummer Greg gives us the low down on his band's forthcoming album, explains what an egg banjo is and tells us how his brothers have inspired him.

In this episode we speak to Chloe about meeting celebrity vegans, how we're conditioned from childhood to accept animal consumption and difficulties with the "free from" aisle in the supermarket

Despite a few technical issues we managed to speak to Matthew's running mate Jim, vegan for six years and before that veggie for twenty.

In this episode we attempt to engage with the youth of today as we interview Wez's son Josh.

Our guest in this episode is Matthew's running mate Paul, who is celebrating his thirtieth year as a vegan!

In this episode, Wez and Matthew speak to Chelle, owner of the Beauty Barn, a vegan holistic therapy business in Greater Manchester, and she's also Wez's wife.

Wez and Matthew introduce the first episode with some details about their vegan stories. Like, rate and subscribe for future releases!