Vegan Week

You may think that the last thing you need in your life is ANOTHER whatsapp group...but Carlos & Ant might persuade you otherwise. Fancy being able to check in with around 700 local vegans and see who fancies a pint, board games night or a cheeky picnic?! In this episode, we learn about the 'Vegan Gang' whatsapp group model, and how you could set up something similar in your community. As ever...

Three animal rights activists- including an 11 year old child- have spent 24 hours in custody in Ethiopia for...looking at a potential site of a peaceful protest, outside Ethiopian Airways HQ in Addis Ababa. Learn what they were going to protest about & how many tens of thousands have already contacted the company to urge them to stop...in this episode with Julie & Anthony.  Seven oth...

You might be surprised to hear some of the things that have happened in the name of animal rights in Ireland over the last 200 years...especially with regards to when they happened. Carlos & Ant tap into the passion & fantastically deep knowledge of our pal Mark, to learn more about the animal advocacy taking place across the Irish Sea over the last two centuries. As ever, we're keen to he...

This week animal ag has been threatened with the High Court in the UK, unless they can convince solicitors firm Leigh Day that the River Wye is not being polluted & significantly harmed by nearby chicken farmers. Carlos, Mark & Ant discuss this and several other stories from the week's vegan & animal rights-related news. **************** Enough of the Falafel is a community of people w...

Does patronising the Glastonbury Festival end up bankrolling a dairy farm? Can vegans really justify this, for what is surely a frivolous non-essential part of life? Or is it the case that the event has so much potential to stimulate new vegans & other intersectional issues, that this should be overlooked? Dominic, Richard & Anthony explore where their individual 'line' is on this sort of...

All the hope of a new Government in the UK...dashed before it's even begun, as incoming DEFRA secretary Steve Reed changes his mind on Badger Culls, potentially resulting in the lives of a further 30,000 more badgers being unnecessarily ended. Sigh. Still, there's hope, with impending legal action & a petition to sign from the Badgers Trust (https://www.badgertrust.org.uk/cull). Rich, Dominic...

Author Zane McNeill argues that the animal rights movement isn't doing enough to support the liberation of marginalised workers & is fact complicit with the continued oppression of vulnerable persons. So do we need to truly liberate humans in order to liberate animals? Would a single unified movement be more efective? Or are there differences between human & animal liberation that means th...

As well as blocking us from accessing their website, US mega-chain Denny's have this week "called out" animal rights' advocates...for the fact that they want animal agriculture to come to an end. Whilst this might seem obvious to most listeners, is this in fact a new approach for animal ag apologists to take, and does it risk invalidating our argument as 'too extreme'? Julie & Ant discuss this...

A new thought piece was published last week by BBC Science correspondent Pallab Ghosh (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cv223z15mpmo) discussing the latest in scientific research pointing to 'consciousness' in an increasing number of non-human species. So are animals conscious? And is that even an important question to be asking? Anthony, Julie & Carlos get philosophical with this one. ****...

Animal Rising have made the news by 'modifying' a prominent portrait of King Charles III and drawing people's attention to the horrors carried out under the RSPCA Assured scheme...but will anyone actually remember the message behind the action...or will Wallace & Gromit simply get a bit more publicity from the stunt?! Julie, Carlos & Ant discuss this and several other stories from the week...

When is it ok to 'play God' as a vegan? Is it ever? What about when there's an 'invasive species' that's threatening to kill essential pollinators that effectively help us produce a third of all food? Julie, Paul & Ant get deep on this thorny one, including when each of them would step in & intervene. ************* Enough of the Falafel is a community of people who love keeping on top of t...

Peter Egan, Andrew Knight, The Animal Justice Project & Animal Rising are united in one cause at the moment: To bring down the RSPCA Assured Scheme, where certain animal products are deemed as being 'produced' in a n acceptable way. Does the scheme protect animal welfare, or does it effectively advocate for animals being exploited? Ant, Paul & Julie discuss just the one big news story this...

A spot-on parody can really cut through the Bulls*** and really make you think...but if we're asking the butt of the joke to then come around to our way of thinking, are we ever going to get where we want with this approach to activism? Carlos & Ant look at the latest 'Seymour Loudermilk' "Hate Vegans" parody ads, as well as revisiting Elwood's Organic Dog Meat to examine the question of where...

In the build-up to the UK General Election, Labour have laid down a marker, announcing the proposed ban of foie gras imports- if they are to get elected on 4th July. Can we believe it? Is it enough to convince us to vote Labour? And is it any different from the Conversative Party's reneged promise from a couple of years ago? Carlos & Ant discuss this and several other of the week's vegan &...

The Vegan Land Movement (https://veganlandmovement.com/) outbids animal farmers at land auctions and allows the plots they acquire to re-wild and be free from exploitation. But can we buy our way to a vegan future? Julie, Luke & Ant learn a little about this disruptive project & discuss how far it could go. As ever, we're keen to hear your thoughts once you've listened to the episode. Enou...

The summer of 2024; remember the date! Cultivated meat is now available for retail...but only in Singapore...and only in one shop...and it's pretty expensive...and it's only 3% cultured meat! So is it a big deal? Ant, Luke & Julie discuss just the one big news story this week, but go in deep- Is this a momentous occasion? Or just another 'nearly' moment for the history of cultivated meat? ****...

That sinking feeling when you find out something you've been eating, consuming or using for years...isn't actually suitable for vegans. Aaaargh! Dominic, Kate & Ant share some of the products that have caught them out, how to stay informed & where we draw the line in the first place. As ever, we're keen to hear your thoughts once you've listened to the episode. Enoughofthefalafel@gmail.com...

PETA have been very busy this week...but would it sometimes be better to keep quiet? But oh the irony, as Ant, Dominic & Kate spend a whole hour 'falafeling' on in this episode, looking at whether Lancaster University is going plant-based or not, the beginnings of a U-turn from Adidas regarding its use of kangaroo leather, as well as hearing the latest from the EU elections regarding different...

Julie, Karen & Ant answer listener questions & comments: * We hear an update on the latest in Scottish Hunting; is the ban working? * We discuss the Politics JOE show and their assumption that UK farms produce things to a 'higher quality' than their counterparts abroad * What do you do when people around you are enjoying consuming animal products? * How do you field the "Are you vegan?" qu...

After fifty years of campaigning, the UK's Live Export Ban has come into play this week, whilst Australia announce that sheep will cease to be allowed to be exported live from 2028. Is this really a good news story for animals? Or just a tokenistic morale booster for the animal rights movement? Talking of tokenism, Ant, Julie & Karen cover King Charles' latest baby steps, a Marks & Spencer...

Do keyboard warriors get a bad rap? What are some of the pitfalls best avoided when advocating for animals online? And should you go for the bait when someone insults pictures of your homemade seitan sausage? Kate & Ant are joined by Chantelle (@i_lost_my_tempeh on socials) for a quick whizz through their experience advocating for animals on social media. As ever, we're keen to hear your thoug...

Free bullfighting tickets for under-8s, the pork industry saying it doesn't want any more transparency and a lot of people in France getting upset about a small business making croissants without animal products. No wonder the passions were running high in this week's news show! As ever, we're covering ten or so stories from the week's vegan & animal rights news, giving the facts, our opinions...

Can a book about soil improve outcomes for animals? Regenesis is a book written by George Monbiot & published in 2022. In this episode, Kate, Julie & Ant discuss the subject matter & examine whether it's a bit of a secret weapon in the animal rights campaign. As ever, we're keen to hear your thoughts once you've listened to the episode. Enoughofthefalafel@gmail.com is the place to reac...

What's Florida's beef with cultivated meat? Julie, Kate & Ant discuss the news that Florida has become the first US state to ban cultivated meat (which isn't even available for sale yet?!) and whether this is a hammer blow to the vegan movement...or indeed evidence that we're onto something! We also look at... *Puppy yoga banned in Italy... *Lidl invests half a billion pounds into the pork ind...

Most people assume that vegans love animals. But do we need - as vegans- to feel warm and fuzzy about bunnies, ogle over cute puppies & be enchanted by birdsong? Could misplaced 'love' even make speciesism more entrenched? Luke, Carlos & Ant dive into our 'love' for animals & how it can help- or hinder- the animal rights movement. During this ep, we refer to Elwood's Organic Dog Meat....