Vegan Week

Are you the only vegan in your workplace? How do people maintain 'professional' boundaries, whilst everyone around them is chugging down cow's milk or planning BBQs? And are there up-sides to being a vegan in a non-vegan setting? Carlos, Julie & Ant give their perspectives on navigating the world of work, as a vegan. As ever, we're keen to hear your thoughts, questions & observations; drop...

If you can't cope with the adopted animal living in your home, is it ok to just...give it back? Lily Allen has been making the news this week, as PETA urge her not to try animal adoption again, following her last foray into animal adoption ending abruptly. And is this kind of celeb gossip worth discussing at all? Or is it a case of always taking every opportunity to advocate for animals? Carlos, J...

Veganism isn't a fad diet, or a dietary condition...so why do so many people think it is? Are fruitarian or raw plant-based diets to blame? Or can 'healthy' plant-based lifestyles actually improve outcomes for animals? Kate, Paul & Ant discuss how plant based diets can help...and hinder...the animal rights movement. As ever, we're keen to hear your thoughts, questions & observations; drop...

Paris 2024's Olympic Village tried to be eco-friendly...but when the athletes called for more meat & eggs, they crumbled. Should we be surprised? Should the Olympic committee be held to account for not delivering on their promises to reduce meat consumption at the games? Kate, Paul & Ant discuss this, as well as twelve other stories from the last few weeks' vegan & animal rights news....

Vegan dad of three years Tom talks us through the can of plant-based worms that is being a parent of a very young vegan, including pregnancy and thought for his child's future...and whether it will be a vegan one. Tom & Ant also briefly touch on the antinatalist philosophy & some reasons a vegan (or anyone) may decide that having a child could be the wrong thing to do from an ethical persp...

Join us in the Going Vegan series for a dozen conversations with people about their vegan journeys: The first signs that veganism might be an option for individuals, making the switch, the challenges, the surprises...and everything in between! In our eleventh episode (a cheeky bonus one to be honest), Paul interviews Ant, to hear what lead him to the door of veganism, activism, starting a business...

Today's show contains our least falafel ever...because Julie, Carlos & Ant are recommending other podcasts instead! Partly because it's a nice thing to do. And partly because we're now on our summer break, which means we're dropping to 1 show per week for the next three weeks. So this way, if you need more podcasts to top up your weekly vegan fix, you know where to look! As ever, we're keen to...

Most vegans might say they'd prefer a romantic partner who is also vegan...but how many unfulfilled 'swipes' would need to pass before you started to consider a non-vegan date? Carlos, Julie & Ant give their perspectives on 'mixed' relationships whether romantic or platonic. As ever, we're keen to hear your thoughts, questions & observations; drop us an email at enoughofthefalafel@gmail.om...

Charlotte Dujardin has removed herself from the Team:GB Paris Olympic team, after a video filmed 4 years ago emerged of her repeatedly whipping a horse. Is this good news for the progress of animal rights? Cancel culture creating a scapegoat? The beginning of the end of animals in the Olympics? Animal Aid are calling for humans-only at the games. Julie, Carlos & Ant discuss this, as well as tw...

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? ****...