Vegans Talking Shit

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...

With Vanessa letting the boys have a bonus episode all to themselves, Jon and Joey have a somewhat vegan conversation for about two minutes before they move on to other things, mostly TV shows. In fact, during their conversation, nearly three dozen TV shows are mentioned (three dozen is 36, as Jon astutely points out in the episode). Where's Vanessa when you need her?! Vegans Talking Shit is...

For this April Fool's Day edition of Vegans Talking Shit, Joey starts off the show with a retraction that's no joke. Don’t worry, it isn't that serious either. After that awkwardness, Jon and Vanessa talk about their vegan travels and some of the most vegan-friendly spots around the world. There's also talk about "Alien," "Spaceballs," and what Jon used to d...

In part two of a two-part episode, The Tofu Trio continues their discussion about vegan movies and documentaries. They talk about everything from "Fast Food Nation" to "Babe" and "Blackfish" to "You Are What You Eat: A Twin Experiment." Since Jon and Joey can't talk about movies and TV shows without going all over the place, they also talk about "T...

In part one of a two-part episode about vegan movies and documentaries, The Tofu Trio discusses the films of director Bong Joon Ho, some of which seem to have vegan undertones. For some reason, they also get into a lively debate about the "Twilight" movies. Can vampires be vegan? Hmmm... Maybe that can be a future topic. Anyway, they eventually move on to why they aren't fans of Gre...

In this bonus episode of Vegans Talking Shit, Jon and Vanessa talk about their day at a Beatles festival. In an ironic twist, they started the episode planning to talk about something non-vegan only to go on a tangent about vegan food. With Joey absent for this episode, there's no talk of movies or comic books, and most importantly, no obnoxious "Beavis and Butt-Head" impersonations...

In what may be the most scatterbrained episode of Vegans Talking Shit yet, The Tofu Trio discusses the misperception that vegan men are less masculine than meat-eating men. Despite the provocative topic, Joey, Jon, and Vanessa spend more time talking about "Beavis and Butt-Head," video games, and John Hughes movies than masculinity. They do manage to be topic-adjacent at one point, and d...

Joey, Jon, and Vanessa met virtually for yet another unedited Zoom episode, and this time, they discuss where vegans draw the line. Most vegan don’t consume honey, but many of those same vegans will kill a roach or mosquito. Is that hypocritical? What about vegans who wear leather, or buy products known to be tested on animals? Tune in to hear The Tofu Trio's thoughts on the topic. They also...

Are you looking to go vegan? If so, The Tofu Trio is here to help! Less a how-to guide on how to go vegan and more just three people babbling about their experiences, you still may learn a thing or two. Or not. If that doesn't interest you, perhaps you'll enjoy their conversation about Chicago-style deep dish pizza, the Duolingo language app, or Joey's time at MegaCon, a very cool c...

It's the boys vs. the girls as the Tofu Trio once again welcomes their friend Virginia Le Fay onto the show, this time to play a card game they found on Amazon called Vegan/Not Vegan. Despite the four friends playing the game for the entire episode, Joey still makes time to whine about the "Joker" movie, Jon makes a reference to "Coming to America," and Vanessa... well, sh...