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The Vegan Option

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Ian is serious, British, and makes media. Diana is American, light-hearted, lectures and researches, and throws rocks at Ian from the pragrmatic end of the vegan scale. We're already going out, so this is at least not a romcom. We're smart, we're vegan, we don't agree about everything, but we do agree that a world of minds is more interesting than a world of things.

  • Digital Vegans: with Happy Cow founder, iPhone apps, London Vegans, and Kerry McCarthy MP
    How has the digital revolution changed being vegan? We talk to Eric Brent, founder of leading vegetarian restaurant finder Happy Cow. Diana reviews smartphone apps. Ian finds out how the digital revolution changed his local vegan group in London.
    30 Jan 2012 at 10:58am
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  • Peace on Earth: will we ever have it? With Peter Singer and Gary Francione discussing Steven Pinkers The Better Angels of our Nature
    This season of peace and goodwill, in our special Christmas show, we ask whether there will ever be peace on Earth. Steven Pinker, author of "Better Angels of Our Nature", says that human violence has decreased over the centuries, in some respects including violence to other animals. We talk to Professors Peter Singer and Gary Francione.
    20 Dec 2011 at 4:00am
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  • Veganism in Politics: The British Parliament Debates World Vegan Day
    At the end of our last episode, Kerry McCarthy MP said she'd asked for a debate in Parliament to mark World Vegan Day. She was successful, and at the end of business on November 1st the House of Commons debated veganism. I was watching from the gallery. In this episode, concluding our series of three about veganism in politics, we give our account (... More)
    13 Dec 2011 at 11:00am
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  • Veganism in Politics: Chris Williamson MP, Cathy Jamieson MP and Kerry McCarthy MP answer your questions
    The three vegan Members of the British Parliament (MPs) answer your questions. Are they afraid about how voters will react to their veganism? And what's the food like at the House of Commons?
    1 Dec 2011 at 6:12am
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  • Veganism in Politics: Chris Williamson MP, Cathy Jamieson MP and Kerry McCarthy MP with questions from Dennis Kucinich and Maneka Gandhi
    We profile the handful of people who combine veganism with politics at their country's national level. I went to the UK Parliament to meet Britain's three vegan MPs. What was their path to politics? And I took with me questions from their counterparts in the rest of the world.
    31 Oct 2011 at 5:08pm
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  • The Pledge: the London Vegan Campaigns challenge to go vegan for a month
    We start our show at the beginning - when folk choose the vegan option. In this case, for a month, challenged and supported byLondon Vegan Campaigns. I talk to mother Ananthi and middle-aged couple Bryan and Cliff. What challenges will they come across? And will they last the month?
    11 Oct 2011 at 1:43pm
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  • A very small sneak peek.
    This is a small introductory snippet to let folk who get our podcast in iTunes or other podcast readers check that it’s working – and the first hint of our theme tune.
    10 Oct 2011 at 5:22pm
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  • @veganoption's Latest Tweets

    • @OneArabVegan Just recorded some classical Arabic vegan poetry for our next show. What's your opinion of Al-Ma'arri?http://t.co/6b74U3vK 1 days 11 hrs ago
    • Recorded some classical Arabic vegan rebel poetry. Thanks to Motaz, and to @SOASRadio for letting Ian use your studio! 1 days 11 hrs ago
    • @soasradio Thank you so much. Alas, I'm around 17:30. 1 days 14 hrs ago
    • @soasradio Am recording Arabic poetry in/around SOAS on Tuesday. Could you recommend somewhere quiet & acoustically deadish to record? 2 days 17 hrs ago
    • @FatGayVegan You're at a vegan wedding? Or simply a wedding with good cupcakes? 3 days 21 hrs ago
    • @ProgPodcast @AngryHippie Thanks :). 3 days 21 hrs ago
    • @reloveplanet Good luck with the editing. We know how long that can take :). 4 days 6 hrs ago
    • @progpodcast @AngryHippie Same as our Xmas show asked Profs Singer&Francione about Peace On Earth http://t.co/hbDi2Bm6 4 days 6 hrs ago
    • If we said our next show is about a medieval Arab vegan rebel poet, what would you say? http://t.co/DeCFMAeh @Al_maari 4 days 14 hrs ago
    • @erinred Thank you :). 5 days 13 hrs ago
    • .@erinred Or, if missing Red Radio this week, you could try 3 eps of The Vegan Option instead http://t.co/lhHFNhBp 5 days 15 hrs ago
    • @Al_maari الرجاء المساعدة. نريد ان نسمع رقم 197 قصيدة في اللغة العربية. 5 days 22 hrs ago
    • @Al_maari Please help. We wish to hear poem 197 http://t.co/CwUkwqv9 in Arabic. Thank you. 5 days 22 hrs ago
    • Good week to try Animal Voices Toronto podcast - compilation of their favourite interviews of 2011: http://t.co/5dB0tyw8 5 days 22 hrs ago
    • @Vegucated If you ever want another take on yr story, we tracked 2 families going vegan for a month: http://t.co/UySXF3tx 10 days 9 hrs ago
    • @psychologist_7 = @Al_maari ? 10 days 10 hrs ago
    • @Al_maari Yes, I know. I thought you were probably tweeting "in character" like @DrSamuelJohnson, so I should also pretend you are him. 10 days 10 hrs ago
    • @Al_maari And finally, where did you get your profile picture? (Do you have any surviving portraits? Or physical descriptions?) 10 days 11 hrs ago
    • @Al_maari How could I hear poem 197 of the Luzumiyat in Arabic? (197 in Nicholson's numberings, not yours, sorry.) 10 days 11 hrs ago
    • @Al_maari So, some questions: who are the biggest present-day experts on yourself ... that can also speak English? 10 days 11 hrs ago

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