A unique perspective that leaves listeners feeling supported, motivated, & inspired. Celebrating a way of life that encompasses compassion for everyone, this podcast addresses all aspects of eating a compassionate plant based diet. Colleen Patrick-Goudreau answers FAQs including those regarding animal rights, living among non vegans, food, cooking, nutrition and debunks the myths surrounding these issues. In some episodes classic short stories involving animal rights and perspectives are read & discussed.
Peace for Pigs
Today's episode is dedicated to pigs - how wonderful they are, how we misrepresent them in our society, and what affect that has on our treatment of them. Pigs are exploited and used by humans in a variety of ways: as research tools, as "food animals," in high school science classes, as entertainment in a blood sport called "hog-baiting" or "hog dogging," as victims of hunting. We also talk about how our language shapes our perception of them and, thus, our treatment of them, and we examine the cycle of violence inherent in hiring men to work in slaughterhouses, desensitizing them to violence, and then essentially supporting abusive and sadistic behavior - just because we like bacon. The cycle of violence makes its final stop in the homes of these slaughterhouse workers, where alcoholism and domestic abuse is commonplace. Finally, we end on a positive note with a beautiful poem by Pulitzer-prize winning poet, Galway Kinnell - who pays homage to our porcine friends in "St Francis and the Sow."
Today's episode is dedicated to pigs - how wonderful they are, how we misrepresent them in our society, and what affect that has on our treatment of them. Pigs are exploited and used by humans in a variety of ways: as research tools, as "food animals," in high school science classes, as entertainment in a blood sport called "hog-baiting" or "hog dogging," as victims of hunting. We also talk about how our language shapes our perception of them and, thus, our treatment of them, and we examine the cycle of violence inherent in hiring men to work in slaughterhouses, desensitizing them to violence, and then essentially supporting abusive and sadistic behavior - just because we like bacon. The cycle of violence makes its final stop in the homes of these slaughterhouse workers, where alcoholism and domestic abuse is commonplace. Finally, we end on a positive note with a beautiful poem by Pulitzer-prize winning poet, Galway Kinnell - who pays homage to our porcine friends in "St Francis and the Sow."
@midpackrunner - oh VERY interesting!! I have to re-think this! At least the phrase "humble pie" in itself isn't violent, but yes, thanks! 6 hrs 54 min ago
To 'eat crow' is to 'abase oneself,' and you can easily just say 'to eat humble pie,' for which no crows would have to be killed. #vegan7 hrs 20 min ago
Read this week's "Weekly Words of Compassion" to learn a compassion version of a common idiom! #vegan#compassionhttp://t.co/zYBgBa4e8 hrs 35 min ago
On page 85 of 674 of A Game of Thrones, by George R.R. Martin http://t.co/82IPombJ19 hrs 52 min ago
Happy Mother's Day 2 everyone who protects, loves, guides, nurtures & heals others, human or non-human, genetically linked or heart-sprung. 8 days 9 hrs ago
People who breed, sell, & kill animals for public consumption r not altruists. They're biz people whose commodities are living beings. 10 days 1 hrs ago
Finished with The Patrick Melrose , by Edward St. Aubyn: Done! I can't imagine what it would have been like to have... http://t.co/wfsseyNg10 days 2 hrs ago
SF Bay Area: please join me for this very important documentary about a horrific practice and an AMAZING organization. http://t.co/nO5BcJEh11 days 6 hrs ago
Hope to see you in Wisconsin in June! Coming soon: the Mad City #Vegan Fest! http://t.co/BFDoeLZR11 days 7 hrs ago
When someone says "I'm vegan," some responses can throw the #vegan for a loop. Here are some suggestions for replying. http://t.co/RTni9eoS11 days 9 hrs ago
On page 573 of 680 of The Patrick Melrose Novels, by Edward St. Aubyn http://t.co/vDmY6rhc11 days 10 hrs ago
When someone says "I'm vegan," some responses can throw the #vegan for a loop. Here are some suggestions for replying. http://t.co/1qf0wHH912 days 8 hrs ago
@TamaraLackey Thanks so much, Tamara! :) XO 12 days 8 hrs ago
"If each man had to personally experience the death of the animals he ate, a vegetarian diet would be far more common." John Oswald, b. 1755 12 days 8 hrs ago
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