
Think Like a Vegan - The Podcast
By Think Like a Vegan
Each episode is a mini talk about one topic which might not be the focus of an everyday conversation, including activism, ableism, reproductive rights, animals and the law, alternatives to animal experimentation in medicine and more. These short talks and guests will inspire and educate, expanding the conversation around veganism. And all is premised on veganism being part of basic fairness.

Think Like a Vegan - The PodcastMay 13, 2022

Discussing veganism with others
Benny Malone, author of How to Argue with Vegans: An analysis of anti-vegan arguments, talks to us about his top five favourite fallacies. Not the ones we might be familiar with, but those requiring a bit more work and thought. In the second half of the program, I'll share my top three strategies when choosing to engage with others on the topic of veganism.
Credits Host: Emilia A. Leese
Guest: Benny Malone; on Twitter @bennymaloneUK
Production & Engineering: Jim Moore of Bloody Vegans Productions
Music Opening theme: “Flashbacks” by Jenny Moore’s Mystic Business
Intermission: "Cantina Rag" by Jackson F Smith
Closing theme: “Tear Things Up” by Jenny Moore’s Mystic Business

Veganism isn't ableist
Geertrui Cazaux, author (Een Ander Soort Zuster), blogger and vegan, animal rights and inclusivity activist talks to us about why and how veganism is not an ableist ethical practice. We'll hear about what it means to live as a vegan with a chronic illness and how to centre veganism on solid ethical foundations.
Credits
Host: Emilia A. Leese
Guest: Geertrui Cazaux; https://criphumanimal.org; https://brugesvegan.com; https://www.graswortels.org
Production & Engineering: Jim Moore of Bloody Vegans Productions
Music
Opening theme: “Flashbacks” by Jenny Moore’s Mystic Business
Intermission: "Chilo Gorge" by Derek Solomon
Closing theme: “Tear Things Up” by Jenny Moore’s Mystic Business

Animal experimentation in medicine: is there an alternative?
The Center for Contemporary Science works on replacing animal experimentation with more effective methods of research and testing based on human biology. Dr Aysha Akhtar explains how human biology-based methods offer a more effective way to understand the diseases that afflict us, enabling researchers to predict how people may respond to medicines and chemicals with far greater accuracy than animal tests. The outcome of this is better treatments, therapies and cures.
Credits
Host: Emilia A. Leese
Guest: Dr Aysha Akhtar; https://contemporarysciences.org
Production & Engineering: Jim Moore of Bloody Vegans Productions
Music Opening theme: “Flashbacks” by Jenny Moore’s Mystic Business
Intermission: "Nostalgia of an ex-gangsta rapper" by deef
Closing theme: “Tear Things Up” by Jenny Moore’s Mystic Business

Using graphic images and the matter of consent
Using graphic images of animals in activism is almost expected. In this episode, I explore what doing so means in terms of consent, advancing the case for framing the question of use over welfare, and what might be some alternatives.
Credits Host: Emilia A. Leese
Production & Engineering: Jim Moore of Bloody Vegans Productions
Music Opening theme: “Flashbacks” by Jenny Moore’s Mystic Business
Intermission: "Luangwa Sunrise" by Derek Solomon
Closing theme: “Tear Things Up” by Jenny Moore’s Mystic Business

Reproductive rights and animal rights
Professor Sherry Colb speaks to us about reconciling the debates over reproductive rights and animal rights -- something that’s rarely discussed together and which was the subject of the book she co-authored with Michael Dorf, Beating Hearts. Professor Colb gives us an overview of the question “Do animal rights activists really care more about the well-being of nonhuman animals than they do about tiny humans?” and the converse question, “Do pro-life activists really care more about a human cell than about the suffering of fully sentient animals whose evolutionary history, brain chemistry, and emotional repertoire closely resemble our own?"
Credits
Host: Emilia A. Leese
Guest: Prof Sherry Colb; https://verdict.justia.com/author/colb; http://www.dorfonlaw.org; and on Twitter @SherryColb
Production & Engineering: Jim Moore of Bloody Vegans Productions
Music Opening theme: “Flashbacks” by Jenny Moore’s Mystic Business
Intermission: "Half Life" by Meredith Avila
Closing theme: “Tear Things Up” by Jenny Moore’s Mystic Business

Animals as legal beings: a new legal classification

Veganism as a leftist political practice

Veganism is for everyone and so is activism
