Vegans Talking Shit
Vegans are a controversial, much-maligned group, but we're all just regular human beings who live, love, and laugh. And man, can we talk shit. Join Jon, Vanessa, and Joey as we talk shit about what it's like to be vegan. Every week, we'll be talking shit about a different topic related to living a vegan lifestyle; the good, the bad, and the ugly. But since we seem to be completely incapable of staying on topic, we also talk shit about music, movies, comic books, and anything else that might come up during the conversation. So tune in to Vegans Talking Shit, available weekly on Apple Podcasts, Amazon, Spotify, YouTube, or wherever you get your podcasts. Visit us @veganstalkingshit on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube and @vegans.talking.sh on TikTok. Send an email to veganstalkingshit@gmail.com, and you may get your questions or comments read during our show.
Episodes
59 episodes
Where's Jon?
With Jon unavailable as he deals with work stuff, Joey and Vanessa deliver a topic-free episode and provide an update on the future of the podcast, including the Vegans Talking Shit online store that they're currently developing. Also on the sh...
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Episode 54
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46:06
Non-Vegan Voices: Joey's Dad
With Jon and Vanessa in Chicago this week, Joey hosts another Non-Vegan Voices episode, and this time, it's his dad who joins the show. Joey's dad is an Italian American octogenarian with a thick New York accent who can't let a few minutes go b...
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Episode 53
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38:33
Should Vegans Have Pets?
Once again, you're getting only two-thirds of The Tofu Trio, because Vanessa is in Brazil. Just accept it, folks. Jon and Joey discuss whether or not it's okay for vegans to have pets, a controversial topic for some in the vegan community. They...
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Episode 52
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46:13
Billie Eilish
With Vanessa in Brazil, it's just two-thirds of The Tofu Trio in this episode. Joey talks about the TV shows he's been watching, he and Jon debate the merits of the Emmy-award winning HBO Max series "The Penguin," and Jon talks about his bathro...
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Episode 51
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43:42
Zoos and Aquariums, Part Two
In part two of a two-part episode, The Tofu Trio are absolutely NOT discussing zoos and aquariums. Instead, they talk aliens, ghosts, past lives, and other supernatural stuff. Is this still a vegan podcast? Well, they do pause for a minute to a...
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Episode 50
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40:24
Zoos and Aquariums, Part One
In part one of a two-part episode, The Tofu Trio grapples with the ethics of keeping animals in captivity. Joey admits his personal contradiction of never setting foot in an aquarium, but still visiting zoos, as long as he believes that they me...
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Episode 49
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39:37
When Vegan Restaurants Add Meat Options
The Tofu Trio gets together to discuss their thoughts on vegan restaurants that add meat to their menus. But first, Joey talks about visiting the comic book store on Batman Day, Jon gives his thoughts on the few minutes of "Superman" that he wa...
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Episode 48
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52:48
Seven Challenges of Being Vegan, Part Two
In part two of a two-part episode, The Tofu Trio continues their discussion on the article from VegOutMag.com about the seven challenges of being vegan. They actually stay on topic beginning to end, at least when not doing a lot of shameless se...
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Episode 47
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37:44
Seven Challenges of Being Vegan, Part One
For the first time in more than a month, The Tofu Trio is together again! In part one of a two-part episode, Jon, Vanessa, and Joey discuss an article they read that details seven things that vegans find challenging. They actually stay on topic...
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Episode 46
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43:15
Voices from the Vegan Cruise: Holly & Nancy
Joey bookends this week's episode, which includes two interviews recorded during Jon and Vanessa's vegan cruise. First up, Vanessa interviews Holly Butler, a human dancing machine who went vegan for health reasons, but eventually became an ethi...
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Episode 45
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37:06
Jon and Vanessa on a Vegan Cruise
While on their vacation, Jon and Vanessa made a stop in Otranto, a coastal town in southern Italy's Apulia region, and that's where they recorded a video episode of the show. With the Adriatic Sea in the background, they discuss where they went...
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Episode 44
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29:45
Non-Vegan Voices: Mallory
With Jon and Vanessa still on vacation, Joey sits down with his non-vegan niece Mallory to hear her perspective on vegan food, fur and leather, and how Gen Z views vegan people. They also talk about pickles, Mallory's tattoo goals, and Plant Pi...
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Episode 43
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36:55
Non-Vegan Voices: Jerome
This week, Jon and Vanessa are taking a much-deserved vacation, so with two-thirds of The Tofu Trio gone, instead of doing another weak-ass solo episode, Joey chats it up with his brother Jerome to get the non-vegan perspective on everything fr...
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Episode 42
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36:21
The Gary Yourofsky Interview Post Show
The Tofu Trio pulls back the curtain on how they were able to get Gary Yourofsky to appear on their show, what it was like interviewing him, and how they felt after it was all over. This episode was recorded right after the interview, with Gary...
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Episode 41
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35:26
Bonus Episode - Gary Yourofsky's Greatest Interview Ever
At long last, The Tofu Trio interviews lecturer, educator, and vegan animal liberation activist Gary Yourofsky. In what may be his most incendiary interview yet, Gary Yourofsky doesn't hold back. He's raw, unfiltered, and not afraid to push a f...
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2:21:46
The Mailbag, Volume II
The Tofu Trio continues to read feedback from listeners, haters, and social media trolls, but in part two of this two-part episode, they spend all their time on a video they posted on Facebook that generated over 500 comments. They focus primar...
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Episode 40
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38:21
The Mailbag, Volume I
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, Gar...
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Episode 39
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36:03
Vegan Beauty, Part II
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...
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Episode 38
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33:22
Vegan Beauty, Part I
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 us...
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Episode 37
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34:52
Frozen Foods
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 alg...
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Episode 36
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33:41
Are Vegans Pretentious Assholes?, Part II
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 m...
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Episode 35
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31:51
Are Vegans Pretentious Assholes?, Part I
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 a...
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Episode 34
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32:23
Is It Hard to Go Vegan?, Part II
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...
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Episode 33
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38:23
Is It Hard to Go Vegan?, Part I
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...
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Episode 32
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37:58
Is Eating Vegan Inherently Healthy?, Part II
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 ...
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Episode 31
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33:34
