Big Fat Vegan Radio

Episode 129 – COVID & Conspiracy Beliefs (Jeff Mannes, ORJIZMIC)

Episode 129 (Air Date: March 10th, 2021) Here’s another episode I recorded forever ago… 6 months ago on September 1st, 2020 to be exact. My apologies to Jeff for taking so long to get to this. In happier news, I’ve been doing the work to bring order to all the chaos, and so I am looking forward to a far more organized, functional year ahead. Perhaps you’ve been disheartened by all the anti-vaxxers, anti-maskers, and outright COVID deniers out there. As someone who pretty early on (March 13th, 2020 to be exact) voluntarily locked down and began isolating, mask-wearing, and distancing myself from others, it has been so gutwrenching to see so many people flaunting public health guidelines, being reckless, and spreading all manner of propaganda and misinformation about the measures available to us to stay safe and to get through this as best we can. If that has been your experience, you’ll appreciate this conversation with Jeff, exploring the phenomenon of conspiracy theories and beliefs and why we have to contend with such false narratives. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ABOUT OUR GUEST: [http://bigfatveganradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Jeff-Mannes-headshot.jpeg] Jeff Mannes is a social scientist, speaker, tour guide, and freelance writer born in Luxembourg-City, Luxembourg and living in Berlin, Germany. He has been studying sociology and gender studies at the universities of Trier, Göttingen, and Berlin (Germany) and focussed his studies on human sexualities, queer theories, postcolonial studies, and human-animal-relationships. In Berlin, Jeff gives his critically acclaimed guided tour “Berlin’s History of Sex [https://orjizmic.com/berlin-sex-history-tour/]” (supported by the Federal Foundation Magnus Hirschfeld). He also regularly writes for magazines such as SIEGESSÄULE [http://www.siegessaeule.de] (Berlin’s highest-circulating city magazine, as well as Europe’s most-read LGBTIQ magazine) or for non-profits such as the German AIDS Service Organization (Deutsche Aidshilfe) [https://en.aidshilfe.de/aids-service-organizations]. Since 2019, he is also employed at the German AIDS Service Organization, working in PR & Social Media for ICH WEISS WAS ICH TU [https://www.iwwit.de/], a safer sex campaign directed at gay, bisexual, and other men having sex with men. He also runs ORJIZMIC [https://orjizmic.com], a website where he offers his guided and online tours about Berlin’s History of Sex [https://orjizmic.com/berlin-sex-history-tour/], his freelance writing, presentations and workshops, and a blog all about sex. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LINKS: Melanie Joy’s books: • Getting Relationships Right [http:// https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/45689816-getting-relationships-right] • Relational Literacy [https://www.melaniejoy.org/relational-literacy] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SEE MY SOLO PLAY, ONLINE ONLY UNTIL MARCH 20TH! http://ComingCleanPlay.com But don’t take my word for it… Listen to these folks who loved it! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Remember, you can always see all my gigs at: www.VeganDragQueen.com/shows [http://www.VeganDragQueen.com/shows] And get on Honey LaBronx’s mailing list [http://www.VeganDragQueen.com/MailingList] to be notified of upcoming events and projects! Please be in touch and let us know what you thought of this episode! – CALL THE SHOW: YOU CAN NOW CALL THE SHOW AGAIN! Call the same old number – (315) VEGAN-01 That’s (315) 834-2601‬! Leave a voice mail and sound off on this episode! – EMAIL THE SHOW: bigfatveganradio@gmail.com – TWEET THE SHOW: @BigFatVegans [https://twitter.com/bigfatvegans?lang=en] – FACEBOOK THE SHOW: “Big Fat Vegan Radio [https://www.facebook.com/BigFatVeganRadio]” FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER [http://twitter.com/honeylabronx] & INSTAGRAM [http://instagram.com/honeylabronx]! @HoneyLaBronx – MAILING LIST!!!: Sign up for the Big Fat Vegan Mailing List/Registry HERE! [http://bigfatveganradio.com/?page_id=1226] SUPPORT THE PODCAST! [http://bigfatveganradio.com/?page_id=558] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Buy some famousMedieval Oil [http://vegandragqueen.com/medievaloil]! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS! HONEY LABRONX IS NOW ON CAMEO!!! …okay, so maybe not Cameo. I’m not yet famous enough for them to accept my application, so I went and created my OWN video shout-out. For $25, you can get a SHABLAMEO! Go to https://tinyurl.com/SHABLameo [https://tinyurl.com/SHABLameo] to order your personalized video greeting from Honey LaBronx so she can tell the world how much she adores you, or wish a friend a happy birthday, or break the news to your good friend that that one outfit of hers that she’s so fond of? Yeah, gurl… it’s doing you exactly zero favors! CALLING ALL VOLUNTEERS! Are you interested in helping me out with a few things? Maybe you’re good at data entry. Maybe you’re good at audio or video editing. Maybe you’re just good at doing miscellaneous tasks. Either way, if the idea of helping me do more by helping out with a few small tasks interests you, let me know by filling out the survey at: www.VeganDragQueen.com/volunteer [http://www.VeganDragQueen.com/volunteer] And as always, you can help me bring my tour to your city! Just go to: www.VeganDragQueen.com/Tour [http://www.VeganDragQueen.com/Tour] and fill out any and all surveys that relate to you! Check out the new website for Big Fat Vegan Radio! www.BigFatVeganRadio.com [http://www.BigFatVeganRadio.com] ALSO… If you’d like to support the Vegan Drag Queen cooking show, as well as Honey LaBronx’s other efforts — pleasecheck out her Patreon and consider becoming a monthly supporterat: www.Patreon.com/HoneyLaBronx [http://www.patreon.com/honeylabronx] SPECIAL THANKS to Michael Harren [http://michaelharren.com/]for our theme song! 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Episode 128 – COVID & Vaccines (Dr. Priyumvada Naik)

Episode 128 (Air Date: February 12th, 2021) So I recorded this interview almost 6 weeks ago. Dr. Priyumvada Naik joined me on a live broadcast to answer some questions from viewers about COVID, the latest updates and safety protocols, and the vaccines which are finally available. If this conversation makes a difference for you, please consider making a donation to Vegan Meals That Heal [http://www.vmth.org]! Would you like to help put a stop to animal testing? Great! Consider donating to Center for Contemporary Sciences [https://www.contemporarysciences.org/], and organization developing alternatives to animal testing! https://www.contemporarysciences.org/ [https://www.contemporarysciences.org/] HEADS UP: This wasn’t recorded as a normal audio episode. It was a Zoom. Why did that make me think “Ah, I’ll just use my laptop’s built-in microphone?” I know better. I didn’t even think to turn off the air, so every now and then you’ll hear the heat kick in and it just makes it that much harder to hear. Plus the first 15 minutes, Dr. Naik’s microphone wasn’t working too well, so we switched to another mic. So just keep that in mind as you’re listening, at the 29:24 mark, the audio will suddenly get so much better. So hang in there, because this episode is packed with need-to-know information! Please take it in, and please share it with others! WOULD YOU RATHER WATCH THIS AS A VIDEO? If so, you can view the original video here: https://youtu.be/aV1Q-nZNjec [https://youtu.be/aV1Q-nZNjec] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UPDATE! OUR PHONE LINES ARE BACK UP! Disregard what I say in this episode – as I worked on the show notes, I discovered that since leaving Google Fi (did I mention they are trash?) it finally freed up our Google Voice phone number, so the phone lines are open and the number is the same as always! (315) VEGAN-01 That’s (315)-834-2601‬! Leave a voice mail and sound off on this episode! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ABOUT OUR GUEST: Dr. Priyumvada Mohan Naik is a triple board-certified physician in pulmonary medicine, critical care medicine, and lifestyle medicine. She has additional training and expertise in lung transplantation, *ECMO, interstitial lung disease, genetic lung disease, immunology, and nutrition. She attended Duke University, followed by medical school at The Medical College of Georgia. She did her internal medicine residency, and pulmonary and critical care fellowships at Emory University, the last two years of which she was the lung transplant fellow. She then spent time in Sydney, Australia, doing a transplant and *ECMO fellowship before returning to the US to practice as a transplant pulmonologist in Phoenix, at what is now the largest lung transplant center in the world. She has published in the fields of internal medicine, lung transplantation, and organ donor management, having been the only fellow on the Society for Critical Care Medicine/American College of Chest Physicians consensus committee to craft guidelines on ICU management of the brain dead donor. She continues to work with local organizations to improve donor procurement rates to decrease recipient waitlist times and deaths. In the intervening years, she has founded an advanced lung disease program, co-founded a lung cancer screening program, and served as medical director for an intensive care unit. She has been vegan for nearly 9 years, and has been studying nutrition and lifestyle changes as it relates to chronic disease ever since. Going vegan inspired her to change her career trajectory, and she uses her expertise to help people control and even reverse chronic diseases such as diabetes, heart disease, rheumatologic conditions, inflammatory bowel disease, and more. One of the most rewarding things for Dr. Naik is seeing a patient with multiple chronic diseases who, with her guidance, is empowered to change their health and their quality of life. Her work in Lifestyle Medicine often produces results just as dramatic as her work in the fields of Critical Care and Transplantation. She also loves teaching her colleagues and the next generation of doctors how to prescribe plants over pills, and how to reverse disease instead of simply managing it. She hopes one day to only need to see people for genetic and other lung diseases because we have eliminated chronic lifestyle-related ailments. She can be found on Instagram: @_thevegdoc [https://www.instagram.com/_thevegdoc/] and on Twitter as: @thevegdoc [http://www.twitter.com/thevegdoc] *ECMO is pronounced ek-moh. It’s basically putting people on cardiopulmonary bypass for severe lung, heart, or heart and lung disease. (Doing the job of the heart and lungs outside the body). -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SLIDES: No description available. [https://scontent-lga3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.15752-9/135269759_677553589606796_5484726146328333141_n.jpg?_nc_cat=100&ccb=3&_nc_sid=ae9488&_nc_ohc=aHu2TiK1kNsAX842xOE&_nc_ht=scontent-lga3-1.xx&oh=82835a3b4beb4a3a87812596e3c4c8f3&oe=604AB87A]No description available. [https://scontent-lga3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.15752-9/147996604_231975112001005_3092018698024124272_n.jpg?_nc_cat=103&ccb=3&_nc_sid=ae9488&_nc_ohc=Mmhnebvw_3UAX9nq2To&_nc_ht=scontent-lga3-1.xx&oh=a776995c3af686c40b1b87676235cfd7&oe=604DF0EA]No description available. 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Leave a voice mail and sound off on this episode! – EMAIL THE SHOW: bigfatveganradio@gmail.com – TWEET THE SHOW: @BigFatVegans [https://twitter.com/bigfatvegans?lang=en] – FACEBOOK THE SHOW: “Big Fat Vegan Radio [https://www.facebook.com/BigFatVeganRadio]” FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER [http://twitter.com/honeylabronx] & INSTAGRAM [http://instagram.com/honeylabronx]! @HoneyLaBronx – MAILING LIST!!!: Sign up for the Big Fat Vegan Mailing List/Registry HERE! [http://bigfatveganradio.com/?page_id=1226] SUPPORT THE PODCAST! [http://bigfatveganradio.com/?page_id=558] There are ALL NEW PERKS with various levels of membership! Whether you’d like to make a one-time or recurring donation, you now have many ways to be rewarded for your membership! You can read more about it on the Support The Podcast [http://bigfatveganradio.com/?page_id=558] page, but because these are new perks, I’ll go ahead and mention them here: • Become a Chickpea for $5/month [https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=QCPGH6Q7S3B2A] (or $50/year [https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=ZWLZURB2HV6ZQ] ) You’re one of my precious Chickpeas! You will gain access to exclusive content including access to monthly interactive video chats and my secret podcast feed! • Become a Sweet Pea for $10/month [https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=KQBPEK8HV3X74] (or $100/year [https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=REABMYC78JBNQ] ) My Sweet Peas get the above perks, and will be thanked in the end of each episode. • Become a Date for $25/month [https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=5S49G4XKKGEZA] (or $250/year [https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=7LE78A338XCXA] ) Is this a date? Yup! It’s a Date! My Dates get the above perks, and will additionally be thanked in the intro of each episode! • Become an Elderberry for $100/month [https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=D6S9XJKK64QDU] (or $1,000/year [https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=U7AD24FHW8YLQ] ) Elderberries are special because they boost the immune system! You alleviate my pain and fatigue, and you just keep me going! My Elderberries will get the above perks, and will be specially thanked and acknowledges as an Official Sponsor at the beginning and end of each episode. There is no time commitment required for monthly memberships. You may cancel at any time! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Buy some famousMedieval Oil [http://vegandragqueen.com/medievaloil]! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS! HONEY LABRONX IS NOW ON CAMEO!!! …okay, so maybe not Cameo. I’m not yet famous enough for them to accept my application, so I went and created my OWN video shout-out. For $25, you can get a SHABLAMEO! Go to https://tinyurl.com/SHABLameo [https://tinyurl.com/SHABLameo] to order your personalized video greeting from Honey LaBronx so she can tell the world how much she adores you, or wish a friend a happy birthday, or break the news to your good friend that that one outfit of hers that she’s so fond of? Yeah, gurl… it’s doing you exactly zero favors! CALLING ALL VOLUNTEERS! Are you interested in helping me out with a few things? Maybe you’re good at data entry. Maybe you’re good at audio or video editing. Maybe you’re just good at doing miscellaneous tasks. Either way, if the idea of helping me do more by helping out with a few small tasks interests you, let me know by filling out the survey at: www.VeganDragQueen.com/volunteer [http://www.VeganDragQueen.com/volunteer] And as always, you can help me bring my tour to your city! Just go to: www.VeganDragQueen.com/Tour [http://www.VeganDragQueen.com/Tour] and fill out any and all surveys that relate to you! Check out the new website for Big Fat Vegan Radio! www.BigFatVeganRadio.com [http://www.BigFatVeganRadio.com] ALSO… If you’d like to support the Vegan Drag Queen cooking show, as well as Honey LaBronx’s other efforts — pleasecheck out her Patreon and consider becoming a monthly supporterat: www.Patreon.com/HoneyLaBronx [http://www.patreon.com/honeylabronx] SPECIAL THANKS to Michael Harren [http://michaelharren.com/]for our theme song! 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Episode 126 – Run For Regan (Interview with Orlando Martina)

Episode 126 (Air Date: September 16th, 2020) I swear, I thought I was going to be right back with another episode a week later. In fact the day I posted this episode, I also recorded another awesome interview (which I’ll post very shortly) and then a series of things happened. My main computer (with all my everything on it) completely crashed, the world pretty much blew up, the United States suddenly discovered racism is indeed alive and well and needs to be dealt with once and for all… So I once again apologize for this enormous delay. And during that time, on June 19th, Canadian activist Regan Russell was struck and killed by a truck driver outside of Fearman’s, a Toronto-area slaughterhouse where Regan was holding vigil along with the Toronto Pig Save Movement. This is beyond tragic. My God, just a year ago, I was there myself, outside of Fearman’s at another pig vigil. I can’t imagine what her loved ones, friends, and fellow activists must be going through. In a subsequent episode, we will go into more detail about Regan, her life, and her passion for animal rights — with stories shared by those who knew her. But for today, I am interviewing Orlando Martina [https://www.instagram.com/plant.killa/], one of the organizers of the Run For Regan [https://www.facebook.com/events/639367623351617]. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ABOUT THE EVENT: On September 19, run, walk or bike ANY DISTANCE in your city to help us reach our goal of 10,000 collective kms worldwide in honor of Regan Russell, the animal rights activists who was violently killed during a vigil outside of Fearmans slaughterhouse in Burlington, ON, Canada. Please SHARE and INVITE as many people as you can! RUN FOR REGAN FACEBOOK EVENT: https://www.facebook.com/events/639367623351617/ [https://www.facebook.com/events/639367623351617/] THERE IS STILL TIME TO JOIN US! SIGN UP HERE >> https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSepbrs9hvQdkj0IxbNkfUMJZ8hqAADqhOuQZOATPQYPRNItyw/viewform?fbclid=IwAR3FGsLt_VHjvTeZwVwc8BwmLAZucOh62EuQ8MHclhrBupTThylkZ8hA4Wo [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSepbrs9hvQdkj0IxbNkfUMJZ8hqAADqhOuQZOATPQYPRNItyw/viewform?fbclid=IwAR3FGsLt_VHjvTeZwVwc8BwmLAZucOh62EuQ8MHclhrBupTThylkZ8hA4Wo] DID YOU KNOW REGAN? SHARE A STORY ABOUT HER! I am accepting submissions for an upcoming episode honoring Regan Russell’s memory. If you knew her and would like to record a short story, PLEASE CLICK HERE FOR INSTRUCTIONS! [https://bigfatveganradio.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=1458] The deadline has been extended until Friday, September 25th. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ARTICLES: Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Regan_Russell [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Regan_Russell] PETA: https://www.peta.org/blog/toronto-pig-save-activist-regan-russell-killed/ [https://www.peta.org/blog/toronto-pig-save-activist-regan-russell-killed/] The Save Movement: https://thesavemovement.org/in-memory-of-regan-russell/ [https://thesavemovement.org/in-memory-of-regan-russell/] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SHAMELESS PLUGS: Vegan Drag Queen t-shirts are once again available! GET YOURS HERE! [https://vegandragqueen.com/shop/] Remember, you can always see all my gigs at: www.VeganDragQueen.com/shows [http://www.VeganDragQueen.com/shows] And get on Honey LaBronx’s mailing list [http://www.VeganDragQueen.com/MailingList] to be notified of upcoming events and projects! Please be in touch and let us know what you thought of this episode! – CALL THE SHOW???: No, that’s not a thing for the time being — working on it! – EMAIL THE SHOW: bigfatveganradio@gmail.com – TWEET THE SHOW: @BigFatVegans [https://twitter.com/bigfatvegans?lang=en] – FACEBOOK THE SHOW: “Big Fat Vegan Radio [https://www.facebook.com/BigFatVeganRadio]” FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER [http://twitter.com/honeylabronx] & INSTAGRAM [http://instagram.com/honeylabronx]! @HoneyLaBronx – MAILING LIST!!!: Sign up for the Big Fat Vegan Mailing List/Registry HERE! [http://bigfatveganradio.com/?page_id=1226] SUPPORT THE PODCAST! [http://bigfatveganradio.com/?page_id=558] There are ALL NEW PERKS with various levels of membership! Whether you’d like to make a one-time or recurring donation, you now have many ways to be rewarded for your membership! You can read more about it on the Support The Podcast [http://bigfatveganradio.com/?page_id=558] page, but because these are new perks, I’ll go ahead and mention them here: • Become a Chickpea for $5/month [https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=QCPGH6Q7S3B2A] (or $50/year [https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=ZWLZURB2HV6ZQ] ) You’re one of my precious Chickpeas! You will gain access to exclusive content including access to monthly interactive video chats and my secret podcast feed! • Become a Sweet Pea for $10/month [https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=KQBPEK8HV3X74] (or $100/year [https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=REABMYC78JBNQ] ) My Sweet Peas get the above perks, and will be thanked in the end of each episode. • Become a Date for $25/month [https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=5S49G4XKKGEZA] (or $250/year [https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=7LE78A338XCXA] ) Is this a date? Yup! It’s a Date! My Dates get the above perks, and will additionally be thanked in the intro of each episode! • Become an Elderberry for $100/month [https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=D6S9XJKK64QDU] (or $1,000/year [https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=U7AD24FHW8YLQ] ) Elderberries are special because they boost the immune system! You alleviate my pain and fatigue, and you just keep me going! My Elderberries will get the above perks, and will be specially thanked and acknowledges as an Official Sponsor at the beginning and end of each episode. There is no time commitment required for monthly memberships. You may cancel at any time! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Buy some famousMedieval Oil [http://vegandragqueen.com/medievaloil]! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS! HONEY LABRONX IS NOW ON CAMEO!!! …okay, so maybe not Cameo. I’m not yet famous enough for them to accept my application, so I went and created my OWN video shout-out. For $25, you can get a SHABLAMEO! Go to www.VeganDragQueen.com/Shablameo [http://www.VeganDragQueen.com/Shablameo] to order your personalized video greeting from Honey LaBronx so she can tell the world how much she adores you, or wish a friend a happy birthday, or break the news to your good friend that that one outfit of hers that she’s so fond of? Yeah, gurl… it’s doing you exactly zero favors! CALLING ALL VOLUNTEERS! Are you interested in helping me out with a few things? Maybe you’re good at data entry. Maybe you’re good at audio or video editing. Maybe you’re just good at doing miscellaneous tasks. Either way, if the idea of helping me do more by helping out with a few small tasks interests you, let me know by filling out the survey at: www.VeganDragQueen.com/volunteer [http://www.VeganDragQueen.com/volunteer] And as always, you can help me bring my tour to your city! Just go to: www.VeganDragQueen.com/Tour [http://www.VeganDragQueen.com/Tour] and fill out any and all surveys that relate to you! Check out the new website for Big Fat Vegan Radio! www.BigFatVeganRadio.com [http://www.BigFatVeganRadio.com] ALSO… If you’d like to support the Vegan Drag Queen cooking show, as well as Honey LaBronx’s other efforts — pleasecheck out her Patreon and consider becoming a monthly supporterat: www.Patreon.com/HoneyLaBronx [http://www.patreon.com/honeylabronx] SPECIAL THANKS to Michael Harren [http://michaelharren.com/]for our theme song! 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Episode 127 – COVID Part 8: Political Implications (Christopher Sebastian & Laura Schleifer)

Episode 127 (Air Date: December 1st, 2020) Another delay. I know. I am so sorry it has taken me so long. I explained the delay in the last episode, but even then another 2 months went by before I could bring myself to finish this episode. These days the ADHD has gotten really bad. A day in the life looks something like this: I’ll wake up early-ish (for me, comparatively). I’ll start my day right and take care of the daily things that need to get done. Then I’ll start to take care of just one thing that needs to get done, and I’ll get pulled in 30 different directions, and before I know it, it’s nearing midnight and I’m asking myself, “Should I stay up late and bang it out? Or do I just go to bed and try again tomorrow?” And while “Just go to bed and get up early tomorrow to finish it” ALWAYS sounds sensible, it’s been the reason I repeat the same day over and over like Groundhog Day. Once again, I find that the only way I can make myself get anything done is by staying up late and working against a sleep deficit. Why this works for me? Who knows. But it’s what has reliably worked my whole life. So here we are. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UPDATE! OUR PHONE LINES ARE BACK UP! Disregard what I say in this episode – as I worked on the show notes, I discovered that since leaving Google Fi (did I mention they are trash?) it finally freed up our Google Voice phone number, so the phone lines are open and the number is the same as always! (315) VEGAN-01 That’s (315)-834-2601‬! Leave a voice mail and sound off on this episode! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ARTICLES: Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Regan_Russell [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Regan_Russell] PETA: https://www.peta.org/blog/toronto-pig-save-activist-regan-russell-killed/ [https://www.peta.org/blog/toronto-pig-save-activist-regan-russell-killed/] The Save Movement: https://thesavemovement.org/in-memory-of-regan-russell/ [https://thesavemovement.org/in-memory-of-regan-russell/] ABOUT TODAY’S TOPIC: Clearly, COVID-19 had revealed a lot of the underlying issues that needed to be addressed long before a pandemic reached the United States. Things like a universal basic income, free healthcare for everyone, food and housing, etc… These things all had to be clumsily figured out despite being wildly politicized. So in today’s episode, I speak with Christopher Sebastian and Laura Schleifer about what a world might look like if we created our world to work for everyone. ABOUT THE GUESTS: Christopher Sebastian is the director of social media for Peace Advocacy Network [https://peaceadvocacynetwork.org/], he sits on the Advisory Council for Encompass [https://encompassmovement.org/], he is a senior fellow at Sentient Media [http://sentientmedia.org/], he is co-founder of VGN [https://www.vgn.news/], and he lectures at Columbia University in the Department of Social Work for the graduate course POP: Power, Oppression, and Privilege. Using a multidisciplinary approach that includes media theory, political science, and social psychology, he focuses on how human relationships with other animals shapes our attitudes about race, sexuality, and class discrimination throughout the western society. Website [https://www.christophersebastian.info/]: ChristopherSebastian.info [https://www.christophersebastian.info/] Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/the_christopher_sebastian/]: @the_christopher_sebastian [https://www.instagram.com/the_christopher_sebastian/] Twitter [https://twitter.com/ThotsandPrayers]: @ThotsandPrayers [https://twitter.com/ThotsandPrayers] Follow him on Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/christopher.mcjetters] Support him on Patreon [https://www.patreon.com/ChristopherSebastian] Laura Schleifer created the word “artivist” to describe her vocation as an artist-activist. A pro-intersectional veganarchist/eco-socialist writer, theater artist and educator, her work has spanned the globe, from the Middle East, where she performed for Palestinian and Iraqi children on a theater/circus tour, to China, where she taught literature, psychology, history, and creative writing to US-college bound Chinese students, to Nicaragua, where she taught English in a rural community, to performing her songs and monologues off-Broadway and arts mentoring NYC homeless and at-risk youth. Her original feature screenplay, The Feral Child, was a Sundance Screenwriters Lab finalist. She has also taught courses on Israel and Palestine and on Utopianism at Wesleyan University’s Green Street Arts Center. She is currently working on her first book, which deals with animal rights psychology and philosophy, for Vegan Publishers and is co-founding a new vegan food justice organization with a Palestinian activist in Gaza called Plant the Land [https://nyartivist.wixsite.com/plantthelandteamgaza]. She also speaks on a variety of subjects relating to the interconnections between human, animal, and earth liberation. DONATE HERE TO PLANT THE LAND! [https://www.facebook.com/donate/201159328157383/] Follow her on Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/laura.schleifer/] Twitter [https://twitter.com/LauraSchleifer]: @TheDialecticalVegan [https://twitter.com/LauraSchleifer] Blog [http://DialecticalVeganism.blogspot.com]: DialecticalVeganism.blogspot.com [http://DialecticalVeganism.blogspot.com] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Link and such: There are a bunch of things we mentioned in this episode, so here are some links, references, etc. VIDEOS: • The Racist History of Square Dancing [https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=170332116966406] • KoKo’s last message to humanity [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXS0rzf4iYo] • What Is The Myth of Barter? [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JB9BA9V5aI] • Arrested Development: Lucille Bluth Banana Quote [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nl_Qyk9DSUw] • Adam Ruins Everything: The Electoral College [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlwbTUs-17k] The American Dream [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydca1wzlheg] Racial Stereotypes [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wti3_cXeF4k] The Gun Debate [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Fpk6P4kOqE] The NRA [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YpUSt6Z2hg] Mount Rushmore [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8QQBRIqZmw] The Suburbs [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETR9qrVS17g] Private Prisons [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gX2R0b_mqrQ] Gerrymandering [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zd5rul6EdF0] Christopher Columbus [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8PQXiJiLOY] BOOKS: • Democracy May Not Exist, but We’ll Miss It When It’s Gone [https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/democracy-may-not-exist-but-well-miss-it-when-its-gone_astra-taylor/18947674/item/32672165/?mkwid=%7cdc&pcrid=448963509244&pkw=&pmt=&slid=&plc=&pgrid=104673973815&ptaid=pla-926982115650&gclid=CjwKCAiA8Jf-BRB-EiwAWDtEGu0h5jz55b0Es_9zH4XPB0_QFtThDR9_WH3Rji68C4bguykK4789uBoC9y8QAvD_BwE#idiq=32672165&edition=20187931] by Astra Taylor • Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution [https://www.thriftbooks.com/browse/?b.search=Mutual%20Aid%3A%20A%20Factor%20of%20Evolution#b.s=mostPopular-desc&b.p=1&b.pp=30&b.oos&b.tile] by Pyotr Kropotkin • On the Origin of the Species [https://www.thriftbooks.com/browse/?b.search=On%20the%20Origin%20of%20the%20Species%20by%20Charles%20Darwin#b.s=mostPopular-desc&b.p=1&b.pp=30&b.oos&b.tile] by Charles Darwin TOPICS: • Murray Bookchin – Social Ecology [http:// https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murray_Bookchin] • Richard Wolf – Democracy in the Workplace [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Wolf] • Decolonizing [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decolonization] • John Locke’s Political Philosophy [https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/locke-political/] • Syria – Rojava [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rojava_conflict] • Amatonormativity [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amatonormativity] • Amatonormativity Expectations [https://everydayfeminism.com/2016/04/amatonormativity-expectations/] FACT-CHECKING SITES: • FactCheck.org [http://www.factcheck.org/] • FactCheck.org’s Viral Spiral [http://www.factcheck.org/hot-topics/] • Politifact [http://politifact.com/] • Snopes [http://www.snopes.com/] • Washington Post’s Fact Checker [https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/] • TinEye Reverse Image Search [https://tineye.com/] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SHAMELESS PLUGS: Vegan Drag Queen t-shirts are once again available! GET YOURS HERE! [https://vegandragqueen.com/shop/] Remember, you can always see all my gigs at: www.VeganDragQueen.com/shows [http://www.VeganDragQueen.com/shows] And get on Honey LaBronx’s mailing list [http://www.VeganDragQueen.com/MailingList] to be notified of upcoming events and projects! Please be in touch and let us know what you thought of this episode! – CALL THE SHOW: YOU CAN NOW CALL THE SHOW AGAIN! Call the same old number – (315) VEGAN-01 That’s (315) 834-2601‬! Leave a voice mail and sound off on this episode! – EMAIL THE SHOW: bigfatveganradio@gmail.com – TWEET THE SHOW: @BigFatVegans [https://twitter.com/bigfatvegans?lang=en] – FACEBOOK THE SHOW: “Big Fat Vegan Radio [https://www.facebook.com/BigFatVeganRadio]” FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER [http://twitter.com/honeylabronx] & INSTAGRAM [http://instagram.com/honeylabronx]! @HoneyLaBronx – MAILING LIST!!!: Sign up for the Big Fat Vegan Mailing List/Registry HERE! [http://bigfatveganradio.com/?page_id=1226] SUPPORT THE PODCAST! [http://bigfatveganradio.com/?page_id=558] There are ALL NEW PERKS with various levels of membership! Whether you’d like to make a one-time or recurring donation, you now have many ways to be rewarded for your membership! You can read more about it on the Support The Podcast [http://bigfatveganradio.com/?page_id=558] page, but because these are new perks, I’ll go ahead and mention them here: • Become a Chickpea for $5/month [https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=QCPGH6Q7S3B2A] (or $50/year [https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=ZWLZURB2HV6ZQ] ) You’re one of my precious Chickpeas! You will gain access to exclusive content including access to monthly interactive video chats and my secret podcast feed! • Become a Sweet Pea for $10/month [https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=KQBPEK8HV3X74] (or $100/year [https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=REABMYC78JBNQ] ) My Sweet Peas get the above perks, and will be thanked in the end of each episode. • Become a Date for $25/month [https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=5S49G4XKKGEZA] (or $250/year [https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=7LE78A338XCXA] ) Is this a date? Yup! It’s a Date! My Dates get the above perks, and will additionally be thanked in the intro of each episode! • Become an Elderberry for $100/month [https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=D6S9XJKK64QDU] (or $1,000/year [https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=U7AD24FHW8YLQ] ) Elderberries are special because they boost the immune system! You alleviate my pain and fatigue, and you just keep me going! My Elderberries will get the above perks, and will be specially thanked and acknowledges as an Official Sponsor at the beginning and end of each episode. There is no time commitment required for monthly memberships. You may cancel at any time! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Buy some famousMedieval Oil [http://vegandragqueen.com/medievaloil]! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS! HONEY LABRONX IS NOW ON CAMEO!!! …okay, so maybe not Cameo. I’m not yet famous enough for them to accept my application, so I went and created my OWN video shout-out. For $25, you can get a SHABLAMEO! Go to https://tinyurl.com/SHABLameo [https://tinyurl.com/SHABLameo] to order your personalized video greeting from Honey LaBronx so she can tell the world how much she adores you, or wish a friend a happy birthday, or break the news to your good friend that that one outfit of hers that she’s so fond of? Yeah, gurl… it’s doing you exactly zero favors! CALLING ALL VOLUNTEERS! Are you interested in helping me out with a few things? Maybe you’re good at data entry. Maybe you’re good at audio or video editing. Maybe you’re just good at doing miscellaneous tasks. Either way, if the idea of helping me do more by helping out with a few small tasks interests you, let me know by filling out the survey at: www.VeganDragQueen.com/volunteer [http://www.VeganDragQueen.com/volunteer] And as always, you can help me bring my tour to your city! Just go to: www.VeganDragQueen.com/Tour [http://www.VeganDragQueen.com/Tour] and fill out any and all surveys that relate to you! Check out the new website for Big Fat Vegan Radio! www.BigFatVeganRadio.com [http://www.BigFatVeganRadio.com] ALSO… If you’d like to support the Vegan Drag Queen cooking show, as well as Honey LaBronx’s other efforts — pleasecheck out her Patreon and consider becoming a monthly supporterat: www.Patreon.com/HoneyLaBronx [http://www.patreon.com/honeylabronx] SPECIAL THANKS to Michael Harren [http://michaelharren.com/]for our theme song! 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Episode 126 – Run For Regan (Interview with Orlando Martina)

Episode 126(Air Date: September 16th, 2020) I swear, I thought I was going to be right back with another episode a week later. In fact the day I posted this episode, I also recorded another awesome interview (which I’ll post very shortly) and then a series of things happened. My main computer (with all my everything … Episode 126 – Run For Regan (Interview with Orlando Martina) Read More »