Our guest in this episode has been mentioned by no fewer than two of our previous guests as their own vegan inspiration. Our guest is Dana. She set up the Vegan Kids Festival, a weekend event for families with activities for children and adults alike. 2024’s line up included appearances by Beth Munroe, Vegan Queen V, and our guest in episode 58, au…

Today’s guest is an author and activist. She’s published a vegan book for children, called Nero the brave little bull, which you can order from the Viva website (https://vivashop.org.uk/products/nero-the-brave-little-bull). She spoke on the Education stage at Vegan Camp Out this year, calling out petting zoos, and if you’re in Canterbury in Kent on…

Our guest in this episode got in touch after he heard our conversation with Dylan Jakobsen, in episode 65. He’s a UK-based country music artist, and you can find him on Spotify and wherever else you stream your music. If you’re quick, you can catch him live on stage at the Dukes of Highgate on October 20th. Our guest is Tony Beacock (@tonybeacockmu…

In this episode we speak to the man who introduced Wez to fasting. James hosted the retreat which Wez attended earlier in the year, which had a huge effect on his viewpoints on many aspects. This episode includes shout outs for: @johns_vegan_diary @schoolnightvegan @866hatevegans @elwoodsorganicdog @planthooduk #tofu @cafe_thrive _Southampton @offb…

Giles, aka Vegan Design, is an award winning industrial designer from the UK, currently residing in Stockholm. He lived and worked in Tokyo for a total of 14 years, designing consumer electronics for several big brands. Products he designed have been sold in the apple store in Tokyo and several electronics retailers around the globe. He is listed a…

Wez has been studying Counselling at college for the past two years, and recently he discovered that his tutor is also vegan. Our guest in this episode is Wez’s tutor, Jenna, who answers important questions like, what’s your vegan story, and, does Wez sit at the back of the class throwing paper aeroplanes? @Rainbowplantlife @GazOakley @Saorsa1875 @…

Our guest in this episode hails from Lithuania but now lives in the UK. She’s a member of Vegan Runners and recently represented the club while she took part in the climate relay. She’s an advocate for the animals and is part of the organising team behind the Vegan & Animal Rights Conference, which launched in April. Our guest is Roberta. This epis…

Country music is the fastest growing genre in the UK at the moment, with songs by country artists hitting the charts and radio playlists. Major country stars like Carly Pearce have tours planned here in the next 12 months, and despite protests from my wife and kids, you can normally hear it in Matthew’s house or car. Our guest is a rising country s…

Our guest today lives in England and grew up in Northern Ireland, on her family’s dairy farm. Since turning vegan she’s created a successful social media profile with thousands of subscribers to her you tube channel. Our guest is Sarah, aka @farmgirlgoesvegan. This episode includes shout outs for:@eatwithebs@ellysplate@sophsplantkitchen@jacobking@o…

Our guest in this episode is one of our long term fans. You might know him by his Instagram account, @welsh_vegan_allotment_holder - so called because he’s Welsh, is vegan and has an allotment, but we know him as Dave from Cardiff. This episode includes shout outs for:@greggs_official@mabels_foods@coopuk@nomochocolate@pipscheese@assissistyle@vfc.fo…

We’re always excited to have guests on the pod, but I’m especially excited today. Our guests in this episode are the hosts of one of the first vegan podcasts I found; they were one of the inspirations for starting this podcast. They publish a new episode every week from their home in New York State- you might have heard of New York, it’s been in th…

Our guest in this episode is Lauren, founder of Mabel’s Vegan Yorkshires. Mabel's was created in 2019 by Lauren and Sophie, a vegan couple passionate about animal welfare, sustainability and making switching to plant-based alternatives easy for all. Tired of missing out on their favourite part of a roast dinner, the yorkshire puddings, Lauren devel…

Listener, we have a very special bonus episode for you. You may have seen the social media posts by This Is Not A Game Ltd, launching the world's first adult party game written by vegans, for vegans. And if you have seen those posts and you’re a regular listener, you might have thought, “I recognise that voice”, and you would be correct in thinking…

Our guest is a vegan academic, a street activist for We The Free (@activism.wtf), an ultra runner, a campaigner for @animaljusticeproject and he spoke on the stage at last year’s National Animal Rights March (@narm.uk). All that and he’s only just turned 30..This episode includes shout outs for:@sean.ultra_vegan@veganrunnersuk@plantbasedmedicalprod…

Our guest is British actress Emma J Purvéy (@emmaukny). She now lives in New York and is a campaign model and professional actress. She’s worked as a tv host with one on one interviews ranging from Janet Jackson to Clive Owen to Monica Bellucci. Emma writes My Beauty Diary for @vegworldmagazine which is a behind the scenes look into her life as a m…

Our guest in this episode is an author who has won awards for her series of books written for young children. Vivi the Supervegan is a superhero for the next generation. Our guest is Tina Newman. This episode includes shout outs for:@vivithesupervegan@theoriginalvegansociety@upcirclebeauty@lauravchepner@vegankidsfestivaluk@ellielacks@lafauxmagerie@…

Our guest in this episode joins us from the people’s republic of Cornwall. She can often be found dodging turds while swimming in the sea, taking a dip in her cold tub, or giving tips on reducing plastic use on her Instagram profile. Our guest today is Sarah (@cornishvegansarah).Sarah is running Race For Life in May to raise money for Cancer Resear…

Our guest in this episode has been vegan since 1992, which makes him one of our ancient vegans. He’s a former US Army Paratrooper, a martial artist, vegan chef, musician, author of the books Vegan Strong, Dead Meat, and The Adventures of Sgt piggy, is fluent in Japanese and has travelled the world. Our guest is Bill Muir, aka @Sgt_Vegan. This episo…

55 - I Could Never Go VeganIn this episode we’re speaking to Tom Pickering, writer and director of the forthcoming movie I Could Never Go Vegan. Tom is a lifelong vegetarian and vegan, so he’s never eaten meat. In the movie he explores possible reasons for people’s reluctance to go vegan. He also speaks to some influential vegans and athletes. The …

Our guest in this episode is Malin, aka @vgang_malin, a street activist from Sweden. She protested alongside Tash Peterson last summer in Copenhagen. She can often be found in Stockholm doing street activism, marching against the fur trade and last year was painted like a cow to protest against the dairy trade.This episode includes shout outs for:@…

Our guest in this episode is Bruce, who runs the UK Vegan Bikers club. As the name suggests, they are in the UK, they’re vegan, and they ride motorbikes. Bruce is an ancient vegan and told us about his early days in animal activism, his conversion to veganism, and then he blew our minds with three things which we couldn’t believe aren’t vegan. This…

Our guest in this episode, well where do we start? He’s a comedian who has performed at the Edinburgh Festival, he’s written for Never Mind the Buzzcocks, he’s appeared on countless tv and radio shows, he has his own podcast called not today thank you, and his you tube channel has thousands of viewers. He’s a musician, broadcaster, recovering Pepsi…

As we approach the second anniversary of our first episode, we thought it would be a good time to revisit our own answers to the questions we ask our guests. Things have changed for us over the past couple of years!This episode includes shout outs for:@purezza@mobiusloopmusic@topvegantv@feloniouspod@vedgeyourbest@compassionandcucumbers@templeof.fun…

In this episode we spoke to vegan entrepreneur Hema, who runs the Ark, a vegan cafe and event space in Northampton. Hema told us about the history of the venue and her own vegan story. This episode includes shout outs for:@thearknorthampton@thebarnwilley@elwoodsorganicdog@purezza.#vegan #veganuk #veganrecipes #veganfood #vegansofig #veganfoodshare …

To celebrate the winter solstice, we’re taking a look back over 2023 to pick out our highlights and we’ll be hearing from some of this year’s guests as well. Thank you for all your support over this past year, we’re very grateful. To you and yours, however you’re celebrating, have a merry Yuletide and a blessed new year. This episode includes contr…

In this episode we are welcoming a vegan runner, who moved from the UK to France, who is a budding podcaster, with her brand new true crime pod Felonious about to launch, and that’s not even the most exciting announcement she’s made in the past week, because she’s told the world that baby number two is on the way! You might know her on Instagram as…

We have a very special guest for this episode. You might have seen her recently gate-crashing the Coach event at New York fashion week. She’s an activist, podcaster, influencer, she’s worked with some of the biggest vegan organisations - peta, Vkind, gen-v - and she is also starring in a new short film called The Next Girl, which is available for f…

In this episode we spoke to Brighde from www.worldvegantravel.com, a vegan travel company based in Canada, organising trips around the world. Brighde told us about the origins of her travel company, her podcast, and the book she wrote for new vegans (https://www.amazon.co.uk/12-Months-Till-Vegan-staying-ebook/dp/B01MY426R0).This episode includes sh…

In this episode we spoke to Gemini and Miasma, aka the Vegan Queens (@veganqueensuk). They told us about their beauty regime, how they incorporate Veganism into their act, and some big news about next year’s Vegan Camp Out!!@thoseveganguys@Cartwheel_arts@didsburypride@Vegucated@thepoetdominic@ve_cosmetics@KVDbeauty@ELFcosmetics@vganbootie@Thevietve…

TW: animal abuse, suic*de In this episode we spoke to JH Burnett, a South African ex-farmer who found veganism through seeing the daily mistreatment of animals at first hand. JH’s heartbreaking, incredible and inspiring story gives us hope that fharmers can see that their animal Holocaust is the wrong path to take and join vegans on the right side …

In this episode we spoke to Jake, host of the recently relaunched @plantgeezerpodcast (formerly known as No Beef Pod). Jake is also a life coach (@plantgeezer) and provides a meal prep service as well (@pureato.preps.uk). We spoke about the ups and downs of podcasting, losing friends and how we’re struggling to find positivity at the moment. This e…

In this episode we spoke to Sarah, who runs Home Start HOST in the Greater Manchester area (Oldham, Stockport, Tameside and Bolton). Home Start is a community network of experts and volunteers supporting families with young children. Visit www.home-starthost.org.uk for more information. .Apart from being a CEO, an awesome 8-year vegan and a West Wi…

In this episode we spoke to Jess, who runs vegan catering business @savingnemo We’ve linked up with Saving Nemo to hold our very first listener competition 🎉🥳. To celebrate the launch of their new vegan tartare sauce, one lucky winner will receive a jar to smother over their f*sh and chips. See our Instagram post for full details. This episode incl…

In this episode we spoke to Chris, co-founder of @Lokifoods in Iceland. Chris told us about his ongoing work to create an adaptable plant-based alternative to white fish, and the rapidly-expanding vegan scene in Iceland. .This episode includes shout-outs for:@wildearthpets@joey_carbstrong@mamareykjavik#gardurinn@veganbudin@aldisamah.#vegan #veganuk…

It’s mid-July so it must be time for a @vegancampout preview! This time around we were joined by some of our awesome previous guests to discuss what we’re all looking forward to, plus a big announcement for our listeners who will be attending VCO!In case you want to go back and listen again, our guests in this episode are:Chloe (@blooming_running) …

We spoke to Tim de Smet, communications manager for V Label. You may have seen their yellow and green logo on some of the vegan products you buy. We found out about the process they go through to classify products and Tim told us about his formative experiences in the Belgian hardcore punk scene. This episode includes shout outs for:@vlabel.officia…

In this episode we spoke to former fruitarian and current vegan Duncan and his life-long vegan daughter Riley. We spoke about Duncan’s record for eating bananas in one day, Riley’s favourite dishes and the Green Runners, a new running club focused on being eco-friendly. This episode includes shout outs for:@Sarahsvegankitchen_@Davidabocadowolfe @ul…

Veda Stram has been an animal rights/vegan activist since January 1989. She has volunteered for, and been a board member of, several animal rights organisations and has been on the board of United Poultry Concerns since 2013. She has worked for All-Creatures.org since 2008. In 1992 she created the first version of What to Eat When You Don’t Eat Ani…

Our guest in this episode is American stand up comedian @stevenmarcusreleford. Marcus told us about navigating the highs and lows of his stand up career, how his tastes have changed since he went vegan, and the egg-splosive situation which turned him vegan in the first place. This episode includes shout outs for:@crossroadskitchen@wildlivingfoods@p…

In this episode we spoke to vegan education specialist Laura, @laurachepner, about her work educating the educators for @thevegansociety. Laura’s book Veducated! is available at all good book retailers. This episode includes shout outs for:@elwoodsorganicdog@thebeardedveganone#GaryYourovsky@_mocky_d @earthlinged@mindfulchef@bravefoods@vegankidsuk#Z…

Our guest this episode is Richard Makin, aka @schoolnightvegan. We spoke to Richard about his new recipe book Anything You Can Cook, I Can Cook Vegan, which is published by @bloomsburypublishing on April 27th, available at all good book retailers. We also talked about custard, sky dancers and #brudding.This episode includes shout outs for:#davefrom…

In this episode we spoke to Chad, restaurateur and cooking competition host from Columbus, Ohio, USA. Chad told us all about his vegan diner and his new vegan cooking competition, @topvegantv, streaming on YouTube from April 20th.This episode includes shout outs for:@lightlife@justegg@buttermilk_choccy@beyondmeat@joaquinphoenixv@natalieportman..#ve…

In this episode we spoke to Emily, aka @theplantpoweredmum about her work as a columnist for @thatslifemagazine and taking part in the @londonmarathon where she’ll be raising money for @wateraidThis episode includes shout outs for:@schoolnightvegan@veganrunnersuk@aldiuk@cathedral_city_uk@deliciouslyella@lunacyofink@vegancampout@plantderby@vedifood@…

In this episode we speak to Lauryn, aka @veganyogamomma, about her online and in-person activism, her awkward conversations with her fishing father and brother, and her hope for the future..This episode includes shout outs for:@noracooks@sharongannon@daringfoods@dominionmovement@earthlingsfilm@dont.eat.the.homies@treehuggerkitchen@happycow@bluesush…

In this episode we speak to vegan food influencer El, aka @berrygoodberrynice. We talked about her social media engagement, photography skills and her supportive vegan friends.

It’s our first birthday! As it’s 12 months and 28 episodes since we took the plunge into podcasting, we asked a very special guest to help us celebrate. We spoke to @Jordan.vco about how a party in a field turned into the world’s biggest vegan festival, his plans for this year’s event, and the future of lab-grown meat and dairy products.…

In this episode, recorded in early December 2022, we spoke to @thoserunningsisters Charlotte and Natalie. They told us about running a marathon in every month of 2022, Charlotte’s partner being part of the victorious England women’s deaf futsal team and Natalie’s disappointing food experience in a Spanish conference centre.…

In this episode we speak to Michele from @vedge_your_best podcast. Michele told us her vegan story, how she became a life coach and all about her recent trip to Italy.

In this episode some of our previous guests tell us about their vegan highlights of 2022. For a special treat, Wez and Matthew travelled to Manchester and met Number 1 superfan Martin for a meal at Wagamama.

In this episode we hear from Rory, one of the organisers of @Christmasrunforanimals, who will be running from dawn till dusk on December 21st to raise money for @vivacharity and to help raise awareness of the huge number of turkeys and other animals killed every year for human consumption over the festive period. You can donate to Christmas run for…