The Two Vegans: Recent Episodes
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The Two Vegans reminisce over how much has changed since we went vegan, in terms of adoption, retail and restaurant options and the changes we've seen over the last 5 years.
The Two Vegans catch up over Veganuary, thoughts after attending a vegan psychology seminar, and reminisce about their own vegan journeys.
The Two Vegans get together to talk about the EU extending their ban on use of words like dairy, milk or cheese alternative for plant-based milk products, and Burger King’s attempt to launch a plant-based whopper in the UAE.
Join The Two Vegans talk about Miley Cyrus announcing she's no longer vegan, and what, if anything, that's done to the movement.
We're talking about the power of adveritisng in propagating our dietary choices--from the ads we watched in our childhood that still have an impact on us to the modern attempts to normalize animal cruelty. Oh and Heetal has watched Netflix's Indian Matchmaking.
We've got a new logo & some news! We're doing a round-up of the latest happenings in the vegan world.
As we start to see an easing of restrictions due to Covid-19 around the world, the question we're asking is--what happened to those conversations about saving the environment, reducing plastic and other harmful products and meat consumption.
We hope you're all staying safe at the moment and catching this episode at your respective homes. We're talking Coronavirus this week--stats and information that has come to light since the pandemic unleashed, and try and make sense of where we are today and the way forward.
We're joined this week by Manisha Advani, who launched Soul Santé Cafe last year, with an entirely vegan & gluten-free menu. Manisha shares her journey to being vegan & getting started on Soul Santé & advocating for a plant-based lifestyle.
We just heard about the documentary so much that we had to sit down & talk about it. For those who haven't heard about it yet (there's like 2 of you right?), the Gamechangers is documentary on Netflix talking about the impact of a plant-based diet focused on athletes.
Let us know what you think too, and we'd love to know if you'd like to hear more such reviews as well.
We hope everyone's having a lovely holiday season and until next time, happy new year!
Sorry we've been a little behind schedule! We're breaking down some vegan and not-so-vegan controversies today that seem to rile up the social media comments section a little too often.
We'd love to hear what you think - give us a shout on Instagram.
Our thanks to Brambles Cafe for their support on this episode!
We talk with Tom, founder of Plant Power, a Dubai-based all vegan meal plan company. Tom shares his journey—both personal and professional—as well as trends and changes in the vegan food industry.
We’re talking veganism with ... kids! Ok, and their moms too. A cute episode with cute guests about what it’s like to be young & vegan, and what it’s like to parent a vegan child.
Piers was in the news, and we figure out how to pronounce his name. Some of the latest happenings in the vegan space ... and our first listener question! Hit play now!
Happy 2019 folks!
We talk wildlife, some scary statistics about land and ocean life, and how small things we do can have large scale impacts on animal life and our environment.
We’ve also got a Veganuary giveaway*, post your favourite vegan moment from 2018 and tag us on Instagram or Facebook, alongwith the hashtag #thetwovegans.
*Contest open to UAE residents only
Talking about the public reaction to the new circus in Dubai. Also, listen in for details on entering our annual giveaway!
A big thanks to our sponsor SugarMoo for their support on this episode.
It’s been a year since we started the show, and we reminisce about our favourite moments from the show, and talk about why sometimes why we fail our attempts to go vegan (11:00).
Apologies for our audio being a little weak on this episode.
A recap of interesting news that caught our eyes over the last few weeks, and updates from the vegan world in Bangkok.
We thought we’d get people’s thoughts on a few labels — specifically, why the gender ratio is so skewed (04:47), how people stereotype your ability to go vegan based on factors like nationality & culture (17:18) and how everyone assumes you’re now a health-freak.
Special thanks to Hadi Al Muwaness, Pilar Yamila & Shayne Lopez-Sanchez for sharing their thoughts for this episode.
This week, we talk about two polarising topcs among the vegan community: is the idea of having pets vegan to begin with, and is it hypocritical if vegans feed meat to their pets?
Our thanks to Axe House.
An action packed double-digit episode!
We met some of our listeners at our first community event who were kind enough to share some of their thoughts. Our thanks to Joy, Nathalia & Sandy for those.
The Two Vegans talk about the rising awareness around plastic—in particular, various companies who’ve taken the initiative in Dubai and around the world to remove the use of single-use plastic in their operations.
And we have a special guest from the European Union’s Sustainable Climate Unit. Jody Quirke shares some (scary!) statistics on the real plastic problem, and what the EU’s ambitious plastic strategy contains.
We catch up with Anum Mazhar, who runs the Hub 7, about running a restaurant in Dubai, expanding vegan options across their menu as well how her own personal transition impacted the restaurant directly.
The Two Vegans are back after a mini-hiatus to recap interesting news from the vegan world, from Beyonce telling her followers to adopt a vegan lifestyle, the sad case of Molly, the Salman Khan conviction after 20 years, to a Saudi Prince‘s plans for a fish-free aquarium. Links to all news items below.
Chirag joins Aidan Coughlin on his new live show Inside Veganism to talk about the vegan scene in the UAE & India, as well as some of the introspection needed within the vegan movement.
Inside Veganism launches its weekly live discussion show starting April 5 at 1900 UK time (2300 GST).
Sharing an update with our thoughts from the first Vegan Information Seminar by The Vegucation Society on January 26. We also chat with Ronan Dennehey who was midway through a 7-day vegan challenge and Ram Prasad from Sharan India, one of the sponsors of the event.
We speak to fashion designer Victoria Parker about vegan and environmentally-friendly fashion, and the alternatives available to non-vegan & environmentally harmful fashion items.
The two vegans try to dispel some nutritional myths around being vegan, and laugh their heads off at funny vegan memes.
If you haven’t, do listen to our first episode. You can subscribe on Apple Podcasts or a podcast player of your choice by looking for The Two Vegans, or using RSS.
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