Big Fat Vegan Radio

Big Fat Vegan Radio episodes:

• 02.25.2019

  Episode 110 – Genesis Butler, Million Dollar Vegan

  Episode 110 (Air Date: February 25th, 2019) Have you hear the one about the girl who offered The Pope a million dollars to go vegan? Well, if that sounds like the setup for a joke — it’s not! Meet Genesis Butler,...

  
• 02.18.2019

  Episode 109 – Ex-Ex-Vegans, Part 1

  Episode 109 (Air Date: February 18th, 2019) Here’s an episode I’ve been wanting to do for quite some time now!  Thank you to everyone who reached out to be a part of this episode.  When I asked if there were any...

  
• 02.12.2019

  Episode 108 – Ben is back! (So is his ADHD!)

  Episode 108 (Air Date: February 12th, 2019)   Happy Halloween! …and Thanksgiving! And Holidays! And New Year’s! …won’t you be my Valentine?   Okay, so this is the longest hiatus I have taken from Big Fat Vegan Radio since it began....

  
• 10.17.2018

  Episode 107 – Transphobia in the Vegan Community

  Episode 107 (Air Date: October 17th, 2018) Today’s episode consists of a conversation I had with someone over Instagram Live. This is a long, unusual, and intense discussion between myself and a fellow vegan who identifies as transphobic. PLEASE LISTEN TO...

  
• 08.25.2018

  Episode 106 – Interview: Chris Cooney (The Vegan Zombie MOVIE!)

  Episode 106 (Air Date: August 25th, 2018) First off – I left you all waiting TWO WHOLE MONTHS for a new podcast episode and I am so sorry for that! The fact that you are reading these words now and listening...

  
• 06.27.2018

  Episode 105 – Keith Burgeson: PETA Vegan Mentor Program

  Episode 105 (Air Date: June 27th, 2018) Guess what! PETA is launching a new Vegan Mentor Program! Today, Keith Burgeson joins us to talk about this exciting new program, what it makes available to those newbie vegans seeking support, and how...

  
• 05.08.2018

  Episode 104 – PETA’s Sexiest Vegan Next Door

  Episode 104 (Air Date: May 8th, 2018) Did you hear the news? Ben/Honey is one of the top ten finalists for PETA’s Sexiest Vegan Next Door contest!   UPDATE: Remember how I said I was going to create new “Secret Shows”...

  
• 04.03.2018

  Episode 103 – Guest Co-Host: Jennifer Carlson!

  Episode 103 (Air Date: April 1st, 2018) Happy April, and APRIL FOOL’S DAY! I’m keeping it going with the guest co-host thing!  And today I’m welcoming to the show fellow Midwesterner, Jennifer Carlson! Be sure to join our Big Fat Vegan Radio...

  
• 03.01.2018

  Episode 102 – Our First Guest Co-Host: Ashe Harris!

  Episode 102 (Air Date: March 1st, 2018) Happy March, y’all!  Happy one-more-week until I’m 39 years old and therefore official sound like I’m lying about my age… Is it too late in the year to say “New Year, New Me”? If...

  
• 01.27.2018

  Episode 101 – Ben’s 2017 Year in Review

  Episode 101 (Air Date: January 27th, 2018)   Alright you guys…   I’m gonna change it up a bit! As 2017 drew to a close, I really felt compelled to put together a year in a review for you guys. ...

  
• 12.24.2017

  Episode 100 – Our One Hundredth Episode!

  Episode 100 (Air Date: December 23rd, 2017)   We did it! We made it to 100! That makes this episode the Derrick Barry of the podcast! To celebrate this occasion, I thought it would be fitting to invite listeners and...

  
• 11.09.2017

  Episode 99 – The Skinny on Soy (Marie Oser)

  Episode 99 (Air Date: November 9th, 2017)   ANNOUNCEMENT!!! Our 100th Episode is coming up soon!  For the special occasion, I want to host a giant video conference (via Zoom.us) with all of our listeners and past interview subjects.  Basically as...

  
• 10.06.2017

  Episode 98 – For the Love of Dogs (with Lulu Anderson)

  Episode 98 (Air Date: October 6th, 2017) I am so excited to talk with my friend Lulu Anderson today about her new non-profit organization For The Love of Dogs!  Listen in as we learn a whole lot about the suffering of...

  
• 09.18.2017

  Episode 97 – Debunking Wildlife Myths with Wisconsin Wildcare

  Episode 97 (Air Date: September 18th, 2017) I’ve been wanting to do this episode ever since June when I did my fundraiser for Wisconsin Wildcare.  I learned so much about urban wildlife that I really wanted to invite Kelly Osborn onto the show...

  
• 08.04.2017

  Episode 96 – Just saw What The Health

  Episode 96 (Air Date: August 4th, 2017) Today’s the day my first ever play opens — Off-Off-Broadway!!! (That’s a thing!) And instead of running to the gym (Spoiler Alert: I didn’t make it) I instead busted out this episode so I could...

  
• 06.22.2017

  Episode 95 – Road trip with Sara Andrews!

  Episode 95 (Air Date: June 21st, 2017) On the road again!  I just can’t wait to get back on the road again! Greetings from Wisconsin!  Today I am joined by Big Fat Vegan Radio listener, my long-time friend Sara Andrews. Sara and I collaborated...

  
• 05.30.2017

  Episode 94 – How I Went Vegan

  Episode 94 (Air Date: May 30th, 2017)   Hey guys! So first off — HAPPY 5 YEAR ANNIVERSARY TO BIG FAT VEGAN RADIO!!!  We forgot to observe that this time around!  I guess Honey was too distracted exhibiting The Vegan Drag Queen at RuPaul’s...

  
• 04.13.2017

  Episode 93 – Vegan Travel with Green Earth Travel

  Episode 93 (Air Date: April 13th, 2017)   Donna Zeigfinger has been vegan since 1983. She has been a travel agent for 30 years, and this summer she celebrates 20 years of Green Earth Travel! So in this episode we dish on travel,...

  
• 03.17.2017

  Episode 92 – Icelandic Vegans, Part 1

  Episode 92 (Air Date: March 17th, 2017) Okay…  It’s been quite some time since our last episode!  And you’re wondering why.  Right?  Of course you are. And you deserve to know: IT’S BECAUSE BEN IS A BAD PERSON! There.  I feel better...

  
• 12.25.2016

  Episode 91 – Holiday Sugar High with Michael Harren

  Episode 91 (Air Date: December 25th, 2016) Well we didn’t bring you a Halloween episode this year…  or a Thanksgiving episode… and this isn’t really even much of a Christmas episode. But we saw no other way to make up for the...

  
• 10.27.2016

  Episode 90 – Did you even rehearse?

  Episode 90 (Air Date: October 27th, 2016) It’s our last episode in person for a while! Laura is moving to Ireland and so Ben & Laura get together on last time — for pizza.  Of course! Today’s podcast is a bit more...

  
• 09.08.2016

  Episode 89 – Hey, Siri???

  Episode 89 (Air Date: September 8th, 2016) We’re back!  Well, Ben is back form three weeks abroad.  The trip he was telling us about has now come and gone.  Come hear all about it! And did you notice our new website?  Yeah!  We...

  
• 07.28.2016

  Episode 88 – Live from New York!

  Episode 88 (Air Date: July 28th, 2016) We decided – since we’re both in the same room again – we may as well try something new.  A Facebook Live post!!!  So this episode, for better or for worse, is the audio...

  
• 06.20.2016

  Episode 87 – Reunited and it feels… meh.

  Episode 87 (Air Date: June 20th, 2016) Laura is back on the East Coast! And here it is…  the first time Ben and Laura have seen each other in ages!  AND the first time we EVER recorded an episode TOGETHER in the...

  
• 05.01.2016

  Episode 86 – We’re THIS many !!!!

  Episode 86 (Air Date: May 1st, 2016) Big Fat Vegan Radio is four years old! We are so grateful to all our listeners for loving us and keeping us going, we truly owe it all to you!! HISSES AND PURRS Laura’s...

  
• 03.20.2016

  Episode 85 – Interview: Donny Moss (Their Turn) – NY Blood Center Abandons 66 Chimps!

  Episode 85 (Air Date: March 20th, 2016) Ben welcomes Donny Moss back to Big Fat Vegan Radio to discuss the 66 chimps abandoned by the New York Blood Center after using them for experimentation. It’s a heart breaking story, but there...

  
• 03.02.2016

  Episode 84 – #TeamBob!!!

  Episode 84 (Air Date: March 2nd, 2016) Have we made the official announcement yet??? OUR FRIEND BOB THE DRAG QUEEN IS ON SEASON 8 OF RUPAUL’S DRAG RACE!!! Watch Bob’s “Meet the Queens” video here: http://www.logotv.com/video-clips/9yk7xy/rupauls-drag-race-rupaul-s-drag-race-season-8-meet-the-queens-bob-the-drag-queen Oh and what’s this?  Honey...

  
• 02.10.2016

  Episode 83 – Interview: Robin Means and the Bay Area Soiree, Prom Done Vegan

  Episode 82 (Air Date: February 9th, 2016) Laura sits down with Robin Means, one of the even planners for the upcoming Bay Are Soiree, vegan prom! Check out their website for more info. Buy tickets here. All proceeds benefit The Humane...

  
• 02.01.2016

  Episode 82 – Interview: Bite Size Vegan

  Episode 82 (Air Date: February 1st, 2016) Ben welcomes Emily Moran Barwick of Bite Size Vegan to the podcast and later surprises her with a game of “lightning round” questions — which she slays!  (In a compassionate, non-violent way…) Plus we’ve...

  
• 01.21.2016

  Episode 81 – The Best of 2015

  Episode 81 (Air Date: January 21st, 2016) Happy New Year from Laura & Ben!  Today we look back, as we like to do, on the highlights of the previous year — both in the world of veganism, and in our personal...

  
• 12.22.2015

  Episode 80 – Happy Holidays from Laura and Michael

  Episode 80 (Air Date: December 22nd, 2015)   With Ben unavailable, Laura invites our friend Michael Harren on the show to discuss all of our favorite holiday goodies Holiday gift and outing ideas OCD Joni Marie Newman’s book “Vegan Food Gifts”...

  
• 11.24.2015

  Episode 79 – Talking Turkeys

  Episode 79 (Air Date: November 24th, 2015) Okay…  We’re hoping this is going to be your favorite episode ever.  It’s certainly going to be one of ours. How better to commemorate Thanksgiving — We invited various guests to share stories with us...

  
• 10.29.2015

  Episode 78 – Hello, Ween! Get it? Like… Cuz Halloween?

  Episode 78 (Air Date: October 29th, 2015) Sorry it’s been a while since our last episode!  We hope what we lacked this month in punctuality, we will more than make up for in silliness! Today, some of our favorite listeners sent in Halloween...

  
• 09.21.2015

  Episode 77 – Interview: Jay Astafa

  Episode 77 (Air Date: September 21st, 2015) Today we are joined by Jay Astafa to share about the big things he is up to an how he is transforming the landscape of vegan food as we know it! Jay Astafa discovered veganism...

  
• 09.11.2015

  Episode 76 – The FDA, Zoos, and other stupid [BLEEP!]

  SHOW NOTES Episode 76 (Air Date: September 10, 2015) Laura and Ben recorded an awesome Secret Show before this episode. Just saying. And you may need to hear it in order to get a few of the inside jokes in this episode....

  
• 08.31.2015

  Episode 75 – Interview: Courtney Pool

  Episode 75 (Air Date: August 29th, 2015) Laura sits down with Courtney Pool, a coach in Juice Cleansing/Juice Feasting, plant-based nutrition, holistic health, and healing compulsive eating She has been studying and teaching juicing, nutrition, and holistic health for over ten years, and has juice cleansed...

  
• 08.11.2015

  Episode 74 – Interview: Shaun Monson (Unity)

  SHOW NOTES Episode 74 (Air Date: August 11, 2015) Today, filmmaker Shaun Monson talks about the upcoming release of his new documentary Unity, the followup to Earthlings. Obviously most of you have already seen Earthlings.  In this episode, Ben & Shaun...

  
• 08.02.2015

  Episode 73 – Interview: Michael Harren

  SHOW NOTES Episode 73 (Air Date: August 2, 2015) Today Michael Harren returns to talk about his newest project and what he’s been up to at Tamerlaine Farm Animal Sanctuary.  Michael joins in an inevitable discussion with Ben & Laura about...

  
• 07.19.2015

  Episode 72 – SHARK WEEK with Jamie J Hagen

  SHOW NOTES Episode 72 (Air Date: July 19, 2015) Laura sits down with Jamie J. Hagen to discuss VAGINAS. Just kidding. Well sort of but not really. Follow Jamie on Twitter! In this new talk all about our monthly menstruation cycle...

  
• 07.09.2015

  Episode 71 – Interview: Collectively Free

  SHOW NOTES Episode 71 (Air Date: JULY 9, 2015) You’ve heard about them all over the internet since their latest action, disrupting the Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest at Coney Island.  Now come hear more about Collectively Free from two of it’s...

  
• 06.16.2015

  Episode 70 – Summer Fundraiser

  SHOW NOTES Episode 70 (Air Date: JUNE 16, 2015) Well… It’s been a while since your last Fundraiser episode (or parody song, as you know the two always go hand-in-hand!)  So here we are, getting back on our bikes and riding again!...

  
• 05.29.2015

  Episode 69 – Interview: Melisser Elliott & the new Melisser.com!

  Episode 69 (Air Date: May 29th, 2015) FINALLY we have Melisser Elliott on to talk about some of her past work including the award-winning (and now defunked) blog The Urban Housewife and her book The Vegan Girl’s Guide to Life. We get...

  
• 05.17.2015

  Episode 68 – Interview: Dreena Burton on her newest book Plant-Powered Families

  Episode 68 (Air Date: May 18th, 2015) Laura sits down with Dreena Burton, author of The Everyday Vegan, Vive le Vegan, eat drink and be vegan, Let Them Eat Vegan, and the e-book Plant-Powered 15, to talk about her newest book Plant-Powered Families. Check out...

  
• 05.09.2015

  Episode 67 – We’re 3 Years Old!

  Episode 67 (Air Date: May 9, 2015) Today Ben & Laura celebrate THREE YEARS of Big Fat Vegan Radio with an ALL-PURR episode!  That’s right!  No hisses on this joyous occasion!  Just purrs!  (Even if half of them about Morrissey!) Please be...

  
• 04.26.2015

  Episode 66 – Interview: Kristin Lajeunesse, author of Will Travel for Vegan Food

  Episode 66 (Air Date: April 26, 2015) Laura sits down with Kristin Lajeunesse, author of Will Travel for Vegan Food to talk about her exciting new book and the 2 years of travel behind it. Check out Will Travel for Vegan Food on...

  
• 04.19.2015

  Episode 65 – Interview: Evolve For Animals (Annie Hudson)

  Episode 65 (Air Date: April 19, 2015) Ben chats with Annie Hudson, the Social Media Director for Evolve For Animals.  Annie shares with us about the work EFA is doing, as well as her FIVE TIPS for using Facebook effectively as a tool...

  
• 04.17.2015

  Episode 64 – Ugh! Is there dairy in this???

  SHOW NOTES Episode 64 (Air Date: April 17th, 2015) Ben stars in a one man “who-done-it” as he recalls a mysterious marinara.  Then he & Laura gush about all their new members (not to mention our wonderful long time members!) who made it possible...

  
• 03.29.2015

  Episode 63 – Interview: Dr. Stephen Kaufman of CVA

  Episode 63 (Air Date: March 29, 2015) Laura sits down with Stephen Kaufman of the Christian Vegetarian Association to talk about what it means to be a vegan with faith and how to address those religious relatives who ask us challenging questions. Check...

  
• 03.19.2015

  Episode 62 – Interview: Damon Jacobs, HIV Prevention (PrEP)

  Episode 62 (Air Date: MARCH 19, 2015) This episode is going to seem a bit out of the ordinary. Today Ben is interviewing Damon L. Jacobs (Psychotherapist & PrEP Educator) about HIV Prevention. Did you know that we now have a pill that...

  
• 03.08.2015

  Episode 61 – Happy Birthday Ben!!

  SHOW NOTES Episode 61 (Air Date: March 8th, 2015) Ben & Laura get their chat on in a serious way about Vegan Street Fair, the heartbreak of NYC’s loss of The Cinnamon Snail AND San Francisco’s scramble to kickstart a new location...