All three members of The Tofu Trio are back together, and they kick things off with a major announcement. Sorry, no spoilers here. You'll have to listen to find out the big news. Joey then dives into his recent trip to "Scary Empire," which is actually called Spooky Empire, but his brain completely short-circuits in the moment. He goes through some of the overpriced crap he bought at the convention, holding some of it up for the viewers. Next up, Jon and Vanessa share more details from their trip to Japan, including a t-shirt they brought back for Joey. He proudly holds the shirt up, and then Vanessa continues the trend of using visual aids by showing off her Goshuincho, which is a traditional accordion booklet used to collect commemorative stamps and calligraphy from Buddhist temples. She displays the ink and stamps she collected, but audio-only listeners will have to use their imaginations. Later, Jon talks about his decision to stop carrying a physical wallet, a move that backfired on him while in Japan. The situation got so desperate that Vanessa literally had to convince Jon to ask total strangers for cash! Finally, Joey closes the show by reminiscing about the early days of their friendship, specifically the time he lost his own wallet after an outing with Jon and Vanessa. Clearly, the audio crowd is temporarily forgotten in this episode. The trio was too excited about playing show-and-tell!

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Vegans Talking Shit is hosted by Joey Di Girolamo, Jon Missirlian, and Vanessa Silva. Main podcast image artwork by Diego Orellana. Theme song "Flying" by TrackTribe. Visit @veganstalkingshit on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube and @vegans.talking.sh on TikTok. Send questions, comments, and topic ideas to [email protected], and you may get your email read during the show.