Happy New Year Listener!

This episode Beanz and Kelaherb talk about their hopes and dreams for 2019. The Economist has dubbed 2019, 'The Year of the Vegan' and so your trusty co-hosts have set their sights high. 

Then in a mammoth news week the Herby Beanz explain why there can never be such a thing as 'no kill eggs', talk about cunts that hunt and why we believe the Gippy Goat disruption and liberation should be viewed as a success. 

In the main discussion the Vegan Beanz chat about speciesism and ask are vegans guilty of being speciesist? If so what we can do to recognise our own speciesism? How can we challenge it? And by doing so could we become less hypocritical and more effective activists? After all, we want to stand up for all animals... not just the cute ones. 

Finally the moment everyone has been waiting for. Who has won Prick of the Year? We know the excitement is killing you, but try to hold out until the end of the episode to find out who is taking home the prick shaped trophy.

"I would go vegan but Guide Dogs tho..."

Beanz and Kelaherb dive headfirst into controversy this episode as they chat about service animals from a vegan perspective and ask the question, 'Are they service animals or slave animals?'

From therapy chickens to guide dogs and everyone in between. Do these animals have an equal and loving relationship with their human or are they being exploited? Just because we can see the benefit for people, does that make it okay? Whilst both of us are able bodied we have a fair crack at looking at this from all angles. Kelaherb has seen first hand how things can go wrong after some 'therapy chickens' were surrendered to the hen rescue. And how exactly should you respond when carnists try to trip you up with the 'Guide Dogs tho' argument?

Plus find out how Herb and Beanz are doing with their New Year Resolutions,  have a chat about the Gregg's vegan sausage roll media storm and find out why Piers Morgan may be the greatest vegan advocate of our time. Catch up on some news, including the latest awesome Veganuary updates and an inspiring story of a Mother's bid for freedom.  Find out all the scoop from the NSW Hen Rescue coop and laugh yourself silly at our spectacular prick of the week.

If you have show topic ideas, feedback or prick nominations please email [email protected].

Check out NSW Hen Rescue on Facebook and Insta. And follow Kelaherb on Insta @VeganHen. We'd love to hear from you.

In this bumper 15th episode Justin Beanz and Catherine Kelaherb take an in depth look into  companion animals. Is it ever really vegan to 'own' animals?

Kelaherb talks about some of her failings with companion animals from her days as a carnist child and Beanz shows you how not to run a vegan dog food co-op.  

Beanz is pretty sure that everyone just needs to try harder to get their companion animals to eat vegan food, whilst Kelaherb is not so sure we're at the stage where the food is suitable for all companion animal needs. 

Luckily there are some very exciting cell-based developments on the horizon that could soon see our carnivorous companions' needs met without the slaughter of other animals.  

Your trusty co-hosts also take a look at the disturbing world of mouse farming for snake food and why keeping non-rescue snakes can never really be vegan.  

From colony cat care to fish sanctuaries Kelaherb and Beanz leave no stone unturned. 

Plus loads of good news stories on major vegan developments, more on Justin's odd ideas about cats, scoop from the coop and of course our prick of the week. You're gonna love it. 

Here are some of the resources mentioned on the show:

Plant Based News article on ‘embarrassed vegans’ by Chas Newkey-Burden

https://www.plantbasednews.org/post/opinion-dont-be-embarrassed-by-vegan-activism-its-not-about-you

Nearly 3million Brits will go vegan in 2019.

https://www.livekindly.co/nearly-3-million-people-vegan-2019-survey-finds/?fbclid=IwAR3QfggFStzJJyzJ-ZUIN5lgitklKLe5lBpveZzuTuy60zo-js4U8lubJAA

Zoe Rosenberg runs onto field in football game to protest stadium’s links to Petaluma chickens and to promote #RightToRescue.

https://www.plantbasednews.org/post/vegan-activist-ncaa-national-championship-game-protest-animal-suffering

62 NY State schools to take 2 weeks vegan challenge thanks to Proveg.

https://www.livekindly.co/new-york-state-school-districts-vegan-good-life-challenge/

Modern Meadow developing cell-based leather

https://www.livekindly.co/vegan-biotech-company-disrupt-100-billion-leather-industry/

Carnist Scum Mouse farmer: https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2015-05-08/mouse-and-snake-farmer/6452780

Cell-based dog, cat and snake food:  https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/08/vegan-pet-food-wild-earth/566723/

Later in the episode Kelaherb goes through the animal happiness check from her new book, Saving Animals: A Young Activist's Guide. The book will be available soon, but in the meantime you can use the list below. 

Work through the questions below for each of your animal friends. It will help you find ways to enrich their lives and make them happier.

Does the animal have a healthy diet? Research the optimum diet for the species and see if you can improve your companion's diet or add variety.

Does the animal have company of the same species? Would they benefit from a companion?

Is the animal healthy? Are they due for a dental check? Worming? Flea treatment? Do they need a nail trim?

Does the animal have enough space compared to their natural environment? Could you give them more space to explore? Think of ways to make the animal's enclosure replicate the best bits of their natural environment. Google search for ideas.

Is the animal safe from predators?

Is the animal protected from heat stress, cold and the elements?

Is the animal getting enough exercise? Is the exercise fun and interesting for them?

What does your animal friend do when you are not around? Do they have toys or other enrichment? Look on Pinterest to find ideas.

Are they clean and groomed? Do they have any matts or tangles?

Does the animal have their own space? Is there somewhere to relax and get away from humans?

How much time do you spend with your animal friend either sitting with them, playing or walking them?

If you were living the life your animal friend is living, how would you feel? What changes would you like?

By this point you should have lots of thoughts on how to make your animal friends happier. Have fun trying them out.

Email [email protected] with your topic ideas, questions, comments and prick of the week nominations.

Carnists just love yelling 'Get a Job!' at vegan activists. Little do they know most of us actually have jobs. If we didn't, how on earth would we afford all the vegan ice cream?

In this episode David Roberts and Kelaherb dive deep into the vegan working world. Desperate times call for desperate measures and some of us vegans have found ourselves working very non-vegan jobs, like the time Kelaherb worked at Coles Express that sell bacon, eggs and tonnes of cow's milk. 

Other times we find ourselves working in jobs that do no extra harm to animals, but also don't do anything to help. That can be a hard thing to deal with when you've realised your purpose is to change the world for animals. You find yourself thinking, 'how the heck am I going to make time to get on a roof when I am trapped in this 9-5 filing TMA reports all day?! What a waste!'

And then there is the Grand Goal, the Vegan Job. Yup, some lucky ducks have managed to find jobs working for vegan organisations. Other activists have started vegan businesses or set themselves up a Patreon to help fund their work. 

So why is it that a vegan who works for an outreach org, gets a pat on the back by our community, but a vegan who does the same work funded by Patreon gets a slap in the face?

Stay to the end for a spectacular prick of the week involving some 'Disappointing, Apologist, Cunt Vegans.'

Plus plenty of news and chatz.

David Roberts and Catherine Killaherb get together and forget condoms!

Geez, relax... we're talking about The Twilight Zone. Those grey areas of veganism that have vegans all in a tizzy online. Whilst most of us know these are not the discussions we should get bogged down in, it's these grey areas that carnists love to throw in our faces and shout 'hypocrisy!' They seem to think that because vegans can't avoid stepping on ants, that means it's okay for carnists to stab pigs and chickens in the throat (major eye roll). 

We chat about:

Dirty vegans - those that chow down on animal products from a dumpster

Are lions more vegan than carnists?

Backyard eggs 

Second hand skins

Roadkill - the 'vegan' who makes sporrans out of victims

Football team sponsorship. Is David even a real vegan when his team are sponsored by Steggles?

Seaweed

Honey

Veg grown by bee pollination. The old avocado, almond thing. 

Figs 

Palm oil

Are vegan Magnums actually vegan?

Vegan products from non-vegan companies

Bivalves - oysters, mussels and clams... oh my! 

Self defense against mosquitoes and more!

Plus check out our incredibly prickish prick of the week and the latest news and scoop from the coop. 

Contact us: [email protected]

Whilst the boys continue to luxuriate on their hols, Kelaherb is joined by stand in Bean, Sarah Morrison to talk about LOVE. 

Sarah is a psychiatric nurse, co-founder of Vegan Runners Australia and hen rescue volunteer extraordinaire, but her biggest qualification for this ep is that she is.... dating a carnist!

We chat about vegan dating and relationships. Would you ever date a carnist? What about a hunter  or butcher?! And if you  are already in a loving relationship with a fully fledged Malzoan, how can you make it work? We also discuss activist relationships with non-activists and Kelaherb comes up with a brilliant idea to to help vegans on Tindr dates. 

We also have the scoop from the coop and catch up on some fascinating news stories including this gem of a meme from the North American  Meat Institute: https://www.facebook.com/AmericanMeatInstitute/posts/2073927132645717

We talk about why more vegans should embrace the tree hugger lifestyle: https://www.smh.com.au/environment/sustainability/10-million-animals-a-year-die-from-tree-clearing-in-nsw-report-finds-20181107-p50eij.html?fbclid=IwAR2YfYSuj_4Ix9miAL0sbrekZHdFTzB5aq_0jBCPf7IXEtUIGCVuwFnHeWQ

and whilst our prick of the week is particularly evil, don't worry we have a runner up prick for you to have a chortle at. 

To buy Catherine's brand new book, Saving Animals: A Young Activist's guide go to CatherineKelaher.com or pick one up on Amazon. 

Insta: @VeganRunnersAustralia

Insta: @nsw.hen.rescue @veganhen

Yassssssss! Justin Beanz is finally back and in this rambling, unedited, joyous episode Beanz and Kelaherb have the catch up that we've all be so desperate for. 

Lots of news, an in depth review  of vegan ice creams, fat shaming, breaking laws and a little discussion on Kelaherb's recent burn out. 

It's gonna be fun! 

Oh and if you want to buy Kelaherb's books you can do so at CatherineKelaher.com or on Amazon. Go on, you know you want to. 

Email: [email protected]

Welcome to this extra special, new bonus series where Catherine Kelaher will take you deep into the secretive ALF case files to find out where we come from and who has fought on the frontlines before us.  

Each ep we will focus on one activist or one campaign from our history. What can we learn from these people who fought so hard for the innocent? How can we build on their work? How can we replicate their dedication and perhaps move forward with some of their fire?  

I don't think anyone will be surprised by the first ep in this series. Jill Phipps was a young mum and dedicated activist known in particular for her fierce work against live exports in the UK and her death under the wheels of a live export truck in 1995. Whilst that is an important part of our history, there was more to Jill than her tragic end and today we’re going to look at her activism and what we know about her as a person.

After hearing the story of this colourful, kind "rainbow warrior" prepare to feel motivated.

Resources:

Jill's Film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N86c39TDTGA

Public Eye: Animal Wars (1995): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cS50NRMG8vs 

From Dusk til  Dawn by Keith Mann (2007)

Music at end - Subhumans - Fade Away (played at Jill's funeral): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkAppz_zpY8 

Notable lyrics: "So live your life In fear of no one We must have our say Before we fade away"

ITV meridian report on Jill Phipps memorial protest in Ramsgate Feb 2019: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHhDjVwjMQE

Jillsdream.co.uk Set up by her brother Zab Phipps. 

Article by Laura King: Jill Phipps - my old friend http://thepoetlaura-eate.blogspot.com/2013/11/jill-phipps-my-old-friend.html

The Independent, 'For what cause did Jill Phipps die?' by Paul Vallely 3rd Feb 1995: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/for-what-cause-did-jill-phipps-die-1571300.html

Animal Liberation Front Hall of Fame: http://www.animalliberationfront.com/Saints/ARHallOfFame/JillPhipps.htm

The Talon Conspiracy: http://thetalonconspiracy.com/2012/02/in-memory-of-jill-phipps/

You can buy Catherine's book here: Saving Animals: A Young Activist's Guide or on Amazon.com. 

To suggest topics for our regular eps or for the new Frontlines series email: [email protected]

Oh brother! Do we have a treat for you today. 

Catherine Kelaher is joined by her carnist Dad, Martin Smith for a very special, bonus episode. Despite his carnist ways, Martin agreed to watch vegan doco Peaceable Kingdom and give his opinions. Now credit where credit is due Martin watched the film with an open mind. It was meant to be a short review ep, but as expected the conversation took many turns. Quite a few of those turns led to the question of whether vegan sausages should be allowed to be called sausages. Other classics to look out for include 'fish are there to be caught,'  'cruelty free slaughter,' 'humane farming' and 'we need factory farming to feed everyone.' It turns out there was a lot to talk about. 

Join Smith and Daughter as they bond over their mutual loathing of Piers Morgan, catch up on some UK news and end up with a surprising prick of the week. 

Plus listen out for a new argument that may not be on your carnist bingo card, 'management tho.' 

Okay, so this ep may have you pulling your hair out with frustration, but no doubt you will  relate to this convo. Sometimes those we love feel like they are the least likely to change. It can be a challenge to remember the arguments we've heard hundreds of times are often new to the person thinking of them. Hopefully this ep will give you some hope as even Carnist Dad shows some willingness to change and agrees that nothing is okay when it comes to killing.

Thanks to Carnist Dad for being such a good sport. He'll be vegan soon enough. 

Want to check out Catherine's new book, Saving Animals: A Young Activist's Guide? Go to CatherineKelaher.com

If you're in the USA buy it on Amazon.com

Follow Catherine on Insta

Listener, it simply couldn't wait until next week's episode. The Aussie Farms Map is now available to the public and it is causing quite the stir among 'Our F/Harmers'. They are losing their shit left, right and centre and it is simply beautiful to watch. 

In this short, but oh so sweet bonus ep Catherine Kelaher takes an in depth look at the interactive map that exposes animal exploitation around Australia. 

Starting off with, 'so what's the point of the map exactly?' And moving swiftly onto F/Harmer's reactions. I can sum it up quite simply here: 'Won't someone think of the children?!'

Let's celebrate the amazing media coverage this has given the animals and the number of F/Harmer pricks that are now on our radar. Plus how exactly can you, the listener, use and add to the map?

If you were worried that Fiona Simson (President of National Farmers' Federation) wouldn't feature... don't fret. She's here too. 

So relax, grab a spoon and your fave vegan ice cream and enjoy the shit show that is Australian agriculture.