In the UK this week, the RSPCA and Cats Protection UK have publicly spoken out against cat cafes; the businesses where customers can pay for the privilege of sipping lattes alongside (generally) rescued cats. But how are Dominic, Julie & Ant feline about this, and the rest of the week's animal rights news?! **************** Enough of the Falafel is a community of people who love keeping on top of the latest news in the world of veganism & animal rights. With the Vegan Week podcast, we ai...
Mar 24, 2025•1 hr 10 min
Available to watch for free on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adue0xef8pY), this latest documentary from Dan Richardson & Giles Alderson looks at the huge range of people following a vegan lifestyle & the reasons one might do so. In this episode, Julie, Paul, Dominic & Ant discuss their thoughts on the film See the IMDB summary here: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9614434/ As ever, we love hearing your views on the topics under discussion (or anything else!) so do drop us you...
Mar 20, 2025•45 min
This was the week that two PETA protestors received the beating of all beatings whilst protesting the selective breeding that is synonymous with Crifts Dog Show; one was repeatedly punched by security services; the other was thrown out of his wheelchair. Just the positive PR that dog breeding needed, right?! As well as this story, Elena, Mark & Ant look at eight other news articles from the vegan & animal rights space from the last week or so. **************** Enough of the Falafel is a ...
Mar 17, 2025•1 hr 4 min
Yes, there's another potential link to animal abuse in the things you buy! Just when you thought you'd done all your checks...turns out that the xanthan gum you'd triple-checked the ingredients list for...was fed to some innocent mice until they could take no more. FFS... In this episode, Julie & Ant explore how & why some foods are tested on animals, some of the ways to find out whether your food has been put through this (needless) hooopla, and indeed how to avoid it...as best as you c...
Mar 13, 2025•39 min
This week, Dominic, Paul, Julie & Ant start off by discussing the perculiar & sinister-sounding art installation involving three piglets being starved...to draw people's attention to animal abuse in animal ag. But the plot thickened almost as much as the artist himself, as the piglets were subsequently stolen by animal rights protestors. As well as this story, we also look at nine other news articles from the vegan & animal rights space from the last week or so. **************** Enou...
Mar 10, 2025•1 hr 9 min
Julie, Paul & Ant are heading into the DeLorean and setting course for 2010, where a 12 minute claymation film has just been released in Australia. Are we just being sentimental in watching this one, or are there things that can be learned from this short? Watch the film here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yg3kezDhxJA&t=1s See the IMDB summary here: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1743235/ The film's landing page is here: https://teganthevegan.net/about.html And production company 'Enemie...
Mar 06, 2025•32 min
All those people sitting in Nandos are only there because of the company's love for the environment, right?! In this episode, Ant & Julie examine the latest campaign against the chicken restaurant by environmentalists, concerned about the impact of the poultry industry on the nearby River Wye...but is there any mention of alternatives that might actually improve outcomes for these innocent birds? As well as this story, we also look at eight other news articles from the vegan & animal rig...
Mar 03, 2025•1 hr 4 min
Considering how straightforward the answer could be, this question comes up quite a lot. Shouldn't we be encouraging beekeeping, if bees are threatened? It doesn't hurt a bee to eat some of its honey, surely? In this episode Kate, Paul & Ant discuss their responses to this question, share reasons why you really don't want to be supporting any kind of beekeeping & discuss how to respond to those 'vegans' who make an exception for honey. As ever, we love hearing your views on the topics un...
Feb 27, 2025•32 min
Always great to see a court case resolving to allow animal rights protests to continue; in this episode, Paul, Julie & Anthony discuss the case of John Curtin, who- along with Camp Beagle at MBR Acres in the East of England- have been allowed to resume their campaign against animal breeding and testing industries. We also look at eight other stories from the vegan & animal rights space from the last week or so. **************** Enough of the Falafel is a community of people who love keep...
Feb 24, 2025•1 hr 7 min
Should vegans be attending Vegan Camp Out in lieu of the news that the venue is closely entangled with animal cruelty? When will Sweden catch up with the rest of the vegan world? And who exactly are these "vegans" who are swimming around and killing lionfish? This is our fifth Listener Mailbag episode where Ant, Kate & Julie read & respond to your messages. We love hearing your views on the topics under discussion (or anything else!) so do drop us your thoughts via enoughofthefalafel@gma...
Feb 20, 2025•49 min
Dairy farmers in the US are warning that if Donald Trump's new deportation measures take full effect...there might not be anyone left who is willing to do the dairy industry's dirty work. Paul, Kate & Ant dissect this, as well as nine other stories from the week's vegan & animal rights news, as they ponder: Whilst it may indicate another bell tolling for the dairy industry, can we really celebrate such an inhumane state of politics? **************** Enough of the Falafel is a community o...
Feb 17, 2025•1 hr 8 min
What do you do when a vegan in your life does something that...well...just isn't really that vegan? Does it depend on how 'serious' the 'transgression' is? And by even thinking in this way, are we falling into 'vegan policing'? Or just keeping it real for the animals? In this episode Mark, Julie & Ant talk about specific times in their lives when they've weighed up whether to say something or not, as well as hypothetical situations & general tips & things to avoid. As ever, we love h...
Feb 13, 2025•42 min
Nine stories from the last seven days of veganism and animal rights for Julie, Kate & Ant to dissect this week including the names of Czech sausages, mountains with legal personhood & anmal agriculture's latest attempt to become even more depraved, as it stoops to new lows with its feed in the UK. **************** Enough of the Falafel is a community of people who love keeping on top of the latest news in the world of veganism & animal rights. With the Vegan Week podcast, we aim to k...
Feb 10, 2025•58 min
Raising Hare was a short podcast series from BBC Sounds available in January 2025, based on a book written by Chloe Dalton. It documented a real life story of the author, who in the first lockdown of 2020, found an ailing infant hare (a leveret) in a field near her home. What follows is a story of constantly weighing up what the right thing is to do with a wild animal that needs help, but also is at risk from becoming too domesticated if Chloe took the 'wrong' intervention. The podcast is regret...
Feb 06, 2025•53 min
A recent study has shown that including carbon-footprint data next to supermarket products makes people significantly more likely to choose plant-based equivalents of meat, cheese and milk. Will this happen in reality, and how could other existing e-commerce tools be used to benefit animals? In this episode, Julie, Mark & Anthony examine this, as well as nine other stories from the vegan & animal rights space from the last week or so. **************** Enough of the Falafel is a community...
Feb 03, 2025•1 hr 12 min
We hear lots at the moment about how AI is being used to regulate animals' feeding schedules and evaluate carcasses for diseases...but could Artificial Intelligence instead be used to help liberate animals? Carlos & Ant talk AI, with only occasional help from a vegan bot... As ever, we love hearing your views on the topics under discussion (or anything else!) so do drop us your thoughts via enoughofthefalafel@gmail.com ************* Enough of the Falafel is a community of people who love kee...
Jan 30, 2025•37 min
In our fifth episode of this second series of 'Going Vegan', we speak to Elena who tells us about growing up in rural Spain, how an unexpected parallel between her twin sister's academic textbook led her to vegetarianism, and how the waters became muddied when a real desire to live as a vegan for moral and ethical reasons...was paired with disordered eating. We're incredibly grateful for Elena's vulnerability in sharing such a personal story, and hope that in so doing we can all learn from her e...
Jan 29, 2025•46 min
Blimey, that was a bit of week wasn't it?! In this episode, Julie, Dominic & Anthony examine a blustering week full of some of the most controversial and divisive stories we've seen since we started Enough of the Falafel: Angry shoppers yelling at Animal Rising demonstrators, dead piglets being dropped on doorsteps, elephants being denied legal personhood, and Julie getting suspicious that Dale Vince is making a bold claim that isn't his to make! In total we look at nine stories from the veg...
Jan 27, 2025•1 hr 7 min
Saving & prolonging the lives of innocent non-human animals is valuable & heart-warming work. But with tens of billions of animals needlessly losing their lives to human exploitation every year, could the finite resources of the vegan movement be applied more effectively? Ant, Carlos & Mark explore this thorny question in this episode. Reference is made in this episode to the following source: https://veganfta.com/2024/01/21/concerns-about-us-animal-sanctuaries-financial-future/ As e...
Jan 23, 2025•33 min
Join us in Series 2 of the Going Vegan show for conversations with people about their vegan journeys: The first signs that veganism might be an option for individuals, making the switch, the challenges, the surprises...and everything in between! In our fourth episode of this second series, we speak to regular contributor to the show- Mark- who tells us about his many decades involvement in the animal rights movement, the challenges of being vegan throughout life challenges, and how his approach ...
Jan 22, 2025•54 min
The terrible wildfires raging across California at the moment are truly awful news, for human and non-human animals alike. One tiny kernel of positivity amidst the horror however is the actions of plant-based pop-up Vurger Guyz, who have provided over a thousand plant-based meals to some of those affected by the tragedy, as well as receiving support from actor Tabitha Borwn, and plant-based giants, Beyond Meat. As well as this story, Carlos & Anthony look at ten stories from the vegan & ...
Jan 20, 2025•53 min
Rewilding is arguably the hot new topic in vegan circles...but is it always vegan, or what is best of animals? Kate, Julie & Ant dip their toes into this one, making reference to the following sources: https://rewildingeurope.com/what-is-rewilding/ https://knepp.co.uk/ https://iucn.org/resources/issues-brief/benefits-and-risks-rewilding#:~:text=Poorly%20managed%20rewilding%2C%20however%2C%20carries,revised%2C%20with%20reduced%20herbivore%20numbers.&text=Without%20proper%20consultation%20...
Jan 16, 2025•38 min
Join us in Series 2 of the Going Vegan show for conversations with people about their vegan journeys: The first signs that veganism might be an option for individuals, making the switch, the challenges, the surprises...and everything in between! In our third episode of this second series, we speak to Josh, who tells us about a vegan journey based in New Zealand, starting from seeing a friend's Facebook post and has led him to take his body to the limits in athletic performance as a vegan runner!...
Jan 15, 2025•29 min
Whilst crimes and cruelty against wildlife still abound, the Hunt Saboteurs in the UK have had a successful festive period by all accounts, saving lives & stopping hunts in their tracks. As well as this story, Mark, Carlos & Anthony look at ten stories from the vegan & animal rights space from the last week or so. **************** Enough of the Falafel is a community of people who love keeping on top of the latest news in the world of veganism & animal rights. With the Vegan Week...
Jan 13, 2025•1 hr 2 min
This month is of course Veganuary, but their latest media campaign is getting "weird", specifically focussing on some of the contradictions and oddities of animal exploitation. Carlos, Luke & Ant discuss the campaign, the artwork involved and how effective we think it may be. The media in question can be seen here: https://veganuary.com/main-2/ https://weareveganuary.sharepoint.com/sites/ShareExternally/Shared%20Documents/Forms/AllItems.aspx?id=%2Fsites%2FShareExternally%2FShared%20Documents...
Jan 09, 2025•34 min
Join us in Series 2 of the Going Vegan show for conversations with people about their vegan journeys: The first signs that veganism might be an option for individuals, making the switch, the challenges, the surprises...and everything in between! In our second episode of this second series, we speak to Julia, who tells us about a vegan journey with some unique & stark moments, including the sudden death of a chicken, dating a dairy farmer, and raising vegan twins! If you enjoy this episode, c...
Jan 07, 2025•29 min
If you're reading this, we're probably preaching to the choir. But really, you do have to be so careful to read beyond the headline! South Lakes Zoo may have closed, but the animals who were subject to horrific treatment, seem to be no better off, as this week we learn how they will be rehomed. In this episode, Julie, Kate & Anthony look at this, plus another eight stories from the vegan & animal rights space from the last couple of weeks. **************** Enough of the Falafel is a comm...
Jan 06, 2025•56 min
Join us in Series 2 of the Going Vegan show for conversations with people about their vegan journeys: The first signs that veganism might be an option for individuals, making the switch, the challenges, the surprises...and everything in between! In our first episode of the new series, we speak to Sam, who tells us about a vegan journey that has involved work placements in the meat industry, being vegan in the early 1990s & writing a protest song to be sung by an ex-vegetarian...about their o...
Jan 02, 2025•47 min
Happy New Year! What news story made the biggest waves in the vegan movement over the last 12 months? Who has been your animal rights hero of 2024? And what has got you fuming more than Jeremy Clarkson at the news that his shooting habit now comes with the added bonus of inheritance tax? In part two of this episode, Julie, Dominic & Ant weigh up the most annoying story of the last year, the biggest setback, their biggest vegan superheroes, the biggest win for animals, as well as making some ...
Jan 01, 2025•45 min
What news story has made the biggest waves in the vegan movement over the last 12 months? Who has been your animal rights hero of 2024? And what has got you fuming more than Jeremy Clarkson at the news that his shooting habit now comes with the added bonus of inheritance tax? In part one of this episode, Julie, Dominic & Ant weigh up the biggest impact news stories of the year, as well as the best film, best study, best campaign & the story that had our jaws on the floor with disbelief *...
Dec 30, 2024•46 min
