Think Like a Vegan

Emilia Leese

A podcast bringing you thought provoking deep dives across a wide variety of subjects related to veganism. The host is Emilia Leese, co-author of the book, Think Like a Vegan Each episode is a mini talk by a guest or the hose about a single topic relating to veganism, which might not be the focus of an everyday conversation. These short talks and guests will inspire and educate, expanding the conversation around veganism. And all is premised on veganism being part of basic fairness

  1. Ep. 31: Your First Foray into Control: The Problem with Adult Supremacy

    FEB 1

    Ep. 31: Your First Foray into Control: The Problem with Adult Supremacy

    Join me for a conversation with scholar-activist Amanda Williams as we dismantle the idea of "adult supremacy" and connect it to the broader fight for total liberation. Amanda shows us how our first lessons in power often start with controlling children, and how to turn that awareness into tangible action for a more compassionate world. Website/Socials & Books Amanda Williams Linktree: https://linktr.ee/amandarwilliams Books by Amanda: The Overprivileged Human; What Can I Do?; Exploring Topics in Non/Human Coexistence Free Frankie pressure campaign: https://www.kcactionforanimals.org/  Recommended books: Raising our Children, Raising Ourselves by Naomi Aldort; Unconditional Parenting by Alfie Kohn Other links "Ten Unschooling Boogeymen And How They're All NBD", by Agni Hogaboom https://buymeacoffee.com/agnihogaboom/ten-unschooling-boogeymen  "Unschooling For Parents Who Don't Unschool", by Agni Hogaboom https://buymeacoffee.com/agnihogaboom/unschooling-for-parents-who-don-unschool-761293  Emi Leese https://emilialeese.substack.com       http://thinklikeavegan.com        http://emilialeese.com       Instagram @emi.leese  YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@thinklikeavegan/videos     Credits Host: Emilia A. Leese  Guest: Amanda Williams Production & Engineering: Jim Moore of Bloody Vegans Productions; https://www.bloodyvegansproductions.com      Graphics: Catherine Dorrell https://www.messyvegancook.com      Music Opening theme: “Flashbacks” by Jenny Moore’s Mystic Business  Interlude: "Mushi" by Matthew Gerstenberger Closing theme: “Tear Things Up” by Jenny Moore’s Mystic Business This podcast is part of iROAR, the Animals Podcasting Network https://iroarpod.com

    41 min
  2. Ep. 30: Voices for the voiceless: animal rights activism in Canada - ethical beliefs among vegans and how they translate to animal rights activism

    JAN 15

    Ep. 30: Voices for the voiceless: animal rights activism in Canada - ethical beliefs among vegans and how they translate to animal rights activism

    What happens when a folklorist goes inside vegan and animal rights communities, not as an outsider looking in, but as someone documenting their lived beliefs? Dr. Ceallaigh MacCath-Moran joins me to discuss her research in St. John’s and Toronto, where she explores veganism as a counter-hegemonic tradition and activism as performative resistance. We delve into how media and academia often misrepresent these movements and why insider voices matter. From Gramsci to grassroots protest, this conversation challenges the idea speciesism is just common sense and asks what justice really sounds like when dissent speaks Website/socials Dr. Ceallaigh MacCath-Moran https://csmaccath.com/home  PhD dissertation https://research.library.mun.ca/16537/ Your Vegan Fallacy Is https://yourveganfallacyis.com/en  https://linktr.ee/csmaccath  Other links "What's wrong with carnism?" by Dr Corey Wrenn https://www.coreyleewrenn.com/carnism/  Emi Leese https://emilialeese.substack.com      http://thinklikeavegan.com       http://emilialeese.com      Instagram @emi.leese YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@thinklikeavegan/videos    Credits Host: Emilia A. Leese  Guest: Dr. Ceallaigh S. MacCath-Moran Production & Engineering: Jim Moore of Bloody Vegans Productions; https://www.bloodyvegansproductions.com     Graphics: Catherine Dorrell https://www.messyvegancook.com     Music Opening theme: “Flashbacks” by Jenny Moore’s Mystic Business  Interlude: "Kawa" music by Matthew Gerstenberger and voice by Chiyako Closing theme: “Tear Things Up” by Jenny Moore’s Mystic Business This podcast is part of iROAR, the Animals Podcasting Network https://iroarpod.com

    1 hr
  3. Ep. 29: The ultimate peace movement: The evolution of veganism as a social movement

    2025-12-01

    Ep. 29: The ultimate peace movement: The evolution of veganism as a social movement

    Roger Yates, a longtime animal rights firebrand, sociologist, and movement historian, cracks open veganism’s radical past. This isn’t just about diet or ethics. It’s about a revolutionary philosophy of total liberation challenging everything. Yates doesn’t just talk theory, he connects the dots to today’s movement in a way that’ll make you reconsider what “vegan” even means. Spoiler: It’s bigger than what you’ve been sold. Strap in. This one’s for the thinkers, the rebels, and anyone who believes justice must be pro-intersectional. History isn’t just background noise; it’s fuel. P.S. If you’ve ever argued about “militant vegans” or “the vegan agenda”… oh, you’ll want to hear this. Website/socials Roger Yates' YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/@RogerYates/streams Substack: https://substack.com/@drrogeryates Instagram @roger_yates1 TikTok roger_yates The Social Construction of Human Beings and Other Animals in Human-Nonhuman Relations https://rogeryatesphd.blogspot.com/ Blog https://onhumanrelationswithothersentientbeings.weebly.com/ Emi Leese https://emilialeese.substack.com http://thinklikeavegan.com http://emilialeese.com Instagram @emi.leese YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@thinklikeavegan/videos Credits Host: Emilia A. Leese Guest: Roger Yates Production & Engineering: Jim Moore of Bloody Vegans Productions; https://www.bloodyvegansproductions.com Graphics: Catherine Dorrell https://www.messyvegancook.com Music Opening theme: “Flashbacks” by Jenny Moore’s Mystic Business Interlude: "I Used to Do Lots of Things" by Matthew Gerstenberger Closing theme: “Tear Things Up” by Jenny Moore’s Mystic Business This podcast is part of iROAR, the Animals Podcasting Network https://iroarpod.com

    46 min
  4. Ep. 28: Revolutionary Peace: How Philadelphia Launched the US Vegetarian and Vegan Movement

    2025-11-01

    Ep. 28: Revolutionary Peace: How Philadelphia Launched the US Vegetarian and Vegan Movement

    Vance Lehmkhul is a vegan renaissance man: writer, journalist, cartoonist, and now, a vegan history detective. His book Revolutionary Peace cracks open the wild, untold story of how Philadelphia became the unlikely birthplace of America’s vegetarian and vegan revolt. This isn’t just a history lesson. It's a street-level view of radical thinkers who saw food as revolution. We’re talking 18th-century Quakers, 19th-century anarchists, feminist firebrands, and proto-vegan agitators who linked animal liberation to every fight for justice. Lehmkhul’s work proves something urgent: veganism was never just about diet — it was always political warfare. If you think today’s movements are divisive? Wait till you hear about the original plant-based rebels who scared the hell out of the status quo. This one is for all history nerds, activists, and anyone tired of watered-down veganism.  Links Vance Lehmkhul http://www.vegcast.com/vance/  Revolutionary Peace: How Philadelphia Launched the US Vegetarian and Vegan Movement https://americanvegan.org/product/revolutionary-peace/  Veg History Walking Tours https://americanvegan.org/veg-history-walking-tours/  American Vegan Center https://americanvegan.org/avc/  American Vegan Society https://americanvegan.org  The Return of Benjamin Lay https://www.benjaminlayplay.com  Emi Leese https://emilialeese.substack.com  http://thinklikeavegan.com  http://emilialeese.com  Instagram @emi.leese YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@thinklikeavegan/videos  Credits Host: Emilia A. Leese  Guest: Vance Lehmkhul Production & Engineering: Jim Moore of Bloody Vegans Productions; https://www.bloodyvegansproductions.com  Graphics: Catherine Dorrell https://www.messyvegancook.com  Music Opening theme: “Flashbacks” by Jenny Moore’s Mystic Business  Interlude: "Dappling" by Matthew Gerstenberger Closing theme: “Tear Things Up” by Jenny Moore’s Mystic Business This podcast is part of iROAR, the Animals Podcasting Network https://iroarpod.com

    52 min
  5. Ep. 27: Why vegans should care about genocide/ecocide in Gaza

    2025-10-10

    Ep. 27: Why vegans should care about genocide/ecocide in Gaza

    Researcher Rimona Afana unflinchingly exposes the hidden victims of Israel's war on Gaza: the natural world and nonhuman animals. She reveals how advanced weaponry creates a psychological distance enabling destruction on a colossal scale, making ecocide a feature, not a byproduct, of modern conflict. Website/Socials Rimona Afana https://www.linkedin.com/in/rimonaafana Ecocide/Speciesism: Legislating Hierarchy, Interdependence, Death https://www.facebook.com/ecocide.speciesism  Other links Israel's Crimes Against the Dead and Unborn in Gaza  https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/israels-crimes-against-the-dead-and-unborn-in-gaza Emi Leese https://emilialeese.substack.com  http://thinklikeavegan.com  http://emilialeese.com  Instagram @emi.leese YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@thinklikeavegan/videos  Credits Host: Emilia A. Leese  Guest: Rimona Afana Production & Engineering: Jim Moore of Bloody Vegans Productions; https://www.bloodyvegansproductions.com  Graphics: Catherine Dorrell https://www.messyvegancook.com  Music Opening theme: “Flashbacks” by Jenny Moore’s Mystic Business  Interlude: Birds from Shwikeh, Tulkarem, Palestine by sounds_from_palestine -- https://freesound.org/s/802437/  -- License: Creative Commons 0 Closing theme: “Tear Things Up” by Jenny Moore’s Mystic Business This podcast is part of iROAR, the Animals Podcasting Network https://iroarpod.com

    38 min
  6. Ep. 26: Ecological restoration and rewilding are essential

    2025-10-01

    Ep. 26: Ecological restoration and rewilding are essential

    There are those who study nature, and then there are those who listen to it. Alan Watson Featherstone is such a listener, a quiet revolutionary who has spent his life translating Earth's silent longing into action. In this episode, we walk with Alan through: The act of rewilding — not just restoring land, but restoring relationship Why healing broken ecosystems is the most radical hope we have How a single sapling carries within it an entire future A man of many gifts — photographer, storyteller, planter of forests — Alan founded Trees for Life in 1986 and for three decades served as its guiding spirit, transforming Scotland's barren glens into cathedrals of green. A vegan since 1979, his life reminds us that compassion must stretch beyond our species This is not a lecture on ecology. This is an invitation to remember, to see, as Alan does, that every act of rewilding is a love letter to a better future for everyone Website/Socials Alan Watson Featherstone https://alanwatsonfeatherstone.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/alan-watson-featherstone-8063961a  X @AlanWatsonFeat1 Photography https://www.naturepl.com/search?s=Alan+Watson  YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@alanwatsonfeatherstone9676/videos  Other links Findhorn community https://www.visitecovillagefindhorn.uk  Trees for Life https://treesforlife.org.uk Ishmael https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ishmael_(Quinn_novel) Kathleen Jannaway https://youtu.be/2ai7lnUsVPE?feature=shared  Auroville https://auroville.org  Jack Whitten https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Whitten  Birchfield https://birchfieldhighlands.org  Emi Leese https://emilialeese.substack.com   http://thinklikeavegan.com    http://emilialeese.com   Instagram @emi.leese YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@thinklikeavegan/videos     Credits Host: Emilia A. Leese  Guest: Alan Watson Featherstone Production & Engineering: Jim Moore of Bloody Vegans Productions; https://www.bloodyvegansproductions.com  Graphics: Catherine Dorrell https://www.messyvegancook.com  Music Opening theme: “Flashbacks” by Jenny Moore’s Mystic Business  Interlude: "Contemporary Music Too" by Matthew Gerstenberger Closing theme: “Tear Things Up” by Jenny Moore’s Mystic Business This podcast is part of iROAR, the Animals Podcasting Network https://iroarpod.com

    40 min
  7. Ep. 25: They profit while the planet burns: A radical manifesto with John Sanbonmatsu

    2025-09-01

    Ep. 25: They profit while the planet burns: A radical manifesto with John Sanbonmatsu

    Capitalism didn't just commodify animals - it turned suffering into an industry. Meet John Sanbonmatsu, the revolutionary philosopher tearing apart the meat-industrial complex in his incendiary new work The Omnivore's Deception. This book is an indictment of the entire capitalist food regime   Sanbonmatsu doesn't debate reform. He demands total dismantling of the oppressive structures that treat life as profit. This is food system analysis as class war, revealing how your burger funds environmental racism, worker exploitation and mass extinction. The only moral response is revolution   Website/Socials John Sanbonmatsu https://www.johnsanbonmatsu.com Other links Karen Davis essay https://www.upc-online.org/thinking/rhetoric.pdf Emi Leese https://emilialeese.substack.com      http://thinklikeavegan.com       http://emilialeese.com      Instagram @emi.leese YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@thinklikeavegan/videos    Credits Host: Emilia A. Leese  Guest: John Sanbonmatsu Production & Engineering: Jim Moore of Bloody Vegans Productions; https://www.bloodyvegansproductions.com  Graphics: Catherine Dorrell https://www.messyvegancook.com  Music Opening theme: “Flashbacks” by Jenny Moore’s Mystic Business  Interlude: "7am" music by Matthew Gerstenberger and voice by Chiyako Closing theme: “Tear Things Up” by Jenny Moore’s Mystic Business This podcast is part of iROAR, the Animals Podcasting Network https://iroarpod.com

    48 min
  8. Ep. 24 What’s the difference between animal rights and welfare?

    2024-09-18

    Ep. 24 What’s the difference between animal rights and welfare?

    This episode goes back to basics. We hear about animal rights, welfare, compassion and kindness. It all sounds like good things and stuff we should have. So I want to share with you why when I talk about animal ethics, I centre my words around rights instead of welfare or compassion and kindness Website/Socials Emi Leese https://emilialeese.substack.com    http://thinklikeavegan.com     http://emilialeese.com      @emi.leese or @thinklikeavegan, Instagram, Facebook, X and Threads Credits Host: Emilia A. Leese  Production & Engineering: Jim Moore of Bloody Vegans Productions; https://www.bloodyvegansproductions.com  Graphics: Catherine Dorrell https://www.messyvegancook.com  Music Opening theme: “Flashbacks” by Jenny Moore’s Mystic Business  Interlude:  "On the Forbidden Balcony" by Matthew Gerstenberger; Seismicity on Soundcloud https://on.soundcloud.com/3Pf8g  Closing theme: “Tear Things Up” by Jenny Moore’s Mystic Business This podcast is part of iROAR, the Animals Podcasting Network https://iroarpod.com

    12 min
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A podcast bringing you thought provoking deep dives across a wide variety of subjects related to veganism. The host is Emilia Leese, co-author of the book, Think Like a Vegan Each episode is a mini talk by a guest or the hose about a single topic relating to veganism, which might not be the focus of an everyday conversation. These short talks and guests will inspire and educate, expanding the conversation around veganism. And all is premised on veganism being part of basic fairness

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  • Creator
    Emilia Leese
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2026
  • Episodes
    32
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Emilia Leese
  • Show Website
    Think Like a Vegan

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