Just So You Know Just So You Know

An inspirational response to everyone who says that it’s too expensive to be vegan. Jamie and Justina walk through some surprising facts about why food costs what it does, and then they have a powerful conversation with a vegan activist about growing up on food stamps, being vegan and low-income, and why it upsets her when people say veganism is privileged.

More and more circuses have given up on animal acts, but Shrine circuses are still cynically taking advantage of children’s natural love of animals to exploit them for fundraisers. This week, Jamie and Justina get into exactly what that means for the animals involved, and (just so you know), it’s not great! Also, Jamie can juggle. Who knew?

Why do high schools have animal dissection when medical schools don’t? Why is dissection still around even though there are better alternatives? And what happens when you get locked out of your apartment in just your bathrobe? The answer to two of these questions is “money.” The third one’s a bit more complicated.

You’ll never believe what the original working name for “vegan” was. Plus, which ancient Egyptian Pharaoh had a major soft spot for animals? Was the philosopher Plato vegan-curious? And why did Roman gladiators eat a mostly vegetarian diet? This week, it’s Jamie and Justina’s Excellent Adventure into vegan history!

The notorious Miami Seaquarium is having its lease terminated by the county. Jamie, Justina, and a special guest get into how it all went down and discuss the shocking behind-the-scenes of what life is like for marine mammals in parks like SeaWorld. Then Jamie tries to make Justina cry (spoiler: she crushes it).

They spell your name wrong on the cup. They don’t serve
anything you can eat for breakfast. And then they charge you extra for vegan milk! Jamie and Justina get into exactly what’s going on with Starbucks’s outrageous vegan upcharge, and then they talk to the incredible Chef Babette
Davis, who glued her hand to a Starbucks counter as a protest.