Hey all,
This is one of those things that's both totally off-topic and totally not. For the past couple of weeks I've been meaning to tell you about a podcast interview I hope you'll check out. Christopher Ryan is the most engaging conversationalist I know of, and I am hooked on his weekly podcast, "Tangentially Speaking."
Ryan's February 13 episode, with Stephan Schwartz, gets to the heart of everything that's wrong with the USA, as this country continues to circle the drain. But this isn't the standard liberal vs. conservative polarization; it takes an angle that transcends that sort of counterproductive dichotomy. Give this episode a listen and it just may change the way you see the world.
I've since subscribed to Schwartz' free daily newsletter, and I couldn't recommend it more highly.
OK, time to get into this week's news. It's been one of the less eventful weeks of the year, but some good stuff still happened.
Top News Stories of the Week (via @Vegan on Twitter):
- Great coverage by Quartz of the new lobbying group for vegan foods. Link.
- Vegan becomes welterweight UFC champion. Link.
- Harry Potter co-star Evanna Lynch on being vegan: "killing and eating animals is a betrayal of our own core humanity.” Link.
- More than half America's calories come from ultra-processed foods—& then another big chunk from meat, milk, & eggs. Link.
- Inspiring story about a cattle rancher's wife who went vegan. Link.
- Here's the recipe from one of the desserts available at Moby's all-vegan Little Pine restaurant in Los Angeles. Link.
- A smart and nuanced article from Time (paired with a stupid trollish headline) about prehistoric meat eaters. Link.
- Pamela Anderson asks New York Governor Andrew Cuomo for vegan meals for prisoners & gets a shockingly dismissive reply. Link.
- A super cool article on Whole Foods Market founder (and vegan) John Mackey. Link.
- Processed meat more likely to cause breast cancer in latinas than in white women. Link.
- Are you in a rut when it come to eating the same old things for lunch? Here are 20 easy vegan recipes. Link.
- Hard to believe that—not so long ago—just about all vegan cheese sucked. Link.
- Vice's Munchies site says the best ramen in Los Angeles is vegan—and it even comes complete with runny vegan eggs! Link.
- A terrific article on vegan cheese from Public Radio International. Link.
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