A podcast bringing you thought provoking deep dives across a wide variety of subjects from one of the authors of Think Like a Vegan: What everyone can learn from vegan ethics.
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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
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
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