Welcome to Our Hen House.

This is Jasmine Singer.

This is Marianne Sullivan.

We're so excited to bring you an interview with a filmmaker and a food activist who you are going to adore.

Gianyi, who is also the founder of the

China Vegan Society and who knows more than anyone about the all-important topic of Chinese

veganism. And this is a cool interview. Yeah, I know I like this interview. I really liked him.

He's a really nice guy. It becomes clear occasionally as I was talking to him.

Everything in China is just so much bigger than it is everywhere else. It's just so crucially important

that all of this activism is taking place in China because it's just so many, so many people. And the only reason it hasn't

been more animals in the past is because people didn't have the money. And it's just bigger and

bigger and bigger. So this is crucially important work. And I love the work he's doing. I love some of

the ideas he has. So yeah, listen up to this one.

Very cool. So we'll get to that in just a few minutes, but I had such a strange experience

this past weekend, and I want to tell you about it. I've been a little bit behind on personal

posting for my own social media. So much has been happening that I'm,

I'm 10 years behind. Is that okay? Yeah, that's fine. I'll catch up this afternoon. Yeah,

okay. That'd be great. Where will you start? Yeah. So I am lucky enough to now, in addition to the other work I do,

I have an ongoing gig as an actor in a murder mystery dinner theater.

And so if you want to see it.

You have one of the honest careers on the face of the earth.

But it's honestly exactly what I wanted to do when I was a kid,

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