Do Vegans Overuse the Word "Vegan"?
Food for Thought: The Joys and Benefits of Living Vegan
Colleen Patrick-Goudreau
4.8 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 5 August 2022
⏱️ 39 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
If you call yourself vegan or have ever been told you can't call yourself vegan, this episode is for you. In it, we discuss:
*the overuse of the word vegan
*the use of "vegan" to refer to people as well as food
*the attempt by some vegans to narrow the definition and make the word "vegan" refer to every social problem that exists in the world
Support this podcast today at Patreon.com/ColleenPatrickGoudreau
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Food for Thought Podcast. |
| 0:20.4 | Today's episode is the Angry Vegan versus the Joyful Vegan. |
| 0:24.8 | I wanted you to have something to listen to while I work on new episodes of Food for |
| 0:28.7 | Thought. |
| 0:29.7 | I've heard this before. |
| 0:30.6 | It is a re-broadcast, but it is one of the more popular ones. |
| 0:34.0 | I think you will enjoy it. |
| 0:35.8 | And if you want to read this and you are not a supporter at the level to get the transcripts, |
| 0:42.0 | what I really want to encourage you to do is get the book, The Joyful Vegan. |
| 0:45.8 | How to stay vegan in a world that wants you to eat meat, dairy, and eggs. |
| 0:48.5 | I'm excited to tell you that signed copies are now available in my new store. |
| 0:53.0 | If you just go to JoyfulVegan.com and click on Books, you will get right over to the new |
| 0:57.0 | store. |
| 0:58.0 | You can buy signed copies, you can join me in my cooking classes, you can find lots of |
| 1:02.0 | good things. |
| 1:03.0 | So in the meantime, while I'm working on some stuff for you, including this new store, |
| 1:06.8 | and including the new website, which we're still working on, please enjoy this episode |
| 1:10.4 | and always let me know if you have any questions or comments, and I appreciate your feedback. |
| 1:15.0 | Thanks so much. |
| 1:16.3 | Before we begin, my name is Colleen Patrick Goodrow. |
| 1:19.3 | You can find me at JoyfulVegan.com. |
| 1:21.8 | You can find my books, wherever books are sold, and you can join me in my online cooking |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Colleen Patrick-Goudreau, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Colleen Patrick-Goudreau and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.