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The Outlier Health Podcast

How Not to Be the Punchline of the Vegan-at-a-Dinner-Party Joke (Rewind)

The Outlier Health Podcast

Matt Frazier

Fitness, Nutrition, Health & Fitness

4.41.3K Ratings

🗓️ 16 February 2017

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

This Thursday we have another Throwback Rewind of one of our most popular episodes. NMA Radio co-host Doug recently attended a bachelor party, where while discussing meals for the weekend, it became clear that one of the guys wasn't comfortable with Doug's being a vegan. "We're all having meat. What are you going to eat, Doug? Carrots?" We've all been in this situations like this. It's that moment at a restaurant, party, or dinner when all of a sudden people realize you're vegan or vegetarian, and don't know how to react. Before you can even say a word, someone gets defensive or pokes fun of your diet. So what do you do? Usually, we react in one of two ways. Either: 1) You use it as an opportunity to make a point, defend your diet choice, and maybe even convince a few people, or 2)You brush it off and keep the mood light, in an attempt to make veganism appear as normal as possible. I'm not saying either of these better than the other; I respect both choices. But I know the one that I choose, almost every single time. In today's episode, we discuss these two approaches, and how Doug and I handle the uncomfortable situations at parties, with family, and while out to dinner. We also share the rest of Doug's story, and how by the end of the weekend, he got that same guy to take interest in the vegan diet.

Transcript

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0:00.0

This episode of No Meat Athlet Radio is brought to you by Health IQ, the Life Insurance Company that advocates for the vegan and health conscious lifestyles.

0:07.5

That's right, Health IQ rewards us for our lifestyle choices.

0:10.8

Head over to Health IQ.com

0:13.0

slash No Meat to learn more about all sorts of ways you can save money on life

0:16.3

insurance.

0:17.3

Hi this is Hope.

0:18.3

This is Corrine.

0:19.3

Hi this is Katie from Washington DC and near left to know me

0:23.0

Athlete Radio.

0:24.0

Doug, you know what today is right?

0:31.0

Doug, you know what today is right?

0:33.0

I don't. What's today?

0:36.0

It is Throwback Thursday.

0:38.0

Throwback Thursday.

0:39.0

It is.

0:40.0

That's why we're replaying a classic anime episode, which I guess we could do every

0:44.2

Thursday if we were really gonna do that but we're not that just this Thursday

0:48.6

is direct Thursday as well as a few random ones that we that we will do when we feel like it.

0:53.9

H. H. H. T. B. T. T. B. T. T. T. B. T. T. T. B. T. T. T.

0:56.8

That's right everybody. This is another. We went deep into the vault for this one.

0:59.7

That's my radio DJ voice.

1:04.0

That's a terrible radio.

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