John Oswald – a Scottish Voice for Compassion
Food for Thought: The Joys and Benefits of Living Vegan
Colleen Patrick-Goudreau
4.8 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 25 May 2012
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
John Oswald, born in Edinburgh in the 1700s (the exact date unknown), was a philosopher, a writer, a poet, a social critic, a revolutionary, and an eloquent voice for animals and compassion. Join me as I celebrate The Scottish Voice of Compassion and read excerpts from his essay,"The Cry of Nature: An Appeal to Mercy and Justice on Behalf of the Persecuted Animals.”
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| 0:00.0 | And I'm an author and educator dedicated to empowering people to make informed food choices, to |
| 0:26.4 | debunking myths about veganism, to being a voice for animals, and to giving people the tools |
| 0:31.7 | and resources they need to live according to their own values of compassion and wellness. |
| 0:37.0 | I'm the author of The Joy of vegan Baking, The Vegan Table, Color Me vegan, Vegan Me vegan, |
| 0:42.0 | vegan's Daily Companion, and the 30-day vegan challenge. |
| 0:45.8 | You can learn more about who I am and what I do by visiting my website Compassionate Cook.com. Hi everybody, thank you all of you listeners and all of you listener subscribers. |
| 0:58.0 | I've heard from some folks who've had trouble downloading the podcast using certain podcatchers. |
| 1:03.9 | I honestly don't know what the problem is. |
| 1:06.7 | I did migrate the feed, but I know I did it correctly, but I think it's affecting some people so I'm really sorry |
| 1:13.9 | about that if you can't listen using something like Zoom or whatever podcatcher you |
| 1:18.8 | use you can always listen at Vegetarian Food for Thought.com or go to the website |
| 1:26.6 | Compassionate Cook.com and you can listen to the specific podcast episodes you |
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