The Rise of the Excuse-itarians (or The Emperor's New Clothes)
Food for Thought: The Joys and Benefits of Living Vegan
Colleen Patrick-Goudreau
4.8 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 28 October 2006
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
I've heard every excuse in the book for eating animals, but I've yet to hear a convincing reason. The consumption of meat, dairy, and eggs is so ritualized, rationalized, disguised, and romanticized that an entirely new group of people has emerged: the "excuse-itarians." These are the people who spend enormous amounts of time and energy romanticizing the consumption of animal products and who have become pseudo-celebrities because of it. The rise in popularity of such people reminds me of the Hans Christian Andersen fable, "The Emperor Has No Clothes," because nobody is saying what's true. (The main part of this podcast is really only 13 minutes, but it's extended to 20 because of my reading of the fairy tale.)
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| 0:00.0 | And I'm Welcome to Food for Thought. My name is Colleen Patrick Gudro from Compassionate Cooks, which I founded to empower people to make informed food |
| 0:25.4 | choices and to debunk myths about vegetarianism and animal rights. |
| 0:30.0 | I do this through cooking classes and online cookbook articles and essays this |
| 0:35.1 | podcast and a cooking DVD I produced last year. You can learn more about who we are and |
| 0:41.0 | what we do by visiting our website compassionate cooks.com. |
| 0:45.6 | Thank you again for all the emails and the comments. I've been reading on iTunes. |
| 0:50.1 | Your response to this podcast means so much to me, so please keep listening and encourage others |
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| 0:57.0 | I read every one of your emails, so please keep them coming. |
| 0:59.9 | I hear from many of you telling me that you had no idea about many of the issues about which |
| 1:05.2 | I speak and it means so much to me. |
| 1:08.4 | It's exactly why I do this and it gives me a tremendous amount of hope to hear from all of you. |
| 1:12.8 | So if you'd like to drop me a line, you can do so at podcast at Compassionate cooks. |
| 1:18.9 | And feel free to offer suggestions for future shows as well. |
| 1:22.4 | Also, the popularity of the podcast and my commitment to doing them indefinitely means that I have |
| 1:28.0 | inherent production costs. In fact, I was ready to record today's podcast a week ago, but was experiencing technical difficulties. So if you appreciate |
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| 1:39.6 | our website just visit compassionate cooks.com and click on the support podcast button. |
| 1:45.0 | Also please tell others about the podcast and add a link to your website if you like what you hear. |
| 1:50.0 | This particular podcast is possible because of the generous support of Charlie and |
| 1:54.2 | Vicky Talbert. |
| 1:55.6 | So thank you both so very much. |
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