Vegan History and Other Oddities

Vegan History and Other Oddities

Weekly history podcast on unusual, unknown, or misunderstood episodes of history

Episodes

December 22, 2020 30 mins

Two vegetarian activists take on the biggest corporation in the world--and win!

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Chiune Sugihara by Mian
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The forgotten inventor of the board game Monopoly--a tale of forgotten women and capitalist greed.
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November 12, 2019 39 mins
Part II on the life of Victoria Woodhull: her run for presidency, her jail arrest for "indecency," her time in England, and her death.
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November 12, 2019 40 mins
Part I: Early life and upbringing of Victoria Woodhull, feminist icon and known for being the first woman to ever run for the US Presidency.
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July 12, 2019 34 mins
Upton Sinclair by Mian
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June 18, 2019 29 mins
Helen Keller was more than a passive figurehead that simply overcame her deafness and blindness--she spent her life fighting on behalf of the disabled, and when she realized the ties between poverty, bad working conditions, and disabilities, she fought hard and unpopular battles to improve working conditions and fight against socioeconomic inequality.
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June 7, 2019 32 mins
Al Ma'arri was an Arabic poet and philosopher at the turn of the first millennium, and the first recorded vegan in human history.
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March 11, 2019 22 mins
Lewis Carroll (1832-1898) was more than the author of Alice in Wonderland. In fact, his real name was Charles Dodgson, and he was a professor of mathematics by day, as well as an accomplished photographer.
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March 3, 2019 30 mins
Balibo Five by Mian
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February 25, 2019 41 mins
East Timor by Mian
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February 19, 2019 34 mins
Memphis Sanitation Worker’s Strike by Mian
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February 10, 2019 55 mins
Coretta Scott King by Mian
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