Compassion & Cucumbers Vegan Podcast

Mar 05 2025 180 ep. 55 mins 9
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A vegan podcast about food, lifestyle & animal liberation. Join us for restaurant reviews, shopping tips, advocacy and all things vegan!
Are you a new vegan? Do you want to go vegan? We have episodes for you!

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Ep 175 Is There a Vegan Death Cult??? Vegan Dad Jokes? What is Happening?

Mar 05 2025 36 mins  
Send us a text Hey Pickles! We hope you're taking impeccable care of yourself. This week's show should be titled " Dad Jokes & Death Cults". In our Noteworthy segment, we have some much needed laughs with some particularly bad vegan dad jokes. Our Main Topic takes a look at what news outlets are calling a vegan death cult. The Zizian cult is responsible for many murders across

Ep 174 A Guide to Peaceful Protesting - Seaquest Update

Feb 24 2025 48 mins  
Send us a text Hey Pickles! We hope you're well & taking good care of yourself. It's an impossibly crazy time in our world. We hope that we can provide some useful information to help you navigate the hellscape that is the Trump administration. In our Main Topic this week, we developed a comprehensive guide to peaceful protesting. We want to make sure that you're being safe out

Ep 173 How Trump's Policies Are Affecting Farmers & Food Availability - Let's Close Seaquest Aquarium

Feb 17 2025 39 mins  
Send us a text Hey Pickles, We're back with another episode! We hope you're doing well. This week's Main Topic takes a hard look at how Trump's policies are affecting farmers, and our food system. Our Noteworthy segment contains a call to action to close down New Jersey based Seaquest Aquarium. Contact David Kologinsky and let him know that you want Seaquest's permits revoked immed

Ep 172 How Can We Fight Fascism? Vegan Pantry Staples - Let's Move to Albania!

Feb 10 2025 68 mins  
Send us a text Hey Pickles! We hope this episode finds you well. This week in our Noteworthy Segment, we want to make sure your pantry is well stocked so that you're set up for vegan success. Our Main Topic gives you actionable items that you can follow to fight the onslaught of fascism in the US and around the world. Go to Move on for resources https://front.moveon.org Find your r

Ep 171 The Intersection of Animal Rights and Human Rights - Myths About Soy

Feb 04 2025 41 mins  
Send us a text Hey Pickles, We hope you're hanging in there and taking care of yourself. We're living in a hellscape of unchecked power!! That said, we hope this episode can bring you some moments of distraction from it all. This week's Noteworthy segment focuses on the myths that surround the consumption of soy products. Our Main Topic is The Intersection of Animal Rights & Hu

Ep 170 Vegan Companies Helping LA Fire Victims - Vegan Good News!

Jan 27 2025 35 mins  
Send us a text Hey PIckles! We hope you're taking care of yourself. Things are pretty scary in the world right now. We wanted to give you some reasons to remain hopeful this week. In our Noteworthy segment, we'll share some vegan companies that are helping victims of the Los Angeles area wildfires by donating both products & money to those in need. Our Main Topic is "Good News

Ep 169 Finding Your Drive in 2025 - Sage Kitchen Closes - Help A Beloved LA Vegan

Jan 20 2025 55 mins  
Send us a text Hey Pickles! We hope this episode finds you well! Happy MLK Day! This week, we received a message from a follower asking us to get the word out about a beloved member of the Los Angeles vegan community that needs our help. John Hopkins, owner of O Happy Days Vegan Cafe, lost everything in the recent fires. He lost his restaurant, his house, his cars, and all of his b

Ep 168 We Recap 2024 - Vegan London - Vote For Us!

Jan 13 2025 75 mins  
Send us a text Hey Pickles! We're back! Happy New Year to you! Exciting news! We've been nominated for Best Vegan Podcast in the 2025 VegNews Veggie Awards! Vote for us here: https://vegnews.com/veggie-awards-2025/survey This week, Sam tells us all about her recent London excursion. She found lots of amazing vegan food, and saw a ton of incredible theater. In our Main Topic, we tak

Replay - How To Be a Better Vegan - Vegan George Bailey - London 2023

Jan 06 2025 86 mins  
Send us a text Hey Pickles! Happy New Year! This week, while Sam is in London, we're releasing a replay of Ep 121. This episode was released shortly after Sam's London trip last year, and includes a ton of discussion about the vegan food in London. We also talk about ways to be a better vegan in the coming year, and we pose an interesting scenario where George Bailey from It's a Wo

Replay - Holiday Trivia - Vegan Markets - Vegans Sue the FBI

Dec 30 2024 56 mins  
Send us a text Hey Pickles! We hope you had a wonderful Christmas if you celebrate. We also wish you a happy Hanukah, and a joyous Kwanza! It's New Year's Eve! Do you celebrate the New Year? We usually just stay in, make snack foods & play games. This year, Sam is in London with some of her students, so it will be a quiet holiday around the C & C studio. Anyway, while we're