During April I started listening to a vegetarian podcast- Vegetarian Food For Thought (also available on iTunes) and almost immediately became addicted.
It's a GREAT, smart, thoughtful podcast about all aspects of vegetarianism and life as a vegetarian. The author, Collen Patrick-Goudreau is a vegan living in California who has 2 cookbooks out, one on the way, and some other books in the works. She has a master's degree in English literature and her love of books and cinema shows in several episodes of her podcast. She is a really intelligent lady who really researches the issues she discusses and comes up with good, solid evidence that support a vegetarian lifestyle (that people who may ask questions about our lifestyle would probably be interested in hearing). The purpose of her podcast, as she says at the beginning of every episode, is to give people the information they need to make informed food choices (and informed purchase choices in general although she doesn't specifically mention this in her introduction) and debunk myths about vegetarianism and animal rights. She has already made over one hundred episodes. I personally have only had the pleasure of listening to 17 so far, but am working my way up.
The thing that really got me addicted is her compassion for animals, her detailed information, and the support her podcast gives. I've mentioned in several posts that I often feel like there's only two people who really support the decision I've made and only a couple others who tolerate but don't understand it and then everyone else kind of frowns upon it or laughs at it. The lack of support has really been kind of hard for me to deal with, but her podcasts inspire me to keep doing what I'm doing. So it is my hope that her podcasts will give you as much support and love as they've given me.
As I said Colleen's podcast, Vegetarian Food For Thought, is available on iTunes. She also has a website/club, Compassionate Cooks, and a member forum for the podcast and club members.
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