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Ian

London. Formerly known as New Media. Vegan since 1992.
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  1. Jane Easton (reply)

    November 3, 2011 at 18:09

    Good to see new voices (hmm, synaesthetic or metaphorical bloomer there?) writing about vegan culture. Ian and I tend to meet up at random vegan events or at Buddhafield Festival, an -erm- Buddhist and vegetarian/eco festie where we eat as much vegan food as possible and argue with people selling animal skins or about soya consumption not destroying the rain forests. New Agers, eh? They are very good for me, making me attempt – not always successfully – to develop patience, tolerance and such.
    But I digress… it’s vital that we have diverse voices and intellectual rigour; there are too many urban myths and self-justifying nonsenses out there and it often feels as if people have inhaled lines of gullibility and anecdotal stories and forgotten to use their brains. But that doesn’t mean we can’t go use our hearts as well as heads. Eh by gum, it’s a fine balance but hopefully Ian & Diana are up to it!

    • Ian (reply)

      November 5, 2011 at 14:26

      (Incidentally, anyone who does British summer festivals and reads comments on the vegan option should probably give Buddhafield a look.)

      It’s good to hear from you too, Jane. Intellectual rigour is definitely what we try to bring to internet radio; it’s been both a challenge and a lot of fun to put together shows that aspire to both inform and entertain. I hope you think that, once we’ve done a few shows, you’ll decide we are indeed up to it :).

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