The Vegan Option - Vegetarianism: The Story So Far

How does animal exploitation increase the emergence of new diseases? With the world fighting a vicious new pandemic, Ian... Read more

How has western vegetarianism risen, within living memory, from fringe to mainstream choice? And how has veganism gone f... Read more

In the nineteenth century, in America and Germany, new forms of vegetarianism emerge – from the individualistic consumer... Read more

In the late nineteenth century, the new vegetarian movement is intertwined with other struggles – including Victorian re... Read more

In the 1800s, overlapping circles of utopians, mystics, and romantics in both Europe and America develop arguments again... Read more

The philosophers of Paris discuss reports of Indian vegetarianism, question the morality of eating animals, and inspire ... Read more

When printing lets ordinary people access a world of ideas, including Indian vegetarianism, some European radicals and d... Read more

Ancient philosophers inspire Renaissance thinkers to challenge the old hierarchy of man over beast. Episode 9: Renaissa... Read more

When conquerors who profess Islam or Christianity rule over Indian vegetarians, the conversations about food ethics go b... Read more

In the Middle Ages, three very different monastic orders spread from the Mediterranean to the South China Sea, surroundi... Read more