245 Random News & Stuff: Turning Veal into Beef, Colonizing Spaaaaaace, How Much Work is Good For You, and more!

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We’re switching up our format to replace news with an advice question, so this week we’re doin’ all news and other random stuff we’ve pinned to talk about that’s not enough for a full episode.

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244 Hail Satan? Documentary Analysis: Discussing Satanism, Religion and Activism

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Per a listener request in the VWPA Society, we watched Hail Satan? this week and were inspired by it to talk about Satanism, our views on religion and blasphemy, and how the actions of The Satanic Temple and their philosophies relate to vegan activism.

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243 Advice Q&A: Religious In-Laws, Letting Your Radical Activism Shine, Advice for 20-Somethings, and much more!

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We answer a host of amazing listener questions this week; including how to make friends in a new city when you’re radical AF, complimenting women, and many more. Thank you to everyone who submitted questions!

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242 Rise & Grind Culture, Suffering for Your Art, and Other Thoughts (Part 2)

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We’re continuing our conversation inspired by Hannah Gadsby’s Nanette on Netflix, and a ColdCrashPictures YouTube video critiquing harmful cliches in the art industry, particularly the film industry, around “rise and grind” culture and the idea of suffering for your art, starving artist syndrome, etc.

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241 Nanette: Art, Capitalism, Entitlement, and the Creative Process (Part 1)

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Talking about the themes brought up in Hannah Gadsby’s Netflix stand-up comedy special, Nanette, around an audiences entitlement to creative content, comedy, the creative process, our capitalist approach to art, and so much more. So much more, in fact, that we ended up only covering about half of what we wanted to, making this an unplanned part 1!

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240 Individual vs Systemic Critique and Listener…eh, It’s Complicated.

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We discuss when we should criticize things on an individual vs systemic level, inspired by a listener comment that has Nichole on 5. Maybe 6. Just amped enough for a few sassy comments.

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236 Say Her Name: Analyzing Episode 8 Season 3 of The Handmaid’s Tale

Exhausted from business travel and Pride, we skip the news and stuff in the middle and tear into the latest episode of The Handmaid’s Tale. Content Warning for more black deaths, undisguised racism, and spoilers.

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