In this episode we speak to the charming Gurgin Bakircioglu, a journalist from Sweden. We discuss his traumatic teenage experience with a goat in Kurdistan, the animal rights scene in Sweden, “Bacchi Syre” a new vegan community space in the heart of Stockholm, vegan dog food and more. This episode was recorded on site at a podcast studio. Special thanks to Bacchi Syre for letting us use your space, Arash for the best (ASMR dog snack worthy) audio equipment and Madeley for technical support.

Mentioned in this episode :

Professor Andrew Knight from Winchester University

https://www.andrewknight.info

Vecanis Pet Food

https://vecanis.se

Bacchi Syre

https://www.bacchisyre.se

Öur Restaurant

https://www.bacchisyre.se/our

In this episode we talk to Molly Elwood from Elwood's Organic Dog Meat. A challenging conversation but please stick with it until the end.

We discuss the power of satire in activism, criticism over using dog comparisons, going viral on social media and much more. For more information check out

https://www.elwooddogmeat.com/

This episode we hear the incredible story of a 90 year old holocaust survivor Dr. Alex Hershaft, who has been vegan since 1981. Alex is the founder of F.A.R.M. the oldest animal rights organisation in the US. Do not miss this truly moving tale of how he managed to survive the Nazi occupation of Poland, and his subsequent revelation about the disturbing parallels between what his family experienced and the ongoing mass slaughter and oppression of non-human animals.

Visit https://alexhershaft.com/ for more information.

This episode Alex mentions the Swedish book Djurens Förintelse (Animal Holocaust) by Pelle Strindlund and Henrik Wig, published in 2016