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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ancient philosophers inspire Renaissance thinkers to challenge the old hierarchy of man over beast. Episode 9: Renaissance Old medieval certainties... more

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

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