Easy Like Sunday Morning

You guys, I had the most fun EVER in Toronto!  Seriously.  I mean, it was a totally crazy weekend but I had the chance to spend a lot of really quality time with my Dad, my best friend Alicia, my Mom, and of course my Fairy Godmother Colleen P-G and her husband, David.  I’m really blessed.  Keep your peepers peeled for the pics - I’ll blog with ‘em soon, and they’ll definitely appear on Facebook, too!

In the meantime, check out Red Radio Episode Forty One - all aboot Toronto’s vegan scene, from the Vegetarian Food Festival to Kensington Market and everything in between.  We even have vegan politicians out there in “T’rana”!  Sweet!

After a week’s hiatus, Erin Red returns with a full report on the Toronto Vegetarian Food Festival in Red Radio Episode Forty One!  After a mouthwatering recap of her epic Canadian weekend, including goodies from the over 100 delicious vendors at the Festival as well as incredible vegan meals from the growing vegan scene in the T-Dot, Festival Coordinator Luke Albert joins Erin Red to discuss the rich history of vegetarianism in Toronto and the future of the world’s largest Veg Festival!  Plus, a truly inspiring Compassionate Clip of the Week - WELCOME BACK!!!  Please consider supporting Red Radio by visiting erinred.com and clicking the DONATE button, and subscribe to Red Radio on iTunes today!  If you love what you hear, leave a glowing review, or drop Erin Red a line at erinredradio@gmail.com.  You can also read her blog at erinred.tumblr.com, and find her on Facebook and Twitter @erinred.  

Click the Red Radio logo to be transported up North!

Show notes comin’ up next!

xo Erin Red

No, seriously Dad.  Don’t do it.  I mean, it’s for your sake more than anyone else’s.  I’m saying…..honestly, if you really wanted to listen, you could.  It’s nothing too bad, yet.  But yanno.  I say ‘boners’ a lot and I pretty much let the cat out of the bag that I’m not a virgin, so I don’t want to make things awkward is all.  

…

The proverbial cat is proverbially out of the proverbial bag, y’all - super foxy vegan rockstar celebrity ass-kicker Melisser Elliott and I are launching a brand-spankin’ new sex-positive vegan podcast, tentatively named The Dirty Birds.  It’s totally happening!  Listen to us yak for an hour on Red Radio Episode Twenty-Six about what motivated us to produce our upcoming monthly show, and why our partners are kinda freaked out.  

We really don’t blame them. 

Click the logo below to turn it on!

I also get all worked up about animal breeders and why it’s so important to adopt/rescue. Such a jam-packed episode!  WOOT!

Catch up in a couple of days with the show notes!

xo, 

Erin Red

Um, YOU GUYS…you’re supposed to let a Redhead KNOW when something slips her MIND. I realize I was ‘with it’ enough to post Valentina’s Fresh Veggies interview, but I neglected to post the show notes!  GOSH.

In any case, there weren’t too many to post.  So I’ll just include them in this here show notes for my RAW and REAL recent show, EP25.  Have you listened to it yet?  It’s cool if you haven’t because the whole situation makes me VERY ANXIOUS, on the real!  It’s pretty out there, but I’m already so glad that I did it.  The feedback I’ve been receiving has really blown my mind.  Hey……..y’all are awesome. 

Alright enough mushery - on to the show notes!

EPISODE 24 SHOW NOTES

• Find Valentina on Facebook!
• Follow Valentina on Twitter!
• Check out Valentina’s Tumblr!
• Check out Fresh Veggies #1 and #2!
• Mac’n Food Truck - Miami’s Original Food Truck!
• Kathy Freston - Vegan Superwoman!
• Kathy discusses her books & the vegan movement!

EPISODE 25 SHOW NOTES

That’s me in - I think - 1997 or 1998. 

(Yes, there’s a hamster in my pocket.)

That’s me in 2000.

(In “rehearsal” with a classmate at the performing arts conservatory.)

That’s me after a first-round TKO victory in 2010.

Here’s Joshua, whose email put a fire under my white butt to create this episode.

BEFORE:

AFTER:

Talk about an absolutely incredible transformation….thank you for your courage and hard work - for yourself, and for the animals.  You’re a true inspiration and I’m honored to have you as a listener!  Thank you, Josh!

• Listen to my Dad tell his story on Red Radio EP5!
• Amazing Vegan Books by Sarah Kramer!
• Skinny Bitch & Vegan Freak - two of my game- changers.
• Vegetarian Food For Thought - Colleen Patrick-Goudreau’s perfection in a podcast
• Dr. Fuhrman on Nutrient Density - get your learn on!
• Dr. Joel Fuhrman’s kickass website.
• The Seed: A Vegan Experience - NYC’s Premiere Vegan Event!

I think that just about does it, y’all.  Thanks again for all you do to inspire and motivate me!  Get ready for Episode 26…it’s a provocative one.

xo Erin Red

Hey Cats and Kittens, 

Red Radio EP5 has been released into the wild!  

In Episode Five, a very special guest joins Erin Red in the studio for an in-depth interview about the rendering, slaughter, and animal agriculture industries.  The charismatic mystery guest discusses his upbringing and career in said industries – including his personal experiences in the slaughterhouses – and his ultimate arrival at a (nearly) vegan life. 

Click the banner below to listen RIGHT NOW!

I leave you with a photo from my birthday dinner at Pure Food & Wine this weekend, sitting between my two favorite men.  I’m such a lucky gal!

xo Erin Red

Dear Red Radio Backers:

Cameron McKenzie
Matthew Whitehead
Lauren Edwards
Kat Allen
Ian Logsdon
Ashley Jones
Mark Rex
Maggie Maiville
Travis Hipp
Heironymus Lush
Seah Giroux
Si Levitas
Katy Fulfer
Carli Van Voorhis
Traci Drum
Kate Goldhouse
Joel Crabtree (my AMDA classmate!)
lolmerill
onnie
ttramone
Mike DeLue
Tarah Toney
Marisa Miller Wolfson (Go see VEDUCATED, now!!!)
Laura Yasinitsky
Dennis Abell
Sally Tamarkin
Becky Henkhaus
Shaun Hobby
Nicholas Mitchell (my best NYC friend & Disney Gay for life - I love you Nigglus)
yingyangman
Kristel Downs
Ian Spalter (my vegetarian/butter-loving buddy from The Wat)
Daniel Travis Bumbarg
Lacey Hilliard
Seth Freytag
Ann Napolitano
Carolyn Rohde
Nicole Riles
Ethan James
Ari Solomon (one of my vegan heroes & the man behind A Scent of Scandal)
Erek Smith
Sam Servello (another friend & smartypants from The Wat)
Kenneth Brugger
Taylor Foster
Howard Fisher
David Crist
Matthew Jirasek
Kevin Stanley
Kristin Randall
Elizabeth Graham
Wendy & Ryan Rosseau
Jason Crane (Twitter buddy & Radio Bigwig!)
Robby Lester
Fern Lewis

…and last, but undoubtedly not least, my last two backers:

Jon Grayson (my one and only DAD & best friend forever)

(The two of us at a custom catered vegan dinner at Daniel for my 30th BDay)

Jamie Kilstein & Allison Kilkenny (vegan badasses, radio personalities, activists, comedians, generally awesome people..and MY NEW BOSSES at Citizen Radio)

(here we see the handsome couple stuffing their faces at The Vegetarian Dim Sum House)

Red Radio IS because of YOU. I am thankful beyond words.

Stay tuned,
xo Erin Red