Easy Like Sunday Morning

You know, sometimes this podcasting thing is a drama-filled roller coaster ride!  Srsly.  Case in point:  I just spent the last four hours prepping and writing for a pretty major interview, only to have Skype royally screw me.  All that work for nada!  Alright well not nada… I was (very luckily) able to reschedule the interview.  But I mean c’mon, son!  My schedule is ridonkulous enough already!  WT ever loving F?!

Alright, I’m done.  No need to call the WAAAHHH-mbulance, I’m over it.  

MOVING ON.

Welp, I’ve provided you all AMPLE time to check out my main homegirls Shane and Sia Barbi in Red Radio EP45 - they’re passionate enough for all of us, don’t miss it!  Show notes, yo!

• Change.org Starbucks Petition - sign and cancel your Gold Cards, yo!
• From listener Big Gay Alan: GMO study is no bueno (ONE and TWO)
• Follow activist Karen Messier on Twitter!
• Azida Hemp Oil Products - my favorite lip balm!
• VeganEssentials.com - find Azida here, too, and shop for more stuff
• Sea Shepherd, No Kill Nation, Alley Cat Allies - three charities the Twins (and I) believe in
• Blisstree.com - Bananas not vegan!?!?
• Bloomberg.com - girl dies of e coli…
• NOAH for Animal Rights - an interview with Steve-O
• Famous For Something Indeed - on Huffington Post
• The Barbi Twins’ Official Website - hubba hubba!
• Twin Bunnies - The Twins are crazy active!
• Like The Barbi Twins on Facebook!
• Follow The Barbi Twins on Twitter!
• The Eco Anti-Diet Book - vegan and proud!
• Your Mommy Kills Animals - a documentary featuring the Twins
• Skin Trade - ditto
• I Have A Dream - A Barbi Twins’ produced Dogumentary!
• The American Chemical Society - this actually exists
• Animal Crush Video Prohibitions Act of 2010 - get familiar & get active
• What is Crush? - Check out StopCrush.com - viewer discretion advised
• Luka Magnotta - The Barbi Twins helped bring this man to justice

That should do it…EP46 Notes coming up in two shakes of a beet’s greens!

xo Erin Red

Uhhhh…. holy crap.  I interviewed Simone Reyes.  And it was one of those interviews that charged my vegan batteries BIG TIME - like after it was over I was in the mood to go picket something or demonstrate somewhere or bake a bunch of delicious vegan cookies and shove them down some omnivore’s throat.  Yeah, it was THAT AWESOME. 

And for the record, we DID touch on the PETA thing.  Kinda apropos, because I’d just spoken about it with Ryan Patey in Red Radio EP39… and talk about different points of view!  For those of you who noticed that I seem to be waffling on the subject, well… I am.  Why?  Because I’m truly conflicted.  I have a rough time grilling people on the topic because every time I feel like I’ve secured a solid opinion, I dig a little deeper and find that I’m still quite undecided.  So, instead of pretending I know all the answers - SURPRISE!  I don’t! - I’d rather just continue to dissect the subject.  And dissect, I shall.  Keep your ears peeled.  

In the meantime, give Red Radio Episode Forty a listen!  And remember, I’m on hiatus this week (due to my trip to Toronto for the Vegetarian Food Festival) and will return to the web-waves on Monday, September 17th with EP41 - not to worry!

Erin Red is thrilled to welcome hardcore animal activist Simone Reyes to Red Radio in Episode Forty!  Longtime vegan, blogger, reality television star and personal assistant to Super Vegan (and Erin Red’s idol) Russell Simmons, Simone lays it on thick while discussing some very powerful topics.  From her humble beginnings running around New York City with the Beastie Boys to her very public demonstrations for PETA, listen in on what makes this brave activist tick and refuel your vegan engines!  Plus, Erin Red weighs in on veganism as it relates to yoga – can you be an Omni Yogi? (Hell naw!)  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.

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Next up - a show notes extravaganza!  Yeehaw!

xo Erin Red

Well hey there dear friends and listeners, and friends who are listeners!  I’m finally catching up on some of these blogs - I know I say it often, but my schedule just keeps getting crazier and crazier, and it’s every minute that goes by it’s harder to manage my time.  I’m going to have to figure out a way to create an extra day in the week so I can get all these backed up things finished.  For real!  

Enough bitching - it’s kind of awesome that I’m blogging about Red Radio Episode Thirty Nine right now, because I’m sitting at Pearson International Airport in Toronto, waiting to fly back to NYC.  Sufficed to say, Canadians are pretty fantastic people.  Don’t believe me? Take a listen!  Ryan Patey will knock your socks off!  Srsly!

Remember how I said you guys were the greatest listeners ever?  Well, I meant it.  For real.  Aside from all the usual kickassery, emails are ALREADY appearing in my inbox (heheh…he…heheheheh…hehe……..box) for my upcoming vegan sex-positive podcast with my soul sister Melisser Elliott - DIRTY BIRDS!  How awesome is that?  I love you guys.

Seriously, though - keep reaching out!  After you listen to Episode Twenty-Six (and then maybe spend some ‘special time’ with yourself, or a loved one!), email us at erinredradio@gmail.com about anything vegan-sexual!  We really can’t wait to hear from you guys, and we’re SUPER EXCITED about the show.  Hope you are too!

Alrighty - here are the show notes!

That’s my Mom’s brand new baby Miniature Schnauzer, Beauregard (Beau for short.)

• PETA Article:  Purebred Breeding is Animal Cruelty
• EVOLVE! Campaign:  Save a Life, Adopt a Shelter Animal!
• Petfinder Shelter Finder - an amazing resource.
• LGBT Compassion - San Francisco-based non profit we LOVE.
• Follow Melisser Elliott on Twitter!
• Like Melisser Elliott on Facebook!
• CrueltyFreeFace.com - Melisser’s genius website.
• The Seed: A Vegan Experience - the super amazing NYC vegan show I co-founded!

I think that’s urr-thang!  Let me know if I missed something, m’kay?

More next week in EP27!

xo Erin Red

OK so technically it’s Thursday, but C’MON.

Guys, have you listened to Red Radio EP21 yet?  Because it’s HILARIOUS.  Srsly.  I had a great time gossiping and taking ethics with Laura and Honey and I hope y’all had a great time listening to our shenanigans. 

We gabbed about a ton of different topics, so I hope I’m not forgetting anything with these show notes.  If there’s something missing, tweet me, wouldja?

Here we go!

• Laura Yaz’s Website
• Laura Yaz on Facebook
• Laura Yaz on Twitter
• Honey LaBronx is The Vegan Drag Queen!
• Honey LaBronx on Facebook
• Honey LaBronx on Twitter
• BEHOLD: Queen Banana in Summer Squash!

• The Kim Kardashian Flour Bombing - watch the clip!
• Ari Solomon’s article, ‘Flour Power’
• Check out the Our Hen House Podcast!
• Listen to Kanye West’s controversial new track: Theraflu
• Kristin Bell’s Sloth Meltdown - watch the clip!
• Alicia Silverstone Kiss Feeding her son - the blog post from her website
• “Remember When Pregnant Women Were Allowed to be Fat?” - an article from Jezebel 
• Kitten Withawhip’s Ben Strothmann Impression - the clip to which we kept referencing throughout the show
• Colleen Patrick-Goudreau on Excuses - epic video!

And finally, here’s the promo shot for Honey LaBronx’s upcoming gig in Philly!  If you’re in the area, DON’T MISS IT!

So…what’s your Bathtub Photo item?

xo Erin Red

Since EP15 was so informationally abundant, I’m jumping right into the show notes!  TAKE THAT TAKE THAT TAKE THAT!

• The New York City Vegetarian Food Festival - March 3rd & 4th, 2012!
• Rescue Chocolate - Sarah Gross’ super awesome chocolate brand
• Dynasty Electric - the vegan band appearing at The NYCVFF
• Vegucated - the kickass vegan doc screening at The NYCVFF
• For The Animals Sanctuary - benefited from The NYCVFF
• Ingredients to Avoid in Companion Animal Food
• Laura Yaz on Twitter
• Laura Yaz’ Blog
• Check out the super-horrible PETA Ad
• Learn about the kinda hilarious Dairy Milk Campaign
• Ted Danson’s Oceana
• Woody Harrelson is awesome 

And of COURSE we CANNOT FORGET the details from Erin Red’s totes mayj announcement:  The Seed: A Vegan Experience is taking over SoHo this June!

• The Seed: A Vegan Experience - our growing website! (still in beta)
• Follow The Seed on Twitter!
• “Like” The Seed on Facebook!
• Mercy For Animals - one of our charity partners
• Mercy For Animals Top 11 Successes of 2011
• The New York Coalition for Healthy School Food - one of our charity partners

Yeehaw, what a trip!  Check out all the goodies and I’ll see y’all next week!

xo Erin Red

Hey Cats & Kittens!

Have you heard Episode 11 yet?  It’s amazing!  Here are the super-important links…get to clickin’!

• My new Vegan Celebrity & Entertainment Reporter Laura Yasinitsky: Facebook, Twitter, Blog
• The Beagle Freedom Project: Video 1 & Video 2
• Whose Skin are You In? (Post this video widely)
• Martha Stewart’s recent Farm Sanctuary Video
• Vegan Drag Queen Honey LaBronx

And last but not least, Red Radio is 100% LISTENER SUPPORTED…please spread the word about the new DONATE feature on ErinRed.com.  

That’ll do it for this episode, y’all.  Stay tuned for EP12!

xo Erin Red