Romesh Ranganathan: "The scale of what it means to be vegan is huge" | EP2 The Viva! Vegan Podcast

Sunday Times Bestseller, actor, writer, TV presenter and multi award-winning comedian Romesh Ranganathan talks about being “unfunny” and proudly vegan.
Romesh sits down with Faye before his headline appearance at 2023’s Vegan Camp Out for a candid chat about his decade-long vegan journey, including why people direct anger at vegans and can’t perceive them as being funny. He also discusses his love of The Great British Bake Off and the importance of raising more awareness about the horrors of the dairy industry.
In this conversation Faye and Romesh also discuss topics, such as:
- Fears around identity
- People’s expectations around being funny
- The horrors of the meat and dairy industry
- Moralistic sacrifices
- Why can’t mainstream vegan cheese melt?
- The surprising lack of backlash from The Great British Bake Off
- Why there needs to be an amnesty around meat-eaters and vegans
- The joy of Harvester and Toby Carvery restaurants offering vegan options
More from The Viva! Vegan Podcast: viva.org.uk/lifestyle/podcast/
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[@TheVeganQueens]

Fabulous. ❤❤

[@greyculture9112]

Great interview. Great Curve shirt too!

[@watchdominion00]

He was so funny at Vegan Campout! Great guy

[@addamhewitt]

Love romesh so much. Such a great comic/podcaster and just all round top bloke 💚💚💚

[@nitramnagev7997]

A bit of humour can be disarming and can, sometimes, help people to be more accepting of what you're saying to them.

[@terencerea6649]

I’ve recently downloaded both his books on Audible. I have enjoyed them both in equal measures.

[@DanielBarber-mo2en]

His comments about extremes , Funny thing is , its the reverse, is normal, normalisation is key , by the way , ive been 40 years , best decition , go for it

[@keifer7813]

Damn, my man lost weight. Looks great, good on him

[@chickpeapeace]

love Romesh. the jokes he made about veganism on his comedy special were funny. i'm one of those vegans that would smash someone in the face for eating corpses in front of me though lmfaooooo

[@umbongoapg]

for me people are not passionate about being vegan....rather they are passionate about protecting animals...peace

[@doddsalfa]

Bulls.