Episodes

  • Taco Bout a Mess?
    Jun 19 2025

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    Jason and Mike dive into the Sugar Taco fallout — the rise and messy collapse of a splashy vegan restaurant now accused of mismanagement, health violations, and financial impropriety. Plus, we unpack the controversy around Impossible Foods potentially adding real meat to its plant-based products


    Hollywood Reporter Article:

    https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/sugar-taco-scandal-investors-health-violations-1236293402/


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    34 mins
  • Assembling Plant-Based IKEA
    Jun 6 2025

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    Jason and Mike take a trip to the land of flat-pack furniture and meatless meatballs — that’s right, we’re eating our way through IKEA’s plant-based menu. Grab an Allen wrench and a fork — let’s dive in.

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    36 mins
  • Emergency Podcast: Is Meati Cooked?
    May 16 2025

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    Meati Foods launched their mycelium steaks and chicken cutlets with huge fanfare and with loads of funding, they were valued at over 650 million but their downfall was swift and dramatic they have recently requested a sale for 4 million dollars. What went wrong?

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    36 mins
  • Historic Plant Based Company Files for Bankruptcy
    May 8 2025

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    Jason and Mike talk about a company in crossroads: Loma Linda Foods, one of America’s oldest plant-based brands and its uncertain future.

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    38 mins
  • Bitchen' Sauce Family Drama
    Apr 25 2025

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    Strife, family conflict, betrayal and sauce? We delve into the two conflicting narratives of how Bitchen' sauce was built and the way brands sell products by selling not just a product but a story.

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    31 mins
  • Vegan Mike Tries Mycelium
    Apr 11 2025

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    Vegan Mike tries the mycelium steak made by Meati for the first time ever! Jason helps him cook it! Comedy ensues!

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    36 mins
  • Vegan In Alaska and Chef Tony Hyde
    Mar 28 2025

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    Two interviews!

    Clifford Armstrong of Northstar Seitan! and Chef Tony Hyde of Sattdown Jamaican grill!

    https://www.northernseitan.com/

    @northernseitan

    Chef Tony Hyde

    @sattdownjamaicangrill

    His book:

    https://www.amazon.sg/Day-Racism-Walked-My-Door/dp/B0DXR733C6#byline_secondary_view_div_1742004225896?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAaahsPcG95fn_zxawv_u6n7uedtHLhkQ2MCacMGTDODaQHSzOpRpbWDt-7I_aem_4wTguzP0AxTjAuLwfvaaug

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    33 mins
  • Will Meati Survive?
    Mar 13 2025

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    Major vegan meat company Meati is experiencing a financial crisis, will it survive? Also an interview with Meati's CCO John Bortells.

    website: meati.com

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    42 mins