Listen to this NOW

Posted: 18 Mar 2008 01:45 PM CDT

Angus Taylor directed me to this Canadian radio show, which might not be available too much longer, and you have GOT to listen to it. Scroll down to "Part 3-Carnivore Chic," an interview by a former vegetarian (Matt Galloway) OF a former vegetarian (author Susan Bourette) about how to be a compassionate carnivore. After that interview is one with a butcher who is also a former vegetarian.

Everyone has a grand ol' time, the mood is light and jocular (Bourette says "Bacon is like pig candy"), and we learn that eating animals is fine and fun and in fact vegetarians and compassionate carnivores should not be at odds at all (that gem comes out in the interview with the butcher at The Healthy Butcher).

Can you be a compassionate carnivore, asks the interviewer? E-mail your thoughts to Soundslikecanada@cbc.ca.

UPDATE (thanks Angus!):

That first link to "Carnivore Chic" is down, but it's now available at the podcast page. Click on http://www.cbc.ca/soundslikecanada/podcast.html and then scroll down to the March 17 link, or simply access that link directly: http://podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/slc_20080317_5031.mp3.