<p class="">Episode 106 contains four interviews focused around the subject of dating as a vegan. Recorded on Valentine's Day, Derek is without a co-host, and the show begins with his poetic monologue on finding love as a vegan. Derek recorded the first interview with <strong>Anne Dinshah</strong> at the 2012 <a href="http://www.veganspirituality.com/">Vegan Spirituality Retreat</a> in Philadelphia. Anne is the daughter of <a href="http://www.americanvegan.org/" target="_blank">American Vegan Society</a> founders <strong>Jay and Freya Dinshah, </strong>and the author of <em>Dating Vegans</em>.</p><p class="">The second interview is <strong>Ian MacDonald, </strong>a BBC-trained radio producer and author of <a href="http://theveganoption.org/" target="_blank">The Vegan Option</a> radio show and blog. He is hosting a <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/veganoption/vegetarianism-the-story-so-far-a-radio-history">kickstarter project</a> to raise money to fund a 15-part audio series called <strong><em>Vegetarianism: The Story so Far - A Radio History</em></strong>. Ian gives us the low down on the vegan dating scene in London. We also honor the recent passing of <a href="http://responsibleeatingandliving.com/?page_id=1131" target="_blank">Rynn Berry</a>, who was a NYC based vegan historian.</p><p class="">The third interview is with <a href="http://benshaberman.com/" target="_blank">Ben Shaberman</a>, the author of <a href="https://amzn.to/2QQim8B" target="_blank">The Vegan Monologues</a>. Ben has a new book that he is shopping around to publishers called <strong><em>Jerry's Vegan Women</em></strong>. The book features short fictional stories centered on relationships and influences that various women have on the protagonist. Ben narrates a portion of the book at the end of the podcast.</p><p class="">The final interview is with Leigh-Chantelle, who runs <a href="http://vivalavegan.net/" target="_blank">Vivalavegan.net</a>, a web site that provides easy-to-prepare recipes, blogs, articles, podcasts, interactive forum, informative and how-to videos, interviews with inspiring vegans, vegan mentoring e-books, print books and more. Leigh lives in Australia and provides us the female perspective on dating down under.</p>
