From Vegan Icon to Baby Back Ribs? The Lizzo & Beyond Meat Problem

About this episode

Jason discusses the intersection of celebrity culture and veganism, focusing on Lizzo's ad and Beyond Meat's strategies.

Celebrity vegans are cashing checks, plant-based giants are pivoting hard, and veganism is somehow becoming political theater. In this episode, Jason reacts to Lizzo’s Chili’s rib ad, Beyond Meat’s new protein drink strategy, and the growing culture war around plant-based eating. Send us Fan Mail

People in this episode

Host: Jason Kartalian

Topics covered

• celebrity vegans
• plant-based eating
• political theater
• Beyond Meat
• Lizzo
• cultural commentary

Keywords

• veganism
• Lizzo
• Beyond Meat
• Chili’s
• plant-based
• celebrity
• politics

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Chili’s, Beyond Meat

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