{"podcast":{"title":"The Vegan Report","slug":"the-vegan-report-6458227","podcast_index_feed_id":6458227,"rss_url":"https://media.rss.com/veganreport/feed.xml","website_url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/veganreport","image_url":"https://media.rss.com/veganreport/20250725_010734_cdd73298422c2cf562c2d5683f592b09.png","author":"Rayane Laddi","episode_count":145,"summary":"Independent podcast bringing together voices from all fronts of the animal liberation fight. Freely explore the world of animal advocacy and activism. Find inspiration to take action. Challenge your beliefs. New release every Tuesday & Wednesday.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-vegan-report-6458227"},"episode":{"title":"Plants Have Feelings: The First Person Who Said It","slug":"plants-have-feelings-the-first-person-who-said-it","published_at":"2026-05-05T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-vegan-report-6458227/plants-have-feelings-the-first-person-who-said-it","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-vegan-report-6458227","url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/veganreport/2793581","audio_url":"https://content.rss.com/episodes/218444/2793581/veganreport/2026_05_05_03_13_24_b3b37e16-7c77-40c1-b731-9b030dfd241f.mp3","summary":"For this episode, I want to take you back in time to the very first recorded moment someone used the phrase “plants have feelings” – or a version of that - as an argument against animal sentience. Not on Reddit, not on Twitter — we’re talking the year 1391 , in the late Middle Ages. And the person who said it wasn’t some random guy in a tavern. It was a Byzantine emperor , using this line of reasoning in a debate with an Imam. What If the World’s Religions Stood Up for Animals? With Joyce D'Silva | Ep. 110 https://rss.com/podcasts/veganreport/2614080/ Why Does God Allow Animal Exploitation? With Rabbi Akiva Gersh | Ep. 77 https://rss.com/podcasts/veganreport/2061703/ If you have any comment or question regarding the show, send a message to theveganreportpodcast@gmail.com Follow The Vegan Report on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/veganreportpodcast/ Follow The Vegan Report on X: https://x.com/veganreportshow","meta_description":"For this episode, I want to take you back in time to the very first recorded moment someone used the phrase “plants have feelings” – or a version of that…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1263,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-vegan-report-6458227/episodes/plants-have-feelings-the-first-person-who-said-it/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-vegan-report-6458227/plants-have-feelings-the-first-person-who-said-it.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}