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à-bas-le-ciel: vegan politics and the politics of veganism

à-bas-le-ciel: vegan politics and the politics of veganism

By: (AR+IO) Eisel Mazard
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 This is the podcast that resulted after eight years of discussions on Youtube, where Eisel Mazard was the voice of à-bas-le-ciel, criticizing veganism from within, eventually reaching millions of views with his jarring portrayal of the vegan movement as a deeply corrupt and dishonest failure. AR+IO abbreviates the motto "Active Research and Informed Opinion", providing consistent numbering for all of the episodes (AR+IO-001, etc.) hosted by Eisel Mazard across many different podcasts, and united by one Patreon.(AR+IO) Eisel Mazard World
Episodes
  • Ecology and Ego: Veganism and False Humility.

    Ecology and Ego: Veganism and False Humility.
    Nov 11 2025

    Find me on Instagram. Support me on Patreon. Both will provide notifications for new podcast episodes (not just "here", but under many different headings).

    https://www.instagram.com/a_bas_le_ciel/

    https://www.patreon.com/c/a_bas_le_ciel/posts



    AR+IO abbreviates the motto "Active Research and Informed Opinion", providing consistent numbering for all of the episodes (AR+IO-001, etc.) hosted by Eisel Mazard across many different podcasts, and united by one Patreon. Eisel is better known as Zel from Ashdod, and was formerly known as the voice (and author) behind the (banned) youtube channel à-bas-le-ciel.
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    8 mins
  • Defining Vegan: Negative, Positive, Passive & Active Definitions.

    Defining Vegan: Negative, Positive, Passive & Active Definitions.
    Nov 8 2025

    "For me, the difference between 'vegan' and 'plant based' is not the difference between 'ethical veganism' and 'health based veganism'. Veganism proper: it's never going to be satisfied with a merely personal decision to be vegan."


    Find me on Instagram. Support me on Patreon. Both will provide notifications for new podcast episodes (not just "here", but under many different headings).

    https://www.instagram.com/a_bas_le_ciel/

    https://www.patreon.com/c/a_bas_le_ciel/posts



    AR+IO abbreviates the motto "Active Research and Informed Opinion", providing consistent numbering for all of the episodes (AR+IO-001, etc.) hosted by Eisel Mazard across many different podcasts, and united by one Patreon. Eisel is better known as Zel from Ashdod, and was formerly known as the voice (and author) behind the (banned) youtube channel à-bas-le-ciel.
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    15 mins
  • Youtube is dead: the lost avant garde of intellectual dissent on the internet.

    Youtube is dead: the lost avant garde of intellectual dissent on the internet.
    Oct 11 2025

    Implicitly, this is a significant contrast to my old "manifesto" titled On Community, although it does not address the thesis of that video, directly, in any way: if you regard this as a manifesto, it is addressed to the youtuber (or podcaster) as a solitary intellectual dissident, cultural critic, commentator and comedian --not as the center of an incipient community, pulling together like-minded people (as per "the spirit season one") with an ambition to accomplish something more than they could ever attempt alone.


    Find me on Instagram. Support me on Patreon. Both will provide notifications for new podcast episodes (not just "here", but under many different headings).

    https://www.instagram.com/a_bas_le_ciel/

    https://www.patreon.com/c/a_bas_le_ciel/posts



    AR+IO abbreviates the motto "Active Research and Informed Opinion", providing consistent numbering for all of the episodes (AR+IO-001, etc.) hosted by Eisel Mazard across many different podcasts, and united by one Patreon. Eisel is better known as Zel from Ashdod, and was formerly known as the voice (and author) behind the (banned) youtube channel à-bas-le-ciel.
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    47 mins
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