About à-bas-le-ciel: vegan politics and the politics of veganism
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.
The shallow end of the pool is not an obstacle to reaching the deep end: one doesn't obscure the other, one doesn't prevent you from reaching the other… you shouldn't despise what's shallow when it helps you to arrive at the profound.
The youtuber now known at "LOVE SOO" is now ex-vegan… but let's deal with the really profound, underlying issues here, my people… THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE ARE UGLY AND ALWAYS WILL BE. #vegan #vegans #veganism #vegandrama
6 Sept 2026
Am I vegan for the animals? Are you? (2026)
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https://www.instagram.com/a_bas_le_ciel/
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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.
17 May 2026
Theo Slade: it's always unresonable to expect reasonable criticism.
The moral of the story here is that youtube is really just a blank sheet of paper: you can learn a lot from working with it, or you can squander the opportunity, learning nothing at all.
Originally uploaded as a livestream (on à-bas-le-ciel) under the title, "Theo Slade: it's always unreasonable to expect reasonable criticism."
LINK: https://youtube.com/live/pxbF2bDTFdI (https://youtube.com/live/pxbF2bDTFdI)
This was uploaded elsewhere as a video under the title, "The internet is a blank sheet of paper: you can learn A LOT from a blank sheet of paper."
LINK: https://youtu.be/NQxkFC_B_iw (https://youtu.be/NQxkFC_B_iw)
Only 22 minutes long, BTW… short by my standards!
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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YouTube views
4,818,331
Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
Spotify
4.0 / 5
13 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 47 / 100
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Quality
39
Social presence
91
YouTube
93
Engagement
0
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