Carol J. Adams is the author most recently of Burger and Protest Kitchen, and a self-described "feminist-vegan."

Our conversation was eye-opening to me in many ways.

I noticed my language in ways I hadn't before. I saw for the first time a chunk of cultural programming that was determining a lot of my attitudes and actions.

And I watched myself tread lightly - and I suspect clumsily - for fear of offending Adams and listeners to the podcast.