Episodes

Wild Earth could literally save the earth from the ravages of animal agriculture. If America's dogs and cats were their own nation, they would be one of the biggest meat-eating nations in the world. Enter Ryan Bethencourt and his revolutionary pet food line: Wild Earth. Check it out at wildearth.com. Boasting more than 700% growth from 2020 to 2021, Wild Earth just got more than $23 million in funding from all-star investors in the pet, plant, and alternative food space. CEO Ryan Bethencourt fam...

Dr Joel Fuhrman is a legend in the health and nutrition field. The author of many bestselling books, including Eat for Life, he runs https://www.drfuhrman.com, one-stop shopping to transform your health, increase your vitality, longevity and improve your mood. His daughter is nutritarian chef Talia Fuhrman. Talia just released her first cookbook, Desserts To Live For, a collection of “heavenly desserts with zero guilt, zero sacrifices and zero risks of bodily harm . . . with only good-for-you in...

White Coat Waste, a non-profit dedicated to ending useless and tortuous taxpayer-funded experiments by the U.S. government, has scored a major victory that will end unimaginable suffering for many primates. as WCD puts it, A scathing July 2019 internal Veterans Administration report obtained by WCW via the Freedom of Information Act found that the Minneapolis VA was abusing monkeys by restricting water to primates for extensive periods of time and not keeping track of how long! Additionally, the...

Richard H. Schwartz, Ph.D., is one of the world's leading voices on both Judaism and Veganism. In this conversation, he explains how these two belief systems intersect and why it's so crucial that we see the connection in this time of crisis. Jane Velez-Mitchell, founder/editor of JaneUnChained.com, moderates the conversation.

The Plant Based Athlete is a must-read book for anyone interested in fitness, health, and longevity. This book offers a game-changing approach to peak performance. In this podcast, we meet the authors, super athletes Robert Cheeke and Matt Frazier. Of course, thanks to hit documentaries like The Game Changers, we now know that many of the world's top athletes are already plant-based. This book goes further and dives deep into the many reasons why you do not need to eat animals or their byproduct...

Meet the dynamic couple behind Eat the Change Impact, the philanthropic partner of the planet-based snack company, Eat the Change. Their organization is awarding $1.25 million over three years to national and local nonprofits working to promote vegan foods. More than half a million dollars is being given away in 2021 alone. Vegan nutritionist and author Tracye McQuirter, who surpassed her goal of helping 10,000 Black women go vegan in 2020, was one of the first recipients! Now, 36 incredible gro...

The Supreme Court of the United States has rejected the meat industry's challenge to a California law prohibiting cruel confinement of farmed animals! This is a HUGE victory for animal rights and the animals themselves! On June 28, 2021, the Supreme Court of the United States rejected the North American Meat Institute’s (NAMI) challenge to California’s Proposition 12. Proposition 12 is due to go into effect on January 1, 2022. It strengthens existing California law to ban the intensive confineme...

There is a lot of talk about improving America's infrastructure. The House of Representatives recently passed the INVEST Act, legislation that would earmark billions towards improving America’s roadways, transportation, and more, and includes funds for wildlife corridors and crossings -- to help wild animals survive in an increasingly developed world. Now, the International Fund for Animal Welfare lays out the case for making sure wildlife corridors are part of the nation's infrastructure planni...

You are invited to Vegan World 2026! This online Convergence will happen on Jul 31-Aug 1, 2021, for a two-day fun-filled, intellectually challenging weekend. There will also be future convergences. So sign up now at ClimateHealers.org and get involved! Help us save the planet and all the living beings on it from the environmental apocalypse barreling towards us. Dr. Sailesh Rao, the founder of VeganWorld2026 and ClimateHealers.org discusses the mission and how to achieve it. For a Vegan World, w...

Sticks and stones can break my bones, but words can never hurt me. That's the old saying. But, what if the opposite is true? Today's language denigrates animals with many common phrases encouraging cruelty and violence against animals. Now that the cat's out of the bag should be kill two birds with one stone? Or should we feed two birds with one scone to liberate language from the bondage of speciesism? Today's guest is the vegan/animal rights author of a trilogy of novels, literature that does ...

When cyclist Dotsie Bausch quit dairy at 37, many in her circle warned it would jeopardize her Olympic dreams. The opposite happened. Her athletic recovery and performance went through the roof and propelled her forward to victory in the 2012 London Olympic Games. Now, she has a message for other athletes and consumers worldwide. Dotsie founded switch4good.org to spread the word. A growing number of Olympic athletes are joining the call to ditch dairy now! It was pretty mind blowing; without ani...

Whistler, Canada is a famous ski resort! Now, it’s also home to an increasingly famous vegan bakery! BReD is a 100% plant-based, organic, sourdough bakery specializing in bread with an emphasis on whole grains, naturally leavened and baked fresh every day, as well as small baked goods such as cinnamon buns, which are all made from scratch in-house with locally-sourced seasonal ingredients; and serving up a range of specialty drinks including espresso coffees. BReD has already planted 9504 trees ...

Bear Boy, written by Justin Barker, is a coming-of-age story about standing up for animals, questioning authority, and discovering the power of activism. Justin is a typical teenager, dodging school bullies and waging an endless war with his parents. But when he discovers Ursula and Brutus -two sibling black bears being kept in horrific conditions at a nearby zoo- his life begins to change. He finds a cause that ignites his passion.... And, for the rest, you will have to get this amazing book. F...

Vegan dog food is trending. Shark Tank's Mark Cuban made a splash when he invested in a vegan kibble with the cameras rolling! That's just one of many vegan dog food products out there. Now, there's research into the benefits of a plant-based diet for dogs. Here to discuss is respected veterinarian Dr. Tonatiuh (Tona) Melgarejo, a Professor in the College of Veterinary Medicine at Western University of Health Sciences in California. JaneUnChained.com's Jane Velez-Mitchell does the interview.

The CDC says, “Scientists estimate that more than 6 out of every 10 known infectious diseases in people can be spread from animals, and 3 out of every 4 new or emerging infectious diseases in people come from animals.” So, you’d think our government would do whatever it could to discourage wet markets, which are retail slaughterhouses, where customers take home the carcass right after the animal is slaughtered on site. But, no, our government is doing very little to counteract that danger. Now, ...

Get the inside scoop on the fastest growing sector of the food industry: plant-based products. Dairy alternatives are experiencing explosive growth. The wildly popular vegan oat milk maker Oatly went public in May of 2021 and was swiftly valued at $10 billion. This is just the latest sign that the consumer move to vegan products is a skyrocketing trend. This blockbuster IPO comes on the heels of the Beyond Meat IPO in 2019 which was also a spectacular success. Meat alternatives are increasing in...

Compassion in World Farming has a new Evaluate Your Plate calculator. The calculator is a first-of-its-kind, interactive tool that takes a comprehensive look at what you eat and how it impacts climate change and the world around us – beyond greenhouse gases to land and water use, pollution, biodiversity loss, and impact on animals. Says CIFW, “If people continue to simply swap beef for chicken and fish, as they have been led to believe is the environmentally-friendly choice, we will inadvertentl...

For 25 years, Animal Outlook has been on the front lines of animal advocacy, speaking truth to power in Washington D.C., where It is based, and beyond. This national nonprofit 501(c)(3) is on a mission: to change the world for animals. Animal Outlook has made headlines in the New York Times and other media, breaking through the mainstream news blackout on animal rights where others have failed. Its focus is on exposing the rampant animal cruelty on factory farms through daring undercover investi...

New York Times bestselling author and Tedx talker Kathy Freston is out with a brand new book! 72 Reasons to Be Vegan is a compact, easy to digest, and highly entertaining summary of why plant-based is the solution to so many of our problems! Order NOW for immediate delivery in print or audible: https://amzn.to/2PGhaqe It’s everything you need to know about graduating beyond meat and dairy, but may have been afraid to ask! Co-authored by NYT bestselling author Gene Stone, it covers nutrition, dis...

The Agriculture Fairness Alliance is looking for 43 champions who could literally save the world from an environmental apocalypse. AFA sends lobbyists into the halls of Congress to educate members of Congress, U.S. senators, and their staff, about the reality of animal agriculture’s devastating impact on the climate, human health, world hunger, habitat destruction, wildlife extinction, and pollution… and the connection between animal abuse and pandemics. But, these lobbyists need funding! Curren...

If you want life on this planet to survive… register NOW for the Virtual Vegan World 2026 Convergence on Saturday, April 24th. ?Hosted by ClimateHealers.org, which was founded by Dr. Sailesh Rao, the Stanford Ph.D., systems analyst and engineer, who was instrumental in the development of the Internet and who is creating a system to achieve a vegan world by 2026. Learn all about it during this broadcast. ?This next convergence starts at: 11:00 am Eastern, Saturday, April 24, 2021 to Sunday 9:00 p...

Vegans Against All Oppression (VAAO) is an international vegan coalition, working to transform and confront oppressive structures in human society today. This is a social network for vegans who create change in the world through online outreach as well as street actions. This platform connects activists globally in order to effect positive change in our world. It facilitates human and non-human animal activism through our network of activist vegans. In this network, you can find articles on huma...

#BreakingNews: The world’s first vegan hospital says it’s tackling one of the biggest problems in the health industry that few are talking about: feeding artery-clogging meat and dairy to patients who are ill and hospitalized. This is all happening in Beirut, Lebanon. Hayek Hospital is a family-owned private medical facility that switched out its menu in March of 2021 to 100% plant-based options. The hospital announced it this way. “Our patients will no longer wake up from surgery to be greeted ...

Animals are not things. They are living, breathing, thinking, feeling beings. That’s why In Defense of Animals and Animals & Media are calling for an update to the Associated Press Stylebook’s recommendation on the use of personal pronouns for nonhuman animals. They are joined by more than 80 respected leaders and scholars in animal advocacy and conservation who support this change, including renowned primatologist Dr. Jane Goodall, biologists Dr. Marc Bekoff and Dr. Jonathan Balcombe, and leade...