Episodes

America's wild horses are in crisis! Roaming the lands, they are in the crosshairs of the cattle industry that would like to have those same lands for cattle grazing. The Bureau of Land Management, which is the government agency that deals with wild horses, is described by critics as being under the control of the animal agriculture industry. Two animal loving organizations are divided on how to deal with this issue. We will discuss a new proposal that some say will let the horses live. But, oth...

Can more than 100 doctors be wrong? Can the more than 15,000 medical professionals who are part of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine be wrong? They are advocating a plant-based diet for good health! We will find out why!

The End of Meat is a groundbreaking documentary film envisioning a future where meat consumption belongs to the past. Although evidence of meat consumption's negative impact on the planet and on human health continue stacking up as animal welfare is on the decline, humanity's love affair with hamburgers, steaks, nuggets and chops just doesn’t end. In Germany, home of bratwurst and schnitzel, meat is an integral part of the diet. That is, until a few years ago, when perceptions somewhat evolved. ...

Dani Rukin is a CEO and executive team leadership coach! Until a few years ago, Dani was an unapologetic meat eater. Today, she finds herself protesting outside the very restaurants where she used to dine. What changed? How and when did the lightbulb go on? And, how did she go from simply not eating meat anymore to rapidly becoming a highly motivated animal activist and movement leader? Dani is now running animal activist trainings and shares her strategies for changing the world!

As the issue of climate change explodes globally, vegan social media influencers are doing an end run around the mainstream media's failure to address the enormous impact animal agriculture has on global warming. Elysabeth Alfano is a key influencer, using all her skills and charms to get on mainstream outlets to talk about veganism and using her media skills to promote a compassionate diet on Facebook, Instagram, podcasts, etc. Elysabeth is a model influencer in her style, content and relentles...

All of our guests attended the global student climate march on Friday, March 15th, 2018. Some went to the New York march and protest. Others went to the Los Angeles march and protest. All of our guests are vegans who raised the issue of animal agriculture's huge role in climate change, a subject mainstream environmentalists often avoid. The striking students, most high schoolers inspired by fellow student activist Greta Thunberg of Sweden, were aware that meat is not green. Many described themse...

Recently the Los Angeles Times did an amazing article on the Save Movement in general and the Los Angeles pig vigils in particular. Written by Gustavo Arellano, it decribed strangers offering water, love and comfort to the doomed pigs. The Save Movement is comprised of groups around the world who bear witness of pigs, cows, chickens and other farmed animals en route to slaughter. Our goals are to raise awareness about the plight of farmed animals, to help people become vegan, and to build a mass...

ALMA - Animal Lives Matter Always Rescue Foundation is a 501c3 non-profit run by the amazing Erin Riley-Carrasco, a dynamo who uses all her talent, charisma and skill to help all animals in every way she can. Erin is at the hub of a huge animal movement in the San Diego area of California, where veganism and animal activism is exploding. ALMA Rescue provides rescue, transport, veterinary care and shelter for homeless animals. Through a team of dedicated volunteers, they provide compassionate car...

AVO was founded in February 2018. In just under a year, AVO delivered workshops in 34 different cities. Over 900 activists who attended those workshops learned how to coach people toward veganism and avoid falling into unproductive and frustrating debates. The reviews from the workshop left on the Amazing Vegan Outreach Facebook page have been excellent. Activists were able to implement the practical tools they learned immediately at their next outreach event, and saw people wanting to go vegan ...

Jane talks to the leaders of the Central Coast VegFest, one of the most popular VegFests in California! We will discuss the importance of VegFests in today's culture. We will also find out how VegFests work, how they get speakers, what speakers they will have. Hint: Jane is one of this year's speakers! The Central Coast VegFest is: Saturday, February 23rd 2019 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at SLOUMC, 1515 Fredericks Street San Luis Obispo, California It's a great, scenic drive from anywhere in California an...

When it comes to the human wellness experience, Dr. Angie says, “My passion is to provide healing through an integrative approach to keep patients healthy and youthful. Most people spend the latter years of life dealing with chronic disease. My mission is to bring healing and improve the quality of life for those individuals looking to stay fit and healthy, through use of nutrition, fitness, and bio-identical hormone therapy.” Dr. Angie Sadeghi is a diplomate of the American Board of Internal Me...

This episode was inspired by a question from someone at VoiceAmerica Internet Radio. The question was: how exactly do you become vegan? So, host Jane Velez-Mitchell and her team -Dani Rukin and Paige Parsons Roache - will explain exactly how to make the transition to a healthy, compassionate, environmentally sound lifestyle. Step one starts in the kitchen, where we simply replace meat/dairy products with plant-based alternatives!

Conscious Capitalist PR firm Scout22 is led by Lori and Jim Amos. They promote companies that they can be proud of and whose values align with theirs. Jim and Lori have a simple mantra: WE ARE A FULL-SERVICE MARKETING AGENCY THAT WORKS EXCLUSIVELY WITH CONSCIOUS CAPITALIST BRANDS. OUR ETHOS IS SIMPLE—COMMERCE AND ETHICS CAN AND SHOULD CO-EXIST. IF YOU SHARE OUR PHILOSOPHY, WE’D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU. Says Lori: “If we don’t align with what we see, we simply say “Thanks, but no thanks.” We choose...

Jane interviews the Co-Chief Executive Officer of Plant Power Fast Food, California's answer to McDonalds. This vegan fast food chain has three locations, in San Diego, Encinitas and Redlands and is coming soon to Long Beach! Their food is fast but it's darn good. And, it's cholesterol free and healthier than regular fast food fare. Company executive Jeff Harris talks to Jane Velez-Mitchell about trends. The Economist has called 2019: the year of the vegan!

Jane discusses the WhiteCoatWaste.org campaign to STOP taxpayer-funded experiments on dogs, monkeys, cats and other animals and stop wasteful government spending. Their approach? Drain the swamp: cut federal spending that hurts animals and Americans. Our guest, Justin Goodman, is the Vice President of Advocacy and Public Policy at White Coat Waste Project (WCW), a non-profit with 350,000 supporters. He leads investigations and bipartisan policy campaigns to end secrecy, waste and abuse in taxpay...

Vegan Powerhouse Jasmin Singer joins us to discuss where the vegan movement is today and her involvement in many aspects of it. Jasmin is the author of: Always Too Much And Never Enough: one woman’s journey to find herself through juicing, veganism, and love, as she went from fat to thin and from feeding her emotions to feeding her soul.

Campaign Victory: BOCA Confirms Most of Its Products are Now Vegan! Compassion Over Killing is excited to share this breaking news update about our campaign to persuade BOCA Foods to ditch dairy. Over the past few months, the company has eliminated all but 4 items with dairy. That means 8 of BOCA’s 12 products are now completely vegan! BOCA Brand Manager Eric Palmer confirmed in a statement to COK: “At BOCA, we understand there are consumers who follow a vegan lifestyle or who otherwise avoid da...

Between 25 and 100 million animals are killed in U.S. laboratories after suffering through cruel and unnecessary experiments. But why did we give you such a huge range? Why couldn’t we give you a more precise figure? It’s because 95% of the animals used in research and testing are not covered by the Animal Welfare Act and the government is not required to report the number of these animals. This means that we have no idea how many birds, mice, rats, amphibians, reptiles, fish, and invertebrates ...

Jane Velez-Mitchell interviews Shannon Keith, the head of RescueFreedomProject.org. This organization negotiates with laboratories to get dogs and other animals out of cages and release them to good homes. Their organization became a global phenomenon after a video they produced went viral. It showed beagles, who were freed from labs, touching grass for the first time and experiencing freedom from a cage for the first time. You will cry.

The Animal Rights Movement is about achieving more basic rights for animals. A lot of that progress happens in the legal system. Different animals have different rights. Farm animals, 9 billion of whom are tortured and killed every year in America, have virtually no rights, far less than dogs and cats for example. You can do to a cow or a pig things that would land you in jail of you did them to a dog or a cat. Advancing Law for Animals is determined to change that.

Renee King-Sonnen is a cattle rancher's wife who turned vegan and turned her husband's cattle ranch into a vegan farm animal sanctuary. Now, she's trying to help other ranchers do the same... or at least come up with another way to make a living.

What is causing the coast to coast severe and destructive weather? The answer is on your plate.