Author: Alison Cole

Co-host/co-producer of the weekly radio show Animal Voices Vancouver.

The Animal Rights Conference and Vegetarian Summerfest Reports Show

The Animal Rights Conference and Vegetarian Summerfest Reports Show: featuring reviews of both conferences; and clips from the debate “What About Abolition and Welfare?” between Gary Francione and Bruce Friedrich; “Are Humans Designed to Eat Meat?” by Dr. Milton Mills; “The Interconnectedness of Life” by Harold Brown; and “Moving Beyond the Rhetoric of Apology of Animal Rights to Affirmative Activism” by Karen Davis.

The Oceans Show: Wietse van der Werf, The Black Fish, on the Illegal Driftnet Industry; & Ania Budziak, Project Aware, on Marine Debris

The Oceans Show: Meatless Monday outreach, review of the Resistance Ecology Conference, an interview with Ania Budziak on Project Aware’s marine debris campaign, and a feature interview with Wietse van der Werf, International Director of The Black Fish, on their campaign to stop the practises of illegal driftnet fishing.

The Vida Vegan Con Report Show

The Vida Vegan Con Report Show: featuring an interview with Jasmin Singer and Mariann Sullivan of Our Hen House on How and Why to Expand Your Message to Include Animal Rights; plus a review of the conference and audio clips on How Hot Topics in Nutrition Influence Vegan Advocacy, Vegan Professionals in a Nonvegan World, and Veganism and Social Justice Issues.

The Earth Day Show: Eleanor Boyle, The Environmental Impacts of Our Industrial Meat Production System; & Isha Datar, Advancing Technology in Cell Cultured Meat

The Earth Day Show: a feature interview with Eleanor Boyle, author of “High Steaks: How and Why To Eat Less Meat”, on The Environmental Impacts of Our Industrial Meat Production System; and an interview with Isha Datar, Director of New Harvest, on Advancing Technology in Cell Cultured Meat.

The Meatout Show: Michael Weber, FARM; & Paul Shapiro, Vice-President of Farm Animal Protection, HSUS

The Meatout Show: we chat about our own experiences in cutting out meat, plus last weekend’s Vegan Prom; plus an interview with FARM Executive Director Michael Weber on the Meatout 2013 campaign; and a feature interview with HSUS Vice-President of Farm Animal Protection Paul Shapiro on various current “meatout” topics in the news, from ag-gag, to the trend of falling meat consumption, to Meatless Mondays, to the societal disgust of eating horse meat.

MP Fin Donnelly, Bill C-380 to Ban the Shark Fin Trade; & Teresa Telecky, HSI, on Polar Bears and the CITES Proposal to Ban the International Trade on Polar Bear Parts

How we spent Valentine’s Day; the SFU LOVE Club; an interview with Member of Canadian Parliament Fin Donnelly on Bill C-380 to Ban the Shark Fin Trade; and a feature interview with Teresa Telecky, Director for Wildlife for Humane Society Internetional, on Polar Bears and the CITES Proposal to Ban the International Trade on Polar Bear Parts.