We welcome the Black Pawprint Collective to the Vancouver scene and talk about the upcoming Veg Fest Vancouver. Featured is an interview with Karol Orzechowski, the Canadian director of Maximum Tolerated Dose, a new film about the personal stories of people who used to work in animal testing.
Category: Podcasts
Those Queer Animals: Queer Liberation and Fat-Positive Veganism
The Vegan Athlete Show – Part II: Rich Roll, Vegan Ultraman
The Vegan Athlete Show – Part II: a review of the book “Finding Ultra”; body shaming, fat positivity and veganism; and a feature interview with Rich Roll on Athleticism and Veganism.
The Vegan Athlete Show – Part I: Janice Skoreyko, Raw Vegan Sports Nutrition; & Dr. Andrew Rowan, Humane Society University
The Vegan Athlete Show – Part I: Review of Peak Performance: Unleash the Athlete Within workshop, and “Raw Food to Live For” DVD; plus a feature interview with sports nutritionist Janice Skoreyko on Raw Vegan Sports Nutrition; plus an interview with President of Humane Society University Dr. Andrew Rowan.
Eric Sakach of HSUS on cockfighting; Philip Wollen’s speech – Animals Should Be Off The Menu
We feature an interview with Eric Sakach of HSUS on the bloody tradition of cockfighting, we share Philip Wollen’s powerful and emotive speech in it’s entirety, and Alison reviews Mimi Kirk’s “Live Raw” cookbook.
Anthony Marr, Campaign to Ban Shark Fin; & Shannon Keith, Beagle Freedom Project
It’s Take Your Dog To Work Day! Plus, an interview with Shannon Keith on the Beagle Freedom Project; and an interview with Anthony Marr on the campaign to ban shark fin in our local communities.
The University of British Columbia’s Appropriation of and Attack on Critical Discourse; & Why Postmodernism Fails to Protect Animals
A review of the cookbook “The Happy Herbivore: Over 175 Delicious Fat-Free & Low-Fat Vegan Recipes” by Lindsay S. Nixon. Then a chat with former University of British Columbia students about the university’s attempt to appropriate a radical speaker series on animals that challenges the university’s governance on animals. We also talk to Dr. Gary Steiner, John Howard Harris Professor of Philosophy at Bucknell University, about his forthcoming book Animals and the Limits of Postmodernism.
Leah Lemieux, Faroe Islands Whale Hunt; & Activist Profile: Erin Red
Support Alison running for the animals; Leah Lemieux, Faroe Islands Whale Hunt; and Activist Profile: Erin Red.
Encore show: Mark Hawthorne, Effective Animal Activism, and Florence Libert, World Weeks for the Abolition of Meat
A review of the film Forks Over Knives; Florence Libert, World Weeks for the Abolition of Meat; and Mark Hawthorne, Effective Animal Activism.
Nick Cooney, What Psychology Can Teach Us About Spreading Social Change; & Dr. David Steele, The Antibiotics in Our Meat System
The effectiveness of social media activism; Dr. David Steele, The Antibiotics in Our Meat System; and a feature interview with author Nick Cooney on his book “Change of Heart: What Psychology Can Teach Us About Spreading Social Change”.