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May 13, 2009
If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to our RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Just hours after winning a major victory in Maine, that will abolish veal and gestation crates, HSUS factory farming campaigns director Paul Shapiro has joined me for today’s VegTalk podcast. In addition to discussing Maine, we talk about [...]
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April 15, 2009
I’m thrilled to welcome German animal protection activist Mahi Klosterhalfen back to today’s show. Mahi has been instrumental in pushing Germany to abandon battery cages, and to leap to cage-free as the new minimum standard for raising layer hens. We talk about Mahi’s campaign, and how any motivated person can have similar impact.
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February 27, 2009
I’m thrilled to welcome Rip Esselstyn, author of The Engine 2 Diet, to today’s VegTalk podcast. We talk about all the advantages his plan has to offer in terms of weight loss, disease prevention, and athletic performance. I also urge you to check out Rip’s website, which offers plenty of great material to [...]
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February 20, 2009
Paul Shapiro, Senior Director of HSUS’ factory farming campaign, was kind enough to join me for today’s show. Now that California’s Prop 2 has passed, we discuss the opportunities it has opened up for future animal protection efforts. Today’s podcast is 22 minutes.
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January 21, 2009
I’m back with my first podcast in nearly two months, and I’m joined by Victor Sjodin of Vegan Outreach. Victor passed out an astonishing 100,000+ brochures for Vegan Outreach this past autumn, and we talk about his experiences and how others can make similarly giant commitments. Today’s podcast is 20 minutes.
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November 25, 2008
It’s been almost two months since my last podcast, so I’m back with another show featuring two first-time guests. To start, I welcome Matt Ball, cofounder of Vegan Outreach. We talk about effective leafletting and Vegan Outreach’s record-breaking year. Next, I talk to HSUS‘ Chief Economist, Jennifer Fearing. Jennifer served as [...]
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October 2, 2008
Could California really ban battery cages, veal crates, and pig gestation crates? Paul Shapiro joins me in this month’s podcast to discuss the situation. If you want to donate or volunteer, please check out the Yes On Prop 2 website. Today’s show is 19 minutes.
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September 4, 2008
Today we’re just two months from Election Day, and I’m joined by Paul Shapiro for today’s VegTalk podcast. Paul gives us the shocking, scarcely believable news that factory farming interests are resorting to underhanded tactics to torpedo Prop 2 (like we couldn’t have seen that coming) — specifically, they appear to be involved in illegal [...]
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August 28, 2008
2008 Henry Spira Grassroots Animal Activist Award winner Joe Espinosa joins me for today’s VegTalk podcast. Joe takes us through the ins and out of Vegan Outreach’s Adopt a College program, which I consider to be perhaps the most effective activism a person can undertake. If you decide to get involved, please let me [...]
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August 21, 2008
I am extremely fortunate to be joined by Megan McArdle for this week’s VegTalk podcast. Megan is an Associate Editor of The Atlantic, which hosts her daily blog. Our conversation today explores how observing the public debate over various political issues can help us avoid rhetorical pitfalls when advocating a vegan lifestyle. Today’s [...]
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