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James Aspey is a animal rights activist from Sydney, Australia. He is travelling the world giving free speeches to make our planet a more sustainable place.
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Chapters:
00:00 Trailer.
02:00 Brian's thoughts on the episode.
04:22 Brian's introduction.
04:57 London, like the rest of the world, where Veganism and animal rights movements are growing.
05:43 Vow of silence for 365 days, not many people are prepared to put that much skin in the game.
11:07 What James learned from that experience including the power of non-violent protest.
16:19 Why people don't think about the life and death of the animal or fish in the products they eat.
20:34 There will be a radical change towards veganism and for animal rights over the next century.
21:51 Why governments dare not tell people what to eat.
23:55 Can you really beat a KFC? Why not eat a salmon you've caught or the deer you've hunted?
30:42 Are we not natural predators just like those in the animal kingdom?
33:34 How James became a good public speaker.
35:26 The biggest argument he hears against veganism which frustrates him the most.
37:39 If you are a vegan you can still be a world record holding strong man.
41:59 The vegan community which sometimes seems to attract controversy.
48:30 A typical day in James' life, which next year he intends to change completely.
51:11 How James makes a living.
52:25 What it will be like for 150 people camping and fasting in front of a slaughterhouse for 5 days.
57:26 James is not an animal lover he just respects them.
59:11 Are comparisons of animal killing to slavery or to a holocaust, justifiable?
1:00:21 James' views on other activists in the vegan movement.
1:01:34 Cancer, drugs, struggle with bulimia and Tim Ferris' influence,
1:13:11 What the book "End Emotional Eating" taught James that helped him fight bulimia.
1:15:50 Is veganism an eating disorder?
1:17:14 Modern life is contributing to more people becoming vegans.
1:19;52 James talks about Vipassan? meditation from his experience of seven 10-day sessions.
1:27:30 How James thinks fellow vegans would say he has influenced the Vegan movement.
1:30:31 What James thinks his life will be like in ten years.
1:33:29 Success Secrets.
1:34:12 The worst (and there really were some) and best days of James' life.
1:40:26 What James thinks is his superpower,
1:41:47 What scares James.
1:42:50 What keeps him awake at night.
1:43:41 What James has changed his mind about recently.
1:45:27 James has just hit rock bottom with the pressures of daily vlogging.
1:48:37 Why James has started breakdancing.
1:50:24 Phone call to the 20 year old James Aspey.
1:51:39 Best advice ever received.
1:54:28 Advice to the 20 year old listening now who would like to promote veganism philosophy.
1:57:21 Brian's summing up.
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