Main Street Vegan

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Traditional Chinese Medicine Veganized + "Be Fair, Be Vegan" Billboard Campaign Aug 24, 2016

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Two giant billboards in midtown Manhattan are encouraging viewers to "Be Fair, Be Vegan." We'll talk with this mega-project's spokesperson, Angel Flinn, and then bring on Heather Lounsbury, L.Ac., author of Fix Your Mood With Food, that rare practitioner of traditional Chinese medicine who is vegan herself and encourages plant-based eating for her patients.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Humane Party Presidential Candidate + Elephants' Advocate Aug 17, 2016

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Clifton Roberts is in the 2016 United States' presidential race on the Humane Party ticket, and Sangita Iyer has made the haunting and important documentary, Gods in Shackles, to help save the elephants enslaved in India for ceremonial purposes.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

TV Chef Jason Wrobel and a 9-Year-Old Activist Aug 10, 2016

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Pint-size animal advocate Genesis Butler, featured in the documentary Vegan Everyday Stories, opens for celebrity chef Jason Wrobel with his new cookbook, Eaternity.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Barefoot Vegan and Saving One Small Life Aug 03, 2016

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We’ll welcome August with our “seasonal sanctuary stroll” featuring the French sanctuary, Barefoot Vegan, and its eponymous magazine, and then introduce Christine Loughead, the Canadian woman who received a huge amount of press earlier this summer when she did what we’ve all wanted to do: save a lobster from a supermarket tank and return him (her?) to the sea.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brenda Davis, RD, Returns + Novelist Robin Lamont Jul 27, 2016

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“Ask the Dietitian” is one of our show’s most popular offerings, especially when said dietitian is the brilliant and delightful Brenda Davis, RD. She returns today to answer your questions and offer helpful insights on healthy eating. We start the program with Robin Lamont, the novelist behind The Kinship Series of animal rights thrillers. The two available to read now and The Chain and The Trap.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Abortion and Animal Rights + Brian L. Patton Jul 20, 2016

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Sherry Colb, J.D., returns to the program with her husband, Michael C. Dorf, J.D., both Cornell law professors, with their important and controversial new book, Beating Hearts: Abortion and Animals Rights. Show opener: Brian L. Patton, “The Sexy Vegan,” cookbook author, podcaster, and vegan foodie and entertainer par excellence.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Vegan Mainstream and a Magical, Mystical Evening Jul 13, 2016

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Stephanie Redcross of veganmainstream.com brings us up to speed on vegan business, outreach, social media, branding, and buzzing, but first we enter the rarified world of The Illuminati Ball, a surreal experience created by vegan and animal rights proponent Cynthia von Buhler, a magical “immersive excursion” just outside New York City—and the glam dinner is vegan.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Compassion Project and The Vegan Ethic Jun 22, 2016

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Filmmaker Thomas Jackson on his film to interest people of faith in veganism + Bleating Hearts author Mark Hawthorne with his new book on intersectionality, The Vegan Ethic.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

John Salley + Grape Cat Jun 15, 2016

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Basketball legend John Salley shares his take on health, sport, veganism for a guy’s guy, and the Hip Hop Is Green movement. We’ll also be joined by James Lucas of grapecat.com about what it takes to run an online vegan store and vend at vegfests all over the United States.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Humane Ed and New Kids’ Cookbook Jun 08, 2016

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Ruby Roth, who made media waves with her children’s book, Vegan Is Love, is back with a charming and exquisitely illustrated cookbook for little vegans, The Help Yourself Cookbook for Kids. And Lorena Mucke's Ethical Choices Program takes veganism, animal rights, and sustainable living into middle- and high-school classrooms across America.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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