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Welcome to Episode 40 of the Plantarion Podcast. Danni McGhee talks with Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn about how chewing green leafy vegetables can lower your risk of cardiovascular health and even protect you from viruses like Covid-19. Plus he shares what he personally eats daily to maintain excellent health.
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Interview with Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn
Caldwell B. Esselstyn, Jr., received his A.B. from Yale University in 1956 and his M.D. from Western Reserve University School of Medicine in 1961. In 1956, he received a gold medal in rowing at the Olympic Games. In 1968, as an Army surgeon in Vietnam, he was awarded the Bronze Star. He was trained as a surgeon at the Cleveland Clinic and has been associated with the Cleveland Clinic since 1961. He was President of the Staff and a member of the board of governors. He is chairman of the Breast Cancer Task Force and Head of the Section of Thyroid and Parathyroid Disease. In 2005 he became the first recipient of the Benjamin Spock Award for Compassion in Medicine. He received the Distinguished Alumnus Award from the Cleveland Clinic Alumni Association in 2009. In 2013 he received Yale University’s George Herbert Walker Bush Award for Lifetime Achievement. Dr. Esselstyn has also received the 2015 Plantrician Project Luminary Award, the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine 2016 Distinguished Alumni Award, and the American College of Lifestyle Medicine 2016 Lifetime Achievement Award. His scientific publications number over 150. His pioneering research is summarized in his best selling Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease. In July 2014 his study of 200 patients confirms an even larger group can be adherent to plant-based nutrition and achieve the same significant arrest and reversal of disease. Currently he directs the Cardiovascular Disease Prevention and Reversal Program at the Cleveland Clinic Wellness Institute.
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Welcome to Episode 39 of the Plantarion Podcast. Danni McGhee talks with Wendy Wesley, registered and licensed dietitian and nutritionist, about the benefits of cooking your meals at home, how to gain confidence in the kitchen, and why getting back to the basics makes eating healthy simple, accessible, and more affordable.
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Interview with Wendy Wesley
Wendy Wesley is a registered/licensed dietitian and nutritionist who works to improve the health of the community. She is an activist, writer, speaker and podcaster on local and statewide health and food policy. For her community she is a cooking coach, nutrition counselor and a consumer nutrition advocate showing patients and clients how food marketing influences their choices and health. Wendy is a candidate for St. Petersburg City Council running on a platform of health equity.
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Welcome to Episode 38 of the Plantarion Podcast. Danni McGhee chats with Paul Joseph of Vegan Skin by Paul Joseph, as he shares how going vegan actually saved his life plus he gives us insight on how it is to be vegan, black, and dating.
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Interview with Paul Joseph
Paul Joseph is a Historian & Teacher. He is the owner of Vegan Skin by Paul Joseph. He earned his masters from Tufts University, and bachelors from UCLA. He’s also a West African Dance Instructor.
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Welcome to Episode 37 of the Plantarion Podcast. Danni McGhee talks with Leah and Michael Moon of DC Vegan and how their lifestyle brand is more than just vegan fare. It's a movement to fight for social justice for all.
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Interview with Leah & Michael Moon
Leah Curran Moon, MPA, PhD, DC Vegan's Co-Founder & CEO
Leah is a social entrepreneur, artist and PhD with 25 years of event and professional experience. As CEO, Leah focuses on strategic growth, creative content, market analysis and visioning. She is constantly listening, analyzing and creating while focusing on improvements in efficiency, processes, operations and company culture. Leah holds a BA in Urban Studies, an MPA in Public Administration and a Ph.D. in Public Policy & Public Administration from The George Washington University.
Michael Jantz Moon, DC Vegan's Co-Founder & COO
Michael is an entrepreneur and creative with over 20 years of experience managing, producing, marketing and promoting events and over 15 years of fine dining and front of house restaurant experience. Michael has toured with Paul Simon, Brian Wilson - played with Train, The Black Crowes and even Barry Manilow (no really!). Michael thinks big and has even attempted world records. As COO, Michael excels in doing what entrepreneurs do best – solving problems.
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Welcome to Episode 36 of the Plantarion Podcast. Danni McGhee chats with Terry Cummings of Poplar Spring Farm Sanctuary and the hidden truths of the treatment of zoo and farm animals and why she's created a safe haven for animals.
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Interview with Terry Cummings
Terry Cummings is the Co-Founder and Co-Director of Poplar Spring Animal Sanctuary, a 430 acre refuge located in Poolesville, Maryland. She has a Bachelor’s degree in Animal Science from the University of Maryland, and an Associate’s Degree in Veterinary Technology. She is a licensed Veterinary Technician, who worked at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo as a Veterinary Technician for 12 years, prior to starting the sanctuary. She founded Poplar Spring Animal Sanctuary in 1996 with her husband Dave, where they have been rescuing and providing a permanent home for abused and abandoned farm animals and wildlife for 24 years.
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Welcome to Episode 35 of the Plantarion Podcast. Danni McGhee chats with Marina Yanay-Triner about the connection between a plant-based diet and mindfulness and how her transformation coaching helps individuals stick to a healthier diet and lifestyle.
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Interview with Marina Yanay-Triner
Marina Yanay-Triner is a whole food, plant based educator and recipe developer through Soul in the Raw. Marina creates easy and delicious vegan recipes and shares the evidence based benefits of a whole food plant based lifestyle. She supports people in going and sticking to plant based eating through her online courses and programs.
Marina adopted a whole food, plant based lifestyle almost 9 years ago, inspired by her mother's incredible healing story of reversing a crippling bladder disease. She has reversed PMS symptoms and experienced deep emotional healing from trauma as a result of this transition. Marina is incredibly passionate about the vegan diet for human health, animal welfare, and the well-being of our planet, all of which she envisions as one.
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Welcome to Episode 34 of the Plantarion Podcast! Danni McGhee chats with Charlie Fyffe of Charlie's Brownies about transitioning his pop up after going vegan and how he's Vegan AF!
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Interview with Charlie Fyffe
Charlie Fyffe is a vegan chef from Los Angeles, CA. He is most notably known for his allergen conscious dessert brand Charlie’s Brownies, touring as a pop-up at Veg Fests internationally since 2015. In 2019, he co-founded Vegan AF Events, an events production company focused on showcasing the best vegan food in a fun and compassionate environment while raising money for animal sanctuaries. He recently relocated to Las Vegas and is currently developing a vegan recipes app to support people on their plant based culinary journey.
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Welcome to episode 33 of the Plantarion Podcast. Danni McGhee chats with Yvette Baker, vegan activist and wine enthusiast, about the intersectionality of non-human and human oppression PLUS the truth about animal and human exploitation in wine production.
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Interview with Yvette Baker
Yvette Baker is Los Angeles-based writer, social critic, and intersectional activist whose work is devoted to exposing and analyzing the intersections of human and nonhuman oppression. She aims to empower the Vegan movement as a movement for total liberation.
Outside of her writing and academia, Yvette has a passion for dancing, wrestling, and drinking natural wine. She is currently working to compile a Vegan Wine Directory that will feature plant-based wines whose production did not rely on any unjust exploitation of humans or nonhumans.
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Welcome to Episode 32 of the Plantarion Podcast! Danni McGhee chats with Andy Nevers our founder about our Kickstarter project! You can be a part of the Plantarion movement by donating today!
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The Plantarion Show and Podcast need your help raising $3,500 by October, so that we may fund the costs of expenses for better recording gear, lighting, videography, and sound equipment. With this new recording equipment, we will be able to ensure the best quality show and podcast to keep YOU up to date with all the latest resources in the vegan and plant-based community!
We know that during this difficult time of the Pandemic, more people have gained interest in joining the vegan movement. With the environmental & health benefits that this lifestyle brings, we are also striving to provide you as the listeners and viewers the most up-to-date vegan facts! The Plantarion Show and Podcast will only improve if our friends in the community get behind us, visit our website and follow our social media to keep us with our community building progress, and donate to help us grow!
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Welcome to episode 31 of the Plantarion Podcast! Danni McGhee chats with Dia Hancock, resident videographer at Plantarion, as she shares her vegan food brand and video and photography can intersect with a love for food.
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Interview with Dia Hancock
In December 2019, Dia Hancock shifted her career focus from full time videographer to full time purveyor of vegan goods. Kale Von Celery started as a food page on Facebook where she would occasionally share her experiences at vegan restaurants and post about a new recipe she tried at home.
As her career interests shifted and changed, she turned her ten-year journey in veganism into a business of doing what she loves, cooking and sharing vegan food. The goal of Kale Von Celery is to always leave people saying “OMG, this is vegan?!” while they eagerly come back for more.
Plans for the future include offering vegan meal prep in the DC Metropolitan Area and continuing to encourage veganism in the African American community & beyond.
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