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Naijha talks to Chef Day Radley about her experience as a vegan chef, teaching others how to be vegan chefs, and the future of veganism in the culinary world.
Highlights
2:40 - Tell us your Vegan story
5:50 - Being a Vegan chef
7:50 - Birds Eye & PepsiCo
10:50 - Training Vegan Chefs
16:30 - Moving forward with the school & goals
20:00 - Tips on being a Vegan chef
25:00 - Where to find Chef Day
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Andy talks with Anthony about his weight-loss and plant-based journey as well as information on his company, Plant Based TeleHealth.
Highlights
1:25 Plant-based story
7:25 How did you start your health journey?
26:40 How did you go from being plant-based to helping other people be plant-based?
36:55 Consultation Information
40:15 Plant-based TeleHealth Target audience
46:25 Next steps
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Letha talks with Dr. Castello about her learning and working as a plant-based doctor and healer, travelling, and nutrition.
Highlights
2:00 - Upbringing
8:30 - Healing a hardened heart
13:30 - Setting Emotional Boundaries
16:00 - Loving Unconditionally with Boundaries
17:55 - Marissa's Cookbook - Sauced!
21:20 - Free Recipe Info!
23:55 - Why do you travel so much?
30:30 - How to eat plant-based on vacation
33:45 - Fasting
40:50 - Exercise; Sitting is the New Smoking
43:25 - Anxiety
47:10 - Females & Dealing with Monthly Cycles
52:10 - Final Comments
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Brittany talks with Dr. Klaper about his work in transforming plant-based practices and shares his expertise as an exclusively plant-based doctor of over 30 years.
Highlights
1:10 - What is your vegan story?
5:40 - How did you influence plant-based solutions in your practice?
10:50 - Why isn't practicing plant-based solutions more common?
14:45 - What affect have you seen with your Moving Medicine Forward Initiative?
19:55 - Working with Plant-Based TeleHealth
25:00 - Working with NASA
29:30 - Climate Change
38:10 - Next plans for Dr. Klaper
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Naijha talks with Kimbo about her experience as a musician, a boxing coach, and a dedicated nutritionist.
Highlights
2:20 - Tell us your story
6:20 - Why did you choose guitar?
7:30 - What was your experience like coaching in NYC?
9:00 - How do you use your expertise to accomplish your mission?
11:15 - Why use crystals?
14:40 - Why boxing?
19:50 - Tips for starting your fitness journey
27:00 - Where can people find you?
27:45 - Final thoughts
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Brittany talks with Cheryl about her experience with veganism, advice with being a beginning vegan, and her work with Animal Outlook.
Highlights
00:44 - Vegan Story
9:00 - Parenting Vegan Kids
11:30 - Biggest Accomplishment at Animal Outlook
15:15 - Tyson Foods Investigation
28:15 - How do you use this information to influence veganism?
34:00 - The Effect of Vegan Questions & Starting as a Vegan
41:00 - Talk about your influence on Vegan Expansion
44:45 - Final Thoughts
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Letha and Dana talk about a variety of topics surrounding her experience and expertise in health, food security, and food recommendations - in general, in the pandemic, and eating out - as a vegan.
Highlights
6:40 - Book Information
7:40 - Kids School Lunches
10:50 - What types of traits did you see about yourself when you were younger that influenced who you are today?
13:05 - How did you feel being introduced to talking to a more wide-spread audience?
15:00 - Tips for New Vegans
17:00 - What is "food security" and how can we be "food secure" as a vegan?
25:00 - What was the point in your life that you committed to being plant-based?
27:40 - What can we do to help the environment in other ways than food?
30:25 - Exercise
32:30 - Soy Milk
36:50 - Where to find Dana
40:15 - Restaurant Recommendations
44:40 - Final Thoughts
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Naijha and Katrina talk deeply about a few topics, including Vegan Business Media, VIVAS, her work in PR, and expansion of Veganism in the world.
Highlights
2:05 - What is your vegan story?
10:35 - Vegan Business Media
17:50 - VIVAS
21:15 - The importance of press releases
31:50 - Thoughts on the expansion of Veganism in fast food
33:50 - Where to find Katrina
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Brittney and AJ talk about a variety of topics surrounding Chef AJ's experience around vegetarianism and veganism, disordered eating, and a plethora of information regarding her work as a chef and an inspiration to those looking for the plant-based lifestyle.
Highlights
2:40 - How did you start your path with learning about disordered eating and treatment?
5:50 - How did you begin being so healthy and then helping others with their journey?
9:15 - What advice do you have for people who are trying to make a career in this space?
11:45 - Social media talk & advice
15:45 - Did you always do what you loved to do for a career?
17:35 - What is your favorite part of your work now?
20:05 - Cooking plant-based food
20:55 - Who stands out in the interviews you've done?
22:25 - Age talk
26:15 - What are your next plans?
27:55 - Summit hosting & info
29:25 - Where can you connect with Chef AJ?
30:10 - Summit Affiliate Info
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Letha and Wendy talk about a plethora of topics related to veganism, Veganuary, and how to get started if you're interested in being a part of the plant-based community.
Highlights
2:15 - What is Veganuary?
5:30 - What do you do aside from your "work"?
6:50 - How do you participate in Veganuary?
9:15 - Talk about the environmental impact
11:20 - Beginning Vegan Tips & Tricks
14:10 - What's the health impact from veganism?
18:25 - How can people get involved with veganism?
24:35 - What kind of exercise do you like?
25:50 - Quick Vegan meal or snack ideas
28:30 - Final thoughts
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"It’s a small thing to help one animal, but to that one animal, it’s a big thing." - Gene Baur
Highlights
6:40 - What kinds of feelings did you have while finishing each accomplishment?
10:45 - The Conscious of Food Movement
12:42 - The Farm Sanctuaries
20:55 - Festival/Events information
22:30 - Book information
24:20 - What was your turning moment into veganism?
28:15 - Being a vegan athlete
30:15 - Mushrooms
32:45 - Is it true that animals have personalities when free?
35:40 - How do you decompress after witnessing animal cruelty?
37:10 - The Oprah Winfrey Brunch
38:00 - Final thoughts
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EPISODE NOTES - “Hippocrates said, how many years ago….’Let food be thy medicine, and medicine thy food.’ …and how far have we gotten from that?” - Melissa Sundermann
Highlights
2:00 - Creating a Blue Zone.
9:00 - 7 Pillar of Health. Lifestyle Medicine
17:00 - Should lifestyle medicine be its own field. What is the disconnect?
8:30 - It is never too late to go vegan. Transitioning for older adults.
12:30 - Misconceptions: What holds people back from going vegan? What about Ingrained food addictions?
14:00 - Starter dishes when transitioning to a vegan diet.
41:00 - Nutrition in athletes.
46:00 - Evolution of taste.
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EPISODE NOTES - “Our digestive system is not made to eat meat. Human beings are the only animal that says okay…when I eat some meat I got to bake it, I got to barbecue it, I got to grill it, etc, I got to fry it. You look at lions and all these individuals whose digestive systems are made to eat meat they never say anything like, ‘Lets fry this first.’ No. They eat it automatically, because that is what they are designed to do.” - Kevin Jenkins
Highlights
0:50 - Kevin’s Vegan Story
4:30 - Brotha Vegan Book
6:40 - Vegan Bedroom Perks
8:30 - It is never too late to go vegan. Transitioning for older adults.
12:30 - Misconceptions: What holds people back from going vegan? What about Ingrained food addictions?
14:00 - Starter dishes when transitioning to a vegan diet.
15:30 - Including vegan teachings into Pastor work.
19:00 - Transitioning to a vegan diet while still living at home with family.
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EPISODE NOTES - “I really believe the major thing that creates immunity for all of us is our food. It’s a big deal. Unfortunately in the virus field they don’t count that for very much…..During this discussion at this time for example I haven’t heard the media one time offer the idea that nutrition has anything to do with immunity.” - T. Colin Campbell, PhD
Highlights
0:50 - Link Between Nutrition & Virus Where Do We Stand
9:30 - What is the Stronger Effect on Virus Nutrition or Vaccine
14:30 - Is during the Pandemic the right time to make a change
16:00 - Is a vaccine our only chance for immunity?
20:30 - How do we get out of this?
29:00 - What we eat & Climate Change
39:00 - If We Don’t Start Acting What Does the Future Look Like
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EPISODE NOTES - “The information is out there. Open your heart. Open your mind and when you put on that new set of glasses, you're going to see a whole new world. If you're tired of the same old same old. Give it a shot.” - Jane Velez-Mitchell
Highlights
1:30 - Jane’s Vegan Story
10:20 - What can we find on Unchained TV
12:00 - New Day New Chef
17:00 - “Countdown to Year Zero” Documentary
22:00 - How can you Volunteer
25:00 - What is coming in 2022
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Twitter: @jvm
Watch "Countdown to Year Zero." or "New Day, New Chef." Plus so much more on Unchained TV Website
EPISODE NOTES - “It is really important to me that veganism be out there for everybody. It doesn’t matter what your politics are, what your worldview is, whether you agree with other vegans on every little thing. It is just a way to live ethically, and sensibly, and sustainably.” - Victoria Moran
Highlights
1:00 - Victoria’s Vegan Story
7:20 - Raising a Vegan Child.
16:45 - Main Street Vegan Origins.
24:00 - Main Street Vegan Academy and the Future.
27:20 - Age Like a Yogi
29:00 - Veganism and Spirituality in “A Prayer for Compassion” Documentary
33:20- Compassion Consortium
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EPISODE NOTES - “There are so many authors who are publishing research studies that show, whether it is diabetes, various forms of cancer, blood pressure…High performance athletes find they perform better. The thing that is common is a whole-foods, plant-based vegan diet with limited fat.” - Dilip Barman
Highlights
1:30 - Dilip’s vegan story.
5:45 - Vegan Plant-based Thanksgiving
16:45 - Documentary “Code Blue”
22:00 - Food for Life Instructor with the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine
33:30 - Transitioning non-vegan kids to a plant-based diet.
37:00 - So Many Cooks in the Kitchen
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EPISODE NOTES - “It’s a lot of work that needs to be done. We can’t do it we are always jut using the same voices, talking to the same people.” - Christopher Eurbbanks
Highlights
0:18 - Christopher’s vegan story.
3:40 - Plant-based vs Vegan.
5:30 - The first animal rights march in Atlanta.
12:15 - Diversity in the movement and human and animal oppression.
13:15 - The Dreaded Comparison. Using education for advocacy and finding alignment in our morals.
15:30 - Invisible Vegan and Aphro-ism two books to help inspire and educate on oppression.
18:30 - Families and going vegan. How to share the movement and educate our families and friends.
29:45 - How can people get out there. The many forms of activism from sharing to supporting vegan restaurants.
33:00 - Vegan in three words, “Compassion, Justice, and Oneness.”
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EPISODE NOTES - “Vegan is compassion in true action.” -Naijha Wright-Brown
Highlights
1:54 - Naijha’s vegan story.
2:55 - How a yearly physical sparked cholesterol concerns. How going vegan was a holistic approach to healing.
5:25 - Where the inspiration came from to create “soul food” and how it is still going 11 years later.
10:25 - The newest of locations is a Vegan Soul Bistro.
13:00 - Vegan Soulfest
25:00 - Black Vegan Restaurant Week.
31:00 - Naijha Speaks and all about the discussions happening on her Youtube Channel.
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Maryland Vegan Restaurant Week here
Black Vegan Society here or @blackvegofmd
EPISODE NOTES - “The work we are doing is to bring it to the mainstream and I don’t think we do that in one lane, because there are so many branches of the topic that it is important to get the message out there.”-Andy Nevers
Highlights
1:45 - How you can help the Plantarion Podcast grow.
2:45 - How can we inform more people about veganism. How can we make it mainstream?
4:52 - Why Andy Nevers created Plantarion.
6:20 - How we can help you transition and maintain a vegan lifestyle with our platform.
7:25 - How can Plantarion help entrepreneurs.
9:00 - What 2022 will bring for Plantarion.
9:20 - Plantarion;s vision.
10:57 - Our Premier Virtual Business Networking Event. What Plantarion wants to offer.
12:38 - Our guest speaker Seth Goldman
16:00- What makes our event beneficial?
22:39 - Future goals for funding.
26:32- Plantarion’s future.
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“If you look at the risk factors for covid 19 severity and death, obesity, heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure all of which can be prevented or rested or even reversed with a healthy enough plant-based diet and lifestyle.” Dr. Michael Greger has experienced firsthand how switching to a whole, plant-based diet can transform an individual's health and takes the time to share his teachings and experiences with us today.
Highlights
0:28 - Dr. Michael Greger tells us how watching his Grandma completely turn around her dismal diagnosis with a whole, plant-based diet set him on his path to create nuritionfacts.org and to become an author on the topic to save others.
4:00 - The Daily Dozen Challenge.
8:25 - Surviving the pandemic, by preventing future ones. We take a look at our role in animal raising for food and the link between viruses and animal origins.
11:00 - The next predicted pandemic, H799, will be a hundred times deadlier than Covid 19. “It is not worth risking lives and millions of people for the sake of cheaper chicken.”
13:20 - We are not defined by our hereditary disease. How genetics load the gun, but the environment pulls the trigger.
15:25 - A whole-food, plant-based diet with nothing bad added and nothing good taken out. Plus a discussion on fasting and its pros and cons. 🌱
22:20 - 21 Day Kickstart. How you can get some free transitioning help.
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Highlights
1:03 - All about the Plantarion Podcast
1:30 - Introducing the Plantarion Podcast Hosts
1:45 - Danni shares with us some exciting updates
3:45 - Meet Brittany our New Podcast Host
5:30 - What is Plantarion?
7:30 - Announcing our Famous Guest Speaker. Who can it be?
Welcome to Episode 048 of the Plantarion Podcast. Danni McGhee talks with Paul Chatlin of Plant Based Nutrition Support Group about his journey from the gurney to the garden and how a whole food plant based diet saved his life.
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Interview with Paul Chatlin
Paul was born in Detroit and has lived in West Bloomfield since 1971. In May of 2013, he was diagnosed with Heart Disease. His cardiologist gave him two options: bypass surgery or try “Plant Based Nutrition” (PBN). After meeting with Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn, he decided to try “Plant Based Nutrition”. After just 3 weeks his angina disappeared. His cholesterol levels dropped from 350 to 88 and he lost 75 pounds. And, he felt great! Paul promised himself that when he felt better he would put together a support group to help others in our community, so he contacted Dr. Joel Kahn, co-medical director who agreed to assist him on the journey. In February of 2014, he held his first Plant Based Nutrition Support Group (PBNSG) meeting and 123 people attended! Today PBNSG has 7600 members and over 100 volunteers. They have started many outreach programs and has relationships with the owners of 30 local restaurants. PBNSG has completed working on curriculum change with Medical Students at Wayne State, Eastern Michigan , Oakland University, Michigan State Universities and the University of Michigan medical school. Held classes for local doctors to learn about the benefits of nutrition before pills or procedures called Doctors Teaching Doctors. Received a sponsorship from Henry Ford Health Systems. PBNSG has over 54 small groups. A small group is where likeminded friends get together at a hosts house to talk about WFPB without judgement. In 2020 PBNSG will be holding over 46 health and culinary education classes. We just finished an 80+ page manual called “A Gurney Promise” which helps people around the world start their own Plant Based Nutrition Support Group. PBNSG also created a Whole Food Plant Based No Oil Cookbook called Perfectly Plant Based.
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Welcome to Episode 047 of the Plantarion Podcast. Danni McGhee talks with Claudia Gonzalez about how doula services can support you before, during, and after pregnancy, as well as how you can have a successful vegan pregnancy.
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Interview with Claudia Gonzalez
Claudia Gonzalez, also known as Cookie, is a fertility doula, labor support doula, and postpartum doula, who enjoys working with families and individuals during the prenatal, birth, and postpartum stages. She assists by providing information and resources, as well as emotional, spiritual, and (non-medical) physical support to her clients, while being sure to provide services that are tailored to their unique needs. With all of the knowledge she has gained and the work she has done (and is still doing), her most prized title of them all is of being an Auntie to her amazing, smart, and funny proxy-baby (aka niece) whom she loves as if she were her own child.
Cookie’s ultimate goal is to be a helping hand as she walks with families on their individual journey, in order to bring their pregnancy and birth dreams to fruition.
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Welcome to Episode 46 of The Plantarion Podcast. Danni McGhee talks with Emily Frigon about her blog Garlic Head, how to make the transition to a plant-based diet, and her holiday recipes that are perfect for a quarantined holiday season.
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Interview with Emily Frigon
Emily Frigon is the founder of Garlic Head, a virtual recipe resource and community designed to promote the sustainable, accessible, affordable, and delicious virtues of plant-based eating. A lifelong vegetarian, Emily is passionate about sharing the benefits of a diet rich in plants, both for personal welfare and overarching health of the planet. Garlic Head aims to exemplify the benefits of vegan living without restrictive labels or expensive grocery bills.
Emily is also the co-founder of harvestRX, a farm-to-patient delivery platform that supplies preventative health programs with grant-funded fresh produce, delivered directly to chronically ill patients and lower income communities. Food access and sustainability motivate her life's work.
With her extensive digital recipe experience, Emily has managed and contributed to the social media/content strategies of plant-centric websites including Minimalist Baker, Choosing Chia, Emilie Eats, and Hummusapien.
Emily holds degrees in Economics, Spanish, and Global Sustainability from the University of Pittsburgh, along with a Plant Based Nutrition certificate through the Center for Nutrition Studies at Cornell University.
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Welcome to Episode 45 of The Plantarion Podcast. Danni McGhee talks with Toni Okamoto about how to eat plant based on a budget with less than $25 per week!
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Interview with Toni Okamoto
Toni Okamoto is the founder of Plant-Based on a Budget, the popular website and meal plan that shows you how to save dough by eating veggies. She’s also author of the Plant-Based on a Budget Cookbook, co-author of The Friendly Vegan Cookbook, and the co-host of The Plant-Powered People Podcast. Okamoto’s work has been profiled by NBC News, Parade Magazine, and she’s a regular presence on local and national morning shows across the country, where she teaches viewers how to break their meat habit without breaking their budget. She was also featured in the popular documentary What the Health. When she’s not cooking up a plant-based storm, she’s spending time with her husband and their rescued dog in Sacramento, CA.
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Welcome to Episode 44 of The Plantarion Podcast. Danni McGhee talks with Leigh Frame, PhD, MHS, about why nutrition is not a one size fits all concept and how to approach our health find what works for each of us.
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Interview with Leigh Frame, PhD, MHS
Leigh Frame, PhD, MHS, brings nutrition and immunity together through clinical/translational research. She is especially interested in the role of vitamin D as an immune modulatory hormone. Dr. Frame is reestablishing her research at the George Washington School of Medicine and Health Sciences. As the Director of the GW Integrative Medicine Programs, she is working to build an Integrative Medicine research program at the university. Her interests include the potential role of the microbiome in nutrition in health, the consequences of malnutrition in obesity, and research ethics.
She has used her wide-ranging experience in biomedical research (from wet bench to clinical research) to oversee research programs, including the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke Parkinson's Disease Biomarkers Program. She has extensive experience in the design of studies of all sizes and phases of research including secure, accurate data collection, and data safety and management.
Dr. Frame is also the Executive Director of the GW Office of Integrative Medicine and Health. She received her PhD in Human Nutrition at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health while working at the Johns Hopkins Center for Bariatric Surgery and also received a Master of Health Science from the same school.
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Welcome to Episode 43 of The Plantation Podcast. Danni McGhee talks with Eric C. Lindstrom, Executive Director at FARM, about how to celebrate the holiday season with compassion.
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Interview with Eric C. Lindstrom
Eric C Lindstrom started his career in the animal rights movement as the Program Director for Farm Animal Rights Movement (FARM) (2016-2018) and more recently served as the Director of Marketing for Animal Outlook (formerly Compassion Over Killing). In his role as Executive Director, Lindstrom manages the 501(c)3's programs, personnel, and operations. Lindstrom penned two best-selling books on veganism, The Skeptical Vegan and The Smart Parent's Guide to Raising Vegan Kids (Skyhorse Publishing) and resides in Ithaca, New York.
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Welcome to Episode 42 of the Plantarion Podcast! Danni McGhee talks with Stewart Mitchell, animal rights activist and author, about how we can help oppressed groups, including animals, by voting in this election plus more.
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Interview with Stewart Mitchell
Stewart Mitchell is a single father, self published author and animal rights activist that currently serves as a board member for Voters For Animal Rights. He has written two books for children and young adults that stress the importance of eating healthy and compassion for animals (Kayla The Vegan and Liberation Summer) Stewart also wrote a book titled: There Is Beauty In The Darkness, a poetry book that outlines and documents his own personal battles with depression and anxiety. He is a vegan of ten years and is from Brooklyn, NY.
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Welcome to Episode 41 of the Plantarion Podcast! Danni McGhee talks with Muzammil Ahmad, a Canandian medical school student, who is leading the way to change the medical education curriculum to include plant-based nutrition courses.
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Interview with Muzammil Ahmad
Muzammil Ahmad, a plant-based vegan from Canada, is working towards finishing his medical education. He is a third-year medical student at the University of Alberta and has certification in nutrition, a Master’s in Psychology and a Bachelor's in Commerce. He is known for his Instagram account @dr.plantbased and is a co-host of Plant Prescription Podcast.
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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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We are Plantarion, an innovative startup based in DC. At our core, we are offering an online platform for vegans and veggie-curious individuals to find and hire vegan or plant-based service providers like chefs, fitness instructors, holistic providers and more!
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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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Welcome to episode 30 of the Plantarion Podcast! Danni McGhee chats with Ri Taylor of Redemption Dog Education about whether or not dogs should be on a vegan diet plus some useful tips on how you can have a better relationship with your pup.
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Interview with Ri Taylor of Redemption Dog Education
Ri Taylor has been a dog trainer since 2009. Her passion for dogs began as a young child, a passion she was able to follow and develop into a career.
She is a Pet Professional Guild Dog trainer. She is also a Canine Good Citizen and Star Puppy evaluator. She specializes in basic obedience, reactive dogs and aggression cases. Ri uses only force free, bond based, positive reinforcement training methods.
Ri has a personal pack of seven dogs. And is able to utilize them for so much of her education programs. She strives to help everyone have a better relationship with their dogs.
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Welcome to episode 29 of the Plantarion Podcast. Danni McGhee chats with Clinton Kamara aka the Fruit Kid about how a plant based diet healed his painful skin conditions as well as how he wants to inspire others to go vegan through his music.
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Interview with Clinton Kamara
Clinton has been on a vegan lifestyle for 7 years. He is a psychology graduate and has a diploma in health and fitness. He has written a recipe book and has a YouTube channel where he shares content on health,veganism, psychology and music.
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Welcome to episode 28 of the Plantarion Podcast. Danni McGhee chats with Najla Williams, who is a fierce fit vegan realtor that does it all! She loves fitness, cooking amazing vegan food, and helping her clients find their dream home, and she shares how being vegan intersects with those areas of her life.
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Interview with Najla T. Williams
Najla T. Williams is a licensed Maryland REALTOR® and wellness entrepreneur. Originally from New Jersey, Najla has lived in DC and Maryland over 15 years with an exceptional 4-year career in the housing industry. Her Bachelor’s degree in Communications from Howard University, along with her extensive experience in hospitality and sales, helps her provide effective communication, exceptional attention to detail, integrity, style, and a highly positive client experience.
As her passion is wellness, she proves how pertinent housing security is to wellness by assisting clients in achieving their real estate goals. She stands out as a Realtor because of her background in fitness and the vegan entrepreneur space. Her company, Good as Green, was created from her desire to help people add more vegetables to their lives by creatively remixing vegetables and fruit into familiar comfort foods. Merging her lifestyle and career birthed The FierceFitVeganRealtor, which will house fitness, vegan, and real estate tips and suggestions.
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Welcome to episode 27 of the Plantarion Podcast! Danni McGhee talks with Dalyce Wilson, the newest member of the Plantarion Podcast team as she shares about her Vegan journey, her life living abroad as a Vegan and what she will be bringing to the Plantarion Podcast!
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Interview with Dalyce Wilson
Dalyce is a Black, Type 1 Diabetic, Vegan photographer and writer who has lived internationally for 6 years. After finding Veganism 11 years ago, Dalyce made the lifestyle change for the animals! While completing her MFA photography in Belfast, Northern Ireland and while living for 3 years in Thailand, she centered Veganism in her social and artistic work. Dalyce loves to practice animal activism by participating in outreach with the cube of truth, hosting Vegan potlucks and speaking with others about the importance of adopting a Vegan lifestyle. Her photographic work ethically abstains from featuring non-Vegan cuisine.
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Welcome to episode 26 of the Plantarion Podcast! Danni McGhee talks with Greg Newby of Team Newby Fitness and how eating a plant-based vegan diet can improve your athletic performance, what to do to get abs, and what to eat pre and post workout.
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Interview with Greg Newby of Team Newby Fitness
Undefeated professional light heavyweight boxer with 10 wins and 5 by way of knock out.
2001/2002 Silver Gloves National qualifier
2003 Junior Olympic International Silver Medalist
2003 Junior Olympic Regional Champion
2012 Olympic Trials Qualifier Runner up
2012 Chief Sparring Partner for WBO Champion Lamont Peterson
2013 Chief Sparring Partner for Dominic Wade
He has a background in health and fitness as well as athletic performance training with over 25 years of experience in the field. His passion for fitness began through his love of sports and developed as an international Champion and 2012 Olympic boxing alternate. His approach to fitness emphasizes age-appropriate programming with a specific focus given to cardiovascular and strength training in combination with balance and flexibility training. He establishes long term client interactions with the goal integrating of exercise and optimal wellness into the demands of daily life.
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Welcome to episode 25 of the Plantarion Podcast! Danni McGhee talks with Khepra Anu of Khepra's Raw Food Juice Bar about how being a raw foodist has improved his life in so many ways.
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Interview with Chef Khepra Anu
As a devoted Raw Foodist, Khepra Anu has dedicated his life to sharing his knowledge of the power that the Live Food lifestyle combined with systematic fasting has on the body. Over the past 15 years he has hosted numerous health retreats in the U.S. and internationally, during which he guides participants through his unique approach to repairing and detoxifying the human body through the scientific and mechanical application of coconut water, fresh juices, and living food. In 2011 Khepra expanded his platform by opening Khepra’s Raw Food Juice Bar in Washington, D.C., which was featured in the Washington Post’s Best Eats in 2012. In 2013 Khepra was a featured speaker at the Green Earth Festival in the Bahamas and a panel guest speaker at the Natural Living Seminar at Howard University. In the same year Khepra’s designer Raw Burger not only won him the Best Raw Cuisine award in the Best Food on the Planet competition in Ocean City, MD, but it was also featured on WETA’s Best Burgers in Washington television program.
His Raw Food creations have continued to earn him accolades with his most recent honor being from the ECAC 2014 Raw Food Festival, whose attendees voted his cuisine number one in four different categories: Best Dish, Best Savory dish, Best Dessert, and Best Juice. Khepra can often be heard on Washington D.C.’s public radio station WPFW where he is often invited to speak about the wonders of Raw Food living. In 2012 Khepra added author to his list of accomplishments by releasing his first book: Paradise Health: A Feasting and Fasting Guide to Optimal Health through Detoxification. As an up and coming astrologer, Khepra uses Sidereal Astrology to integrate health and nutrition with our star system in advising clients. Recently, Khepra was featured in the acclaimed hit documentary, The Healing Effect, released early 2014 by director Drew Scott Pearlman.
Khepra is available for private consultations, astrology readings, raw food certifications, lectures, classes, and health presentations.
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Welcome to episode 24 of the Plantarion Podcast! Danni McGhee talks with Carolyn Becker of DC Vegan Life and how this sustainable fashionista is a conscious consumer while highlighting all the amazing vegan deliciousness in the DMV area.
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Interview with Carolyn Becker
Carolyn Becker is founder of DC Vegan Life, the DMV's premier vegan Instagram account that's focused on supporting and celebrating all things local. Restaurants, chefs, grocery stores - you name it, it has a home on the account. DC Vegan Life, she says, is fueled by our inspiring, creative and inclusive community. She just operates the account, taking photos and trying tasty dishes along the way.
She is also the Senior Manager of Digital Communications and Community Engagement for Goodwill of Greater Washington. In her role, Carolyn develops and activates social media strategies for the social channels of Goodwill of Greater Washington; Goodwill’s tuition-free adult public charter school, the Goodwill Excel Center; and Goodwill’s lifestyle and sustainability-focused brand, @FindingYourGood.
In her spare time, Carolyn is a self-proclaimed thrifty and spunky petite fashionista who manages @Petite_Punk, her personal Instagram account that focuses on thrifty living, vintage fashion, DIY and sustainable mindful living.
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Welcome to episode 23 of the Plantarion Podcast! Danni McGhee talks with Maddie Assel & Emily Sklar who are the co-host of the new Plantarion Show! We'll be chatting about their vegan background and what to expect from the Plantarion Show.
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Interview with Maddie Assel & Emily Sklar
Emily is a professional radio broadcaster and singer, who moved to DC from Detroit, MI. She is also a barre instructor and health and wellness has played a part in her journey to balancing work and fun. She is excited to explore the DC vegan food scene right along with you as a recent DC resident.
Maddie is a professional singer in the DC area. She has been committed to spreading the pleasures of veganism for two years, after she transitioned cold turkey and discovered the benefits for the environment and her own body in 2018. Following passions is quiet literally Maddie’s passion, & educating curious vegans through the Plantarian show is an honor!
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Welcome to episode 22 of the Plantarion Podcast! Danni McGhee talks with the Nancy Poznak of BotaniCuisine and how her initiative Plant Power Meat Months Summer 2020 is making waves in the vegan restaurant industry.
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Interview with Nancy Poznak of BotaniCuisine
Nancy Poznak is the founder of BotaniCuisine. She collaborates with local food vendors and can recommend food suppliers which carry plant-based foods. She visit restaurants in the Baltimore, Annapolis, Frederick, and Columbia areas of Maryland with hopes to expand BotaniCuisine’s restaurant outreach.
Her background is in health and wellness, with a Master’s of Science in health science, and certification as a Community Health Education Specialist. She is also certified as a Vegan Hospitality Consultant, Health Coach (American Council on Exercise), Vegan Lifestyle and Coach Educator (Main Street Vegan), and Personal Trainer and Group Fitness Instructor (American Council on Exercise). She also has a background as a print-based art director (Muscle & Fitness Magazine) and graphic designer in marketing and advertising.
Her motivations for eating plant-based/vegan are founded in health, respect for the lives of all creatures, supporting the well-being of all, seeing an urgent need for environmentally-friendly food choices, and supporting plant-based food systems, which use the least amount of resources and provide the most food security throughout the world.
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Welcome to episode 21 of the Plantarion Podcast! Danni McGhee talks with Docta Yew and Saphan Pickett of the Collective Health Initiative on how to take the wholistic approach to your health and well-being.
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Interview with Docta Yew & Saphan Pickett of the Collective Health Initiative
The Collective Health Initiative better known as the C.H.I., is a collective of indigenous wholistic health practitioners organized as a Wholistic HMO and serves as the health ministry of the Indigenous Aboriginal Man In Trust [I·AM·IT] Nation. Our purpose is to assist with the understanding from a wholistic perspective, possible causes to any health challenges we may face individually or as a people, and provide possible solutions with physical and metaphysical healing tools and services.
This is accomplished with our weekly live broadcast of “The Health Class You Never Had” - simplified educational discussions about wellness-related topics from a wholistic perspective; our Wholistic HMO Packages – offers of discounted, synergistic products and services for specific health challenges from our members; collaborations with, and referrals to our C.H.I Associates - other Indigenous Health Practitioners we partner with who share our wellness philosophy, knowledge, & commitment; and the individual works of the eight dedicated practitioners who represent the C.H.I.:
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Welcome to episode 20 of the Plantarion Podcast! Danni McGhee talks with Robin Walker of Wilma Bakes Cakes to chat about the sweet details on how she transitioned from animal rights advocacy work to full time vegan baker and entrepreneur.
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Interview with Robin Walker of Wilma Bakes Cakes
After a long career working in the animal protection movement Robin Walker decided to branch out and make her hobby a full time job and Wilma Bakes Cakes was launched! A small but mighty bakery that strives to bring smiles to the masses while also giving back to the community.
Robin has held many different positions in the movement however she is most proud of her many years of working on the DC VegFest committee and seeing it grow to the festival it is today.
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Welcome to episode 19 of the Plantarion Podcast! Danni McGhee talks with Dr. Baruch of ELife Restaurants (formally known as Everlasting Life) to discuss why he was motivated to bring plant-based food options to the black community. He's a native Washingtonian and has been vegan for 44 years. Through his experience, he saw a need in the black community for access to better, healthier food options. This inspired him to not only provide healthy food options but also use media to educate the community on why eating healthier is important within the under served communities.
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Interview with Dr Baruch Ben-Yehudah of Elife Restaurant
Everlasting Life Restaurant is not just another vegan restaurant, it is a place of peace, hope and inspiration in the midst of a community plagued with an astounding number sick and obese residents who have been drowning in a sea of poor dietary habits for decades. Located in a strip mall just minutes away from the nation’s capital, the establishment is surrounded by fast food restaurants with no source of fresh, healthy food for miles. “I see a community that was left without, underserved,”says Everlasting Life’s founder, Dr. Baruch. “It is gross what is being done to our people. But rather than curse the darkness, I made it a mission of Everlasting Life to shine that light.”
Dr. Baruch Ben-Yehudah (known as Dr. Baruch), who has been vegan since 1978, founded Everlasting Life with the idea that one should not have to leave one’s own neighborhood to find something healthy to eat. He looked around and realized there were only unhealthy restaurants serving his largely African American community. His observation is based on an awareness that stemmed from an experience he had 24 years ago. While setting up speakers at a food conference, he heard one of the speakers practicing her speech in which she said, ‘If you can control a man’s food, you can control a man.’ A statement that triggered both his heart and his business mind and led him to asking the very important question: ‘Who is controlling my food?’
That was the impetus for his first business, a food co-op in the garage of his Temple Hills home in the early 90s. He later opened a restaurant on Georgia Avenue in Washington, DC, Everlasting Life Café and in 2001 he opened Everlasting Life Restaurant and Lounge in Capitol Heights, MD. Everlasting Life is now scheduled to open a new location December 2018 in Anacostia. Anacostia particularly special in offering Dr. Baruch a homecoming, given his Southeast DC roots.
“Our food is our medicine,” Ben-Yehudah says. “We call Everlasting Life a ‘hospi-rant,’ a hospital restaurant.
Everlasting Life, now Elife Restaurant, is a cafeteria-style restaurant offering fresh salads, whole plant-based entrees and side dishes, vegan desserts, juices and smoothies. Visit one of our locations: Capitol Heights, Takoma Park and Anacostia. (DC Metro Area)
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Welcome to episode 18 of the Plantarion Podcast! Danni McGhee talks with Shaun Sharkey & Chef Riccio about their restaurant, Pow Pow, went vegan! We chat about the connection Shaun made between the music industry and creating restaurant concepts, how they got their team to agree to let Pow Pow go vegan for Meatless May, how Pow Pow is expanding to new locations plus a food truck, how their serving the community during the COVID-19 crisis, and their upcoming restaurant concepts that you're going to drool over.
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Interview with Chef Riccio & Shaun Sharkey
Shaun Sharkey Bio:
Born and raised in DC to a restaurant family, Shaun got his professional start in the music business as a recording artist and producer, signing to the major label, Elektra / Warner Group at the early age of 23. After traveling the world and being inspired by different cultures and global cuisine, Shaun combined his keen sense of the arts and business to later transition into the restaurant business. Creating concepts and shaping brands for other restaurants in the DC area became second nature. In 2016, Shaun opened his own restaurant, Pow Pow on the street and section of town in which his grandparents from both his mother and father's side had businesses in the late 50’s and 60’s. In the four years since opening, Pow Pow has won multiple awards and has gained critical acclaim as one of the city's pioneers in plant-based food.
Shaun is co-founder and conceptual designer for the restaurants Pow Pow, Bubbie’s Plant Burgers & Cenzo's Upper Eastside.
Chef Margaux Riccio:
Born and raised in the San Francisco bay area, Chef Riccio started working in family restaurants where she developed an amazing sense for flavors and the science behind food techniques. After moving to DC in 2005, while further developing her skills, Riccio acquired a dairy allergy, ultimately changing her direction in food. Chef Riccio then used her knowledge and experience with flavors and science to develop foods she missed and was no longer able to eat. Under Chef RIccio’s supervision, Pow Pow was awarded 2018’s compassionate business award from the global organization, PETA. In 2019, Chef Riccio volunteered for Chef Jose Andres’ World Kitchen ‘Chef’s For Feds’ program where she served thousands of meals a day for furloughed government employees.
Margaux Riccio is a nationally recognized plant-based and kosher certified Chef. Chef Riccio is Head Chef for Pow Pow, as well as co-founder and Chef for Bubbie’s Plant Burgers & Cenzo's Upper Eastside.
(0:00) Welcome to the Plantarion Podcast
(2:14) Introducing Shaun Sharkey & Margaux Riccio
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Welcome to episode 17 of the Plantarion Podcast! Danni McGhee talks with Dr. T. Colin Campbell about the connection of COVID-19 with China and his new book coming out this December.
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Interview with Dr. T. Colin Campbell
T. Colin Campbell, PhD has been dedicated to the science of human health for more than 60 years. His primary focus is on the association between diet and disease, particularly cancer. Although largely known for the China Study--one of the most comprehensive studies of health and nutrition ever conducted, and recognized by The New York Times as the “Grand Prix of epidemiology”--Dr. Campbell’s profound impact also includes extensive involvement in education, public policy, and laboratory research.
(0:00) Welcome to the Plantarion Podcast
(2:14) Introducing Dr. T Colin Campbell
(3:00) Why he doesn't identify as a vegan
(11:33) What Danni & Dr. Campbell have in common
(13:50) What inspired you to do the China Study
(32:06) The link between COVID-19 and China
(43:24) Is eating a plant-based diet enough to keep a strong immune system
(45:02) His new book coming out this year
(49:23) Nutrition Studies, eCornell, & Plant Pure Communities
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Welcome to episode 15 of the Plantarion Podcast! Danni McGhee talks Mary Beth Olson of MBO Media about her work in animal advocacy and how she uses public relations to get the word out.
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Interview with Mary Beth Olson of MBO Media
Mary Beth Olson is the founder of MBO Media, a seasoned publicist of more than 15 years and an on-camera media contributor. Mary Beth brings an extensive background in beauty, lifestyle, health, and wellness to her clients. Having worked in NYC for close to 10 years, Mary Beth has held leadership positions at Fortune 500 companies including Avon Products, Inc., Victoria’s Secret PINK and Coty, Inc. and specializes in PR, media training, branding, and animal advocacy.
From New York to Washington, DC, Mary Beth has secured coverage for her clients in major national lifestyle magazines such as InStyle, VOGUE, Harper’s Bazaar, Vanity Fair and ALLURE to the nation’s top newspapers and TV outlets such as The New York Times, USA Today. The Wall Street Journal, ABC News, The Daily Show and more.
In her fairly new role as Founder of MBO Media, Mary Beth works with DC and LA based non profits such as LadyFreethinker and Animal Outlook, plant based restaurants like PLNT Burger in the Whole Foods in Silver Spring and Columbia, MD and Capitol Heights in DC, vegan powerhouses like best selling author and nutritionist Tracye McQuirter, MPH of By Any Greens Necessary and Celebrity Chef Spike Mendelsohn, securing coverage in such outlets as Washingtonian Magazine, Bethesda Magazine, Good Morning Washington, FOX5, NBC4, ABC7, The Washington Post, Women's Health Magazine, among others and brings an extensive list of media contacts covering plant based trends, food and wellness.
Mary Beth can be seen on ABC7’s “The Mother Side” and is a frequent on air media contributor on USA9’s Great Day Washington. Mary Beth is also a DC Contributor for Jane Unchained News.
(0:00) Welcome to the Plantarion Podcast
(2:30) Introducing Mary Beth Olson
(5:37) Animal Agriculture Awareness
(9:47) Raising Compassionate Children
(12:18) Working with Celebrities like Halle Berry and Beyonce
(14:45) Working with Vegan Advocates
(17:11) Most Proud Moment Working in Animal Advocacy
(21:11) What is MBO Media?
(23:41) Expert Media Tips
(28:24) Follow MBO Media on Social Media
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Welcome to episode 15 of the Plantarion Podcast! Danni McGhee talks with some of the members of the Howard University Student Sustainability Committee and how we climate strike for the planet.
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Interview with the HUSSC
The Howard University Student Sustainability Committee (HUSSC), is a unified coalition of students and sustainable orgs/student groups with the goal of increasing sustainability on Howard's campus and in engaging the surrounding community in the DMV.
Destiny Hodges is a junior interdisciplinary major at Howard University from Birmingham, Alabama. Her mission is to educate and uplift the stories of marginalized communities--specifically the Black community-- impacted by environmental inequity by using media as a form of narrative organizing.
Travis Flowers is an alum of Howard University with a B.S. in Civil & Environmental Engineering from Montego Bay, Jamaica. In his spare time, he exercises his creativity to develop Caribbean inspired vegan recipes and is a proud author of his very own recipe book "Vegan by Chef Flowazboi".
Audre’ana Ellis is a senior Environmental Studies major and Political Science minor at Howard University from Hampton, VA. She believes it is important for people of color to be key players in the environmental movement because marginalized communities are affected first and worst by environmental hazards and unjust laws.
Jaylin Ward is a junior interdisciplinary journalism major from the Bronx, New York at Howard University. Through every initiative in her professional tenure, she strives to achieve inter-generational healing through access to knowledge, education, and real food.
(0:00) Welcome to the Plantarion Podcast
(2:06) Introducing HUSSC
(4:49) What is HUSSC and what is your mission?
(5:30) How did Travis, Destiny, Audre'ana & Jaylin get involved with HUSSC?
(11:10) The Climate Strike at Howard
(13:56) Climate Change Club & Other sustainability organizations and initiatives on campus
(15:45) What does HUSSC does to help bring awareness to sustainability practices
(18:25) What sustainable activities do you do on campus?
(22:57) Sustainability tips you can do today!
(29:10) Upcoming virtual events for HUSSC
(31:07) Covid-19 & Food Access
(33:46) Follow HUSSC on social media
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Welcome Back SEASON 2 Episode 9 of the Plantarion Podcast! Danni McGhee talks with Ajani Simmons, vegan ultrarunner and founder of the DC Vegans of Color.
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Interview with Ajani Simmons
Ajani is a vegan chef, food/portrait photographer, and founder of the DC Vegans of Color. After decades of loving meat and loving to cook, he realized that he could cook without the meat and truly spread love and compassion. He was inspired to go vegan by a number of music artists including Dead Prez and by the unhealthy state of America especially within the African American community. After going vegan, he started running 5ks and marathons and then ultramarathons up to 75 miles at a time.
He has taught numerous cooking classes as a Food for Life instructor with the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) and hosted private pop up vegan dinners within the DC area. In his free time, he can be found with his fur baby Kesha the pup, tending to his over 50 houseplants, making tacos, and running ultramarathons.
(0:00) Welcome to the Plantarion Podcast
(1:53) Introducing Ajani Simmons
(2:48) Welcome Ajani!
(3:00) Ajani's vegan story
(6:30) Ultrarunning and plant-based diet
(14:44) PCRM's Food for Life Instructor program
(19:22) Vegan food photography
(21:04) DC Vegans of Color meetup group
(32:47) Follow Ajani's upcoming projects
(35:01) What does vegan mean to Ajani
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Welcome Back SEASON 2 Episode 8 of the Plantarion Podcast! Danni McGhee gives us a recap of the first half of the season along with some updates about the future of the Plantarion podcast! She starts off the episode with some vegan comedy!
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Midseason Recap with Danni McGhee
Danni McGhee give us a recap of the amazing guests we'v already had on the podcast this season. Tune in to hear more about what's coming up for the Plantarion podcast.
(0:00) Intro
(0:31) 46 Questions Vegans are Asked Every Single Day
(3:12) Welcome to Episode 8
(4:14) Season 2 recap
(8:01) What's coming for Season 2
(8:23) Shoutout to my co-host Thomas Goodman
(9:55) Podcast announcements
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Welcome Back SEASON 2 Episode 7 of the Plantarion Podcast! Danni McGhee and Thomas Goodman talk with John Oberg. We have a fun chat about how he became vegan and is now using social media to help influence others to make more informed choices when it comes to living a vegan lifestyle.
Special Note: We, at Plantarion, want to send our love and encouragement during the Coronavirus crisis. Take care of yourself by eating healthfully, getting fresh air and sunlight daily, stay hydrated, and get some much needed rest. Stay well, friends!
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Interview with John Oberg
John Oberg is an animal advocate, influencer, and social media professional, dedicated to making the world a kinder place for animals by utilizing the power of social media. He has launched his own independent project for animals through Patreon. Prior to that, he served as Director of New Media for the international animal protection organization, The Humane League. And prior to that, John served as Director of Communications for Vegan Outreach. In both of these roles, John oversaw social media for the organizations which led to a tenfold increase in following in both, as well as over 1 billion views of content posted to these pages. John is an Advisory Board Member at Plant Dining Partnerships.
(0:00) Intro
(0:31) Danni & Thomas chat about being vegan for everything
(4:24) Introducing John Oberg
(5:06) Welcome John!
(5:38) John's vegan story
(12:58) John's animal activism work
(17:42) John steps into social media advocacy
(19:31) John's on Patreon
(20:38) The power of social media
(24:00) The urgency of becoming an animal activist
(27:28) John's social media tips to advocate for the animals
(29:45) Support John via Patreon
(31:17) Follow John Oberg on social media
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Welcome Back SEASON 2 Episode 6 of the Plantarion Podcast! Danni McGhee and Thomas Goodman talk with Dr. Neal Barnard of PCRM & the Barnard Medical Center. He give us an understanding of how a plant-based diet correlates with positive health.
Special Note: We, at Plantarion, want to send our love and encouragement during the Coronavirus crisis. Take care of yourself by eating healthfully, getting fresh air and sunlight daily, stay hydrated, and get some much needed rest. Stay well, friends!
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Interview with Dr. Neal Barnard
Dr. Barnard has led numerous research studies investigating the effects of diet on diabetes, body weight, and chronic pain, including a groundbreaking study of dietary interventions in type 2 diabetes, funded by the National Institutes of Health, that paved the way for viewing type 2 diabetes as a potentially reversible condition for many patients. Dr. Barnard has authored more than 90 scientific publications and 20 books for medical and lay readers, and is the editor in chief of the Nutrition Guide for Clinicians, a textbook made available to all U.S. medical students.
As president of the Physicians Committee, Dr. Barnard leads programs advocating for preventive medicine, good nutrition, and higher ethical standards in research. His research contributed to the acceptance of plant-based diets in the Dietary Guidelines for Americans. In 2015, he was named a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology. In 2016, he founded the Barnard Medical Center in Washington, D.C., as a model for making nutrition a routine part of all medical care.
Working with the Medical Society of the District of Columbia and the American Medical Association, Dr. Barnard has authored key resolutions, now part of AMA policy, calling for a new focus on prevention and nutrition in federal policies and in medical practice. In 2018, he received the Medical Society of the District of Columbia’s Distinguished Service Award. He has hosted four PBS television programs on nutrition and health.
Originally from Fargo, North Dakota, Dr. Barnard received his MD degree at the George Washington University School of Medicine and completed his residency at the same institution. He practiced at St. Vincent’s Hospital in New York before returning to Washington to found the Physicians Committee.
(0:00) Intro
(0:31) Danni & Thomas chat about food
(4:11) Introducing Dr. Neal Barnard
(6:24 ) Welcome Dr. Barnard
(6:35) Dr. Neal Barnard's Vegan Story
(10:22) What inspired him to found PCRM
((14:17) How does PCRM support their clients
(16:18) Dietary guidelines and it's changes
(18:53) Are doctors starting to suggest plant-based diets more?
(20:44) The Barnard Medical Center experience
(20:14) Nutrition is powerful
(25:25) Tips to stay well during COVID-19
(30:41) Nutrition training on medical school
(32:01) Policy change for nutrition
(34:32) What if your doctor doesn't advocate for a plant-based diet?
(36:53) Follow Dr. Neal Barnard and his campaigns
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PCRM's Instagram
PCRM's Facebook
PCRM's Website
PCRM's 21 Day Kickstart program
Barnard Medical Center's Facebook
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Welcome Back SEASON 2 Episode 5 of the Plantarion Podcast! Danni McGhee and Thomas Goodman talk with Lana Weidgenant. She chats with us about environmental sustainability, food access, and how they play a role in the climate justice movement. Thomas & Danni chat about how they live more sustainability to help reduce waste.
Special Note: We, at Plantarion, want to send our love and encouragement during the Coronavirus crisis. Take care of yourself by eating healthfully, getting fresh air and sunlight daily, stay hydrated, and get some much needed rest. Stay well, friends!
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Interview with Lana Weidgenant
Lana Weidgenant is a climate justice activist and voice for acknowledging the impact of factory farming systems in the climate movement. Lana was an organizer in first bringing the climate strikes to the United States and has become a leader in the youth climate movement. Lana currently serves as Deputy Director at the youth-led climate justice organization Zero Hour, Outreach Director at the National Children's Campaign, and as an Advisory Board Member at Plant Dining Partnerships. Lana is very excited to be finally combining her passions for climate action, food systems change, and youth empowerment by launching a new organization called Cultivate America!
(0:00) Intro
(0:31) Our sustainability practices
(4:47) Introducing Lana Weidgenant
(5:28) Welcome Lana!
(5:42) How are food and agriculture related to climate
(8:01) How did you get involved in climate change and what are some victories you've seen in this climate change arena?
(9:59) How are you making the connection to food systems in the youth movement? What's happening during COVID-19?
(11:51) What is a digital strike?
(13:06) What's the correlation between the climate crisis and COVID-19 with our food system?
(15:12) What are tips for you to live more sustainably?
(16:08) Were you always vegan?
(17:58) What climate change organizations do you work with?
(20:31) Lana's suggested documentaries
(22:29) Have you been able to veganize your cultural foods?
(24:14) Tips to reduce your carbon footprint?
(26:03) Lana's last thoughts
(27:07) Follow Lana and her campaigns
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Welcome Back SEASON 2 Episode 4 of the Plantarion Podcast! Danni McGhee and Thomas Goodman talk with Cami Wolff of Canis. She shares her views on wellness, nutrition, and morning routines. Thomas & Danni chat about their morning routine and what gets their day off to a good start.
Special Note: We, at Plantarion, want to send our love and encouragement during the Coronavirus crisis. Take care of yourself by eating healthfully, getting fresh air and sunlight daily, stay hydrated, and get some much needed rest. Stay well, friends!
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Interview with Cami Wolff
Cami Wolff helps people get healthy. In 2016, she founded CANIS, a wellness company that supports organizations and individuals in Washington, D.C. Through movement, nutrition, mindfulness and conscious events, Cami leads people to connect to their physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual well being. Her brand, CANIS, is a wellness company based in Washington, D.C. Their mission is to optimize people’s health and overall well being through movement, nutrition, mindfulness and wellness related events. They specialize in elevating one’s health physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually, and offer individual wellness coaching, personal training and corporate programming with the main goal of elevating consciousness.
(0:00) Intro
(0:31) Our morning routines
(4:55) Cami Wolff's Introduction
(5:40) Welcome Cami!
(6:28) What inspired your wellness journey
(8:22) When did you go plant-based?
(10:11) Canis wellness company
(13:02) Accountability & Community
(13:44) Her approach to health & nutrition
(15:01) Get involved with Canis' events
(16:55) Cami's morning routine
(20:03) Detoxing using her superfoods blend
(23:53) Canis' Lymph Kit
(25:48) Canis on social media
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Welcome Back SEASON 2 Episode 3 of the Plantarion Podcast! Danni McGhee and Thomas Goodman talk with Tracye McQuirter of By Any Greens Necessary about her initiative to help 10,000 black women go vegan. Thomas and Danni also catch up on their fitness routine and food regimens.
Special Note: We, at Plantarion, want to send our love and encouragement during the Coronavirus crisis. Take care of yourself by eating healthfully, getting fresh air and sunlight daily, stay hydrated, and get some much needed rest. Stay well, friends!
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Interview with Tracye McQuirter
Washingtonian Tracye McQuirter is a writer, speaker, public health nutritionist, and 33-year vegan who has been teaching people how and why to live a healthy vegan lifestyle for the past 30 years. She is the recipient of multiple awards for her public health nutrition and vegan advocacy and was named a national food hero changing the way America eats for the better by Vegetarian Times. She's the author of the book Ageless Vegan, which Library Journal starred as “raising the standard of plant-based cuisine,” and the national best-seller By Any Greens Necessary, which established her as one of the most influential vegans in the country. She directed the nation’s first federally-funded vegan nutrition program and was a nutrition advisor for the Black Women’s Health Imperative. Tracye recently created the first-of-its-kind, free African American Vegan Starter Guide in partnership with Farm Sanctuary and previously co-created one of the earliest vegan websites 20 years ago, which was also the first by and for African American vegans. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, USA Today, Essence, Bon Appetit, Ebony, VegNews, The Huffington Post, and many more. Tracye is a graduate of Sidwell Friends School, Amherst College, and New York University, where she received a master's degree in public health nutrition.
(0:00) Intro
(0:31) Fitness and Food in Quarantine
(8:05) Introducing Tracye McQuirter
(9:27) Welcome Tracye!
(9:44) Tracye's inspiration to go vegan
(12:48) Books that inspired her journey
(16:28) Typical questions she gets about transitioning to a vegan diet
(18:36) Her top tips to start your journey
(21:39) Tracye's books
(22:59) African American Starter Guide
(23:45) 10,000 Black Vegan Women
(30:02) Join the movement and stay connected with Tracye
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Welcome Back SEASON 2 Episode 2 of the Plantarion Podcast! Danni McGhee and Thomas Goodman talk with Gwyn Whittaker from GreenFare restaurant. Thomas and Danni also catch up about how daily life looks like while in quarantine.
Special Note: We, at Plantarion, want to send our love and encouragement during the Coronavirus crisis. Take care of yourself by eating healthfully, getting fresh air and sunlight daily, stay hydrated, and get some much needed rest. Stay well, friends!
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Interview with Gywn Whittaker of GreenFare
Gwyn Whittaker spent 35 years in high performance computing and data analytics. She ran a company that focused on counter terrorism activities after 9-11 for 10 years. After losing her partner to heart disease, she started GreenFare 5 years ago, which focuses on a whole food plant based menu. They’re also an educational alliance with PCRM and host the 21-day Kickstart program. She’s one of the executive producer of Game Changers and co-producer of Diet Fiction.
(0:00) Intro
(0:31) Life in Quarantine
(8:28) Introducing Gwyn Whittaker
(9:06) Welcome Gwyn!
(9:41) What's the Inspiration Behind GreenFare
(12:06) PCRM's 21-Day Kickstart Program
(13:53) Cooking Classes at GreenFare
(14:48) GreenFare App
(16:09) Kickstart Program Success Rates
(18:15) Advice for Other Restaurants
(20:51) Fairfax VegFest
(23:10) Other events at GreenFare
(24:47) GreenFare Health & Wellness Center
(29:06) Find GreenFare online
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Welcome Back for SEASON 2 of the Plantarion Podcast! Danni McGhee and Thomas Goodman talk with Jonah Goldman from PLNT Burger about their amazing food and even more noteworthy sustainability initiatives. Thomas and I also catch up about the Coronavirus and how we are surviving during this quarantine.
Special Note: We, at Plantarion, want to send our love and encouragement during the Coronavirus crisis. Take care of yourself by eating healthfully, getting fresh air and sunlight daily, stay hydrated, and get some much needed rest. Stay well, friends!
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Interview with Jonah Goldman, Co-Founder, Director of Strategic Marketing at PLNT Burger
Jonah Goldman is a marketing specialist, social entrepreneur, and environmental activist with a background in the natural food industry, regenerative agriculture, compostable packaging and fighting food waste.
Jonah studied political science, food policy and international food security at Colorado College before embarking on a journey to repair what he saw to be a broken food system. He worked with politicians, startups, farmers and a range of companies in the natural food industry to create food resiliency on local and industrial levels.
Jonah moved to Israel in 2016 to study and later teach sustainable agricultural practices and the economics of agriculture. He designed and implemented a strategic growth plan for a non-profit in Haifa called Robin Food and managed global PR and marketing activities for TIPA, an industrial engineering startup focusing on compostable packaging solutions to single use plastic.
He recently moved back to the DC area to help launch PLNT Burger, a fast-casual restaurant concept that celebrates America's favorite foods-Burgers, hot dogs, fries and shakes reimagined and reconstructed using only plants.
(0:00) Intro
(0:31 ) How we're surviving the Coronavirus
(2:02) Meatless Monday Segment
(3:54) Reminiscing about visiting PLNT Burger for the first time
(5:47) Our favorite food from PLNT Burger
(6:15) Introducing Jonah Goldman
(7:43) Welcome Jonah!
(8:22) What influenced you to get into the plant-based arena?
(12:53) What is PLNT Burger?
(13:44) When did you go vegan?
(18:37) The future of PLNT Burger
(22:42) PLNT Burger's best sellers
(24:31) The Crispy Chick N Fun Guy Sandwich
(27:27) Community Feedback
(33:45) Inclusivity
(34:43) Follow PLNT Burgers
(35:10) Exciting PLNT Burger news!
(35:57) Eat the Change
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This week on Plantarion Podcast, Danni McGhee & Thomas Goodman sit down with Andy Nevers, CEO & Founder of Plantarion for our Season 1 finale!
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Interview with Andy Nevers
This week on the Plantarion Podcast, Danni & Thomas sits down with Andy Nevers! Andy Nevers is the Founder and CEO of Plantarion – a DC-based technology startup designed to connect plant-based consumers (vegan, vegetarian and other veggie curious individuals) with plant-based service providers (chefs, lifestyle coaches, nutritionists and more).
Andy holds a bachelor's degree in Finance from George Mason University, and is currently pursuing an MBA/Master of Science in Information Systems Technology at George Washington University. Andy has over 15 years of leadership experience obtained from his time serving as an active duty Marine, as well as a civil servant leader.
He is a proud father to a thirteen-year-old daughter. He is a vegan and someone who cares deeply about animal welfare and the environment. He enjoys spending time with family and friends, attending local events, traveling, watching movies, and listening to music of all genre. Andy is a technology entrepreneur, and he is also extremely passionate about people, science, startups, and financial literacy.
(0:08) Welcome
(0:27) Andy's Introduction
(0:42) Andy, what is Plantarion?
(4:06) What is DAM Good Vegan?
(5:36) Danni, what inspired you to start DAM Good Vegan?
(9:24) Danni, don't you have a book?
(12:22) What inspires Andy to stay vegan
(17:25) Game Changers & Andy's experience while being an active duty marine
(19:20) Thomas, what's Plant Dining Partnership?
(21:50) Animal rights & legislation
(23:40) Plant-Based options at popular corporate restaurants
(26:03) Thomas' background with animal rights
(28:22) How Plantarion helps those transitioning
(31:33) Slaughterhouse worker conditions
(33:06) Andy, why do you work so hard to build Plantarion?
(36:22) Why would you work with a coach or need support?
(37:42) What's next for Plantarion?
(40:13) What's next for DAM Good Vegan?
(42:36) Food access & nutrition education in low income communities
(43:52) Fighting preventable diseases with plant-based diets
(45:30) Plant-based education and awareness
(46:22) What's coming up for Plant Dining Partnerships?
(47:33) Season Two!
(48:03) Follow us on social media
(48:55) Join the Plantarion community
(51:50) Season One recap
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This week on Plantarion Podcast, Danni McGhee & Thomas Goodman sit down with Dana Ellis Hunnes!
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Interview with Dana Ellis Hunnes
This week on the Plantarion Podcast, Danni & Thomas sits down with Dana Ellis Hunnes! Dana Ellis Hunnes PhD, MPH, RD is a dietitian at UCLA Medical Center and an adjunct assistant professor at UCLA Fielding School of Public Health where she obtained her PhD in climate change and food-security. Dana is a frequent contributor to Huffington Post Blog, Self.com, and has been featured in the LA Times, Health.com, Tampabay Times, and others.
(0:08) Welcome
(0:32) Dana's Introduction & Bio
(1:18) What does vegan mean to you, Dana?
(1:54) Dana's professional life
(2:50) How T. Colin Campbell changed her life
(4:35) What plant-based tips does Dana give her students
(5:38) Are most converting for environmental benefits?
(6:22) How does eating a vegan diet help the environment?
(8:30) Gardening & growing her own food
(9:31) What documentaries does Dana recommend?
(11:03) What is food security?
(15:27) The shift of to a plant-based diet with health professionals
(17:05) Is the USDA Food Pyramid a thing of the past?
(18:21) Have you been vegan during your whole career?
(20:35) Vegan parenting
(22:32) How do you get your protein? And answering vegan questions
(24:20) Common mistakes people make when going vegan
(25:46) Dana's daily meal plan
(27:40) Food on the go
(29:01) Dana's publications and public feedback
(30:53) Environmental effects of eating seafood
(32:49) Fish farming & sustainable practices
(34:36) Learn more about Dana
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This week on Plantarion Podcast, Danni McGhee & Lyndsey Warner Caulkins Sit Down with Erica Meier!
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Interview with Erica Meier
This week on the Plantarion Podcast, Danni & Lyndsey sits down with Erica Meier! Erica Meier is the president of Animal Outlook (formerly Compassion Over Killing), a national non-profit animal protection organization based in Washington, DC. Working to expose cruelty to farmed animals and promote veg-friendly eating as a way to build a kinder world, Animal Outlook’s strategic efforts include undercover investigations, legal advocacy, corporate outreach, and public education.
Before working at Animal Outlook, Erica was an animal control officer in DC, rescuing sick, injured, and homeless animals as well as enforcing animal protection laws. Learn more about Erica Meier here.
(0:10) Welcome & Introduction
(0:26) Erica Meier's Intro & Bio
(1:18) What is Animal Outlook
(2:12) Animal Outlook's Name Change from Compassion Over Killing
(2:56) Spread the News about Animal Outlook
(3:57) Swag Legacy Sale Until Supplies Last
(4:21) Animal Outlook's Campaigns
(6:35) Campaign Goals
(7:13) The Tipping Point for Plant-Based Meat Options
(8:46) What Erica Envision for the Vegan Community in 2020
(10:47) How Erica Feels About Vegan Documentaries
(12:21) Why is DC So Vegan Friendly?
(13:39) DC VegFest
(16:28) When You Don't Have a Large Local Community
(17:56) Volunteers and Donations at Animal Outlook
(19:25) Volunteer Nationwide
(20:33) Erica's Vegan Story
(24:48) Erica's Petition for Vegan Options in High School
(25:41) What Inspires Erica to Do What She Does Today
(26:57) What is TryVeg.com
(28:12) Erica's Favorite Animal
(30:10) Lyndsey's Favorite Animal
(31:23) Danni's Favorite Animal
(32:20) Keep Up with Animal Outlook
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“I was resigned to the fact that this is was going to be my destiny.”
Marc Ramirez figured his family history of chronic illness made getting sick was a foregone conclusion. But then, he began a whole foods, plant-based lifestyle that cured his diabetes, high cholesterol, and more.
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Highlights
2:15 - Marc’s family history of chronic illness led him to believe that getting sick was unavoidable.
7:30 - After trying all sorts of diets and suffering with diabetes for 10 years, Marc tried going plant-based. After 2 months of a plant-based lifestyle, Marc was able to get off all five of his medications (including insulin!).
11:20 - “We are not depriving ourselves of any of the foods we grew up with”. Marc chats about the connection between food and culture - and how he veganizes his favorites. “This is a lifestyle of abundance.”
16:00 - Health came first - but now Marc knows even more about animal welfare and the environment.
19:30 - The protein myth. 🚨
22:20 - Starting Chickpea and Bean to help others 🌱
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In their inaugural interview, Danni and Thomas chat with Dr. Sundermann, a plant-based Internal Medicine physician and a Diplomate of the American Board of Lifestyle Medicine.
To celebrate her 50th birthday this year, Sundermann plans to run a 50K Ultra in Zion National Park... and then hike the Grand Canyon rim to rim a few days later!
Also in the podcast: Debunking plant-based myths, nutrition education and medical school, and the story of a BBQ joint owner that lost over 150lbs on a plant-based diet.
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Highlights
5:15 - Dr. Sundermann's Five Pillars of Health
14:00 - On being a plant-based ultra-athlete at 50 years old
20:20 - Dr. Sunderman tackles MYTHS about plant-based diets
30:40 - A BBQ joint owner loses over 150 lbs with a plant-based diet
39:00 - Healthcare and plant-based professions (shifting from health care to well care
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Resources Mentioned in the Podcast
Dr. Sundermann's Facebook Group
21 Day Jumpstart from PCRM
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