Episode Archive

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Episode 105: Interview with vegan sociologist Matthew Cole about critical animal and media studies, speciesism and veganism in the media, and an update on the Donald Watson Archive

Episode 104: Interview with Ronnie Lee, co-founder of the Animal Liberation Front, about consistency and vegan ethics

Episode 103: Discussion with animal rights advocate Jeremy Hess about engaging in vegan advocacy conversations, recognizing pigs as individuals, and challenging speciesism in the media

Episode 102:  Interview with Wendy McGovern about vegan ethics and language, anti-consumerism, ecofeminism, and anti-vivisection

Episode 101: Interview with Roger Yates about the Vegan Information Project, veganism as holistic social justice, and the importance of grassroots activism

Episode 100: Reconnecting with the work of Marti Kheel, author of Nature Ethics: An Ecofeminist Perspective and co-founder of Feminists for Animal Rights

Episode 99: Interview with Lee Hall about vegan ethics, the history of the American vegan movement, self-rewilding, and being vegan in a non-vegan world

Episode 98: Let's bring about a peaceful vegan revolution (featuring Sherry Colb, Roger Yates, and Bob Linden)

Episode 97: Interview with animal rights author Joan Dunayer about speciesism and language

Bonus episode: Vegan sociologist David Nibert's 2016 speech, "From Genghis Khan to Wall Street: Oppression of Other Animals, War, and Capitalism"

Episode 96: Interview with Laura Schleifer about total liberation, post-scarcity veganarchism, and why human rights are relevant to veganism

Episode 95: Interview with Roger Yates about the need to reclaim the radical vision of veganism and destroy cultural speciesism

Episode 94: Discussion with Jeremy Hess about anti-speciesist language, speciesism in the mainstream media, and providing sanctuary for nonhuman refugees

Episode 93: Interview with the philosopher Silvia Caprioglio Panizza about moral impossibility and the vegan paradigm shift

Episode 92: Interview with Richard White about vegan anarchist geographies, veganism as prefigurative praxis, and Critical Animal Studies

 

Episode 91: Interview with Nella Giatrakou about vegan feminism, veganism as opposition to speciesism, and the vegan movement in Greece

 

Episode 90: Interview with Lee Hall about the connections between veganism, animal liberation, and environmentalism

 

Episode 89: Interview with sociologist Corey Lee Wrenn about vegan feminism, sexism in the animal movement, and the intersections of social justice issues

 

Episode 88: Interview with sociologist Roger Yates about vegan values and history, problematic advocacy campaigns, and the joy of animal liberation

 

Episode 87: Interview with Kate Stewart and Matthew Cole about vegan sociology, the ethical focus of veganism, and the Donald Watson Archive Research Project

 

Episode 86: Interview with John Sanbonmatsu about his forthcoming book, the connections between speciesism and other forms of oppression, and the myth of "humane" and "sustainable" animal agriculture

 

Episode 85: Interview with Wendy McGovern about respecting other animals' rights and creating a vegan world

 

Episode 84: Interview with Bob Linden about why veganism needs to be the moral baseline of the animal rights movement

 

Episode 83: Interview with Will Tuttle, author of The World Peace Diet

 

Episode 82: Discussing the necessity and power of veganism with Marlene Narrow

 

Episode 81: Interview with Camila Perussello about veganism, her new book, and the real reason why "animal welfare" regulations exist

 

Episode 80: Interview with Ronnie Lee about the history of the animal liberation movement, the importance of vegan advocacy, and the concept of vegan "journeys"

 

Episode 79: Interview with the vegan sociologist Roger Yates about vegan advocacy, the impact of banning fur farms, and the future of the vegan movement

 

Episode 78: Discussing anti-speciesist language, vegan advocacy, farming subsidies, and the Liberation Pledge with Jeremy Hess

 

Episode 77: Sarina Farb discusses "Bad Vegan", system change vs. individual change; harms of animal "gifting" programs; and why veganism is necessary for freedom, peace, and sustainability

 

Episode 76: Interview with veganic farmer, researcher, and activist Jimmy Videle of La Ferme de l'Aube, Québec

 

Episode 75: Interview with Katina Czyczelis about why veganism is essential for the animals, human health, the environment, and world peace

 

Episode 74: Interview with the vegan artist Maria Tiqwah, and some vegan songs

 

Episode 73: Interview with Bob Linden, host of Go Vegan Radio

 

Episode 72: Interview with Tomas Anthony about vegan outreach, the language we use to describe animal exploitation, and being a vegan in a non-vegan world

 

Episode 71: Interview with Marlene Narrow, host of Vegan Nation radio show and podcast

 

Episode 69: Vegan animal rights music and quotes

 

Episode 68: Singer-songwriter Vegan Queen V speaks about her vegan Christmas music and her upcoming animal rights album

 

Episode 67: Interview with Michael Prikryl about advocating for veganism through music and conversation

 

Episode 66: Interview with Sumaya Braceras about becoming vegan, vegan advocacy in the Canary Islands, and debunking common excuses against veganism

 

Episode 65: Interview with Clif Grant about veganism, vegan advocacy conversations, and why zoos are unethical

 

Episode 64: Interview with Professor Carlo Alvaro about raw veganism and raising children as ethical vegans

 

Episode 63: Interview with Dr. Benjamin Benulis about healing from chronic illness on a whole foods plant-based diet

 

Episode 62: Interview with Jeremy Hess about animal rights, the importance of sanctuaries, and unlearning speciesist language

 

Episode 61: Interview with Sarina Farb about growing up vegan, industry influence over scientific research, and why vegans should not promote lab-grown "meat"

 

Episode 60: Interview with Dr. Will Tuttle about veganism, questioning mainstream narratives, and the Boomerang Effect

 

Episode 59: Interview with Inge and Thomas, abolitionist vegan advocates in the Netherlands

 

Episode 58: The Peppa Pig Paradox and speciesism in children's television with Lynda Korimboccus

 

Episode 57: Interview with Marieke Griffioen about abolitionist veganism in the Netherlands

 

Episode 56: Why animal rights advocates should promote veganism instead of animal welfare reforms

 

Episode 55: Interview with Professor Gary Steiner about the history of animal ethics in the West, whether Christianity can lead to veganism, and why postmodernism cannot protect animal rights

 

Episode 54: Interview with vegan rights advocate Dr. Jeanette Rowley

 

Episode 53: Vegan sociologists Kate Stewart and Matthew Cole speak about speciesism in the media and popular culture

 

Episode 52: Interview with Dr. Frances McCormack about asking questions to promote veganism, measuring our success as advocates, and holding veganism as a moral baseline

 

Episode 51: Veganism and Virtue Ethics with Professor Carlo Alvaro

 

Episode 50: Interview with the sociologist Dr. Roger Yates on the animal rights movement, the definition of veganism, impacts of the pandemic on animals, and vegan education

 

Episode 49: Interview with Mariana Landeros Corona, abolitionist vegan educator

 

Episode 48: Interview with Gary Francione about veganism as a moral baseline, the importance of nonviolence, and what's wrong with keeping "pets"

 

Episode 47: Interview with Gülce Özen Gürkan about the abolitionist vegan movement in Turkey

 

Episode 46: Interview with Marianna C. Gonzalez about the Abolitionist Approach, vegan art, and veganism in Mexico

 

Episode 45:  Interview with Liora Raphael and Glenn Saks, authors of the vegan children's book "Happy Animals: Friends Not Food"

 

Episode 44: Advocating Veganism and Normalizing Vegan Families, with Adam and Daniella of UK Vegan Family

 

Episode 43: Why animal rights advocates should focus on vegan education instead of confrontational tactics

 

Episode 42: Interview with Greg McFarlane about the vegan movement in Australia

 

Episode 41: Interview with Gad Hakimi about veganism and animal advocacy in Israel and the recent sightings of the International Vegan Flag

 

Episode 40: Kriti Sachdeva discusses the connections between the philosophy of yoga and the vegan ethic

 

Episode 39: Tim Thorpe of the Vegan Society speaks about the environment, farming, and food policy in the UK and Europe

 

Episode 38: Fiona Probyn-Rapsey discusses the politics surrounding violence against dingoes in Australia

Episode 37: David Nibert speaks about the connections between animal oppression, human violence, and capitalism

Episode 36: Zoei Sutton discusses Emancipatory Animal Sociology and the ethical problems with keeping other animals as "pets"

Episode 35: John Sanbonmatsu discusses how bad faith perpetuates the ideological system of speciesism

Episode 34: Justin Van Kleeck speaks about providing sanctuary for chickens

Bonus episode: What is the International Associaton of Vegan Sociologists?

Episode 33: Vasile Stanescu explains how speciesism is connected to other forms of oppression

Episode 32: Gary Francione explains why veganism is a moral imperative

Episode 31: Interview with scholar, punk singer, and animal liberation activist Lisa Barca

Episode 30: Daniella and Adam speak about raising a vegan child in the UK

Episode 29: Roger Yates speaks about the history of the vegan social movement

Episode 28: Kate Stewart and Matthew Cole discuss how nonhuman animals are depicted in popular films and stories for children

Episode 27: Interview with the vegan artist Lynda Bell

Episode 26: Interview with Dr. Natalie Khazaal about speciesism in the media

Episode 25: Why vegans should never promote lab-grown "meat" (an interview with Vasile Stanescu, PhD, and John Sanbonmatsu, PhD)

Episode 24: Chas Newkey-Burden discusses why vegan activism needs to focus on animal rights rather than plant-based consumerism

Episode 23: Zipporah Weisberg discusses Critical Animal Studies, feminism, animal liberation, and the harms of biotechnology

Episode 22: Elizabeth Collins explains the Abolitionist Approach to animal rights and the problems with single-issue campaigning

Episode 21: The sociologist Roger Yates discusses rights-based claimsmaking and the Animal Liberation Front

Episode 20: Interview with Sandra Higgins of Eden Farmed Animal Sanctuary (Part Two)

Episode 19: The sociologist Roger Yates discusses rights-based animal rights and the importance of grassroots vegan activism

Episode 18: Ronnie Lee on the importance of vegan education

Episode 17: Interview with Sandra Higgins of Eden Farmed Animal Sanctuary (Part One)

Episode 16:  Ronnie Lee, founder of the Animal Liberation Front, discusses ALF history and the new definition of veganism

Episode 15: Vegan Business, Veganism in Australia, Social Justice Connections, and Anti-Speciesist Language

Episode 14: Dr. Corey Lee Wrenn discusses the impact of professionalization within the animal rights movement

Episode 13: Interview with Dawn Moncrief, founder of A Well-Fed World

Episode 12: Interview with Matt, founder of Challenge Speciesism

Episode 11: Interview with photojournalist Jo-Anne McArthur

Episode 10: Interview with Queen V about her music and activism

Episode 9: Dominika Piasecka speaks about the Vegan Society, and Shaun Hofer discusses animal rights activism in Alberta

Episode 8: Shaun Hofer advocates for the Animal Bill of Rights, and Jeanette Rowley advocates for the right of vegans to live without exploiting other animals

Episode 7: Interview with Angel Flinn, Communications Manager of Be Fair Be Vegan (Part Two); and the animal rights music of Stephanie Valentin

Episode 6: Interview with Angel Flinn, Communications Manager of Be Fair Be Vegan (Part One)

Episode 5: Interview with Sandra Higgins of the Go Vegan World campaign; announcement about the Liberation Pledge; and Queen V's song "Just Like Us"

Episode 4: Animal Liberation Toronto Conference, Queen V's music, and Anti-Speciesist Language

Episode 3: Interview with Ruth and Marcus of The Species Barrier radio show and podcast

Episode 2: Interview with Gad Hakimi, lead designer of the International Vegan Flag

Episode 1: Interview with Sorin Ionescu and Alyssa Berris of Vegan Option Canada

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