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Dr. Will Tuttle has been vegan since 1980. He earned his PhD from UC Berkeley, and authored The World Peace Diet which has been translated and published in 16 languages, in addition to other books including Circles of Compassion, Buddhism & Veganism, and more. Over several decades Will has delivered over 4000 live audience presentations, in over 50 countries worldwide and in all 50 US states, encouraging the compassionate vegan lifestyle, and he has appeared in many radio, television, print, and online interviews, as well as documentary films including Cowspiracy, Prayer for Compassion, Animals and the Buddha, and others. Dr. Tuttle is a former Zen Monk and musician, recipient of the Courage of Conscience Award and the Empty Cages Prize, and he’s currently in Florida as part of his World Awakening Tour.

Isabella La Rocca González is an award winning artist, she’s also an educator and activist working primarily with photography and motion pictures. Her work is part of a long tradition in photography: to bring to light and find beauty in the disregarded, hidden, unconscious, or commonplace. Isabella has taught art and photography to thousands of students in state universities, art schools, private liberal arts colleges, and community colleges.    The work Isabella creates and exhibits is deeply informed by her ecofeminist total liberation activism. She strives to reconcile values from her Indigenous Mexican roots with her European roots.    

Dr. Lisa Jones-Engel || People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals

Dr. Lisa Jones-Engel is a Primatologist, she has studied the human-primate interface for 35 years. Her scientific career has spanned the field, the research laboratory, and the undergraduate classroom, and currently serves as senior science adviser on primate experimentation with PETA’s Laboratory Investigations Department.

Robyn Chuter is a Naturopath and Lifestyle Medicine Practitioner at Empower Total Health, she’s also studied public health policy, and she is a researcher and writer contributing interviews and articles, published at her SubStack account, shining a light into the dark corners of the Sars Co V 2 and Vax reaction narrative.

In this discussion, a little bit of history and a science based view of the one size fits all solution, reviewing adverse effects experiences and data collection.

Robyn online:

https://empowertotalhealth.com.au

https://robynchuter.substack.com

Previous interviews with Robyn:

Boost your immune system:

https://youtu.be/0rOa77ZNfNw

The 1st wave response, did it work?:

https://odysee.com/@PlantPoweredRadio:9/ROBYN-3:9

Referenced in this discussion:

Dr. John Campbell

https://www.youtube.com/c/Campbellteaching

Richard Grove, Grand Theft World

https://rokfin.com/RichardGrove

Early Treatment analysis of studies

https://c19early.com

Roundtable discussion with jab victims:

https://rumble.com/vokrf7-sen.-johnson-expert-panel-on-federal-vaccine-mandates.html

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DISCLAIMER: The views shared in this video may conflict with health, government, and corporate authorities.

Thanks to Vox Vegana for the intro music.

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Sarina Farb is a vegan educator, public speaker, and liberation activist working to make world a better place for all beings. Being born and raised vegan in Kansas taught Sarina to think for herself and stand for justice even when it’s unpopular.   Today Sarina focuses on combining heart and science to empower individuals to think critically, see past corporate propaganda, and to live ethically. Her projects include blogging, creating videos on her YouTube channel and Instagram Born Vegan, and hosting the Science is Gray Podcast.   

Robyn Chuter is a well accredited and widely respected Naturopath living and working in Queensland Australia.  

In a previous interview, Robyn told us about how our immune system works, its connection and influence with the complex gut microbiome, and the importance of eating a healthy whole foods plant based diet to maintain good health.  In this video we look back and evaluate the effectiveness of lockdowns and mandates, and consider the connection between what’s going on in Australia and the larger picture of what’s happening in, and what’s planned for, the rest of the world.  

Jen Deighan-Schenk is an Animal Rights activist and has worked as an investigator inside mink farms, egg laying facilities, and other Ontario farms. She’s involved with various groups including We the Free, the Animal Save Movement, Anonymous for the Voiceless, and most recently led a Meat the Victims action in Southern Ontario that was shut down before it even got going with police arresting 6 activists at 3 am on October 3rd 2021. 

Jonathan Balcombe was born in England, he has lived in New Zealand and the United States, and currently calls Ontario home.  He is a biologist with a PhD in ethology, which is the study of animal behavior. Jonathan's books include Pleasurable Kingdom, Second Nature, The Exultant Ark, What a Fish Knows, SuperFly, and Jake and Ava - A Boy and a Fish.  He has also published over 60 scientific papers and book chapters on animal behavior and animal protection.  Jonathan served as Director of Animal Sentience with the Humane Society Institute for Science and Policy, and Department Chair for Animal Studies with Humane Society University in Washington, DC, and as as Associate Editor of the journal Animal Sentience.  He has lectured on six continents, over many years, be sure to check out recordings of Jonathan’s entertaining presentations online.  

Stephanie Feldstein is the Population and Sustainability Director at the Center for Biological Diversity, where she heads a national program that addresses the connection between human population growth, overconsumption, and the wildlife extinction crisis. Stephanie created the innovative Take Extinction Off Your Plate campaign, and her work has been featured in The Huffington Post, NPR, Salon, The Guardian, and The Washington Post, among other places.  Stephanie has more than 20 years of experience in animal rescue and advocacy and she is the author of The Animal Lover’s Guide to Changing the World: Practical Advice and Everyday Actions for a More Sustainable, Humane, and Compassionate Planet.  

This show was originally recorded in May 2021.

Dr. Will Tuttle has been vegan since 1980.  He earned his PhD from UC Berkeley, and authored The World Peace Diet which has been translated and published in 16 languages.  Will has delivered over 4000 live audience presentations, in over 50 countries worldwide and in all 50 US states, encouraging compassion and vegan living, and he has appeared in many radio, television, print, and online interviews, as well as documentary films including Cowspiracy, Prayer for Compassion, Animals and the Buddha, and others.  

Dr. Tuttle is a former Zen Monk and musician, recipient of the Courage of Conscience Award and the Empty Cages Prize, and he’s currently organizing The Worldwide Vegan Summit for Truth and Freedom which is a free online event October 15th to 17th.  

Anastasia Marie Yarbrough is a voice and wellness coach.  She helps people find their voices, express their authentic selves, and reclaim their lives. Her approach draws on lived experience and background as a music educator, voice and strings teacher, somatic movement educator, classical musician, jazz and R&B singer, facilitator, critical animal studies researcher, natural history practitioner, and a survivor. 

https://soundcloud.com/anastasia-marie-465037060

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Thanks to Vox Vegana for the intro music.  

Ruben Guzman graduated from UCLA with a Master’s in Public Health in 1988 and made the decision to pursue a career promoting health, rather than treating disease.  He studied Lifestyle Medicine, healthcare administration, and consulting, at the same time conducting his own research, giving seminars, and he’s authored books including The Swimming Drill Book and Evolving Health: Maximize your Energy Using the Wisdom of Science and Divine Design.  After attending a Plant-based Nutrition Healthcare Conference and learning about the American College of Lifestyle Medicine, Ruben found his true calling as a Lifestyle Medicine Professional and he helps people learn how a whole food, plant-based diet is fundamental to prevent, reverse and treat chronic disease.   

Justin Douglas is Managing Director at Just In Canada, an independent, alternative media platform and youtube channel that gives voice to innovators, community activists, educators, and other involved, informed Canadians.  Recently, Justin released a documentary called Fairy Creek: The Last Stand.  

Robyn Chuter is a university-qualified health practitioner, she earned a Bachelor of Health Science (and the Dean's Medal for Outstanding Academic Achievement) from the University of New England, a Bachelor of Health Science with First Class Honours from Edith Cowan University, and a Diploma of Naturopathy from the Australasian College of Natural Therapies.  In addition, Robyn is a Certified Lifestyle Medicine Practitioner with the Australasian Society of Lifestyle Medicine, she holds a Graduate Diploma of Counselling from the Australian College of Applied Psychology, and has Level 3 EFT Practitioner and Matrix Reimprinting Practitioner accreditations.   

Robyn opened her own naturopathic practice in 1995, and quickly developed an interest in chronic, medically 'incurable' health problems such as IBS, CFS, migraine, high blood pressure and type 2 diabetes.  

(The first 50 minutes are radio friendly - due to the current climate of censorship about that which is controversial - and Ruben kindly stayed on and shared her educated opinions about how we might best proceed into a cautious but healthy vegan future for all.)

Leila Dehghan-Zaklaki was born in Iran, she earned her Medical Degree from the University of Vienna, and worked as a medical doctor in the UK.  Leila has also earned a Masters Degree in Clinical and Public Health nutrition with distinction from the University College of London, and is currently Education Lead at Plant Based Health Professionals UK and a nutritionist at Plant Based Health Online.  

Sahar Vardi is a Jewish-Israeli anti-militarist activist living in Jerusalem.  In 2008 she began the first of 3 prison sentences after conscientiously objecting the required military service.  Sahar has served with the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions, the Friends Service Committee (aka Quakers), and the Sheikh Jarrah Solidarity movement.  Sahar is featured in the Nobel Women's Initiative, and most recently helped found Hamushim, a project challenging Israel's military industry and arms trade.   

Dr. Tushar Mehta practices family, emergency, and addiction medicine in Toronto.   He does volunteer medical work in India and Haiti, and he’s co-founder of PlantBasedData .org, an online database collection of academic and institutional literature regarding the impacts of a plant based lifestyle on health, environment, food security, including the role of animal agriculture in creating pandemics.    

Fireweed is an artist and photographer who's been active for decades as an ecofeminist in the social justice, environmental and animal rights movements, all of which she sees as interconnected.   She is currently involved in a variety of different projects that concern animals, with a special passion for the intersection of animals and the politics of food.  

Fireweed launched 'The Elephant in the Room is a COW’ Facebook Group as a resource site for activists to share and access resources specifically focused on the ways animal agriculture impacts earth and climate. Fireweed also contributes a column to “The Island Word,” a monthly regional paper available on the islands off the coast of British Columbia. 

April Joyce has recently accepted work as a Personal Trainer and Nutrition Coach at Lifetime Fitness in California, after studying to be a Plant Based Clinical Nutritionist and Personal Trainer certified with the American Council on Exercise.    

Lesley Fox is the Executive Director at the Fur Bearers, a non profit organization working to end the commercial fur trade and promoting co-existence with wildlife.  She serves on the board of directors for the society for humane socience and is president and board chair for the alberni community and women service society.  Lesley is currently finishing a B.A. interdisciplinary studies at royal roads university.  

Emma Hurst was first elected in 2019, making her the second member of the Animal Justice Party to be elected to the New South Wales Legislative Council in Southeast Australia.    Emma is a registered psychologist with a long history as an animal liberation advocate and since being elected Emma has established and chaired a Parliamentary Inquiry into the Use of Battery Cages for Hens in the Egg Production Industry.  Also, Emma will serve as Deputy Chair into an Inquiry she established regarding the Exhibition of cetaceans, and of exotic animals in circuses.  She opposes Australian ag-gag laws, she’s writing legislation to ban puppy farms, and she advocates for tougher penalties for acts of animal cruelty, suggesting animals ought to be recognised as domestic violence victims in their own right.  

Christopher Sebastian is a journalist, technical writer, and digital media specialist. He is the director of social media for Peace Advocacy Network, he sits on the Advisory Council for Encompass, he is a senior fellow at Sentient Media, and he is co-founder of VGN. Christopher writes about media theory for animal rights, and lectures at Columbia University in the Department of Social Work with a focus on how human relationships with other animals shapes our attitudes about race, sexuality, and class. Christopher believes veganism is a useful tool for deconstructing multiple systemic oppressions.  

Stephen Best’s involvement in the environmental and animal protection movement began in the early 1970s after the making of Seal Song, a documentary about the Canadian seal hunt he produced for the International Fund for Animal Welfare.  Stephen has developed and managed political, program, and fundraising campaigns for a number of environmental and animal protection groups.  He has also written and produced communications, campaign, and fundraising materials for social development organizations, including Peaceful Parks, the Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund (Canada), and the Lubicon Legal Defense Fund.  

Stephen has also served various organizations including the International Fund for Animal Welfare, the International Wildlife Coalition, Care for the Wild (UK), and the Toronto Humane Society as an executive and/or director.  He co-founded the International Wildlife Coalition (US), Environment Voters ( Canada), and the Animal Protection Party of Canada where he is currently Chief Agent and Senior Policy Advisor.  

Kyle Luzynski graduated from St. Louis University with a Bachelor’s degree in philosophy and a minor in marketing, he also studied business management and entrepreneurship.  Since 2018 Kyle is Executive Director at Project Animal Freedom where he directs marketing campaigns and manages the day to day activities at the nonprofit organization.  

Darlene Levecque is co-founder and executive director of Nation Rising, a non-partisan political advocacy group lobbying the federal government to shift subsidies away from animal agriculture and towards a plant-based food system for the benefit of the people, the planet, and animals.   Darlene holds an honours Bachelor of Science in Languages from Laurentian University, and has experience in human resources and project management. She has volunteered for over 15 years with several Canadian dog-rescue organizations, devoting her time to fundraising and fostering special-needs dogs.  Darlene also earned a Certificate in Plant Based Nutrition, she loves to cook and garden and advocate for animals.  

Aysha also served as a Medical Officer at the Food and Drug Administration, most recently in the Office of Counterterrorism and Emerging Threats, implementing studies on vaccine effectiveness and safety and using her Top Secret Security clearance to develop national preparedness strategies for public health threats.  

Dr. Akhtar is published in peer-reviewed journals including Lancet, Pediatrics, Journal of Public Health Policy and Reviews in the Neurosciences and she is author of two books, Our Symphony With Animals. On Health, Empathy and Our Shared Destinies and Animals and Public Health, which argues for the need to include animals as part of the “public” in public health.  

Stephanie Feldstein is the Population and Sustainability Director at the Center for Biological Diversity, where she heads a national program that addresses the connection between human population growth, overconsumption, and the wildlife extinction crisis. Stephanie created the innovative Take Extinction Off Your Plate campaign, and her work has been featured in The Huffington Post, NPR, Salon, The Guardian, and The Washington Post, among other places.  Stephanie has more than 20 years of experience in animal rescue and advocacy and she is the author of The Animal Lover’s Guide to Changing the World: Practical Advice and Everyday Actions for a More Sustainable, Humane, and Compassionate Planet.  

Shawna Gray is a a member of Ceg-A-Kin (Carry the Kettle) Nakoda Nation in Treaty 4 Territory and the homeland of the Métis.  She is also a masters prepared clinical social worker with authorized practice endorsement. She has worked in the rural public mental health system for 16 years. She and her husband have been vegan for 21 years and have 3 healthy vegan children - ages 14, 12, and 9. They are a family of animal rescuers and currently reside with 4 rats, 2 cats, and 3 dogs.  

As an activist, Shawna is involved in social justice, animal liberation, and environmental justice work. She was formerly a country liaison for the Animal Save Movement and is currently an organizer for Regina Pig Save, Animal Save Movement Saskatoon, and Saskatchewan Climate Save.   Shawna and her family recently began the process of planting a sustainable food forest on their lands in Treaty 6 territory.  

Lori Berenz is a certified Level 3 Iyengar yoga teacher, Director of Yoga Journey in Collingwood Ontario, and she serves on the Board of the Iyengar Yoga Association of Canada.  Having been employed in Human Resources Management in the corporate world for 15 years, Lori understands the challenges of balancing family and career, and the importance of finding time and space to implement yogic practices into a modern lifestyle. 

Roy Sasano is an activist for animal liberation, a few years ago he volunteered aboard the Sea Shepherd’s Farley Mowat vessel in the Sea of Cortez on a mission to save the critically-endangered vaquita porpoise, and totoaba fish. Roy, and three of his friends known as the Excelsior 4, are currently facing 21 charges, some of them criminal charges potentially carrying hefty prison time, in conjunction with the April 2019 Meat the Victims peaceful protest at Abbotsford’s Excelsior Hog Farm which revealed extreme animal cruelty.   

There’s so much going on in the USofA that we’re not hearing about from the corporate and state media, all of which seems to have been co-opted by the dominant corporate agenda.  Pasta, and the Convo Couch, are independently funded grassroots activists reporting from and about the grassroots communities of our southern neighbours.   

Mo Markham is a climate and animal rights activist, an educator, and a writer from Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario. She is one of the founding members of Eating Animals Causes Pandemics, Liberation Hour Radio, Fridays for Future Kitchener-Waterloo, and is the main organizer for the Kitchener Waterloo Animal Save, Climate Save, and Vegfest groups. Mo believes in a one health approach … what's good for the animals is good for us as human animals, and for the planet we all share.  

Join the Global Day of Action May 1st 2021 

Rebecca Owen is on a mission to inspire more people to become vegan, take the liberation pledge, and then get active for the animals.  As an organizer with the Cube of Truth and and Animal Rights March in Bristol England, Rebecca believes we are on our way to manifesting the mass support necessary to build a vegan world, and NOW is the most important time for each of us to get involved in a way that feels comfortable to us as creative individuals.  Rebecca's Youtube channel, Vegan Pixie Warrior, offers ideas and inspiration for overcoming anxiety, fear, time constraints and other challenges that often keep people from finding their activist potential.

Peter Cunnington is involved with the Victoria Autism Aspergers meetup Group, and he also participates in the local Vegan activist groups working to liberate non-human animals from their oppression.    

Jennifer Molidor is Senior Food Campaigner at the Centre for Biological diversity, helping to lead the sustainable food initiatives including the Take Extinction Off Your Plate campaign. She drives the Population and Sustainability Program's Earth-friendly Diet initiatives related to industrial animal agriculture, overpopulation and overconsumption, and the impact of our food systems on wildlife and the planet. Before joining the Center in 2015, Jennifer worked on a number of food, wildlife and environmental campaigns as the staff writer for the Animal Legal Defense Fund; she holds a Ph.D. from the University of Notre Dame and taught for many years as a professor at Kansas State University and San Francisco State University.

https://www.takeextinctionoffyourplate.com

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Malcolm Klimowicz has been a passionate animal rights activist for many years, he is an organizing member of the Kitchener Ontario Animal Liberation Alliance (KOALA). With KOALA, Malcolm has focused on cruelty to animals at aquariums, particularly Marineland and has demonstrated outside fur auction houses. After being inspired by an animal rights documentary called Inside Fur, Malcolm went undercover and filmed five fur farms. Subsequently, Malcolm currently faces up to 10-years in prison for exposing the cruelty that lies behind this industry.  

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Diksha Dixit is an award winning artist, musician, and fashion designer with El Zero Store, she practices and teaches yoga, and volunteers for the animals with the Bhopal Animal Save Movement.  

Craig Pasta Jardula is Co-Host of @theconvocouch, a progressive talk show that airs on Youtube and Rokfin, discussing and analyzing the daily news cycles and introducing new grass root personalities and candidates.  

Lesley Fox is executive director for The Fur-Bearers, a charitable, non-partisan organization whose goals are to end the commercial fur trade and promote solutions for wildlife coexistence in communities.  Lesley also serves on the board of directors for the Society for Humane Science and is the president and board chair for the Alberni Community and Women's Service Society (ACAWS).   

Dr. Vasile Stanescu is an assistant professor of Communication Studies at Mercer University. He co-edited the Critical Animal Studies book series, co-founded the North American Association for Critical Animal Studies (NAACAS), and is the the former co-editor of the Journal for Critical Animal Studies, and former co-organizer of the Stanford Environmental Humanities Project. Dr. Stanescu has authored over 20 peer-reviewed publications on the critical study of animals and the environment.  

Gwendolyn Church Coordinates the Friends of Philip Fish Rescue - a small fish rescue operation focused on rescue and education in the San Francisco Bay Area.  Friends of Philip rescues and rehomes various fish in need, they broaden the animal rescue conversation to include fish, and to help foster the connection between people and aquatic life by sharing stories of the vibrant personalities of fish at their rescue sanctuary.     

Kimberly Carroll is a Communications Strategist and Board Member with Animal Justice, Canada’s national animal law advocacy organization, and through she also coaches all kinds of changemakers who are doing either paid or unpaid work that’s intended to make a positive difference in the world.  Kimberly is a director at the Toronto Veggie Food Bank, and previously, she helped establish Mercy for Animals Canada, she co-created the “Why Love One but Eat the Other” transit ad campaigns that ran across the country, and she’s been a spokesperson and board member for various animal rights and advocacy groups.  

Aaron Cadam Samuels is a Writer, an Activist, a Music Teacher and Composer embracing many musical genres.  Aaron's also the founder of Vox Vegana - an international vegan music collaborative project - and Vystopia Anonymous - a safe haven for Vegans of all stripes.    

All about Aaron: 

Sharon Palmer has been a Registered Dietician for over 30 years, she’s author of The Plant Powered Diet and Plant Powered for Life.  Sharon was raised and schooled in Loma Linda California which is now known as a “Blue Zone,” one of several blue zones around the world where a focus on plantbased living has been scientifically connected to health and longevity.  

Judy McCoy Carman is a Kansas based author and activist for animal rights, environmental protection, and world peace.    Since the 1970s, when she became vegetarian and then vegan after learning about the cruelty in dairy and eggs, Judy has helped establish activist organizations. In 2003 Judy published Peace to All Beings: Veggie Soup for the Chicken’s Soul, in 2009 she co-authored The Missing Peace: The Hidden Power of our Kinship with Animals, and in 2014 she received the Henry Spira Grassroots Animal Activist Award for outstanding contribution to animal liberation.  Judy’s a member of the In Defense of Animals Sustainable Activism Council and her new book, Homo Ahimsa: Who We Really Are and How We're Going to Save the World has just been released.   

Homo Ahimsa: Who We Really Are and How We're Going to Save the World 

Jonathan Balcombe is an ethologist and author, formerly Director of Animal Sentience with the Humane Society Institute for Science and Policy, and Department Chair for Animal Studies with Humane Society University, in Washington, DC. He also served as Associate Editor of the journal Animal Sentience and, until recently, Jonathan lectured internationally on animal behavior and the human-animal relationship.   Jonathan has worked for several animal protection organizations, including the Humane Society of the United States, Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM), and People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA).    

Jonathan has published scholarly articles, book chapters, and popular science books on various topics including animal behavior, animal research, animal dissection, medical simulation, and veganism.  His most recent book is the NY Times bestseller, "What A Fish Knows: The Inner Lives of Our Underwater Cousins," which combines science and story-telling to examine the inner lives of the world's most diverse group of vertebrates. His next book, "SuperFly," is scheduled for release later this year.  Jonathan currently lives in southern Ontario, where in his spare time he enjoys biking, baking, birding, Bach, and trying to understand the squirrels in his neighborhood.  

Clare Mann is an Australian based psychologist, existential psycho-therapist, communications trainer, speaker, and best-selling author, her best known work is titled Vystopia: the anguish of being vegan in a non-vegan world.  

With over 30 years experience, Clare consults with people all over the world, helping enable ethical leaders, including business owners and social change advocates, to develop exquisite communication skills matched with high levels of self-awareness, responsibility, and purpose.   After conducting case study and survey research with hundreds of vegans over a ten year period, Clare noticed a pattern and created the term Vystopia to describe an existential experience that is commonly diagnosed as a pathological one. An ethical vegan herself, Clare began to speak out on the topic, and wrote her best selling book Vystopia, to empower and assist vegans in the great challenge of navigating through the world while carrying what she calls the “Burden of Knowing.”  

Gwenna Hunter is a Los Angeles based Vegan activist.  She coordinates events for Vegan Outreach, and is the founder of Vegans of L.A. and the Vegans for Black Lives Matter Facebook Group.  Gwenna is also a public speaker and writer, her essay titled "Copy and Paste Activism Does Not Work: Perspectives from a Person Of Colour” is published in the newly released "Voices for Animal Liberation" anthology.  

Honey LaBronx stars in her own YouTube cooking series, “The Vegan Drag Queen,” and hosts a podcast called “Big Fat Vegan Radio."  She (used to) travel the world with her one-woman fundraising drag show, and so far Honey has performed 111 shows in 5 countries (in 73 cities), benefitting 148 different organizations and raising $44,041 for local LGBTQ and Animal  organizations along the way.   Honey is committed to bringing discussions about animal rights, race, and pro-intersectional social justice to new audiences. In 2011, Honey was one of 8 activists arrested for blocking New York City traffic while demonstrating for marriage equality.  When not a drag queen, Honey’s Facebook page says she’s in a complicated relationship with Ben Strothmann who is an actor, singer, playwright, and theatrical photographer, originally from Milwaukee, Wisconsin.   

Visit Honey at

Lee Hall is a Pennsylvania based environmental law specialist and writer, author of "On Their Own Terms: Animal Liberation for the 21st Century", and creator of the "Studio for the Art of Animal Liberation" on Patreon. Lee has been vegan since 1983, and is a lifelong advocate connecting veganism with ecology and animal liberation.

Lesley Fleuren lives in the Netherlands where she advocates on behalf of the world’s fishes and ocean life.  This year she spoke at the International Animal Rights Conference, and at World Day for the End of Fishing, and also participated in vigils, marches, and other fish friendly events.  Lesley is hoping to connect with others, around the world, who recognize that fishes are sentient individuals, and who are working to spare them unnecessary pain and suffering.  

Max Mah is an animal liberation activist with various groups, today he’s on the streets of Edmonton advocating fo Rose’s Law, an Animal Rights Bill that will protect all animals from torture and violence.  

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Author of “The Ultimate Betrayal: Is There Happy Meat?”, Hope Bohanec shares some truth about what’s really going on behind the labels.  

Is it possible to feed 7 billion people free range organically fed animals?  Is it ethical to even try?    

Hope lives and works in Sonoma County, California, where she’s an event organizer with Sonoma County Vegfest, Berkeley’s Earth Day, she’s Executive Director at Compassionate Living, and Project Manager at United Poultry Concerns.    Recently, Hope launched the "Hope for Animals" podcast.

This interview was originally recorded on April 2nd, 2020.

Sharon Palmer is a California based registered dietitian nutritionist (RDN) with more than 18 years of experience in the field of plant-based nutrition and sustainability, and she recently completed her Master of Science in Sustainable Food Systems (MSFS).  

Sharon has authored over 1000 articles for a variety of publications, including Better Homes and Gardens, Oprah Magazine, and LA Times, and she’s written two books -  The Plant-Powered Diet: The Lifelong Eating Plan for Achieving Optimal Health, Beginning Today (The Experiment, July 2012), and Plant-Powered for Life: Eat Your Way to Lasting Health with 52 Simple Steps & 125 Delicious Recipes.  

Sharon is currently working on a third book to be published this year and, until recently, she was organizing sustainability tours, travelling internationally to learn about and enjoy various cultural foods and also visiting Rescued Animal Farm Sanctuaries around the world.  

The Farmhouse Garden Animal Home is located in Uxbridge, Ontario, not far from Toronto.  For generations it was a cattle ranch, but in 2016 the multi-generational organic farmer and cattle rancher Mike Lanigan had a change of heart … he decided he no longer wanted to send the cows to slaughter.  Mike invited his employee, Edith Barabash, to help convert the cattle ranch into a sanctuary, a safe haven where the animals can live safely and happily until the natural end of their lives.    

Randall Abate is Chair of Marine and Environmental Law and Policy and he teaches in the Department of Political Science and Sociology at Monmouth University in New Jersey.  Professor Abate joined the Monmouth faculty in 2018 after 24 years of full-time law instruction at six U.S. law schools, he has spoken about environmental and animal law topics in many different countries around the world.  His work now centres on climate justice and the intersection between animal and environmental law.    

Randall Abate's most recent publications:  

Susan Hargreaves founded Animal Hero Kids as a way to help young people understand the power of their personal lifestyle choices.  She’s published a book called Animal Hero Kids Voices for the Voiceless which can be found in Montessori classrooms, and her goal is to get it into every school library in the United States.   

lauren Ornelas has been active in the animal rights movement for over 30 years, creating the Food Empowerment Project in 2007.    

FEP’s mission is to create a more just and sustainable world for everyone, by recognizing the power of our food choices.  But lauren and her colleagues also realize that it’s not so easy for everyone to simply choose healthy vegan products, depending on things like how much money we earn, and where we live.    lauren talks about the ways oppression and injustice affects all beings, and why vegans must extend our circle of compassion to understand the challenges that some of our neighbours might be faced with when they make their food choices.