Vegan World Radio

past programs




episode #1 : 7 July 2008

In the Classroom:
Humane Education vs. Humane Myths:
Compassion 101
Humane education helps raise a generation that cares, that realizesthat what we do matters, not just to ourselves but also to everyone ourlives touch; a generation that understands the connections between bothour personal and cultural choices and the fate of other people, otherspecies, and the Earth, and takes responsibility for creating a betterworld. Humane education promotes empathy and compassion towards all other species.

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episode # 2 : 14 July 2008

Whose Skin Are You In?
The Truth Behind the Animal Skins Trade
Every time you choose to buy a leather jacket or leather shoes, you sentence animals to a lifetime of suffering. Buying leather directly contributes to factory farms and slaughterhouses, since the skins of animals are the most economically important byproduct of the multibillion-dollar meat industry. The vast majority of animals slaughtered for their skins suffer all the horrors of factory farming--intense confinement, painful mutilations, deprivation, harmful hormone and antibiotic injections, and cruel treatment during transport and slaughter. Learn more about this trade and how YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCEon Vegan World Radio! today

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episode # 3 : 21 July 2008

Animal Rights from Brasil to Germany:
The State of the Movement Around the World
Today we catch up with Bob Linden, host of "Go Vegan!"- the commercial animal rights radio show heard all over the country. Then, we hear from Rynn Berry, the well-respected historian of the animal rights movement, who has recently returned from the first large-scale animal rights conference in Brazil. After Rynn catches us up with the state of the movement in that country, he'll take us to Germany, with a preview of this summer's International Vegetarian Union congress, held on the occasion of the 100 year anniversary of the first IVU Congress that met in Dresden in 1908. All that and more on Vegan World Radio! today.

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episode # 4 : 28 July 2008

Elephants Deserve Better
Hope for Elephants: Sanctuaries
Today we learn about the plight of elephants, gentle giants who suffer worldwide at the hands of humans. Animal advocates are protesting the Dallas Zoo's decision to send Jenny, an African elephant, to a tourist attraction in Mexico after spending 22 years of her life at the Dallas zoo. Margaret Morin with Concerned Citizens for Jenny will bring us this story. IDA's Catherine Doyle will also join us to express outrage. Nicole G. Paquette, Esq. Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Born Free USA united with Animal Protection Institute will discuss her organization's David versus Goliath battle against Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus for its mistreatment of Asian elephants in violation of the U.S. Endangered Species Act. All that and more on Vegan World Radio! today.
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episode # 5 : 4 August 2008

Mad Cow 2008: How Now Mad Cow?
What the Corporate Media Isn't Telling you.
Today we bring back our favorite Mad Cow expert Terry S. Singeltary Sr., a virtual walking encyclopedia of mad cow information. Terry has been fighting mad ever since he watched his mom die in 1997 of CJD and has become a world renowned independent researcher on the madness and has been dubbed "a Paul Revere with email." Mad Cow is in the US and there is a cover-up is his message. Listen to Vegan World Radio for all the information you have a right to know and that the corporate media is not telling you. All that and more on Vegan World Radio! today.
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episode # 6 : 11 August 2008

Summer Sizzle FUNd Drive 08
Help Keep Free Speech Alive: Support Vegan World Radio.
Ingrid Newkirk, founder and president of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals will pop in during the last half of the show to chat with the Vegan World Radio collective. Today is our Summer Sizzle FUNd drive - but wait! It is so much more. The Vegan World Collective will all be in the house and we have a lot to share with you: a glimpse into our passion for a vegan world, great premiums for your pledges and lunch! Join us for a deliziosa Italian lunch. See recipes below. All that and more on Vegan World Radio! today.
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episode # 7 : 18 August 2008

Who's To Say What's Impossible?
 
While there is, sadly, no dearth of animal suffering in the world just yet, there is, in fact, a good deal to celebrate, as well! Today we speak to Gene Bauer of Farm Sanctuary about a favorable decision for farm animals handed down by the New Jersey Supreme Court. We then go to Washington, DC, to join Dawn Moncrief of FARM at the 2008 Animal Rights Conference to hear about the latest developments in the animal rights movement. Then, we speak to Wayne Pacelle, about the latest in the Humane Society of the United States' efforts. And we end with a *surprise* celebrity guest who'll tell us about the latest campaign she's given her generous support to! All that and more on Vegan World Radio today!!
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episode #8 : 25 August 2008

Spreading the Vegan Message
through Film & Music
Today, we talk to Mischa Hedges, the Producer/Director of the film Sustainable Table. Over nine months of production, he found that the standard methods of producing food do not take environmental or human health costs into consideration. He also explored the many alternatives to the current agricultural system. Lance has been a life-long musician, who plays guitar, piano, drums, trumpet, mandolin and more. Lance's new CD Pasture Prime is a one-of-a-kind personalized album that will have you laughing, thinking, and growing as a human being. All that and more on Vegan World Radio! today.
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episode #9 : 1 September 2008

transforming the planet:
vegan eco-villages offer methods for sustainability
On today's show, we will hear from residents of The Farm, an intentional community in Summertown, TN, established in 1971 around the shared visions of non-violence, veganism, and creating a better world. Having perfected methods of sustainable community living, The Farm's eco-village design offers solutions to a world of shrinking resources, urban sprawl and diminishing biosphere . Dr. Will Tuttle will also share remembrances of his visit to The Farm in the 1970's, and how the profound experience of meeting so many vegans for the first time started him on a journey of studying the links between violence and food. In anticipation of Dr. Tuttle's upcoming visit to Houston, we will take a closer look at his work in The World Peace Diet: Eating for Spiritual Health and Social Harmony, as the first episode of a two part series.
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episode #11 : 20 September 2008

World Farm Animal Day (WFAD)
and the practice of animal law
Dawn Moncrief is the executive director at FARM, the Farm Animal Rights Movement, a non-profit, public-interest organization in Washington, DC. She has two masters degrees from The George Washington University: one in international relations, the other specializing in women-in-development. Today she gives us an update on FARM's current campaing for World Farm Animals Day!

Animal Legal Defense FundFounder and Chief Counsel, Joyce Tischler, will join us, along with a number of other ALDF attorneys, to tell us about Animal Law and the groundbreaking work that ALDF continues to engage in!

Today's show produced and hosted by Anuj A. Shah, J.D., Ph.D.


DUE TO POWER OUTAGES AND TECHNICAL PROBLEMS CAUSED BY HURRICANE IKE, THIS EPISODE WAS NOT RECORDED.


links relevant to today's program
www.farmusa.org
www.aldf.org
"Try"- Animal Liberation Orchestra



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episode # 12 : 6 October 2008

living in harmony with all life part 2:
a closer look at the World Peace Diet
In anticipation of Dr Tuttle's upcoming visit to Houston in early December, we are taking a closer look at his work. The World Peace Diet has been called one of the most important books of the 21st century: the foundation of a new society based on the truth of the interconnectedness of all life. It is the first book to make explicit the invisible connections between our culture, our food, and the source of our broad range of problems—and the way to a positive transformation in our individual and collective lives. The World Peace Diet is an award-winning book. If you want to understand the big picture of our culture and why we have the unyielding dilemmas we face, and how we can solve them, this book is for you.
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episode # 13 : 13 October 2008

Food as a Weapon of Mass Destruction
How a meat based diet destroys our health and the environment
Today on Vegan World Radio guest host and producer Shushana Castle talks with two members of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, Dr. Hope Ferdowsian and Dr. and Dr. Aisha Akhtar, about the devastating impact products of animal agriculture have on human health and on the environment and why it is essential for humanity to adopt a plant based diet.
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links relevant to today's program
> PCRM
> Energy Times Article

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episode # 14 : 20 October 2008
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episode # 15 : 27 October 2008

how to eat like a vegetarian
even if you never want to be one
Today on Vegan World Radio, co-authors Carol Adams and Patti Breitman, will share Shortcuts, Strategies, and Simple Solutions to eating vegetarian (vegan) and Jeff Popick, the Vegan Sage, from Veganworld.com pops in share his ideas of a vegan world.Help Keep Free Speech Alive on KPFT's Fall Fund Drive todayKeeping it Green! links relevant to today's program
> Lantern Books
> VeganWorld.com
> JeffPopick.com
> LSVN's Chili Cook Off

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episode # 16 : 3 November 2008

special pre-election program
legal/legislative issues on the table for tomorrow's election, and beyond!
Today on Vegan World Radio, Anuj Shah talks with Robert "Skip" Trimble and Brian Cates of the Texas Humane Legislative Network, Gene Bauer of Farm Sanctuary, and Nancy Perry of the Humane Society of the United States to learn about the various election and legislative-related issues on the table for tomorrow's election and beyond.

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episode # 17 : 10 November 2008

nourishing activism, body and soul
brazilian nutritionist, vegan restaurateur, & legendary activist george guimaraes
As we enter the season of holiday feasts, today on Vegan World Radio we will speak to health expert, dietitian, and phenomenal community organizer for animal rights in Brazil, George Guimaraes. Also weighing in on the health hazards of dairy consumption, dietitian George Eisman on cancer and eating dairy products. The hunger relief organization, the Fruit Tree Planting Foundation will sek volunteers for their school orchard planting effort near San Antonio and their greater vision to restore the planet, animal habitats, and feed humans in the process. We hear about their beneficial programs around the world, as well a recent trip to the Havasupai Indian Nation in Arizona.
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links relevant to this program
2008 AR Conference Recordings
Fruit Planting in TX Nov 29
American Indians & Vegetarianism
"Whale Wars" on Animal Planet



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episode # 18 : 17 November 2008

African Voices, African Visions
Reclaiming Eden
Three African men: Emmanuel Eyoh, the leading voice for the Vegetarian/Animal Rights Movement in Nigeria; Josphat Ngonyo of Kenya with a moving story of how his family transformed from being hunters and poachers to become avid animal protectors; Houston emergency room doctor from Ethiopia, Anteneh Roba, founder of The Amsale Gessesse Memorial Foundation, a non-profit corporation dedicated to preventing, alleviating, and abolishing suffering of human and non-human animals all on Vegan World Radio today to discuss what they believe to be the solution to many of Africa's and the world's problems.
links relevant to today's program
Amsale Gessesse Memorial Foundation
NIGERIA VEGETARIAN SOCIETY
African Network for Animal Welfare
SOP Vegan Thanksgiving Feast
Fur-Free Friday Demonstration

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episode # 19 : 24 November 2008

Creating Traditions of Compassion
A Gentle Vegan Thanksgiving
Gentle Thanksgiving is an opportunity to encourage friends, family and neighbors to adopt compassionate alternatives to unnecessarily cruel turkey dinners. We accomplish this by demonstrating the great taste and superior nutrition of gourmet vegan recipes and a variety of festive plant-based foods.

Find out more by requesting a FREE Veg Starter Kit and weekly e-mail recipes.

links relevant to today's program
Gentle Thanksgiving
Turkey Investigation
More than a Meal
Save a Turkey
Don't Buy Fur
Fur-Free Friday Demonstration


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episode # 20 : 1 December 2008

a holiday gift from FARM
a vision of many voices from AR2008
The holiday season also marks the time of reflection on the past year. Today we review the effects that our consumption habits have on impacting the planet, some humane holiday observances, and new ways that we can help animals as we enter the winter season and prepare for the New Year. We share a candle-lighting ceremony for the animals, a compassionate invitation from holocaust survivor Alex Hershaft, and a lesson in global sustainability from Richard Schwartz, courtesy of FARM's recent Animal Rights National Conference. Kim McCoy of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society gives a preview of the SHARK ANGELS project, and Bett Sundermeyer of NoKillHouston.org explains the urgent opportunity for citizens to help transform the city pound into a no-kill facility.

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episode # 21 : 8 December 2008

Dr. Will Tuttle and Visions for a Compassionate Planet:
The World Peace Diet: Eating for Spiritual Health and Social Harmony
In honor of Dr Tuttle's visit to Houston these past few days, we are taking a closer look at his work by actually interviewing the author himself. We will be joined live in the studio by Dr. Will Tuttle and his wife, Madeleine, a visionary artist.

The World Peace Diet has been called one of the most important books of the 21st century: the foundation of a new society based on the truth of the interconnectedness of all life. It is the first book to make explicit the invisible connections between our culture, our food, and the source of our broad range of problems—and the way to a positive transformation in our individual and lives. The World Peace Diet is an award-winning book. If you want to understand the big picture of our culture and why we have the unyielding dilemmas we face, and how we can solve them, this book is for you.
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links relevant to today's program
WorldPeaceDiet.org
World Peace Diet Audiobook
WorldPeaceDiet Social Network

NoKillHouston.org

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episode # 22 : 15 December 2008

Judaism and Vegetarianism
"I desire mercy, not sacrifice." Hosea 6:6

Richard H. Schwartz, Ph.D., will discuss challenges facing contemporary Judaism in the context of vegetarianism. How does the production & consumption of meat violate basic Jewish/religious m&ates? Is there a Biblical basis for vegetarianism? Why should everyone, including Jews, be vegetarian? What does Judaism teach about the environment, helping hungry people, conserving natural resources, justice, population growth, involvement, & protest? How important is vegetarianism with regard to global survival? All these questions & more will be answered on today's show. In addition, Dr. Schwartz will describe the connections that can be made between vegetarianism & the Jewish festival of Hanukkah, which begins on December 22nd. We'll also get an update on the documentary A Sacred Duty: Applying Jewish Values to Help Heal the World.
Today's show produced and hosted by Pamela Kletke, The Food Fairy

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episode # 23 : 22 December 2008

In honor of Christmas, VWR presents
"Christianity and Vegetarianism" a talk by Father John Dear, S.J.
Promoting peace and nonviolence, Father John Dear, a Catholic priest, has traveled the world and believes, as Gandhi did, that Jesus was the greatest practitioner of nonviolence in history. He believes that not only must we put down our swords against one another but to truly create peace on earth as Jesus envisaged, Christians must hold all life sacred, and, thus, forgo the brutal and needless slaughter of billions of animals. By embracing a plant based diet Christians can move toward greater wholeness as spiritual beings while at the same time ending world hunger and preserving the environment. As a biblical scholar and Jesuit priest Father Dear cites ample biblical evidence to support a vegetarian and nonviolent lifestyle. He also elaborates on vegetarianism as a path to health and wholeness, providing evidence that vegetarians lead healthier and longer lives than meat eaters.
Today's show produced and hosted by Sandra & Andy McAvin
links relevant to today's program
www.ChristianVeg.com
www.JesusVeg.com
www.FatherJohnDear.org

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episode # 24 : 29 December 2008

Moving from the Age of Insanity to an
Era of Enlightenment
This morning on the last Vegan World Radio show of the year, we will be looking back at some of the events that took place in 2008 - and forward to some plans and hopes for 2009. We will have an important commentary on the sad and horrific story of the decapitation of Mr. Buck, the tame deer who was beloved by so many. A segment on how the world eats - and why it must change. An update on mad cow disease and cattle mutilations - what do cattle mutilations have to do with mad cow disease? This and much more on Vegan World Radio this morning.
Today's show produced and hosted by Shirley Wilkes Johnson

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episode # 25 : 5 January 2008

Today on the show..
The World is Going Vegan.
This morning on the first Vegan World Radio show of the 2009, join the Vegan World Radio collective: Anuj, Jerrilyn, Shirley and guest Pamela Kletke for News and Views from around the globe that indicate that the world is gaining momentum in the struggle to break free from its addiction to flesh consumption.
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links relevant to today's program
2008 AR Conference Recordings
Fruit Planting in TX Nov 29
American Indians & Vegetarianism
"Whale Wars" on Animal Planet
Vegetarian Meetup Nov 12

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episode # 26 : 12 January 2008

Ocean Bankruptcy
Our oceans are in a state of silent collapse
Today on Vegan World Radio, Ocean Bankruptcy: The Slaughter of our Ocean's Marine Life and the Largest Garbage Dump on the Planet. Our oceans are in a much worse and more miserable state than our current financial mess, yet there is hope and remedy for our ocean's health as long as we take positive action now. Today's show hosted by Shushana Castle.
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links relevant to today's program
SHARKWATER Rob Stewart
PCRM Hope Ferdowsian
Ten Thousand Villages Jan 26
TX Dog Law Seminar Jan31
Tell Congress NO Industrial Fish Farms
Vegan Potlucks JAN 22 & 25

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episode # 27 : 19 January 2009



Social Justice for All of Life
The Legacy of MLK and Ascent of Obama for a Compassionate New World!
On today's Vegan World Radio, our featured guests are two individuals, pioneers in their respective fields, who share a profound belief in the importance of justice and compassion for all of life. Kathy Freston is a national best-selling author whose most recent work, Quantum Wellness, was featured on The Oprah Winfrey Show. With her philosophy of "conscious eating," Kathy inspired Oprah to go vegan for 3 weeks! Kenneth Williams is an African-American, nationally-known vegan body builder who's passion for civil rights and social justice moved and inspired him to go vegan and speak out against the oppression of all beings, human and nonhuman. Tune in for all that and more on today's Vegan World Radio!

hosted by: Anuj Shaw

(with assistance from Jerrilyn in Pledge Central)



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episode # 28 : 26 January 2009

Happy Lunar/Asian New Year!
Celebrate the Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese Cultures - and More!
Vegan World Radio is honored to present world renowned humanitarian and respected spiritual teacher Supreme Master Ching Hai from France vis Skype with an urgent message about our planet. We will also speak with California raw foods guru Ani Phyo about how incorporating delicious living foods into our diets can help us to be healthier in 2009. All this and more on today's show.
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episode # 29 : 2 February 2009

Saving the Planet by Eating GREEN and Embracing Compassion
also, To Kill or Not To Kill - What Fate for Impounded Animals?
On today's program, we speak to vegan entrepreneur and savory soy expert Gary Chiu of Banyan Foods on the versatility of palatably prepared tofu as a meat-replacer in everyday dishes. Supreme Master Television shares the dire need for a planetary shift away from animal agriculture to halt Global Warming. Bett Sundermeyer of No-Kill Houston will explain why citizens must speak up now for impounded animals before the City hires a new Bureau chief for BARC. Many thousands of healthy and adoptable companion animals suffer and die needlessly at the antiquated municipal shelter which desperately needs reform. We will hear testimony from the recent City Council meeting urging acceptance of the long stalled No-Kill Contract.
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links relevant to today's program

  Supreme Master TV               
  Banyan Foods                         
  No Kill Houston                       
  Friends of BARC                     
  Monthly Meet & Greet              

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episode # 30 : 9 February 2009

Happy Valentine's Day!
Love is in the Air--Have a Compassionate Valentine's Day!!
Today on Vegan World Radio we celebrate Valentine's Day, exploring love and compassion in all guises. We begin with Independent Filmmaker Donny Moss, whose film BLINDERS has won national acclaim as it covers the brutal horse-carriage trade in New York City. Definitely not a romantic way to celebrate the holiday. We then continue our conversation with Mark LaPolla of Life By Chocolate, who has designed an entire vegan line of chocolates. Tracy Frank of SARA Sanctuary, will once again, offer a compassionate alternative for kids and families who don't want their 4H animals to go to slaughter. We'll explore a brief interlude of the beauty of love between an elephant and a dog. And finally, we close our special Valentine's Day show with an interview of an amazing vegan couple, Geoff and Vanessa Palmer, both vegan for many years before they met. We'll hear their tales of a vegan wedding, reception, and honeymoon. All this and more on today's Vegan World Radio!
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  www.blindersthemovie.com
  www.lifebychocolates.com
  www.sarasanctuary.org

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episode # 31 : 16 February 2009


Voices from Africa
Vegan/Animal Activists on the African Continent
Today on Vegan World Radio, people in Africa discuss animal issues, the war on wildlife and the efforts to save animals, people and the continent of Africa. Hosted by Anteneh Roba M.D.
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episode # 32 : 22 February 2009


Vegetarian Roots
The Fascinating And Little Known History of Vegetarianism
Today on Vegan World Radio, the study of lost histories. Can vegetarian history be traced to ancient African history? Plus, we drop in on the SOS for Planet Earth conference in Los Angeles.

Hosted by Shirley Wilkes-Johnson.

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episode # 33 : 2 March 2009

The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo: 
The Cruel Truth Behind the Pageantry
On today's show, we look at the dark, unpleasant, and eminently cruel world that lurks behind the glamor and pageantry of the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo.  Steve Hindi, President and Founder of Showing Animls Respect and Kindness (SHARK), will discuss the cruel truth about the rodeo in detail. We'll then hear from Tracy Frank, Director of Sara Sanctuary, where she provides sanctuary to those animals people save from the livestock to slaughterhouse road. And we'll hear from Dawn Moncrief, Executive Director of Farm Animal Reform Movement (FARM) about the upcoming Meatout celebration. All this and more on today's Vegan World Radio!
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links relevant to today's program

  www.sharkonline.org
  www.sarasanctuary.org
  www.farmusa.org

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episode # 34 : 9 March 2009

Humane Society of the United States Wayne Pacelle CEO
Vegan Austin Fireman Rip Esselstyn on Vegan World Radio
 
 
HSUS Campaign Against Canada's Cruel Seal Hunt and rhe Genesis Awards; and Vegan Fire Fighter Creates Spark with New Book, The Engine 2 Diet

Today on Vegan World Radio Wayne Pacelle, President and CEO of our nation's largest animal protection organization, the Humane Society of the United States, will be a guest - tune in to hear about the Canadian Seal Hunt and the international campaign to stop it. We will also hear the the highlights of the HSUS sponsored 23rd Genesis Awards ceremony, annually rewarding the media for public awareness of animal protection causes. Austin firefighter, Rip Esselstyn, author of THE ENGINE 2 DIET, created and implemented by Rip, a former world-class professional tri-athlete. Rip comes from a family of renowned physicians and wrote The Engine 2 Diet after he discovered the dangerously high cholesterol level (344!) of one of his fellow firefighters at the Austin (TX) Engine 2 Station. Rip’s program has been featured on NPR and in the New York Times.
Guest Hosted by Pamela Kletke
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  www.bryant-terry.com
  www.thln.org

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episode # 36 : 23 March 2009

Take Back Control of Your Food
 
  How to feed yourself without corporate help
&
  Building a No Kill Houston
 
  Life saving program for shelter animals

Today on Vegan World Radio learn about edible landscapes, free food, growing culinary and medicinal herbs, community gardens, teaching children to garden and much more! Also,  Nathan Winograd and Bett Sundermeyer will discuss why dogs and cats are not disposable and the efforts to save the 80,000 dogs and cats that are euthanized in Houston animal shelters every year.
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episode # 37 : 30 March 2009

PETA Lettuce Ladies, Vegan Soul Kitchen and THLN Update
 
 
PETA Lettuce Ladies come to Houston to serve free veggie dogs with all the fixings,Bryant Terry joins us to talk about his hot off the press book, Vegan Soul Kitchenand Brian Craft, president of the Houston Texas Humane Legislation Network updates us on the THLN agenda.Today on Vegan World Radio the Lettuce Ladies will talk about why they want meateaters to turn over a new leaf. Eco Chef Bryant Terry will have you craving soul food. Brian Craft will update us on the current animal legislative agenda and progress being made.
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  www.bryant-terry.com
  www.thln.org

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episode # 38 : 6 April 2009

The Life of a Caged Animal for Food and Entertainment
 
  How animal suffering harms both animals and humans
Today on Vegan World Radio: No sunlight, cement floors and wires, eating feces, severe crowding and filth, urinating and defecating on other caged animals, forcibly taking dozens of antibiotics, growth hormones and tranquilizers, force fed, quashed,diseases such as e-coli, salmonella, campylobacteriosis and listeria are rampant, blinded by ammonia constantly in contact with the eyes which comes from the feces and urine in overcrowded closed conditions, lung disease from inhaling the stench, beaten, tortured and terrified is everyday life for these animalsAccording to the Center for Disease Control (CDC) over 10,000 people DIED last year from food borne illnesses. 200,000 people were hospitalized. The slaughterhouses are infested with diseases.Today's Show produced and guest hosted by Shushana Castle
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links relevant to today's program

  www.upc-online.org
  www.idausa.org
  www.concernedcitizensforjenny.net

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episode # 39 : 13 April 2009

World Week for Animals in Laboratories
and the Spiritual Mandate to Compassion


On today's show we take a closer look at the outdated and cruel industry of vivisection, as Dr. Elliot Katz of In Defense of Animals explains the global observation of World Week for Animals in Laboratories.
We'll also investigate the opportunities for outreach to faith-based communities in bringing the message of animal compassion into houses of worship, and learn of the ongoing hunger relief efforts the International Vegetarian Relief Charity, Food for Life here in Houston.
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episode # 40 : 21 April 2009

Vegan World Radio Celebrates Earth Day 2009
Bob Linden, the father of vegan radio, pops in to join Anuj, Jerrilyn and Shirley


Tune in to Bob Linden and the Vegan World Radio collective with Vegan View Hot Topics - global warming and much more.
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episode # 41 : 27 April 2009

Living Among Meat Eaters
The toll meat eating takes on humans, animals and the planet


Today feminist-vegetarian theorist and author, Carol J. Adams guides us in dealing with the issues that arise when vegetarian and meat eating worlds collide and she will also comment on interlocking oppressions. Alfredo Kuba, the first ever recipient of the PETA "Cesar Chavez Si Se Puede" Award, explains how our corporate diet of death exploits both humans and animals. May 1st, International Workers' Day, commemorates the historic struggle of working people. Slaughterhouse workers are the most exploited and have the most dangerous and horrible jobs in the world. Why we should all care and what we can do.Today's show hosted by Shirley Wilkes-Johnson
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episode # 42 : 4 May 2009

Ingrid Newkirk, Kristen Lee Ohanyan + Swine Flu Report
Happy Cinco de Mayo, Mother's Dayand the story about swine flu you won't hear anywhere else

Today on Vegan World Radio Kristen Lee Ohanyan, founder and president of Society of PEACE, will share her story of being a vegan mom raising a vegan child and tell us how animal mothers are treated is heartbreaking. We will hear about PETA founder Ingrid Newkirk's new book, One Can Make a Difference, How Simple Actions Can Change the World. And you must tune in to hear the report on swine flu that commercial radio cannot tell you! Also, ways to Celebrate Cinco de Mayo!

Today's show hosted by Shirley Wilkes-Johnson

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links relevant to today's program
  Top 10 Reasons Not to Eat Pigs
  PETA website
  Ingrid Newkirk biography
  Ingrid Newkirk blog
  Society of PEACE

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episode # 43 : 11 May 2009

Support V.W.R. in KPFT's Spring Fund Drive
Take charge of your health through a vegan diet and physical fitness. On today's fund drive show, you'll hear about some popular and successful approaches to achieving optimal health and fitness. From the New York Times bestseller the Engine 2 Diet, to Dr. McDougall's world renowned protocols, through vegan fitness and bodybuilding videos, our thank-you gifts will help you take a step in the right direction, while you help keep Vegan World Radio and KPFT on the air.

Our community partner today is Food Not Bombs- an all-volunteer organization that feeds the homeless healthy vegetarian food. If you choose to forego your gift, this portion of your donation will go to buy food for their services, which are offered several times each week.

Due to the pledge drive, our show will be delayed approximately an hour- tune in after the end of Democracy Now. CALL DURING THE SHOW- 713 526 5738

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episode # 44 : 18 May 2009

Stand by Vegan World Radio We Need You to Stand by Us as we Put Fun into the Spring FUNd Drive
Vegan Food, Fun and Philosophy. Walk your pledge into the KPFT radio station, 419 Lovett Blvd., and have lunch with us: Lasagna, Black Olive & Sun Dried Tomato Bread, Salad (by Pat Greer's Kitchen) and Texas Chocolate Pecan Sheet Cake - all vegan and all delicious! Today's Show hosted by Shirley Wilkes-Johnson with Pamela Kletke in Pledge Central. Our community partner today is Houston Habitat for Humanity. Habitat for Humanity International has grown to be one of the top 20 homebuilders in the United States and the largest non-profit homebuilder in the United States. The organization is dedicated to eliminating substandard housing in our community by helping low-income families purchase a simple, decent home in which to live. To date, Houston Habitat has built over 650 affordable homes. If you choose to forgo your gift, this portion of your donation will go to helpHouston Habitat for Humanity. CALL DURING THE SHOW- 713 526 5738

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episode # 45 : 25 May 2009

“Why We Don’t Eat Animals”
Join us today for an exciting show with several great guests!
Today's show will be guest-hosted by Kristen Lee Ohanyan, director of Society of PEACE for a Memorial Day Special. Please tune-in as she interviews Gene Baur, author of the bestselling book Farm Sanctuary: Changing Hearts and Minds About Animals and Food. Then educator, Ruby Roth will describe her new children's book, That's Why We Don't Eat Animals. Also we will hear some important updates about the new Worldwide Vegan Bake Sale, the upcoming National Animal Rights Conference in California, and a local screening of the film The Emotional World of Farm Animals.

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  Farm Sanctuary
  Ruby Roth 
  World Vegan Bake Sale 
  AR National Conference 
  Bay Area Film Screening 

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episode # 46 : 1 June 2009

Anniversary Show
Thanks to Our Listeners We Are Celebrating Seven Years of Vegan Radio on KPFT
The Vegan World Radio collective Anuj , Jerrilyn and Shirley celebrate vegan anniversaries and Anuj's return from the Himalayas with Vegan News and Views, hot topics, restaurant reviews, vegan survey results, and more!

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episode # 46 : 8 June 2009

The Inner World of Farm Animals: Their Amazing Intellectual, Emotional, and Social Capacities
and Slaughterhouse: The Shocking Story of Greed, Neglect, and Inhumane Treatment Inside the U.S. Meat Industry
Two amazing authors, Amy Hatkoff & Gail Eisnitz join us. Amy's book, "The Inner World of Farm Animals brings together a fascinating mix of science and story-telling about the intelligence and emotional lives of farm animals. Gail's book, Slaughterhouse exposes how the modern meat industry needlessly tortures these animals and endangers both workers and consumers. Today's show produced by Shirley Wilkes-Johnson

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episode # 47 : 14 June 2009

Vegan Earth Day
Living green ultimately means eating green.
Today we celebrate Vegan Earth Day! We'll be exploring the environmental devastation that animal diets cause, yet from a different angle. We'll speak with Mike Hudak, director of Public Lands Without Livestock, who'll tell us about the destructive effects of cattle ranching on the environment. We'll also speak with Raw Foods author and speaker Paul Nison, who'll be making several appearances in Houston soon, and, to add to it all, we'll be joined by the world famous vegan radio show personality, Bob Linden, who'll tell us about Vegan Earth Day and the Vegan Earth Day festival in California. So stay tuned for all that and more on today's Vegan World Radio! Today's show produced by Anuj A. Shah, J.D., Ph.D.

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  McDougall's Costa Rica Adventure

  Amsale Foundation

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episode # 48 : 22 June 2009

Taking Care of Our Best Friends
A conversation among animal friends
Today on Vegan World guest host Anteneh Roba M.D. talks with Best Friend Sanctuary co-founder Gregory Castle and Best Friends Rapid Response Manager Richard Crook about the history of Best Friends, Best Friends International work in Ethiopia and disaster preparedness for your best friends. This show is guest hosted by Dr. Anteneh Roba

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episode # 49 : 29 June 2009

Envisioning Independence Day for the Animals
Compassionate Summer Celebrations and Meat-free Gatherings
Celebrate compassion this holiday and find independence from animal-consumption. On today's show we'll hear of the many vegan summer gatherings, compassionate national conferences, and animal-free celebrations and vacations now available to those committed to a cruelty-free lifestyle. Hear about the 35th Annual Vegetarian Summerfest in the wooded hills of Pennsylvania, the National Animal Rights Conference in sunny Los Angeles, and an exotic getaway to Costa Rica for families and singles interested in exploring the vegan lifestyle with Dr. John McDougall. Also we'll get an update about our local Independence Day celebration with Society of PEACE, gone Hawaiian style for the occasion. We'll pay a visit to some regional animal sanctuaries to understand the lives of animals spared from slaughter and hear an exclusive interview with animal rights musician Justine Mayela. All this and more on today's episode of VEGAN WORLD RADIO.
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