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Vegcast 122 is the 2015 edition of Sounds of Summerfest, featuring capsule interviews with Rebecca Gilbert, Vegetarian Hall of Fame inductee Hans Diehl and Gary Francione, as well as an original song Dr. Diehl commissioned for his anniversary with his wife, and other sounds from the annual vegan celebration in Johnstown, PA.
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Vegcast 121 is the 2014 edition of Sounds of Summerfest, featuring capsule interviews with Jonathan Balcombe, Miyoko Schinner, Michael Greger, John Pierre, Howard Lyman and Anne Dinshah along with some musical snippets from Elizabeth Barnett and other sounds from the annual vegan celebration in Johnstown, PA.
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Vegcast 120 features an interview with Carolyn Mullin of the National Museum of Animals and Society, a new institution documenting this evolving relationship. There's also a comical tune from Vegan Smythe about trying to persuade someone to go vegan, and a Science Fact about the danger of eating meat being nearly equivalent to that of smoking cigarettes. There are also announcements of interest, including one about the upcoming schedule of Vegcasts.
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Vegcast 119 features a chat with Vegcast favorite Dr. Neal Barnard of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, who has a lot to say about food and the brain. More, in fact, than could fit in a recent V for Veg column for which this interview was originally conducted, so we are sharing it here. There is also a Science Fact about diet and Alzheimers disease as seen in the change in Japanese diets, and a tune from Philly band Every Other Day.
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Vegcast 118 is our 2013 Sounds of Summerfest edition, featuring sonic memories and spoken clips from NAVS Summerfest earlier this month. Among the sounds are birdsong, along with identifications by Ted Barnett, a chat with Amie Hamlin on the first public school to go vegetarian, a clip of Jefferey Cohan of Jewish Vegetarians of North America on attending his frist Summerfest, a preview of Dr. Michael Gregers science talk, favorite moments from karaoke night, Rae Sikora on being inducted into the Vegetarian Hall of Fame and Rich Roll on maximum nutrition for maximum human performance. This show also has the premiere of the new Green Beings song Animal Free.
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Vegcast 117 takes a look at vegan spirtuality, the concept and the group started by Lisa Levinson. We chat with Lisa about her work and the Vegan Sprituality Retreats coming up in June and July featuring speaker Will Tuttle. There is also a song from Daniel Redwood and a science fact about the latest on arsenic being fed to chickens.
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Vegcast 116 features an interview with Marianne Bessey, a Philadelphia based powerhouse of animal activism who takes on zoos, circuses and civil affairs officers with equal aplomb. There is also a tune from Hymn for Her and a science fact about a new culprit in meat that ties it to heart disease.
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Vegcast 115 features an interview with graphic journalist and painter Sue Coe, who talks about her methods of sharing animals grim reality with the viewing public. There is a tune from Dream Awake, a Science Fact about the damaging effect of animal slaughter on those who perform it, and a note on a book especially appropriate for Easter.
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Vegcast 114 is a rather queer episode as we talk with Sarah E Brown about the collaborative work she helmed, the Queer Vegan Food Cookbook, proceeds from which benefit Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary. There is also a track from Batik called Vudu and a Science Fact about how vegetarianism can reduce your heart disease risk by a third.
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Vegcast 113 features an interview with scientist and author Con Slobodchikoff, who was written a book on animal language, making a case for it and explaining how it works, as well as how humans have largely looked at it the wrong way. There is also a tune from Marlene Sosebee and a Science Fact about antibiotic overuse in the beef industry and its dangerous effects that are already showing up.
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Vegcast 112 takes us back to Woodstock, the site of Vegcast 16. for an interview with cofounder Jenny Brown on her story and that of the sanctuary. Then there is a song about Kayli the cow and how she wound up at Woodstock. Then we talk to the man behind the song, Ed Barocas, about how HE wound up at Woodstock. There is also a Science Fact about the ability of some birds to infer the behavior of hidden causal agents, something that, you guessed it, only humans were thought to be able to do.
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Vegcast 111 features an interview with Victoria Moran, centering on her latest book Main Street Vegan, which demystifies veganism as an elite pursuit and brings the nuts and bolts to the mainstream. She also discusses the new Main Street Vegan Academy and her Main Street Vegan radio show on unity.fm. There is also a song from Moby and a Science Fact about the official Declaration on Consciousness of nonhuman animals signed last month by some of the foremost neuroscientists in the world.
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Vegcast 110 is our annual Sounds of Summerfest edition, including the first interview with the new inductees into the Vegetarian Hall of Fame, James Laveck and Jenny Stein. Also brief interviews with Eddie Lama, Fran Costigan and Chef AJ, plus birds, piano, lunch, ping pong, and a Science Fact about the diets of our ancestors.
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Vegcast 109 features an interview with Nava Atlas about her latest, Wild About Greens, which focuses on the many varieties of nutritious leafy greens and ways of making them a delicious part of many meals. There is a tongue in cheek song about vegan girls, and a science fact about black bears and their ability to count, a power previously ascribed only to primates.
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Vegcast 108 looks at a new Philly phenomenon, HipCityVeg, a vegan fast food restaurant that has taken off in a big way. We talk to owner Nicole Marquis about the roller coaster ride of her first month and her plans for the future of vegan fast food. There is also a track from The Dropa Stone, the first band to be sponsored by Tofurky, and a Science Fact about the psychology of denial that underlies the eating of meat.
