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123 Episoden
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Vegcast 92 looks at Thanksgiving and tradition from several perspectives. Our featured interview is with Dr. Neal Barnard of PCRM, who discusses the trio of plant foods known as the Three Sisters and advocates for Americans basing our Thanksgiving dinners around such dishes, explaining why. We have a new song from Hymn for Her, a Science Fact about two notions of prehistoric humans that have just been upended, and a commentary on the USDA and its traditional, if impossible, mission.
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Vegcast 91 features a conversation with Gene Baur, cofounder of Farm Sanctuary, who discusses a recent report about the effect of animal abuse imagery on public consumption trends, as well as the Adopt a Turkey campaign. There is also a song by vegan artist Joy Valencia. The Science Fact is a study showing the necessity to radically curtail meat and dairy consumption to save the planet.
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Vegcast 90 features an interview with Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson about animal companions and humans, taking off from his new book, The Dog Who Couldnt Stop Loving. There is a song by the band Big Green Cherry and a Science Fact about the dangers of giving babies formula based on cows milk. Also on this podcast Vance vows to adopt the term Vegcast Radio.
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Vegcast 89 has fresh beats and fresh tofu. First we chat with Cyrus Pirasteh about the site ohwhyohwhy.org and its namesake song, then we spin the song itself. Next up is Gary Abramowitz, who explains how to make seitan, how to cook tofu and how his Allentown biz supplies stores and eateries around our whole region, including Horizons. Then there is a Science Fact about the Atkins Diet, which can be done healthfully, but only if you are not eating meat. The meat version, scientists say, is likely to kill you.
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Vegcast 88 features an interview with Dr. Melanie Joy, author of Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs and Wear Cows, who talks bout her coinage of the word carnism and why we should use it. We also hear a new track from new recording artist Yvonne Smith, the Traveling Vegetarian, and a Science Fact about the latest new incredible cancer busting ingredient, watercress.
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Sounds of Summerfest 2010 features, among other delights, a clip of music by Rebecca Barnett and quick interviews with Michael Greger, Colleen Patrick Goudreau of Vegetarian Food for Thought, Anuj Shah of Vegan World Radio and the newest inductee into the Vegetarian Hall of Fame, Caldwell Esselstyn. In addition to explaining how our health priorities should be reformed, Esselstyn recites his list of greens that rivals only our own Leftovers in rapid fire food listing. There is also a Science Fact on how even if you eat the same number of calories you are more likely to gain weight if you are eating meat.
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Vegcast 86 features an interview with Maribeth Abrams, the author, with Anne Dinshah, of The Four Ingredient Vegan, a cookbook that will appeal to vegans such as yours truly who love trying new recipes but hate to see a huge list of ingredients to keep track of. There is also a new tune from local rockers Maggi, Pierce and EJ, and a Science Fact about the communicative expertise of fish.
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Vegcast 85 comprises two big trips out of town. One is to midtown Manhattan, where we report from Horizons chefs Rich and Kate making a second groundbreaking appearance at the prestigious James Beard House, and the other is to Las Vegas, where we find a veggie turkey sandwich and a local vegan expert, Chef Mayra, to explain vegan Vegas to us. We hear a track from a new band called The Pleasants, and there is a sobering Science Fact about the spread of heavy metals among whales worldwide.
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Vegcast 84 takes a provocative look at how US Law has been altered to crack down on animal activism by classifying much of it as terrorism. But some acts by activists seem pretty close to fitting the definition. We talk with Dara Lovitz about her book Muzzling a Movement. And we hear a cool new track from the band The Faded, which is headed by a vegan. Plus there is a Science Fact about the pollution of the Chesapeake Bay by farmers, but specifically NOT factory farms.
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In this episode we take an indepth look at a study mentioned in Vegcast 78, talking with the author, Dr. Amy Fitzgerald, about the study on rates of violent crime around slaughterhouses and her field, green criminology in general. We also hear an upbeat tune from Yvonne Smith, and there is a Science Fact about the vegetarian mind and its empathy quotient.
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On Vegcast 82 we talk with Carol Adams about the 20th anniversary edition of her groundbreaking book The Sexual Politics of Meat. We spin a tune related to that subject from Nellie McKay, who wrote the foreword to the new edition of the book. There is also a Science Fact about the discovery of a beaver dam so large it can be seen from space. And Vegcast welcomes Lightlife Foods as a sponsor.
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Vegcast 81 features an interview with Tracye McQuirter, cofounder of BlackVegetarians.org and author of By Any Greens Necessary. We talk about her journey to veganism after a talk by Dick Gregory and how she delivers on the personal as political. Also there is a music track from Amanda Rogers and a Science Fact about US beef, so adulterated and contaminated that Mexico refused delivery and the meat was instead eaten by Americans.
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For Vegcast 80 we check in with Vesanto Melina, one of the authors, with Brenda Davis, of Becoming Raw, a book sure to be the standard bearer for books on raw foods. Vesanto candidly explains the benefits and challenges of the raw lifestyle. There is a song from Philadelphia vegetarian EJ Simpson and a Science Fact about the problem of using animal tests as a basis for decisions about human drugs and illnesses.
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Vegcast 79 looks at animal sentience, with an in depth interview with Jonathan Balcombe, author of the book Second Nature, which comes out today. Jonathan talks about how we are heading for a paradigm shift in thinking about animal intelligence, emotion and sensation, and explains how this will likely affect our food and other choices. Then we get to hear a new tune from Yvonne Smith, the Traveling and now Singing Vegetarian. We also check in with Leila Fusfeld to get the outcome of the Vegan Pledge campaign just completed in Philly. And in keeping with the theme there is a Science Fact about dog growls and how those that same to us mean different things to dogs.
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Vegcast 78 features an interview with Sarah Taylor, author of Vegan in 30 Days, who explains how she came up with the step by step plan that guides newbies from a standard american diet into being vegan. There is also a Science Fact about the harm to humans caused by the exploitation of animals, and a song about hibernating, appropriate for us in snowbound Philly, from Amanda Rogers.
