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Vegcast 77 offers an advance look at Vegan Rock, a benefit for the Toronto Vegetarian Society organized by Ashkon Hobooti. We chat with Ashkon about the how and why, and the where and when, of Vegan Rock, and listen to a couple of tunes from the vegetarian musicians involved. Then there is a science fact about dolphins, who an increasing number of scientists are arguing should be considered persons and against whom any violence, direct or indirect, should be considered reprehensible.
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Vegcast 76 kicks off 2010 with an extra long, in depth interview with Gary Francione, whose Abolitionist Approach web site and podcast are gaining ground worldwide. Gary discusses how an activist movement must be founded on nonviolence and how people can now get a vegan message out and connect better without depending on large organizations. There is also a new song from Dada Veda looking forward to an improved social world. This is a larger download than most but it is worth it.
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Vegcast 75 features an interview with Brandon Gittelman about the Friends of Animals campaign to end the practice of making horses cart people around center city Philadelphia. This episode also has a Vegcast exclusive premiere of Let Go by Yvonne Smith, the Traveling and Singing Vegetarian. There is also a Science Fact about soy and breast cancer, and a Special Comment about creating controversy where none really exists.
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Vegcast 74 has part one of a year end transamerica podcast extravaganza, as Carolyn Scott of Healthy Voyager talks about the holidays and her veggie travels. Watch for part two on Healthy Voyager radio in January. There is also music by Will Tuttle and a Science Fact about the envrionmental damage of grazing on U.S. public lands.
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Vegcast 73 features a visit to Chenoa Manor Animal Sanctuary, where we talk to founder Rob Teti and others about how the farm works to make a difference in the lives of both animals and people. Then we review Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer. Next there is a tune from local band Hymn for Her, and finally a Science Fact about the underestimated prevalence of methane in global warming.
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Vegcast 72 is a noncanonical edition, consisting entirely of an audio recording of a lecture given by Vance Lehmkuhl at the 350 Philly dinner at Horizons restaurant on Oct. 21 on the subject of Animal Agriculture and Climate Change. Stay tuned for another canonical Vegcast, with our traditional format and full menu, coming up in about a week.
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For our 71st podcast we take a stroll around Center City Philadelphia, talking with Dynise Balkavage, the Urban Vegan. Dynise has a new cookbook out this weekend, and she discusses this as well as her mission to bust stereotypes about crunchy hippie vegans. We hear a tune from an urban Philly vegetarian, EJ Simpson, and take a look at health warnings about fish in the Science Fact.
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Our 70th podcast features an interview with Yvonne Smith, the Traveling Vegetarian, who was instrumental in getting a group of news staffers in Tennessee to Go Vegan For a Month. We find out how that is going as well as getting the scoop on her plans to record an album of original music. Then we hear some music from, and get some news about, Saint Mad, a local band that underscored the Veggie Cabaret. There is also an audio clip of Ed Begley Jr. talking with Vance about the importance of a plant based diet, and a Science Fact that looks at the question of whether vegetarianism really does make you smarter.
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Our 69th podcast features an interview with Virginia Messina, a vegan registered dietitian, about fat in the diet and how some recommendations for curtailing it might do more harm than good. We also stop in at Horizons for Vegan Drinks Philly and get the lowdown on this new phenomenon from local organizer Ed Coffin. There is a Science Fact about animal agriculture as a newly announced threat to the ozone layer, and another fine musical offering from Amanda Rogers.
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Our 68th podcast features an interview with Heather Mills, who has just opened what she hopes will be the first of a chain of vegan fast food restaurants in the UK, and eventually in the U.S. as well. We hear a track from Jim James of My Morning Jacket, who has done a solo album as a tribute to George Harrison. There is a Science Fact about dolphins and their language skills. Also, this is the first Vegcast to be sponsored by Luna and Larrys Coconut Bliss, and we have a quick check-in to get the story behind this frozen dessert from Luna and Larry themselves.
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Our 67th takes us back to Johnstown, PA, for our annual report from Vegetarian Summerfest. This year the highlight was the wedding of Rae and JC and we bring you a taste of that, as well as quick comments from Fran Costigan and Yvonne Smith. Summerfest and Vegcast face Kyle Vincent is back with a new album, and we hear a track. There is also a Science Fact about the variety of cancers vegetarianism works against.
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Our 66th podcast features an interview with Derek Goodwin of VeganRadio and The Vegan Bus, conducted on July 4th while wandering the grounds of Clark Park in Philadelphia. We spin a track from new rising vegetarian star Amanda Rogers, and there is a plain and simple Science Fact about Swine Flu. Sounds of Summerfest will be Vegcast 67.
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For our 65th podcast we take a car from Philadelphia to Colorado, checking out veggie options and finds along the way. Includes short interviews at Maggies Mercantile in PA, ShangriLa Diner in St. Louis and in Creede, Colorado. The occasion is taking the family out to see the production of A Wonderful Noise by the Creede Repertory Theatre, and a small slice thereof serves as our musical offering. There is also a Science Fact about meat and dairy increasing risk of pancreatic cancer.
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Our 64th podcast features an interview with Rip Esselstyn, the vegan firefighter who persuaded his coworkers to try a plant-strong diet for 28 days, and who has turned that success into a bestselling book and tour. There is also a musical selection from our old friend Moby and a science fact about mockingbirds and their ability to recognize a single human from among thousands.
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Our 63rd podcast is a look at the growing Vegan Waffle Party phenomenon, started by Dave Wheitner in Pittsburgh. Dave explains how the idea for this offbeat form of veg activism got started and how you can join in with your own spin and at your own pace. We also hear some music from Dave and there is a Science Fact about the first global study of the horrible lives led by large circus animals.
