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Our 47th Vegcast is the 2008 edition of Sounds of Summerfest. You will hear the key moments, sounds, highlights, music, interviews and overall ambience of NAVS Vegetarian Summerfest 2008 in Johnstown, PA this past month. After appearances by Stephane Grouleau, Chip Balew, Jenny Kerwood, Michael Greger and Sara Schluter Eisman, the segment concludes with a feature interview of Jo Stepaniak, who was this year inducted into the NAVS Vegetarian Hall of Fame. There is also a Science Fact about watermelon that will make you sit up and take notice, and a brief comment about news coverage of foodborne diseases.
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Our 46th Vegcast features an interview with Isa Chandra Moskowitz of Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World Fame. She has written what some are calling the ultimate vegan cookbook. We also meet Safiya from KOV foods, a new Vegcast sponsor. From the new album, Electric Green, we hear a terrific new Green Beings song that I did not write, but wish I had, and there is a science fact about veggie benefits for smokers.
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For our 45th Vegcast we visit Maria Pandolfi at the headquarters of Rat Chick Rat Rescue in South Philly. Maria talks about the upcoming Fab Rat Animal Friend Festival and how the movie Ratatouille was both a blessing and a curse for rat advocates. There is a song taking off from the lives of lab rats by Christina Louise Dicker, and a Science Fact about scarcity of food and water in which rats make a cameo appearance.
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Our 44th Vegcast takes us to NatureSoy, the largest tofu manufacturer on the East Coast, located right in downtown Philadelphia. NatureSoy chief Gene He gives a quick tour of the operation and explains the challenges and benefits of the tofu business. We hear a song from Maggie, Pierce and EJ and there is a Science Fact about the toll factory farming is taking on human health, among other things.
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Our 43rd Vegcast looks at sexism, how it can be used as a tool to grab the attention of the public for vegan purposes, and whether it should be. Rory Freedman, the co author of Skinny Bitch and Skinny Bitch in the Kitch, talks about how the book came to be called that and what the duo of vegan women have coming up next. There is also a song from Moby, a Science Fact about macadamia nuts, and a little more. Please be forewarned that the word Bitch will be used in this podcast.
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Our 42nd Vegcast features an interview with prolific cookbook author and graphic artist Nava Atlas, ranging from her first book, Vegetariana, to her latest, Vegan Express. Atlas also talks about how a visit to reassure herself about humane farms pushed her to veganism. There is also a song called I Dont Eat Meat by Dada Veda, a Science Fact about two benefits of a vegan diet, a Seattle restaurant addendum from the mailbag and more.
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Our 41st Vegcast focuses on the Pacific Northwest, with a pair of interviews about life in what may be the most vegetarian friendly region of the country. Stewart Rose of Vegetarians of Washington talks about VegFest and his book The Vegetarian Solution, and Lisa Higgins of Sweet Pea Baking Company in Portland discusses the opening of the first vegan mini mall. There is also music from Beloved Binge, from their Seattle era, and a science fact about the potential for ending soy allergies.
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Vegcast turns 40 with an in depth look at the revelations of animal abuse and unsafe food production at a California slaughter plant stemming from an undercover investigation by the Humane Society of the United States. Paul Shapiro, who was involved in planning the investigation, talks about how it came about, what it means and where we might expect it to lead. We then take a minute to check in on how this development affects our guest from Vegcast 33. There is also a Science Fact about Animal Minds, as well as a zany and somewhat disturbing song from Vegcast faves Green Beings.
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Our 39th podcast features an interview with bestselling mystery writer and vegetarian Martha Grimes, whose new novel Dakota takes readers into the world of food animal production. We also have a musical track from Watercolor Paintings and a Science Fact about poultry workers and their injuries. .
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Our 38th podcast looks at a new Web site for Pennsylvania vegetarians put together by Hugs for Puppies and Mercy for Animals. We talk with Nick Cooney about how the site was created and the larger mission of Hugs for Puppies. There is also a musical selection from Verdun, and a Science Fact about animals and their capacity for mental time travel.
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We kick off the New Year with Caroline Dupont, author of Enlightened Eating, who explains in detail how to go about making major beneficial changes in your diet. The show opens with a contemplative selection from Will Tuttle and closes with a Science Fact about cholesterol drugs and the alternatives to them.
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Vegcast wishes you a happy holiday season. Our 36th podcast takes a look at claims that eating some meat may be a better environmental bet in terms of agricultural land use. Grazing and environment expert Mike Hudak puts the recent Cornell report and its press release under careful scrutiny to bring out the real facts. There is also a song from Bah and the Humbugs, and a Science Fact that sounds like a rerun but is not, tying meat consumption more definitively than ever to several cancers, including lung cancer.
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Our 35th podcast is a trip down memory lane with Zinnia Konviser, a lifelong vegetarian whom Summerfest attendees will recognize instantly. She tells about the amazing Vegetarian Hotel in the Catskills operated by her parents throughout most of the last century. Then we have some music you may recognize, and an announcement that comes with it, and a Science Fact about nutritious school lunches.
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Our 34th podcast brings you our third Twisted Thanksgiving. This time, in the face of the holiday of exceesive eating, we chat with dietician and author Vesanto Melina about food allergies and sensitivies that bedevil more and more vegetarians and vegans. Melina sorts fact from fiction and offers alternatives that can benefit everybody. We also have a Science Fact about meat and cancer, and a quick profile of Vegcast 34 Sponsor Temptation Vegan Ice Cream.
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Our 33rd podcast has an interview with Dave Warwak, the vegan teacher who was fired from an Illinois school for promulgating vegan ideas. Warwak tells his story and addresses where the line is in presenting controversial ideas to children. After a track from Moby there is a Science Fact about the coming water shortage in the United States and one sure way to avoid or ameliorate it.
