If mice, ants, or other little folks are a problem, Kevin Newell of Humane Wildlife Solutions has the answer. While his award-winning company is based in Scotland, vegan and animal advocate Newell works with individuals and businesses around the world. In this episode, he shares practical solutions for getting your home back -- and nobody gets hurt. (This episode was originally aired January 29, 2025.)Website: https://www.humanewildliesolutions.co.ukInstagram and Facebook: @humanewildlifesolutions
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Censored Landscapes: Art, Ag, and Animals
Without almost no images of actual animals, Censored Landscapes, a photo book depicting the landscapes of modern animal agriculture, sends a powerful message about the realities of raising animals for food. Its creator and today's guest, artist and photographer Isabella La Rocca Gonzalez, discusses art, activism, and what she learned exploring the architectural structures of animal ag. Book: Censored Landscapes: The Hidden Reality of Farming AnimalsWebsite: https://www.censoredlandscapes.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/eyelarocca/Bluesky: @eyelarocca.bsky.socialAlso in this episode:We honor the life and legacy of John Robbins, with his family requesting donations to the Food Revolution Alliance in his memory.Join Victoria this July 18-20 at the Omega Institute in Rhinebeck, NY, for a soul-nourishing Age Like a Yogi Retreat focused on mindful, compassionate living.Enrollment is open for the 2025 Main Street Vegan Academy—a 55-hour live Zoom training to become a certified Vegan Lifestyle Coach & Educator; use code FRIEND to receive an exclusive 50% discount for this year only.
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Farmed Animal Sanctuaries 2025
As Kathy Stevens, at the helm of Catskill Animal Sanctuary for over 25 years, moves to her next chapter, she gives up the inside scoop on what it's like to run a sanctuary, what the sanctuary movement means in the overall animal rights movement, and how we can save the most animals and move the most people veganward during these challenging times.Website: https://casanctuary.org/visit/Books: Where the Blind Horse Sings: Love and Healing at an Animal Sanctuary; and Animal Camp: Lessons in Love and Hope from Rescued Farm Animals; Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/catskill_animal_sanctuary/?hl=enFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/catskillanimalsanctuary/Also alluded to in this episode: the unprecedented opportunity for podcast listeners to take the Autumn 2025 Main Street Vegan Academy course for a whopping 50% off by using the code FRIEND. MSVA has been training and certifying Vegan Lifestyle Coaches & Educators since 2012. Our classes are live and interactive via Zoom, and our faculty includes the best and brightest from the vegan and plant-based worlds. Check out the Academy at https://wwww.mainstreetvegan.
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The Omnivore's Deception
Regenerative agriculture. Farm to table. Humane meat. These are buzzwords of a movement led by Michael Pollan, Joel Salatin, and others who believe that animal foods are fine if they come from the "right" farms. Today's guest, Professor John Sanbonmatsu, excoriates their argument in his new book The Omnivore's Deception, making an on-target and heavy-hitting case for veganism. Book: The Omnivore's Deception: What We Get Wrong About Meat, Animals, and OurselvesWebsite: https://www.johnsanbonmatsu.comX: https://x.com/SanbonmatsuJBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/jsanbonmatsu.bsky.social Also mentioned in this episode: The 37th cohort of Main Street Vegan Academy starts in September. Due to world events and the online backlash again veganism, we are, for the first -- and last -- time, offering the extraordinary discount of 50% to enable people to attend the Academy who might not have had the opportunity before. Check out the program at https://www.mainstreetvegan.com, and use the code FRIEND to experience this lauded Vegan Lifestyle Coach & Educator certification program for half the tuition you'd pay otherwise.
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Rip Esselstyn, from Engine 2 to Plant-Based Superstar
World-class triathlete, #1 NYT bestselling author, host of the Plant-Strong Podcast, and Plantstrong Foods CEO Rip Esselstyn shares some "inner Rip" plus health hacks for eating whole plants foods and enjoying life to the max.Website/company: https://www.plantstrong.comRetreats: https://www.liveplantstrong.com/retreat (the next one is in North Carolina at the beginning of November)Books: The Engine 2 Diet Plant-StrongInstagram: @goplantstrong @ripesselstynFacebook: Plantstrong by Engine 2
Everybody knows that the future is vegan, but it can also be a grand adventure right now. On the Main Street Vegan Podcast, bestselling author and vegan OG Victoria Moran invites you to be in on conversations with the best and brightest in this space. You'll hear from physicians, philosophers, activists, athletes, chefs and celebrities on eating and living for optimum health, while protecting the planet and saving the lives and ending the suffering of animals. Whether you're a longtime vegan or just taking a look, Main Street Vegan will help you live with purpose, eat with joy, and craft a life that makes a difference.
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