Main Street Vegan

Mark Peters captures the soul of the cow in his photographic book, Voices of the Herd, and today we talk about cows as individuals and seeing animals differently. And guess what? This guy is so classy, he wrote me a thank-you note on paper.

Website: https://markpetersphotography.com/
Book: Voices of the Herd: Portraits of Rescued Cows and Their Sanctuary Stories
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/markpeters.photography/
And there's a book giveaway for this one: The instructions are at the end of the episode.

Matthew C. Halteman, Ph.D, author of Hungry Beautiful Animals: The Joyful Case for Going Vegan, teaches philosophy at Calvin University in Michigan. He also once lived on the same block in Wheaton, Illinois, as host Victoria Moran.
Book:
Hungry Beautiful Animals: The Joyful Case for Going Vegan

Website: https://www.hungrybeautifulanimals.com/

Facebook: Matthew C. Haltemen

Instagram: @hungrybeautifulanimals

LinkedIn: Matthew Haltemen
And Victoria's YouTube channel where you can watch the podcast, as well as listening on Spotify or Apple Podcasts

EatMoveRest.com and the EatMoveRest YouTube channel have planted Erin and Dusty Stancyk firmly into influencer territory with their busy, beautiful life, 3 young kids, and a delicious, plant-based road to health. We discuss attachment parenting, using the word "vegan" (or not), putting the fun back in healthy, and living colorfully.
Book: The Happy, Healthy Plant-Based Cookbook
Website: https://eatmoverest.com - Subscribe and receive free PDF, How to Go Vegan
YouTube: EatMoveRest - The Stancyks
Facebook: Eat Move Rest
Instagram: Erin Stancyzk
And subscribe at MainStreetVegan.com to receive free PDF, Recipes to Help You Age Like a Yogi

Nutrition science took a massive hit with the January 7th release of the 2026 Dietary Guideline for Americans, recommending increased consumption of meat, eggs, and dairy (while, impossibly, keeping saturated fat low). Responding is Neal Barnard, MD, president of Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, which has petitioned the U.S. government to withdraw these recommendations. 

Website: https://www.pcrm.org
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/physicianscommittee/
Select books from Dr. Barnard:
The Power Foods Diet
Your Body in Balance
Dr. Neal Barnard's Program for Reversing Heart Disease

We welcome 2026 with the inimitable Michael Greger, MD, of nutritionfacts.org and author of the million-selling How Not to Die, sharing info from his latest book Lower LDL Cholesterol Naturally with Food.
 
Website: https://nutritionfacts.org/ 
Lower LDL Cholesterol Naturally with Food
How Not Die
How Not to Diet
How Not to Age
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nutrition_facts_org/
Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/NutritionFacts.org/