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PYP 056: Bianca and Michael Alexander on the Journey of Conscious Living

September 16, 2014

Bianca and Michael Alexander are buddies of mine and co-founders of ConsciousLivingTV.com.

Bianca is an EMMY-award winning TV correspondent, as well as on-camera talent for hit shows on Lifetime, TV Guide, and TV One. She’s a certified yoga instructor and energy healer.

Michael is a serial entrepreneur, provocateur and innovator in the areas of sustainability, health and entrepreneurship. He cameos in Conscious Living TV videos as “Vegan Man,” and is a budding organic gardener.

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PYP 055: John Pierre on Fueling Ourselves for Action and Compassion

September 15, 2014

John Pierre is fitness trainer to the stars, including Ellen DeGeneres, Pamela Anderson, and Emily Deschanel. He’s also a tireless advocate for the voiceless, powerless, and dispossessed: animals, the aged, and abused women.

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The Mediterranean Diet Study: Bad Science, Worse Journalism

September 14, 2014

Have you heard the news? An April 2013 study “proves” that the Mediterranean Diet saves lives, reducing cardiovascular events by 30%. Except the study said no such thing. And the “low fat” diet used as a comparison was anything but. Caveat comestor! (Let the eater beware!)

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China Study co-author T. Colin Campbell on writing WHOLE

September 12, 2014

In 2004, T. Colin Campbell rocked the worlds of nutrition and science with his outspoken and powerful book, The China Study. Nine years later, Dr. Campbell is back, and feistier than ever, taking on the medical, research, government, media, non-profit, food, and supplement industries. Nutrition, he asserts, is the “master key” that controls our health….

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Food Demo: How to Grow a Health Food Store on Your Kitchen Counter in 24 Hours

September 12, 2014
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PYP 053: Dan Hanley: The Gay Vegans

September 11, 2014

When Dan Hanley was in the navy, he first encountered cultures where meat wasn’t the center of every meal. In this interview, done live at a Vegan conference in May 2013, he discusses his 17 year journey into ethical veganism and healthy plant-based eating.

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PYP 052: Michele Simon on the Unholy Influence of the Junk Food Industry

September 10, 2014

In WHOLE, we wrote an entire chapter about the sleazy influence of the junk food industry on the powerful Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.

Michele Simon of Eat Drink Politics is a public health lawyer whose investigations and advocacy have shined a bright and uncomfortable light on these shenanigans.

In January 2013 she published an in-depth expose, titled “And Now a Word From Our Sponsors.”

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PYP 051: John Robbins: “Speak to the Queen and the Queen Will Reply”

September 9, 2014

Wow, a second interview with John Robbins!

After the first one, John graciously contacted me because he felt he had more to say about advocacy and persuasion.

I wasn’t about to say no.

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PYP 050: John Robbins: Rebel, Peacemaker, Pragmatist

September 8, 2014

John Robbins rose to prominence with the 1987 publication of his book Diet for a New America. The young heir to the Baskin-Robbins ice cream empire (and fortune) put out an eloquent and powerful call to action against the consumption of animal-based foods.

As I indicate at the beginning of the interview, Diet for a New America changed my life for the better as much as any other book I’ve read. So I was thrilled to get the chance to speak with this man who has been a hero of mine for 23 years.

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PYP 048: Lara Heimann on Yoga as Preparation for Life

September 4, 2014

Lara Heimann runs the Yogastream studio in Princeton, New Jersey. Originally trained as a physical therapist, Lara brings anatomical and functional sensibilities to her classes to enable her students to push their limits in a safe and powerful way.

She’s been completely plant-based for the past 12 years, and sees a strong mind-body connection between eating plants and moving the body joyfully.

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Hi, I’m Howard Jacobson, host of the Plant Yourself Podcast, co-author of You Can Change Other People and Sick to Fit, and co-founder of WellStart Health Coach Academy.

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