Myq Kaplan is a stand-up comedian who also happens to be vegan (or is it the other way around?)
He’s performed on the Tonight Show, Conan, the Late Show with David Letterman, Late Night with Seth Meyers, the Late Late Show with James Corden, in his own half-hour Comedy Central Presents special, and in his own one-hour special on Netflix and Amazon, Small, Dork, and Handsome.
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Rich “Raz” Razgaitis is on a mission to get water out of plastic, and plastic out of water.
As co-founder and CEO of FloWater, which aims to reduce and ultimately end our dependence on single-use plastic water bottles, Raz has become an impassioned advocate for public health and environmental sanity.
His message: bottled water is the new cigarette. As in, it’s killing us.
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Jim Loomis, MD is Medical Director of the Barnard Medical Center, and one of the stars of the blockbuster documentary The Game Changers.
Dr Loomis’ journey to plant-based practice for himself and his patients began with a viewing of Forks Over Knives, at a time when his own health was starting to fail.
Once he discovered and benefited personally from Lifestyle Medicine, he began to see that the paradigm of human health he had been taught was seriously flawed.
He summed it up this way: “If I’m not sick, then I must be well.”
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In June, 2019, Dr Milton Mills gave testimony before the USDA Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee about their persistent recommendation to include dairy in our diets.
Dr Mills short presentation was not what I was expecting to hear.
Instead of just repeating the overwhelming body of evidence showing that cow’s milk is not a healthy or suitable food for humans, he put the debate in the context of racism.
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Lenore Braford talks about the hows and whys of rescuing abused and neglected farm animals.
Given that billions of farm animals live and die in misery, is there a point in saving just a few?
Listen as Lenore tells touching stories of rescue and resilience, and shows how these special animals act as ambassadors who can change hearts and minds about animal agriculture.
James Wilks is a producer, as well as narrator and chief instigator of The Game Changers, already the bestselling documentary of all time on iTunes.
We talk about the 7-year odyssey of making the film, its effect on popular culture and our food choices, and his appearance on the Joe Rogan Experience podcast earlier this month.
We talk about the long process of making the film, and the warrior spirit needed to defend it from disingenuous and misinformed attacks.
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Is time linear, or cyclical?
According to analog watches, time goes around in circles.
According to calendars and planners and most of Western culture, time moves ever forward.
And few of us take seriously the cycles of nature when we contemplate time and how we move through it.
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Wendy Wood, PhD, knows more about the science of habit formation – and habit breaking – than just about anyone.
Instead of applying conscious willpower to powerfully persistent patterns (yea, alliteration) of behavior, Wood’s research demonstrates the effectiveness of changing environmental cues to trigger new and different responses.
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Ron Tibbs is a wellness coach, plant-based advocate, and all-around great guy.
He’s part of the core team at WellStart Health, where he coaches, guides, and cheerleads clients to make significant positive changes in their lives.
Ron is perfectly situated to do this, because he’s created his own massive changes in the face of very strong opposing forces.
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How can we advocate for human health, environmental sanity, and ethical treatment of animals without wrecking our relationships with family members, friends, partners, and coworkers?
Melanie Joy joins the podcast to talk about her book Beyond Beliefs – essentially a merging of the political and relational.
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