Podcast
PYP 019: Ashley Flitter: The Unintentional Vegan
When Ashley Flitter, the Unintentional Vegan, discovered that she was lactose intolerant, she began a transition that culminated in her adopting a 100% plant-based diet.
Read MorePYP 018: Brenda Davis: Defeating Diabetes and Debunking Paleo
Brenda Davis is a plant-based Registered Dietitian, and co-author of eight books, including Defeating Diabetes and Becoming Vegan.
Read MorePYP 017: Brendan Brazier: How Athletes (and the Rest of Us) Can Thrive on a Plant-Based Diet
Brendan Brazier is a professional Ironman triathlete, author, and formulator of Vega plant-based nutritional supplements.
Read MorePYP 016: Brian Wendel: Producer of Forks Over Knives
Today I had a lovely chat with the amazing Brian Wendel, creator of the #1 amazon bestselling documentary Forks Over Knives.
We talked about Brian’s introduction to plant-based living in 2001, and his determination to spread the word about the powerful effects of this way of living on our health.
Read MorePYP 015: Juan Carlos Asse: UnSuperSize Me and Escaping Our Various Prisons
Award-winning film-maker and fitness trainer Juan Carlos (Carly) Asse had everything going for him. High school valedictorian, good-looking, popular, and enjoying college in Florida on a tennis scholarship.
It all came crashing down when a federal SWAT team smashed down his door and took him into custody for selling drugs.
Read MorePYP 014: Cathy Fisher on Straight Up Food
Cathy Fisher’s plant-based food blog, StraightUpFood.com, is a popular and delicious source of whole food, plant-based recipes.
Read MorePYP 013: Chef AJ: Unprocessed and Utterly Transformed
Chef AJ is well known in the plant-based world for her entertaining and bawdy cooking demos. She sings, does handstands, tells dirty jokes about kale and avocados (really), and wows audiences with her energy, fitness, and lean and radiant demeanor.
It’s hard to believe what AJ’s overcome in order to get there.
Read MorePYP 012: David Robinson Simon: Meatonomics
Dave Simon’s Meatonomics is a fascinating and terrifying descent into economic, social, political, environmental, and ethical insanity.
Read MorePYP 011: Dreena Burton: Plant-based cookbook author, mother, and hummus lover
Dreena Burton is the author of one of my favorite plant-based cookbooks: Eat, Drink & Be Vegan.
In this far-ranging conversation, we speak about her transition to a plant-based diet, the health problems she recovered from, strategies for parenting plant-based kids who don’t feel alienated or deprived, easy and delicious recipes, and her fondness for hummus.
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