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Saving America by Reforming Health Insurance with Ken Beckman: PYP 200

March 6, 2017

Ken Beckman is an actuary in the health insurance field. (Now hang on, you non-math folks – this is going to be a lot more interesting (and accessible) than you might think. Give us a chance here… 🙂

After getting turned on to the health benefits of a plant-based diet, Ken began seeing the health insurance industry in a radically new light. If the best possible outcome is a slow decline mediated by appropriate drugs and timely procedures, then we’re probably doing OK.

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Healing from Whiteness with Tad Hargrave: PYP 192

January 10, 2017

Tad Hargrave is an environmental activist and marketing teacher whose heartfelt wisdom and elegant and ethical strategies inspired and guided much of my own thinking when I was in the online marketing field.

We’ve stayed in touch over the years, and as Tad is a prolific writer, I spend a fair amount of time pondering his pensive and powerful essays on, basically, how to be a courteous and committed ally to those on the planet who are suffering.

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Obesity, Disease, and Fat Shaming: a Conversation on the Curiously Veg Podcast

October 17, 2016

Josh LaJaunie and I had a spirited conversation with Hope Hughes and David Powell, hosts of the Curiously Veg Podcast, about a recent BBC documentary which featured the autopsy of an obese woman. Hope and David were taken aback by critics who accused the film of fat shaming. They reached to to me, and I…

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Marta Zaraska on Why We’re Meathooked and How to Unhook Ourselves: PYP 172

September 13, 2016

Marta Zaraska is the author of Meathooked: The History and Science of Our 2.5-Million-Years Obsession with Meat, which was just published this year (2016).

Marta writes about science and health for some of the most influential and prestigious publications, including Scientific American, The Atlantic, and the Washington Post. And now that she’s been published on the Plant Yourself Podcast, I suppose she’s reached the height of achievement 😉

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Ashley Rhinehart on Promoting a Plant-based World from Top Down and Bottom Up: PYP 165

July 26, 2016

Ashley Rhinehart is Food and Nutrition Manager at the Humane Society of the United States. A military brat by upbringing and a pediatric nurse by training, Ashley is uniquely positioned to advocate for plant-based nutrition in high places.

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Glen Merzer on Writing, Standup, and the Politics of Healthcare: PYP 159

June 14, 2016

Glen Merzer juggles multiple careers with a grace and impact that makes me a bit jealous. From standup comedy in 1980s San Francisco, to sitcom writing, to screenplays, to non-fiction collaborations with plant-based authors, to his very own novel (now I’m a lot jealous!), Glen is doing a lot of good in the world through his pen.

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Keegan Kuhn on Not Hurting Anybody and Questioning Authority: PYP 157

May 31, 2016

Keegan Kuhn was raised with two rules: don’t hurt anybody, and question authority.

Judging by what’s he’s become and what he’s accomplished, I think those two rules may comprise a necessary and sufficient philosophy of child-rearing.

Keegan is an accomplished bio-intensive farm and garden developer, a social activist, and a documentary filmmaker whose latest project, What the Health?, promises to rip the cover off the pharmaceutical / medical / agricultural conspiracy to ruin our health.

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