Animal Voices

Featuring an interview with penguin expert Dyan deNapoli on penguin rescue and conservation. Read more →

We enter January with goals of investing for a vegan future. Interview with Mark Perlmutter, founder of The Vegan Investing Club. And feature interview with Jasmin Singer on her new book "The VegNews Guide to Being a Fabulous Vegan"! Read more →

In this show, we play the compelling audio from the short film Creature Comforts which was made by Aardman Animations in 1989, Nick Park's first Oscar-winning film. We discuss hopes for the new year in activism and veganism and the new film Vegan 2020 released by Plant Based News. Read more →

This show features an interview with co-owners and partners of the vegan bakery and cafe called Yellow Rose , Caitlyn and Stephen. Our producer and host this week, Grace Wampold, also speaks on the intersection between Judaism and veganism in Israel. Read more →

We celebrate a safe winter holiday season with award-winning vegan holiday cookbook authors Ryan Shepard (The Vegan Rhino) and Audrey Dunham. Read more →

This show features an interview with Chelsey Hawkings, a co-owner of the local family business called Simply Delish Soup and Salad. We also talk about the BCSPCA's spotlighting videos on animal companion adoptions, an open job position at the Food Empowerment Project (F.E.P.), and the Vancouver Downtown Eastside's 2021 calendar which has just become available for purchase Read more →

A feature interview with local social influencer Sandra Nomoto on why to go vegan and stay vegan, for World Vegan Month! Plus, an interview with Vancouver Humane Society's Amy Morris on their campaign to help women and their companion animals escape homelessness. Read more →

Featuring an interview with local activist Roy Sasano, who shares his thoughts in the aftermath of the first face-to-face conversation the Excelsior 4 activists had with a BCSPCA representative since the Meat the Victims event 18 months ago. We also discuss the new documentary from Shaun Monson about the killing of Regan Russell at Fearman's pig slaughterhouse in Burlington, Ontario, and share fac...

This International Sloth Day show features an interview with zoologist Dr. Rebecca Cliffe, founder and director of the Sloth Conservation Foundation. We also welcome 13-year-old entrepreneur and animal advocate Sir Darius Brown of Beaux and Paws who sews and donates handmade bow ties for shelter animals to help them get adopted. Read more →

Sierra Tasi Baker of the Squamish Nation speaks to us on why she chose a vegan lifestyle, how this fits with her traditional Coast Salish values, and how animal activists can advocate for animals in a way that's respectful toward Indigenous people. Read more →

This show includes a feature interview with Emily Wilson, the founder and head chef at Living Tree Foods. We discuss her background as an animal rights lawyer and her passion for affordable, delicious, and local vegan cheese products. We also hear a story from pattrice jones discussing her first time bringing ducks to Vine Sanctuary and the assumptions we make about non-human animals based on the...

A feature interview with Lisbet Chiriboga, Program Manager of the TeachKind Humane Education Program; a review of "Wolf Walk" at VIFF; and a kitty rescue story. Read more →

In this show, we have a feature interview with compassionate horse carer and author Ren Hurst, on honouring consent with horses and other animals as well as the effect of domestication on nonhuman animals and humans and Linda Bakker from Wildlife Rescue Association who speak on the displacement of bird populations as a result of the wildfires in the Pacific Northwest. Read more →

A feature interview with animal activist Amy Soranno, one of four criminally charged for exposing extreme animal cruelty last year at the Excelsior Hog Farm. And When Celebrities Quit Veganism: A Message for Miley Cyrus with Dr. Matthew Nagra. Read more →

Featuring an interview with local Vancouver activists Don Larson and Elder Veronica on the completion of CRAB Park, plus information on turkey vultures for World Turkey Vulture Day. Read more →

A feature interview with co-founder Stephanos Liapis of BC vegan-cheese making company Pulse Kitchen. Plus, an interview with Peter Fricker of the Vancouver Humane Society on the efforts to ban horse-drawn trolleys in Stanley Park. Read more →

Feature interview with Sorelle Campbell, founder and Executive Director of Rabbitats Rescue on the plight of the bunnies, for Homeless Animal Awareness Day. Read more →

Calling for an end to the global wildlife trade with World Animal Protection's Campaign Director Melissa Matlow, including the elephant tourism industry. Plus, a revealing interview with local activist David Isbister on the Greater Vancouver Zoo dealings, especially in the aftermath of more deaths. Read more →

In this show we hear from Abioseh Cole, the Vegan Poet on the power of language and what lead him to writing the children’s book, “I am Not Food”, a text which explores why animals are people. We also speak to, Addy Rivera Sondas, the illustrator of the new children's book, "Junebug: No Life Too Small" on her process of bringing this sweet story to life as well as how she uses her artwork to inspi...

Meet vegan entrepreneurs Seth Tibbott of The Tofurky Company, and James Davison and Mitchell Scott of The Very Good Butchers, who make some of the best plant-based meats on the market, and have business stories and advice to share! Read more →

In this show, we feature interviews with the founders of two vegan ice cream companies: Local vegan and co-founder of Nora's Non-Dairy Katherine Backman and avid vegan and founder of Cheeri Cheeri, Christy Cunanan. Read more →

In this show, we feature an exclusive interview with writer and boom operator Paradox Delilah on her first self-published book, The Race, which draws on concepts of the modern dairy industry and the insidious ways we are distracted from its cruelties. We also listen to an encore interview of Aph Ko on speciesism as an extension of white supremacy. Read more →

Our feature interview in this show is vegan filmmaker Jasmine Leyva of The Invisible Vegan on the role of filmmaking and other art forms in movements for social justice and wellness. We also speak with Animal Justice lawyer Camille Labchuk on Bill 156. Read more →

Featuring an exclusive interview with Five Loaves Atlanta founder Aisha Robinson on her work providing plant-based food and other necessities to food-insecure and homeless individuals, and why she believes cruelty-free food should be accessible to all. Read more →

For World Oceans Day, a feature interview with researcher and UBC professor Dr. Kristen Walker on conservation and the human impacts on sea lions. Read more →