Victoria Moran

Main Street Vegan

Health EN ↓ 609 episodes

Everybody knows that the future is vegan, but it can also be a grand adventure right now. On the Main Street Vegan Podcast, bestselling author and vegan OG Victoria Moran invites you to be in on conversations with the best and brightest in this space. You'll hear from physicians, philosophers, activists, athletes, chefs and celebrities on eating and living for optimum health, while protecting the planet and saving the lives and ending the suffering of animals. Whether you're a longtime vegan or just taking a look, Main Street Vegan will help you live with purpose, eat with joy, and craft a lif...

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Victoria Moran

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Save Dogs and Understand All Animals 27.03.2014 58:15

600MillionDogs.org founder Alex Pacheco and ethologist Marc Beckoff, author of Why Dogs Hump and Bees Get Depressed, will share, in turn, how to end overpopulation of the world's domestic dogs through birth control, and what makes nonhuman animals who they are. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joel Fuhrman, M.D. 20.03.2014 59:19

The End of Dieting is the latest contribution to health and vitality by Nutritiarian guru and PBS star Joel Fuhrman, M.D., who is also the author of the New York Times No. 1 best-seller Eat to Live. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sustainability Is Everything! 13.03.2014 58:30

J. Morris Hicks, author of Health Eating, Healthy Planet, is vegan for every reason, but primarily to save our fragile ecosystem. Meet the man who's working with film director James Cameron, and attempting to bring on board tycoon Ted Turner, to help save the planet in a big way—forks first! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A Unity Minister and a Unitarian Minister—Both Vegans 06.03.2014 59:25

Special guests today are Rev. Brendalyn Batchelor of the Unity Church in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and Russell Elleven, Ph. D., a U.U. clergyman from Fort Worth, Texas, and Chicago. Dr. Elleven is also a Main Street Vegan Academy-certified vegan lifestyle coach and educator. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Veganism and Judaism 27.02.2014 59:51

Scholar and lecturer, Richard Schwartz, of Jewish Vegetarians of North America, discusses the dietary design presented in the Torah, and how vegetarianism/veganism can be seen as the purest expression of Jewish values. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Energetics of Food 20.02.2014 59:55

BodyMind nutritionist and certified personal trainer Gary Gibson, HHC, AADP, VLCE, of TheVeganEffect.com discusses the spiritual side of food and what it has to do with your health, athletic performance, and peace of mind. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Vegan Living at 50 and Beyond 13.02.2014 1:00:05

Never Too Late to Go Vegan coauthor Patti Breitman blesses all boomers with terrific information on mid-and-late-life veg conversion—and she'll help you get your mom and dad and grandparents onboard. Patti went vegan after editing the 1980 mega-hit Fit for Life, and she's the retired literary agent of major vegan authors including John Robbins, Howard Lyman, Ingrid Newkirk, Dr. Neal Barn...

Compassionate Fashion, With Image Consultant Ginger Burr 06.02.2014 59:59

Vegan fashion, beauty, and image expert Ginger Burr of TotalImageConsultants.com weighs in on looking well and living well. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Carol J. Adams: Feminism, Spirituality, Rejuvenation 30.01.2014 1:00:34

Carol Adams is coauthor of Never Too Late to Go Vegan as well as author of The Sexual Politics of Meat, Living Among Meat Eaters, and The Inner Art of Vegetarianism. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Veganomics and Raw Kale Chips! 23.01.2014 1:00:16

Today's guests are Nick Cooney and Brad Gruno. Nick Cooney is founder of the Humane League and author of Veganomics, a fascinating look at the science and stats behind what makes vegetarians tick. Brad Gruno is founder and president of Brad's Raw Kale Chips and tells us about business and health and how he's helped turned a once forgotten vegetable into America's favorite green...

T. Colin Campbell, Ph.D., of The China Study 16.01.2014 1:00:42

Dr. Colin Campbell is widely regarded as the preeminent nutrition researcher alive today. He was lead researcher on The China Study, cited by The New York Times as the "Grand Prix of epidemiology" and yielding the surprising information that a whole-foods, plant-based diet leads to maximum disease prevention. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Radio Host Kevin Storm and Karen Dawn, Author of "Thanking the Monkey" 19.12.2013 59:43

Today's guests are 12-year-old radio host Kevin Storm and Karen Dawn, autor of Thanking the Monkey. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Fishes Feel 12.12.2013 59:42

Ethologist Jonathan Balcombe, Ph. D., a returning guest, and Mary Finelli, founder and director of FishFeel.org, will astound you with their fascinating conversation about what humans have very recently learned about the lives and sophistication of beings who live in the water. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jack Norris, RD: "Vegan for Life" 05.12.2013 1:00:41

Jack Norris, RD, is a brilliant nutritionist, registered dietician, scrupulous researcher, and coauthor with Virginia Messina, RD, of the essential guide to plant-exclusive nutrition, Vegan for Life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"By Any Greens Necessary" Author Tracye McQuirter 28.11.2013 59:12

Trayce Lynn McQuirter, MPH, is a food policy expert and author of By Any Greens Necessary: A Revolutionary Guide for Black Women Who Want to Eat Great, Get Healthy, Lose Weight, and Look Phat. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Marilu Henner and "The Ghosts in Our Machine" Director 21.11.2013 1:00:17

Legendary actor and health reformer Marilu Henner joins us today, along with Liz Marshall, director of the stunning animal rights film The Ghosts in Our Machine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sexiest Vegetarian Over 50 14.11.2013 1:00:05

Mimi Kirk won Peta's "Sexiest Vegetarian Over 50" contest when she was 70. She's 73 now and still a beautiful and vibrant raw-food vegan, author of Live Raw. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Songs for Animals and "Meatonomics" 07.11.2013 1:00:02

Vegan troubadour Daniel Redwood shares his music and Meatonomics author David Simon lets us in on the economic impact of the meat and dairy industries. Guest cohost: Danielle LeggLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Vegan Chocolate," With Chef Fran Costigan 31.10.2013 1:00:25

Author of the glorious and definitive new book Vegan Chocolate, Chef Fran waxes poetic on sweets, secrets of successful vegan baking, health, looking amazing at, ahem, a certain age, and—oh, yes—chocolate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

John Pierre, Personal Trainer to Ellen Degeneres and Portia De Rossi 24.10.2013 59:50

John Pierre is one of the kindest and wisest men I know, and it’s an honor to showcase his first book, The Pillars of Health. Do what he says and that’ll be enough. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Cheesy Vegan (Yum) and Stand Up (A Guide for Young Activists) 17.10.2013 1:00:03

Prolific author John Schlimm (The Tipsy Vegan, Grilling Vegan Style) returns to discuss cheese in every fabulous vegan form (lots you can concoct easily in your own kitchen) and his other new book, geared to teenage world-changers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Microgreens and Other Wonders, With Mark Mathew Braunstein 10.10.2013 1:00:30

Audience favorite Mark Mathew Braunstein is back, focusing this time on how raising tiny greens indoors can be the key to super health. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Colleen Patrick-Goudreau 03.10.2013 1:00:47

Beautiful inside and out, Colleen Patrick-Goudreau is a vegan author, baker, recipe creator, legendary podcaster, and highly effective spokesperson for compassion for all creatures. She talks about her small but powerful collection of essays, On Being Vegan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Vegan for Her," With Ginny Messina, MPH, RD, and JL Fields, VLC 26.09.2013 1:00:05

Brilliant—and at times renegade—dietician Ginny Messina and blogger (JL Goes Vegan), Main Street Vegan lifestyle coach, and educator JL Fields riff on their good-sense/good-read new book, Vegan for Her. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Melanie Joy, Author of "Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows" 19.09.2013 59:58

The noted Melanie Joy, Ph. D., discusses her keynote thesis, carnism, why cultures determine that it’s okay to think of some animals as friends and others as dinner—and how to dismantle this notion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices