Main Street Vegan

Please enjoy this re-broadcast of one of Victoria Moran’s favorite episodesWayne Hsiung grew up loving dogs. And he recently served jail time for rescuing sick chickens from an egg factory and getting them veterinary care. Founder emeritus of DXE and founder of SimpleHeart.org, Wayne is a lawyer, a thinker, and a man of rare courage and insight. He is also dog dad to Oliver, rescued from the dog...

Please enjoy this re-broadcast of one of Victoria Moran’s favorite episodesEnergize your Instagram, make your Facebook fabulous, and create tantalizing tweets with practical info from social media wunderkind (and animal advocate) John Oberg. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Please enjoy this re-broadcast of one of Victoria Moran’s favorite episodesFilmmakers John Lewis and Keegan Kuhn discuss their thought-provoking documentary about the dangers highly processed foods pose to minority communities. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Please enjoy this re-broadcast of one of Victoria Moran’s favorite episodesMuneeza, the Intuitive Medicine Woman®, is a healer who was once a patient. Chronic fatigue syndrome and intractable eczema pushed her to find answers beyond what traditional medicine had to offer. She studied nutrition, changed her own diet, became a certified holistic health coach, and ultimately discovered Anthony Willia...

Please enjoy this re-broadcast of one of Victoria Moran’s favorite episodesVegan swami Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati, Ph. D., started her life with Beverly Hills privilege. All that changed at the Ganges River 25 years ago. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Please enjoy this re-broadcast of one of Victoria Moran’s favorite episodesKristi Funk, M.D., New York Times best-selling author and breast surgeon for celebs, including Angelina Jolie and Sheryl Crow, shares the plant-based connection to breast health. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Please enjoy this re-broadcast of one of Victoria Moran’s favorite episodesEvanna Lynch, the Harry Potter star and animal rights activist shares her new memoir of growing up, overcoming, and choosing creativity over fear. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Please enjoy this re-broadcast of one of Victoria Moran’s favorite episodesPETA’s legendary founder Ingrid Newkirk is fascinating, humble, hands-on, and more committed to changing things for animals than, arguably, anyone who’s ever lived. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Please enjoy this re-broadcast of one of Victoria Moran’s favorite episodesMilton Mills, MD, and Kevin Jenkins, DMin, two contributors to this new anthology, meet with its editor, Omowale Adewale, to share what Black vegan men have to say now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Please enjoy this re-broadcast of one of Victoria Moran’s favorite episodesVegan Dermatologist Jessica Krant joins Main Street Vegan to share how to love the skin you're in. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Founder of the Gentle Barn animal sanctuaries in California, Missouri, and Tennessee, Ellie Laks shares what she has learned from animals and her new book, Cow Hug Therapy: How Animals at the Gentle Barn Taught Me About Life, Death, and Everything in Between. Find Ellie at https://gentlebarn.org and on Instagram @thegentlebarnFind the book on Amazon at https://tinyurl.com/cowhugtherapyLearn more a...

We know Robert Cheeke as an award-winning vegan bodybuilder and coauthor of the New York Times Bestselling book, The Plant-Based Athlete. He's now returned to his roots, having gone vegan for the animals as a teenager in the mid-1990s, with his upcoming book, The Impactful Vegan: How You Can Save More Lives and Make the Biggest Difference for Animals and the Planet. We talk about simple but s...

Courtney Pool is a juicing coach with nearly two decades experience helping clients feast on freshly squeezed vegetable juice for detoxing and health. Find her at https://courtneypool.comOn IG @courtneypool, Facebook @courtneypoolcoachingYouTube: @courtneypoolAlso mentioned was my next book, Age Like a Yogi. It's available on pre-order at https://tinyurl.com/ALaYAmazon, and other booksellers....

Known in the vegan world for her very successful children's books, LA artist Ruby Roth has done a definite pivot. Following the breakup of a defining relationship, she started to explore herself as an individual and a woman, and turned her art to an exploration of the female form. Her new book, Boss Inside: A Reclamation of the Feminine, reveals this new course. In this episode, we talk about...

Neal Barnard, MD, FACC, is an adjunct professor of Medicine at the George Washington University School of Medicine and [resident of Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine. Today he discusses his latest book, The Power Foods Diet, and how keeping where we want it can be easy and drug-free. Also joining the show is Shaune Hayes who is maintaining a 100+-pound weight loss, drug-free, using Dr....

This week we're growing younger with the inimitable Michael Greger, MD, and his latest New York Times Bestseller, How Not to Age, plus bonus guest Nancy Byerly-Jones with the 5 Tibetan Rites, yantra yoga exercises said to work on the chakras to reverse aging. I think of this episode as science meets spirituality: totally my cup of tea and a great selection to air on my 74th birthday. Find Dr....

Christine Mania (pronounced man'-ya) is "the vegan girl next door." Author of Vegan Minded: Becoming a Steward for Animals, People, and the Planet, she sees that this way of living has a fourth element in addition to animals, health, and environment, and that is community. We also talk about the authorship process and a common interest in yoga and ahimsa. Website: christinecookmania...

Wayne Hsiung grew up loving dogs. And he recently served jail time for rescuing sick chickens from an egg factory and getting them veterinary care. Founder emeritus of DXE and founder of SimpleHeart.org, Wayne is a lawyer, a thinker, and a man of rare courage and insight. He is also dog dad to Oliver, rescued from the dog meat trade in China. Visit the Simple Heart site and subscribe to his blog o...

Bill Muir, aka Sgt. Vegan, went through basic training and tours as a combat medic in Afghanistan while living a fully plant-based lifestyle. He is currently a nurse working with hospitalized veterans. He is the author of the books Vegan Strong, The Adventures of Sergeant Piggy, and Dead Meat. Learn more at https://sgtvegan.com. Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/sgtvegan/Instagram - https://www....

Animal studies is a viable discipline at universities around the world, and more and more religious bodies are, haltingly perhaps, paying attention to humans' responsibilities to other beings. Today's guest, Lisa Kemmerer, PhD, is an authority in both fields. The Harvard alum and longtime professor in animal studies heads the non-profit, Tapestry, to bring religious bodies up to speed on...

Brenda Davis, RD, the "godmother of vegan dietitians", according to VegNews magazine, dishes on protein and guess what?––Some of us do need more than we thought. She shares about protein needs, who may be coming up short (kids, pregnant and nursing moms, and older adults), and how to meet our needs as healthy, plant-based peeps. Brenda's latest book, coauthored with Vesanto Melina,...

Are there foods that super-nourish, that make a noticeable difference in how we look, feel, and age? Ocean Robbins, co-founder with his legendary dad, John Robbins, of the Food Revolution Network, says yes, and his yummy new book, Real Superfoods, shows that most of these are cheap, accessible, delicious, and easy to prepare. So, we'll talk super-nutrition aplenty, but stay tuned to the end w...

Silver Medal-winning cyclist Dotsie Bausch and Baywatch star Alexandra Paul get serious about animal protection in this moving episode dedicated to Wayne Hsuing, convicted in early November for animal rescue. Dotsie with her Olympic Level Compassion message focused primarily on giving dairy products the boot. Alexandra participates in open rescue and was acquitted earlier this year after rescuing...

The Esselstyn dynasty is plant-based royalty and Rip has been exemplifying the lifestyle and carrying its message since he transformed the food choices, and health outcomes, of fellow firefighters in Austin ten years ago and wrote The Engine 2 Diet. He's now involved with his Plantstrong food company, two huge in-person retreats annually, and a new passion: pickleball. Rip's website: htt...

When her 2-year-old developed what the dentist called a "natural cavity", registered nurse Trina Felber, already a crusader for chemical-free skin care, set out to learn how teeth could remineralize, improving gum and oral health in many cases. In this fascinating interview with lots of new information and useful tips, Felber, founder of Primal Life Organics, shares how the health of our...