Marian Erikson

Plant Based Briefing

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The daily inspiration you need to stay committed to your healthy, compassionate, and sustainable lifestyle. I narrate the best articles from experts in plant-based and vegan living—all with permission and passion—curated and narrated for you in just 10 minutes every weekday. Episodes cover the many compelling reasons to embrace a vegan lifestyle. From the ethical treatment of animals to key health benefits, environmental impact, and social justice issues like world hunger and climate change, you'll hear it all. Stay informed about critical subjects such as antibiotic resistance, wildlife conse...

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Marian Erikson

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Jun 30, 2026

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595: Is It Legal to Kill Baby Chickens? By Jennifer Mishler at SentientMedia.org 04.08.2023

Is It Legal to Kill Baby Chickens? By Jennifer Mishler at SentientMedia.org   Original post: https://sentientmedia.org/chick-culling/     Vox Article: https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2023/5/1/23700952/egg-industry-male-chick-culling-animal-welfare       Related Episode: 291: Does the Law Protect Farmed Animals?     Sentient Media is a nonprofit news organization that is changing the conversatio...

594: Reading Nutrition Labels and Food Packaging: Four Tips for Savvy Shopping by Micaela Karlsen at ForksOverKnives.com 03.08.2023

Reading Nutrition Labels and Food Packaging: Four Tips for Savvy Shopping by Micaela Karlsen at ForksOverKnives.com   Original post:  https://www.forksoverknives.com/wellness/reading-food-packages-and-nutrition-labels-four-tips-for-savvy-shopping/   Forks Over Knives Documentary: https://www.forksoverknives.com/the-film/     Forks Over Knives was founded following the release of the world-famous d...

593: Simple Swaps to Make Vegan "Junk Food" Recipes Healthier by Jessica Anderson at HappyCow.net 02.08.2023

Simple Swaps to Make Vegan "Junk Food" Recipes Healthier by Jessica Anderson at HappyCow.net   Original Post: https://www.happycow.net/blog/simple-swaps-to-make-vegan-junk-food-recipes-healthier/     HappyCow was founded in 1999 as a public service to assist travelers and people everywhere find plant-based / vegan options and healthy food. Today, their online community has grown to include members...

592: Dairy Cows Are Suffering From the Very Climate Crisis Factory Farming Helped Create by Nicole Axworthy at VegNews.com 01.08.2023

Dairy Cows Are Suffering From the Very Climate Crisis Factory Farming Helped Create by Nicole Axworthy at VegNews.com   Original post: https://vegnews.com/2023/7/dairy-cows-climate-crisis-factory-farms   Related Episode: 576: 93 Percent of Climate News Never Mentions Meat   Launched in 2000, VegNews is the largest vegan media brand in the world. They have a best-selling plant-based magazine, and t...

591: Colleges Reduce Emissions by Offering Plant-Based Options by Default, Study Finds by Grace Hussain at SentientMedia.org 31.07.2023

Colleges Reduce Emissions by Offering Plant-Based Options by Default, Study Finds by Grace Hussain at SentientMedia.org   Original post: https://sentientmedia.org/colleges-plant-based-defaults-study/     Related Episodes: 296: UN: There's Still Time To Combat Climate Change. Start By Eating Plant Based 322: 'Universal Meals' & '5 Ways to Encourage Your School to Serve Vegan Lunches' 475: LinkedIn'...

590: Ultramarathon Champion Austin Meyer on Life as a Vegan Endurance Athlete by Megan Edwards at ForksOverKnives.com 28.07.2023

Ultramarathon Champion Austin Meyer on Life as a Vegan Endurance Athlete by Megan Edwards at ForksOverKnives.com   Original post:  https://www.forksoverknives.com/wellness/ultramarathon-champion-austin-meyer-on-life-as-vegan-endurance-athlete/     Forks Over Knives Documentary: https://www.forksoverknives.com/the-film/     Forks Over Knives was founded following the release of the world-famous doc...

589: Fecal Transplants for Aging and Weight Loss by Dr. Michael Greger at NutritionFacts.org 27.07.2023

Fecal Transplants for Aging and Weight Loss by Dr. Michael Greger at NutritionFacts.org   Original post: https://nutritionfacts.org/video/fecal-transplants-for-aging-and-weight-loss/   Dr. Michael Greger is a physician, New York Times bestselling author, and internationally recognized speaker on nutrition, food safety, and public health issues. A founding member and Fellow of the American College...

588: Help Your Partner Go Vegan in 10 Practical Steps by Lisa Viger Gotte at MainStreetVegan.com 26.07.2023

Help Your Partner Go Vegan in 10 Practical Steps by Lisa Viger Gotte at MainStreetVegan.com   Original post: https://mainstreetvegan.com/help-your-partner-go-vegan-in-10-practical-steps-by-lisa-viger-gotte-vcle/     Related Episodes: 154: When Your Partner Isn't On Board With a Plant Based Diet 477: What to Do When Your Loved Ones Aren't on Board with a Plant-Based Diet 7: Late Blooming Vegan with...

587: Tyson Foods Investigation Exposes Myth of Free-Range Chicken by Sophie Kevany at SentientMedia.org 25.07.2023

Tyson Foods Investigation Exposes Myth of Free-Range Chicken by Sophie Kevany at SentientMedia.org   Original post: https://sentientmedia.org/climate-media-analysis/   Sentient Media is a nonprofit news organization that is changing the conversation around animal agriculture across the globe. They seek to create and sustain a sense of global urgency about the agriculture industry's impact on the c...

586: How I Shed A Third of My Body Weight & Regained My Health by Jeanne Schumacher at NutritionStudies.org 24.07.2023

How I Shed A Third of My Body Weight & Regained My Health  by Jeanne Schumacher at NutritionStudies.org   Original post: https://nutritionstudies.org/how-i-shed-a-third-of-my-body-weight-regained-my-health/     www. PregnancyAdvantage.net www. SimplyPlantBased.net The T. Colin Campbell Center for Nutrition Studies was established to extend the impact of Dr. Campbell's life changing research findin...

585: Climax Foods Unveils the First Plant-Based Casein That Works Just Like Dairy by Anna Starostinetskaya at VegNews.com 21.07.2023

Climax Foods Unveils the First Plant-Based Casein That Works Just Like Dairy by Anna Starostinetskaya at VegNews.com   Original post: https://vegnews.com/2023/6/climax-foods-plant-based-casein   Related Episodes: 533: Could Precision Fermentation Save the Food System? 171: Technical Outrage: Innovation to Reduce Animal Use 327: Shifting to a Better World 351: "Processed" is a Useless, Empty Descri...

584: [Part 2] What Is Cholesterol? How It Works, Foods to Avoid, and the Truth About HDL by Courtney Davison at ForksOverKnives.com 20.07.2023

What Is Cholesterol? How It Works, Foods to Avoid, and the Truth About HDL by Courtney Davison at ForksOverKnives.com. Part 2 of 2.   Original post:  https://www.forksoverknives.com/health-topics/how-to-lower-your-cholesterol/   Related Episodes: 20: 7 Things That Happen When You Stop Eating Meat 111: 'The True Cause of Type 2 Diabetes' and 'What's Wrong With Eggs?' 159: Health Concerns With Eggs...

583: [Part 1] What Is Cholesterol? How It Works, Foods to Avoid, and the Truth About HDL by Courtney Davison at ForksOverKnives.com 19.07.2023

What Is Cholesterol? How It Works, Foods to Avoid, and the Truth About HDL by Courtney Davison at ForksOverKnives.com. Part 1 of 2. Original post:  https://www.forksoverknives.com/health-topics/how-to-lower-your-cholesterol/     Forks Over Knives Documentary: https://www.forksoverknives.com/the-film/     Forks Over Knives was founded following the release of the world-famous documentary Forks Over...

582: What's Wrong with 'Humanely Raised' Poultry and Eggs? by Karen Davis at UPC-Online.org 18.07.2023

What's Wrong with 'Humanely Raised' Poultry and Eggs? by Karen Davis at UPC-Online.org.   Original post: https://www.upc-online.org/alerts/230705_whats_wrong_with_humanely_raised_poultry_and_eggs.html     Humane Hoax book https://a.co/d/4vpk5eu     United Poultry Concerns, founded by Karen Davis, is a nonprofit organization that promotes the compassionate and respectful treatment of domestic fowl...

581: As A Vet, I Would Protect All Animals from Harm—But The Law Won't Let Me by Celeste Esser at Plant Based News, posted at All-Creatures.org 17.07.2023

As A Vet, I Would Protect All Animals from Harm—But The Law Won't Let Me by Celeste Esser at Plant Based News, posted at All-Creatures.org   Original post: https://all-creatures.org/strategies/img/vet-protect-law.pdf     What to Eat When You Don't Eat Animals (FREE GUIDE): https://www.all-creatures.org/what-to-eat.html      All-Creatures is a non-profit dedicated to cruelty-free living through a v...

580: What Is Vegan Haircare? by Sara Kelley at VegNews.com 14.07.2023

What Is Vegan Haircare? by Sara Kelley at VegNews.com   Original post: https://vegnews.com/vegan-fashion-beauty/vegan-cruelty-free-haircare-brands     Launched in 2000, VegNews is the largest vegan media brand in the world. They have a best-selling plant-based magazine, and they create amazing content from food and fashion to travel, celebrity interviews, beauty and health info, a meal planner, an...

579: What About Yogurt? Why This Dairy Product Is Not As Healthy As You Think from Switch4Good.org 13.07.2023

What About Yogurt? Why This Dairy Product Is Not As Healthy As You Think from Switch4Good.org   Original post: https://switch4good.org/is-yogurt-healthy/     Switch4Good is an evidence-based nonprofit dedicated to rattling accepted norms around dairy and health. They're working to abolish the current system of dietary racial oppression, and promoting solutions for climate change. They have a fanta...

578: Young Men, Republican Women, And More: Targeting Some Key Subgroups by Zach Wulderk at Faunalytics.org 12.07.2023

Young Men, Republican Women, And More: Targeting Some Key Subgroups by Zach Wulderk at Faunalytics.org   Original post https://faunalytics.org/comparing-selected-u-s-subgroups-openness-to-pro-animal-actions/     Faunalytics is a non-profit organization providing animal advocates with data to understand how people think about and respond to advocacy, and the best strategies to inspire change for an...

577: Different Strokes For Different Folks: Comparing U.S. Groups' Openness to Pro-Animal Actions by Zach Wulderk at Faunalytics.org 11.07.2023

Different Strokes For Different Folks: Comparing U.S. Groups' Openness to Pro-Animal Actions by Zach Wulderk at Faunalytics.org   Original post: https://faunalytics.org/different-strokes-for-different-folks/     Faunalytics is a non-profit organization providing animal advocates with data to understand how people think about and respond to advocacy, and the best strategies to inspire change for an...

576: 93 Percent of Climate News Never Mentions Meat from SentientMedia.org 10.07.2023

93% of Climate News Never Mentions Meat. From SentientMedia.org   Original post: https://sentientmedia.org/climate-media-analysis/     Resources mentioned in the article: Making the Climate Connection: Excerpt from the media/journalist event discussing the results with climate journalists and researchers: https://youtu.be/HUxt-yMguNs Climate Media Toolkit: https://sentientmedia.org/food-and-farmin...

575: How to Reverse Heart Failure with Diet by Dr. Michael Greger at NutritionFacts.org 07.07.2023

How to Reverse Heart Failure with Diet by Dr. Michael Greger at NutritionFacts.org   Original post: https://nutritionfacts.org/video/friday-favorites-how-to-reverse-heart-failure-with-diet/   Dr. Michael Greger is a physician, New York Times bestselling author, and internationally recognized speaker on nutrition, food safety, and public health issues. A founding member and Fellow of the American C...

574: [Part 2] The Human Rights Issues Behind Fashion's Animal Supply Chains by Emma Håkansson at GoodOnYou.eco 06.07.2023

The Human Rights Issues Behind Fashion's Animal Supply Chains by Emma Håkansson at GoodOnYou.eco. Part 2 of 2.   Original post: https://goodonyou.eco/human-rights-animal-supply-chains/     Related Episodes: 18: What is Vegan Fashion?   38: Ethical Silk Alternatives: Citrus Fibre and Vegan Spider Silk   113: Fashion Myths: 6 Fashion Industry 'Facts' Explained 196: Shear Destruction: Wool, Fashion a...

573: [Part 1] The Human Rights Issues Behind Fashion's Animal Supply Chains by Emma Håkansson at GoodOnYou.eco 05.07.2023

The Human Rights Issues Behind Fashion's Animal Supply Chains by Emma Håkansson at GoodOnYou.eco. Part 1 of 2.   Original post: https://goodonyou.eco/human-rights-animal-supply-chains/     Related Episodes: 18: What is Vegan Fashion?   38: Ethical Silk Alternatives: Citrus Fibre and Vegan Spider Silk   113: Fashion Myths: 6 Fashion Industry 'Facts' Explained 196: Shear Destruction: Wool, Fashion a...

572: Friends of Philip Fish Sanctuary by Cherie Hans at MainStreetVegan.com 04.07.2023

Friends of Philip Fish Sanctuary by Cherie Hans at MainStreetVegan.com   Original post: https://mainstreetvegan.com/friends-of-philip-fish-sanctuary-by-cherie-hans-vlce/     PETA article and video on Betta Fish: https://www.peta.org/features/never-buy-betta-fish-as-pets-how-siamese-fighting-fish-suffer/   Friends of Philip Social: https://www.instagram.com/FriendsofPhilip_FishSanctuary/ https://ww...

571: Unpacking the Connections Between Diet and PCOS By Lisa Simon, RD at ForksOverKnives.com 03.07.2023

What Is Polycystic Ovary Syndrome? Unpacking the Connections Between Diet and PCOS By Lisa Simon, RD at ForksOverKnives.com This article is adapted from The Plant-Based Dietitian's Guide to Fertility, by Lisa Simon, RD.  Original post:  https://www.forksoverknives.com/health-topics/what-is-polycystic-ovary-syndrome-connection-between-diet-and-pcos/     Forks Over Knives Documentary: https://www.fo...

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