The Plant Based News Podcast

Dara Kristen Hayes, aka DJ Tigerlily, has conquered the Australian music scene - despite the industry still being dominated by males. Whilst touring, Dara struggled with health issues which eventually lead her to veganism. Dara chats with Plant Based News Co-founder Robbie Lockie to discuss Australia's meat-centric culture, her childhood, the climate crisis and much more. "I'm actually vegan becau...

Colleen Patrick- Goudreau is no normal animal-advocate, she is the host of thee Animalogy & Food for Thought Podcasts, author of seven books including The Joyful Vegan, and cultural commentator. In this episode of the PBN podcast, Colleen sits down with Co-Founder Robbie Lockie to discuss the movement of veganism, different forms of activism, and intersectionality. "Anger is a natural human emotio...

There doesn't seem to be much Joshua Katcher, aka The Discerning Brute, can't do. He's the Founder of luxury vegan menswear brand Brave GentleMan, Co-Founder of a plant-based cheese company, and Author of Fashion Animals: a book that explores 'the visual history and ideology of animals exploited in fashion'. In this episode, Katcher sits down with Plant Based News' Co-Founder Robbie Lockie to take...

To some, Lucy Watson is known for her appearance on Reality TV show Made In Chelsea, but for others, she's a passionate animal-rights advocate who has slowly built her own vegan empire. Lucy, who now owns a vegan restaurant in London and has created a range of plant-based ready meals in UK supermarkets, sits down with PBN's Co-Founder Robbie Lockie. The pair discuss vegan parenting, The Game Chang...

Cara Alwill Leyba, best-selling author of eight books, creator of Champagne Diet blog, and host of the Style Your Mind podcast is interviewed by Co-founder of Plant Based News Robbie Lockie in the latest PBN podcast. The powerhouse shares stories from her childhood, her journey to veganism - and why she quit her 'soul-sucking' job to create her dream career. The podcast covers subjects including:...

Hi Friends, I am very sorry about the inexcusable delay since the last podcast. Klaus and I have been snowed under with a number of huge projects. Namely the launch of our new website which you can see here http://plantbasednews.org as well as the launch of our yearly campaign World Plant Milk Day which you can learn more about here http://worldplantmilkday.com This episode is supported by Switch4...

Season 2 of the PBN podcast continues with Ireland's most iconic duo: The Happy Pear. The vegan twins, Stephen and David Flynn, sit down with Plant Based New's Co-Founder, Robbie Lockie, touch on their childhood, their spiritual journey, and the concept of being the 'perfect' vegan. Presented by Robbie Lockie | Edited by Ciaran Austin ---------------------------------------------------------------...

This weeks episode is supported by Switch for Good. I highly recommend you give this one a listen. Find out more at https://switch4good.org/podcast Welcome back to Season 2 of the PBN Podcast. On this weeks episode the wonderful Miyoko Schinner was our guest. Miyoko is the founder and CEO of Miyoko's a world class vegan creamery. Also known as the Queen of Vegan Cheese Miyoko is a trail blazer in...

Originally from New York, Danielle relocated to Philadelphia after college to start her medical career. She earned her medical degree (MD) from Drexel University College of Medicine, then completed her 3 year Internal Medicine Residency at Temple University Hospital where she became board certified in Internal Medicine in 2017. Directly after completing residency, Danielle started Cardiology Fello...

Brett Cobley is Epivegan. What first started as a bit of a hobby has now blossomed into a full-time gig. Brett recently launched his debut vegan cookbook "What Vegans Eat". It has been a smash hit already. We discussed social issues such as privilege, poverty and personal ethics. As well as the inspirations for his book and his path to becoming a fully self-employed vegan chef. Brett has a keen pa...

Shanon Whittingham is a multifaceted Holistic Health Coach, YouTube Host, and Founder of Sincerely Shans. She is determined to take an integrative and functional approach to health and healing. Apart from overseeing her own company, Shanon is a health advocate and coach for various brands and organizations. During undergraduate college, Shanon double majored and received two Bachelor of Science de...

Nimai Delgado is an American body builder raised in South Mississippi and was raised vegetarian by his Hindu parents. “Both of my amazing parents are converted Hindus, and I was raised with a strong sense of compassion. Growing up, my diet has always been about 95% vegan, with the exception of dairy products.” In 2015 he dropped all animal products from his diet. This transformed his life & outloo...

Please meet Imogen (Immy) Lucas a.ka Sustainably Vegan. She is the founder of the Low Impact Movement in February 2018 because she felt tired of feeling guilty for not being 100% waste free. Immy could feel the frustrations within her community and began to realise how excluded some people felt. Her activism has always been a little softer than others but Lucas truly believes this approach has all...

Ella Mills, founder of Deliciously Ella, is an award-winning cookery author and entrepreneur, and a champion of plant-based living. She started off with her popular blog, deliciouslyella.com, which has had over 110 million hits in the last three years. Her first book came out in January 2015 and has been the best-selling debut cookbook ever in the UK and a NY Times Best Seller. She has since relea...

This week is the Australian born animal rights activist Joey Carbstrong. Joey and I discussed in great detail his life as a gang member, the moment he turned his life around. We also touched on topics such as the use of words like "murder, rape and Holocaust' when used in the context of animals and much more. Despite Joey's background, he says his style of activism is non-confrontational and place...

Dr Newman has worked as a doctor, public speaker and plant-based advocate since 2004 and is the Senior Partner at The Orchard Surgery. She studied at the University of Wales College of Medicine and has worked in many specialities as a doctor including elderly care, endocrinology, paediatrics, ob-stet-rics and gynaecology, psychiatry, general surgery, urology, vascular surgery, rehabilitation medic...

Leo is half Norwegian and half Brazilian, he is a medical student currently studying in Ireland. He is also a plant-based athlete and can be found passionately advocating the vegan and plant-based life on his social media channels. He has a deep passion for nutrition and preventive medicine and aims to show people that it is very totally possible to be fit and healthy on a plant-based diet. As a d...

So Vegan was created by Roxy Pope and Ben Pook. The couple have spent the last year pouring their heart and soul in to building a huge following of 1 million people. Previously working at Buzzfeed Pook saw an opportunity to make a popular social media format they joined forces and So Vegan was born. More recently they created 'So Vegan In Five' their brilliant new vegan cookbook. Order the cookboo...

I really loved this interview with Brian Turner. I have been following him for many years now. Brian is incredibly articulate and passionate. Truly bursting with joy. His infectious nature is a real pleasure to be around. We talked about his childhood, having chronic cystic acne, body-building, staying positive and the vegan movement. You can follow Brian here: https://www.youtube.com/user/Humerus...

Animal activist Leah Garcés became the first female president of animal-rights group Mercy For Animals (MFA) on October 1. Garcés has worked in animal advocacy for 20 years, most recently as executive director of Compassion in World Farming USA, and was instrumental to exposing animal cruelty and unfair labor practices at Perdue Farms in 2013, which led to substantive changes in the company’s anim...

Presented by Robbie Lockie Edited by Ciaran Austin. Artist Kay Lovelle is a passionate vegan who wants the lifestyle to become mainstream. Her dream job would be as an animal activist. She’d love to save animals across the world and create a loving, peaceful sanctuary for them. While she currently works as an artist, creating 3D wall sculptures and 3D phallic art, she has also done some acting in...

Presented by Robbie Lockie | Edited by Ciaran Austin Rachael Ama is a joyful, erudite and inspirational person. Rachel can be found dancing and singing along to her favourite tunes cooking up a vegan storm on Youtube! Sharing everything she creates and finds from recipes to vegan skincare with warmth and humour – welcoming everyone, whatever their food beliefs, to give the vegan life a go – prefer...

Edric Kennedy-Macfoy was born and raised in West London and worked in the London Fire Brigade for over 13 years, attending many of the capital's most dramatic incidents during that time. He recently appeared on ITV's 'Inside London Fire Brigade', which saw Edric and his colleagues respond to the Croydon tram derailment of November 2016 and the Grenfell Tower fire in June 2017. Checkout Edric's Boo...

Chase has been pushing the arts of Parkour and Free Running since they first came to the UK over 20 years ago. Chase is known as a pioneer in the sport and has shared inspiration across the globe through his personal and professional projects. Founder of the world famous Parkour team 3RUN who travel the world working on feature films, commercials, live shows, promotional events and producing their...

Presented by Robbie Lockie | Edited by Ciaran Austin Denai is a singer, song-writer and even a vegan chef. Denai was born in Jamaica, but moved to the UK when she was just 10 years old. Denai has also got a residency at the Jamaican restaurant Buster Mantis, in Deptford London. Denai also runs her own popup vegan Jamaican vegan restaurant Dee's Table. Denai, will be releasing her new album soon, k...