The Truth Files with Jane Velez-Mitchell

We meet the amazing activist John Oberg. John is focused on making the animal rights movement more effective, specifically in tactics and communication in the social media realm. In 2019 alone, he's had 100 million impressions on his social media posts. This is because his strategic use of social media, and it's something he wants others in the movement to take advantage of. Which is why he launch...

After learning that the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) advised people to kill green iguanas on their properties "whenever possible" and without specifying any particular killing methods, PETA dispatched a letter this morning to the agency pointing out that randomly killing these wonderful animals won't curb their population in any significant way, whereas banning their imp...

In the wake of horrific undercover footage by Animal Recovery Mission, showing violent calf/cow abuse at one America's largest, so-called humane dairy farms, the whole issue of dairy is being debated by the nation and the world. Why are we drinking the breast milk of another species? Is it good for us or bad for us? How do we let Coca-Cola, a partner of Fairlife Milk, whose longtime supplier Fair...

This week a protest took place outside the Chinese Consulate in Los Angeles. More than a hundred people demonstrated, demanding the Chinese government end the horrific dog meat trade in China, where pets are stolen from yards and right out of people's hands and then tortured to death! Yes, no exaggeration. The tormentors believe that torturing the dog makes the dog meat better at combating virilit...

Vegan hockey player Rick Scott has discovered the health benefits of a vegan diet and promotes plant-based eating to his fellow athletes. He talks about how his endurance has increased on a plant-based diet and how he can outlast hockey players half his age. Rick's focus is also on the dangers of dairy, the mother's milk of another species not designed for us.

8-year old Vegan Evan travels the US with his mom Shannon Blair, speaking wisdom that belies his years. The youngster is such an articulate spokesperson for a compassionate lifestyle. As soon as he finishes Voice America Radio, he will lead a protest against the cruelties of the dairy industry, as documented by (ARM) Animal Recovery Mission's months long undercover investigation of one of the nati...

Established by the non-profit Our Planet. Theirs Too. in 2011, The National Animal Rights Day (NARD) is an annual day observed in multiple countries around the world on the first Sunday in June, for the purpose of giving a voice to all animals and raising awareness for their rights, until all animals are free from enslavement and their rights are established and protected by law. On this day, spec...

A Prayer for Compassion is a feature length documentary that strives to inspire and encourage those already on a religious or spiritual path, to expand their circle of compassion to embrace all life, regardless of species, and make choices in alignment with this value.

Rowdy Girl Sanctuary's Renee King-Sonnen founded this Texas farm animal sanctuary in 2015 after realizing that she loved animals and, therefore, didn't want to exploit and kill them. Her husband Tommy had a cattle ranch and a calf-cow operation and she gave him an ultimatum. Now, they are both vegan and Renee has become a leader in the animal rights movement having founded the Ranchers Advocacy Pr...

America's wild horses are in crisis! Roaming the lands, they are in the crosshairs of the cattle industry that would like to have those same lands for cattle grazing. The Bureau of Land Management, which is the government agency that deals with wild horses, is described by critics as being under the control of the animal agriculture industry. Two animal loving organizations are divided on how to d...

Can more than 100 doctors be wrong? Can the more than 15,000 medical professionals who are part of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine be wrong? They are advocating a plant-based diet for good health! We will find out why!

The End of Meat is a groundbreaking documentary film envisioning a future where meat consumption belongs to the past. Although evidence of meat consumption's negative impact on the planet and on human health continue stacking up as animal welfare is on the decline, humanity's love affair with hamburgers, steaks, nuggets and chops just doesn't end. In Germany, home of bratwurst and schnitzel, meat...

Dani Rukin is a CEO and executive team leadership coach! Until a few years ago, Dani was an unapologetic meat eater. Today, she finds herself protesting outside the very restaurants where she used to dine. What changed? How and when did the lightbulb go on? And, how did she go from simply not eating meat anymore to rapidly becoming a highly motivated animal activist and movement leader? Dani is no...

As the issue of climate change explodes globally, vegan social media influencers are doing an end run around the mainstream media's failure to address the enormous impact animal agriculture has on global warming. Elysabeth Alfano is a key influencer, using all her skills and charms to get on mainstream outlets to talk about veganism and using her media skills to promote a compassionate diet on Fac...

All of our guests attended the global student climate march on Friday, March 15th, 2018. Some went to the New York march and protest. Others went to the Los Angeles march and protest. All of our guests are vegans who raised the issue of animal agriculture's huge role in climate change, a subject mainstream environmentalists often avoid. The striking students, most high schoolers inspired by fellow...

Recently the Los Angeles Times did an amazing article on the Save Movement in general and the Los Angeles pig vigils in particular. Written by Gustavo Arellano, it decribed strangers offering water, love and comfort to the doomed pigs. The Save Movement is comprised of groups around the world who bear witness of pigs, cows, chickens and other farmed animals en route to slaughter. Our goals are to...

ALMA - Animal Lives Matter Always Rescue Foundation is a 501c3 non-profit run by the amazing Erin Riley-Carrasco, a dynamo who uses all her talent, charisma and skill to help all animals in every way she can. Erin is at the hub of a huge animal movement in the San Diego area of California, where veganism and animal activism is exploding. ALMA Rescue provides rescue, transport, veterinary care and...

AVO was founded in February 2018. In just under a year, AVO delivered workshops in 34 different cities. Over 900 activists who attended those workshops learned how to coach people toward veganism and avoid falling into unproductive and frustrating debates. The reviews from the workshop left on the Amazing Vegan Outreach Facebook page have been excellent. Activists were able to implement the practi...

Jane talks to the leaders of the Central Coast VegFest, one of the most popular VegFests in California! We will discuss the importance of VegFests in today's culture. We will also find out how VegFests work, how they get speakers, what speakers they will have. Hint: Jane is one of this year's speakers! The Central Coast VegFest is: Saturday, February 23rd 2019 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at SLOUMC, 1515 Fre...

When it comes to the human wellness experience, Dr. Angie says, "My passion is to provide healing through an integrative approach to keep patients healthy and youthful. Most people spend the latter years of life dealing with chronic disease. My mission is to bring healing and improve the quality of life for those individuals looking to stay fit and healthy, through use of nutrition, fitness, and b...

This episode was inspired by a question from someone at VoiceAmerica Internet Radio. The question was: how exactly do you become vegan? So, host Jane Velez-Mitchell and her team -Dani Rukin and Paige Parsons Roache - will explain exactly how to make the transition to a healthy, compassionate, environmentally sound lifestyle. Step one starts in the kitchen, where we simply replace meat/dairy produc...

Conscious Capitalist PR firm Scout22 is led by Lori and Jim Amos. They promote companies that they can be proud of and whose values align with theirs. Jim and Lori have a simple mantra: WE ARE A FULL-SERVICE MARKETING AGENCY THAT WORKS EXCLUSIVELY WITH CONSCIOUS CAPITALIST BRANDS. OUR ETHOS IS SIMPLE—COMMERCE AND ETHICS CAN AND SHOULD CO-EXIST. IF YOU SHARE OUR PHILOSOPHY, WE'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM Y...

Jane interviews the Co-Chief Executive Officer of Plant Power Fast Food, California's answer to McDonalds. This vegan fast food chain has three locations, in San Diego, Encinitas and Redlands and is coming soon to Long Beach! Their food is fast but it's darn good. And, it's cholesterol free and healthier than regular fast food fare. Company executive Jeff Harris talks to Jane Velez-Mitchell about...

Jane discusses the WhiteCoatWaste.org campaign to STOP taxpayer-funded experiments on dogs, monkeys, cats and other animals and stop wasteful government spending. Their approach? Drain the swamp: cut federal spending that hurts animals and Americans. Our guest, Justin Goodman, is the Vice President of Advocacy and Public Policy at White Coat Waste Project (WCW), a non-profit with 350,000 supporter...

Vegan Powerhouse Jasmin Singer joins us to discuss where the vegan movement is today and her involvement in many aspects of it. Jasmin is the author of: Always Too Much And Never Enough: one woman's journey to find herself through juicing, veganism, and love, as she went from fat to thin and from feeding her emotions to feeding her soul.