The Vegan Report

Gail is the winner of the Albert Schweitzer Medal for outstanding achievement in animal welfare. She is the chief investigator for the Humane Farming Association. Her work as an investigator helped shut down some of the worst, most cruel animal‑exploitation operations in the U.S. But that's nothing compared to the impact of her first book, Slaughterhouse , which not only inspired many people to be...

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Animetrics is a women-led research and capacity-building organization, founded in 2023 by two economists from Türkiye, Gülbike Mirzaoğlu & Sueda Evirgen. They specialize in economics, impact evaluation, and research tailored to local contexts. They help animal advocates, especially in the Majority World (also called the ‘Global South') and Muslim communities, use evidence to strengthen their w...

Victoria Moran (Main Street Vegan Podcast): Everybody knows that the future is vegan, but it can also be a grand adventure right now. On her show, bestselling author and vegan OG Victoria Moran invites you into conversations with the best and brightest in this space. https://mainstreetvegan.com/category/podcast/ Jane Velez‑Mitchell (Truth Files): Jane Velez‑Mitchell is the founder and content edit...

Ella Wong is an experienced project manager in user research and stakeholder engagement. She has led stakeholder and market research projects related to the alt protein industry in China, as well as the animal advocacy movement in Asia. She is also in charge of the distribution of research insights and general operations for Good Growth. Connect with the Good Growth: https://www.goodgrowth.io/ Ema...

Today, we’re asking a fun—and maybe slightly provocative—question: are vegans smarter than most people? You’ve probably seen those articles listing brilliant minds who were vegetarian for ethical reasons—people like Einstein, Tolstoy, Mary Shelley, or Leonardo da Vinci. And if you’ve been with us for a while, you might remember episode 37, where we talked about one of those great minds: the litera...

Have you ever considered what it would mean if global religions echoed and supported our fight for animals? To explore this question, I have the honor of welcoming a true hero of the movement: Joyce D'Silva. Joyce has been vegan for 52 years—longer than I’ve been alive—and her contributions to animals are extraordinary. She wrote one of the first-ever vegan cookbooks, lead the adoption of major an...

Sign Up to MapYourHealth now: https://mapyourhealth.info/ A pipe collapse outside Washington, D.C., has spilled nearly 300 million tons of sewage into the Potomac River. In its wake, researchers have discovered high levels of harmful pathogens like E. coli and antibiotic-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). https://publichealth.jhu.edu/2026/potential-health-impacts-of-the-potomac-river-sewage-s...

Do you think ending factory farming is possible? If yes, what form of activism do you believe will stop factory farming for good? Institutional change? Street protests? Legal reforms? Well, our guest today, Bruce Friedrich, founder of the Good Food Institute, thinks ending factory farming is possible — but activism is not the answer. For him, the solution to this issue is cultivated meat: the perf...

Sandro Jenni is a researcher at the University of Zurich's Psychology Personality Lab. He is studying the political psychology of sustainable plant -based food system change. My LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/sandro-jenni Email: Sandro.jenni@psychologie.uzh.ch Link to my research group: https://www.psychology.uzh.ch/en/areas/sob/perspsy/team.html Links to my published papers from the episode: First...

Prevent Bhutan from establishing its first slaughterhouse : https://www.change.org/p/prevent-bhutan-from-establishing-its-first-slaughterhouse For today's episode, we explore the hidden face of vegan entrepreneurship. We often see vegan products mysteriously appear and disappear on the shelves of grocery stores, but how often do we stop to wonder what's happening behind the scenes? How did those p...

Today, we travel to Denmark to explore the amazing work of the Vegetarian Society of Denmark. I welcomed their Secretary-General, Rune-Christoffer Dragsdahl, to discuss why the Vegetarian Society of Denmark, despite its support of veganism, is not called the Vegan Society of Denmark, the art of building coalitions with people you disagree with, what if the annexation of Greenland into the US could...

Today, we travel to Europe where there is a fierce political fight taking place for the animals. And to address this topic, I have with me José Luis Murillo, the General Director of Animal Welfare Observatory. Jose and I discussed how Animal Welfare Observatory was able to make it a policy to have cameras in Spanish slaughterhouses and their plans to make it happen everywhere else in Europe, the c...

Have you ever watched a nature documentary in which a wild animal was filmed struggling for survival? Maybe running from a predator, desperately foraging for food or braving bad weather. What if I told you that we had a moral imperative to help that animal? To help all wildlife creatures. To play an active role in their welfare, even when their sufferings are not traced back to us. There is an org...

For today, a group conversation with two research scientists from Stanford University's Humane and Sustainable Food Lab: Seth Ariel-Greene and Jacob Peacock We discussed some of 2025 news and trends that affected animal advocacy, such as, artificial intelligence, the election of Donald Trump, the rise of the MAHA movement, the popularity of the vegan nudges concept among researchers, cultivated me...

Today, we’re diving into how Artificial Intelligence is becoming a real game‑changer for vegans, for animal rights activists, and for animals themselves. To explore this topic, I’m joined by Thomas Manandhar‑Richardson. He’s the Director of Research at Bryant Research and the Lead Data Consultant at Greener By Default. I asked Thomas whether he thinks AI is becoming sentient — and what we should m...

Today, we discuss the topic of witchcraft with Dr. Corey Lee Wrenn, the author of the book the Vegan Witchcraft. Dr. Wrenn is an American sociologist specializing in animals and society, the animal rights movement, ecofeminism, and vegan studies. We talked about witches using human remains for spells, the witchy argument for veganism, how the animal movement fails women, the taboo of being a witch...

"Grocery stores are a crucial arena in the movement to change our food habits — in the US, a whopping three-fourths of calories are bought from supermarkets — so we need to think carefully about how to approach them." Supermarkets Are the Next Big Challenge for Meat Reduction: https://morethanmeatstheeye.substack.com/p/supermarkets-are-the-next-big-challenge More Than Meats The Eye | Björn | Subst...

Captain Paul Watson is a marine wildlife conservation and environmental activist. Watson was one of the founding members and directors of Greenpeace. In 1977, he left Greenpeace and founded the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. Today, he is at the helm of the Paul Watson Foundation. We began our conversation by highlighting the incredible life and legacy of departed animal rights giant Brigitte B...

We travel to Lebanon to meet an amazing animal rights activist who is harnessing the power of social media to spread the vegan message across the Arab world. Her name is Maya Kawas, she is a Muay Thai fighter and a journalist with over 300K followers on Instagram. We discussed her most recent viral video and the crazy reactions it got from across the Middle East. The gender dynamics in Arab cultur...

Rakefet Cohen Ben-Are, research manager at the China Vegan Society, delves into three key tactics of effective advocacy: the concept of vegan default, the identifiable victim effect and making plant-based shopping more convenient. China Vegan Society: https://www.chinavegans.org/ China Vegan Society’s report: https://rakefet.life/ChinaVeganSocietyReport2025 Identified victim effect: https://rakefe...

Today, we lift the veil on a world of lies, confusion, spying, corruption and hypocrisy. We expose the Meat Dairy and Egg social media war strategy unleashed against vegans. A real conspiracy of PR Firms, scientists, health experts, environmental organizations and more. To tackle this issue, I have with me Maddy Haughton-Boakes, a Senior Campaigner at Changing Markets Foundation. Changing Markets...

Which is the most effective animal charity out there? The one that has moved the animal rights movement forward the most. Well, for the last 12 consecutive years, there is one animal charity that has been evaluated and recommended again and again and again by Animal Charity Evaluators and its name is The Humane League. Think of them as the smart kid of the class always getting an A+ That got me cu...

These charities work in ways that are most likely to produce the greatest gains for animals, actively evaluate and improve their programs, and have a demonstrated need for more funding. Learn more about Animal Charity Evaluators: https://animalcharityevaluators.org/ Follow The Vegan Report on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/veganreportpodcast/ Follow The Vegan Report on X: https://x.com/vegan...

What is your idea of the perfect vegan date? Well, I have a suggestion for you. On the weekend of December 6 & 7 the Vegan Christmas Market of Montreal will be in full bloom. It is a delicious initiative bringing together the entire vegan community of Quebec, including many new food vegan entrepreneurs eager to test their products. And I will be there to try everything. This is an amazing oppo...