x

75% of people globally want unbiased news (Pew Research) but are concerned they're not getting that.

Get balanced coverage with Symby. See how stories are covered across diverse outlets and spot when one side covers a story the other skips.

PODCAST

Kindness is Everything

Anitha Rao-Robinson

Children"s author and conservationist, Anitha Rao-Robinson invites listeners to join her as she creates a community of kindness. She speaks with folks of all ages about their incredible stories of kindness towards animals, the environment, and people.

society & culture pets & animals

All Episodes

58:06

Kindness Is Elevating Access—Ensuring folks have...

Kindness is Everything ·

2025/10/29

Kindness Is Elevating Access—Ensuring folks have access to life-saving healthcare, even if it comes at self-risk.Launched in 2022, Elevated Access is a non-profit that provides pilots and planes at no cost to those seeking access to life-saving healthcare.Kira from Elevated Access joins Anitha to talk about the devastating healthcare bans in many States throughout the USA which affects those seeking gender affirming and abortion care. Elevated Access was created with the sole purpose of helping

en

61:32

Kindness Is Fulfilling Edgar’s Mission—How a photo...

Kindness is Everything ·

2025/10/22

Kindness Is Fulfilling Edgar’s Mission—How a photo shoot with a pig grew into a sanctuary for farm animals.Pam Ahern, the founder of Edgar’s Mission, a farm sanctuary in Australia, joins Anitha to talk about her journey to help animals.Pam talks about meeting Edgar for the first time and how a one-time photo shoot to raise awareness about the plight of farmed animals, turned into a lifelong adventure to rescue pigs, chickens, cows, sheep, goats, donkeys, alpacas, turkeys and others who were once

en

74:17

Kindness Is Being Like Josh—How fostering one dog...

Kindness is Everything ·

2025/10/15

Kindness Is Being Like Josh—How fostering one dog with special needs turned into an entire foundation helping dogs with disabilities.Kimberly Elliott, the founder of the Be Like Josh Foundation, joins Anitha to talk about how falling in love with Josh, a 10-month-old Golden Doodle with a brainstem disorder, inspired her to create a foundation that now helps so many dogs with disabilities live their best lives.The Be Like Josh Foundation is a non-profit organization, dedicated to the care and

en

88:10

Kindness Is Coffees For Gaza—How donating the cost of...

Kindness is Everything ·

2025/10/08

Kindness Is Coffees For Gaza—How donating the cost of a coffee can make a positive impact.Dr. Inda Ahmad Zahri is a surgeon, a story creator, and one of the founders of Coffees For Gaza, a grassroots initiative to help families in Gaza.Since Anitha is a children’s author, the two begin the conversation talking about books and how Dr. Zahri combines what seems like polar opposites—the science of medicine and the art of writing.The conversation then moves to Palestine and how the genocide spurred the

en

61:18

Kindness Is Helping Primates Together—How a group of...

Kindness is Everything ·

2025/10/01

Kindness Is Helping Primates Together—How a group of sanctuaries work together to help primates.Amanda (Andy) Gray joins Anitha to talk about NAPSA (North American Primate Sanctuary Alliance) an incredible organization dedicated to uniting the primate sanctuary community.Of course, Andy and Anitha talk about the wonderful work NAPSA sanctuaries are doing to provide enrichment and professional lifetime care to primates. But they also talk about the reasons primates, who are not native to North

en

48:28

Kindness Is Ethical Wildlife Tourism—How to enjoy...

Kindness is Everything ·

2025/09/24

Kindness Is Ethical Wildlife Tourism—How to enjoy your trip while respecting wildlifeTravelling to faraway places can create lovely memories but does it come at the expense of wildlife?Connie Needham joins Anitha to talk about ways to enjoy your holiday without causing harm to animals.The two chat about experiences such as elephant rides and photo-ops with wildlife and the harm these activities inflict on the animal and most likely their family and habitat.Connie shares things we can all do to have

en

98:05

Kindness Is Zoocheck— Advocating to end the abuse,...

Kindness is Everything ·

2025/09/17

Kindness Is Zoocheck— Advocating to end the abuse, neglect & exploitation of wild animalsRob Laidlaw, the founder of Zoocheck joins Anitha to talk about his journey into animal activism. For over 40 years, Rob has been speaking up for wildlife. From his initial efforts to close down horrific roadside zoos to helping three elephants, who spent their lives in captivity, find a sanctuary, there is no limit to the kind and compassionate actions Rob has taken for the benefit of wildlife.Despite

en

69:12

Kindness Is Story Book Farm Primate Sanctuary—A place...

Kindness is Everything ·

2025/09/10

Kindness Is Story Book Farm Primate Sanctuary—A place where primates heal & recover from trauma.Rachelle Hansen joins Anitha to talk about Story Book Farm Primate Sanctuary, located in Ontario, Canada. Rachelle shares stories of the residents who currently live and have lived at the sanctuary. She talks about the friendships they have made, things they enjoy doing and how the folks at the sanctuary do their best to make the lives of the residents as happy and comfortable as possible, given they

en

44:39

Kindness Is Being Annick Press—How a Canadian...

Kindness is Everything ·

2025/09/03

Kindness Is Being Annick Press—How a Canadian publisher is standing up for diversity & representation in their books, their authors, and their publishing team.Rick Wilks, the co-founder of Annick Press joins Anitha to talk about publishing children’s books. He shares his journey, memories and even his list of favourite books.The two also talk about book banning—what it is, the harm it causes creators, publishers and children. Rick talks about how important it is for books to showcase all voices,

en

53:34

Kindness Is Oscar’s Place—A sanctuary for donkeys.

Kindness is Everything ·

2025/08/27

Kindness Is Oscar’s Place—A sanctuary for donkeys.For the inaugural audio and video episode of the podcast, Ron King joins Anitha to talk about Oscar’s Place, a sanctuary for donkeys to heal and live happy donkey lives.Ron talks about the many individuals at the sanctuary and how people don’t realize that donkeys are incredibly affectionate, smart and love to hug!Ron also shares his journey of healing and how the sanctuary and the donkeys helped him.An incredible conversation about the power of

en

55:52

Kindness Is Fauna Foundation—Canada’s only chimpanzee...

Kindness is Everything ·

2025/08/20

Kindness Is Fauna Foundation—Canada’s only chimpanzee sanctuary offers refuge for those who suffered from medical research.Mary Lee Jensvold joins Anitha to talk about Fauna Foundation, a place of healing for chimpanzees used and abused in the medical research industry.Mary Lee shares stories of the many primates rescued by Fauna Foundation. She speaks about the incredible capacity of these individuals to heal from years of painful and invasive experiments. And most remarkable of all—their

en

68:29

Kindness Is Being Dr. Grace Gilbert—The journey from...

Kindness is Everything ·

2025/08/13

Kindness Is Being Dr. Grace Gilbert—The journey from being a home-schooled conservative to bravely speaking out against current US Government policies.Dr. Grace Gilbert joins Anitha to talk about what it was like growing up in a Christian Conservative home, being home-schooled and the obstacles she faced to go to college and eventually become a doctor.She shares why she no longer adheres to Conservative Christian beliefs and instead uses her medical knowledge and social media platform to share how

en

40:15

Kindness Is Otis The Handsome Hound—How an Animal...

Kindness is Everything ·

2025/08/06

Kindness Is Otis The Handsome Hound—How an Animal Testing Survivor Is Living His Best Life & Raising Awareness''Otis, a coonhound, was born into the cruel world of animal testing and subjected to many invasive and painful procedures. But Otis is one of the lucky ones, he was rescued by Robert Sturman who joins Anitha to talk about Otis’ life—then and now.Robert talks about the harsh world of animal testing that subjects millions of animals to painful procedures despite their being cruelty free

en

36:15

Kindness Is Wild By Nurture—One woman’s dedication to...

Kindness is Everything ·

2025/07/30

Kindness Is Wild By Nurture—One woman’s dedication to opossums, porcupines, foxes and many animals often neglected when it comes to rescue.Claire Peters-Lunny, the founder of Wild By Nurture, joins Anitha to share stories about her Wildlife Rehab & Sanctuary.Claire’s love for animals began at a very early age so it makes sense that she now spends her days and often nights, caring for orphaned and injured opossums, porcupines, groundhogs and many others.The majority of animals come to her after

en

57:17

Kindness Is Moonman Photography—How photos have the...

Kindness is Everything ·

2025/07/23

Kindness Is Moonman Photography—How photos have the power to connect us with the wonders of wildlife.Kyle Moon joins Anitha to talk about his journey to becoming a wildlife photographer and guide at Yellowstone National Park. Kyle shares stories of photographing wild animals from birds to wolves to bison, including an incident when he accidentally found himself far too close to a grizzly mom and her cubs.Having had the privilege of spending time with many animals in their natural habitat, Kyle talks

en

52:04

Kindness Is PETA KIDS—How PETA is showcasing kids &...

Kindness is Everything ·

2025/07/16

Kindness Is PETA KIDS—How PETA is showcasing kids & their compassion for animals.Samantha Crowe, PETA’s associate director of science education, joins Anitha to talk about the ethical treatment of animals, providing teachers humane alternatives to dissection, and so much more, including some really super kind kids.Samantha also announces PETA’s upcoming ALL STAR FOR ANIMALS contest. This contest is for kids 12 and under. If you know a compassionate kid, nominate them to win some awesome prizes

en

44:50

Kindness Is Speaking Up—How more than ever, standing...

Kindness is Everything ·

2025/07/09

Dr. Crystal Heath generously joins Anitha for a third time. During her previous two appearances on the podcast, Dr. Heath focused on the importance of speaking up for animal welfare. This time, she talks about the injustices many humans are facing and why she is standing up for those who can’t protect themselves.Like others who are upset by the actions of the current US administration at detaining immigrants, Dr. Heath was documenting a peaceful protest in Los Angeles outside a federal detention

en

35:22

Kindness Is Creating Rainbow Spaces (an Encore...

Kindness is Everything ·

2025/07/02

Kindness Is Creating Rainbow Spaces (an Encore episode)- How one woman created a safe space for youth in the LGBTQ+ community.In 2021 Nadia Kean-Ayub created Rainbow Spaces. She joins Anitha to talk about what motivated her to start this organization, how this group helps youth in the LGBTQ+ community, and how much they have grown in just three years.Nadia also shares her favourite ways to support folks in the queer community by being an A+ AllyAffirm who they areAccept that their path is their

en

48:53

Kindness Is Theo & 3 Sisters-How one couple took the...

Kindness is Everything ·

2025/06/25

Kindness Is Theo & 3 Sisters—How one couple took the phrase ‘adopt don’t shop’ to heart and welcomed a family of four kittens into their lives.What could be better than chatting about one adorable kitten— chatting about four! Anitha is joined by Lindsay Fortune who shares why she and her partner adopted four kittens all at once and how their life has changed. Theo, Sadie, Bailey and Stella, went from tiny feral babies, whose bodies stiffened when touched, to healthy, happy and oh-so playful

en

55:15

Kindness Is Secondhand Stories

Kindness is Everything ·

2025/06/18

Animal advocate Liz Wheeler has been drawn to animals her entire life. She talks to Anitha about Secondhand Stories, a non-profit sanctuary for chickens she and her husband founded in 2022.In the short time since inception, Secondhand Stories has rescued and cared for numerous chickens and is currently home to 22 very special birds.Liz talks to Anitha about the importance of seeing chickens as individuals. She shares stories of some of the fortunate chickens who now call the sanctuary home.Liz and

en

145 results

Similar Podcasts

Voices of Life

APG Mannheim

Promo Estereo Podcast

Promo Estereo

Talking Timelines Podcast

Talkingtimelines

גיקונומי

ראם שרמן ודורון ניר

Drømmefanger

Drømmefanger