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44:49

Tanya O'Callaghan: The Plant-based Bassist

Species Unite ·

2022/12/13

"So then, you know, you have the Twisted Sister crew doing yoga and eating kale salad. it's so good. Like, now I'm literally known as the plant-based bassist.” -Tanya O’Callaghan Tanya O’ Callaghan, aka, the Plant-based Bassist, has toured, recorded, written and worked with legends such as Maynard James Keenan (Tool/APC), Dee Snider (Twisted Sister) Steven Adler (Guns N’ Roses) Nuno Bettencourt (Extreme), The Riverdance, The Voice, Orianthi, Michael Angelo Batio, Kevin Godley, Sharon Corr (The

29:57

Rebecca Mink: The Pioneer

Species Unite ·

2022/11/30

“I said, ‘let's go on Zappos and look up Zappos and vegan.’ And so I searched it… and I said, ‘let's see what you get when you search that.’ And they had gardening clogs, they had like a croc shoe. And I said, ‘why don't you guys go look at how many people opt out after they see that and then you might buy my shoes.’ That was a Friday and Monday they bought 18 styles.” Rebecca Mink Rebecca Mink is the founder of the very first vegan luxury shoe brand, Mink Shoes. Mink Shoes have been around

40:08

Prabhat Sinha: The Wolf God is Watching You

Species Unite ·

2022/11/23

“There are written documents that talk about how the same wolf follows a flock of sheep for 300 miles and they come back again with that flock of sheep. And those shepherds can identify those wolves. And within the group, they've even given the names to those wolves… And they have this saying: Don't do something wrong, the Wolf God is watching you.” - Prabhat Sinha Prabhat Sinha grew up swimming after ducks and fish in a rural farming village in Mhaswad, India. At 13, he left for the US,

53:17

Dr. K. Ullas Karanth: Among Tigers

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2022/11/16

“India has done more than any other country for recovering its tigers. Nobody can deny that. But still, we could do so much more than being satisfied with what we have done. There's so much complacency and crowing about these 3000 tigers we have, and I find it very sad.” Ullas Karanth Dr. K. Ullas Karanth is emeritus scientist at the Centre for Wildlife Studies in Bangalore. Previously he led one of the longest-running (1986–2017) tiger conservation programs in the world for the Wildlife

30:45

Albert Tseng: Plant-Based China

Species Unite ·

2022/11/09

“The resource allocation of global attention on China is not commiserate with the size and scale of the problem that China represents.” Albert Tseng Albert Tseng is co-founder of Dao Foods, an impact-oriented investment firm that invests in plant-based and alternative protein companies based in mainland China and focused on the Chinese market. With rapidly rising incomes and increasing meat consumption in China, Dao Foods’ aim is to introduce alternative products into the China market to reduce

34:44

Dr. Krithi Karanth: Rewilding India

Species Unite ·

2022/11/02

“One of the things that we've noticed is when these animals repeatedly show up, that's when people really get frustrated, up to a point where they may leave loose electrical wires in their field. And when the herd or the animal comes back the next day, they get electrocuted. So you want to keep people from flipping out and doing something crazy, right?” - Krithi Karanth Dr. Krithi Karanth is Chief Conservation Scientist and Director at the Centre for Wildlife Studies, in Bangalore, India and is

47:31

Dr. Heather Rally: Superhero by Day

Species Unite ·

2022/10/26

“We sat down and we ordered omakase, which is essentially the chef's specialties, and they just keep bringing food out until you say I'm done. So we ate and ate and ate everything you can imagine for the better part of 3 hours before we even dared to do order whale” – Heather Rally Dr. Heather Rally spent the last decade at the PETA Foundation as a supervising veterinarian for captive animal law enforcement. What that means is she's led investigative and enforcement actions in cases of abuse of

26:18

Claudia Pievani: Fashion Without Victims

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2022/10/19

“We talk very badly nowadays about fashion, right? Because of the environmental impact and so on. But at the same time, there is also value in fashion. If not, we wouldn't be so obsessed. It’s inspirational, it makes you dream… Let's keep the good thing, the positive thing that gives you a good feeling and toss away and eliminate the bad things. It can be done.” Claudia Pievani Claudia Pievani is the founder of Miomojo, the cruelty-free and sustainable Italian fashion brand that is making some

36:38

Josh Whiton: Make Soil

Species Unite ·

2022/10/12

“And I'm just having this urban, agrarian, techie renaissance thing with my hipster neighbors and it's just so rich. And I think to myself, ‘wow, we've have to share this experience. How do we spread this?’ – Josh Whiton Josh Whiton is an eco tech entrepreneur and a social innovator who is helping to repair the Earth. When Josh was 23, he founded the transit tech company, TransLoc., for which he was named a champion of change by the White House and Trans Loc was later acquired by Ford. His

31:00

Stephanie Downs: Revolutionizing the Leather Industry

Species Unite ·

2022/10/05

“One day I was leaving the animal shelter and I would always go and have lunch at this restaurant down the street and I'd get this pork barbecue sandwich. I remember it so vividly. I can remember the booth I was sitting in. I can picture the place. And I just remember thinking, I spent all day helping this one animal and now I'm eating another animal.” - Stephanie Downs on the moment everything changed Stephanie Downs is the CEO and co-founder of Uncaged Innovations. Uncaged is a biomaterials

36:07

Devan Schowe: Captivity Sucks

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2022/09/21

“The pets tend to be the most behaviorally disturbed, I would say. They have the hardest transition most of the time into kind of sanctuary life, because with the pet trade, infants are usually taken from their mothers within a few days or a few weeks after they're born. And most primate species in the wild will stay with their mothers for at least a couple of years, if not for most of their life. So that's incredibly damaging right off the bat, because that separation is very traumatizing.” – Devan

45:53

Lori Gruen and Alice Crary: Animal Crisis

Species Unite ·

2022/09/07

“We have to look at those structures. If we don't look at those structures, if we don't look at the economic structures and we don't look at the instrumentalization of animals, the use of animals, the devaluation, the lack of dignity that's given to animals, we're just going to perpetuate our sort of grotesque use of these creatures.” – Lori Gruen Philosophers, Alice Crary and Laurie Gruen co-wrote the recently released book, Animal Crisis: A New Critical Theory. The book is a deep dive into

43:29

Dr. Hope Ferdowsian and Dr. Syd Johnson: Primates and...

Species Unite ·

2022/09/01

“We have this this sort of human exceptionalism or human supremacy that that is used as the kind of baseline foundational justification for exploiting animals, that humans are just more important and we're more special in some way.” – Dr. Syd Johnson Dr. Hope Ferdowsian and Dr. Syd Johnson recently published an essay in the Hastings Center Bioethics Forum called, Primates and Medical Research A Matter of Convenience, Not Sound Science. I read the essay and quickly realized how much there was

34:16

Keith Cooper: The Stingray Whisperer

Species Unite ·

2022/08/24

“The number one thing is to respect us as a country and a lot of people are not - people who feel privileged in their life, they own a very nice yacht, they have money, they're wealthy, they live in Florida, they live the golden life, they live a grand life. I'm not saying there's anything bad about that, I want to be that way too. But at the same time they have a responsibility to be respectful of our laws and they have to respect our marine life. They should follow [the law] and not try to hurt

44:34

Roy Afflerbach, Jo-Anne Basile, Roland Halpern and...

Species Unite ·

2022/08/18

“If a bill has been passed in another state, then you know who the opposition was, you know who the supporters were. And it really helps grease the skids for another state to get something through. It builds and then eventually you get a critical mass. And then hopefully at that point, Congress takes a look at it and passes something nationwide.” – Roland Halpern Last week, Allie Taylor was on the podcast. She runs New York Voters for Animal Rights. Allie and I spoke about how real change

37:47

Allie Feldman Taylor: Voters for Animal Rights

Species Unite ·

2022/08/10

“We didn't do any type of advertising. We didn't do any press around it. We just did what we do well, we quietly lobbied the city council and worked until we had a majority of the council co-sponsoring the bill. And then we said, okay, now it's time to actually move this, we need a hearing, we need to bring this up for a vote. So by the time the foie gras industry realized what we had done, it was too late.” Allie Feldman Taylor Allie Feldman Taylor is the founder and president of Voters for

54:05

David Yeung: Omni Presence

Species Unite ·

2022/08/03

“The planet is sustaining way more than just 8 billion human beings because we are consuming second-hand protein. We could have just directly, you know, eat plant-based protein. And again, if there's still any argument that, oh, we're not going to get enough strength, get enough nutrition, I mean, come on. Where do animals get their protein to start with? Right. I mean, come on. I mean, they eat plants.” David Yeung David is the co-founder and CEO of Green Monday, a movement to educate and

32:10

Katie Cantrell: Greener by Default

Species Unite ·

2022/07/27

“If you saw a celiac bowl on a menu, you would never order that unless you have celiac disease and you're gluten free. But if you see a Thai peanut rice noodle bowl, that sounds delicious. You're not even thinking about the fact that it's gluten free. It’s the same thing with vegan for a lot of people. They think, “oh, that is only for vegans, if I'm not a vegan, that's not for me.’” - Katie Cantrell Katie Cantrell is the Director of Corporate Outreach for the Better Food Foundation and

27:28

Sydney Gladman and Ranjani Theregowda: Next-Gen...

Species Unite ·

2022/07/21

“We need to move away from animal derived materials, but we also need to move away from petroleum based traditional materials. So what is out there, what can we do? That demand is strong and supply is where the issue is.” - Sydney Gladman On June 12th the New York Times put out an article titled, How Fashion Giants Recast Plastic as Good for the Planet. The article, written by Hiroko Takeuchi, caused quite a stir within the Species Unite and I'm sure many other vegan communities. It criticizes

37:47

Ingrid Newkirk: Free the Animals

Species Unite ·

2022/07/13

“The fear factor is probably one of the worst. I mean, if you've ever been deeply afraid, or had a near accident or had somebody pursuing you, if you've ever been really afraid, that's their life 24 hours a day, except when they are able to sleep. And, how they are able to sleep on metal slats with nothing that's comforting, no ability to control the temperature ever, whether it's very hot to very cold, no freedom. And studies show that when the knob on the door turns in the room they're in or the

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