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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.

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All Episodes

41:46

Kindness Is Saving 25 Cats From Qatar

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2025/06/11

Kindness Is Saving 25 Cats From QatarFilmmaker Mye Hoang joins Anitha to talk about her latest documentary, 25 CATS FROM QATAR. Mye is a cat lover who shares her home with five cats so it makes sense that a visit to a cat café in Milwaukee, USA lead to her filming a documentary about the owner of the café, Katy McHugh. Mye films Katy's rescue mission to Qatar where she brings 25 cats back to the US and finds them their forever homes.Mye shares what it was like being a part of this incredible journey

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60:02

Kindness Is Being Friends Of Bonobos

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2025/06/04

Kindness Is Being Friends Of BonobosAnitha fell in love with bonobos when she first learned about these magnificent apes many years ago, and she is absolutely thrilled to have Ariel Rogers, the executive director of Friends Of Bonobos as a guest to talk about all things bonobos.Ariel talks about the incredible characteristics of bonobos, the reasons they are critically endangered and the remarkable work being done to save them.One of the many special facts Ariel shares about bonobos is that they are

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56:59

Kindness Is Jarjeer Mules

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2025/05/28

Kindness Is Creating Jarjeer MulesOne of the highlights of Anitha’s time in Marrakech, Morocco was meeting Susan Machin and getting a tour of Jarjeer—the sanctuary she created for donkeys, mules and horses.Anitha was thrilled when Susan agreed to be a guest on the podcast.Susan talks about her journey from being a Barrister in the UK to moving to Morocco. She shares the ups and downs of those first few days, weeks, months of sanctuary life.Susan also talks about the importance of community

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29:11

Kindness Is Saving Glossies ENCORE

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2025/05/21

Spencer Hitchen from Noosa, Australia is dedicated to saving the last remaining Glossy Black Cockatoos.With Spencer’s help, these beautiful birds have finally been listed as Vulnerable under Australia’s Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act. Well done, Spencer!!This is such an inspiring story of how perseverance, passion and using your voice, can make a positive difference.To find out more about Spencer and his efforts to help Glossy Black Cockatoos, check out these

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45:04

Kindness Is Pikala Bikes & More

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2025/05/14

Kindness Is Pikala Bikes & MoreAnitha met her guest Louisa Battioui in Marrakech, Morocco at an incredible bike rental place called Pikala. Founded by Cantal Bakker, a then 24-year-old from the Netherlands, Pikala is the colloquial Arabic word for bicycle.Kindness Is Pikala Bikes & More Anitha met her guest Louisa Battioui in Marrakech, Morocco at an incredible bike rental place called Pikala. Founded by Cantal Bakker, a then 24-year-old from the Netherlands, Pikala is the colloquial Arabic

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64:15

Kindness is Being The Rebel Vegan

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2025/05/07

Kindness is Being The Rebel VeganFormer dairy farmer Todd Sinclair joins Anitha to talk about his journey from growing up on a Canadian dairy farm to becoming a vegan. Todd gives listeners the rare opportunity to find out what life on a dairy farm is truly like for the animals. Listeners may be surprised to hear that life for dairy cows is not all happy and carefree—like many dairy farmers want the public to believe when they falsely advertise smiling cows on products such as milk, yogurt and

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44:35

Kindness is Everyone Is Welcome Here

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2025/04/30

Kindness is Everyone Is Welcome HereEarlier this year, an Idaho middle school teacher was told by their school district to take down a classroom sign that said EVERYONE IS WELCOME HERE. The reason given by the district was that the sign was deemed “a violation of the district’s content neutrality policy”. The teacher refused to comply.Upon hearing this story, Boise Idaho resident, Chris Stewart, wanted to support the actions of this brave teacher. Chris talks to Anitha about how his initiative to

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48:50

Kindness is Saving Pets One Click At A Time

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2025/04/23

Kindness is Saving Pets One Click At A TimePet photographer Adam Goldberg joins Anitha to talk about his initiative, Second Shot, which helps shelter animals find their forever homes.Shelter workers don’t always have the time or expertise to capture a photo of an animal that shows them in the best light—relaxed, happy, cute, adorable. Shelters can be a scary place for many animals, especially when they first arrive and their photo can reflect that fear. The result is often a stressed-looking animal,

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62:20

Kindness is Being METAHATEM Aly

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2025/04/16

Kindness is Being METAHATEM AlyNYT bestselling illustrator, Hatem Aly joins Anitha to share his up and down journey into illustration.The two talk about the wonderful initiative which brought them together—Coffees For Gaza. Hatem was one of the many creators to donate art that raised funds to help families devastated by the war in Palestine. Anitha successfully bid on not one, but two of Hatem’s beautiful pieces of art!Hatem also talks about the pushback he unfortunately received from some schools

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42:51

Kindness is Speaking Out For Our Honor

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2025/04/09

Dr. Crystal Heath, a veterinarian and animal rights activist returns to the podcast to talk about the link between animal agriculture and viruses such as H5N1 and COVID.Dr. Heath was raising alarms about the spread of H5N1 from chickens to cows to other wildlife and to humans, long before it caught the attention of mainstream media. She and Anitha talk about the shocking reason for this time lag.Dr. Heath also talks about the devastating conditions animals, who are part of the agricultural industry,

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42:12

Kindness is Helping Horses

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2025/04/02

Theresa Nolet and Eva Shortt from the Canadian Horse Defence Coalition (CHDC) join Anitha to talk about the terrible fate many horses face and what their organization is doing to stop the transport of live horses to slaughter.Instead of providing hard-working horses such as race horses to show horses to those used for carriage rides a kind a loving place to retire when they can no longer provide humans with a source of income, these majestic animals are often sold to be slaughtered.The CHDC is

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62:16

Kindness Is Our Honor ENCORE

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2025/03/26

Kindness Is Our Honor (Encore Episode)Dr. Crystal Heath, a veterinarian and animal rights activist joins Anitha to talk about the surprising dichotomy that exists holding both of these spaces.Like a lot of listeners, Anitha assumed that folks who go into veterinary medicine are also strong advocates for animal rights, but that may not always be the case.Dr. Heath shares her experience of what it was like speaking out for animals during veterinary school and why this inspired her to create Our Honor,

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65:32

Kindness is Being Ben Kennedy

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2025/03/19

Kindness is Being Ben Kennedy Anitha is joined by Ben Kennedy who helps care for animals from kittens to wildlife, and also helps humans by raising awareness for the trans community, all while working on his PhD.Ben shares heartwarming stories of fostering kittens, dogs and getting married at the humane society. He also talks about the social media post that went viral (and not in a good way) when he shared Cross Fit’s new anti-trans policy. Ben also generously talks about going through fertility

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64:34

Kindness Is The Trans Comedian

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2025/03/12

Kindness Is The Trans ComedianChris McAllister shares what it’s like to be a comedian, including first-time performing jitters and if the comedic space is expanding beyond the cis white male. They also talk about their social media #ICANTELL. Chris came up with this initiative in hopes of turning around the negative comments folks in the trans community were receiving. The response was incredible and Chris shares some of the positive comments posted using #ICANTELL.Chris also talks about their role

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33:37

Kindness is Books For All (an Encore episode)

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2025/03/05

Thirteen-year old, Sofia Rathjen talks to Anitha about her dedication to bring diversity to her school’s library.Like many visible minorities, Sofia has had to endure racist attitudes and micro-aggressions. But Sofia turned these difficult experiences into something positive.With the help of a grant, she purchased books by BIPOC authors for her school library. She talks about the importance of representation in books.This is an incredibly inspiring episode of a young woman turning negative personal

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63:12

Kindness is Being Cole The Deaf Dog and Friends

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2025/02/26

Kindness is Being Cole The Deaf Dog and FriendsAnitha chats with Chris Hannah, a music teacher and the lucky human who shares his life with not one, but four incredible dogs who show people that being deaf, dead and blind, deaf with a cleft palate are superpowers.Cole, an adorable pitbull, was the first to come into Chris’ life. Chris talks about Cole’s journey as a therapy dog and the positive impact Cole has made on so many lives—both within Chris’ school community and beyond.Chris also shares

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29:59

Kindness is Staying with Good Will Good Karma

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2025/02/19

Kindness is Staying with Good Will Good KarmaAnitha chats with 15-year-old Will Finch. Will and his sister Jada appeared on the podcast back in 2021 to talk about their incredible efforts to help stray dogs and cats find forever loving homes. The siblings created an organization called GOOD WILL GOOD KARMA. Will returns to talk about all that been happening with their non-profit animal rescue—including birthday fundraisers, starting a clothing line to raise money for animal rescue, heartwarming

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34:06

Kindness is ASK A DOCTOR about Mental Health

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2025/02/12

Kindness is ASK A DOCTOR about Mental HealthFor this session of ASK A DOCTOR, Anitha is joined by her son, Daniel Robinson, a registered psychotherapist. They talk about the stigma surrounding mental health, the effects of childhood trauma on mental health, the effects of social media on mental health and much more.Daniel also shared the following low cost or free therapy and counselling groups that listeners may want to check out.Youth wellness hubs (free mental health support) in

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40:16

Kindness is RECOVERING STUFFIES FOR KIDS

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2025/02/05

Kindness is RECOVERING STUFFIES FOR KIDSFor much of January 2025, the world watched as portions of Los Angeles were devastated by wildfires. People and animals lost their lives, homes were destroyed, and there was so much suffering. Anitha chats with Ashley Reckdenwald, the founder of Working Mom Notes. Initially created to help working moms find resources and a community, Ashley started an initiative within this social media account to help children who lost their beloved stuffed animals in the

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25:00

Kindness Is Creating Good Karma (an Encore episode)

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2025/01/29

Kindness Is Creating Good Karma (an Encore episode)Eleven-year-old Will and seventeen-year-old Jada Finch share their inspiring story of turning personal heartache into helping animals. When Will was 7 and Jada was 12, the family adopted an adorable puppy they named Karma Rose. Sadly, within a few short weeks, Karma died from canine parvo-virus. Despite the devastating loss of his beloved puppy, Will decided to honor Karma on his 8th birthday. In lieu of gifts, he requested donations of money and

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