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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

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Episode 66- Kindness Is Helping The Homeless Community

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2024/03/15

Many of us see and walk past folks who live in parks, street alcoves and under bridges, but rarely do we stop. Anitha's guest, Lorraine Lam, not only stopped, she wanted to help. Lorraine chats with Anitha about the homeless crisis and her involvement in finding a solution.Here are some action points for listeners who want to get involved in trying to solve the housing crisis. Follow social media accounts of people and organizations that are directly engaged in this workLook for local groups in your

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Episode 65 - Kindness Is Founding Farm Sanctuary

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2024/03/07

Anitha was over-the-moon star struck to chat with the incomparable Gene Baur. Gene is the founder of the Farm Sanctuary, an animal advocate, author and so much more. He has been on shows such as The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and Larry King Live, and now The Kindness Is Everything podcast! Gene talks about his incredible journey from doing commercials to promote companies like McDonalds and KFC, to advocating for the shutdown of factory farms. Animals are forced to endure tortuous conditions at

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Kindness Is That Wylie Vegan

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2024/02/27

With issues such as climate change, food insecurity and animal welfare all related to/caused by the animal agricultural industry, Anitha is thrilled to continue her discussion around veganism. Anitha is joined by Kelly Chianciola and her two lovely daughters, Dani and Lana. All three talk about their decision to become vegan and how it has impacted their lives. They also tackle questions like—Why don’t parents/caregivers want children to know how the animal they are eating lived and died? Why so

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Episode 63- Kindness is The Yummy Vegan

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2024/02/20

A bit late for Veganuary, but never a bad time to talk about health, animal welfare and all things vegan. Devorah Bowen joins Anitha to talk about journey from becoming a vegan to her incredible social media account, The Yummy Vegan. They also delve into topics such as, where do vegans get their protein, why are there vegan-haters, the diabolical yet ingenious marketing of the dairy industry and of course delicious, healthy, full of protein and easy to make plant-based meals.To check out some

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Episode 62 - Kindness Is Rabia Reads

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2024/01/05

For the first episode of 2024, Anitha chats with educator and education and equity consultant, Rabia Khokhar. Spurred by her desire to showcase diverse stories, Rabia created Rabia Reads, her Instagram account where she recommends picture books with diverse main characters. Anitha and Rabia chat all about books, including her current favourite book. Hair Oil Magic by Anu ChouhanIf you’d like to learn more about what Rabia’s reading check out her Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/rabia_reads/

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Episode 61- Kindness is Eco Evie

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2023/12/28

Thirteen-year-old Evie Mutsch, joins Anitha to talk about her very cool clothing line called Eco Evie. Made from recycled water bottles, Eco Evie has stopped over 30,000 water bottles from going into landfills. In addition to creating beautiful clothes, Evie donates a portion of all sales to charities supporting animals, the environment and people. To learn more about Eco Evie, check out the following links: https://www.instagram.com/ecoevie/ https://ecoevie.com/ As a thank you to Evie for sharing

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Episode 60- Kindness is Pawsitive Change

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2023/12/11

After a break that included a not so fun surgery and a very fun trip to Sumatra, Anitha is thrilled to be back podcasting. Here she chats with Zach Skow, the founder of Marley’s Mutts and the Pawsitive Change Program. Zach openly talks about his health struggles and how volunteering at a dog shelter literally saved his life.As a way of giving back to the dogs who helped him when he needed it, Zach created Marley’s Mutts, a rescue dedicated to saving the lives of animals in overcrowded shelters.

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Episode 59- Kindness Is Cogs Dogs

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2023/07/06

Some people have a huge heart. Susie Cogswell is one of those incredible humans who not only has a huge heart, but willingly allows it to be broken over and over again. Susie joins Anitha to talk about her journey in animal rescue and what it’s like to adopt, foster and love senior dogs.Sadly, senior dogs can find themselves in shelters for a variety of reasons. Unfortunately, these dogs are often overlooked when it comes to being adopted. Through no fault of their own, these dogs, who were once

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Episode 58- Kindness Is Being A Kid Conservationist

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2023/04/20

Twelve-year old Jack Dalton joins Anitha to talk about the many ways he helps animals, including his favorite animal, the orangutan. Through his YouTube Videos, public speaking engagements, fundraising efforts and writing a picture book, Jack has raised funds and awareness for critically endangered orangutans. In fact, as of March 2023, Jack has helped plant over 13,000 trees to reforest habitat for Orangutans and other animals, raised over $13,500 for education and orangutan rehabilitation,

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Episode 57- Kindness Is My Beautiful Hair

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2023/03/24

Ten-year old Normani Hamilton joins Anitha to talk about all the wonderful things she is doing to empower other black children. From writing and publishing her first book to entering pageants, Normani hopes to inspire other children to love themselves just the way they are. To learn more about Normani’s efforts to help critically ill children, click here: https://give.gktw.org/fundraiser/4520867 To follow Normani on Instagram and order her book, click here: https://www.instagram.com/princess_normi/

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Episode 56- Kindness Is No More Dolphinariums

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2023/03/01

This episode is a wonderful example of dedication and persistence making a positive impact. Kamilya Tulebaeva from Kazakhstan shares her inspiring story of how she moved her country to ban dolphinariums. It’s an incredible achievement and one you will definitely want to hear about. Here are links to the movies/documentaries Kamilya mentioned. Intraterrestrial. A Fleeting Contact:English version: https://youtu.be/7f0-UKxWJxs Version Française : https://youtu.be/0igkMcyXXF4The Cove

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Episode 55- Kindness Is Dr. Izzy Goes Wild

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2023/02/21

Izzy Hirji wears many hats—wildlife vet, world traveller, photographer, conservationist, vegan, and television celebrity! He joins Anitha to share his incredible adventures as he follows his hero, Dr. Jane Goodall, in making the world a better place for all beings. Izzy begins the episode by talking about his childhood fear of dogs and how he not only over came that fear, but now travels the world, treating all kinds of wild animals.A fabulous episode for kids and adults, alike—packed full of

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Episode 54- Kindness Is Always Fair

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2023/02/17

Sabrina Fair Andronica joins Anitha to talk about being a children’s author and an animal lover, and how she combines these two parts of her life. In her books, Sabrina gently tackles subjects such as dealing with grief over the loss of a pet, animal testing, and misconceptions people have about certain breeds of dogs; in particular pitbulls. She visits schools in hopes of inspiring children to be kind to all kinds. During the podcast, Sabrina mentioned an app people of all ages can use when they

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Episode 53 - Kindness Is Legal Rights For All

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2023/01/06

An exciting start to 2023, Anitha talks to Jake Davis, a lawyer working to seek legal protection for non-human animals.Anitha met Jake at a conference about the plight of animals in captivity. The conference was hosted by Performing Animal Welfare Society (PAWS Elephant Sanctuary) and Jake was one of the speakers.Jake chats with Anitha about his journey from a child who loved animals, to now, using his legal expertise to help change the status of animals from mere ‘things’ (who don’t have any legal

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Episode 52 - Kindness Is Happy Holidays

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2022/12/23

To celebrate the last episode of 2022, Anitha invited two special young guests to wish everyone Happy Holidays and a Wonderful New Year.

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Episode 51- Kindness Is Karen’s Kind

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2022/12/21

Like many people, the pandemic inspired Monique Monelle and her husband to take up a new hobby during lockdown. But their new ‘hobby’ was wonderfully unusual. They were inspired to rescue ex-battery hens. Monique talks about what it was like when the hens first arrived, how she and her husband take care of them when they’re not feeling well, and how she fell in love with their unique personalities. Animal lovers and anyone interested in starting their own rescue will love this heartwarming episode

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Episode 50- Kindness is Growing Roots & Shoots

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2022/11/14

Anitha is thrilled to celebrate the 50th episode of the podcast with Lauren Saville who is the manager for the Roots & Shoots program at the Jane Goodall Institute Canada.The goals of the Roots and Shoots program and this podcast are very similar—empowering and supporting youth who are making a positive difference for animals, people and the environment. Lauren talks about how this program has grown since it was started by Dr. Goodall back in 1991 in Tanzania. Lauren also shares how schools,

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Episode 49- Kindness Is Caring Around The World

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2022/11/14

Twenty-one-year-old, Emily Redford from Ontario, Canada joins Anitha to talk about her experience caring for animals in different parts of the world. Emily has travelled to India, Hyderbad, Egypt, Panama and Greece to volunteer with local animal rescues. Though she is not ‘officially’ trained in animal health care, Emily is totally hands-on and assists with before and after surgery care, sedating animals and monitoring them during surgical procedures, and of course offering comfort to the animals

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Episode 48 - Kindness Is Saving Shankar

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2022/09/28

Seventeen-year-old, Nikita Dhawan is on a mission to free Shankar, a lone African Elephant, from the Delhi Zoo. Shankar was only two years old when he was taken from his family and deposited into the Delhi Zoo. Now, 26 years old, Shankar has endured endless years of isolation and being chained for 17 hours a day. Nikita is determined to end Shankar’s suffering by having him live at a sanctuary in South Africa. Though she has obtained funding from The Aspinall Foundation to finance this trip from New

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Episode 47 - Kindness Is Healing Animals Big and Small

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2022/09/08

Dr. Vivek Basu fulfilled his childhood dream of becoming a veterinarian— and what an incredible veterinarian he has become. Vivek donates a lot of his time and skills to help animals of all sizes, near and far. In addition to talking about what it's like to treat many different animals—dogs, cats, racehorses, rescued primates and wildlife, we also explore difficult subjects like trophy hunting and the difference between zoos and sanctuaries. As a thank you for sharing his story, Anitha donated to

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