Dr. Scott Stoll of the Plantrician Project
Awesome Vegans with Elysabeth Alfano
Dr. Scott Stoll, founder of the Plant-based Nutrition Conference, part of the Plantrician Project, joins me to explain that doctors often don't get the nutritional information needed in medical school. Enter The Plantrician Project!
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Cardiologist, Dr. Kim Williams
Awesome Vegans with Elysabeth Alfano
Vegan Cardiologist, Past President and trustee of the American College of Cardiology and Head of the Cardiology Department at Rush Medical Center, Dr. Kim Williams joins Elysabeth Alfano in Chicago. They dive into the scientific facts about plant-based diet. Dr. Kim discusses the four properties in animal-based products that cause heart disease, his 7 indicators for heart health, and his favorite party trick. Finally, Dr. Kim shares why it is “our patriotic duty" to be vegan. More ElysabethAlfano.com
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Vegan Evan Asks President Trump to Go Vegan for $1 Million
Awesome Vegans with Elysabeth Alfano
Fearless Vegan Evan, President of Animal Hero Kids, challenges President Trump to go vegan in the month of January. If he does, Evan and the organization that backs him and several other kids, Million Dollar Vegan, will donate $1million to veterans. I got the scoop live from New York! More info: ElysabethAlfano.com
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Ingrid Newkirk, Founder of PETA
Awesome Vegans with Elysabeth Alfano
What do Alec Baldwin, Joaquin Phoenix and supermodel Joanna Krupa have in common? PETA. And, over the years, PETA has stirred up quite a bit of controversy, usually drawing headlines about their unwavering intention to make the world a kinder place by encouraging human compassion to sentient animals that can feel pain and share with us a range of emotions.
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Veggie Grill Co-Founder, T.K. Pillan
Awesome Vegans with Elysabeth Alfano
This podcast is a cross between Awesome Vegans and Marketplace. T.K. Pillan , co-founder of the largest vegan/vegetarian restaurant chain, Veggie Grill, joins me to dish on the numbers behind the plant-based traction in the marketplace. Veggie Grill has 34 locations, including a recent opening in Chicago. T.K. is also a partner in PowerPlant Ventures which invests in a growing number of plant-based businesses. For more information visit http://powerplantvc.com and http://elysabethalfano.com.
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CEO of Lightlife and Field Roast, Dan Curtin
Awesome Vegans with Elysabeth Alfano
What’s the best plant-based ingredient to cook with? It is the one that has paved the way for the plant-based revolution that we have today. Dan Curtin, CEO of Field Roast and Lightlife, joins me on the pod to discuss my all-time favorite product: Tempeh and the history and future of the plantbased movement!
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John Paul DeJoria, Co-Founder John Paul Mitchell Systems, Shares Inspiring Tips
Awesome Vegans with Elysabeth Alfano
From rags to riches, John Paul DeJoria went from foster care as a child and a door-to-door salesman to one of the wealthiest men in America with one of the biggest hearts.
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The Future of Food and Life on the Planet: Interviews from the Good Food Conference
Awesome Vegans with Elysabeth Alfano
The innovation of plant-based meat and dairy alternatives will be upending animal agriculture, impacting our climate crisis, changing our health care system and affecting our culture – all for the better. I will be giving you an overview of what I learned at the Good Food Institute Conference in September followed by a series of short interviews from the conference. I interview Lisa Feria, CEO of Stray Dog Capital, Lou Cooperhouse and Chris Dammann of BlueNalu and Thomas Jonas of Sustainable Bioproducts
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Dr. Terry Mason, COO of Illinois’ Cook County Department of Public Health
Awesome Vegans with Elysabeth Alfano
COO of Illinois’ Cook County Department of Public Health, Dr. Terry Mason, sits down with Awesome Vegans Podcast Host Elysabeth Alfano to explain what our bodies need. Comparing our bodies to machines that need care and upkeep, just like with a car, Dr. Mason explains that you need to give it the right inputs for it to run well.
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Chris Paul and Other Red Carpet Interviews from The Game Changers Movie Premiere
Awesome Vegans with Elysabeth Alfano
Bonus Podcast! From the star-studded red carpet at the premiere of The Game Changers movie, I speak with 9-time NBA champion, Chris Paul who explains how he dropped the bomb on Lebron James that he is vegan! PLUS NFL star Tony Gonzalez, Academy Award-winning director, Louie Psihoyos, Suzy Amis Cameron and Dr. Dean Ornish. The movie follows over 20 plant-based athletes on their road to breaking records. Info: http://ElysabethAlfano.com and movie tix for the 9/16 public premiere http://GameChangersmovie.com
info_outlineIngrid Newkirk, founder of PETA, is a force of nature!
"Animals are not ours to eat, wear, experiment on, use for entertainment, or abuse in any other way," is the long-time declaration of PETA, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. With 485 employees and over 6.5 million supporters, PETA is the largest and most far-reaching of animal rights organizations. PETA has been instrumental in exposing the cruelty and horror in factory farms, animal experimentation, the fur and fashion industry, circuses, the travel industry, cock fighting, dog fighting, bull fighting, Ag-Gag laws and so much more.
PETA also has a formidable vegan outreach program with veg starter kits and has expanded animal welfare concerns beyond the United States to India and Asia. Not to mention, PETA has been creative in putting out tongue-in-cheek, as well as serious, advertising campaigns in front of the public eye. Celebrities from Alec Baldwin to Joaquin Phoenix to super model Joanna Krupa, just to name a few, have lent their image and words to support PETA’s campaigns.
Now, sitting in my kitchen, founder of PETA, Ingrid Newkirk, discusses with candor and youthful energy the many projects that PETA is working on to benefit animals (and the planet and people). Ultimately, PETA’s intent is to make the world a kinder place by encouraging human compassion to sentient animals that can feel pain and share with us a range of emotions.
I support this, of course, and have always been a fan of PETA even if I don’t agree with absolutely everything they have ever done. I support PETA because far and away, they move the needle for animals more than any other organization. Ingrid's book Animalkind: Remarkable Discoveress About Animals and Revolutionary New Ways to Show them Compassion is out now on pre-order on Amazon.
That said, PETA is no stranger to controversy. PETA did not support Prop 12 in California and has defended its euthanasia program to put down dogs that can’t be adopted out.
Listen in to this informal and causal interview to hear Ingrid Newkirk and decide for yourself: Is PETA extreme? For more information, visit http://Peta.org and http://ElysabethAlfano.com