74: Mindful Today Keeps The Doctor Away

The Space Holder - calm and grounded, with the ability to create a safe space for individuals to unfold and transform.

Mindfulness and food are an intrinsically linked duo offering unique opportunities to build awareness from everyday necessity while noticing how we can be more present in our choices. We are missing out on a lot when we eat or live life too fast. Just by noticing the sensations of chewing, tasting or the simple feeling of becoming satisfied with food can bring more to the enjoyment of eating, the meaning of nourishment and life in general.

Originally aired June 13, 2023 on KPOV’s All Things Vegan

68: Vegans For Planetary Evolution

Veganism is a huge leap for your own development, but that’s not where the fight ends.

After vividly dreaming of merging into full understanding with animals, Gwenna Hunter began a vegan community that continues to grow and realize its own strength and purpose. The fight for freedom continues beyond animals into human rights, social justice and encouraging people from all different backgrounds to actively engage in the conversation. When there is access and exposure to wholesome choices, we can choose to heal ourselves and the planet.

Originally aired February 14, 2023 on KPOV’s All Things Vegan

44: Vulnerable To Violence

As we learn about the animal psyche, we can better understand our own humanity.

From rescuing rabbits and tortoises to studying PTSD in elephants in Africa, animals are in desperate need of our compassion to harness healthy relationships within their own communities and beyond. The fact is that every sentient being can undergo trauma and the lasting effects are devastating for them and for the continuation of inter-species understanding. It is within our power to limit their exposure to human-created violence and in turn heal the long-standing karma between the hunter and the hunted.

Originally aired on September 28, 2021 on KPOV’s All Things Vegan

32: Something To Squawk About

To care about the well-being of other sentient creatures does not make you a trader of your ‘own kind’.

Understanding what it means to be earthlings, animals and then humans is the center of this discussion with Debra Merskin and Carrie Freeman, animal rights activists and authors in the field. Non-human animals must have equal and proper representation in the media to both honor and respect, with accuracy, these other communities of species. In re-empowering the notion of animality, we are all someone, never something.

Originally aired on August 10, 2021 on KPOV’s All Things Vegan

28: Chomping Responsibly

She hasn’t drank out of a plastic bottle in 7 years to do her part in stopping the destruction of the environment.

Food is just food, until one day, it means more. And it was in this fashion that everything changed for Paige Parsons Roache when she took on the sustainability/veganism movement and balanced out the pleasures of her life to allow animals to have theirs. Now she is a full time vegan lifestyle advocate, connecting like minded foodies at Unchained TV and bringing vegan cooking content to the world.

Originally aired on February 22, 2022 on KPOV’s All Things Vegan

21: Save The Animals, Save Yourself

Even snails intuitively “board up” their shells with multiple layers of weather-proof slime in preparation of an incoming storm.

Animals are unmistakably intelligent in ways that humans are only beginning to understand, Ingrid Newkirk, President of PETA, expresses passionately. Humans, ultimately, could learn from the behaviors and emotional temperaments of all of Earth’s creatures, who are incredibly loyal to each other and are wonderful caretakers, nurturers and partners. Become aware of the immense effort working to preserve the entire orchestra of life and asking the tough questions.

Originally aired on July 23, 2020 on KPOV’s All Things Vegan

15: For The Love Of Animals

A rational, calm and gentle approach is most effective for tempering the communication that resonates with people.

Animal rights activist and educator Vanessa Marsot brings her intriguing insights about the cruelties of animal consumption and how to approach the topic across cultures. She opens up about her real-world experience defending animal rights against cultural and religious tradition, her passion for the connectedness of all beings and a global vision for the vegan community.

Originally aired on June 14, 2022 on KPOV’s All Things Vegan