Known for giving "the best speech you've ever heard" and for single-handedly making Israel the most vegan-dense country on earth, Gary Yourofsky is a legendary animal activist and orator. In this interview, first posting on Thanksgiving morning 2025, Yourofsky shares how we can all be effective in standing up for the rights of our fellow beings. 

Website: http://www.adaptt.org

Instagram: @realgaryyourofsky

Chef Mark Reinfeld is known in the plant-based world and beyond as the culinary innovator of vegan fusion cuisine, but he is also the dad of two sons, one of whom has a genetic condition called Angelman Syndrome. His new book, Islands of Peace, is for other special needs parents and anyone dealing with an ongoing challenge to love and patience, and energy. 

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Ohana Vitality, programs and events for parents with special needs children

Chef Mark's Upcoming Culinary Course

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Legendary founder of the Nutritarian diet shares the exact kind of vegan diet that protects against heart disease or cancer, the essential supplements that protect vegans from Parkinson's and Alzheimer's, how to seriously build bone, plus new diagnostic options and a lifestyle medicine doctor's take on MAHA.

Dr. Fuhrman's website

Dr. Fuhrman's Amazon Author Page

Longevity RX (Dr. Fuhrman's new San Diego clinic in partnership with his daughter, Cara Fuhrman, ND)

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This episode is named for the important (and yet comedic) documentary about animal experimentation, focusing on pharma and product testing. Filmmakers Journey Zephyr and Keegan Kuhn, with Aysha Aktar, MD, MPH, join Victoria to get us clear on this issue (and explain how such a somber subject than make such a funny movie). 

Contacts:

Website: https://howtomakedrugsfilm.com (You can watch the film on this site and Vimeo; more streaming options are coming. The website also has an opportunity for you to sponsor a screening in your area.)

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/p/How-To-Make-Drugs-61558510942256/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/howtomakedrugs/#

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@howtomakedrugs 

 A family tragedy led board-certified nutritionist Terri Chrisman to take on chronic disease and fight that battle in the kitchen. Her methodology and her bestselling book, Fabulous Health: A Simple Plan to Get Well and Stay Well, are based on the 6 Pillars of a Healthy Lifestyle, codified by the American College of Lifestyle Medicine.

Book: Fabulous Health: A Simple Plan to Get Well and Stay Well

Website: https://fabuloushealth.net

Facebook: https://facebook.com/fabuloushealthtlc

Instagram: https://instagram.com/fabuloushealthtlc

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fabuloushealth/ 

Melanie Kaplan was not an expert on animal use in research until she adopted a beagle who had been a test subject. Investigation opened her eyes and her journalist's cred opened doors into the hidden world of breeding and using beagles for biomedical research, drug and product testing, and education. Her book takes readers behind lab doors and into conversations with researchers, activists, ethicists, vets, and lawmakers. 

Website: https://melaniedgkaplan.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/melanie.d.kaplan/

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/melanie-d-g-kaplan-9a97a7 

National Health Assn. Historian Dr. Jeanne Schumacher regales with tales of the dissident docs and nature nerds of the 19th and early 20th centuries who got the plant-based ball rolling. Her fascinating stories put health-promoting, animal-free food choices in a historic context: it's not a fad, it's not a trend, it's evolution.

Websites:

https://www.simplyplantbased.net (guest)

https://healthscience.org (Nat'l Health Assn.)

Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/SimplyPlantBased

Instagram:

@DrJSchumacher 

On the front lines for animals with The Humane Farming Association for decades, Eisnitz weaves a compelling tale of the horrors of factory farms and slaughterhouses -- as well as a gripping medical mystery as she seeks a diagnosis for a rare visual processing disorder -- in Out of Sight: An Undercover Investigator's Fight for Animal Rights and Her Own Survival. [Note: If you have trouble hearing about the harsh reality of animals in agriculture, tune in at the 25-minute mark when that part of the conversation has passed.]

Website: https://www.gaileisnitz.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gaileisnitz/

Facebook: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gail-eisnitz-20a9889b/

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/gail-eisnitz-20a9889b

Jessika Ava of Thrive Philanthropy shares her engaging history of showing up for other-than-human beings in a variety of venues before starting her own organization that supports pro-animal endeavors around the world. Learn where the work is happening, where it's needed most, and how everyone at every income level can be part of the groundswell.

Website: https://www.thrivephilanthropy.org/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61566414500261

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thrive_africa_/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/thrivephilanthropy/

Tess Challis joins to talk about her 9th cookbook, Food Joy, coauthored with her adult daughter, a lifelong vegan. The conversation moves to vegan spirituality, the current state of being vegan in America, and the great respite of meditation.

Food Joy book

Website: https://www.tesschallis.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tesschallis/

Instagram: @Tess Challis 

Tess's wonderful guided meditation on YouTube