We aren’t living longer. We are dying longer! This week Blue Zones founder Dan Buettner sheds light on how YOU can live longer AND healthier!

Dan is a National Geographic Fellow and multiple New York Times bestselling author (The Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer From the People Who've Lived the Longest, Thrive: Finding Happiness the Blue Zones Way, The Blue Zones Solution: Eating and Living Like the World's Healthiest People).

He has discovered five places in the world ­– dubbed blue zones – where people live the longest and are healthiest: Okinawa, Japan; Sardinia, Italy; Nicoya, Costa Rica; Ikaria, Greece, and Loma Linda, California.

Over the new vegan menu from Chef Leslie Durso at the Four Seasons Santa Barbara, Dan sits down with Elysabeth to discuss what lifestyle choices the people from these places have made to allow them to live long, healthy lives. Hear Dan’s recommendations for how to get on track for healthy living and how he researched all the recipes for his newest New York Times bestselling book, Blue Zones Kitchen.

A vegan chef and wellness expert, Leslie is the glowing face of a fresher plant-based movement that refuses to compromise style for sustainability. Leslie works as a consulting chef for hotels, resorts, and restaurants around the world and is currently the vegan chef at the Four Seasons Resort, Punta Mita, Mexico and the Four Seasons Resort, The Biltmore, Santa Barbara.

Seeing plant-based burgers everywhere? Widening your scope beyond beyond meat? Check out who sits down with Elysabeth to talk plant-based grub goodness. Danny O’Malley is the creator and visionary of Before the Butcher’s UNCUT product line, the first family of plant-based burgers that look, cook and taste like their animal-based counterparts. Before the Butcher’s UNCUT products are growing in retail and food service outlets around the country. Danny is also a plant-based eating advocate. Find out more at www.btbfoods.com

As always, Elysabeth starts the show with the Top Three weekly headlines and ends with a show segment fav: The Dr. Is Dialed In. This time the Love Doctor shares the good vibes! Karine Charbonneau, aka Vegan Cupid, is the CEO of Find Veg Love. She is a relationship builder and people connector and is super passionate about bringing veg singles together. She is the one and only Vegan Cupid – helping veg singles across the USA and Canada find their animal-loving soulmate.

In honor of the Super Bowl, Elysabeth talks with premium vegan athletes. We’ve all heard of the movie “The Game Changers”; it’s turned the world of professional and amateur athletes on its head. From Sundance, Elysabeth interviews the lead in “The Game Changers” documentary, mixed martial artist and Ultimate Fighter James Wilks, along with others featured in the film, like former NFL player Lou Smith, former sniper and International Anti-Poaching Foundation founder Damien Mander, and infamous strongman Patrik Baboumian. Then, Dr. Terry Mason, COO of Cook County Department of Public Health, who is also featured in the film, answers some burning health questions. Please join us!

What does it take for an opera singer to belt out an aria without a mic? It just might be a vegan diet! Grammy Award-winning baritone Lucas Meachem (bio below) took a break from Chicago Lyric Opera to join me in this episode. We also talked to Dr. Joel Kahn to find out if there is connection between the coronavirus and animal ag.

Grammy® Award winner Lucas Meachem is one of the most sought-after singers of today, captivating audiences with his "earnest appealing baritone" (New York Times). Meachem performs regularly at major opera houses around the world, including the Metropolitan Opera, Vienna Staatsoper, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Opéra National de Paris and Los Angeles Opera, where he gave his Grammy® Award-winning performance. In concert he has appeared as a soloist in works such as Mahler's “Kindertotenlieder” with Emmanuel Villaume and Fauré's “Requiem” with Seiji Ozawa, and in 2018 he made his debut at the Salzburg Festival with Penderecki's “St Luke's Passion.”

Shark got your tongue? Not for this hot momma! Jenny Goldfarb, AKA Mrs. Goldfarb (full bio below), wowed Marc Cuban on “Shark Tank” with her plant-based corned beef. Now Elysabeth joins Jenny at her house to dish on her wild ride, the booming business of plant-based deli meats, and how this mother and home-cook came to realize that she wanted to do more than cook for her family of four. After Elysabeth breaks down the week’s news, these two get into it, ending the show with recipe, food and health tips worth their weight in (Marc Cuban) gold.

Jenny Goldfarb is quickly becoming a central player in the plant-based-food explosion. Where Beyond Meat and Impossible have largely monopolized the burger landscape, Jenny is the primary player in the plant-based deli sector. Born out of compassion for animals and concern for the environment, Jenny took on a vegan lifestyle several years ago, inspiring her food blog, Count Your Colors, where she cooked up different plant-based recipes every week. In 2019, she launched UNREAL DELI, and her debut product, Mrs. Goldfarb’s Unreal Corned Beef, has exploded in the major delis and restaurants in L.A. (Canter’s, Factor’s, Art’s, move studio lots, and now Whole Foods). She famously won the hearts of America on “Shark Tank” in November, scoring a deal with newly vegetarian Mark Cuban. Keep a look out for Unreal Corned Beef, coming to grocery stores and national chains across the country in 2020, or order a box online today at www.unrealdeli.com.

Join Elysabeth Alfano on this kick-off show which talks about all things plant-based. After breaking down the plant-based headlines (fires, bankruptcies and the debut of meatless pork), Elysabeth sits down with renowned voiceover actress Lori Alan (“SpongeBob SquarePants” and “Toy Story; bio below) to dish on her inspiring tale of finding her way to plants . . . and Pixar! Then, these two “meatless-hams” serve up recipe, snack and on-the-fly cooking tips.

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Lori Alan is perhaps best known for her award-winning voiceover work. She stars on the Emmy Award-winning “SpongeBob: Squarepants” as Pearl Krabs, is the voice of Diane Simmons on “Family Guy,” and can be heard in “The Boss in the Metal Gear Solid” video game trilogy. She’s proud to be a part of the Academy Award-winning Pixar family, voicing characters in “Wall-e,” “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs,” “Monster’s University,” “Inside Out,” “Bonnie’s Mom,” “Toy Story 3” and “Toy Story 4.” On camera, you can catch her in Showtime’s “Shameless” and “Grey’s Anatomy.”

Lori’s animal activism started when she become aware of the horrific dog and cat meat trade. Happily not eating animals or animal products, she supports the Farm Animal Rights Movement (FARM), a national nonprofit organization working to end the use of animals for food through public education and grassroots activism.

Find more about Lori Alan at www.lorialan.com.