PlantPure Radio

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What's PlantPure Radio about?

Lee Fulkerson, of PlantPure Nation, interviews experts in plant-based nutrition and people with inspiring stories about the impact of a whole food, plant-based lifestyle.

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PlantPure Radio episodes:

08.11.2016
Featuring Dr. Mike Nelson: Conversations with Lee Fulkerson
Dr. Mike Nelson and Lee discuss how his personal plant-based journey began and how significantly his health and that of his family improved as a result. Dr. Nelson reveals how and why he began incorporating the message of plant-based nutrition into his...
08.09.2016
Featuring Dr. Jonathan Balcombe: Conversations with Lee Fulkerson
Dr. Jonathan Balcombe and Lee discuss the role of an ethologist in studying animal behavior, how he came to be interested in the subject, and his work examining the thought processes of several different animal species. Dr. Balcombe reveals the scientific evidence demonstrating...
08.04.2016
Featuring Sharon McRae: Conversations with Lee Fulkerson
Sharon McRae and Lee discuss the devastating prevalence of cancer in her extended family and how that made her fearful of the disease, which launched her on a life-long quest to avoid the same fate. This eventually led her into...
08.02.2016
Featuring Doug Schmidt: Conversations with Lee Fulkerson
Doug Schmidt and Lee talk about the near-fatal heart attack Doug suffered in 2008 and how that led him to adopt a Whole Food Plant-Based Diet (WFPBD). As Health and Wellness Coordinator for his school district, Doug recently organized a...
07.28.2016
Featuring Nina Gheihman: Conversations with Lee Fulkerson
Nina Gheihman and Lee discuss her transition to a plant-based diet and how her family background helped influence that choice. They also discuss her PhD dissertation, which explores how and why France seems to be a bit behind many other...
07.26.2016
Featuring Marcy Madrid: Conversations with Lee Fulkerson
Marcy Madrid and Lee talk about the distinction she draws between “health care” and “sick care”, and how and why our current medical system skews so heavily towards “sick care”. They further discuss the particular funding challenges faced by her hospital and the entire Texas...
07.21.2016
Featuring Dr. Kathryn Hayward: Conversations with Lee Fulkerson
Dr.Kathryn Hayward and Lee discuss the increasing frustration she felt in traditional medical practice by the intrusion of HMOs and their ‘assembly line' approach to treating patients. Now a practitioner of Integrative Health, she uses plant-based nutrition as a cornerstone of...
07.19.2016
Featuring Karen Cunningham: Conversations with Lee Fulkerson
Karen Cunningham and Lee discuss the remarkable success of her screening and how it was promoted by a widespread grassroots effort. She lives in a farming community and talks about the resistance of many farmers to the Whole Foods Plant-Based...
07.14.2016
Featuring Dr. Michael Greger: Conversations with Lee Fulkerson
Dr. Michael Greger and Lee discuss Dr. Greger’s education and his very personal reason for adopting a plant-based diet and using it in his practice. They also talk about which diseases and chronic conditions respond best to treatment by a plant-based diet, and how...
07.12.2016
Featuring Michelle Odiorne: Conversations with Lee Fulkerson
Michelle Odiorone and Lee discuss Michelle’s family health history and how a long list of medical issues in family members only going back two generations influenced her and her family to adopt a plant-based diet, choosing to take a proactive...
07.07.2016
Featuring Dr. Pam Popper: Conversations with Lee Fulkerson
Dr. Pam Popper and Lee discuss the differences between a naturopath and an MD, her work for the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, and how her work with the Sacramento Food Bank Project demonstrated that plant based nutrition is well within...
07.05.2016
Featuring Dr. Monica Aggarwal: Conversations with Lee Fulkerson
Dr. Monica Aggarwal and Lee discuss her diet growing up and a crippling chronic illness that she suffered shortly after the birth of her third child. She shares how her condition threatened to end her life as she knew it, including her...
06.30.2016
Featuring David Read: Conversations with Lee Fulkerson
David Read and Lee discuss David’s responsibilities as Vice President of Oncology at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute and how his personal beliefs about the causes and treatments for cancer have evolved since he’s been exposed to the beneficial effects of...
06.28.2016
Featuring Chef Mark Zedella: Conversations with Lee Fulkerson
Chef Mark Zedella and Lee discuss when and why he decided to become a plant-based chef, where he studied to become one, the health changes he noticed when he switched to a plant-based diet, and some of his most popular plant-based...
06.23.2016
Featuring Nelson Campbell: Conversations with Lee Fulkerson
Nelson Cambell and Lee discuss the overall state of PlantPure Nation (PPN) and several upcoming developments that are near implementation. These include PPN’s expanded food offerings, the expanded Jumpstart Program, the status of our affiliate program for sharing revenue with non-profit organizations...
06.21.2016
Featuring Amie Hamlin: Conversations with Lee Fulkerson
Amie Hamlin and Lee discuss her organization, the Coalition for Healthy School Food, including how it got started as well as its mission, goals, accomplishments, and plans for the future. She reveals how she wrote a New York State legislative resolution...
06.16.2016
Featuring Dr. Staton Awtrey: Conversations with Lee Fulkerson
Dr. Staton Awtrey and Lee discuss Dr. Awtrey shift to a plant-based diet and how it radically improved his health. He shares his feelings about the early deaths of both his father and grandfather from cardiovascular disease and how that influenced his dietary...
06.14.2016
Featuring Doug Michael: Conversations with Lee Fulkerson
Doug Michael and Lee discuss how he became a writer/cartoonist and the set of circumstances that caused him to change career paths to become a successful baker. A lucky break got one of Mr. Michael’s products national exposure and almost literally overnight his small...
06.09.2016
Featuring Dr. Will Tuttle: Conversations with Lee Fulkerson
Dr. Tuttle and Lee discuss his background, and how the fusion of Eastern and Western philosophy in his thinking has influenced his perspective on human nature. Dr. Tuttle shares his belief that a more balanced understanding of Eastern and Western philosophy can...
06.07.2016
Featuring Tim Kaufman: Conversations with Lee Fulkerson
Tim Kaufman and Lee talk about Tim’s lifelong health and weight issues that caused him to balloon to almost 400 pounds in his late 30s. Tim shares the life transforming moment when he learned about the benefits of a plant-based diet, his switch...
06.02.2016
Featuring John Corry: Conversations with Lee Fulkerson
John Corry and Lee discuss John’s extensive and diverse professional background in cable and feature documentaries, including his critical roles as producer of the feature documentaries Forks Over Knives and PlantPure Nation. John also shares his experiences during the extensive promotional...
05.31.2016
Featuring Dr. Neal Barnard: Conversations with Lee Fulkerson
Dr. Barnard and Lee Fulkerson discuss how and why he founded the Physician’s Committee for Responsible Medicine, what its goals are, and some of its notable accomplishments. Dr. Barnard reveals what PCRM is working on now, the obstacles faced by the organization,...
05.26.2016
Featuring Dr. T. Colin Campbell: Conversations with Lee Fulkerson
Dr. T. Colin Campbell and Lee Fulkeson discuss the role played by academia in the production of ‘science’ that’s biased towards the food and drug industry. Dr. Campbell shares a personal experience he had with this kind of bias when he served on...
05.24.2016
Featuring Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn: Conversations with Lee Fulkerson
Dr. Esselstyn and Lee Fulkerson discuss the doctor’s background as an Olympic rowing champion and how that affected his approach to his career, and especially how it helped give him the perseverance to press onward in the face of tremendous obstacles. Dr....
05.19.2016
Featuring Dr. John McDougall: Conversations with Lee Fulkerson
Lee Fulkerson and Dr. McDougall discuss the health problems he had in his youth that were ultimately solved by eating a plant based diet. Dr. McDougall also shares his early experiences in medical practice and the observations that led him to discover...
05.17.2016
Featuring Dr. Laurie Marbas: Conversations with Lee Fulkerson
Dr. Marbas and Lee Fulkerson discuss how and why she came to use plant based nutrition in her medical practice and the high rate of success she’s had in doing so. She reveals how and why she switched to a plant based diet and the beneficial...
05.12.2016
Featuring Kim Campbell: Conversations with Lee Fulkerson
Kim Campbell and Lee Fulkerson discuss her twenty-five years of experience as a plant based cook. She reveals the process behind writing the best-selling companion cookbook to the film PlantPure Nation, the PlantPure Nation Cookbook, where she developed over 150 recipes using whole food, plant-based ingredients...
05.10.2016
Featuring Dr. James Marcum: Conversations with Lee Fulkerson
Dr. Marcum and Lee Fulkerson discuss how and why he founded his organization Heartwise Ministries and what its goals and missions are and why he decided to use plant based nutrition to treat his patients. We also talked about the prevailing attitude among his fellow...
05.05.2016
Featuring Scott Kashman: Conversations with Lee Fulkerson
Lee Memorial Health System is one of the largest public health systems in the country. Scott Kashman and Lee Fulkerson talk about Lee Memorial’s recent partnership with PlantPure Nation, and the whole concept of incorporating the paradigm of food as medicine into the present model...
05.03.2016
Featuring Tracye McQuirter: Conversations with Lee Fulkerson
Tracye McQuirter and Lee Fulkerson discuss her 30-year career as a public health nutritionist, best-selling author, lecturer, and vegan trailblazer. She reveals why she agreed to become an advisory board member for the PlantPure Nation Foundation. She tells the story of how and why she became...
04.28.2016
Featuring Nelson Campbell: Conversations with Lee Fulkerson
Lee Fulkerson discusses the mission of PlantPure Nation with Nelson Campbell, CEO and President of PlantPure Inc., and how the popularity of the film PlantPure Nation has driven the growth of the organization, and the pods in particular. They also discuss the strategic partnership PlantPure Nation has...

What's PlantPure Radio about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

PlantPure Radio episodes:

Featuring Dr. Mike Nelson: Conversations with Lee Fulkerson

Featuring Dr. Jonathan Balcombe: Conversations with Lee Fulkerson

Featuring Sharon McRae: Conversations with Lee Fulkerson

Featuring Doug Schmidt: Conversations with Lee Fulkerson

Featuring Nina Gheihman: Conversations with Lee Fulkerson

Featuring Marcy Madrid: Conversations with Lee Fulkerson

Featuring Dr. Kathryn Hayward: Conversations with Lee Fulkerson

Featuring Karen Cunningham: Conversations with Lee Fulkerson

Featuring Dr. Michael Greger: Conversations with Lee Fulkerson

Featuring Michelle Odiorne: Conversations with Lee Fulkerson

Featuring Dr. Pam Popper: Conversations with Lee Fulkerson

Featuring Dr. Monica Aggarwal: Conversations with Lee Fulkerson

Featuring David Read: Conversations with Lee Fulkerson

Featuring Chef Mark Zedella: Conversations with Lee Fulkerson

Featuring Nelson Campbell: Conversations with Lee Fulkerson

Featuring Amie Hamlin: Conversations with Lee Fulkerson

Featuring Dr. Staton Awtrey: Conversations with Lee Fulkerson

Featuring Doug Michael: Conversations with Lee Fulkerson

Featuring Dr. Will Tuttle: Conversations with Lee Fulkerson

Featuring Tim Kaufman: Conversations with Lee Fulkerson

Featuring John Corry: Conversations with Lee Fulkerson

Featuring Dr. Neal Barnard: Conversations with Lee Fulkerson

Featuring Dr. T. Colin Campbell: Conversations with Lee Fulkerson

Featuring Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn: Conversations with Lee Fulkerson

Featuring Dr. John McDougall: Conversations with Lee Fulkerson

Featuring Dr. Laurie Marbas: Conversations with Lee Fulkerson

Featuring Kim Campbell: Conversations with Lee Fulkerson

Featuring Dr. James Marcum: Conversations with Lee Fulkerson

Featuring Scott Kashman: Conversations with Lee Fulkerson

Featuring Tracye McQuirter: Conversations with Lee Fulkerson

Featuring Nelson Campbell: Conversations with Lee Fulkerson