The ChickPeeps Vegan Podcast

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This week we are exploring the topic of traveling abroad as a vegan and the many challenges that presents when away from your familiar local vegan haunts and comforts. Brighde Reed, vegan activist and co-founder of World Vegan Travel, joins Evy this week to discuss her wealth of experience in organising vegan-friendly trips and to share some practical tips in how we can enjoy stress-free, ethically minded adventures all over the world. Also on this episode...

• Aside from food, Brighde discusses some of the common things vegans need to consider and prepare for when planning a trip abroad.
• What to do when a restaurant or hotel is less than accommodating towards veganism.
• Brighde mentions some animal related activities we should avoid when traveling and shares some ethical alternatives.
• Activist travels: how to incorporate vegan and animal rights activism into your travels.
• How does one justify time out as an activist?
• Brighde shares some practical sustainability tips to implement when staying in hotels and eating out.
• What about the global emissions of long-haul flights?
• What is the most-vegan friendly city to visit at the moment?
• The one language that doesn't have a word for vegan!
• What are the travel essentials vegans should pack for a holiday.
• Momo and Evy answer a listener's question on whether or not pescatarian is a positive step towards veganism.

Links

Check out Brighde's tailor-made vegan trips on World Vegan Travel!

Follow World Vegan Travel on Instagram, Facebook and Youtube.

Check out Brighde's podcast!

Some verifiably ethical elephant sanctuaries in Thailand, as recommended by Brighde: Elephant Nature Park, Phuket Elephant Nature Sanctuary, BLES.

Seaspiracy

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Evanna Lynch: @msevylynch

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How do a lifelong animal rights activist and a chicken factory farmer become friends? How does working with the oppressors of animals help the vegan movement? Leah Garcés, president of Mercy For Animals and author of Grilled, has made it her life's mission to advocate for animal rights by crossing enemy lines and working with the world's largest food corporations to change the system. In this episode she speaks to Tylor and Evy about her dedication to protecting animals from a young age, how meeting a factory farmer radically altered her outlook and approach to activism and how she navigates relationships with the people killing the animals she's trying to save. Also on this episode...

• Leah shares how the ducks in her backyard awakened her urge to protect animals.
• How Leah's dream of being a vet evolved when she realised she wanted to tackle the very root of animal suffering.
• 'Once I discovered that there was this world where you could advocate for farmed animals, and that could be a job, I never stopped advocating for animals, it was my professional job from day 1'.
• How having her first child inspired Leah to deeply consider her work and life's purpose.
• Leah talks about the initial inner conflict of being a vegan working in a welfare space, and how she reconciled herself with fighting for animal welfare.
• 'Conversations and empathy do not equal endorsement.' We talk about the fact that many vegans see working with people in animal agriculture as a betrayal of one's vegan values.
• Leah explains how her unique friendship with farmer, Craig Watts, radically shifted her approach to animal rights advocacy.
• How farmers become trapped as 'indentured servants' in the factory farming system
• 'Hate the oppression, not the oppressor,' Leah explains the Martin Luther King philosophy that inspires her activism.
• If farmers are not the enemy, then who is?
• How Leah built a rapport with and earned the trust of farmers in the first place.
• The role of protesting in animal welfare activism and when is the right time to stage a protest.
• MFA's Transfarmation project
• Leah talks about being a vegan mom and how much of her work she chooses to share with her children.
• Leah weighs in on whether or not a fully vegan future is plausible.

Links:

Buy Leah's book, Grilled: Turning Adversaries into Allies to Change the Chicken Industry.

Read more about MFA's Transfarmation Project: Empowering Farmers for a Better Food System.

Check out Leah's work at Mercy For Animals.

Follow MFA on Instagram, Twitter, Youtube, Pinterest and Facebook.

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Robbie Jarvis: @robbjarvis

Tylor Starr: @tylorstarr

Evanna Lynch: @msevylynch

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The future is female and made out of apples! Or at least our shoes will be! This week Evy speaks to vegan entrepreneur and sustainable fashion guru, Stacey Chang, the founder of Veerah. Disillusioned by the lack of non-animal, stylish shoe options, and the fashion industry's disregard for sustainable practices, Stacey decided to design the world as she'd like to see it when she defied all the obstacles and founded the first apple leather shoe brand in 2016. Stacey considers veganism a core value of her brand and is determined to show the fashion industry that beauty and compassion can coexist. Also on this episode…

• How Buddhism nurtured Stacey's compassion towards all creatures and led her to veganism.
• Stacey shares about her early experiences in the mainstream fashion industry and how working at big-name brands showed her what she wanted to do differently.
• What gave the Stacey the inspiration to try making shoes with apples.
• Where do all the apple skins come from?
• Do vegan leathers have a greater carbon footprint than their animal leather counterparts?
• 'Non leather materials - such as cotton fabric, polyesters - are found to have less than half the environmental impact than their animal derivative counterparts.'
• Is it even possible to be sustainable and fashionable?! Stacey shares her tips for making the most of your wardrobe.
• What it takes to create a thriving vegan business.
• 'Being vegan should be your core value, that's something you should never compromise on.'
• Will vegan textiles ever be price-competitive with their animal counterparts?
• We talk about being a woman in a leadership role and how sensitivity can be an asset in intuiting what the customer needs.
• Stacey emphasises the importance of tending to one's own needs to fully unlock our naturally compassionate nature: 'When we're in a better state both inside and out then naturally we will be more compassionate'.
• Tylor and Evy discuss many vegans' discomfort about eating vegan options from places like Burger King and McDonalds, and whether or not we should be supporting these options.
• A listener question prompts discussion about whether disgust is the right response to taxidermied animals.

Links

Use code "Chickpeeps" to save $50 on your first order of regular priced shoes on Veerah!

Follow Veerah on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.

Learn more about the environmental impact of different materials here.

Veerah's summary of the cradle-to-gate environmental impact of materials.

Social Media

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Momoko Hill: @oh_momoko

Robbie Jarvis: @robbjarvis

Tylor Starr: @tylorstarr

Evanna Lynch: @msevylynch

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Happy New Year, ChickPeeps! This week to kick off 2020 with forming some positive new sustainability habits we speak to Bonnie Wright about her mission to eliminate the everyday usage of single-use plastics. Bonnie became passionate about sustainability several years ago and decided to take the journey to living a zero-waste life. In this episode we discuss the parallels between veganism and zero-waste living, sustainability in the wizarding world and Bonnie's ambition to run the first zero-waste film set. Also on this episode...

• Bonnie shares how going onboard a GreenPeace plastic trawling expedition sparked her interest in living a plastic-free life.
• How to avoid being overwhelmed by sustainability and reduce your plastic consumption changes step-by-step.
• Bonnie tells us about the thriller movie she's directing that explores the horrors of pollution.
• We talk about how wasteful film sets are and whether it's even possible to run a zero-waste film set.
• How sustainable would Hogwarts have been?
• Is veganism discussed in environmental circles and do environmentalists see veganism as the solution?
• What is the best way of volunteering to help environmental causes?
• Bonnie shares tips for advocating for zero-waste options at your workplace and local haunts.
• Why having good manners as an activist really helps your cause!
• Bonnie discusses her non-negotiable sustainability practices when traveling.
• The problem of greenwashing by powerful corporations.

Links

Check out Bonnie's directorial work.

Follow Bonnie on Instagram.

Trash is For Tossers

Max La Manna

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Evanna Lynch: @msevylynch

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Happy Holidays from The ChickPeeps! This week Evy, Momo, Robbie and Tylor gather to boost team morale before embarking on the holiday season, a time when many vegans feel alienated and disenchanted by the abundance of non-vegan gifts and food items at family gatherings. We discuss what we'll be up to this holiday season, our favourite go-to vegan friendly gifts and what to do when you encounter animals being used in festive celebrations. Also on this episode…

• Guess which ChickPeep has convinced their entire family to do a vegan Christmas?!
• Tylor explains why the use of real animals such as donkeys, in festive celebrations or nativity scenes is unethical.
• How to bring up the issue with using real animals for entertainment at holiday events without being a killjoy.
• Momo shares some tips for how to have a sustainable Christmas.
• We discuss whether or not Christmas trees are wasteful and how much space can we allow for sentimental traditions that create excess waste?
• We share some thoughts on an email from listener, Luiza, who's partner's family are very 'meat-proud' and whom she is worried may not be so accepting of her ethical lifestyle.
• Volunteer options for LA based activists, as requested by ChickPeep, Morgan:
• LAAnimalSave.org
• Anonymous for the Voiceless
• The Gentle Barn
• Farm Sanctuary
• Stray Cat Alliance

Links

• recyclenow.com

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Evanna Lynch: @msevylynch

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'I'm sorry you like hamburgers and you'll miss them forever but you had your fun and it's over': so says straight-talking comedian, Nikki Glaser, to everyone who says they are not ready to forego meat because they like the taste of animal products. A committed and outspoken ethical vegan, Nikki is tired of the anti-vegan arguments and not afraid to call people out on their apathy, as Evy discovers in this hilarious, in-depth discussion with Nikki about everything from being a vegan in comedy to the provocative but righteous billboard she's just waiting for PETA to pitch to her. Also on this episode...

• Nikki discusses how she used to be one of those comedians taking shots at vegans.
• Nikki shares her ambition to work veganism into a future set.
• 'Guess what? You don't get to do everything you want. Sorry! Sorry! Just because you like something doesn't mean you get to do it!'.
• How getting a dog forced Nikki to confront her questions about the ethics of eating animals.
• We discuss posting vegan content on social media to an unsympathetic audience and Nikki says you should check on her when she's posting a lot of vegan content.
• We talk about the challenges of transitioning to veganism when you've had an eating disordered mindset.
• Nikki bemoans the fact that PETA haven't offered her a naked billboard campaign yet.
• What it's like to be a vegan in comedy and how Nikki handles derogatory remarks about veganism from her peers.
• 'But what about the plants'; we discuss the most tiresome argument levelled against veganism.
• 'Vegan Propaganda; Palette Cleanser' - Nikki shares her vegan activism strategy for social media.
• 'Fish is an interesting food… you know it's gone bad when it smells like fish.'
• Nikki shares a bad experience dating someone who was threatened by her veganism.
• ...and dating a vegan who temporarily turned her against dating vegans.
• How meditation was a game-changer for Nikki in treating her depression.

Links

Follow Nikki Glaser on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook.

Find more of Nikki's work on her website.

Watch Bangin' on Netflix.

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Evanna Lynch: @msevylynch

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This week on ChickPeeps, Evy speaks to fellow actress, activist and Kinder Beauty co-founder, Daniella Monet about her lifelong commitment to advocating for freedom and compassion for animals. Daniella discusses what inspired her as a teenage animal rights advocate, the ups and downs of being a vegan on film and tv sets in Hollywood and shares about her new normal being a mom to a brand new little vegan boy. Also on this episode...

• Daniella explains why she went vegetarian at the age of 5 after visiting a 'dude ranch'.
• Activism vs Storytelling: should vegans reject playing non vegan roles?
• What is Hollywood's take on veganism now?
• Daniella explains why, as an activist, she chooses to refrain from posting 'gory' vegan content.
• 'I don't want to use the word extreme at all because this is the truth and it's not extreme'.
• Daniella explores how she kept a vegan household even before her partner transitioned to a plant-based diet.
• 'Our connection was so much deeper than our differences, and food and lifestyle, and I just knew if at any point he decided to make the change it would be because he wanted to and that was more important than him doing it for me.'
• Vegan pregnancy: what Daniella had to do differently and how she handled people commenting on her choice to raise her baby vegan.
• Daniella shares how pregnancy gave her a deeper empathy for non-human moms exploited for their milk.
• Why Daniella believes non vegans should focus on getting rid of dairy products first.
• The importance of investing in plant-based companies.
• Daniella shares her insights as a vegan in business.
• Some listener feedback on the animal welfare episode and Robbie fantasises about retiring to a bald eagle sanctuary.

Links:

Follow Daniella on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and Youtube.

Check out Daniella's podcast, Adulting Like a Mother Father.

Watch Daniella's heartbreaking video about the dairy industry.

Check out listener Erica's eagle sanctuary in Oklahoma!

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Evanna Lynch: @msevylynch

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The ChickPeeps chat to vegan activist, co-founder and director of Plant Based News, Robbie Lockie, who speaks about the importance of preserving integrity and truth in the vegan media. Starting as a youtube channel in 2016, PBN has grown to become a pillar of the global vegan community and in the 3 years since it's launch has published more than 6,000 articles and shared over 800 videos. Robbie, Robbie and Evy talk about our collective obligation to avoid hype and share responsibly researched vegan stories, and how to clapback at anti-vegan campaigners online with hard, incontrovertible truth. Also on this episode...

• How Plant Based News was founded by Robbie Lockie and Klaus Mitchell.
• What to do when you see people spreading misinformation about veganism online.
• The smear campaigns devised to discredit the work of the animal rights movement.
• Vegan clickbait: yay or nay?
• Robbie L shares some of his trusted online sources for fact-checking your vegan news.
• 'We are monkeys living on a rock in a bubble in space'.
• Robbie L shares how social networking sites are used as tools of propaganda.
• Compassion fatigue: how do you choose what stories to take in?
• 'There are more ethical people alive today than there have ever been in the whole of human history.
• Robbie explains why one particularly controversial public figure would hypothetically be the greatest asset for the vegan movement.
• Listener email from a plant based listener who struggles to feel great empathy for animals.

Links:

Check out all the latest vegan news stories at Plant Based News.

Follow Plant Based News on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and Youtube.

Listen to the PBN podcast.

Follow Robbie Lockie on Instagram.

NutritionFacts.org

The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine

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For many vegans, animal welfare activism can feel problematic. Why advocate for better farming practices when you'd rather not endorse animal farming at all? Isn't it betraying the animals to be demanding anything less than their total freedom? And can animal welfare organisations really be working towards a vegan world whilst they are working alongside the companies killing animals for profit? This week co-hosts, Tylor and Evy discuss the complicated role of animal welfare in vegan activism and speak to expert animal welfare campaigner and hardcore vegan activist, Sean Gifford, of Compassion in World Farming to gain some valuable insights on how to straddle both the vegan and welfare approach to helping animals. Also on this episode…

• How a small gesture by a chipmunk inspired Sean's vegan awakening.
• Sean discusses his multiple arrests for the animal rights cause and why nowadays he tries to avoid brushes with the law.
• How a vegan deals with having to use welfare language like 'humane meat'.
• Why must abolitionists be so rude online?!, Evy asks and Tylor explains.
• 'Anyone in the animal protection movement, I think we should all just focus on what we share which is that unyielding belief that animals can feel pain and lead emotional lives from a chick to a pig, to a cow to even fish, the forgotten factory farmed animal.'
• Is veganism too idealistic to be achievable?
• Ending the Cage Age.
• The government are making 'sympathetic noises' but you can also help CIWF stop live exports.
• ChickPeeps book recommendations for Moms/Mums: Grilled, Free The Animals, Forks Over Knives, and The Joyful Vegan, Main Street Vegan, Mercy For Animals And Deliciously Ella.
• Listener Stephen's interview for No Meat Athlete!

Links

• Check out the work of Compassion in World Farming.
• Follow CIWF on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and YouTube.
• Sign the petition to End The Cage Age.

Social Media:

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• Robbie Jarvis: @robbjarvis
• Tylor Starr: @tylorstarr
• Evanna Lynch: @msevylynch

This week co-hosts, Tylor and Evy discuss the complicated role of animal welfare in vegan activism and speak to expert animal welfare campaigner and hardcore vegan activist, Sean Gifford, of Compassion in World Farming to gain some valuable insights on how to straddle both the vegan and welfare approach to helping animals.