The Healthification Podcast

If you’re tuning in at the turn of the year, here’s a little love wave—landing where you are. You’re getting sentimental Kate today. For whatever reason, my heart is overflowing with love and gratitude for every single vegan and plant-positive person showing up in their own way. Not just for what you do — also for who you are. This ...

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Will Potter is an award-winning investigative journalist and TED Senior Fellow who has spent decades exposing political repression, corporate power, and the erosion of civil liberties. His new book, Little Red Barns, is the culmination of a 10-year investigation that began with factory farms and expanded into censorship laws, government overreach, and the rise of authoritarian movements—all intertwined with climate ...

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Today, I’m joined by Forrest Tierce, the U.S. Project Director for Dharma Voices for Animals—the only international Buddhist animal rights organization in the world. DVA works across the U.S., Sri Lanka, Vietnam, and Thailand, with a mission to: end animal suffering within Buddhist communities by promoting plant-based living and a cruelty-free lifestyle. Forrest brings more than two decades of Buddhist ...

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Tracy Reiman, is the newly appointed President of PETA, marking a historic new chapter for the world’s largest animal rights organisation — and the first leadership change in PETA’s 45-year history. With more than three decades at PETA, Tracy has helped lead landmark victories against fur, circuses, and animal testing, and now she’s turning her focus to leather, wool, and ...

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Cheryl A. Moss is a passionate advocate for animals and the host of the Better Life for Animals Podcast — a show that shines a light on the people and sanctuaries changing the world for animals, one story at a time. Cheryl’s work is rooted in compassion, education, and action. Through her 501(c)(3) nonprofit, Better Life for Animals, she supports ...

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There are some people who radiate strength—not the loud, performative kind—the kind that’s built through compassion, purpose, and perseverance. Dr. Daphne Bascom is one of those people. She’s a physician, community health and wellness advocate, and IFBB Bikini and Figure Professional who embraced fitness at 40—and saw her best performance on stage and in the gym after switching to a ...

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Millions of people see themselves as “conflicted omnivores.” They care about animals and the planet, yet still eat them—justifying it with stories about sustainability, free-range farming, or humane meat. Professor of Philosophy at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, John Sanbonmatsu calls this out for what it is: Deception. In his book The Omnivore’s Deception, he argues that killing animals for food is ...

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Friends, the energy in todays show is joyfully contagious! Sunny Satva is a climate activist, vegan cookbook author, and passionate plant-based educator. With a background as an engineer, a former nonprofit fundraiser, and co-founder of Kenya’s first vegan restaurant, she brings a rare mix of heart and strategy to the fight for a more sustainable food system. From her love ...

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Gary Yourofsky is back and needs no introduction—and yet, there are a few things I want to share. This conversation is raw and open, a glimpse into the mind and heart of a man who has arguably had the greatest positive impact of any animal rights activist, not only through his direct work—also through the countless activists he’s inspired. To ...

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Today I’m joined by Dr. Sharon Bergquist—a Yale and Harvard-trained internal medicine physician and scientist, with nearly three decades of experience working at the forefront of preventive care, healthy aging and lifestyle medicine. Her new book, The Stress Paradox, completely changed the way I think about stress—and I can honestly say our conversation is one of the most eye-opening I’ve ...

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