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TONI OKAMOTO is the founder of the very popular website Plant Based on a Budget, which offers a food blog, meal plans, and useful tips on how to save money. She’s also the author of The Super Easy Vegan Slow Cooker Cookbook, and the co-author of The Friendly Vegan Cookbook. Her newest book Plant Based on a Budget was just released this year!

Toni's website, Plant Based on a Budget
Toni's newest book, Plant Based on a Budget


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News of the Day
Excuse of the Day: Farmers will lose their livelihood!

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Government subsidies to animal agriculture are unjustified and unfair.  Jenny Henry is an animal rights activists and the visionary behind Nation Rising - an organization whose aim is to create an agricultural revolution for the people, the planet, and the animals.

Nation Rising
Nation Rising Facebook page
Nation Rising Event page
Lobbying documents: (What to bring to meet your politician)

Wrap up
News of the Day Guest starring Ryan Phillips!
Excuse of the Day: Humans are morally superior tho!

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Gaia's Eye is a rapper, singer and video creator who's music, comedy and political videos have reached an audience of over 5 million people worldwide.  He's also working to mobilize the global vegan community as a force in world politics with a focus in the American and Canadian vegan communities.

Gaia is I Youtube channel here
Gaia is I Instagram page here

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News of the Day
Excuse of the Day: Vegan meat is made to taste like real meat tho!

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Ren Hurst is a former professional horse trainer and hoof care specialist with twenty years experience in the industry.  After a profound shift in awareness, she left her successful career to speak up for animals and spread awareness about the rampant exploitation present not only in our relationship to horses, but to all domesticated animals.  

Patreon.com/rendermewild

Facebook.com/rendermewild 

RenderMeWild.com <——currently just a few blogs

Ren's first book here

Wrap up
News of the Day
Excuse of the Day: Right and wrong are subjective

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Amanda Houdeschell is language specialist and undergraduate student in nonprofit administration and philosophy at Cleveland State University, where she also works as a campus rep for PETA. Amanda is co-founder of Species Revolution, an organization focused on educating the public about speciesism, and provides resources to challenge one’s role in upholding human supremacy.

Links recommended by Amanda:
The most valuable resource for learning about anti-speciesist language

Species Revolution

Some background on the science of language influencing our perceptions

A nod to Christopher Sebastian 


News of the Day
Excuse of the Day: Veganism made me sick!

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Dr. Will Tuttle is a 39-year vegan and author of the #1 Amazon best-selling book The World Peace Diet, which has been called one of the most important books of the 21st century, and has been published in 16 languages. It provides the foundation of a more conscious society based on understanding the consequences of animal agriculture. Anyone wishing to understand the big picture of our culture and why we have the unyielding dilemmas we face, and how we can solve them, will be fascinated by these provocative, challenging, and ultimately inspiring ideas.

Dr. Tuttle is a former Zen monk and Dharma Master in the Zen tradition, and obtained his Ph.D. degree from the University of California, Berkeley, focused on
educating intuition and altruism in adults.

Dr. Tuttles' websites:
http://worldpeacediet.com
www.circleofcompassion.org
http://willtuttle.com

News of the Day
Excuse of the Day: Veganism is a cult!

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The very funny and philosophical Nichole and Callie from the Vegan Warrior Princesses Attack podcast join Kevin and Ben to discuss all types of oppression, including the inherent exploitation of capitalism, intersectionality, feminism, and how we can all achieve an oppressive free and vegan world.
http://veganwarriorprincessesattack.com/

News of the Day
Excuse of the Day: My doctor told me I have to eat animal products

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Rob Laidlaw is the founder and Executive Director of the international wildlife protection charity Zoocheck. Throughout the past 40 years his work has involved hundreds of investigative initiatives, legislative campaigns, public awareness programs, animal rescues and numerous litigations, in Canada and elsewhere around the world. His current area of focus is the exotic pet trade and in making the animal protection movement in Canada more effective.

He is also the award winning author of 10 children's books about wildlife and animal welfare issues. Check them out here

News of the Day
Excuse of the Day: Animals want to be in that situation

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Johanna Elizabeth is an organizer with the international animal rights network Direct Action Everywhere (DXE). Johanna is also the founder of the Toronto Animal Liberation Conference. She is a Level 1 Kingian Nonviolence trainer and has a background in instructional design and event planning.

This is the “40 year plan” to which Johanna refers

Direct Action Everywhere
Animal Liberation Toronto Conference 

3.5% and the success of nonviolent civil resistance: Erica Chenoweth

Excuse of the Day: What about abortion tho!

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Dr. Julie Chan is 

• a plant-based Naturopathic Doctor, 
• a Registered Acupuncturist, 
• the Founder of Liberty Wellness Clinic located in Markham, Ontario 
• the founder of a nonprofit organization called Peace Fur Paws 
• and the Toronto leader of Animals Asia.

Website: www.libertywellness.ca and www.peacefurpaws.org
Follow on IG @drjuliechan

News of the Day
Excuse of the Day: My muscles are bigger than yours!

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