The PBN Podcast

This week's guest is Prince Khaled bin Alwaleed, a Saudi investor, and the son of Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, the billionaire investor and chairman of Kingdom Holding. In 2017 Khaled invested in Plant Based News, and he is now a co-owner.

Khaled’s work sees him investing in companies that are creating alternative proteins both plant-based and cultivated.

In this weeks episode we discussed:

02:45 Discovering the vegan lifestyle

11:39 Religion and spirituality

16:12 Preaching compassion and peace when violence towards animals exists

20:31 Growing up in Riyadh and being part of the royal family in Saudi

24:20 Suffering a crushed skull and paralysis in a jet ski accident in St Tropez

29:35 Returning to the US to study Business and Economics

25:00 The joys of living in America without experiencing prejudice

32:30 Making sense of the world when consuming conflicting information in the media

33:42 The Social Dilemma

36:25 Founding the KBW Investments and KBW Ventures businesses

37:32 Dealing with people taking advantage of generosity

37:40 Learning valuable lessons in business

41:15 Exciting business projects: Beyond Meat, Geltor

44:32 The availability of cultured meats

48:52 Changing the way of communicating about veganism

51:16 Advice for business owners in fear of what the future holds during the pandemic

55:06 The key to staying positive in a challenging world

01:00:17 Stranded on a desert island

Presented by Robbie Lockie | Edited by Phil Marriott

Find out about Prince Khaled's business ventures – https://kbw-ventures.com/

Visit his personal page - https://khaledbinalwaleed.com/

This week's guest is a researcher (agricultural economics) and food economist for the global animal rights powerhouse Mercy For Animals, his role focuses on managing the Transfarmation Project .

The Transfarmation Project offers an avenue for farmers to participate in this rebuilding, to become a part of the solution and leave the problem behind.

Their mission is to support farmers in transitioning out of animal agriculture and into growing crops used for plant-based products.

The result: a better future for farmers and their families, for consumers, for animals, and for the planet.

The transFARMation project is one of the most important campaigns of our time.

In this week's episode we discussed:

2:00: Discovering the vegan lifestyle

5:52: Childhood relationship with food and animals

9:45: Adapting to difference in culture from India to the U.S

14:00: Religion, Spiritualism and animal rights

15:15: India, Dairy and factory farming

19:30: Can we ethically farm animals?

23:30: Transfarmation, helping farmers transition to Plant Based Agriculture

31:55: Can animal farmers escape animal agriculture?

36:00: The work of Transfarmation, Goals and successes

40:00: Are animal farmers just a product of the system?

42:20: Our relationship with profit in the plant based food system

43:50: Should we boycott the likes of Oatly for scaling up?

47:25: Can farmers increase profit switching from animal agriculture to arable farming?

52:12: Plausibility of creating a tool for profit projection of transition to arable farming?

57:00: Do farmers love animals?

59:25: Stranded on a desert island

Find out more about Rashmits work at https://thetransfarmationproject.org/#about

And https://www.linkedin.com/in/rashmitarora/

Presented by Robbie Lockie | Edited by Phil Marriott

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Hi Plant Friends and welcome to another episode of the PBN podcast. This week we meet Mr. Loui Blake. He is a serial entrepreneur with a multitude of incredible vegan businesses under his belt.

This week's episode is presented by Robbie Lockie and edited and produced by Phil Marriott.

In this weeks episode:

2:32: Discovering the vegan lifestyle

6:00: Journey into Entrepreneurship

8:55: What influenced you to start your own business?

11:15: Importance of self purpose and worth

17:40: Effects of social media

19:25: Risk of living in an Echochamber

21:55: Should we step on others to climb the ladder of success?

27:20: What effect has Covid19 had on you and your businesses?

32:30: Tips on how to approach Investment in business

35:38: Weighing up the balance of control vs investment in business

37:50: Experience of Gender diversity within business

41:15: What men can do to support women within business

42:20: Importance of downtime and avoidance of burnout

45:40: Love for and potential involvement in fashion industry

47:33: Stranded on a desert island

You can find out more about Loui here https://www.louiblake.com/about

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Devoted animal rights activist, journalist, and campaigner Jane Velez Mitchell is the latest to feature on the PBN podcast.

This podcast covers subjects including:

4:58: Discovering the vegan lifestyle

10:53: Relationship with food during childhood

14:52: Coming out story (parents political stance) / AR marches

17:15: Journey into broadcasting and media

18:40: Wanting to change the world (Social justice movement)

23:21: Are humans naturally compassionate? Or is it learnt?

27:02 Are we a product of our environment?

31:06: Can humanity stop consuming animal products?

35:41: Is it a bad thing for Humans to become extinct?

41:04: Covid is an opportunity for veganism to grow

43:32: Is caring for animals/environment assigned to a certain political side?

46:20: History of Jane Unchained

50:32: Using Facebook live to spread the message

52:30: New day, new chef on Amazon Prime

55:26: Is there a more effective form of activism?

1:01:10: Vegan sanctuaries and the work they do

1:09:30: Infighting and critics to veganism

1:18:35: The future of Jane Unchained

1:20:40: Stranded on a desert island

Find out more about Plant Based Neighbour https://plantbasedneighbor.com

You can follow Jane's work here https://janeunchained.com

This podcast is supported by betterhelp. https://betterhelp.com/PBN *

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Presented by Robbie Lockie | Edited & produced by Phil Marriott

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Serial entrepreneur and angel investor Charles Michael Yim is the latest to feature on the Plant Based News podcast.

The tech CEO sits down with PBN's Co-Founder Robbie Lockie to discuss his flexitarian diet, whether Lightlife's hit at Impossible Foods was fair, and the biggest mistakes entrepreneurs make.

This podcast covers subjects including:

3.10: Charles' story towards plant-based food

6.11: The explosion of vegan food

9.10: Can our business model shift 'for good'?

13.30: Lightlife's hit at Beyond Meat and Impossible Foods

20.14: Are plant-based foods carcinogenic? Should they be labelled as such?

22.30: The biggest mistakes entrepreneurs make

26.47: Speaking to investors

29.26: Vegan companies on the stock market

31.00: Oatly's controversy

34.30: ABC's 'Shark Tank'

45.18: Charles' vegan investments amid COVID-19

53.11: VitaBowl

54.04: Vegan women in business

58.07: How to avoid burning out

1.00.30: Stranded on a desert island

This podcast is supported by Vegan Women Summit (VWS): https://plnt.news/2IZ2

Presented by Robbie Lockie | Edited by Phil Marriott

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Borough President of Brooklyn, New York City, Eric Adams is the latest to feature on the Plant Based News podcast.

The former police officer, who is also the author of Healthy at Last, sits down with PBN's Co-founder Robbie Lockie to discuss how he reversed his diabetes on a whole-food plant-based diet.

The pair also talk about how the downfalls of private healthcare, factory farming, and some of Adams' biggest successes as Senator.

This podcast covers subjects including:

3.55: Adams' journey into plant-based living

6.52: Should politicians lead by example?

12.18: Private healthcare and dietary changes

15.05: Facilitating change in society and government

21.33: Factory farming

23.36: Adams' proudest campaigns

27.50: Stranded on a desert island

Presented by Robbie Lockie | Edited by Phil Marriott

This podcast is supported by the Brain Breakthroughs Masterclass: https://plnt.news/2DOu

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Prominent LGBTQ+ advocate Barrett Pall is the latest to feature on the Plant Based News Podcast.

The life coach and vegan advocate sits down with PBN's co-founder Robbie Lockie to discuss his vegan journey, being part of the LGBQ+ community and navigating life in a world obsessed with social media.

This podcast covers subjects including:

1.45: Discovering the vegan lifestyle

3.50: Growing up in Long Island

5.47: Religion, spirituality, and veganism

11.00: Barrett's relationship with food growing up

15.05: Junk food culture in America

22.40: Competitive sports

28.17: How has social media changed society?

36.43: 'The Great Hack'

44.35: Being part of the LGBTQ+ community and the root of homophobia

1.02.56: Stranded on a desert island

Presented by Robbie Lockie | Edited by Phil Marriott

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Author of The Plantain Cookbook Tomi Makanjuola, aka The Vegan Nigerian, is the latest to feature on the Plant Based News Podcast.

Makanjuola sits down with PBN's co-founder Robbie Lockie to discuss her vegan story, how coronavirus can impact mental health, racism in the U.K, and much more.

This podcast covers subjects including:

1.42: Tomi's vegan story

4.36: Food Culture in Lagos, Nigeria

6.53: Nigerian food

10.30: Moving to the U.K

13.13: Plant-based diets in traditional Nigerian cuisine

21.20: Veganism as a 'white privilege'

29.39: Tomi's events

33.00: COVID-19

38.14: The plantain cookbook

40.42: Tomi's identity

45.20: Challenges as a black woman in the U.K

53.33: Looking after your mental health

55.00: Stranded on a desert island

Tomi's website: https://www.vegannigerian.com/p/about-me.html

The Plantain Cookbook: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1729106196/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_9bQoFbCB0M41H

Presented by Robbie Lockie | Edited by Phil Marriott

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Music producer and vegan influencer Ryan Lum is the latest to feature on the Plant Based News Podcast.

Lum, who is the co-founder of Happy Healthy Vegan, sits down with PBN's Robbie Lockie to discuss why he went vegan, the highs and lows of vegan YouTube, and what the world will be like post-COVID-19.

Thus podcast covers subjects including:

5.25: Ryan's vegan story

10.15: Food culture during Ryan's childhood

13.14: Meeting Angie and starting YouTube

17.12: Highs and lows of vegan YouTube

25.30: Ryan's favorite YouTube videos

32.20: Fighting disinformation

40.30: High-carb veganism

51.55: Attitudes towards meat post COVID-19

56.14: Getting involved in politics

1.08.15: Black Lives Matter

1.17.30: Stranded on a desert island.

This podcast is sponsored by Species Unite: plnt.news/species-unite

Presented by Robbie Lockie | Edited by Phil Marriott

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Award-winning photographer, author, and educator Jo-Anne McArthur is the latest to feature on the Plant Based News Podcast.

The Canadian based advocate sits down with PBN's co-founder Robbie Lockie to discuss the first moment she picked up a camera, her journey to veganism, and her latest book 'Hidden'.

This podcast covers topics including:

3.23: Jo-Anne's vegan story

7.18: Food culture in Jo-Anne's childhood

16.50: Becoming a photographer

20.40: 'Individualizing' animals in photography

26.27: 'We Animals'

32.10: Getting into investigative photojournalism

38.00: Coping with witnessing suffering

40.34: The Unbound Project

43.20: Patriarchy and animal advocacy

47.56: 'Hidden'

51.55: Jo-Anne's future work

55.12: Stranded on a desert island

Pre-order 'Hidden': https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/hidden-animals-in-the-anthropocene-by-we-animals?secret_perk_token=98b5031d#/

Robbie's comment: https://www.instagram.com/p/CCc6sZNnMvU/

Buy 'We Animals': https://amzn.to/2C25V4V

This podcast is sponsored by Species Unite: plnt.news/species-unite

Presented by Robbie Lockie | Edited by Phil Marriott

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