Welcome back to another episode of the Plant Based News podcast! This week I’m joined by Lou Hamilton, an author, artist, and creative director. Lou is the owner of a podcast guest agency, and she’s well-versed in the power of podcasts in raising awareness and spreading important messages.

She also hosts her own podcast, named Brave New Girl, which brings together mission-driven leaders who are focused on the health and wellbeing of people and the planet.

Follow Lou on Instagram here - https://www.instagram.com/brave_newgirl/

00:00:00 An introduction to Lou Hamilton

00:03:10 Beginning the vegan journey

00:06:43 Childhood food

00:10:15 Brave New Girl podcast

00:16:00 Making social media a positive and inspiring place

00:24:30 Artificial Intelligence and Chat GPT

00:32:30 Finding your calm space & connecting with the Earth

00:40:32 Equality & powerful women in business

00:47:25 Greta Thunberg & Andrew Tate

00:49:45 Inspiring and educating men about feminism

00:56:15 The Venus Project - a platform for change

01:06:25 2040 Documentary

01:09:45 Nichiren Buddhism

01:19:54 Stranded on a desert island

Welcome back to another episode of the Plant Based News podcast. I am joined today by renowned American author, teacher, and vegan educator Camille DeAngelis, best known for her acclaimed novel "Bones and All”.

Originally from New Jersey and currently based in Washington, DC, Camille considers herself a writer for all ages. Her previous work includes novels, practical philosophy, and the Moon Guide to Ireland, which she regularly updates. She is the author of two books of nonfiction: Life Without Envy: Ego Management for Creative People and A Bright Clean Mind: Veganism for Creative Transformation.

Her best known work to date – the award-winning novel “Bones and All” – was first published in 2015 and was recently turned into a film, starring Timothee Chalamet, which premiered in 2022. The novel tells the story of a young woman named Maren, who is plagued by a compulsion to eat the bones of the people she loves. The book explores themes of love, obsession, and the nature of family, as the protagonist sets out on a journey to understand her condition and find a way to live with it.

After being a longtime vegetarian, Camille became vegan in 2011. She pursued her interest in the vegan movement further and in 2013 became a certified vegan lifestyle coach and educator through Victoria Moran’s Main Street Vegan Academy.

The PBN Podcast is hosted and produced by Robbie Lockie, edited by Phil Marriott and researched and scripted by Antonia Georgieva.

Follow Camille on Instagram here - https://www.instagram.com/cometparty/

00:00:00 An introduction to Camille De Angelis

00:03:00 Discovering the vegan lifestyle

00:07:45 Volunteering at Sadhana Forest

00:13:50 The fundamental shift

00:20:50 Don’t hustle - endeavor!

00:23:00 Social media

00:25:30 Becoming a writer

00:29:28 Originality

00:31:05 Experiencing Imposter Syndrome and staying focussed

00:37:02 Bones And All and the movie adaptation

00:41:30 Time travel and science fiction

00:51:00 Camille’s proudest achievements in writing

00:53:45 Artificial intelligence

01:10:35 Stranded on a desert island

Welcome back to another episode of the Plant Based News podcast. Today I have the pleasure of being joined by a truly remarkable guest – animal rights advocate, author, and President of Mercy for Animals, Leah Garcés. Leah is a visionary leader and a passionate advocate with nearly 20 years of leadership experience in the animal protection movement, and she has achieved great strides for the movement in that time.

Currently based in Atlanta, Georgia, Leah Garcés is half Colombian and half American and has also lived in Spain, the US and the UK. In her impressive career, she spent 7 years at the World Society for the Protection of Animals, where she oversaw international campaigns in 14 countries and managed a multi-million dollar budget. This led her to launch the US chapter of Compassion in World Farming, where she spent 8 years further amplifying her efforts to reduce the suffering of animals on a massive scale.

Find out more about Mercy For Animals here - https://mercyforanimals.org/

The PBN Podcast is hosted and produced by Robbie Lockie, edited by Phil Marriott and researched and scripted by Antonia Georgieva.

00:00:00 An introduction to Leah Garcés

00:04:05 An update on the Mercy For Animals organisation

00:05:55 Horrific Egg-Farm footage of chickens trapped in feces [clip]

00:07:00 The challenges that Mercy For Animals faces

00:11:40 Measuring the impact of the work that Leah and her team are doing

00:13:55 ‘Shining A Light on Bright’ by Leah Garcés - performed by Michelle Lauria [clip]

00:15:00 Deciding on where the campaign energy goes

00:22:05 The life of chickens on factory farms [clip]

00:24:00 Why are politicians blind to the destruction caused by animal agriculture?

00:34:20 The human cost of factory farming

00:35:00 Leah’s forthcoming book Transfarmation

00:38:42 The progress of the Transfarmation project

00:42:20 Inspiring young people

00:47:20 How people can involved with the movement

This week I’m excited to welcome to the show a very exciting guest - animal, climate, and human rights activist and founder of APEX Advocacy Christopher “Soul” Eubanks.

After discovering the horrors of animal exploitation, Soul became vegan, began doing community organising, and helped co-organise Atlanta’s first-ever animal rights march.

In 2021 Soul founded APEX Advocacy, a non-profit animal rights organisation that uses digital content creation and grassroots activism for animal advocacy. APEX Advocacy aims to increase the number of BIPOC individuals who participate in animal activism by empowering their activism, providing them professional and personal development, and building greater equity in the animal protection movement.

Find out more about Christopher and APEX Advocacy here - https://www.apexadvocacy.org/

The PBN Podcast is hosted and produced by Robbie Lockie, edited by Phil Marriott and researched and scripted by Antonia Georgieva.

Welcome back to another episode of the Plant Based News podcast, where we discuss the latest innovations and the remarkable stories of the people who are changing the vegan world. Joining me today is Darko Mandich, CEO and Co-Founder of MeliBio - an award-winning food technology company based in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Darko is an impact entrepreneur who is passionate about changing the way we produce and consume food in order to sustainably feed 10 billion people with nutritious foods while protecting the planet’s keystone species – the wild and native bees.

Find out more about Melibio Foods here - https://www.melibio.com/

The PBN Podcast is hosted and produced by Robbie Lockie, edited by Phil Marriott and researched and scripted by Antonia Georgieva.

00:00:00 An introduction to Darko Mandich

00:02:18 CLIP: Saving The Bees (Flipbird Films interview)

00:04:00 The beginning of Darko’s vegan journey

00:07:37 CLIP: Game Changers Documentary

00:09:20 Deciding to work in the food industry

00:14:10 The inner world of the bee kingdom

00:17:50 CLIP: Saving The Bees (Flipbird Films interview)

00:19:07 The environmental impact of the honey industry

00:25:20 Why is the honey industry cruel?

00:31:10 What is honey?

00:39:20 The threat to bees caused by pesticides

00:43:10 Mellody: The world’s first plant-based honey

00:50:50 How will Darko get his product to millions of people?

00:57:00 Stranded on a desert island

Welcome back to another episode of the Plant Based News podcast! Today I am joined by David Bucca, founder and CEO of food-tech startup Change Foods - a precision fermentation tech company creating animal-free dairy products.

David is a passionate food industry professional with expertise in alternative proteins. With close to a decade of experience in food innovation, David has been at the forefront of creating sustainable, ethical, and healthier alternatives to animal-based foods.

David was motivated to launch Change Foods after becoming vegan overnight in 2017. Change Foods is at the forefront of using precision fermentation to create animal-free dairy products that taste and perform just like traditional dairy, without any of the negative environmental impacts. David's work at Change Foods has been recognized globally, and the company has been named one of the top food-tech startups to watch by Forbes.

Follow David on Instagram here - https://www.instagram.com/davidbucca

The PBN Podcast is hosted and produced by Robbie Lockie, edited by Phil Marriott and researched and scripted by Antonia Georgieva.

00:00:00 An introduction to David Bucca

00:03:05 Discovering the plant-based lifestyle

00:06:13 Making the transition from Aerospace to food

00:10:30 Change Foods / Precision Fermentation

00:16:23 The difference between plant-based cheese and a cheese made with Precision Fermentation

00:23:30 Consumer awareness

00:29:00 Milked documentary clip

00:30:00 Is Precision Fermentation cheese healthier than dairy cheese?

00:37:51 Is Precision Fermentation vegan?

00:45:00 Advice for entrepreneurs

00:49:40 What happens to cows in the dairy industry

00:52:55 Stranded on a desert island

Welcome back to another episode of the PBN podcast!

Today we have Philip Lymbery Global Chief Executive of animal welfare charity 'Compassion in World Farming'.

Philip is an ornithologist, photographer, dedicated animal advocate and award-winning author who has been leading Compassion for more than a decade. His critically acclaimed books, Farmageddon: The true cost of cheap meat, and Dead Zone: where the wild things were, were the first mainstream books to show factory farming as a major driver of wildlife declines and at the heart of what needs to change to stave off the climate, nature and pandemic emergencies now facing humanity. His third book, Sixty Harvests Left: How to reach a nature-friendly future, will be published by Bloomsbury in August 2022.

Find out more about Compassion in World Farming here - https://www.ciwf.org.uk/

The PBN Podcast is hosted and produced by Robbie Lockie, edited by Phil Marriott and researched and scripted by Antonia Georgieva.

00:00:00 An introduction to Philip Lymbery

00:03:45 The beginning of Philip’s vegan story

00:07:35 Compassion in World Farming - a history of the world's leading farm animal welfare organisation campaigning to end factory farming and stop farm animal suffering

00:19:09 Feeling frustrations

00:24:35 Sixty Harvests Left - Philip’s latest book

00:29:30 The best ways that advocates should be using their time to awaken the minds of the masses

00:35:00 Regenerative Agriculture

00:44:30 A vision of the future: what does it look like for our planet?

00:49:26 Government action

00:58:50 Netflix documentary My Octopus Teacher

01:00:00 What’s happening with the advent of octopus farming

01:04:00 Campaigns that CIWF are running, plus other successes

01:06:36 Stranded on a desert island

Welcome back to another episode of the Plant Based News Podcast! I am joined today by a remarkable young person, Tabay Atkins, who is known for his work as a vegan chef, philanthropist, plant-based advocate, and America’s youngest yoga teacher.

Tabay discovered his passion for yoga after witnessing his mum’s battle with cancer and the positive effects that yoga practice had in her recovery. He became the youngest certified yoga teacher at age 11 and later went on to complete 500-hour Vinyasa certification yoga teacher at age 14. His incredible journey has led him to work on campaigns with big brands such as Nike. He is passionate about sharing his practice of yoga, vegan cooking, and healthy living and using his platform for social change and giving back to his community.

Putting his money where his mouth is, in 2022 at only 16 years old, Tabay launched his own business, Tabay’s Mindful Kitchen – a vegan food truck in Orange County, California. Acknowledging the roots and what catapulted him on this journey, he donates his earnings from his successful ventures to help cancer patients.

The PBN Podcast is hosted and produced by Robbie Lockie, edited by Phil Marriott and researched and scripted by Antonia Georgieva.

00:00:00 An introduction to Tabay Atkins

00:11:02 12 year-old Tabay’s Harry Connick Jr TV appearance (2017)

00:13:20 The interconnecting ideas between veganism and Ahimsa - the yoga practice

00:16:50 Why do some people practice the non-harming yoga practice Ahimsa but still eat animals?

00:23:41 Living by the mantra: “Think good thoughts, speak kind words, feel love, be love, give love”

00:27:38 Working with sports brand Nike

00:30:35 The lack of support for young people and their aspirations

00:36:20 The importance of nutrition

00:44:10 Tabay’s Mindful Kitchen

00:48:55 Tabay’s relationship with food

00:53:20 The power of celebrity

00:55:20 Advice for those who are overwhelmed by modern life

01:02:00 LEGO is a form of therapy

01:04:00 Stranded on a desert island

It is my pleasure to welcome you back to another episode of the Plant Based News podcast. Joining me this time we have Baltimore-based vegan advocate, content creator, and spiritual wellness coach Jamila Anahata, best known for her platform The Soulful Veganista.

Jamila is passionate about empowering people with her work, particularly those experiencing marginalization, helping them live more authentically. She often covers topics like self-empowerment, spirituality and living authentically.

Find out more about Jamila here - https://www.thesoulfulveganista.com/

The PBN Podcast is hosted and produced by Robbie Lockie, edited by Phil Marriott and researched and scripted by Antonia Georgieva.

00:00:00 Introduction to Jamila Anahata

00:02:30 Beginning the vegan journey

00:04:42 Earthlings

00:07:00 The food culture of Jamila’s childhood

00:12:00 Racial inequality within the food system and how it directly correlates to the rate at which people of colour suffer from disproportionately higher rates of chronic disease.

00:15:04 Living in a society which is dominated by a capitalist food system

00:21:10 The power of Spirituality

00:27:55 The importance of community

00:35:19 How veganism is perceived within the black community

00:43:55 Generational trauma

00:48:00 The transformative power of creating content online

00:50:10 What does the future look like for Jamila Anahata?

00:52:50 Advice for people wanting to believe in themselves

00:56:04 Stranded on a desert island

Welcome back to another episode of the Plant Based News podcast! Today we are delving deeper into the rise of the vegan fashion industry, as I am joined by fashion designer and activist Sarah Regensburger.

Sarah Regensburger launched her namesake sustainable vegan fashion brand in 2018 to platform a vision of creativity with no boundaries, made for rebels with a cause. The Sarah Regensburger collections stand for unapologetic individuality, diversity, and a more sustainable future.

The PBN Podcast is hosted and produced by Robbie Lockie, edited by Phil Marriott and researched and scripted by Antonia Georgieva.

00:00:00 An introduction to Sarah Regensburger

00:02:30 Discovering the vegan lifestyle

00:05:20 Starting out in fashion

00:08:00 Experiences within the fashion industry

00:09:25 Paris Fashion Week

00:13:45 The Power of Fashion with Maria Raveendran - Ted Talk

00:16:30 Fashion is a feeling

00:18:44 Joshua Katcher on the fur industry

00:20:40 The use of animals in fashion: what are the alternatives?

00:24:48 Slay - the documentary

00:28:46 Sarah Regensburger’s fashion brand

00:32:15 The inspirations behind Sarah’s collections

00:34:10 Cultural identity and how fashion represents a lifestyle

00:38:00 Fast fashion / Fashion on a budget

00:41:00 Celebrity representing sustainable fashion

00:42:20 Lady Gaga on the meat dress (British Vogue)

00:48:20 Future plans

00:49:40 Stranded on a desert island