The V Podcast

During this talk I had the pleasure to interview Seb Alex @seb.alex : animal rights activist and author of the free ebook "When animal rights and logic meet" (Download it here www.sebalex.org/ebook).

Seb's goal is to inspire people to challenge their stance towards animals rights and involve all animals in their circle of moral consideration.

In this episode we talked about veganism and philosophy, nature and how it should affect our behaviour, stereotypes, mental health, morality, the straw man fallacy and that's not all.

You can find Seb on instagram at @seb.alex or at www.sebalex.org

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In today's episode Andrea Aronica had the chance to talk with Rob Trounce, marketing director for Purezza (@purezza).

Founded by Tim Barclay, Stefania Evangelisti and Filippo Rosato, Purezza first opened its doors in Brighton in 2015, making it the first vegan pizzeria in the UK. Since then, Purezza has honed its craft, spending years in a food laboratory creating a plant-based mozzarella that tastes and melts just like dairy.

It’s a love letter to Italian cuisine, but also explores how we can modernise Italian food for a more sustainable, compassionate, and healthy future by using plant-based ingredients.

Along this journey with Rob we got to understand where the name Purezza comes from, how everything started, the mission and vision of the company and we talked also about the ingredients.

If you wanna know more about Purezza, check them out at @purezza or at www.purezza.co.uk 

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This Monday morning Andrea Aronica @aronicaandrea had the pleasure to interview Paul Bashir @paulbashir_av co-founder and director of anonymous for the voiceless (@anonymousforthevoiceless). 

His life’s mission is to fight against animal torture and abuse, which he sees as the biggest injustice in the world. Together with Asal, Paul formed the first Cube of Truth and established Anonymous for the Voiceless in April, 2016.

During this episode we talked about the use of the terminology animal holocaust, why some people hate AV, intersectionality, the top 3 tips for effective outreach and many more insights on AV.

You can find AV at anonymousforthevoiceless.org and Paul @paulbashir_av.

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In this episode we had the chance to talk with the co-founder of the bearded vegans podcast (@thebeardedvegans), the one and only Andy Tabar. 

Our friend Andy is an animal rights activist and proud owner of the vegan clothing line compassion company (@compassionco). Paul and Andy have a goal: to examine the ethical grey areas of trying to live an ethical life.

During this interview we had the chance to understand why a vegan podcast is a great form of activism, we also talked about the beginning of their journey and some tips and tricks to start your own podcast.

You can find the bearded vegans podcast on instagram at @thebeardedvegans and at thebeardedvegans.com

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In the 8th episode of The V Podcast, Andrea Aronica interviewed Christopher Eubanks, animal rights activist. He's known for organizing animal activism in the Atlanta community and he's also known for using social media to showcase his unapologetic stances toward animal rights.

The end goal of his acrivism is to make people understand the impact their choices have towards fighting for animal and collective liberation. He is also passionate about helping people understand that all things living and non living are all inter connected and are part of the shared collective of existence.

Christopher is going to tell us what collective liberation actually is and what we can do to achieve it. We'll try to understand what veganism and intersectioned liberation have in common and we'll have a quick chat about Black Lives Matter as well.

If you wanna check out Christopher's work and many resources about collective liberation you can find him on instagram at @soul_eubanks or at www.souleubanks.com 

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This week on the show we're talking to the founders of Lancaster Farm Sanctuary (@lancasterfarmsanctuary), Jonina Turzi (@joninaturzi) & Sarah Salluzzo (@ssalluzzo).

They are passionate about ending exploitation of all beings and their work focuses more specifically on ending animal exploitation.  They are also passionate about learning and growing.

In this interview Jonina and Sarah talk to Andrea about the ethical implications of running a sanctuary such as "the use" of animals to make money, the reason to rescue one animal instead of another one, the ethical dilemma of ending an animal's life (if he's suffering) and much more.

You can find them on instagram at @lancasterfarmsanctuary and at lancasterfarmsanctuary.org

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In this episode I had the chance to interview Geraldine Starke, CEO and founder of @refarm’d . 

Their goal is to help dairy farmers transition out of milk production, turn their farm into an animal sanctuary and make a living from producing fresh plant based milks. 

Geraldine comes from the hospitality industry and worked on several vegan projects like online-shop, event management company and also creating a vegan village in Portugal.  Now she is focusing on Refarm'd and being a mom to an almost 3 year old child.

She is going to tell us the whole story behind refarm'd, how the company is organized, what's the biggest issue the farmers are facing while transitioning and how she sees the future of dairy farming.

This is a really special episode and I'm sure we can all learn a lot from Geraldine.

You can find them on instagram at @refarmd_official and at en.refarmd.com

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Today's episode is all about vegan body building and it's all about John Thomas @thebodybuildingvegan. 

John is a fitness coach, vegan body builder, he has been vegan for 15 years and he’s also a business man. He's passionate about two things: helping others reach their fitness and physique based goals and proving that you can get “jacked” as a vegan bodybuilder.

During this episode he'll walk us through the physical and metal process to become a body builder, the main difference between vegan bodybuilding and conventional bodybuilding, the most significant highlight of his career and much more.

As we said before he's also a business man since he's the co-owner of a new company called W8TRAIN. They create and sell fitness equipment and apparel, you can find them on IG @w8train_official and on their website at https://w8train.com/

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