I'm back from Iceland, fam! This week a new PETA video series called PETA Reveals has gone live, and one video is about me and my journey in college through The Vagina Monologues, The Sexual Politics of Meat, and to becoming vegan. I share my vegan story - listen and learn about the connection! 

Also, Los Angeles banned fur, Berkeley, CA is requiring all city events on Mondays to be completely vegan, and Del Taco is now serving vegan meat!!!!

Keep an eye out for a bonus episode this week (The Vegan Next Door Goes Abroad) about my travels in detail about Iceland with a travel-guide doc to accompany it! There was so much vegan food there, and the sights and hikes were truly incredible. Future special travel episodes with travel guides will be monthly and only available to patrons of the show. If you'd like to receive these are other exclusive content and opportunities, please consider supporting the show by signing up as a patron at Patreon. Check it out here: https://www.patreon.com/thevegannextdoorpodcast to support me and receive exclusive content! Special thank you for my patrons Mary, Ande, Raphael, Tammy, Adam, Jacqueline, James, and The Unexpected Podcast hosts Ezra and Lane!

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Join me this week as I interview the creator of The Vegan Disneyland Instagram account and blog where we talk about how to be vegan at Disneyland, Universal Studios and other theme parks. Lily shares how she went vegan, how much she loves Disney and explains the Disney Fan culture to me, and whoa, we were both raised as military kids! She also shares some tips on how to take your instagram account to the next level aesthetically.

Also I got a vegan Pumpkin Spice Latte hack at Starbucks for ya, and apparently there is now vegan cream cheese at Einstein Bagel Co! PLUS I'm going to Iceland in a couple of weeks - got any recommendations for our trip? 

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Join me this week as I interview a vegan lady who is now working for herself as a content marketing strategist after a career at marketing firms and at PETA. She discusses how your ethics can take you on a path you never imagined and YES you can have it all! a job without losing your passion and your values! How!? Tune in to find out!

I also talk about how according to a new poll, most americans want an alternative from our current animal agriculture system AND an all vegan football (soccer) team in the UK!!?? Whaaa!?

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Sooooo my boyfriend became vegan after our second date was him coming to see me speak at the Animal Rights Conference and I get a lot of questions about it - so I brought him on the show today to talk about how we met, his transition to veganism, and what's it like to be a vegan firefighter and paramedic. Let's talk dating and get advice on how to make your man (or female partner or gender-non-conforming partner) vegan! The first of many future interviews with special guests! 

Also in the news, over 300 Dairy farms have shut down in Wisconsin this last year, our US meat stockpiles are at a record high because people aren't buying meat anymore, and the tofu, tempeh and nutritional yeast industries are on the rise! 

ALSO my Patreon account is live!! Check it out here: https://www.patreon.com/thevegannextdoorpodcast to support me and receive exclusive content! 

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I'M BACK AND I MISSED YOU! Summer is peaking right now so let's talk the ubiquitous summer cookout/BBQ - hot dogs have pig anuses in them and cause cancer, so don't worry I have some much better alternatives for you and the squad. Also, did you know some beer isn't vegan!? 

Finally returned from LA where I organized a vegan summer camp and went to the National Animal Rights Conference, had a vacation in San Diego and started Yoga Teacher Training! 

ALSO my Patreon account is live!! Check it out here: https://www.patreon.com/thevegannextdoorpodcast to support me and receive exclusive content! 

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Recorded from a beach house in NC this week, join me for a beer and let's discuss how cool fish are and how they feel pain, as do crabs and lobsters so let's not eat them, okay!? Also they carry contaminants, plastic, saturated fat and cholesterol. Thanks to one of my Patrons for this subject suggestion, who told me to "lay it on her" why she should give up fish and go full vegan! 

 I am prepping to return to LA to run a vegan summer camp and go to the National Animal Rights Conference in a couple of weeks! 

ALSO my Patreon account is live!! Check it out here: https://www.patreon.com/thevegannextdoorpodcast to support me and receive exclusive content! 

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This week we do things a little differently because I have been hustlin for animals this week by traveling to and from LA to share my vegan story with PETA at the Youtube Space in LA, went to The Gentle Barn, Universal Studios Hollywood, had to buy vegan makeup at Walgreens because the airlines lost my bag, AND I already am prepping to return to LA to run a vegan summer camp and go to the National Animal Rights Conference in a couple of weeks! Whaaa? a vegan summer camp and a conference, you say!? Listen and learn! 

ALSO my Patreon account is live!! Check it out here: https://www.patreon.com/thevegannextdoorpodcast to support me and receive exclusive content! 

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This week we discuss VEGAN CAMPING - all of the best campsite recipes, vegan s'mores, and my reviews and recommendations for camping gear, in addition to me gushing about how much I love National Parks.

PLUS - Missouri legislators don't want vegan meat to be called "meat". That means that more and more people are buying vegan meat, and the meat industy is getting scared! But what does the word meat actually me? only dead animal flesh? NOPE. Listen to find out, and let me know what you think! 

I also discuss upcoming opportunites to be a patron of the podcast and receive exclusive content and more opportunities to connect with your friendly neighborhood vegan! read: SWAG

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Hello and welcome to the second episode of The Vegan Next Door Podcast! Today I dive into another list I compiled just for you - top 15 dishes to veganize at any local restaurant/chain restaurant inlcuding Panera, Starbucks, Taco Bell, TGI Friday's, and vegan dishes at Indian food places, Chinese food places, etc - basically helping you be able to go out AND order a vegan meal pretty much anywhere. Making these small changes will be SO easy and put you on your way to veganism before you know it! 

We also discuss some vegan news (new vegan food at White Castle, Impossible Burger CONTROVERSY), and what several future episodes will be about: my vegan trip to asheville and The Great Smoky Mountain National Park, my upcoming trips to Los Angeles and San Diego, interviews, veganism and religion, vegan recipes, vegan food to have on hand at all times to throw stuff together, and how I lost 30 pounds on a vegan diet in the last year. SO MUCH TO TALK ABOUT, FRIENDS!

I also discuss upcoming opportunites to be a patron of the podcast and receive exclusive content and more opportunities to connect with your friendly neighborhood vegan! read: SWAG

Thank you for listening and be sure to follow me on instagram @TheVeganNextDoorCast, like my Facebook Page The Vegan Next Door and join the Facebook Group, The Vegan Next Door Group! Please subscribe, rate and review me on itunes!!! 

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Hello and welcome to the second episode of The Vegan Next Door Podcast! Today I dive into a list I compiled just for you - top 15 foods you can find at your local grocery store that taste exactly like animal products that you need to buy ASAP. Making these small changes will be SO easy and put you on your way to veganism before you know it! 

Then we discuss some vegan news (new vegan food at Starbucks and Ben and Jerry's, oh my!), and what several future episodes will be about: my vegan trip to asheville and The Great Smoky Mountain National Park, my upcoming trips to Los Angeles and San Diego, interviews, veganism and religion, vegan recipes, vegan food to have on hand at all times to throw stuff together, and how I lost 30 pounds on a vegan diet in the last year. SO MUCH TO TALK ABOUT, FRIENDS!

I also discuss upcoming opportunites to be a patron of the podcast and receive exclusive content and more opportunities to connect with your friendly neighborhood vegan! read: SWAG

Thank you for listening and be sure to follow me on instagram @TheVeganNextDoorCast, like my Facebook Page The Vegan Next Door and join the Facebook Group, The Vegan Next Door Group! Please subscribe, rate and review me on itunes!!! 

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