Vegan Posse

Join us for Vegan Peace, the virtual support group forvegans! Find your peace, speak your piece, and connect - and yes, vegan venting welcome.

Vegan Peace - Find your peace, speak your piece, and connect.

WHEN: SECOND TUESDAY of every month, 5:30 - 6:30 p.m. Central (3:30 p.m. Pacific, 6:30 p.m. Eastern)

WHERE:⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82407679747⁠⁠⁠⁠

Questions or comments for Posse Talk? Email [email protected]

Looking for personal coaching or vegan lifestyle coaching?Email Chrissy directly at ⁠[email protected]⁠

Help normalize veganism through the arts! Make vegan women's fiction classic, Marrying Myself, an international bestseller - grab your copy on Amazon or at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://christinemelaniebenson.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Amazon:⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.amazon.com/Marrying-Myself-Christine-Melanie-Benson/dp/1685130763/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Make it official! Become a member of the Vegan Posse: ⁠⁠⁠https://buymeacoffee.com/veganposse⁠⁠

Follow Dr. Jen Howk: https://www.jenhowk.com/

Join us for Vegan Peace, the virtual support group for vegans! Find your peace, speak your piece, and connect - and yes, vegan venting welcome.

Vegan Peace - Find your peace, speak your piece, and connect.

WHEN: SECOND TUESDAY of every month, 5:30 - 6:30 p.m. Central (3:30 p.m. Pacific, 6:30 p.m. Eastern)

WHERE:⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82407679747⁠⁠⁠⁠

Questions or comments for Posse Talk? Email [email protected]

Looking for personal coaching or vegan lifestyle coaching?Email Chrissy directly at ⁠[email protected]⁠

Help normalize veganism through the arts! Make vegan women's fiction classic, Marrying Myself, an international bestseller -grab your copy on Amazon or through website ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://christinemelaniebenson.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Amazon:⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.amazon.com/Marrying-Myself-Christine-Melanie-Benson/dp/1685130763/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Make it official! Become a member of the Vegan Posse!

⁠⁠⁠⁠https://buymeacoffee.com/veganposse⁠⁠

This week’s episode with Gail Eisnitz:

Gail A. Eisnitz, winner of the Albert Schweitzer Medal for outstanding achievement in animal welfare, is the chief investigator for the Humane Farming Association. Her work has resulted in exposés by ABC’s Good Morning America, PrimeTime Live, and Dateline NBC, and her interviews have been heard on more than 1600 radio stations. Her work has also been featured in such newspapers as The New York Times, Miami Herald, Detroit Free Press, Texas Monthly, Denver Business Journal, Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, San Francisco Chronicle, and US News & World Report.

Website: gaileisnitz.com

Out of Sight on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3NPSmcY

Humane Farming Association: https://hfa.org

Join us for Vegan Peace, the virtual support group for vegans! Find your peace, speak your piece, and connect - and yes, vegan venting welcome.

Vegan Peace - Find your peace, speak your piece, andconnect.

WHEN: SECOND TUESDAY of every month, 5:30 - 6:30 p.m. Central (3:30 p.m. Pacific, 6:30 p.m. Eastern)

WHERE:⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82407679747⁠⁠⁠⁠

Add it to your weekly calendar using this link: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/tZYpd-6uqTItHtOBDJjm77Ca2nC9IQxlOIPc/ics?icsToken=DBQOfS24Fzeo0SaIMgAALAAAAA1JPglXlsllJ0I-OmIzcrCSLd8BpcyVMiePv9dFJMG3HWkdXuPOYmBvNILLdDYyiPtdjr42aC2D2OjEADAwMDAwMQ&meetingMasterEventId=eWN4xbHGSUmLqiuUiqs4FA⁠⁠⁠

Questions or comments for Posse Talk? Email [email protected]

Looking for personal coaching or vegan lifestyle coaching? Email Chrissy directly at ⁠[email protected]⁠

Help normalize veganism through the arts! Make vegan women's fiction classic, Marrying Myself, an international bestseller - grab your copy on Amazon or through my website, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://christinemelaniebenson.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Amazon:⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.amazon.com/Marrying-Myself-Christine-Melanie-Benson/dp/1685130763/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Make it official! Become a member of the Vegan Posse:

⁠⁠⁠⁠https://buymeacoffee.com/veganposse⁠⁠

This week's guest, Jamie Jones:

Jamie Jones is the founder of Flora + Fauna Experiences, a vegan travel and event planning company based in Colorado. She has been plant-based for 30 years and is passionate about creating meaningful experiences that bring people together through animals, nature, travel, food, and compassionate living. Through Flora + Fauna, Jamie creates group trips, custom travel experiences, conscious events, and a vegan meetup community, while also supporting animal sanctuaries and vegan businesses. In fact, a portion of all of her sales goes to Luvin Arms Animal Sanctuary in Colorado. Two rescued sheep at the sanctuary inspired the business name.

Travel with Flora + Fauma:

floraandfaunaexperiences.com

https://bio.site/floraandfaunaexperiences

Join us for Vegan Peace, the virtual support group for vegans! Find your peace, speak your piece, and connect - and yes, vegan venting welcome.

Vegan Peace - Find your peace, speak your piece, and connect.

WHEN: SECOND TUESDAY of every month, 5:30 - 6:30 p.m. Central (3:30p.m. Pacific, 6:30 p.m. Eastern)

WHERE:⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82407679747⁠⁠⁠⁠

 Questions or comments? Email [email protected]

Looking for personal coaching or vegan lifestyle coaching? Email Chrissy directly at ⁠[email protected]⁠

Help normalize veganism through the arts! Make vegan women's fiction classic, Marrying Myself, an international bestseller - grab your copy on Amazon or through my website, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://christinemelaniebenson.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Amazon:⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.amazon.com/Marrying-Myself-Christine-Melanie-Benson/dp/1685130763/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Make it official! Become a member of the Vegan Posse:

⁠⁠⁠⁠https://buymeacoffee.com/veganposse⁠⁠

 This week’s episode…

 About Bruce:

 Bruce Friedrich is founder and president of the Good Food Institute. Bruce’s Substack is Meat Matters, and a collection of his interviews is available on the “featured” section of his LinkedIn page. Bruce has written for the Wall Street Journal, Foreign Policy, Wired, Nature, and more. His TED Talk has been viewed 2.5 million times and translated into 30 languages.

He has appeared on The Ezra Klein Show, TED Radio Hour, New Yorker Radio Hour, and Sam Harris’s Making Sense podcast. Bruce graduated magna cum laude from Georgetown Law and also holds degrees from Johns Hopkins University, the London School of Economics, and Grinnell College.  

Learn about Meat, the book:  ⁠https://meatbook.org/⁠

Bruce Friedrich on X: ⁠https://x.com/BruceGFriedrich⁠

LinkedIn: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/brucegfriedrich⁠

Good Food Institute: ⁠https://gfi.org/⁠

Join us for Vegan Peace, the monthly live call Vegan Posse members. This month's topic: dating and relationships!

Vegan Peace! Find Your Peace, Speak Your Piece, and Connect

Time: Sep 8, 2026 05:30 PM Central Time (US and Canada)

Meeting link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82407679747

Add to your monthly calendar using this link: ⁠https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/tZYpd-6uqTItHtOBDJjm77Ca2nC9IQxlOIPc/ics?icsToken=DNm7kWg1MzRUHrkrjgAALAAAAFAMrXCcIINLNBWn3PvHyUjFGqHLAQOxIGEzgt6uULThjrjT1lBXeYJ3EcUbzmIDSTS2E_PxzlqWnQEvQDAwMDAwMg&meetingMasterEventId=eWN4xbHGSUmLqiuUiqs4FA⁠

Questions, comments, or topic suggestions? Email [email protected]

Looking for personal coaching or vegan lifestyle coaching? Email Chrissy directly at ⁠[email protected]⁠

Help normalize veganism through the arts! Make vegan women's fiction classic, Marrying Myself, an international bestseller - grab your copy on Amazon or through my website,⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://christinemelaniebenson.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Amazon:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.amazon.com/Marrying-Myself-Christine-Melanie-Benson/dp/1685130763/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Make it official! Become a member of the Vegan Posse:

⁠⁠⁠⁠https://buymeacoffee.com/veganposse⁠⁠

Join us for Vegan Peace, the virtual support group for vegans! Find your peace, speak your piece, and connect - and yes, vegan venting welcome.

Vegan Peace - Find your peace, speak your piece, and connect.

WHEN: SECOND TUESDAY of every month, 5:30 - 6:30 p.m. Central (3:30p.m. Pacific, 6:30 p.m. Eastern)

WHERE:⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82407679747⁠⁠⁠⁠ 

Questions or comments for Posse Talk? Email [email protected]

Looking for personal coaching or vegan lifestyle coaching? Email Chrissy directly at ⁠[email protected]⁠

Help normalize veganism through the arts! Make vegan women's fiction classic, Marrying Myself, an international bestseller - grab your copy on Amazon or through my website, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://christinemelaniebenson.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Amazon:⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.amazon.com/Marrying-Myself-Christine-Melanie-Benson/dp/1685130763/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Make it official! Become a member of the Vegan Posse:

⁠⁠⁠⁠https://buymeacoffee.com/veganposse⁠⁠

 This week’s episode…

Susan Fila Goldsholl became a vegetarian in the 1970s. Exposed to heroin at the age of 16, Susan struggled on and off with heroin addiction. In 1994, as an attorney with a raging heroin habit , she stole large sums of money from herpartner to support her habit – and then tired to have him killed, to cover up the theft. The murder attempt was unsuccessful, and Susan was immediately arrestedand sentenced to 20 years in prison. She was released in 2001 after just seven years. In prison, she was cured of addiction. She  returned to a vegetarian diet in prison and after learning more about the dairy and egg industries, she went vegan in 2006.

 In 2025 , Susan released her fantasy animal rights trilogy, Everything’s Better with Bacon, and You Can Never Have Enough Butter (But Then Along Comes Karma…) . These books not only expose the animal industry but highlight the connection humans’ indifference to animal suffering and their infliction of suffering on other humans.

Get the trilogy by S.F. Goldsholl: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0F72KVYXN?

Join us for Vegan Peace, the virtual support group for vegans! Find your peace, speak your piece, and connect - and yes, vegan venting welcome.

Vegan Peace - Find your peace, speak your piece, and connect.

WHEN: Tuesdays, 5:30 - 6:30 p.m. Central (3:30 p.m. Pacific, 6:30 p.m. Eastern)

WHERE:⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82407679747⁠⁠⁠

Add it to your weekly calendar using this link: ⁠⁠⁠https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/tZYpd-6uqTItHtOBDJjm77Ca2nC9IQxlOIPc/ics?icsToken=DBQOfS24Fzeo0SaIMgAALAAAAA1JPglXlsllJ0I-OmIzcrCSLd8BpcyVMiePv9dFJMG3HWkdXuPOYmBvNILLdDYyiPtdjr42aC2D2OjEADAwMDAwMQ&meetingMasterEventId=eWN4xbHGSUmLqiuUiqs4FA⁠⁠

Questions or comments for Posse Talk? Email [email protected]

Looking for personal coaching or vegan lifestyle coaching? Email Chrissy directly at [email protected]

Help normalize veganism through the arts! Make vegan women's fiction classic, Marrying Myself, an international bestseller - grab your copy on Amazon or through my website, ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://christinemelaniebenson.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠

Amazon:⁠⁠⁠ ⁠https://www.amazon.com/Marrying-Myself-Christine-Melanie-Benson/dp/1685130763/⁠⁠⁠⁠

Make it official! Become a member of the Vegan Posse:

⁠⁠⁠https://buymeacoffee.com/veganposse⁠

Dr. Jen Howk:

Website: https://www.jenhowk.com/

The Collective Unconscious: https://collective.jenhowk.com/\

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@JenHowkAK

Join us for Vegan Peace, the virtual support group for vegans! Find your peace, speak your piece, and connect - and yes, vegan venting welcome.

Vegan Peace - Find your peace, speak your piece, and connect.

WHEN: Tuesdays, 5:30 - 6:30 p.m. Central (3:30 p.m. Pacific, 6:30 p.m. Eastern)

WHERE:⁠ ⁠⁠https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82407679747⁠⁠

Add it to your weekly calendar using this link: ⁠⁠https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/tZYpd-6uqTItHtOBDJjm77Ca2nC9IQxlOIPc/ics?icsToken=DBQOfS24Fzeo0SaIMgAALAAAAA1JPglXlsllJ0I-OmIzcrCSLd8BpcyVMiePv9dFJMG3HWkdXuPOYmBvNILLdDYyiPtdjr42aC2D2OjEADAwMDAwMQ&meetingMasterEventId=eWN4xbHGSUmLqiuUiqs4FA⁠

Questions?Email ⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠

Looking for personal coaching or vegan lifestyle coaching? Email Chrissy directly: [email protected]

Help normalize veganism through the arts! Make vegan women's fiction classic, Marrying Myself, an international bestseller - grab your copy on Amazon or through my website, ⁠⁠⁠https://christinemelaniebenson.com/⁠⁠⁠

Amazon:⁠⁠⁠https://www.amazon.com/Marrying-Myself-Christine-Melanie-Benson/dp/1685130763/⁠⁠⁠

Do you value what we do? Support the Vegan Posse by becoming a monthly member for only $5/month:

⁠⁠https://buymeacoffee.com/veganposse⁠

About Sadie:Sadie Freely is the founder and editor of Laughs Not Slaughs, a humor publication for vegans and animal advocates. She also writes FECK, a Substack newsletter exploring consent, pleasure and freedom.

Sadie believes vegan humor can offer much-needed catharsis and camaraderie to animal advocates, while also sneakily challenging the norms and assumptions held by not-yet vegans. She is often full of beans.

www.laughsnotslaughs.com (vegan humor publication)

www.sadiefreely.com (writer hub: FECK + selected essays)

Join us for Vegan Peace, the virtual support group for vegans! Find your peace, speak your piece, and connect - and yes, vegan venting welcome.

Vegan Peace - Find your peace, speak your piece, and connect.

WHEN: Tuesdays, 5:30 - 6:30 p.m. Central (3:30 p.m. Pacific, 6:30 p.m. Eastern)

WHERE: ⁠⁠https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82407679747⁠

Add it to your weekly calendar using this link: ⁠https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/tZYpd-6uqTItHtOBDJjm77Ca2nC9IQxlOIPc/ics?icsToken=DBQOfS24Fzeo0SaIMgAALAAAAA1JPglXlsllJ0I-OmIzcrCSLd8BpcyVMiePv9dFJMG3HWkdXuPOYmBvNILLdDYyiPtdjr42aC2D2OjEADAwMDAwMQ&meetingMasterEventId=eWN4xbHGSUmLqiuUiqs4FA

Questions?Email ⁠⁠[email protected]⁠

Looking for personal coaching or vegan lifestyle coaching? Email Chrissy directly: [email protected]

Help normalize veganism through the arts! Make vegan women's fiction classic, Marrying Myself, an international bestseller - grab your copy on Amazon or through my website, ⁠⁠https://christinemelaniebenson.com/⁠⁠

Amazon:⁠⁠https://www.amazon.com/Marrying-Myself-Christine-Melanie-Benson/dp/1685130763/⁠⁠

Do you value what we do? Support the Vegan Posse by becoming a monthly member for only $5/month:

⁠https://buymeacoffee.com/veganposse⁠

Join us beginning in June for Vegan Peace, the virtual support group for vegans! Find your peace, speak your piece, and connectt - and yes, vegan venting welcome :)

Vegan Peace - Find your peace, speak your piece, and connect.

WHEN: Tuesdays, 5:30 - 6:30 p.m. Central

WHERE: ⁠https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82407679747

Questions? Email ⁠[email protected]

Looking for personal coaching or vegan lifestyle coaching? Email Chrissy directly: ⁠[email protected]⁠

Help normalize veganism through the arts! Make vegan women's fiction classic, Marrying Myself, an international bestseller - grab your copy on Amazon or through my website, ⁠https://christinemelaniebenson.com/⁠

Amazon:⁠https://www.amazon.com/Marrying-Myself-Christine-Melanie-Benson/dp/1685130763/⁠

Do you value what we do? Support the Vegan Posse by becoming a monthly member for only $5/month:

https://buymeacoffee.com/veganposse

"Desert Pete" by the Kingston Trio: https://youtu.be/_WUf-SUSzhQ?si=IhPSehYDO-oYc_f1

This week's episode with Peter Manning Robinson:

Peter Manning Robinson is a Los Angeles- based pianist, Emmy Award–winning and multi–BMI Award–winning composer, inventor of the Refractor Piano™, and accomplished vegan chef whose music bridges innovation and cinematic scope with a deeply touching emotional depth. 

Born in Chicago and raised between Vancouver and Los Angeles, Robinson began playing piano at age three and was performing professionally by twelve. His musical foundations, rooted in classical structure and jazz improvisation, were refined through formal studies at USC and Berklee College of Music, and through performances with jazz luminaries including Ernie Watts, Phil Woods, and Freddie Hubbard.

Robinson’s career spans film, television, orchestral, and live performance. His scores have earned an Emmy Award (KABC’s Above and Below) and five BMI Music Awards (Without a Trace), with orchestral works recorded by members of the London Philharmonic, the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, and Musica Nova. In his early twenties, after developing severe tendonitis and being told he would never perform live again, he underwent a radical physical and artistic retraining process under Phil Cohen of Concordia University’s Leonardo Project, “unlearning” traditional piano technique and emerging with an entirely new physical and musical language.

That journey ultimately led to the invention of the Refractor Piano™, a radically reimagined acoustic piano that allows Robinson to create what he calls “Refracted Music”, live, fully acoustic performances with no pre-recorded tracks, MIDI instruments, or external sounds. While much of Robinson’s recent work has centered on the Refractor Piano™, his upcoming neo-classical album Excursions marks a powerful return to solo acoustic piano. Compiled over a three-year period, Excursions is a deeply personal collection of compositions that navigate grief, heartbreak, resilience, and luminous hope.

"Heartbreak” is a raw, heart-wrenching meditation on the universal pain of loss after a breakup. The second single "Bent Out of Shape" is a lively and joyful listen filled with whimsical notes. The stunning music video by Klaus Hoch tells the story of reconciling a relationship through a surreal tour of a shared history. The video takes place in a picturesque mansion above the sea.

Cinematic, adventurous, emotive, and deeply human, Excursions is music meant to be felt. With striking twists and turns, romantic melancholy, and reflective hope, the album affirms Peter Manning Robinson’s belief that instrumental music can evoke images and emotions beyond language. As he puts it, “This is the work I am most proud of.”

Follow Peter Manning Robinson HERE:

Website: https://www.petermanningrobinson.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/petermanningrobinson

"Bent Out of Shape": https://youtu.be/Jf0Z0P10rP4?si=1xDsaDufk0zCH0Bi

"Pure Heartbreak": https://youtu.be/iLiglCKDZ6I?si=hp0Dp4b4jDzyRhOp