Looking to improve your vegan activism? Join us as we discuss effective vegan activism with vegan activist & Vegan Squad Coaching client Sergio Pinedo! Sergio shares how documentaries like Earthlings pushed him from five years vegetarian to vegan, and how attending LA Animal Save vigils changed his perspective by confronting the reality of animal transport and slaughter, documenting animals’ lives, and providing brief relief like water and gentle touch. Sergio describes why vigils matter for both vegans and pre-vegans, the scale of slaughter, and how activism can include Cubes of Truth, marches, social media, sanctuaries, and self-care to avoid burnout. Sergio also shares his journey of gaining weight after going vegan, which lead him to working with John and losing 30+ lbs in 6 months to build confidence and become a better activist, emphasizing the important of fitness and wearing vegan shirts as a form visible vegan representation/advocacy.

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Today we interview Juliet, founder of Viva! Charity, the UK’s largest vegan campaigning organization! Juliet shares about her mission to make the world vegan and Viva!’s four pillars: animal investigations, health, environment, and helping people change through resources like the free Vegan Recipe Club. Juliet recounts Viva!’s Hogwood investigation of a UK mega pig farm, including the horrific conditions found, the team's rescue of a sow and piglets, a cinema ad Viva! created contrasting sanctuary life with factory farming, and sustained supporter actions that led Tesco to stop selling from Hogwood and the farm becoming financially unviable and slated for demolition. She shares her early activism, going vegetarian at 13 and vegan at about 28, her work with the UK Vegetarian Society before founding Viva! in 1994, and lessons from filming a pig slaughterhouse and speaking with slaughterhouse workers. Our discussion emphasizes meeting people where they are, the power of public opinion, politics, outreach, and individual influence through everyday conversations and purchasing choices! We hope you enjoy this amazing episode & are inspired to start speaking up for animals yourself!

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Today we are joined by Felicia (Fee) Hanson, owner of Break Free Candy and Sweet Hazel and Co.! Through creating vegan versions of classic candy bars and using food as activism, Fee is a pioneer in the vegan community. Fee shares how seeing a dairy farm video sparked her vegan journey in August 2019, and how she then used her culinary background to recreate vegan versions of typically animal-based candy bars like Twix, Snickers, Milky Way, and more! Fee’s goal: to win over vegans and non-vegans by taste, while avoiding stigma. She describes starting Break Free through selling bars out of her trunk during COVID, moving into commissary and brick-and-mortar operations, and then navigating the challenge of staying afloat financially. As a vegan activist in her own right, Fee emphasizes the importance of community, inclusivity, and hiring marginalized groups. Enjoy this episode from your favorite vegan candy creator!!

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Today we're joined by James Hoot, an Indonesia-based activist, filmographer, and musician. James discusses running Fauna Films, through which he is creating localized pro-vegan visual media in the Global South, including a four-part Indonesian series hosted by a well-known comedian that highlights naturally plant-based Indonesian foods, colonial influences on animal product consumption, and issues like widespread dairy intolerance and imported dairy cows. James shares his background from a non-vegan family, including a mother who lobbied for animal agriculture, and describes pivotal experiences: accidentally entering a Bolivian slaughterhouse, an ayahuasca trip centered on slaughterhouse suffering, extensive vigils and documentation with the Animal Save Movement, and creating the Planet Vegan series. We hope you enjoy our thought-provoking conversation on burnout, self-care, making activism sustainable and paid, psychedelics’ role in empathy, trust and self-kindness, and James’s pantheistic spirituality connecting veganism to reconnection with Earth and reducing violence.

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Today we're joined by the incredible Jay Yontz, co-founder of Ziggy’s Refuge animal sanctuary, to discuss vegan activism through animal sanctuaries. Jay shares how meeting his wife Kristen and her pet pig, Ziggy, in St. John led him toward veganism, traveling the U.S. in an RV with “Ziggy the Traveling Piggy,” and founding Ziggy’s Refuge Farm Sanctuary in 2016. Jay explains their current work caring for nearly 100 residents, specializing in disabled animals with a prosthetics lab, wheelchairs, and advanced veterinary care like stem-cell therapy! Our conversation emphasizes the importance of veterinary care, adoption, and keeping bonded families together. The residents at Ziggy's Refuge are ambassadors for the vegan movement and we hope you enjoy learning more about their stories and are inspired to vegan or to support animals like them by volunteering!

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Today, vegan activist Tiffany recounts her experience taking part in the world’s largest open rescue at Ridglan Farms - a coordinated effort to save beagles from a facility with documented violations. She describes the severe cruelty the dogs endure, including confinement in small cages and invasive procedures such as cherry eye surgery and vocal cord cutting performed without anesthesia. Tiffany also details the intense response faced by activists during the rescue, including hours of tear gas and pepper spray, the use of rubber bullets, as well as arrests and injuries.

Please keep pressure on officials and continue outreach to secure the dogs’ release before July 1.

HOW TO DEMAND THE RIDGLAN DOGS BE RELEASED:

• Call WI AG Josh Kaul at (608) 266-1221 → Dial 4
• Say: “Investigate Ridglan Farms and release the beagles into safe homes.”

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Today, Ella Magers and Jessica Nieves share their experience on the front lines of the recent Ridgland Farms Beagle rescue effort. They describe the illegal cruelty toward 2,000 beagles bred and sold for research, including claims of non-veterinary procedures, vocal cord cutting without anesthesia, and escalating on-site experimentation tied to profit. Ella and Jess describe their extensive nonviolent direct-action training, only to be met with tear gas, pepper spray, rubber bullets, and injuries, which helped propel the story into national attention. Please keep pressure on officials and continue outreach to secure the dogs’ release before July 1.

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• Call WI AG Josh Kaul at (608) 266-1221 → Dial 4
• Say: “Investigate Ridglan Farms and release the beagles into safe homes.”

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Today we're joined by activist and rapper Jimmy Cashpey (James Aspey), who shares how he went from health-motivated vegetarianism to ethical veganism after learning the realities shown in Earthlings. He recounts taking a year-long vow of silence to raise awareness, traveling across Australia visiting sanctuaries and factory farms, rescuing animals, cycling after his van broke down, and breaking his silence with a vegan message on a major Australian morning TV show. Jimmy discusses activism burnout, chronic pain, social media backlash, and why he shifted from purely encouraging outreach to a tougher, more shame-driven honesty he believes is missing. He explains how he now uses “gangster rap” and music videos as strategic activism to communicate animal-rights realities.

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Today we interview incredible vegan activist Jamie Logan!! Jamie shares a pivotal childhood moment of seeing pigs in a livestock truck, her gradual transition from avoiding pork to pescatarian to vegetarian, and finally going vegan on January 1, 2018 after learning about the dairy and egg industries. She explains how her activism began through Anonymous for the Voiceless cubes, then expanded to fur protests, food demos, and weekly slaughterhouse vigils that deepened her urgency. Jamie discusses handling common objections with calm, question-based street outreach, avoiding burnout after intense investigations, and using yoga/meditation (Jivamukti Yoga and Sharon Gannon’s teachings) to ground activism in compassion for animals and humans. She also covers navigating family and dating boundaries, and encourages listeners to find their own form of vegan activism.

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Today we interview Vegan Squad Coach Alexis Nee on her journey from a miserable corporate finance career and abusive relationship to veganism, coaching, and brand strategy. Alexis shares severe health issues she improved within months of going vegan, and describes a pivotal moment after her dog Baby’s cancer diagnosis leading her from pescatarian to fully vegan, 10 years ago. She explains how personal branding and social media are a powerful form of vegan activism when rooted in authenticity, values, and self-love rather than trends or vanity metrics. Alexis discusses common mindset blocks (imposter syndrome, fear of judgment, perfectionism) and coaches Alex live using “why” questions. And bonus, we announce which previous Podcast Guest Alexis is working with to grow her mission-driven platform and help save more animals!

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