KRIS TOWNSEND BRINGS YOU OUR 6th EPISODE FULL OF EXCLUSIVE VEGAN LISTENING. Recorded at the start of Spring 2017, here's another hour's worth of vegan news, views and interviews that you won't hear anywhere else. This month's show includes: Music from vegan musician Moby a post-show Q&A from the London premiere of Simon Amstell's vegan mockumentary Guy Harper speaks his first words after a whole month going we reveal some sheep and lambing lies talk Brexit and animal rights and lots more. We're now available on Google Play as well as iTunes and lots of other places online. Hear our episodes and don't forget to share! GET THIS FREE PODCAST AUTOMATICALLY ON THE FIRST DAY OF EVERY MONTH. .

KRIS TOWNSEND BRINGS YOU OUR 5th EPISODE FULL OF EXCLUSIVE VEGAN GOODNESS, INCLUDING: an interview with Melanie Light, director of acclaimed vegan, feminist horror THE HERD. ride along on a pig rescue with Viva! founder Juliet and the Dean Farm Animal Sanctuary. updates on our 30 Day Vegan programme and there's more on our website too. and that's just the start! We're now available on Google Play as well as iTunes and lots of other places online. Hear our episodes and don't forget to share! GET THIS FREE PODCAST AUTOMATICALLY ON THE FIRST DAY OF EVERY MONTH. .

HOST KRIS TOWNSEND BRINGS YOU A NEW EPISODE FULL OF VEGAN STORIES, INCLUDING: How Viva! saved 'Baloo'. Poland's only circus bear is now free, thanks to us. Film-maker and author Tony Wardle talks about Viva!'s work in Poland  . Kris meets founder Felesha Papa, the designer behind vegan shoe retailer Collection & Co. Like the sound of their shoes? They look even better. Fancy a Pad Thai? We've more great food ideas. There's more foodie inspiration .  ‘Vegan Geezer’ is back (not that he ever went away. How to 'green' your life. This is a start - and the hints keep coming on our . Bristol Animal Save's pig vigils. They're amazingly powerful - and peaceful. They're on the ground and . And more We're now available on Google Play! Don't forget to share! GET THIS FREE PODCAST AUTOMATICALLY ON THE FIRST DAY OF EVERY MONTH. .

PODCAST HOST KRIS TOWNSEND JOINS YOU FOR A NEW EPISODE AS WE START THE NEW YEAR WITH A SHOW PACKED FULL OF VEGAN EXCLUSIVES, INCLUDING: Viva! founder Juliet Gellatley talks in depth from a qualified nutritional perspective about Why You Don’t Need Dairy. She invites you to take a deep breath, sit back and relax. What she has to share may shake a few entrenched beliefs but it’ll be worth it.  () Go behind the scenes in our regular ‘Meet The Team’ feature with film-maker and author Tony Wardle. Tony is an associate director of Viva! And also the editor of the Viva! Life magazine, which is why we call him our ‘wordsmith’. Claire Palmer talks about the Viva! ‘Cracked’ campaign and thanks many of the volunteers across the UK who’ve helped spread awareness of the terrible treatment of laying hens. Cracked shares what Viva! Discovered after going undercover to reveal once again the horrors of factory farming, this time for an animal largely forgotten by society. Claire is working on a major Viva! report into British egg farming and she talks to us about some of her findings. Dr Michael Greger, Honorary Scientific Adviser to Viva!, talks about the beneficial qualities of cinammon. His incredible global reputation is built on his founding membership of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine, as well as being a physician, author, and international speaker on nutrition, food safety and public health.  Currently, Michael is Director of Public Health and Animal Agriculture at The Humane Society of the United States. Hear it from the audience’s perspective as ‘Vegan Geezer’ demonstrates why his poetry readings pack in the punters. The sound quality isn’t marvellous so we’d recommend turning up the sound even more if you need to. And . Our “Viva! Health” section features our health campaigner Veronika Powell. This time around, she has a lot of amazingly useful information on the benefits of chai seeds. You can And we start the new year with the gifty appeal of our first Viva! Shop product reviews. You can any time.  Plus lots more... Everyone at Viva! wishes you a great start to a kind new year. GET THIS FREE PODCAST AUTOMATICALLY ON THE FIRST DAY OF EVERY MONTH. .

In this episode hosted by Viva!’s Kris Townsend: we make our Christmas preparations as the podcast lays out a rich tapestry of exclusive end-of-year listening goodness. In this episode: meet the man behind the world's first vegan football club, Viva! founder Juliet Gellatley talks to The Levellers, face the sad truth about Britain's laying hens, remember that it's definitely not a festive season for turkeys, and hear music from Bristol's Wildflowers. Viva! founder Juliet Gellatley meets Dale Vince, Founder of Ecotricity and chairman of the world’s first vegan football club. Forest Green Rovers, based in the town of Stroud north of Bristol. Kris talks to Brenden Fitzgerald, CEO and founder of Planet Protein, a vegan startup company committed to creating nutritious products that fuel active lifestyles while staying true to the planet. Juliet also gets some quality Green Room time with bassist/guitarist Jeremy Cunningham of The Levellers. The Brighton-based folk /alt rock group are on tour to support the 25th anniversary of their seminal album ‘Levelling The Land’ our Vegan Recipe Club finds a marvellous green smoothie recipe from award-winning TV chef and food author Mark Reinfeld of Vegan Fusion Discover the sad truth about the lives of Britain’s laying hens with excerpts from Viva!’s campaign Our Food and Cookery Coordinator Jane Easton is in this month’s “Meet The Team” chair... Learn about simple and effective activism for kindness using the “” method. Plus music from the Bristol band , and lots more. Everyone at Viva! wishes you and yours a very blessed festive season and a great start to a kind new year. Get this free podcast automatically every month.

Welcome to the first Viva! Radio podcast, hosted by Kris Townsend. (See viva.org.uk/vivaradio) With experts in each field, there's something here for everyone. From animal rights, vegan campaigning, tasty cruelty-free cookery and optimum vegan health. Each episode has the latest news, views and interviews from Viva!, Viva! Health and special guests. We also have delicious recipes from Vegan Recipe Club alongside music, vegan events and product reviews.      COMING UP... our exclusive interview with Game of Thrones & Ripper St actor Jerome Flynn. we talk with Viva! founder Juliet Gellatley in the first part of a six-part interview discussing the history of Viva!. our guest chef Bettina Bordi from talks us through how to make a delicious 2 minute, dairy-free chocolate mousse Listen to the toll on our oceans in ‘Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind’ by Viva!Health’s Veronika Powell shares her new findings in ‘The Incredible Vegan Health Report’ Hear an excerpt from a video report by vegan vlogger . Viva! Veganista’s Hannah Kelly Price introduces our weekly, monthly  and yearly Viva! Veganista competition that anyone can enter and win! We play 'No Beef', a potential vegan anthem by local musos . Alongside that we have the latest vegan tips, news and views plus advance word of the coming up this November 2016 in Bristol, UK, the home of Viva!     Follow Viva! on , and .

Wait for it! A new series of free podcasts from Europe's largest vegan charity... Released on the first day of every month, the first full episode will be available online on World Vegan Day, Tuesday November 1st 2016. It is hosted by Viva!'s and recorded at Viva! 'central' in Bristol, UK. Viva! was founded in 1994 by , who is also the charity’s director. “The most powerful action you can take to end animal suffering, improve your health, protect the environment and bring fairness to the world’s poor is to stop eating meat, dairy and fish. Support us and help Viva! campaign for a better world.”  (Juliet Gellatley, Founder & Director of Viva!)