Main Street Vegan

Meditating gets you coolness points; praying, hmm, not so much. Agapi Stassinopoulos reinvents prayer for those who may question or avoid religion. And Agapi, author of Speaking With Spirit and workshop leader for Thrive Global, founded by her sister Arianna Huffington, is a total charmer.  Find out more about Victoria Moran and Main Street Vegan Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Scott Stoll, M.D., and heart attack survivor/thriver Dan Purjes discuss their new anthology, Disease Reversal Hope! And Peter Goldstein of wedidit.health shares how to reach those closest to us.

David Jenkins, M.D., Ph.D., D.Sc., of the University of Toronto invented the “eco-Atkins diet,” a way to make plant-exclusive dining work for those with low-carb sensibilities.

Love Over Fear author Monk Coleman believes the universe is working in our favor and that raising the collective vibration on earth will benefit all beings.

Known as the community in which Joaquin Phoenix grew up, Gentle World has promoted vegan living and peace on earth for half a century. Its cofounder, Light, has eaten a peaceful diet all this time.

There's conjecture that a healthy diet has provided a layer of protection during the pandemic, but only now has a widespread survey, headed by Jiviniti's Nivi Jaswal and Erin Sinnaeve, D.N.P., sought solid answers.

Champion bodybuilders (and compassionate trainers) Giacomo Marchese and Dani Taylor talk vegan fitness, and Vanita Rahman, M.D., of the Barnard Medical Center, introduces her new, fabulous cookbook, Simply Plant Based.

Vegan wildlife ecologist Craig Downer, Ph.D., shares the wonders (and trials) of wild horses and burros in the American West and the Andean tapir—and how these species can help save the planet.

Cruelty Free International's Monica Engebretson discusses the bill to outlaw animal testing of cosmetics in the U.S., and Abbie Nelson, a Ph.D. candidate in social work, shares her research in holistic healing for vegan survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV).

Houston's holistic cardiologist Baxter Montgomery, who is profoundly plant-based, gives us his prescription for having a healthy heart for many valentine seasons to come.

Shape magazine-rated top trainer Ella Magers finds her heart at Hogs & Kisses Farm Sanctuary and hosts Solutionary Vegan's Level-Up podcast to celebrate the ethical and health wonders of going vegan.

The Vegan Athlete's Cookbook author Anita Bean opens the show, and bodybuilder Will Tucker takes the second segment with first-class tips on healthy living and a winner's spirit.

Accessible Yoga founder Jivana Heyman wants yogis to build a practice of courage and compassion, and chemical engineer Karthik Sekar, Ph.D., looks at the future of food and the world “after meat.”

Steven Shalowitz, host of The One Way Ticket Show, went vegan in Saudi Arabia, went further in Israel, and helped a friend escape Kabul. And Sunny Satva spends most of her time in Kenya as director of the Vegan Africa Fund.

Carleigh Bodrug of PlantYou.com now has a cookbook that makes the dietary straight and narrow delicious; and Brooke Ali and Patricia Thomson, Ph.D., of Wellness20 and the Food as Medicine Summit share about healing thyroid disorders.

Matthew Glover made starting the year vegan a popular resolution; now he's in the faux-chicken biz. And Annick Ireland has a fashion sense just about as pure as her lofty vegan ethics.

Rev. Shad Groverland, a vegan, heads Unity Worldwide Ministries, the contemporary legacy of the spiritual tradition founded in the 1880s by ethical vegetarians and which is part of the network that presents this program.

Howard Jacobson defies convention and says we can indeed influence others, and Jennifer Stojkovic follows with major, vegan, businesswoman power.

Filmmakers John Lewis and Keegan Kuhn discuss their thought-provoking documentary about the dangers highly processed foods pose to minority communities.

Bianca and Michael Alexander host Conscious Living on PBS/Amazon Prime and will share their insights on vegan travel, fitness, and comfort food.

Vegan swami Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati, Ph.D., started her life with Beverly Hills privilege. All that changed at the Ganges River 25 years ago.

The conversation with Moby is powerful and motivating, following an equally heartfelt chat with legendary activist Simone Reyes, who is now making waves as a country singer. Bonus: we hear one of her songs!

Your home can be vegan, too, says designer Aline Duerr, and Claire Smith of Beyond Animal returns with her call to the UN for an 18th Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) to include nonhuman beings.

The Harry Potter star and animal rights activist shares her new memoir of growing up, overcoming, and choosing creativity over fear.

Overnight successes Anne Redinger of Louisville, Kentucky, and Dan Sherman of New York City tell us how they cut out animal products (and some other bad habits) in an instant.

The editor, publisher, and two contributors (including host Victoria Moran) dish on a jazzy new anthology showcasing vegan writers worldwide.

Speech pathologist Karen Ranzi takes an alternative view in her new book, Heal and Prevent Autism. T. Colin Campbell, Ph.D., wrote her foreword and joins the conversation.

Aryenish Birdie works on equality for all beings, and Lucas Spiegel traversed the globe volunteering at animal sanctuaries.

Bree is the rooster who changed Camille Licate's life, and Mother Pigeon is a New York City performance artist inspired by pigeons and other underappreciated urban animals.

Yogini Cortney Ostrosky helps us know ourselves better with the art of human design, and Stephanie Moram, the Good Girl Gone Green, helps us be fashionably eco-friendly.

Sanctuary proprietor Shaleen Shah fills us in on the animal rescue life and the religion of Jainism, the primary tenet of which is ahimsa, dynamic compassion.

Attorney David Blatte, author of The Vegan Imperative, and Lani Muelrath, whose latest title is Mindfulness, share about The Great Compassion.

Body on Fire coauthor Jyothi Rao, M.D., joins us to demystify the inflammation at the root of many diseases and tell us what we can do about it.

We open with Zach Schleien helping vegans find love through a chat app, and then we hear from Neal Barnard, M.D., on food choices for women who would just like the heat turned down.

The Vegan Spirituality Forum & Retreat is set for October at Unity Village, Missouri. Rev. Carol Saunders joins us with details plus a fascinating look at the vegetarian roots of Unity.

Bodybuilder Robert Cheeke and runner Matt Frazier dish in The Plant-Based Athlete how to stay at the top of your game.

Rishi Chidananda was deeply into the movers-and-shakers life in finance until he had a spiritual awakening, found his guru, and went vegan in a flash.

Discover Ayurvedic dietary and lifestyle wisdom with Sarah Kucera, D.C., C.A.P., for the season we're in, the seasons of life, and even the times of day to impart inner and outer vitality.

Rowdy Girl Sanctuary was a cattle ranch until Renee King-Sonnen went vegan and converted her husband. She now helps ranchers who want to go animal-free.

Jonathan Balcombe, Ph.D., has shown us how amazing animals and fish are. We'll talk about his new book, Super Fly: The Unexpected Lives of the World's Most Successful Insects.

Ted Barnett, M.D., is determined to get Whole-Food, Plant-Based (WFPB) benefits to you, wherever you live and whether or not there's a doctor in your area who's familiar with it.

Prescribing meditation and practicing good medicine, from plant-based eating to soul-based living, New York radiologist Sumeet Bahl, M.D., wants to heal you, body and spirit.