Podcast appearances and mentions of erik marcus

On this episode of Knowing Animals (which is an episode of our intermittent Protecting Animals series) we are joined by Erik Marcus, the animal activist behind Vegan.com, as well as the author of books including Meat Market, The Ultimate Vegan Guide, A Vegan History, Vegan: The New Ethics of Eating, and Self-Care for Activists. We discuss vegan activism in the early days of the internet, communication gaps between activists and academics, and the challenge of uninformed activists. This episode is brought to you by AASA, the Australasian Animal Studies Association, which you can join today. It is also brought to you by the Animal Publics book series from Sydney University Press.

Publisher of vegan.com, Erik Marcus shares expert tips for incorporating vegan meals into your weekly menu plan, discussing the basics of vegan cooking, along with his take on the many vegan alternatives to meat, dairy, and egg-based foods. Erik has written extensively on vegan and animal rights topics and he is also interested in privacy, Austrian economics, restorative justice, and sentencing reform.  Learn more about Laura's television show, access lots of vegan recipes, online videos and more at JazzyVegetarian.com Learn more about Erik Marcus and the Vegan Lifestyle at Vegan.com, Vegan.com/info Get books from Laura Theodore and other MindBodySpirit.fm podcast hosts in our online store Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Todays conversation is all about making adopting a vegan lifestyle easier. My guest, Erik Marcus publishes vegan.com, maintains its Twitter feed, and has written extensively on vegan and animal rights topics. A couple of his most important pieces are an essay titled Why Go Vegan? Also his vegan activism piece. That said, the vegan.com site is an absolute wealth of information.  Today we cover some new subjects – ... READ MORE The post Erik Marcus and Vegan.com Are Making Vegan Easy. appeared first on Healthification.

Listen HEREThis is the article I mentioned about pets: https://www.abolitionistapproach.com/pets-the-inherent-problems-of-domestication/ Please read it. This is a link to the famous debate with Erik Marcus, highly recommended listen: https://www.abolitionistapproach.com/my-dinner-at-eriks-happy-meat-diner/ Thanks for listening

This week on The Op-Ed Page with Elisa Camahort Page: 1. Animal Rights Amplifier and Media Mogul, Jane Velez-Mitchell Jane Velez-Mitchell is the founder/editor of JaneUnChained News, a non-profit, social media news network reporting on animal rights, veganism, health and climate change. With about 50 volunteer citizen journalists around the world,  the videos are seen by millions.  Prior to founding JaneUnChained, Jane hosted her own show on HLN/CNN Headline News for six years, where she ran a weekly segment on animal issues.  Previously, she was a news anchor/reporter at KCAL-TV in Los Angeles and WCBS-TV in New York.  Jane has won four Genesis Awards/commendations from the Humane Society of the United States for her reporting on animal issues. VegNews named Velez-Mitchell Media Maven of the Year in 2010. In 2013 Mercy for Animalsawarded her their Compassionate Leadership Award. In 2014, she was honored for fighting animal abuse by the Animal Legal Defense Fund. In 2015, she received PETA's Nanci Alexander Award. Velez-Mitchell is the author of four books, including two New York Times bestsellers. She is active in the LGBTQ community and lives in Los Angeles with her rescues: three dogs and a cat.  The Jane UnChained News Network: http://janeunchained.com/ Jane Velez-Mitchell on Facebook: http://facebook.com/JaneVelezMitchell Instagram: @janeunchainednews Twitter: @JVM Countdown to Year Zero documentary: New Day, New Chef on Amazon Prime: Plant-Based Neighbor (connecting vegans in their communities and beyond): PlantBasedNeighbor.com Howard Lyman: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Lyman Meat Market by Erik Marcus: https://www.amazon.com/Meat-Market-Animals-Ethics-Money/dp/0975867911 2. 2020 Election Demographics Pew final demographics for Election 2016: https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2018/08/09/an-examination-of-the-2016-electorate-based-on-validated-voters/ 3. Quick takes: Anand Giridharadas's The.Ink newsletter interview with author Ruth Ben-Ghiat: https://the.ink/p/strongmen Ben-Ghiat's book, Strongmen: From Mussolini to Present: https://wwnorton.com/books/strongmen The Mask House LA, a Black woman-owned Etsy shop with great “statement masks”: https://www.etsy.com/shop/TheMaskHouseLA?ref=simple-shop-header-name&listing_id=815592604 Upcoming events and where to find me: New website: https://elisacp.com Sign up for my new newsletter, This Week-ish with Elisa Camahort Page: https://elisacp.substack.com New Calendly: schedule a session with me!: https://calendly.com/elisacp Remotely Annual Membership 50% off code: ElisaCamahortPage50off Link: remotely.global/join Remotely Fireside chat on Friday December 4, 12PM PT Every Tuesday and Thursday at 5PM PT my colleague Ashwini Anburajan and I do a FB Livestream talking about the previous 24-48 hours in #2020 politics: https://www.facebook.com/elisac Thanks to my podcast host Messy.fm Thanks to Ryan Cristopher for my podcast music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/ryan-cristopher/1479898729 Road Map for Revolutionaries by me, Carolyn Gerin and Jamia Wilson: https://roadmapforrevolutionaries.com Social media handles: Twitter: @ElisaC @OpEdPagePodcast Insta: @ElisaCP Please share, subscribe, rate and review!!

'3 more seats' David Byrne, D.A. Pennebaker, Chris Anderson, Erik Marcus, Charlie Todd, Bill Mather, Richard Dawkins, Chris Turner, Brian Cox, Eddie Izzard, Brian Eno, Winifred Gallaher, Stewart Lee, Christian Picciolini, Alan Cochrane, Diana Laufenberg, Don Gavin, Terry Gilliam, David Sedaris, Aaron Sorkin, Brian Masters, Tony Hancock, Duke Ellington, David McRaney

For the penultimate episode of season 1, The ChickPeeps have a discussion on how the ethical argument for veganism is the core tenet of the vegan ideology. Erik Marcus, author, blogger and activist, shares his studies on the reasons to be vegan and explains some of the main ideas in animal rights philosophy. Also on this episode... Erik suggest that the health benefits of following a vegan diet is not the strongest argument to make in favour of veganism. ‘It's probable that most of the suffering and cruelty tied to the meat, dairy and egg industry arises from how the animals are raised rather than how they are killed.' Erik talks about the history of factory farming and why the conditions in which animals are raised has steadily worsened. ‘The chances of the hen who laid your egg having her life end in a halfway decent, non violent way are essentially zero.' What is Speciesism? How to talk about speciesism in relation to other social justice movements in a non provocative manner. Why Erik doesn't like or use the term ‘carnist'. ‘If there's one thing that we need to avoid at all costs it's ever coming off like we are judging or insulting the people we are trying to win over.' The utilitarian argument for veganism. How to speak to non vegans about veganism with compassion and respect. ‘All I can do is to be respectful, to find common ground and to offer really solid, really accurate information that is in alignment with a high integrity argument.' Links Why Choose Vegan by Erik Marcus An Introduction to Animal Rights and Animal Welfare by Erik Marcus Follow Erik on Twitter and Facebook. Social Media Twitter: @ChickPeepsPod Instagram: @ChickPeepsPod Facebook: @ChickPeepsPodcast Momoko Hill: @oh_momoko Robbie Jarvis: @robbjarvis Tylor Starr: @tylorstarr Evanna Lynch: @msevylynch

Jasmin talks to Sarah Woodcock about her Minneapolis restaurant, Trio Plant-Based, which was recently funded on Kickstarter and will be opening soon! They discuss Trio’s spectacular vegan menu, the power of partnership, and the efforts to get the project funded. […]

Jasmin talks to Sarah Woodcock about her Minneapolis restaurant, Trio Plant-Based, which was recently funded on Kickstarter and will be opening soon! They discuss Trio’s spectacular vegan menu, the power of partnership, and the efforts to get the project funded. Sarah Woodcock is a Korean-USAmerican adoptee, social justice activist, and co-founder of Trio Plant-based – a forthcoming Minneapolis restaurant which will… The post Episode 439: Sarah Woodcock and Erik Marcus appeared first on Our Hen House.

Erik Marcus is the founder and publisher of the very popular website Vegan.com. He has been vegan since 1986 and blogging on Animal Rights issues since 1997, totaling more than 3,000 articles. He has also written five books related to veganism and animal advocacy and traveled to more than 100 cities to speak about vegan topics. His newest addition to the world of vegan literature is the very popular essay, “Why Choose Vegan?” which is available at Vegan.com/why Erik's Response to Abolitionists How one person made a difference in San Antonio Erik's free book, Self Care for Activists:Self Care For Activists on AmazonSelf Care For Activists on iTunesSelf Care For Activists at Barnes & NobleSelf Care For Activists on GoogleNews of the DayExcuse of the Day: Way too old to change!Activist Tip of the Day: Talk with single issue protestors about veganismThe Livegan Podcast Patreon Page The Livegan Podcast Facebook PageThe Livegan Podcast Instagram Page

Listen HEREHere is the podcast with Wayne Hsiung, Gary Francione and Bob Lindenhttp://www.goveganradio.com/go-vegan-radio-615/ - the discussion occurs starting at about 36 minutes into the show.Here is the ever important, historical, monumental must listen debate between Erik Marcus and Gary Francione (if calling it a 'conversation' will make you listen to it, then call it a conversation) it's a MUST LISTEN: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-NWA4Rf120Here is a link to Gary Francione's BOOKS.  READ THEM!  http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/books/This is Rain Without Thunder, published in 1996: http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/the-necessity-of-theory/We know the world isn't going to go vegan overnight okay????http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/abolition-simple-concepts-pop-quiz/This is that blog post I talked about about the coalition needed for these single issue campaigns (also discussed in the podcast with Bob Linden and Wayne Hsiung). It's called" Why Welfare Reform Campaigns and Single-Issue Campaigns Necessarily Promote Animal Exploitation http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/14542-2/Here is the blog post on the importance of theory and how everyone, even those who says they don't subscribe to theory, is actually operating under some kind of theory:http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/the-necessity-of-theory/Here is that podcast I did about "one way" activism:http://nzveganpodcast.blogspot.co.nz/2016/05/nzvp-ep132-earthlings-experience-and.htmlCheck out Vanda Kadas' facebook page to see her fantastic, REGULARLY OCCURRING abolitionist approach vegan stall that she does every week!!! Here is a photo:https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10155228092022895&set=t.729047894&type=3&theater

In this first official episode of the show Evy, Momo and Tylor get together to mull over the different methods of transitioning to a vegan lifestyle and how each of them made the switch. Momo and Evy interview author, activist, speaker, and all-around badass seasoned vegan, Erik Marcus of vegan.com to get his insights on the best advice and the pitfalls experienced when going vegan.  Also on this episode… We talk about our initial perceptions of veganism. What to do when you fall off the vegan wagon. Is the monk in DaVinci code a vegan stereotype??? The Pillow Chocolate Problem How to handle guilt as a new vegan. The best advice we got going vegan. We share a few alternative ways to become vegan. Is vegetarian enough? Erik discusses going vegan in the 80s, pre-google, pre online shopping, and the unappetising wonder of perspiring cheese. He shares his brilliant ‘crowding out' method. We are reminded to Take your goddam B12!!!!!! Erik shares his evolution as an activist and what he deems effective activism. ‘The secret of great activism is to listen more than you talk.' Erik tries to convince Evy that dark chocolate is not the devil incarnate. (Update: He wasn't successful). Momo and Erik discuss the ‘think global, act local' concept. Erik's thoughts on a vegan future. Links: PETA's How To Go Vegan guide Erik's ebook "The Ultimate Vegan Guide" Erik's website Social Media: Twitter: @ChickPeepsPod Instagram: @ChickPeepsPod Facebook: @ChickPeepsPodcast Momoko Hill: @oh_momoko Robbie Jarvis: @robbjarvis Tylor Starr: @tylorstarr Evanna Lynch: @msevylynch 

Welcome to the 395th episode of Our Hen House!  Mariann interviews Dominique Barnes, who, along with Michelle Wolf, co-founded New Wave Foods in the fall of 2015 after being accepted to develop plant-based seafood alternatives at Indie Bio, the world’s largest […]

In today's episode we talk about another undercover investigation, McDonald's ex-CEO joining a vegan company, Moby's new vegan restaurant, Robin's trip to Japan, and our very first interview with vegan author, Erik Marcus.   Ask Ashley https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/11/11/that-one-was-definitely-alive-an-undercover-video-at-one-of-the-fastest-pork-processors-in-the-u-s/ http://www.techinsider.io/mcdonalds-vet-don-thompson-joins-beyond-meat-2015-11 http://www.latimes.com/food/dailydish/la-dd-moby-little-pine-vegan-silver-lake-20151109-story.html   Dinner at the Dollhouse Follow your heart Egg Japan trip: Prunus in Kyoto: https://vegandollhouse.com/blog/kyoto  Paprika in Osaka: https://vegandollhouse.com/blog/osaka  Rainbow Bird and T’s in Tokyo: https://vegandollhouse.com/blog/tokyo-day-1  Okunoshima: https://vegandollhouse.com/blog/bunny-island/    Interview http://www.erikmarcus.com/    Gently stalk us https://www.dollsanddoughnuts.com/ iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/dolls-doughnuts/id1054747608 YouTube: dolls & doughnuts (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnK9ShI0B4IBEsRK865sgQQ) Twitter: @dolls_doughnuts (https://twitter.com/dolls_doughnuts)   IG: @dollsanddoughnuts (https://www.instagram.com/dollsanddoughnuts/) Email: dollsanddoughnuts@gmail.com   Dolls & Doughnuts is a vegan centered podcast covering everything from animals rights to delicious vegan food. With your hosts! Ashley - http://www.theveganadventure.com/ Robin - https://vegandollhouse.com/  

Listen HEREHere is the article I talked about:https://humaneleaguelabs.wordpress.com/2015/09/20/report-is-animal-cruelty-or-purity-abolitionist-messaging-more-effective/Here is the link to all of Gary Francione's books please read them ALL:  http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/books/Here is the link to the groundbreaking debate with Erik Marcus and Gary Francione please set yourself down with a pot of tea or coffee or whatever and listen to the whole 2.5 hours. http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/my-dinner-at-eriks-happy-meat-diner/#.VgEpU-mFu0c Here is the direct link to the audio in case you missed it:  http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/media/mp3/eriks-diner-2007-02-25.mp3Thanks for listening

Listen HEREHere is the link to the Vegan Printer: www.veganprinter.comHere is links to heaps of the articles and Facebook postings about The Vegan Society debacle:THE "VEGAN" SOCIETY WITHDRAWS "THERE, WE SAID IT. YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE VEGAN." - Facebook post about the 'rebrand' and the changes they made after the first protest of the new TVS campaignhttp://www.abolitionistapproach.com/moment-silence-donald-watson-founder-vegan-society/#.U-9o90sQcbShttp://www.abolitionistapproach.com/vegan-society-ambassador-fiona-oakes-veganism-not-for-everyone-probably-not-many-people/#.U-9cK0sQcbShttp://www.abolitionistapproach.com/manager-vegfestuk-tim-barford-many-people-get-ill-vegan-diet/#.U-9clEsQcbQhttp://www.abolitionistapproach.com/cant-make-stuff-vegan-society-ambassador-fiona-oakes-says-promoting-veganism-moral-imperative-causes-damage-animals/#.U-9cF0sQcbQhttp://www.abolitionistapproach.com/vegan-society-corporate-partners-sustainable-animal-agriculture/#.U-9cBEsQcbQhttp://www.abolitionistapproach.com/brought-vegan-society-disrepute-insisted-vegan-society-vegan/#.U-9cb0sQcbQhttp://www.abolitionistapproach.com/vegan-society-decide/#.U-9cqEsQcbQPart 1 of the debate between Tim Barford and Gary Francione: http://www.goveganradio.com/2014/08/04/3-august-2014/Part 2 of the debate:  http://www.goveganradio.com/2014/08/13/10-august-2014/Facebook events page for the debate: https://www.facebook.com/events/809889079061401/This is the debate between Gary Francione and Erik Marcus: a MUST listen for any advocate:  http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/audio/#erik-marcus-20070225  There is also a pdf of the transcript the relevant part I was referring to is here: "...as far as what we say to people who don’t ... I’m not really interested in designing campaigns – I mean look, Erik, there are going to be people who disagree, they’re going to be people who aren’t interested at all. So shall I design my campaign and shall I target my efforts to the people that don’t care? You know, last night I saw this movie Amazing Grace, it wasn’t a perfect movie, but it was certainly, given the grand scheme of horrible movies these days, it was a worthwhile movie to see. It was about Wilbur Wilberforce, who actually with Richard Martin, Ithink this is accurate, that he started the RSPCA in England, but William Wilberforcewas also an abolitionist with respect to slavery. And it was very interesting, because he had to confront this very issue. That, at the time that he decided slavery should be abolished most people thought slavery shouldn’t be abolished, and yet, he didn’t propose that we ought to make slavery more humane. He took an abolitionist position continuously, and eventually he prevailed. So I’m not really interested in worrying about – yeah, are there some people out there that don’t care? You used the expression “gratuitous cruelty” I don’t even know what the hell that means, Erik. I really don’t even know what that means, gratuitous cruelty. What does that mean? We don’t need to eat animals at all. Nobody maintains – its 2007, nobody, not even the United States government maintains that we need to eat any animal products to be optimally healthy. Indeed an increasing number of mainstream healthcare people are telling us that eating animal products isn’t good for us. So, all suffering in connection with animals that we’re raising for food is gratuitous. So I don’t know what you mean when you say gratuitous cruelty. But, are there people who don’t care? Yes, Erik, there are people who don’t care, and there are a lot of people who do care. And what I’m interested in doing is reaching those people, and when I reach them, the last thing in the world I want to tell them is, “Hey look, you’re going to go from Abu Ghraib to a minimum security Connecticut prison if you buy cage-free eggs.” I’m not going to tell them that. I’m going to tell them if they care about this issue there’s one choice: go vegan. And you know what? Some people are going to turn off to that, and some people are going to turn on to that, and what I’m interested in is the people who turn on to it, because every person I turn on to it decreases demand. That’s what we’ve got to do, is decrease the demand. And the way you decrease demand is you get people to stop using these products altogether. You don’t do it by imposing opportunity costs that are so deminimist that producers can pass those costs along to consumers and not lose a cent of profit. Indeed, there is a huge markup. I don’t know if you’ve shopped at Whole Foods recently, but they’re making a lot of money. Those products are marked up tremendously. Those producers are making a tremendous profit. I don’t think that’s the solution. As a matter of fact, I’m sure it’s not."Here is my Facebook status I read out:  https://www.facebook.com/NZVegan/posts/541388332629761"Listening to the second part of the debate between Gary Francione and Tim Barford. So far we are at just the first question, re: having groups like "Part-Time Carnivore" attend Veg Fest. Tim is justifying this by saying cutting down to say 20% animal products is still going to have an immensely positive effect on the environment and human health, as well as decreasing by 80% the amount of animals used.Nobody is disputing that less harm is better. Nobody is disputing that or has ever disputed that. It is not an issue that is focused on in human rights campaigning against fundamental human rights abuses like rape (I mean, less rape is better right? So should we campaign for 'less rape'? NO!!! We should and do campaign for NO RAPE!)The main theme of Tim's position and of every single other welfarist I have debated myself in various places, is the same one. Their position is: if you advocate for veganism unequivocally, not only will people not even begin to think about these issues at all, and therefore because they won't even begin to think about them that means they will therefore never start to examine their animal use, leading them to start to cut down on their animal use anyway, of their own volition, based on these issues they are beginning to think about because they were talked to about veganism - not only will they not do that, but that they will completely and utterly, down to the last person, freak out, reject the entire thing entirely, and will make NO reductions and might even increase animal use out of some kind of perverse notion and will never, ever go vegan, or ever cut down, or ever have their consciousness awoken in the slightest bit about the immorality of animal use.This is their claim. Based on this erroneous belief, they claim we *have* to promote "meat free Mondays" or "part time Carnivore" or welfare 'reforms' or 'cutting down' etc and we cannot promote veganism unequivocally or hold veganism as the moral baseline. Otherwise, they claim, NO ONE will make ANY CHANGES. EVER. That's their position.Does that make sense to you? That doesn't make sense to me either." Thanks for listening

Listen HEREHere is the quote I was trying to say on the show"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." ~ Margaret MeadThis is the Gandhi quote I have on my 'cubicle' wall at work:"Non-violence and truth are inseparable and presuppose one another." ~ GandhiHere are the posters I have on my cubicle wall at workHere is a link to the interview of Gary Francione by Erik Marcus: MP3 or listen on the Abolitionist Approach Audio page.Please read Gary Francione's booksHere is our Facebook Group that I talked about: Oz Vegan & NZ VeganHere is the link to Emmy James' new podcast that I mentioned: Activism and the Message We Want to Send

LISTEN HEREThis week I revisit something that is old news but I think still very relevant for the coming year and all years of the vegan movement, which is that we have no excuse for not promoting veganism unequivocally."All compromise is based on give and take, but there can be no give and take on fundamentals. Any compromise on mere fundamentals is a surrender. For it is all give and no take." ~ GhandiI mention a discussion where things "clicked" for me and I always recommend to all advocates to listen to this discussion between Gary Francione and Erik Marcus: listen here or access it on the Abolitionist Approach audio page (scroll down to find the interview)I mention this article by Corey Wrenn: Academic Discrimination Against VegansHere is Randy Sandberg's fantastic Quotes on Slavery website where you can find a lot of history about the history of the Abolitionist Movement against slavery in the human context which can teach us a lot about the movement today to abolish all slavery, human and nonhuman.I mention that Peaceful Prairie Sanctuary residents need hay for the winter, but anyway they always need help and also I have links to some local sanctuaries and other rescue groups in NZ - please if you are going to donate money to anyone please donate directly to helping animals such as sanctuary, adoption and rescue, rather than to welfare campaigns and organisations.Here is a message of nonviolence for 2012 from Trish Roberts of Lobsa and LiveVegan: A Message of Nonviolence for 2012Here's a great new article just released by Dan Cudahy and Angel Flinn for the New Year: Make the Vegan ResolutionHere is a great new article by Vincent Guihan: Vegan Outreach: how not to do itHappy New Year everyone! :)UPDATE: I just want to add that this particular rant of mine was not a commentary on vegans who are unequivocal vegans in their own lives, and live vegan uncompromisingly, yet don't advocate it as such as an extra activity outside of normal life as vegans, because they are just not really interested in actually being an 'activist" as it were or they are advocating other social justice issues that take up all their free time, however they live vegan; it was specifically due to experiences with vegans who are welfare advocates, with whom I was discussing activism, and their preference of promoting welfare reform, their resistance to promoting veganism at all, and their absolute refusal to do it unequivocally.I recognise that these vegans and all vegans are challenging the status quo by being vegan, and are to an extent being advocates with regard to the example they set to those around them. I am glad for all vegans for being vegan. So I want that to be really clear. This is specifically in regard to the above-described position of welfare advocates.

Listen HEREA Revolution of the Heart by Gary FrancioneSingle Issue Campaigns - Pruning Exploitation - by Dan Cudahy and Angel Flinn - the podcast version can be found here at Live Vegan's YouTube pageThe ever important debate between Erik Marcus and Gary FrancioneMy previous podcast on the "you don't care about the animals who are suffering now" accusation.Our NZ Vegan Facebook PageOur OZVegan & NZVegan Facebook groupThe No Kill Movement

On our 15th podcast, we bring you the Sounds of Summerfest, including a chat with Erik Marcus about podcasting and an interview with Joe Connelley on the 50th issue of VegNews. There are also clips from the entertainment sessions, notably the incomparable singing of Sarah Eisman and some clips from the unparallelled collaborative improv cartooning shtick delivered by Dan Piraro and myself. There are also perspectives on what makes Summerfest Summerfest from notables such as Howard Lyman, Carol Adams, Gene Bauston, Amie Hamlin, Michael Greger and others, and as always, a new Science Fact.

On our 15th podcast, we bring you the Sounds of Summerfest, including a chat with Erik Marcus about podcasting and an interview with Joe Connelley on the 50th issue of VegNews. There are also clips from the entertainment sessions, notably the incomparable singing of Sarah Eisman and some clips from the unparallelled collaborative improv cartooning shtick delivered by Dan Piraro and myself. There are also perspectives on what makes Summerfest Summerfest from notables such as Howard Lyman, Carol Adams, Gene Bauston, Amie Hamlin, Michael Greger and others, and as always, a new Science Fact.