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JULY 18, 2010

VEGCAST #86 (19 MB)


MARIBETH ABRAMS
The 4-Ingredient Vegan

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  • Tell us about your veggie podcast!

    • SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 86

  • SPONSOR:
    Lightlife Foods

  • MARIBETH ABRAMS: 4-INGREDIENT VEGAN
    4-Ingredient Vegan: Main Page
    Maribeth Abrams page

  • Music: Maggi, Pierce and EJ

  • SCIENCE FACT:
    Fish talk to each other, scientist says

    • SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 85

  • SPONSOR:
    Lightlife Foods

  • HORIZONS AT JAMES BEARD HOUSE
    Horizons Restaurant
    James Beard Foundation
    Ecorazzi: Michael Dudell's play-by-play of the meal
    Candle Cafe and Candle 79
    Bart Potenza: Look Two Ways on a One-Way Street

  • Music: The Pleasants - Streets of Darkness

  • VEGAS, BABY!
    Chef Mayra: All Vegan, All the Time

  • SCIENCE FACT:
    Toxic metals in whales threat to humans: study

    • SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 84

  • SPONSOR:
    Lightlife Foods

  • MUZZLING A MOVEMENT
    Muzzling a Movement - Lantern Books
    Muzzling a Movement by Dara Lovitz - Main Site

  • Music: The Faded - Leave Out All the Rest
  • Twilight Soundtrack at Hot Topic

  • SCIENCE FACT:
    New York Times: Amish Farming Draws Rare Government Scrutiny
    Earth to Philly: How brown was my valley

    • SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 83

  • SPONSOR:
    Lightlife Foods

  • DR. AMY FITZGERALD
    Probing the link between slaughterhouses and violent crime
    Amy Fitzgerald, Ph.D. - Research

  • Music: Yvonne Smith - Be Here Now

  • SCIENCE FACT:
    Abstract: The Brain Functional Networks Associated to Human and Animal Suffering Differ among Omnivores, Vegetarians and Vegans
    Vegan Examiner: Empathy, intelligence and the vegetarian brain

  • June 19th: CARE's 14th Annual Veggie Fest

    • SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 82

  • SPONSOR:
    Lightlife Foods

  • SEXUAL POLITICS OF MEAT
    Carol Adams main site
    Sexual Politics of Meat page
    Other Carol Adams books

  • Music: Nellie McKay - Mother of Pearl

  • SCIENCE FACT:
    World's biggest beaver dam discovered in northern Canada

    • SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 81

  • Philly's vegan-friendly SustainaBall - E2P Podcast

  • BY ANY GREENS NECESSARY - Tracye McQuirter
    BlackVegetarians.org site
    By Any Greens Necessary

  • Music: Music: Amanda Rogers - Operator

  • SCIENCE FACT:
    'Growing concern' over marketing tainted beef

  • New Group: Peace Advocacy Network

    • SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 80

  • BECOMING RAW - Vesanto Melina
    Nurtispeak - Vesanto Melina homepage
    Becoming Raw page on Nutrispeak

  • Music: You Purple Virgin - Malibu
    Dawson Street Pub: Ej Simpson performs Jesus Christ Superstar

  • SCIENCE FACT:
    Can Animal Models of Disease Reliably Inform Human Studies?

  • Special Note: Rat Chick Rat Rescue

    • SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 79

  • SECOND NATURE - Jonathan Balcombe
    Second Nature page at MacMillan.com

  • Music: Yvonne Smith - Love All

  • SCIENCE FACT:
    Dog growls contain specific information

  • Vegan Pledge: Get goodies for doing good
  • World Peace Diet

    • SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 78

  • VEGAN IN 30 DAYS - Sarah Taylor
    Main Site: The Vegan Next Door
    Speaker at Vegfest, April 10th & 11th

  • Music: Amanda Rogers - Hibernating

  • SCIENCE FACT:
    Study: CAFOs a threat to public health
    Slaughterhouses and Increased Crime Rates

  • Take 5 Save 5
  • Philadelphia No-Kill Gala

    • SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 77

  • VEGAN ROCK - Ashkon Hobooti
    Join us at Vegan Rock
    Vegan Rock on Yelp

  • MUSIC:
    Robert Hedge - Manhattan
    More Than Breathing

  • SCIENCE FACT:
    Scientists say dolphins should be treated as 'non-human persons'

    • SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 76

  • SPONSOR:
    Luna and Larry's Coconut Bliss

  • ABOLITIONISM AND NON-VIOLENCE - Gary Francione
    Abolitionist Approach - Main site
    Abolitionist Approach Commentaries

  • Music: Dada Veda - Waiting For That Time

    • SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 75

  • SPONSOR:
    Luna and Larry's Coconut Bliss

  • SPECIAL COMMENT: CREATING FAUX 'CONTROVERSY'
    'Climategate' and the industry of denial
    Big Fat Omissions: Science, logic sorely lacking in pro-Atkins article

  • CARRIAGE HORSES - Brandon Gittelman, Friends of Animals
    Friends of Animals Main site
    Boycott Macy's Until They End Horse-Drawn Carriage Rides

  • Music: Yvonne Smith - Let Go
    Traveling Vegetarian Vlog #26 - Musical pursuits

  • SCIENCE FACT:
    Study finds benefits of soy after breast cancer

  • Listen for Bah & the Humbugs on Christmas Eve

    • SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 74

  • SPONSOR:
    Luna and Larry's Coconut Bliss

  • HEALTHY VOYAGER - Carolyn Scott
    Main site
    Healthy Voyager blog
    Healthy Voyager shows - video and radio

  • Music: Will Tuttle - Turkeysong

  • SCIENCE FACT:
    Study: Grazing threatens U.S. wildlife habitat

    • SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 73

  • SPONSOR:
    Luna and Larry's Coconut Bliss

  • CHENOA MANOR
    Main site
    Help Us Save Our Historic Bank Barn

  • REVIEW:
    JONATHAN SAFRAN FOER: Eating Animals

  • Music: Hymn for Her - Sugar Monkey

  • SCIENCE FACT:
    Methane's role in global warming underestimated

  • Veganic agriculture web seminar November 12th

    • SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 72

  • SPONSOR:
    Luna and Larry's Coconut Bliss

  • WORLDWATCH:
    Report: Animal Agriculture causes 51% of greenhouse gas emissions (PDF)
  • 350.org
    International Day of Climate Action

    • SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 71

  • SPONSOR:
    Luna and Larry's Coconut Bliss

  • DYNISE BALCAVAGE
    Urban Vegan - The blog
    Urban Vegan - The Cookbook

  • Music: You Purple Virgin - Learning to Say Goodbye

  • SCIENCE FACT:
    Mercury Contaminates All Fish Tested in River Study, U.S. Says
    Mercury Found in Blood of One-Third of American Women
    Eating Fish Fails to Prevent Heart Failure, Dutch Study Finds
    [BLOG] CalorieLab: Mercury found in every fish studied

  • NEWS / UPDATES
    Twitition petition ... WE WANT AN HSUS "GO VEGAN" CAMPAIGN!!


    • SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 70

  • SPONSOR:
    Luna and Larry's Coconut Bliss

  • YVONNE SMITH
    Main Site - The Traveling Vegetarian
    Tennnessean: Group of journalists undertake vegan experiment

  • Music: Saint Mad - "Live"

  • SCIENCE FACT:
    High Fruit And Vegetable Intake Linked To Antioxidant Status And Cognitive Performance
    Study: Cholesterol levels tied to increased risk for dementia

  • ED BEGLEY, JR.
    Ed and the Environment

  • NEWS / UPDATES
    New Site: VeganTeen.net
    Meatless Monday: Beef -- It's Not What's For Dinner

    • SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 69

  • SPONSOR:
    Luna and Larry's Coconut Bliss

  • VEGAN DRINKS PHILLY
    Vegan Drinks Philly blog
    Ed Coffin - Eat Consciously

  • VIRGINIA MESSINA
    About Virginia Messina, MPH, RD

  • Music: Amanda Rogers - This Beauty

  • SCIENCE FACT:
    Nitrous oxide: The last laugh?

  • Event: Veggie Cabaret II with Dan Piraro, Saturday Sept. 5, 8 pm at the Rotunda


    • SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 68

  • SPONSOR:
    Luna and Larry's Coconut Bliss

  • HEATHER MILLS
    Main Site
  • Fish's off... Heather Mills gets high and mighty as her vegan caf» replaces seafood diner

  • Music: Yim Yames (Jim James) - Behind that Locked Door

  • SCIENCE FACT:
    Dolphin body language 'follows human verbal communication'

  • Event: Join Us on 22 August as Friends of Animals and CARE Say: Let the Deer Be!


    • SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 67

  • NAVS SUMMERFEST
    Main Site

  • Music: Kyle Vincent - On My Ride

  • SCIENCE FACT:
    Vegetarians May Have Lower Cancer Risk

  • Leftovers: The Video

    • SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 66

  • VEGAN RADIO
    Podcasts and radio schedule
    The Vegan Bus
    Veganica

  • Music: Amanda Rogers - Cabin Muse

  • SCIENCE FACT:
    Global swine flu deaths top 700

  • Fundraiser at Black Olive, July 25, 6:30 p.m.

    • SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 65

  • A WONDERFUL NOISE at CRT
    Creede 2009 Season
    Maggie's Mercantile
    Shangri-La Diner
    Poor Richard's Restaurant

    Happy Cow Compassionate Eating Guide


  • SCIENCE FACT:
    Red Meat, Dairy Linked To Pancreatic Cancer Risk

    • SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 64

  • RIP ESSELSTYN - ENGINE 2 DIET
    The Engine 2 Diet - Main Site
    Engine 2 Academy

  • Music: Moby - Live for Tomorrow

  • SCIENCE FACT:
    Mockingbirds, no bird brains, can recognize a face in a crowd

    • SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 63

  • DAVE WHEITNER
    Vegan Waffle Parties - Main Site
    Dave Wheitner - Idealist Coach

  • Music: Dave Wheitner - We All Are One

  • SCIENCE FACT:
    New Scientist: Circus captivity is beastly for wild animals

  • FOLLOW-UP: Primarily Primates Video News Release | Text Entry on PETA action
  • FOLLOW-UP: Dr. Michael Greger on CNN May 5 | May 18

    • SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 62

  • PRISCILLA FERAL
    Friends of Animals - Main Site
    Cookbook: The Best of Vegan Cooking

  • Music: Lagoon

  • SCIENCE FACT:
    Study gathers best science on heart-healthy foods

  • New Philly Podcast: Vegan Review

    • SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 61

  • DR. MICHAEL GREGER - EXPERT ON HEDGEHOG DISEASES
    Colbert Report: The Enemy Within
    Dr. Greger Site
    New (and old) Michael Greger DVDs

  • Music: Green Beings

  • SCIENCE FACT:
    Red meat raises risk of all kinds of death: study

    • SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 60

  • FRAN COSTIGAN - GREAT GOOD DAIRY-FREE DESSERTS
    Fran Costigan - Main Site
    Natural Gourmet Institute - Vegan Baking Boot Camp
    Amazon.com: More Great Dairy Free Desserts Naturally
    Vegan Food and Wine Tasting at The Max Studio

  • Music: Quinn band

  • SCIENCE FACT:
    Stone Throwing Chimp Suggests Animals Make Plans

    • SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 59

    NEWS & COMMENT:

  • Lawmakers pitch plans to aid dairy farmers
  • Scientific American: How Meat Contributes to Global Warming

  • JILL NUSSINOW - THE VEGGIE QUEEN
    The Veggie Queen
    Pressure Cooking Online

  • Music:Dada Veda

  • SCIENCE FACT:
    Cured meats tied to childhood leukemia risk

    • SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 58

  • YAIR MARINOV - MAOZ VEGETARIAN
    Maoz USA - Main site

  • Music:Rosie Burgess
    Rosie Burgess on Myspace

  • SCIENCE FACT:
    USA Today: First count finds 1 in 200 kids are vegetarian
    CDC: Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use Among Adults and Children: United States, 2007 (PDF)
    Jack Norris on the study

    • SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 57

  • HEIDI PRESCOTT - POLITICAL ACTION
    HSUS - Heidi Prescott, Senior Vice President, Campaigns

  • Music:Green Beings

  • SCIENCE FACT:
    Study: Elephants in zoos live much shorter lives
    Preuse stories on neglect and mismanagement at the National Zoo

    • SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 56

  • SARAH KRAMER - VEGAN A GO-GO
    Sarah Kramer - Main Site
    Vegan a Go-Go and 2010 Calendar

  • Music: Moby - 257.zero

  • SCIENCE FACT:
    An Egg a Day Raises Risk of Diabetes

  • Pamphlet: Respecting Animals Means Going Vegan (PDF)

    • SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 55

  • GREEN FESTIVAL, WASHINGTON, D.C. NOVEMBER 8th & 9th
    Green Festivals - Main Site
    Compassion Over Killing
    Sweet Haven Bakery
    Vegetarian Society of DC

  • Music: Floored on Empty - Green Backyard

  • SCIENCE FACT:
    Study: Dairy scandal taints all Chinese brands

  • Dave Warwak: Vegan School 101

    • SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 54

  • KATHY FRESTON
    Kathy Freston - Main site
    The 21-day cleanse, in Oprah's own words

  • Music: Quinn Band

  • SCIENCE FACT:
    Study links eating red meat, illness

    • SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 53

  • KAREN DAVIS
    United Poultry Concerns
    Green Festival

  • Music: Heidi Howe

  • SCIENCE FACT:
    Greens, greens, they're good for your heart: study

    LUSH shop locator
    Dude, it's gotta be the food!

    • SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 52

  • SPONSOR:
    Farm Fresh Express
    and KOV Foods

  • HAROLD BROWN
    FarmKind.org
    Harold Brown page on Humane Myth
    Peaceable Kingdom: The Journey Home
    Club Veg Philly - Events
  • Music: Christina Louise Dicker - Get up and Go

  • SCIENCE FACT:
    Study Finds Fountain Of Youth, Vegan Diet And Exercise

    • SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 51

  • SPONSOR:
    Farm Fresh Express
    and KOV Foods

  • CHRIS WALLA
    The Hall of Justice
    Death Cab for Cutie - Main Web site
    Death Cab for Cutie - MySpace page

  • Music: Chris Walla - Note to Self

  • SCIENCE FACT:
    Vegan Diet Reduces Risk of Arthritis, Heart Attack and Stroke

    • SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 50

  • SPONSOR:
    Farm Fresh Express
    and KOV Foods

  • STEPHANE GROLEAU
    GoVeganic.Net
    ***BONUS*** FRENCH EDITION OF STEPHANE GROLEAU INTERVIEW

  • Music: Green Beings

  • SCIENCE FACT:
    Going veggie can slash your carbon footprint: study

    • SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 49


    YouTube video for the Green Beings song "I Can Drive 55" played on this episode (click through for full-size version)

  • SPONSOR:
    Farm Fresh Express

  • JAMES LAVECK
    Humane Myth Web site
    Tribe of Heart

  • Music: Green Beings
     and Michael Hollinger

  • SCIENCE FACT:
    Environmental Science & Technology: Do food miles matter?
    Abstract: Food-Miles and the Relative Climate Impacts of Food Choices in the United States

    • SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 48

  • SPONSOR:
    Farm Fresh Express

  • LISA MICKLEBOROUGH
    VegNews Magazine
    VegNews MP3 Playlist

  • Music: Young Rival
    Young Rival on MySpace

  • SCIENCE FACT:
    Low-carb plan best in study
    Ornish: Why Atkins still doesn't beat low-fat diet
    Read the study (PDF)

    • SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 47

  • SPONSOR:
    KOV Foods

  • SOUNDS OF SUMMERFEST 2008
    Summerfest Main Page
    About NAVS and World Vegetarian Day
    Jo Stepaniak in Wikipedia
    Vegan Sourcebook

  • SCIENCE FACT:
    Scientists: Watermelon yields Viagra-like effects

    • SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 46

  • SPONSOR:
    KOV Foods

  • ISA CHANDRA MOSKOWITZ - ULTIMATE VEGAN
    Post Punk Kitchen
    Veganomicon

  • Music: Green Beings

  • SCIENCE FACT:
    Fruits,veggies can protect from lung cancer

    • SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 45

  • MARIA PANDOLFI - BUM RAP FOR RATS
    Rat Chick Rat Rescue

  • Music: Christina Louise Dicker

  • SCIENCE FACT:
    Water scare over food crisis

    • SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 44

  • SPONSOR:
    Temptation Vegan Ice Cream

  • (Why Vegcast 44 was delayed)

  • GENE HE - NATURESOY
    NatureSoy - Main site

  • Music: Maggi, Pierce & EJ

  • SCIENCE FACT:
    Report urges huge changes to factory-farming practices

    • SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 43

  • SPONSOR:
    Temptation Vegan Ice Cream

  • RORY FREEDMAN - SKINNY BITCH
    Skinny Bitch - Main site
    Skinny Bitch in the Kitch
    NY Times: The Carrot Some Vegans Deplore

  • Music: Moby

  • SCIENCE FACT:
    Macadamia nuts cut heart attack risk

  • Washington Post, 2008: Animals and Us, Not So Far Apart
  • Vegetarian Voice, 2005: The Decline & Fall of Human Supremacy

    • SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 42

  • SPONSOR:
    Temptation Vegan Ice Cream

  • NAVA ATLAS
    In a Vegetarian Kitchen with Nava Atlas
    Vegetariana
    Vegan Express
    Other Nava Atlas cookbooks
    Nava's Jerk-Spiced Seitan recipe on ABC site

  • Music: Dada Veda

  • SCIENCE FACT:
    Vegan diet helps arthritis and heart

    • SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 41

  • SPONSOR:
    Temptation Vegan Ice Cream

  • STEWART ROSE - VEGETARIANS OF WASHINGTON
    Vegetarians of Washington Site
    Stewart Rose: The Vegetarian Solution

  • Music: Beloved Binge

  • LISA HIGGINS - VEGAN MINI MALL
    Sweet Pea Baking Company
    Herbivore Clothing Co.
    Food Fight Grocery
    "Mini-mall" caters to vegans
    Vegan mall debuts in SE Portland

  • SCIENCE FACT:
    Fermenting takes the allergy out of soy

    • SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 40

  • SPONSOR:
    Temptation Vegan Ice Cream

  • PAUL SHAPIRO - HSUS
    Humane Society of the United States
    Video from undercover investigator
    USDA Orders Largest-Ever Beef Recall After Alleged Animal Cruelty
    Food inspectors say USDA short-handed

  • Music: Green Beings

  • SCIENCE FACT:
    Minds of their Own: Animals are smarter than you think.

    • SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 39

  • SPONSOR:
    Temptation Vegan Ice Cream

  • Special Note: HSUS Investigations Fund

  • MARTHA GRIMES - DAKOTA
    Dakota - From Viking, Feb. 2008
    Martha Grimes with Neal Barnard and other events

  • MUSIC: Watercolor Paintings

  • SCIENCE FACT:
    Charlotte Observer: The Cruelest Cuts

    • SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 38

  • SPONSOR:
    Temptation Vegan Ice Cream

  • NICK COONEY - HUGS FOR PUPPIES
    VegPA.net - The site we're talking about
    Hugs for Puppies

  • MUSIC:Verdun
    Verdun on VEGCAST #5

  • SCIENCE FACT:
    What? Where? When? Some animals may know

    • SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 37

  • SPONSOR:
    Temptation Vegan Ice Cream

  • CAROLINE DUPONT
    Caroline Dupont site
    Enlightened Eating

  • MUSIC:Will Tuttle

  • SCIENCE FACT:
    Big Drug-Makers Merck and Schering-Plough Withheld Test Results for Two Years
    Cholesterol drug link to disturbed teacherˆs death
    Diet May Cut Cholesterol As Much As Drugs Do

    • SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 36

  • SPONSOR:
    Temptation Vegan Ice Cream

  • MIKE HUDAK
    Press Release: Diet for small planet may be most efficient if it includes dairy and a little meat, Cornell researchers report
    Mike Hudak Site
    Western Turf Wars site

  • BAH & THE HUMBUGS
    Main site

  • SCIENCE FACT:
    Meat raises lung cancer risk, too, study finds

    • SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 35

  • SPONSOR:
    Temptation Vegan Ice Cream

  • ZINNIA KONVISER
    Maynard Clark on Zinnia and Fannie Shaffer's Vegetarian Hotel

  • Kyle Vincent Web site

  • SCIENCE FACT:
    Study: Kids Will Eat Healthy School Food

    • SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 34

  • SPONSOR:
    Temptation Vegan Ice Cream

  • VESANTO MELINA
    Vesanto Melina main site
    Food Allergy Survival Guide

  • SCIENCE FACT:
    Major new study strongly links meat consumption to cancer
    Read the report

    • SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 33

  • DAVE WARWAK
    Dave Warwak main site
    Dave Warwak stories on Google News
    Will Tuttle and World Peace Diet on Vegcast 13

  • Music: Moby

  • SCIENCE FACT:
    Much of U.S. Could See a Water Shortage

    • SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 32

  • DR. JOHN McDOUGALL
    Dr. McDougall main site
    Dr. McDougall hot topics

  • Music: Green Beings

  • SCIENCE FACT:
    Fruits and Veggies Team Up to Fight Breast Cancer
    Diet rich in red meat doubles breast cancer risk

  • Recall Roundup: Full list of major recalls

    • SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 31

  • DAN PIRARO
    Bizarro Web site
    Bizarro Animal Stuff

  • Music: Jim Harris and Saint Mad

  • SCIENCE FACT:
    Low-fat veg diet may keep prostate cancer at bay

    • SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 30

  • Veggie Cabaret

  • BRENDA DAVIS
    Brenda Davis Web site
    Marshall Islands gallery
    Marshall Islands Diabetes Wellness Center

  • Music: Green Beings

  • SCIENCE FACT:
    Flaxseed May Ease Hot Flashes:
    Menopausal Hot Flashes Were Halved In Preliminary Study

    • SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 29

  • SOUNDS OF SUMMERFEST
    Vegetarian Summerfest - Main Site
    JoAnn Farb - Our Home School Restaurant "Project"

  • KYLE VINCENT
    Kyle Vincent Web site
    Kyle Vincent on VEGCAST #28
    Kyle Vincent on VEGCAST #27

  • Audio interviews with T. Colin Campbell - ClimateHealth.net

  • SCIENCE FACT:
    Modern Milk

  • Milk is Disappearing From the Family Dinner Table (Press Release)

    • SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 28

  • LIVE EARTH
    Live Earth - Main Site
    Live Earth's Top Five Most Important Things To Do
    Jane Goodall Institute: Roots and Shoots

  • KYLE VINCENT
    Kyle Vincent Web site
    Kyle Vincent on VEGCAST #27

  • SCIENCE FACT:
    Meat Market Is Harming Environment

  • Soy Wallets

    • SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 27

  • KYLE VINCENT
    Kyle Vincent Web site
    News: Kyle and Al Gore at the Climate Project
    Climate Project Web site

  • Music: Green Beings

  • SCIENCE FACT:
    Low 'energy density' foods aid weight loss

    The Word Is 'Leakage' - Accidents may happen with a new OTC diet drug.

    • SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 26

  • PAMELA RICE, VIVA VEGIE
    Viva Vegie Society
    Al Gore Demo with video

  • SCIENCE FACT:
    Dogs, it turns out, think more than we think they do

    • SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 25

  • MINDY KURSBAN, PCRM
    Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine
    USDA and Dairy Industry Halt Misleading Weight-Loss Ads After Physicians Group Complains to Federal Trade Commission
    NutritionMD
    Vegcast 5: Dr. Neal Barnard

  • Music: Beloved Binge
    Beloved Binge tour schedule

  • SCIENCE FACT:
    Toxic products found in blood of BBQ lovers

    • SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 24

  • JODI CHEMES:
    Florida Voices for Animals
    Vegan Outreach: Adopt-a-College

  • Music: Moby

  • SCIENCE FACT:
    Cured meats 'double risk of lung disease'

    • SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 23

  • ARNOLD'S WAY:
    Arnold's Way - Main site
    Arnold on YouTube
    Arnold on MySpace

  • SCIENCE FACT:
    Beef diet 'damages sons' sperm'
    Dairy product tie to having twins

    • SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 22

    Gary Francione / Erik Marcus debate

  • ANIMAL AID CONCERT:
    Concert Info
    Baltimore Animal Rights Coalition

  • SCIENCE FACT:
    Hmm ... rats think like humans

    • SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 21

  • SCIENCE FACT:
    Dark Chocolate Is Healthy Chocolate

  • A Prairie Home Companion

  • ALLISON'S GOURMET:
    Main Page
    Vegan Chocolates

  • Music: Moby

    • SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 20

  • LIVESTOCK'S LONG SHADOW

  • Music: Green Beings

  • MICKEY Z:
    Mickey Z - Main Site
    The State of "The Nation" (eat meat?)
    The Nation: My Beef With Vegetarianism
    New Yorker: Vegetable Love

  • SCIENCE FACT:
    Raw cougar meat makes hunter sick

    • SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 19

  • SCIENCE FACT:
    Milk cancels health benefit of drinking tea
    Nearly one in five milk nutrition studies has author conflict of interest

  • GARY FRANCIONE:
    Animal Rights: The Abolitionist Approach
    Gary Francione Weblog
    Introduction to Animal Rights: Your Child or the Dog?
    Vegan Freaks Podcast: Gary Francione Interview

    • SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 18

  • BIRD FLU: A virus of our own hatching
  • See Dr. Michael Greger in person
  • More about Dr. Michael Greger

  • Music: David Cantor

  • SCIENCE FACT:
    Salmonella strain turning up more in chicken -
    Dangerous germs increasingly found in broiler chickens and eggs

    • SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 17

  • Responsible Policies for Animals
  • Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary in NY Daily News

  • Music: Green Beings

  • SCIENCE FACT:
    Study: Vegetable Diet Keeps The Mind Sharp

    • SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 16

  • Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary
  • Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary in NY Daily News

    Will Tuttle site

  • SCIENCE FACT:
    Processed meats tied to stomach cancer

    • SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 15

  • Vegetarian Summerfest
  • North American Vegetarian Society

  • Erik Marcus - Erik's Diner
  • Joe Connelley - VegNews Magazine

  • Dan Piraro - Bizarro
  • Dan's Vegan page

  • SCIENCE FACT:
    Vegan diet reverses diabetes symptoms, study finds

    • SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 14

  • 2005: Phillies add vegetarian menu to ballpark's lineup

  • 2006: Veggie dogs go to the ballpark

  • Club Veg Philadelphia

  • Music: Green Beings

  • SCIENCE FACT:
    Health risk fears over sex hormones in imported beef

  • VegNews Magazine

    • SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 13

  • Horse racing is still saddled by cruelty issue

  • Rich Hofmann: Racing brings up the rear in safety

  • WILL TUTTLE:
    Karuna Music & Art
    The World Peace Diet
    The Original Music of Will Tuttle

  • SCIENCE FACT:
    Paring down diet can cut need for statins

  • Horizons Review by Craig LaBan

    • SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 12

    VEGCAST #12 IS HERE

  • Companies agree to ban on sale of fizzy drinks in schools

  • The 20th Anniversary Genesis Awards Honors the Media that Spotlighted Animals in 2005
    (Quick bits with James Cromwell, Ben Stein, and Moby)

  • MOBY:
    Animal Rights
    18
  • SCIENCE FACT:
    USDA Gives Up Looking For Origin Of Latest BSE Cow

    • SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 11

    VEGCAST #11 IS HERE

  • U.S. Lauds "Low-Key World Reaction" To New Mad Cow Case

  • Great American Meatout 2006 - March 20
  • Podictionary - The podcast for word lovers
    "Vegetarian"

  • Music: Green Beings

  • SCIENCE FACT:
    Vegetarians Stay Slim, Meat-eaters Get Fat

    • SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 10

    VEGCAST #10 IS HERE

  • "LOW-FAT" DIETS DON'T WORK
    Ornish: The Facts About Fat

  • HORIZONS IN PHILADELPHIA
    Daily News: Cream of the Crop
    City Paper: How It All Vegan
    Horizons Philadelphia

  • Music: Green Beings

  • SCIENCE FACT
    US Meat Supply at Risk of Mad Cow Disease
    Auditors can't say whether meat plants followed mad-cow rules
    'Downer Cows' Entering Meat Supply, USDA Inspector General Says
    USDA slammed for letting high-risk downer cattle reach consumers
    USDA Didn't Follow Procedures In '04 BSE Test
    Agency Fought Retesting of Infected Cow
    USDA feared beef test
    Confidence in U.S. called key to exports.
    Beef probe faults rules mixup

    • SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 9

    VEGCAST #9 IS HERE

  • LOOKING AHEAD IN 2006
    McDonald's: U.S. Govt BSE Defense Not Working
    VegNews Magazine

  • KEY WEST
    Happy Cow's Key West page

  • Music: Green Beings

  • SCIENCE FACT
    In Major Diet Study, Carbohydrates Found Not Guilty

  • VEGAN RADIO
    Main Podcast link
    Annie Dodge photo gallery
    VEGANICA - Sorry, I said "org" but it's "com."

    • SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 8

    VEGCAST #8 IS HERE

  • PODJACKING
    Erik's Diner
    Podcast Hijacked, Held for Ransom

  • DAILY SOURCE CODE
    Main Page
    Episode #286 with Vegcast promo Adam Curry Vegcast Promo - Uncut!

  • KYLE VINCENT

  • RICHARD SCHWARTZ
    Jewish Veg - Our Diet as Kiddush Hashem
    The Schwartz Collection on Judaism, Vegetarianism, and Animal Rights
    Chanukah and Vegetarianism

  • SCIENCE FACT
    More Research on the Heart Health Benefits of Cranberry

  • BAH & THE HUMBUGS
    Main site
    Re-Gifted: Selections 1985-2005

  • Horizons Cafe

    • SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 7

    VEGCAST #7 IS HERE

  • CAROL J. ADAMS
    Carol Adams Web site
    Living Among Meat Eaters

  • BOB PYLE
    Main Web site page
    Apple and Oranges

  • NEAL BARNARD
    Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine
    Dr. Barnard on Vegcast

  • SCIENCE FACT
    Meaty, salty, starchy diet may harm lungs

    • SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 6

    VEGCAST #6 IS HERE

  • MAGGI, PIERCE AND E.J.
    Check out their 6th album ("Silver")

  • KAREN DAVIS: TURKEYS
    United Poultry Concerns
    More Than a Meal: The Turkey in History, Myth, Ritual, and Reality
    UPC 15th Annual Thanksgiving Feast
    Farm Sanctuary: Adopt-A-Turkey Project

  • SCIENCE FACT
    Americans may have eaten mad cow

  • BLOODTHIRSTY VEGETARIANS
    The promised promo...

    • SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 5

    VEGCAST #5 IS HERE

  • DR. NEAL BARNARD
    Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine
    Verdun Web site

  • TRICK OR TREAT?
    Vogue Editor Hit With a Pie in Paris

  • SCIENCE FACT
    Parrot tested for deadly flu in UK

  • BLOODTHIRSTY VEGETARIANS
    Watch for their promo on VEGCAST #6.

    • SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 4

    VEGCAST #4 IS HERE (24 MB)

    SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 4

  • PUBLIC EYE - ARTISTS FOR ANIMALS
    Main site
    Show listing Tyler Shepherd site

  • DR. MICHAEL GREGER

    Director of Public Health and Animal Agriculture for the
    Humane Society of the United States
    Organic Consumers Association Mad Cow page
    SATYA article: Why Honey Is Vegan
    Humane Eating

  • SCIENCE FACT
    Boston Globe: In a first for wild gorillas, use of tools is observed

    • VEGCAST #3 IS HERE (20 MB)

    SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 3

  • HURRICANE KATRINA
    American Red Cross
    Humane Society of the United States

  • HEIDI HOWE
    Heidi Howe Web site

  • CHINATOWN FOUR-VEGAN-RESAURANT CHALLENGE
    City Paper: Power Plants (2002)
    Friendship Gate as background for cover photo

  • SCIENCE FACT
    Inquirer Editorial: Good to the last drop, but...
    Cavalier Daily: Coffee leading antioxidant source
    Dark Chocolate is Healthy Chocolate (2003)

  • BOOK REVIEW: VEGAN FREAK
    More info about the book
    Vegan Freaks blog
    Vegan Freak Podcast

  • GREEN BEINGS

    • VEGCAST #2 IS HERE (20 MB)

    SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 2

  • SOUNDS OF SUMMERFEST
    North American Vegetarian Society
    Vegetarian Summerfest

  • WILL TUTTLE

  • HOWARD LYMAN

  • DR. MICHAEL GREGER
  • Atkins Exposed
  • Carbophobia!
  • Director of Public Health and Animal Agriculture for the
    Humane Society of the United States
  • WHO on avian flu
  • WHO/FAO/OIE report on emerging zoonotic diseases (PDF)
  • Humane Eating

  • KYLE VINCENT

  • SCIENCE FACT
    Vegan diet may reverse cancer
    Eating right is one way to fight cancer

  • Vegan Freaks blog
  • Vegan Freak Podcast
  • An Animal-Friendly Life

    • VEGCAST #1 IS HERE (23 MB)



    SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 1


  • Erik's Diner
  • Vegan Cooking School

  • GREEN BEINGS
  • "Leftovers" Lyrics

  • Mary Rakowski's Star Bar Organics
  • Philadelphia City Paper: Star Wares

  • Discovery News: Chickens think about the future
  • Vegetarian Voice: The Decline and Fall of Human Supremacy

  • Beloved Binge
  • "Why Vegan" and other song samples