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Trumix.com listings available of Erik's Diner (Vegan and Animal Rights Podcast) Podcasts Build your own playlists with this podcast. Paul Shapiro on Chino Slaughterhouse and Humane California I decided to call Paul Shapiro for an unplanned podcast, even though development for Vegan.com’s relaunch is still underway. We discuss the cruelty investigation that occurred at the Hallmark dairy slaughterhouse, which generated massive media attention. The investigation led to a record 143 million pound beef recall, and a Congressional subpoena issued to [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Phone Chat: Looking Ahead to 2008 with Paul Shapiro It’s my final podcast of 2007, and I finish off this year with an informal phone chat with Paul Shapiro. We talk about the major wins for farmed animals in 2007, including the decision of Colorado’s pork producers to phase out gestation crates. But our main topic of discussion is how you can [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | A Meaningful Life Here’s the first of two podcasts to close out 2007. I end today’s show with my lengthy reading of Matt Ball’s wonderful vegan activist essay, “A Meaningful Life.” But before that, a quick roundup of the news. I start by mentioning a lawsuit filed by two California raw-milk dairies against the [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Hungry Vegan I’m back today with a Christmas Eve podcast. The folks at The Hungry Vegan sent me a week’s worth of delicious food, and I can’t believe I gave half of it to Skimpola. She drops by and we talk about all this food and we then discuss the concept of receiving vegan meals [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Morningstar Farms Egg Victory I’ve got two interviews on today’s podcast plus ten days’ worth of news. I start by telephoning JP Goodwin of HSUS, who tells us about how Michael Vick’s 23 month prison sentence changes the animal fighting landscape. Today’s show ends with Erica Meier talking about COK and Vegan Outreach’s victory, announced this morning [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Detox Camp Jailbreak Welcome to what I hope will be my last Monday podcast under the “Erik’s Diner” RSS feed. I’m hoping to do a total relaunch of Vegan.com within the next week, at which point we’ll be introducing a brand new feed for this podcast, plus plenty of new features for Vegan.com. I [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Phone Chat with T. Colin Campbell Buckle in for an hour-long phone chat with perhaps the most highly regarded expert on vegetarianism, Professor T. Colin Campbell, author of the acclaimed book The China Study. I devoted a chapter to Campbell’s work in my first book, Vegan: The New Ethics of Eating. Today’s phone chat is 1:01:40. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Matadors and Marshmallows Once again, an interview-free but news-heavy Monday podcast. Michael Vick is now in a place where he poses zero threat to dogs. Every year, the Presidential turkey pardon misleads the public about the turkey industry and the health of the birds they breed. I slam a corrupt new milk law [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Global Warming and Vegan Rhetoric I’ve got no interviews but plenty of news on today’s podcast. Following up on last week’s Wendy’s story, I urge you to call their 800 number and to order leaflets to pass out at their restaurants. Next, I talk at some length about how PG&E’s latest PR campaign (click on the [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Phone Chat with Isa Chandra Moskowitz This week’s informal phone chat features Isa Chandra Moskowitz, author of the brand new Veganomicon. Isa will be cooking dinner for 250 people at this Saturday’s celebration at the Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary. I rave for a bit over Isa’s incredible Chocolate Smlove Pie recipe. And here are some other sample [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Dinner with Skimpola Skimpola joins me for a chat in which we talk about Isa and Dreena’s latest cookbooks on today’s podcast. Then it’s on to the news. We start with Wayne Pacelle’s great new piece in Newsweek, in which he traces is evolution as an activist. His group, The Humane Society of the United [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Phone Chat with Wayne Pacelle, CEO of HSUS Wayne Pacelle is arguably the most influential figure in animal rights, and I talk with him about activism on today’s phone chat. Here’s a Washington Post article on Wayne published a few years back, when he took over as CEO of HSUS. You should also check out Wayne’s blog, updated nearly every day, [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Pollan and Unreal Tournament Lots of news on today’s podcast. The show kicks off with music from Lance Morrison. Paul Shapiro writes in with some interesting stuff from Egg Industry magazine. Michael Pollan has just written a new piece for the New York Times about the Farm Bill. Farmers have decided that, with rising grain [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Phone Chat with Paul Shapiro of HSUS I’ve decided to start something new, and if listeners like this I’ll continue doing it. Today’s podcast is a phone chat with Paul Shapiro. No introductory music, no news, nothing but a casual phone conversation between me and one of the top activists in the movement. I’ll be doing one chat a [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Skimpola on Dreena; Runkle on Egg Industry I’ve got not one but two guests on today’s podcast: Skimpola and Nathan Runkle. Skimpola tells us she loves what she’s tried so far in Dreena Burton’s brand new Eat, Drink, & Be Vegan. Then Nathan joins me to talk about the ongoing struggle against battery eggs. I mention the latest HSUS [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Humane California I’ve got today’s podcast online a day early. Paul Shapiro joins us to talk about the new ballot initiative in California, and how you can help. But first, the week’s news. Our pal Paula Deen has signed up with Harrah’s to bring her horrific animal-based recipes to a Mississippi casino. Next, [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Topps Hits Bottom It’s been a great week for vegans, and today’s show leads off with the news that Topp’s Meat Co. is going out of business thanks to a massive recall. Meanwhile, Time looks at the efforts of one US rancher to export factory beef farming to China. Wonder what you missed at last week’s [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Century of Food After a weekend of tabling in San Francisco, I’m back with another podcast. A new study suggests that Atkins-style diets might impair thinking. A blogger writes that the 21st Century will be remembered as the Century of Food. Smithfield Foods and China’s dictatorship have teamed up; they make a cute couple [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Skimpity R. Dimpity Skimpola joins us on today’s show, and we discuss everything from local restaurants to apple picking. Onto the news, we learn that Tyson Foods employs 128 chaplains to minister to their slaughterhouse workers. Wendy’s finger goddess Anna Ayala is back in the news — she may be getting out of jail sooner than [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Lobby Your City Council HSUS’ Alyson Bodai joins us on today’s podcast, and tells us how you can get a resolution passed by your town council condemning battery cage eggs. I then talk about a brand new and absolutely fantastic TV advertisement against factory farming; please donate to COK to help it get on more local MTV cable [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Vegan Teacher Kicked Off Campus No guests on today’s show, just plenty of news. Michael Vick is back in the news: Whoopi Goldberg has defended him. And HSUS managed to snag Vick’s hand-written talking points from his apology-fest, and put them up for auction on eBay. A middle school teacher was kicked off school grounds for advocating [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Call Wendy’s Today Paul Shapiro is back with me on today’s show. We discuss HSUS’s new campaign against Wendy’s, new ads exploring our food choices and global warming, and a fantastic editorial in the San Jose Mercury by the CEO of Bon Appetit. Michael Vick formally agreed to his plea deal today. Here’s the [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Vick Accepts Prison Deal John P. Goodwin of the Humane Society of the United States joins me on today’s show to discuss Michael Vick’s plea bargain, and what you can do to encourage a suitable prison term. Next, a terrific mainstream article on evolving animal protection strategies. The New York Times has a foodie article devoted [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Vick Suspension Imminent I’m moving in two days, but somehow found time to record today’s podcast. Erica Meier joins us to discuss COK’s latest efforts. Looks like Falcon’s QB and alleged dogfighter Michael Vick isn’t going to suit up for any games this coming season. Congrats to Vegan Outreach for hitting a million pamphlets [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | AR2007 Talk After three weeks away, I’m back with a new podcast. You can check out the ten-minute video of a talk I gave at AR2007 while I was away. Today’s lead story is the continuing fallout over Michael Vick: an MSNBC columnist pushes the NFL to take harsh action against the quarterback; the star’s [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Farm Bill Defanged It’s the final podcast of July, since I’m about to head to AR2007 and TAFA. I begin with an update on the Veggie Booty and Super Tings recall. The big story of the week is that the worrisome exemptions put forward in the latest Farm Bill have been withdrawn. Plus, whole foods [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | More Horrible Journalism There’s a big victory but also several things to get annoyed about on today’s show. But first, I mention the recall of Veggie Booty — one of my favorite vegan snack foods. I then move on to cover this week’s spectacular news: Oregon has passed a law that will ban gestation crates by 2013. [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Roaring Crowd, Roaring Fire A great victory announced on today’s show: Clark Hoyt, the New York Times’ Public Editor, has heard us — and has written a scathing article about the Nina Planck op-ed — ripping into the decision-making of the people who allowed her piece to run. I also talk about Al Gore’s “An Inconvenient Truth,” and [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Mindless Eating Skimpola joins us on today’s show with a review of the Brian Wansink book Mindless Eating. Then it’s on to the news, where I congratulate Vegan Outreach for distributing its six millionth booklet. I then turn my attention to heckling McDonald’s for trying to redefine the word, “McJob.” Next, some sad news [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The New York Times Stonewalls on Correcting Planck I welcome Paul Shapiro back to today’s show and have a long conversation with him about emerging opportunities for activists. But first, I told you it wasn’t over, and now I’ve posted my May 26 letter to the New York Times’ public editor. I read my letter on the show and [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Nina Planck Keeps Digging Her Hole Deeper Nina Planck is back with more of her drivel, so today’s mercifully short podcast takes aim at her latest batch of nonsense. I’ve posted a blog entry that interjects my responses to Planck’s FUD-based attacks on vegans. I hope to see many of you at Animal Rights 2007 and Taking Action for [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Mercy For Animals Goes Undercover It’s a Memorial Day podcast, where we see yet again that Nina Planck is useless when it comes to getting her facts straight about vegans. But first, I’m joined by Nathan Runkle of Mercy For Animals. They’ve just released the video of an undercover poultry slaughterhouse investigation — please do whatever you can [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Maching Planck (re-post) WordPress managed to screw up the MP3 attachment last time around — sorry about that — here is the re-post. Vegan.com listeners stepped up, and today’s podcast covers our response to the Nina Planck op-ed in the New York Times. For full coverage, including all the listener letters I was BCC’d [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Never Buy Bacon from K-Mart A huge roundup of important and silly news, plus other commentary, is all part of today’s show. I start with an under-reported news story indicating that horse-racing is far more deadly on horses than most people would expect. I recently discovered Woody Harrelson’s website and like it lots. A brief report does [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Stomach Cramps Lots of news plus a visit from Skimpola on today’s show. Skimpola shares her thoughts on the new cooking DVD from Dreena Burton and friends. Agribusiness trade rag Feedstuffs continues to warn the industry about those meddling college activists. Speaking of whom, we’ve got another big victory this week: Harvard is banning [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Shapiro on Feedstuffs I’m back from two weeks away, and today’s podcast includes plenty of news, and features an interview with HSUS Factory Farming campaigns director Paul Shapiro. Paul and I talk about a recent article in Feedstuffs that suggests that factory farms realize they are in trouble. Next, I urge you to send this superb [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Skimpola Goes Back on the Wagon Before leaving for Chicago, I recorded today’s half-hour show featuring some great news, some silly news, and a visit from Skimpola. Major news in the cage-free egg campaign: 45 more schools are now on board thanks to foodservice giant Chartwells banning battery eggs. Meanwhile, all Chipotle Mexican Grills in Colorado have switched to [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | More Dismantlement Victories Today’s show covers the continuing victories of activists working within the dismantlement framework. First, Paul Shapiro has gotten some terrific media exposure — his Op-Ed on pork production appeared in the Baltimore Examiner. The folks at top factory farm trade journal FeedStuffs are trying to awaken factory farming interests to the threat posed [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Two Huge Victories Against Factory Farming It’s been a great week for the animals, and today’s show looks at what’s been achieved. We start with a Burger King announcement that sets important new precedent within the fast-food industry. The New York Times website offers hundreds of reader comments about Burger King’s move. Not to be outdone, Wolfgang Puck [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Jack Norris on Calcium Vegan Outreach President Jack Norris joins us for today’s podcast. Our show begins with a letter from a German listener about last week’s Francione debate. Next, my thoughts on the new BBC show, Kill It, Cook It, Eat It. I then read a wonderful blog entry on Sikh kitchens. Next, biologists have [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Shapiro Rebuts Francione Paul Shapiro, Factory Farm Campaign Manager for HSUS, joins us to rebut of some of the key points made by Gary Francione in yesterday’s debate. Today’s podcast is 00:26:39. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Francione Debate Part II Four days earlier than I had planned to post this, here is the second half of my debate with Rutgers law professor Gary Francione. Today’s podcast is 01:18:34. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Francione Debate Part I Here is the first half of my debate with Rutgers law professor Gary Francione. I’ll post the second half on Friday. Today’s Podcast is 01:18:34. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Happy Meat and Mercy for Animals I’ve got a one-hour podcast with the usual news roundup, plus an interview with Mercy For Animals’ Nathan Runkle. The news starts with an editorial in the News and Observer about pig farm reforms that some would dismiss as “Happy Meat.” Next, Salon.com’s Andrew Leonard offers a brief analysis of a report [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Winter Activist Opportunities It’s a Valentine’s Day podcast in which I blow sweet kisses to the meat industry. Today’s music is from the Sim Redmond Band. Josh Balk of the Humane Society of the United States joins me for a talk about the college battery egg campaign. I then introduce my no-money pledge drive, in [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | No Wink and No Nod No guests today, but I’ve got a long show and lots of news. I start with talk about Meat Market and Vegan Outreach, and announce the new Vegan.com Adopt-a-College team. Then its onto the news, with some lengthy commentary about Michael Pollan’s new article. Next, Rolling Stone has published the [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Ryan, Gestation Crates, Burgerville, Wynn Kerr, Blind Hunters, Cat Hero, Quitting Vegetarianism, 10 Foods, Carol Lay, Chowder, Soy Yogurt Today’s podcast features two guests and plenty of news. We start with Ryan MacMichael’s wish for 2007. Next, the spectacular news that Smithfield is going to phase out gestation crates from its factory pig farms. In another big welfare advance, Burgerville has gone cage free, eliminating 600,000 battery eggs a [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Jenna Calabrese, Pigs Attack Farmer, American Farm Bureau, Mary Martin, Wolves, Fashion, Omega 3s, Dog Shoots Hunter, Sea Lions, Annie’s Goddess Dressing For the second week in a row, we’ve got an interview with a Jenna for today’s podcast. This time around, it’s Jenna Calabrese of Vegan Outreach. Today’s news starts with the happy story of a factory farmer attacked by his pigs. The American Farm Bureau offers their usual idiotic insights [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Bob&Jenna, KFC, Diesel, Ethanol, Antibiotics, Fish and Kids, PETA, Deer Decoys,Agave At long last, I’m joined by Bob and Jenna on today’s podcast. The news round-up for this week starts with the late-night opening of a KFC drive through. Speaking of driving, eco-friendly diesel may soon become less animal friendly. On the other hand, a surprise announcement has ethanol-based fuel putting real [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Holiday Gatherings, Non-Dairy Magnate, Japanese Dogs, Killing the Oceans, NY Times Flubs Food Safety Story I’m back with the first podcast of 2007. I start by reading Ryan’s amusing yet inspiring wrap-up of how he spent the holidays. Next, we learn everything under the sun about the inventor of non-dairy coffee creamers. Then it’s the tragic story of Japan’s out-of-control purebred puppy industry. After [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Cruelty Free, Oliphant, Ricci Apology, P. Diddy, Tiger Attack, Pacelle, Zine Roundup, North Korea All your other gifts suck compared to this Christmas podcast for 2006. I’ve got a quick show with no interviews but lots of news. How dependable is a cruelty-free label? Salon.com has some answers. Pat Oliphant has a marvelous political cartoon slamming America’s food industry. Soap star Christina Ricci [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Skimpola, McDonald’s, Food Safety, Vegan Kids, Meat Workers, Virgil Butler, NJ Pet Act Bob and Jenna couldn’t make it for today’s show, but we’re joined by Skimpola who talks about her six days and counting as a vegan. Lots of news today, too. A UK McDonald’s has shut down for lack of customers. Taco Bell says it is “absolutely safe” to eat in its [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Paul Shapiro, Taco Bell, COK Commercial, Trans Fats Finally Outlawed, Dreena, Tigers Hiding I’ve got not one but two guests on today’s show. Paul Shapiro and Dreena Burton join me. Paul recaps the Arizona Proposition 204 victory, and ends by informing us about HSUS’ big push against horse slaughter. We urge you to call your Senator right now to suport the American Horse Slaughter [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Vegan Blue Cheese, Taco Bell Transfats, Ronald Expelled from School, USDA Giveaways, Season Shot, Sasha Cohen Returns, Turkey Recall, Blonde Vegetarian, Almond Butter Balls There’s plenty of news in today’s podcast. I kick off the show with music from Graham Parker, off a limited edition signed CD going for a measly $12 shipped. I start with something I never dreamed would one day exist: vegan blue cheese dressing. Taco Bell has decided to make its food [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Dan Piraro Interview, Vegan.com Grocery Launches I break format with today’s podcast. Instead of including news and cooking ideas, I start out by telling you about our great new online grocery. After that, I’ve got a half hour interview with the funniest guy in the AR movement: Dan Piraro. Dan’s latest book has my highest recommendation, and [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Biofuels Hammer Tyson, Portland, Wegman’s, Frito Lay, Breast Cancer, Soup and Sandwich, Vegan Airport Food After two weeks away, I’m back with another podcast. Most of today’s show is devoted to Tyson’s surprising loss of $56 Million — and what activists can do to keep the pressure on. I also comment on the vegetarian heaven of Portland, Oregon. Compassionate Consumers has a great new anti-Wegmans spot. [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Chick Peas, Vegan Outreach Record, Subway Finger, Arizona, Vegemite, Mr. Sub, Mary Martin Who says Mondays suck, especially since I’m back with another podcast slamming our friends in the meat industry? My Mets may have been bounced out of the playoffs, but I’m nevertheless batting .500 when it comes to buying chick pea products at Trader Joe’s. I also mention the forthcoming relaunch of Vegan.com, and [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Animal Enterprise Terrorist Act, Vegan Cupcakes, Ghee, Gassing Chickens, Pet Store Fire After a snowy night, I’ve got a Tuesday podcast. I start with some initial thoughts on the Animal Enterprise Terrorist Act, and promise fuller analysis within the month. Next, Isa’s great new book: Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World, is now available. I respond to a listener question about the ghee that appeared [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Pindi Chana, 28 Hour Sleaze, Arizona, Veggie Going Vegan, Bull Loves Farmer, Pancakes & Sausage, Foie Gras It’s Friday afternoon and time for one of the longest podcasts I’ve done in a while. I start with a great pindi chana recipe I just tried out — but be sure to use fewer chilies than called for. Next, I mention the slimy underside of last week’s 28-hour-law victory: the USDA made [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Transfats, Ben & Jerry’s Victory!, 28 Hour Law, Dreena’s Nature Burgers It’s a Thursday morning podcast with loads of great news. I start with comments on the Big Apple’s effort to ban trans fats from local restaurants. And I’ve got the amazing news that Ben and Jerry’s has promised to phase out battery eggs from their ice cream. Paul Shapiro joins me to [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Vegan Outreach, Chicken Feathers, Dismantlement Evaluated, Spinach Recap, Comfort Foods Lots to talk about on this Thursday afternoon podcast. I’ve got an inspiring quote from this week’s Vegan Outreach newsletter, and I also talk about the need for hosting Adopt-a-College volunteers in ten states. I then read a VeganPorn.com comment about chicken feathers perhaps coming to a clothing store near you. [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Death of the Crocodile Hunter Today’s brief podcast covers the death of Steve Irwin. Irwin perished today when he swam too close to a stingray. Today’s podcast is 8:34. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Tahoe, Room Service, Ben and Jerry’s Update, Welfare and Rights, Autumn Events, Body by Milk, Mercy For Animals From my new digs in Tahoe, here’s this week’s podcast. An egg industry hack says maybe the most deceitful thing ever spoken about battery hens. Staying on that subject, Ben & Jerry’s continues to feel the heat for using these eggs. We’ve got more coverage on HSUS’ campaign against battery eggs at [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | 3000 Miles, Ben&Jerry’s, McHummers, NYC Dining, Kao Kalia Yang After 40 days, I’m finally back with a new podcast. I recount the surprisingly fine food I enjoyed on my cross-country drive. I then gripe about the slummy and overpriced housing in Santa Cruz, and mention that I’m looking for a volunteer assistant webmaster. Heading into the news, I talk about the new [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Summerfest and Homeland Insecurity It’s time for another late-night podcast. This time around I recap my time at Summerfest, and mention an article with a more substantial review. I talk a bit about meeting Dr. Milton Mills, and my resolution to eat flax daily. And then we look at the latest stupidity from the USDA, [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Summerfest Rehearsal Talk It’s a late-night American Independence Day podcast for this week. Tonight I did an extemporaneous run-through of the fifteen minute talk I will give July fifth at NAVS Summerfest in Pennsylvania. In this talk I look at the most exciting activist accomplishments that have occurred in the past year. Today’s podcast is 17:42. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Ethanol, American Beef and Japanese Whaling, Plenty Magazine, Dreena on Nutmeg Much to the meat industry’s consternation, I’m back with another podcast for Wednesday. I recap my past weekend’s trip to Portland Maine and to Boston, and pass along the great news that Adam Durand is — for the moment, anyway — out of jail. Today’s news begins with an incredibly important story about [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Japanese Whaling, Michael Foods, Meat Safety Bill, Foie Gras, Host Jon Camp I’ve got a whale of a podcast for Tuesday. The show starts with coverage of Japan’s pro-whaling victory, and I’ve got two articles that feature solid reporting on the matter. Meanwhile, you have to wonder why Japan is fighting so hard to expand whaling, given that its citizens have stopped eating the stuff. [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Family Barbecued, Durand Resentenced, Josh Balk, Cage Free Eggs, Maine Police, Borat, Upcoming Speaking Events It’s a Sunday evening podcast with lots of egg info and more. I start out with some cautionary advice on how not to barbecue. Then I mention the new sentencing of Adam Durand, who is spending his 27th day in jail. Staying on the subject of eggs, I reference a feature [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Dreena Burton, Ryan MacMichael, and HSUS Tackles Arizona Factory Farms After ten days away, I’ve got a new podcast focusing on Dreena Burton. Ryan MacMichael of VegBlog contributes a great review of her cookbook Vive le Vegan. And then Dreena joins us with her thoughts about her amazing cannellini bean yam hummus recipe, featured on p. 60 of the book. Dreena has [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Judge Kehoe, Adam Durand, and Mister Rogers This rare early morning podcast features my thoughts on anger and on Judge Kehoe’s sentence of Adam Durand. For more on the Wegmans cruelty case, visit WegmansCruelty.com. Plus, I mention a video of Mister Rogers that I think every activist needs to watch. Today’s podcast is 16:32. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Ryan Merkley on Adam Durand Jailing, Asparagus, Americans vs. Brits, Solomon on Singer Today’s podcast features an interview with Ryan Merkley, of WegmansCruelty.com, on this week’s incarceration of Adam Durand. Adam directed the marvelous documentary Wegmans Cruelty. I begin the show with a quick mention of a great New York Times article on asparagus. Then Nicholas Coughlin has an audio segment in which he [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Peter Singer Interview Today’s podcast features an interview with Peter Singer. He and Jim Mason are the authors of the important new book: The Way We Eat - Why Our Food Choices Matter. Professor Singer will be speaking in a number of US cities, so be sure to catch him if he’s speaking near you. [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Tyson Loses $127 Million, Singer’s New Book Reviewed Another short podcast today, leading off with the wonderful news that Tyson Foods managed to lose $127 million last quarter. I then read my review of Peter Singer and Jim Mason’s brand new book, The Way We Eat: Why Our Food Choices Matter. Today’s podcast is 7:56. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Omnivore’s Dilemma, Tom Purcell Loves Red Meat I cover just two items on today’s podcast. First, I mention a review I’ve written of Michael Pollan’s Omnivore’s Dilemma. Second, I posted a comment to VeganPorn.com regarding yesterday’s Tom Purcell article, “Hail to Red Meat.” I read my comment on today’s show and urge listeners to get involved with Vegan Outreach’s [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Foie Gras Victory in Chicago I’m joined by Paul Shapiro in today’s podcast. We talk about the victory against foie gras in Chicago — starting in two months it will be illegal to serve the stuff in the city’s restaurants. Want to push this campaign forward in your city? Visit the new HSUS factory farming page. [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache |