Nz Vegan Podcast

Listen HEREThis week I talk about how as a vegan consumer in a capitalist society I am trying to work as best as I can in the system, as a consumer in my daily life, aside from the main focus of advocating to individuals for a paradigm shift, and opening people's minds up to a fundamentally different way of thinking about all other animals and life on the planet by promoting the abolitionist approach and veganism. I admit I am very uneducated about politics, history, agriculture, sociology, and a myriad of other extremely important subject matters related to vegan advocacy, so I will do my best to educate myself as best I can for the rest of my life, and in the meantime lean heavily on my colleagues and fellow advocates who ARE educated in these things :-)So this podcast is just some of my personal thoughts, as always, and I do appreciate any advice and constructive criticism. One of the things I touch on is how we can avoid buying from companies that are direct exploiters of animals and their products, i.

Listen HEREThis week I have a long awaited and well worth the wait interview with Corey Wrenn from the Roanoke Vegan Examiner.  We talk about Professor of Philosophy Bernie Rollins with whom Corey is taking an animal "rights" seminar, and the many challenges involved in being the only actual rights advocate in the room, and that includes the lecturer.  We also discuss student advocacy, the absence of animal issues from the environmental movement. sociology and academia in general,  and discuss what will be involved in Corey's PhD.Enjoy!  Thanks so much to Corey Wrenn for coming on the show.   You can follow her on Twitter at this link.Major apologies from me for not checking my SKYPE input and using the built-in mic rather than the headphone mic.You can play 'guess the frequency!' every time my mic comes in.  Sorry for the hummmmmmmmmm and whhhhhhirrrrrrr. :-)(lucky I am not getting paid to do this, if I were my boss I would fire me)

Listen HEREThis week I address the silliness of thinking that it is "manly" to consume animal products, specifically "eating meat" because that is one of the most touted myths and one of the biggest misunderstandings of our times, and is another paradigm shift in thinking that we must dismantle and redirect towards obvious truth. Thanks for listening!Please check out these quotes at Atheist Vegan:Pro SlaveryAnti Slavery

Listen HEREThis week I was chatting with Adam Kochanowicz, as we often do, and we thought it would be an interesting experiment to post our conversations about events and about what we think and what we are doing, and see if anyone else can relate!Please check out the interview with Gary Francione at The Vegan News:All EpisodesSubscribe to The Vegan News VideoSubscribe to The Vegan News Audio Or watch on YouTube

Listen HEREThe second half of my conversation with Adam Kochanowicz where we talk about issues and opinions and share experiences as two advocates for abolitionist veganism in this speciesist, welfarist world! Enjoy!Please check out the interview with Gary Francione at The Vegan News:All EpisodesSubscribe to The Vegan News VideoSubscribe to The Vegan News Audio Or watch on YouTube

Listen HEREJust articulating some things that I have been trying to come to terms with lately, specifically this desire to see "results" and to claim responsibility for things we really have no right to claim responsibility for.When someone takes animal rights seriously and goes vegan, it's their "victory" and no one else's.  The benefit is for all, but the credit for that is given to the individual who takes that action.  And alternatively if people resist and turn away, that also lies with them.  Let us pay closer attention to our own actions as individuals and if more of us do that, advocates especially, then I think there will be some wonderful "results".

Listen HEREThis week I am very pleased to have back as my guest William Paul.  We talk about his experience as a peaceful activist and how about an occurrence where he was challenged on his nonviolence stance while speaking out against violence.  We also talk about the NZ Vegan Society's Big Book of Vegan Products which is a fantastic new resource by this great new NZ Vegan Society.  We discuss the up-and-coming (we hope) SAFE vegan campaign and whether it will actually happen, how it will happen and whether it will it actually be a vegan campaign that we can get behind, among other things.Also as both William and I have unfortunately been without internet access for a week, coincidentally, we came back online to discover the recent development of a wonderful new resource for vegan advocacy by Gary Francione and the team at The Abolitionist Approach which is based on John Lennon and Yoko Ono's "War is Over if you want it" Times Square Billboard:The World is Vegan! If you want it.Links:theworldi

Listen HEREI have had a wonderful week hanging out with my fellow NZ abolitionists William and Vish, and we had a chance to do the street stall together!  This epidsode we talk about our experiences on Queen Street in our first street stall event of 2010.We also mention Part 1 of the BBC Documentary Animals and Us which is archived here:http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p005k2zyThanks Vish for coming up to Auckland to visit us and thanks to both William and Vish for helping with the street stall and for coming on the podcast.Enjoy!And remember; THE WORLD IS VEGAN!  If we want it.

Listen HEREThis week I talk to Pao Aldana AKA Porolita, who lives in Guatemala and is spreading the vegan message on YouTube in English and in Spanish, plus educating people in her local community about veganism and abolition.  We talk about Porolita's journey to veganism, the ease and necessity of abolitionist advocacy, the usefulness of social networking sites like YouTube to spread ideas, and what it is like to be vegan in Guatemala.   Please check out Porolita's great videos on her YouTube channel:Porolita22and here is the video featuring her Mom, talking about her experience with illness and her doctor's advice that she immediately switch to a vegan diet in order to save her health, and what happened after:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePc0m24aDVQ&feature=email This is the link to Porolita's vegan cooking blog (in Spanish) which she uses to educate members of her community or the surrounding regions on how easy and cheap it is to sustain a vegan diet in Guatemala and therefore other c

Listen HEREThis week I welcome back to the show my first ever podcast listener Jordan Wyatt from the Coexisting with Nonhuman Animals podcast, and we discuss his podcast about veganism and animal rights, what it is like to be vegan in Southland, talking to NZ farmers about veganism, the economy, the issue of sterilization, the counter movement of industry advertising and other things.You can find Jordan's blog here:Coexisting with Nonhuman Animals You can subscribe to his podcast via iTunes hereFollow Jordan on twitter:jaywontdartand on Facebook:#/jaywontdartThanks Jordan for coming back on the show!

Listen HEREThis week I talk about Victor Schonfeld's article in the Guardian newspaper and Ingrid Newkirk's response in the same paper.  Please go on there and comment, please help us spread the vegan message.  It is really happening, I can feel it in my bones.These are the linksFive Fatal Flaws of Animal Activism(Victor Schonfeld)A pragmatic fight for animal rights(Ingrid Newkirk)Please read this latest blog post (and then go on to read the entire site of course) by Vincent Guihan of We Other Animals which really nicely illustrates some of the things I am bumbling on about today.Hegemonic TendanciesThanks for listening!

Listen HEREThis week I speak to fellow NZ abolitionist and podcaster Sam Tucker about single issue campaigns, welfarist thinking and what the future may hold for a 14 year old vegan.  We also speak a little bit about living in a farming community and advocating for veganism at a school where many of the students actually live on farms themselves.In this episode we talk about Sam's radio show and podcast, which can be accessed from the following site:http://fftradio.wordpress.com/We mention the last fft radio episode (which will be available in iTunes soon):Johnny Weir and Single Issue CampaignsHere is the article profiling Sam on Veganacious Fierce at Fourteen Follow Sam on Twitter:@fftradioAnd we also discuss another recent single issue campaign in New Zealand, you can read a local newspaper article about it here:Auckland SPCA to destroy catch-a-cray gamesThanks Sam for coming on the show!

Listen HEREThis week I read a statement from a group of Abolitionist Vegan Feminists, including myself, voicing our objection to sexism in the animal movement.  You can also read the statement as iit is posted in various blogs whose links are below, also Porolita has read it on her YouTube channel, in English and in Spanish, and I hope to read it in Spanish also for my NZ Vegano Podcast.  I hope you enjoy and I REALLY hope you agree with it :-) Thanks for listening.  The essay has been signed by the following advocates:Jo Charlebois - http://thestartingpointisveganism.blogspot.com/Vera CristofaniKerry WylerMylène Ouellet - http://my-face-is-on-fire.blogspot.com/Elizabeth Collins - http://nzveganpodcast.blogspot.com/Trisha Roberts - http://lobsa.org/Ana María Aboglio - http://anima.org.ar/Paola Aldano de Meoño - http://www.youtube.com/porolita22 Karin Hilpisch  - http://abolitionismusabschaffungdertiers.blogspot.com/Renata Peters   Here are the sites featuring the essay:My Face is

Listen HEREThis week I relate some experiences from the street stall in the hopes that it will help anyone else who is promoting veganism to people.  Big shout out to William Paul for all his help and for being such a wonderful street stall colleague.I also mention some new developments:Barbara De Grande from Veganacious is doing a podcast!!!  Please subscribe on iTunes here and you can also listen to the first episode here.Props to Jordan Wyatt from Coexisting with Nonhuman Animals for helping to make this happen.OOO I just went to the blog to post the link and there is a NEW EPISODE UP!  You can access it here or I recommend subscribing on iTunes.I also talk about singer-songwriter Ben Frost who is writing music in support of Animal Rights and posting the videos on YouTubeThe first song is called I Am Someone - A Call for Veganism and the second one is called Killed for Taste, Loved for Companionship - The Notes of Moral SchizophreniaPlease subscribe to Ben on YouTube hereI mention a great ne

LISTEN TO THE PODCAST HERE This week I talk about my new job, the new member of my family, domestication and why I am more and more opposed to it every day, and I talk about the irrelevancy of the abortion issue to animal rights.Here is a link to the "Elizabeth Collins cont'd" part of my "profile" from my new job (scroll down):http://www.vetcare.net.nz/about_us.htmlThis is the link to the debate on Michael Medved's radio show between Gary L.  Francione and Wesley J.Smith:http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/media/mp3/michael-medved-20100416.mp3This is a link to the article requesting people to call in next time:http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/live-call-in-on-michael-medveds-radio-program/These are the links to the discussion about promoting veganism: FIrstly the original article by Stephanie Ernst that started the discussion off:http://challengeoppression.com/2010/04/15/a-vegan-but-not-an-activist-sure-an-animal-lover-but-not-a-vegan-nope/Then Mylène's article: http://my-face-is-on-fire.blogspot.com/2

 Listen HEREThis week I talk about a Veganism is not a diet, and I also just want to clarify some of the things I said last time, just to avoid any confusion or misunderstanding.  Also, I have a new update about my profile from my job, there is a permanent entry and they have put a link to this website, for which I am very surprised and pleased :)Here is a link to the new profile:http://www.vetcare.net.nz/elizabeth.html This is the link to the CNN article that I mention:Global bake sale is 'sweet' activismAnd this is the link to the article I mention from My Face is on Fire :Flirting With Hypocrisy -- A 'Kinda" DietThanks for listening!

Listen HERE This week I have the absolute pleasure of interviewing new NZ abolitionist podcaster and animator Emmy James from the Vegan For Life Podcast.  We talk about her journey to veganism, her animation and podcast, and her plans for the future as a vegan in this world.Enjoy!  Thanks to Emmy for coming on the show, please listen to her podcast!Here is a link to the Vegan For Live Blog: http://vegan-for-life.blogspot.com/To access the podcast on iTunes click HERE This is a link to Emmy's YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/veggiegirl142PLEASE VOTE for Emmy's design: Corel Digital Art Competition Emmy JamesWe mentioned Sam from Food for Though RadioAnd Jordan Wyatt from Coexisting With Nonhuman Animals

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Listen HERE This episode it was a pleasure and a joy to feature Diane Ellis who was referred to me by James Peden from Harbingers of a New Age, creators of Vegecat and Vegedog.  Diane is their spokesperson, and is among other things an expert on feline nutrition, who has successfully raised three cats (and two dogs - of course!) on diets free from animal products, which is a success story I wish we could hear more of.She has very positive experiences and lots of great knowledge to share, for those who are interested in the issue, those who have tried to implement a dietary change for their felines (such as myself) and were not successful, or for those who are considering doing so now or in the future, in order for them to make an informed decision and hear positive and helpful information.We talk about Diane's wonderful cats Tomato, Razzie and Coconut, and I hope to have photos and videos soon.  We talk about how the Vegecat food was created, and how important it is to follow the recipes provided by

Listen HERE Analysing the sociology behind the posting of pictures of flesh and animal products on Animal Rights internet forums.  Special guests Roger Yates from On Human Nonhuman Relations, and wonderful abolitionist advocate Timothy E. Putnam!EnjoyI forgot to add that in honour of Dr. Yates this is a BELLS podcast.(Bells courtesy of Zsebi the kitten)