Dr. Will Tuttle has been vegan since 1980. He earned his PhD from UC Berkeley, and authored The World Peace Diet which has been translated and published in 16 languages, in addition to other books including Circles of Compassion, Buddhism & Veganism, and more. Over several decades Will has delivered over 4000 live audience presentations, in over 50…

Jack Etkin is an independent media producer in Victoria BC, unceded Lkwungen/Songhees Territory. For many years he co-hosted a CFUV university/community radio program called “Solutions,” and about 12 years ago he launched “Face to Face” and then "Citizens' Forum” on a community TV channel hosted by SHAW. Archives of "Citizens' Forum" are online at …

Isabella La Rocca González is an award winning artist, she’s also an educator and activist working primarily with photography and motion pictures. Her work is part of a long tradition in photography: to bring to light and find beauty in the disregarded, hidden, unconscious, or commonplace. Isabella has taught art and photography to thousands of stu…

Dr. Lisa Jones-Engel || People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Dr. Lisa Jones-Engel is a Primatologist, she has studied the human-primate interface for 35 years. Her scientific career has spanned the field, the research laboratory, and the undergraduate classroom, and currently serves as senior science adviser on primate experimentation with P…

Robyn Chuter is a Naturopath and Lifestyle Medicine Practitioner at Empower Total Health, she’s also studied public health policy, and she is a researcher and writer contributing interviews and articles, published at her SubStack account, shining a light into the dark corners of the Sars Co V 2 and Vax reaction narrative. In this discussion, a litt…

Sarina Farb is a vegan educator, public speaker, and liberation activist working to make world a better place for all beings. Being born and raised vegan in Kansas taught Sarina to think for herself and stand for justice even when it’s unpopular. Today Sarina focuses on combining heart and science to empower individuals to think critically, see pas…

Jennifer Molidor is Senior Food Campaigner at the Centre for Biological diversity, helping to lead the sustainable food initiatives including the Take Extinction Off Your Plate campaign. Her recent article is titled “Creating a Just Food System that protects People, Wildlife, and the Environment.” We talk about the failure of conferences like Cop 2…

Robyn Chuter is a well accredited and widely respected Naturopath living and working in Queensland Australia. In a previous interview, Robyn told us about how our immune system works, its connection and influence with the complex gut microbiome, and the importance of eating a healthy whole foods plant based diet to maintain good health. In this vid…

Jen Deighan-Schenk is an Animal Rights activist and has worked as an investigator inside mink farms, egg laying facilities, and other Ontario farms. She’s involved with various groups including We the Free, the Animal Save Movement, Anonymous for the Voiceless, and most recently led a Meat the Victims action in Southern Ontario that was shut down b…

Jonathan Balcombe was born in England, he has lived in New Zealand and the United States, and currently calls Ontario home. He is a biologist with a PhD in ethology, which is the study of animal behavior. Jonathan's books include Pleasurable Kingdom, Second Nature, The Exultant Ark, What a Fish Knows, SuperFly, and Jake and Ava - A Boy and a Fish. …

Anita Krajnc is formerly a professor of Political Studies at Queens University in Kingston, but she’s better known as the co-founder of Toronto Pig Save, an organization that bears witness to animals in their final moments as they approach slaughterhouses. Since 2010 the Animal Save Movement has become a global phenomenon, with 1000 chapters in man…

Stephanie Feldstein is the Population and Sustainability Director at the Center for Biological Diversity, where she heads a national program that addresses the connection between human population growth, overconsumption, and the wildlife extinction crisis. Stephanie created the innovative Take Extinction Off Your Plate campaign, and her work has be…

Dr. Will Tuttle has been vegan since 1980. He earned his PhD from UC Berkeley, and authored The World Peace Diet which has been translated and published in 16 languages. Will has delivered over 4000 live audience presentations, in over 50 countries worldwide and in all 50 US states, encouraging compassion and vegan living, and he has appeared in ma…

Anastasia Marie Yarbrough is a voice and wellness coach. She helps people find their voices, express their authentic selves, and reclaim their lives. Her approach draws on lived experience and background as a music educator, voice and strings teacher, somatic movement educator, classical musician, jazz and R&B singer, facilitator, critical animal s…

Ruben Guzman graduated from UCLA with a Master’s in Public Health in 1988 and made the decision to pursue a career promoting health, rather than treating disease. He studied Lifestyle Medicine, healthcare administration, and consulting, at the same time conducting his own research, giving seminars, and he’s authored books including The Swimming Dri…

Justin Douglas is Managing Director at Just In Canada, an independent, alternative media platform and youtube channel that gives voice to innovators, community activists, educators, and other involved, informed Canadians. Recently, Justin released a documentary called Fairy Creek: The Last Stand. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-DitozPh98&t=0s Fai…

Robyn Chuter is a university-qualified health practitioner, she earned a Bachelor of Health Science (and the Dean's Medal for Outstanding Academic Achievement) from the University of New England, a Bachelor of Health Science with First Class Honours from Edith Cowan University, and a Diploma of Naturopathy from the Australasian College of Natural T…

Leila Dehghan-Zaklaki was born in Iran, she earned her Medical Degree from the University of Vienna, and worked as a medical doctor in the UK. Leila has also earned a Masters Degree in Clinical and Public Health nutrition with distinction from the University College of London, and is currently Education Lead at Plant Based Health Professionals UK a…

Sahar Vardi is a Jewish-Israeli anti-militarist activist living in Jerusalem. In 2008 she began the first of 3 prison sentences after conscientiously objecting the required military service. Sahar has served with the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions, the Friends Service Committee (aka Quakers), and the Sheikh Jarrah Solidarity movement. …

Siân Brown is Welsh/Irish/British currently living in Cork City in Southern Ireland. She’s a vegan baker, a sugar paste artist, a writer / artist / musician, a singer/songwriter, a knitter, thinker, and meditate-er. Siân is also a qualified music therapist and sound healer and is looking forward to starting a Masters of Science in Consciousness, Sp…

Dr. Tushar Mehta practices family, emergency, and addiction medicine in Toronto. He does volunteer medical work in India and Haiti, and he’s co-founder of PlantBasedData .org, an online database collection of academic and institutional literature regarding the impacts of a plant based lifestyle on health, environment, food security, including the r…

Fireweed is an artist and photographer who's been active for decades as an ecofeminist in the social justice, environmental and animal rights movements, all of which she sees as interconnected. She is currently involved in a variety of different projects that concern animals, with a special passion for the intersection of animals and the politics o…

April Joyce has recently accepted work as a Personal Trainer and Nutrition Coach at Lifetime Fitness in California, after studying to be a Plant Based Clinical Nutritionist and Personal Trainer certified with the American Council on Exercise. April Joyce on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/april.joyce.982 Check out this All Vegan Retreat October …

Lesley Fox is the Executive Director at the Fur Bearers, a non profit organization working to end the commercial fur trade and promoting co-existence with wildlife. She serves on the board of directors for the society for humane socience and is president and board chair for the alberni community and women service society. Lesley is currently finish…

Emma Hurst was first elected in 2019, making her the second member of the Animal Justice Party to be elected to the New South Wales Legislative Council in Southeast Australia. Emma is a registered psychologist with a long history as an animal liberation advocate and since being elected Emma has established and chaired a Parliamentary Inquiry into t…

Christopher Sebastian is a journalist, technical writer, and digital media specialist. He is the director of social media for Peace Advocacy Network, he sits on the Advisory Council for Encompass, he is a senior fellow at Sentient Media, and he is co-founder of VGN. Christopher writes about media theory for animal rights, and lectures at Columbia U…

Stephen Best’s involvement in the environmental and animal protection movement began in the early 1970s after the making of Seal Song, a documentary about the Canadian seal hunt he produced for the International Fund for Animal Welfare. Stephen has developed and managed political, program, and fundraising campaigns for a number of environmental and…

Dr. John Sanbonmatsu is editor of the book, Critical Theory and Animal Liberation and author of the book, The Postmodern Prince. He is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, where he teaches classes in ethics, social and political theory, and the philosophy of technology. John is the founder and main designer of https…

Kyle Luzynski graduated from St. Louis University with a Bachelor’s degree in philosophy and a minor in marketing, he also studied business management and entrepreneurship. Since 2018 Kyle is Executive Director at Project Animal Freedom where he directs marketing campaigns and manages the day to day activities at the nonprofit organization. https:/…

Darlene Levecque is co-founder and executive director of Nation Rising, a non-partisan political advocacy group lobbying the federal government to shift subsidies away from animal agriculture and towards a plant-based food system for the benefit of the people, the planet, and animals. Darlene holds an honours Bachelor of Science in Languages from L…

Aysha also served as a Medical Officer at the Food and Drug Administration, most recently in the Office of Counterterrorism and Emerging Threats, implementing studies on vaccine effectiveness and safety and using her Top Secret Security clearance to develop national preparedness strategies for public health threats. Dr. Akhtar is published in peer-…

Stephanie Feldstein is the Population and Sustainability Director at the Center for Biological Diversity, where she heads a national program that addresses the connection between human population growth, overconsumption, and the wildlife extinction crisis. Stephanie created the innovative Take Extinction Off Your Plate campaign, and her work has be…

Shawna Gray is a a member of Ceg-A-Kin (Carry the Kettle) Nakoda Nation in Treaty 4 Territory and the homeland of the Métis. She is also a masters prepared clinical social worker with authorized practice endorsement. She has worked in the rural public mental health system for 16 years. She and her husband have been vegan for 21 years and have 3 hea…

Lori Berenz is a certified Level 3 Iyengar yoga teacher, Director of Yoga Journey in Collingwood Ontario, and she serves on the Board of the Iyengar Yoga Association of Canada. Having been employed in Human Resources Management in the corporate world for 15 years, Lori understands the challenges of balancing family and career, and the importance of…

Roy Sasano is an activist for animal liberation, a few years ago he volunteered aboard the Sea Shepherd’s Farley Mowat vessel in the Sea of Cortez on a mission to save the critically-endangered vaquita porpoise, and totoaba fish. Roy, and three of his friends known as the Excelsior 4, are currently facing 21 charges, some of them criminal charges p…

There’s so much going on in the USofA that we’re not hearing about from the corporate and state media, all of which seems to have been co-opted by the dominant corporate agenda. Pasta, and the Convo Couch, are independently funded grassroots activists reporting from and about the grassroots communities of our southern neighbours. https://rokfin.com…

Mo Markham is a climate and animal rights activist, an educator, and a writer from Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario. She is one of the founding members of Eating Animals Causes Pandemics, Liberation Hour Radio, Fridays for Future Kitchener-Waterloo, and is the main organizer for the Kitchener Waterloo Animal Save, Climate Save, and Vegfest groups. Mo be…

Rebecca Owen is on a mission to inspire more people to become vegan, take the liberation pledge, and then get active for the animals. As an organizer with the Cube of Truth and and Animal Rights March in Bristol England, Rebecca believes we are on our way to manifesting the mass support necessary to build a vegan world, and NOW is the most importan…

Jesse Shuja teaches English and History at a Montessori school in Sweden, he’s also the founder of the PlantStock Youtube Channel which focuses on stocks connected to companies that promote plant based products. Jesse analyzes the stocks, covers any news about the companies, and provides investment strategies and philosophies. Jesse is not a financ…

Peter Cunnington is involved with the Victoria Autism Aspergers meetup Group, and he also participates in the local Vegan activist groups working to liberate non-human animals from their oppression. Peter's Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/peter.cunnington.3 March 2020 Disability Action Page B.C. Community Rally for PWD increases: https://www.fac…

Jennifer Molidor is Senior Food Campaigner at the Centre for Biological diversity, helping to lead the sustainable food initiatives including the Take Extinction Off Your Plate campaign. She drives the Population and Sustainability Program's Earth-friendly Diet initiatives related to industrial animal agriculture, overpopulation and overconsumption…

Malcolm Klimowicz has been a passionate animal rights activist for many years, he is an organizing member of the Kitchener Ontario Animal Liberation Alliance (KOALA). With KOALA, Malcolm has focused on cruelty to animals at aquariums, particularly Marineland and has demonstrated outside fur auction houses. After being inspired by an animal rights d…

Diksha Dixit is an award winning artist, musician, and fashion designer with El Zero Store, she practices and teaches yoga, and volunteers for the animals with the Bhopal Animal Save Movement. https://www.facebook.com/elzerostore/ https://www.elzerostore.com https://www.facebook.com/dikshadixit.diva https://www.facebook.com/veganfestindia Instagram…

Craig Pasta Jardula is Co-Host of @theconvocouch, a progressive talk show that airs on Youtube and Rokfin, discussing and analyzing the daily news cycles and introducing new grass root personalities and candidates. https://rokfin.com/TheConvoCouch​ https://www.youtube.com/c/TheConvoCouch​

Lesley Fox is executive director for The Fur-Bearers, a charitable, non-partisan organization whose goals are to end the commercial fur trade and promote solutions for wildlife coexistence in communities. Lesley also serves on the board of directors for the Society for Humane Science and is the president and board chair for the Alberni Community an…

Dr. Vasile Stanescu is an assistant professor of Communication Studies at Mercer University. He co-edited the Critical Animal Studies book series, co-founded the North American Association for Critical Animal Studies (NAACAS), and is the the former co-editor of the Journal for Critical Animal Studies, and former co-organizer of the Stanford Environ…

Gwendolyn Church Coordinates the Friends of Philip Fish Rescue - a small fish rescue operation focused on rescue and education in the San Francisco Bay Area. Friends of Philip rescues and rehomes various fish in need, they broaden the animal rescue conversation to include fish, and to help foster the connection between people and aquatic life by sh…

Kimberly Carroll is a Communications Strategist and Board Member with Animal Justice, Canada’s national animal law advocacy organization, and through she also coaches all kinds of changemakers who are doing either paid or unpaid work that’s intended to make a positive difference in the world. Kimberly is a director at the Toronto Veggie Food Bank, …

Aaron Cadam Samuels is a Writer, an Activist, a Music Teacher and Composer embracing many musical genres. Aaron's also the founder of Vox Vegana - an international vegan music collaborative project - and Vystopia Anonymous - a safe haven for Vegans of all stripes. All about Aaron: https://www.aaroncadamsamuels.com https://soundcloud.com/aaroncadams…

Sharon Palmer has been a Registered Dietician for over 30 years, she’s author of The Plant Powered Diet and Plant Powered for Life. Sharon was raised and schooled in Loma Linda California which is now known as a “Blue Zone,” one of several blue zones around the world where a focus on plantbased living has been scientifically connected to health and…