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    ARZone (Animal Rights Zone) Podcasts

    ARZone exists to help educate vegans and non-vegans alike about the obligations human beings have toward all other animals. By providing a space for a variety of blog posts, forum discussions, notes, videos and more, ARZone fosters a sense of community among its members. Through live online chats as well as through recorded audio podcasts with a diversity of people who work both within and outside of the animal advocacy community, ARZone supports respectful and rational discourse and intelligent dialogue about the most pressing issues facing us today.
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    Episodes (150)

    ARZone Total LIberation Interview 9 ~ Rama Ganesan

    ARZone Total LIberation Interview 9  ~  Rama Ganesan
    In this interview we spoke with Rama Ganesan.  Rama lived in Chennai India until the age of 10 when she emigrated to the UK with her family.  She graduated from the University of Oxford, and also has a PhD from the University of Wales. She then moved to the US with her spouse, and has lived there ever since. Rama became a vegan after reading “Eating Animals” by Jonathan Safran Foer,

    ARZone Total Liberation Interview 8 ~ Svetlana Chibireva and Laura Schlieffer on Holocaust memes.

    ARZone Total Liberation Interview 8 ~ Svetlana Chibireva and Laura Schlieffer on Holocaust memes.
    In this interview, we are joined by two very special guests, Svetlana Chibireva and Laura Schleifer.  Svetlana is a pro intersectional vegan with an interest in looking at veganism as a political and ethical philosophy through a critical lense in order to challenge current narratives in mainstream veganism. She was born in Stalingrad, a city recovering from the atrocities of nazi occupation

    ARZone Total Liberation Interview 7 ~ Kathy Divine

    ARZone Total Liberation Interview 7 ~ Kathy Divine
    In this interview we welcomed inspirational vegan leader, Kathy Divine, to ARZone.  Kathy is the author of five vegan books and founder of the magazine Australian Vegans Journal. The concept of ethical vegan leadership as the solution to world peace inspires and drives her work, and she uses publishing as a way to broadcast this vision into the world. Kathy offers one-on-one coaching to

    ARZone Total LIberation Interview 6 ~ Dr. Casey Taft

    ARZone Total LIberation Interview 6  ~  Dr. Casey Taft
    In this interview we welcomed back Dr. Casey Taft to ARZone. Casey is a Professor of Psychiatry at Boston University school of Medicine , and an internationally recognized researcher in the areas of trauma, family communication and violence prevention.  Casey sees the prevention of violence toward other animals as a natural extension of his work with humans. He’s is the co-owner of Vegan

    ARZone Total Liberation Interview 5 ~ James Aspey

    ARZone Total Liberation Interview 5 ~ James Aspey
    In this interview, we welcomed my fellow Australian animal advocate, James Aspey James has overcome some huge hurdles in his life and is a true inspiration. He conquered leukaemia, drug abuse and bulimia before becoming one of Australia’s most well-known animal advocates. Grabbing global attention in 2015 after breaking a year long vow of silence in a powerful TV interview seen by millions,

    ARZone Interview 92 ~ Stuart Chaifetz

    ARZone Interview 92   ~  Stuart Chaifetz
    Stuart Chaifetz is an investigator who works with SHARK - Showing Animals Respect and Kindness.  Stu - began his animal campaigning as a “sab” in England in 1990 and continued his anti-hunting work after returning to the United States. He’s also run for Congress as a Green Party candidate and is the winner of a Sea Shepherd Conservation Society award for anti-whaling work. Stu is also an

    ARZone Total Liberation Interview 4 ~ Katrina Fox

    ARZone Total Liberation Interview 4 ~ Katrina Fox
    Katrina is the founder and editor of the vegan business blog VeganBusinessMedia.com, the host of Vegan Business Talk podcast and author of Vegan Ventures: Start and Grow an Ethical Business,  She’s been vegan since 1996, and has had her ideas about the interconnections between human and other animal social justice featured in numerous books and articles. Her goal is to inform and inspire as

    ARZone Total Liberation Interview 3 ~ Robert Grillo

    ARZone Total Liberation Interview 3 ~ Robert Grillo
    In episode 3 of our new series on Total Liberation through Radical Veganism we spoke with Robert Grillo. Robert is an activist, author and speaker. He is the director of Free from Harm, which he founded in 2009 to expose animal agriculture’s impact on other animals, on vulnerable communities, and on the environment.  Robert’s first book, Farm to Fable: The Fictions of Our Animal-Consuming

    The Pollination Project Lisa Shapiro Awards Winners 2017 ~ Anonymous - Unparalleled Suffering Photography

    The Pollination Project Lisa Shapiro Awards Winners 2017 ~ Anonymous - Unparalleled Suffering Photography
    The activist behind Unparalleled Suffering Photography is a gifted artist who has chosen to use their significant talents to expose the diverse forms of animal exploitation and torment perpetrated and normalized by our culture. This activist, working anonymously and entirely on their own, expertly documents both the emotional terror and physical suffering that animals endure at human hands: --&

    The Pollination Project Lisa Shapiro Awards Winners 2017 ~ Ms. Socorro 'Sukie' Muller Sargent

    The Pollination Project Lisa Shapiro Awards Winners 2017 ~ Ms. Socorro 'Sukie' Muller Sargent
    In the early 1990’s, at the age of 55,  Sukie, a Mexican born woman living in Texas and married to a hunter, made a life-changing choice to go vegan! She then went on to start the first animal advocacy group in El Paso along with The Vegetarian Society of El Paso. The animal advocacy group Sukie started had their first meeting in her home in September 1992. There were eleven attendees, plus

    The Pollination Project Lisa Shapiro Awards Winners 2017 ~ Katrina Krīgere and Aivars Andersons

    The Pollination Project Lisa Shapiro Awards Winners 2017 ~ Katrina Krīgere and Aivars Andersons
    Katrina and Aivars were selected together as one winner this year. They are the co-founders of animal advocacy group, Animal Freedom in Latvia.  This group conducts undercover investigations, coordinates outreach and public education campaigns, lobbies government bodies to secure stronger laws for animals, participates in corporate outreach and pressure campaigns to secure meaningful animal

    The Pollination Project Lisa Shapiro Awards Winners 2017 ~ Chia-Pei 'Jessi' Chang and Yu-Sheng Tai

    The Pollination Project Lisa Shapiro Awards Winners 2017 ~ Chia-Pei 'Jessi' Chang and Yu-Sheng Tai
    Chia-Pei and Yu-Sheng were selected together as one winner this year. What Chia-Pei and Yu-Sheng do for the animal movement is awe-inspiring. They are the definition of activism!  They volunteer, serve as key organizers, emcees, speakers and spokespersons. They keep their fingers on the pulse of anything new related to veganism; -- a new vegan friendly business, a new animal advocacy

    The Pollination Project Lisa Shapiro Awards Winners 2017 ~ Dawa Dolker

    The Pollination Project Lisa Shapiro Awards Winners 2017  ~  Dawa Dolker
    Dr. Dawa Dolker works as a full-time dentist during the day and dedicates every other spare moment of her life to other animals. Over four years ago Dawa co-founded the Dharmasala Vegan Movement (DVM) which finds homes for other animals in need and encourages people to address their consumption of animal products.  This powerful activist has been known as the animal

    ARZone Total Liberation Interview 2 ~ Tim Barford

    ARZone Total Liberation Interview 2 ~ Tim Barford
     In episode 2 of our new series on Total Liberation through Radical Veganism, we speak with Vegfest UK Founder, Tim Barford.  Tim is the founder and manager of Vegfest UK. He has been living vegan since 1984. Tim founded Vegfest-- originally called “Bristol Vegan Fayre” in 2003, making this year the sixteenth year Tim and Vegfest UK have been holding vegan festivals which attract

    ARZone Total Liberation Interview 1 ~ Julia Feliz Brueck

    ARZone Total Liberation Interview 1 ~ Julia Feliz Brueck
    In episode 1 of our new series on Total Liberation through Radical Veganism, we speak with vegan author, Julia Feliz Brueck.  Julia is a decade long vegan, mother of two, scientist, and published author and illustrator. She is also the founder of Sanctuary Publishers, a vegan book publisher that gives back to marginalised communities with every book sold. Sales from Julia’s new guide,

    ARZone Interview 91 ~ Matt Ball Responds

    ARZone Interview 91 ~ Matt Ball Responds
    Episode 91 features long time advocate, Matt Ball.  Matt has been a globally recognised advocate for other animals, for vegetarian diets and for applied ethics for over two decades. He has presented at, and written for diverse forums over the past two decades. Matt has written dozens of essays, articles, editorials and book chapters, and is the co-author (with Bruce Friedrich) of The

    ARZone Intersectionality Interview 25 - Dr. Kim Socha

    ARZone Intersectionality Interview 25 - Dr. Kim Socha
    Episode 25 features special guest, Dr. Kim Socha. Kim holds a Ph.D. in English and teaches writing and literature at a community college. Her publications include "Animal Liberation and Atheism” and "Women, Destruction, and the Avant-Garde".  She is also contributing editor of "Defining Critical Animal Studies: An Intersectional Social Justice Approach for Liberation" and "Confronting

    ARZone Interview 90 - Dr. Casey Taft

    ARZone Interview 90 - Dr. Casey Taft
    Episode 90 features Professor of Psychology, Casey Taft Casey is a Professor of Psychiatry, an internationally recognized researcher in the areas of trauma and the family. He has published over 100 journal articles, book chapters, and scientific reports, and has consulted with the United Nations.  Casey sees the prevention of violence toward other animals as a natural extension of his work

    ARZone Intersectionality Interview 24 - Christopher Sebastian

    ARZone Intersectionality Interview 24 - Christopher Sebastian
    Episode 24 features long time vegan and pro-intersectionality justice advocate, Christopher Sebastian.  Sebastian is a long time vegan and social justice advocate. He focuses on examining the complex relationships between speciesism, racism, and queer oppression, and he organises discussions relative to exploring the intersectionality of veganism and other movements for social justice.&nbsp

    ARZone Intersectionality Interview 23 - Laura Schleifer

    ARZone Intersectionality Interview 23 - Laura Schleifer
    Episode 23 features pro-intersectional vegan advocate, Laura Schleifer  Laura is a pro-intersectional vegan. She is a writer, theatre artist and educator whose work has spanned the globe, from the Middle East to China and beyond.  Laura has been working on a book for Vegan Publishers, Liberating Veganism, which deals with animal rights psychology and philosophy, and she regularly