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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 Intersectionality Interview 22 - Julia Feliz

    ARZone Intersectionality Interview 22 - Julia Feliz
    Episode 22 features intersectional vegan activist and author, Julia Feliz. Julia is an intersectional vegan, an artist and the author of the first ever vegan themed board book for babies and toddlers, Libby Finds Vegan Sanctuary. Julia runs The Vegan Craftivist Project, which advocates on behalf of other animals through craft, and recently became president of a Swiss based association,

    ARZone Intersectionality Interview 21 – Harold Brown

    ARZone Intersectionality Interview 21 – Harold Brown
    Episode 21 features farmer-turned-advocate Harold Brown. Harold Brown, who is featured in the documentary Peaceable Kingdom, The Journey Home, spent over half of his life working in animal agriculture. Growing up on a beef farm in Michigan and later working in the dairy industry, Harold has been involved in the behind the scenes operations of food production that uses other animals. Today

    ARZone Intersectionality Interview 20 – Joe Brydon

    ARZone Intersectionality Interview 20 – Joe Brydon
    Episode 20 features long-time activist Joe Brydon. Joe Brydon has been engaged in activism of one form or another for as long as they can remember, primarily involved with disarmament and anti-war campaigns, with brief forays into anti-fracking and anti-nuclear escapades. Growing up gay in a very heterosexual world has helped Joe realise the importance of intersectionality in each of these

    ARZone Intersectionality Interview 19 – Casey Taft and Jay Shooster

    ARZone Intersectionality Interview 19 – Casey Taft and Jay Shooster
    Episode 19 features Casey Taft and Jay Shooster in a conversation about effective altruism and the animal advocacy community. Audio podcast, approx. 59 minutes. Casey Taft, Ph. D., a Professor of Psychiatry at Boston University School of Medicine, is an internationally recognized researcher in the areas of trauma and the family, winning prestigious awards for his work in this area. He has

    ARZone Intersectionality Interview 18 – Sarah K. Woodcock

    ARZone Intersectionality Interview 18 – Sarah K. Woodcock
    Episode 17 features Sarah K. Woodcock. Sarah K. Woodcock is an intersectional vegan of colour living in Minnesota. We are honoured to have hosted Sarah for our inaugural podcast in this Intersectionality Interview series. She is the founder and Executive Director of TAVS - The Advocacy of Veganism Society. She joined us this time to speak about what’s happened in the United States since the

    ARZone Intersectionality Interview 17 – Robert Grillo

    ARZone Intersectionality Interview 17 – Robert Grillo
    Episode 17 features the director of Free from Harm, Robert Grillo. Robert Grillo is an activist, author and speaker. He is the director of Free from Harm, which he founded in 2009 to expose the effects of animal agriculture on other animals, vulnerable human communities and the environment. With a background in marketing communications, Robert is particularly interested in how popular

    ARZone Intersectionality Interview 16 – xavi finix

    ARZone Intersectionality Interview 16 – xavi finix
    Episode 16 features xavi finix. xavi finix is an autistic transgender animal rights activist squatting in Dublin. xavi joined us to speak about ableism within the animal advocacy community, and about links between veganism, anarchy, and the queer liberation movement. Audio podcast, approx. 14 mins. For more information on the “We are Each Other” series mentioned in this interview, please see

    ARZone Intersectionality Interview 15 - Judy Nadel and Damien Clarkson

    ARZone Intersectionality Interview 15 - Judy Nadel and Damien Clarkson
    Episode 15 features Judy Nadel and Damien Clarkson. Judy Nadel and Damien Clarkson are the co-founders of Vevolution, a new vegan and conscious living festival staged in London on Saturday November 5, 2016. Judy and Damian are passionate about encouraging people to care about other animals and the environment, and believe that veganism is a social justice movement changing the world. Judy

    ARZone Intersectionality Interview 14 - Laura Schleifer

    ARZone Intersectionality Interview 14 - Laura Schleifer
    Episode 14 features, for a second time, artist and activist Laura Schleifer. A pro-intersectional vegan who regularly speaks publicly about the ways in which the struggle for human liberation intersects with the movement for the liberation of other animals, Laura rejoins us to talk about the manner in which PeTA choose to advertise. Audio podcast, 23 minutes.

    ARZone Intersectionality Interview 13 – Katrina Fox

    ARZone Intersectionality Interview 13 – Katrina Fox
    Episode 13 features journalist and author Katrina Fox. Katrina Fox is the founder and editor of the vegan business blog VeganBusinessMedia.com, 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

    ARZone Intersectionality Interview 12 - Will Tuttle

    ARZone Intersectionality Interview 12 - Will Tuttle
    Episode 12 features Dr. Will Tuttle. Will is the author of the bestselling book, The World Peace Diet. He has been vegan since 1980, and is a former Dharma Master in the Zen Buddhist tradition. Will, along with his partner Madeleine - a Swiss visionary artist, has been travelling full time since 1995, bringing the message of radical inclusion and peace to humans all over the planet. If he

    ARZone Intersectionality Interview 11 - Tim Barford

    ARZone Intersectionality Interview 11 - Tim Barford
    Episode 11 features VegFest’s Tim Barford. Tim Barford is the founder and manager of Vegfest UK. Living vegan since 1984, he founded Vegfest, originally called Bristol Vegan Fayre, in 2003. Vegfest UK now hosts four vegan festivals in the UK annually, attracting more than ten thousand visitors to each event. Tim and his team are organising the UK’s first vegan pro-intersectionality conference

    ARZone Intersectionality Interview 10 - Carol J. Adams

    ARZone Intersectionality Interview 10 - Carol J. Adams
    Episode 10 features pioneering author Carol J. Adams. Carol J. Adams has been one of the most inspirational leaders of the animal advocacy movement for decades. She is a writer, speaker, and activist as well as a mentor to countless animal advocates. As well as writing the groundbreaking book, The Sexual Politics of Meat, Carol has authored more than 20 other books, as well as countless articles

    ARZone Intersectionality Interview 9 - Kate Stewart

    ARZone Intersectionality Interview 9 - Kate Stewart
    Episode 9 features Kate Stewart Ph. D., a sociologist at Nottingham Trent University. Kate is the author, with Matthew Cole, of the book Our Children and Other Animals (2014) which explores the sociological importance of other animals in the lives of human children - and vice versa. Her work reveals “the interconnectedness of studies in childhood, culture, and human-animal relations.” As part

    ARZone Podcast Special Episode – The Lisa Shapiro Awards

    ARZone Podcast Special Episode – The Lisa Shapiro Awards
    This Special Episode of the ARZone Podcast features Ari Nessel, the founder and president of The Pollination Project, speaking about TPP’s 2016 Lisa Shapiro Awards. Named in memorial of a selfless advocate, the Lisa Shapiro Awards recognise the unsung heroes of our movement who are working quietly behind the scenes creating a more just world for other animals. Nominated by their peers and

    ARZone Intersectionality Interview 8 - Dawn Moncrief

    ARZone Intersectionality Interview 8 - Dawn Moncrief
    Episode 8 features Dawn Moncrief, a social justice advocate for more than 20 years. Dawn is the Founder & Executive Director of the non-profit organisation A Well-Fed World. She holds master’s degrees in both International Relations and Women’s Studies from George Washington University, both with a focus on economic development. Among other things, her work highlights how high levels of

    ARZone Intersectionality Interview 7 - Laura Schleifer

    ARZone Intersectionality Interview 7 - Laura Schleifer
    Episode 7 features Laura Schleifer - a writer, theater artist, and educator whose work has spanned the globe from the Middle East to Nicaragua to China and beyond. Laura is a pro-intersectional vegan, and active in the Palestine Liberation Movement. She created the word “artivist” to describe her vocation as an artist-activist. As a Jewish American she traveled to the West Bank in Palestine,

    ARZone Intersectionality Interview 6 - Brenda Sanders

    ARZone Intersectionality Interview 6 - Brenda Sanders
    Episode 6 features Brenda Sanders is a food justice activist in Baltimore City who has dedicated her life to fighting for vulnerable populations. As a community organizer, Brenda has coordinated events like The Vegan Living Program - an annual 6-week vegan education program, Eating for Life - a plant-based cooking workshop, Vegan SoulFest - a festival that celebrates culture and the vegan

    ARZone Intersectionality Interview 5 – Nzinga Young

    ARZone Intersectionality Interview 5 – Nzinga Young
    Episode 5 features Nzinga Young, a freelance writer who focuses on vegan issues. A born-and-raised vegetarian who is now living vegan, she’s turned her predominantly plant-based upbringing into a passionate vegan lifestyle. Nzinga is a student of plant-based nutrition with eCornell, a vegan content contributor for Huffington Post, and an avid traveler for local and international vegan events.

    ARZone Intersectionality Interview 4 - lauren Ornelas

    ARZone Intersectionality Interview 4 - lauren Ornelas
    Episode 4 features Lauren Ornelas, who has been active in the animal rights movement for more than 20 years. She is the founder and director of Food Empowerment Project, a vegan food justice nonprofit which seeks to create a more just world by helping consumers recognize the power of their food choices. Food Empowerment Project works in solidarity with farm workers, advocates for chocolate not