NZ Vegan Podcast
156 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsAbolitionist Approach Vegan. Continuing the abolitionist veganism approach Down Under.
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NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 101 - What do we MEAN by vegan education? What don't we mean? Plus a special announcement!
August 06, 2012 14:30 - 27.1 MBLISTEN HERE In this episode I hope to address many misconceptions. Thanks for listening to my final episode of NZ Vegan Podcast! New podcast coming soon....... stay tuned :)
NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 100 - Part Three of interview with Special Guest Renata Peters!
July 31, 2012 09:34 - 26 MBLISTEN HERE Alice Springs Vegan Society Facebook Page Email Renata at: [email protected]
NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 98 - Special Guest Renata Peters! (aka Desert Girl :)
July 31, 2012 09:33 - 31 MBListen HERE Alice Springs Vegan Society Facebook Page Email Renata at: [email protected]
NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 99 - Part Two of interview with special guest Renata Peters!
July 31, 2012 09:33 - 36.4 MBListen HERE Alice Springs Vegan Society Facebook Page Email Renata at: [email protected]
NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 97 - On always keeping the focus on the victims
July 21, 2012 10:27 - 27.5 MBListen HERE
NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 1
June 25, 2012 09:29Listen HERE Welcome! This is my first podcast, it was recorded a few days ago and it took me a while to upload but I am just keeping this post as my way of introducing myself. Happy New Year!
NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 2
June 25, 2012 09:28Listen HERE Episode 2 is related to an interview I heard on BBC world here is a link to the article in question, I was unable to find an audio recording of the interview but this article relates to it. Enjoy! http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/7646857.stm
NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 3
June 25, 2012 09:28 - 15.9 MBListen HERE Episode 3 relates the famous case of Margaret Garner, the African American slave who murdered one of her children to prevent them from being placed in slavery, and was therefore tried for "destruction of property" although the Abolitionists attempted to have her recognized as a member of society and have her tried for murder. This is a good example to illustrate the principal of slavery, or property ownership of sentient beings.
NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 4
June 25, 2012 09:27 - 13.6 MBListen HERE I would rather convince one person to go vegan than 1000 people to eat "happy" meat.
NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 5
June 25, 2012 09:26 - 13.3 MBListen HERE In this episode I talk about my first email (cool!) and I talk about activism relating to people who try argue the fact that because we are able to use animals then that therefore justifies using them. I dispute that entirely. Being able to do something is not a moral justification for doing it when there exists a valid alternative (i.e., Veganism). People are able to do all kinds of horrible things, but the fact that they can do them should never be accepted as justification fo...
NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 95 - NO! to "stealth" veganism! and other stories
May 24, 2012 13:49 - 30 MBListen HERE "People say that being a vegan creates a social problem in that others may react negatively. But isn't that the case if you take a principled position on any issue, whether it's racism, sexism, heterosexism, violence as a general matter—or speciesism? The key is to educate others about *why* you take the position." ~ Gary L. Francione Links and articles and other things I talk about: The Vegan Times (website is http://vegan-times.com/) and also the Vegan Times Facebook page by...
NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 94 - Petition Signers Anonymous
April 09, 2012 08:20 - 27.2 MBListen HERE A Revolution of the Heart by Gary Francione Single Issue Campaigns - Pruning Exploitation - by Dan Cudahy and Angel Flinn - the podcast version can be found here at Live Vegan's YouTube page The ever important debate between Erik Marcus and Gary Francione My previous podcast on the "you don't care about the animals who are suffering now" accusation. Our NZ Vegan Facebook Page Our OZVegan & NZVegan Facebook group The No Kill Movement
NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 93 - On getting started and not being discouraged, and other ramblings.
March 11, 2012 05:31 - 33.5 MBListen HERE Here is the quote I was trying to say on the show "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." ~ Margaret Mead This is the Gandhi quote I have on my 'cubicle' wall at work: "Non-violence and truth are inseparable and presuppose one another." ~ Gandhi Here are the posters I have on my cubicle wall at work Here is a link to the interview of Gary Francione by Erik Marcus: MP3 or listen o...
NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 92 - With Special Guest Jeffrey Coolwater!
January 26, 2012 04:40 - 30.1 MBListen HERE This week I am very pleased to welcome fellow abolitionist advocate Jeffrey Coolwater. You can find Jeffrey on twitter as MacVegan Here is the link to the blog article we discussed about Jeffrey's 10 "lost years" as a vegetarian, before he discovered veganism and abolition. Here is a link to the groundbreaking interview that we mention of Professor Gary L. Francioneon Vegan Freak Radio You can find all the audio interviews of Professor Francione on the Audio Page of the Abolit...
NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 91 - Either not existing or exploiting someone - these are not valid options!
January 20, 2012 11:58 - 27.6 MBListen HERE This week I talk about something that was inspired through a conversation from the last street stall we did and also by a lot of things going on lately and in fact by all the things I have learned over the last 4 years since I went vegan. Here is the link to the latest Foxconn Protest Here is the link to the podcast episode I mentioned from This American Life Here is the link to the story I talked about from the Horn of Africa (note - ignore the bit about the "cattle" and ple...
NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 90 - Happy Vegan New Year 2012
January 01, 2012 12:04 - 24.7 MBLISTEN HERE This week I revisit something that is old news but I think still very relevant for the coming year and all years of the vegan movement, which is that we have no excuse for not promoting veganism unequivocally. "All compromise is based on give and take, but there can be no give and take on fundamentals. Any compromise on mere fundamentals is a surrender. For it is all give and no take." ~ Ghandi I mention a discussion where things "clicked" for me and I always recommend to all ...
NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 89 - The importance of promoting ideas
December 08, 2011 14:12 - 14 MBListen HERE This week I talk about lots of things, including the wonderful cupcakes offered by the Vegan Education Cupcake Stall from The Alice Springs Vegan Society and their inspiration for offering free cupcakes to people, and I mention the Six Principles of the Abolitionist Approach to Animal Rights among other things. I also talk about focusing on IDEAS not PEOPLE. "Great minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, small minds discuss people" ~ Anonymous or Eleanor Rooseve...
NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 88 - Special Guest Peaceful Abolitionist Emmy James!
November 30, 2011 11:03 - 6.85 MBLISTEN HERE This week I have a very special guest over for dinner and cupcake making and podcasting - Emmy James from Peaceful Abolitionist and the Vegan For Life podcast Emmy is the very talented designer of our NZ Vegan logo and check out these wonderful designs she hand painted onto shirts and sweatshirts also. See also the photo of Clare who we mention who has helped us at the stall and is so much fun! Thanks for listening!
NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 87 - Finished website and new literature for the street stall!
November 09, 2011 14:59 - 16.4 MBListen HERE This week I talk about the new website nzvegan.com and aava.org.nz and the literature I have been wanting to make for ages. I also mention the interviews that Corey Wrenn the Roanoke Vegan Examiner has recently allowed me to be part of. Finally I say a special thanks to Gary L. Francione. Congratulations Gary, you did it :)
NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 86 - Part 2 of interview with Gary Francione on Helping Animals NOW (Including human animals)
August 15, 2011 05:32 - 18.7 MBListen HERE Part two of the interview with special guest Gary L. Francione Here is a link to the website page I am working on about Adoption/Fostering and Sanctuaries. You can find links to some of the sanctuaries and rescue organisations we mentioned in there: http://nzvegan.wordpress.com/sanctuary-and-adoptionfostering/ Here is a link to the podcast Episode with Diane Ellis about Vegecat Vegan Cat Food: NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 60 - Special Guest Diane Ellis, spokesperson for Vegecat ve...
NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 85 - Part 1 of interview with Gary Francione on Helping Animals NOW (Including human animals)
August 15, 2011 05:26 - 32.9 MBListen HERE Part one of the interview with special guest Gary L. Francione Here is a link to the website page I am working on about Adoption/Fostering and Sanctuaries. You can find links to some of the sanctuaries and rescue organisations we mentioned in there: http://nzvegan.wordpress.com/sanctuary-and-adoptionfostering/ Thanks for listening Part two is next
NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 84 -On being too scared to promote veganism and must-haves for a street stall
August 04, 2011 11:18 - 18.3 MBLISTEN HERE "People say that being a vegan creates a social problem in that others may react negatively. But isn't that the case if you take a principled position on any issue, whether it's racism, sexism, heterosexism, violence as a general matter—or speciesism? The key is to educate others about *why* you take the position." ~ Gary L. Francione Here is a link to the fantastic Nutritional Pamphlets from the Boston Vegan Association or you can contact them for some copies here Also don'...
NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 83 - On "right" and "wrong"
July 07, 2011 20:17 - 17.1 MBListen HERE What an idiotic absurdity it is to say that earnest, persistent, uncompromising moral opposition to a system of boundless immorality is the way to strengthen it; and that the way to abolish such a system is to say nothing about it! ~ William L. Garrison (April 23, 1858) From http://quotesonslavery.org/what-an-idiotic-absurdity-it-is/
NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 82 - Just my own thoughts, as always.
June 26, 2011 22:50 - 15 MBListen HERE
NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 81 - We are an abolitionist movement
June 20, 2011 00:05 - 22.9 MBLISTEN HERE This week I talk about how important it is that we recognise and help others to recognise that our abolitionist movement for nonviolence is still an abolitionist anti-slavery movement, and our practical focus right now with regard to addressing this problem of violence and animal use has the primary goal, initially, of creating a society in which we can address the abolition of the property status of animals, because that is still where we are at. We haven't even begun to addres...
NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 80 -Happy Stall Stories and Positivity!
May 20, 2011 08:12 - 13.7 MBLISTEN HERE Here is the link to the Shirtless Dancing Guy video I mentioned: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fW8amMCVAJQ This is the link to the Coexisting With Nonhuman Animals episode about the Oprah Show that I mentioned: Episode 46 - Oprah Goes... Vegan, "Veg*n","veganish"... Here is the link to the latest Abolitionist Approach Commentary Number 24, an interview by Gary L. Francione with Rob Johnson creator of the blog Animal Rights UK and founding member of Grampion Animal Rights (wh...
NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 79 - Sharing advocacy experiences and thoughts and a brief comment on the word "cruelty"
May 09, 2011 11:16 - 28.4 MBLISTEN HERE This is the article about China's factory conditions I mentioned: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/china/news/article.cfm?l_id=28&objectid=10722773 Here is a link to the YouTube channel for Paola Aldana that I mentioned: http://www.youtube.com/user/porolita22 (English) http://www.youtube.com/user/porolita (Español) Here is a quote from Gary Francione on the word "compassion" (in relation to what I talk about at the very end of the podcast): "Is our obligation not to be racist or s...
NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 78 - Don't underestimate yourself
April 27, 2011 13:20 - 29.6 MBLISTEN HERE Thanks for listening! :)
NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 77 - Special guest William Paul!
April 19, 2011 16:18 - 10.1 MBLISTEN HERE This week I am very pleased to welcome back William Paul who tells us his latest good news and we discuss some experiences we have at with religious advocates while doing our street stall, and also I recount a couple of personal experiences I have had related to that. Thanks for listening and thank you William for coming on the show!
NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 76 - Don't let them tell you not to do it
April 13, 2011 11:58 - 6.93 MBListen HERE What are we afraid of? It's not like we are being arrested by the KGB: BBC outlook: Belarus Free Theatre http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belarus_Free_Theatre And if people stopped doing violent things and stupid things we won't have to worry about anything like that, now would we? Please promote veganism! Peacefully! more to come....
NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 75 - Part Two of the interview with special guest Professor Gary L. Francione!
March 24, 2011 07:20 - 24.4 MBLISTEN HERE In part two of the interview we discuss single issue campaigns, in relation to the recent debate that Professor Francione took part in with Dario Ringach which was partly the inspiration of the blog essay: Why Veganism Must Be the Baseline which I recommend as a must read for all advocates. We also discuss the latest Abolitionist Approach blog essay: Nothing to Do with Science in which the latest attempt at using the age old "plant question" is addressed. Thank you, Profess...
NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 74 - Special Guest Professor Gary L. Francione!
March 24, 2011 07:04 - 25.5 MBLISTEN HERE This week it is my absolute pleasure to welcome back to the podcast Professor Gary L. Francione. In part one of the interview we discuss his new book: The Animal Rights Debate: Abolition or Regulation? which was co-authored with Robert Garner. Enjoy and stay tuned for part two!
NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 73 - Hurting others to help others ends up hurting everyone
March 04, 2011 06:20 - 18.6 MBLISTEN HERE Relevant links to this podcast: Veganism as a Minimum Standard of Decency by Dan Cudahy from Unpopular Vegan Essays The articles about the Vegan Society's advertising of non vegan establishments, inluding a pdf of a thread on facebook that was deleted after they shamefully deleted Gary Francione from the page: http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/i-wonder-what-donald-watson-founder-of-the-vegan-society-would-think/ http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/its-not-1946/ http://www....
The Amazing Transformation of Buda the Cat
February 15, 2011 10:37NOTE: cats are obligate carnivores, and they require TAURINE in order to live. The food I am talking about below is supplemented with Taurine. I was recently chatting on Skype with my friend Diane Ellis, my guest from NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 60 about Buda and her new svelte and beautiful body, and we compared some photos that I had taken of Buda from before I switched her to the Vegecat homemade cat food supplements and recipes from Harbingers of a New Age, and then looked at some p...
NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 72 - Special Guest Niilo Van Steinburg from the UVic Vegan Association and soon to be new abolitionist podcast Seeking Nonspeciesism!
January 09, 2011 12:55 - 21.2 MBLISTEN HERE This week I am very pleased to have as my special guest Niilo Van Steinburg who is the founder and one of the directors of the very successful abolitionist vegan university group at the University of Victoria, Canada, the UVic Vegan Association. If you live in British Columbia you can subscribe to the UVic Vegan Association by emailing them at: [email protected] You can also join their facebook fan page at: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=11596410542 Also check out N...
NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 71 - Embrace the Mystery
January 04, 2011 20:48 - 17.5 MBLISTEN HERE A thought for the future; not knowing is a wiser way to live in a lot of ways. Those who say, do not know; those who know, do not say. ~ Lao Tzu And don't be overwhelmed by those darn animal product use diagrams making the rounds, you know the ones I mean, they are very "popular" amongst poverty of ambition advocates as another excuse for despairing! Let them spur you on to be even more active and even more determined.
NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 70 - On pessimism, optimism and fantasy versus reality
December 22, 2010 12:16 - 23 MBLISTEN HERE (Huge apologies for the terrible audio quality, I hit record without first verifying the input, so instead of my logitech headphones it was set to the inbuilt mic, which is why there is all that noise and stuff. It happens sometimes lol ) Here is the article of the interview with Gary Francione that I mentioned: http://www.free.org.il/english/articles/gary.html (What he says is about "passivity" and exactly is not necessarily what I paraphrased, but it certainly made me underst...
NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 69 - With special guest William Paul!
December 10, 2010 01:50 - 14.5 MBLISTEN HERE This week I speak with William Paul my fellow abolitionist street staller and vegan advocate from Auckland. We discuss the NZ Vegetarian Society Festival that was held in October, our future plans for advocacy and we also discuss the Auckland Abolitionist Vegans Association, which we will be launching soon! Congratulations to Jordan Wyatt from Coexisting with Nonhuman Animals for creating the Invercargill Vegan Society! Become a member if you live nearby, or become an honorary...
NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 68 - The tragedy of owning sentient beings. Dedicated to Floyd, the sweetest little tabby cat you could ever meet
November 29, 2010 04:45 - 16.9 MBLISTEN HERE This is the link to the thread on the abolitionist approach forum I was talking about: "Fears" Here are the new photos of the stall now that Aotea Square is renovated, the square is behind us we are on the footpath next to the main entrance side.
NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 67 - Reflections, updates and the repressed memory of my first animal-use-showing video!
October 24, 2010 10:10 - 22 MBLISTEN HERE Revelations! Now I am wondering if that WAS indeed my first exposure to a video showing animal use, or have I repressed other memories from my specieisist past...? Here is a link to the article I mentioned from the UK abolitionists that made the Aberdeen Voice Here is a link to the article I mentioned on the Vegan Salt blog: Guest Post Thanks for listening!
NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 66 - Update on Duffy the cat plus my elevator experience and other stories
October 03, 2010 09:06 - 27.9 MBLISTEN HERE here is a photo of Duffy in his hopefully new and permanent home: This is the link to Professor Gary Francione's latest commentary where he gives great advice about talking to non vegans about veganism: Five Principles This is a link to Barbara DeGrande's latest podcast about personal relationships as a vegan: Dating While Vegan Here is a link to Mylène Ouellet's latest article: What's Sometimes Hardest Here is a link to Adam Kochanowicz's Vegan Help Bot I mentioned: http://t...
NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 65 - Domestication (homage to Duffy the cat)
September 26, 2010 11:53 - 21.9 MBLISTEN HERE This podcast is dedicated to Duffy This week I talk about a situation I personally dealt with and how I chose to deal with it, and I ask everyone to comment if there are anything someone feels needs to be said. I also quote from one of my favourite websites, Quotes on Slavery and this is the quote I chose to read: "I will be as harsh as truth, and as uncompromising as justice" Thanks for listening
NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 63 - Interview with Professor Gary L. Francione Part 1
September 13, 2010 03:36 - 25.9 MBLISTEN HERE I have the absolute pleasure of having Professor Gary L. Francione as a guest. This is part 1 of the interview. Enjoy!
NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 64 - Interview with Professor Gary L. Francione Part 2
September 13, 2010 03:26 - 37.4 MBLISTEN HERE This is Part 2 of the interview. with Professor Gary L. Francione. Enjoy!
NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 62 - Uniformity in the message of truth
August 29, 2010 22:02 - 26.9 MBListen HERE This week I speak of an email I received, special thanks to Doug Hines, and I speak of a wonderful concept that was given to me by Randy Sandberg. Please visit the wonderful Quotes on Slavery website: http://quotesonslavery.org/ Here is a quote I think relevant to the theme of this podcast: "A common criticism is that the time is not yet ripe for our reform. Can time ever be ripe for any reform unless it is ripened by human determination? Did Wilberforce wait for the ripenin...
NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 61 - The sociology of posting "meat" pictures on animal rights threads
August 22, 2010 09:21 - 44.1 MBListen 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! Enjoy I forgot to add that in honour of Dr. Yates this is a BELLS podcast. (Bells courtesy of Zsebi the kitten)
NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 60 - Special Guest Diane Ellis, spokesperson for Vegecat vegan cat food
August 05, 2010 15:36 - 31 MBListen 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, ...
NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 59 - Notes from the Stall: Learning from criticism
July 10, 2010 10:51 - 15.2 MBListen HERE
NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 58 - Interview with Emmy James from the Vegan For Life Podcast!
June 30, 2010 19:20 - 17.2 MBListen 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 ...