Latest Plant-based Podcast Episodes

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A Mass Extinction Event for Vegan Start Ups?

Vegan Hacks - April 25, 2024 12:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★ - 42 ratings
Are all our favorite new vegan food items going to go away if there is a vegan startup mass extinction event?

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Ep. 160: Collaboration, flavors and R&D

MeatingPod - April 22, 2024 05:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratings
Developing custom flavors for new and existing foodservice and restaurant customers for sous vide proteins involves collaboration and communication, according to Keith Goerl, Vice President, R&D and Commercialization at Ed Miniat LLC. Successfully meeting client needs involves employing a variet...

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Martian Space Cows: Will Growing Meat in a Lab Become a Crime?

Vegan Hacks - April 18, 2024 12:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★ - 42 ratings
Jason and Mike talk about a new trend where GOP lawmakers are trying to outlaw lab grown meat.  Also can the Tesla Cybertruck represent a vegan company?

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Earth Day Episode: The Climate Crisis and Other Animals with Richard Twine

Hope for the Animals - April 15, 2024 12:00 - 1 hour
Happy Earth Day! This is an important time of year where we focus our attention on the perils facing the planet and get inspired to help her. So today our guest is Dr. Richard Twine, author of, The Climate Crisis and Other Animals (Sydney University Press, 2024). He is a professor in Sociology a...

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Ep. 159: The lowdown on asset-light

MeatingPod - April 15, 2024 05:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratings
All meat analogue companies face a potentially huge hurdle right out of the gate: The cost of the physical plant necessary to make their particular foodstuffs, whether in the form of bioreactors or extruders or mixers, or any of an endless number of other pieces of equipment. And that doesn’t ac...

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Vegan in Prison

Vegan Hacks - April 11, 2024 12:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★ - 42 ratings
Jason and Mike talk about convicted fraudster Sam Bankman-Fried, maintaining a vegan lifestyle in prison.  Also a live "ASK A VEGAN ANYTHING!" free-for-all!

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Ep. 158: Flexible automation, robotics updates

MeatingPod - April 08, 2024 05:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratings
Dr. Konrad Ahlin, the senior robotics researcher at the Georgia Tech Research Institute provides updates on the use of flexible automated systems, robotics, artificial intelligence and virtual reality in food processing plants. He also outlines how these advances are affecting plant workers and ...

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Vegan IKEA

Vegan Hacks - April 04, 2024 12:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★ - 42 ratings
Jason and Mike talk about the selection of vegan finds at IKEA!

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National Animal Rights Day with Aylam Orian

Hope for the Animals - April 02, 2024 12:00 - 1 hour
National Animal Rights Day is a unique event coming up on June 2, 2024 and today we have the creator of this day of action, Aylam Orian. Aylam is a Hollywood actor, filmmaker and animal rights activist. With his non-profit "Our Planet. Theirs Too." he has established The National Animal Rights D...

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Ep. 157: New systems, avenues for poultry processing

MeatingPod - April 01, 2024 05:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratings
In this episode, Dr. Casey Owens and Dongyi Wang of the University of Arkansas discuss new advances in identifying quality defects on the chicken processing line and advances in robotics that can handle repetitive line functions like chicken hanging. Our guests also outline how students at the u...

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Beyond 4.0 and Where's Meati?

Vegan Hacks - March 28, 2024 12:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★ - 42 ratings
Jason talks about trying the new Beyond 4.0 meat also his experience at Expo West at the Impossible booth.  Also Meati, a popular protein was apparently not at the Expo. 

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Wellness to Wonderful with Dr. Lederman

Eat to Live - March 27, 2024 04:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 454 ratings
Welcome back to another insightful episode of the Eat Live podcast. While it's a departure from our usual dynamic with my daughter Jenna, today's episode promises an equally enriching dialogue as I'm joined by a dear friend and esteemed colleague, Matthew Lederman MD. For those unfamiliar, Matt h...

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Ep. 156: QA from feedlot to school to plant

MeatingPod - March 25, 2024 05:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratings
Quality assurance protocols don’t necessarily begin at the processing plant. The research that Dr. Ron Lemenager has conducted over his career shows that specific techniques even at the feedlot stage have a direct effect on the quality of the beef products that leave the plant. Beyond his resear...

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Ep 156: QA from feedlot to school to plant

MeatingPod - March 25, 2024 05:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratings
Quality assurance protocols don’t necessarily begin at the processing plant. The research that Dr. Ron Lemenager has conducted over his career shows that specific techniques even at the feedlot stage have a direct effect on the quality of the beef products that leave the plant. Beyond his resear...

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Oscar Mayer Vegan - How Hot Dogs are Made!

Vegan Hacks - March 21, 2024 19:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★ - 42 ratings
Everyone is coming out with new vegan hot dogs, even Oscar Mayer!  Jason and Mike talk about these new plant based offerings and also journey into the heart of darkness and see how animal hot dogs are made. 

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Ep. 155: Ambidextrous Cargill

MeatingPod - March 18, 2024 05:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratings
After almost a half-dozen years immersed in the animal side of Cargill’s protein business, Elizabeth Gutschenritter has been at the helm of the conglomerate’s alternative proteins business since 2019. In a wide-ranging interview with Alt-Meat, she discussed how Cargill balances the differing cul...

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Supporting Farmed Animal Sanctuaries with Faik Bouhrik

Hope for the Animals - March 15, 2024 12:00 - 49 minutes
Today on the podcast we are joined by Faik Bourik, founder of Vegius, a provider of vegan services to support farmed animal sanctuaries worldwide.  Faik is a mathematics, physics, and astronomy college instructor who combines his academic background with his roles as a professional writer and en...

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The Doughnut That Shook The Internet

Vegan Hacks - March 14, 2024 12:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★ - 42 ratings
We talk about the the doughnut drama that changed everything.  Accusations that a baker resold doughnuts from Dunkin’ under the guise they were vegan and gluten-free.

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From the Vault: Automation, robotics advances

MeatingPod - March 11, 2024 05:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratings
Marty Linn, Director of Engineering at the Tyson Manufacturing Automation Center in Springdale, Ark., discusses advances and challenges he and his team face as they develop automated and robotics systems for use in chicken processing. The goal of boosting efficiency, reducing costs and worker sa...

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Chili Eating Champion Mike Jack!

Vegan Hacks - March 07, 2024 13:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★ - 42 ratings
We talk with Mike Jack, vegan and World Chilli Pepper Eating Champion! Socials:  @mikejackeatsheat www.mikejackeatsheat.com/

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Ep. 153: Addressing ongoing HPAI challenges

MeatingPod - March 04, 2024 06:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratings
As the latest wave of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) cases continues to wane after two years of confirmed outbreaks nationwide, our guests will outline where we stand now and what might be needed to improve monitoring and responses to new infections. Dr. Carol Cardona of the University...

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Vegan Entanglements and Systematic Oppressions with Zane McNeill

Hope for the Animals - March 01, 2024 13:00 - 1 hour
Connecting veganism to other justice causes is critical to our success and our guest today recognized this at a very young age. Zane McNeill is a scholar-activist, chair of the National Lawyers Guild’s Animal Liberation Committee, and was the co-manager of the collective Right for Animal Rights ...

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Is the Meat Lobby Targeting Gen Z on Social Media?

Vegan Hacks - February 29, 2024 13:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★ - 42 ratings
Jason and Mike talk about how the Dairy and Meat lobby are using social media to target Gen Z.  Also a new segment "Ask Vegan Hacks Pod."

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Sleep & Meditation

Eat to Live - February 28, 2024 18:03 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 454 ratings
Our health is our most precious gift and smart nutrition can change your life. Each month, join Dr. Fuhrman and his daughter, Jenna Fuhrman as they discuss important topics in the world of nutrition. Eat to Live will change the way you eat and think about food.

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Ep. 152: Advances in Kosher meat production

MeatingPod - February 26, 2024 06:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratings
This episode will focus on a specific category of food products that includes meat that is marketed to individuals following strict Jewish dietary laws or those who appreciate the value of foods that carry the Kosher seal. Kleiman will outline the efforts meat processors (and other food companie...

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From the Vault: Ivy Farms sees the cultivated supply chain differently

MeatingPod - February 19, 2024 06:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratings
Ivy Farms is a U.K.-based company that is helping build the alt-meat industry in that country. Ivy Farms’ business model is different from most: strictly B-to-B, focusing on just one part of the process — in this case, developing and growing the harvested cell lines used to make cultivated meat ...

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Greenwashing Animal Agriculture with Vasile Stanescu, PhD

Hope for the Animals - February 15, 2024 13:00 - 1 hour
Do you want to know the truth about grass-fed beef? Regenerative grazing? Free-range eggs? This episode is jam packed with the jaw-dropping reality of greenwashing. Vasile Stanescu is an Associate Professor and Chair of Communication at Mercer University. He received his Ph.D. in the program of ...

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Chilling with Bezos at Mendocino Farms

Vegan Hacks - February 15, 2024 13:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★ - 42 ratings
Jason and Mike discuss the new vegan Philly Cheesesteak at Mendocino Farms,  They also discuss a new AI generated ad by the vegan company NotCo.

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Ep. 150: Progress on sustainability, GHG emissions

MeatingPod - February 12, 2024 06:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratings
This episode centers on sustainability efforts that meat processors are seeking to make more effective and consistent and a company that offers a concept that helps entities move closer to those goals from the farm and ranch level. Indigo Ag works with a variety of consumer product companies by ...

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Can Next Level Burger Save Veggie Grill?

Vegan Hacks - February 08, 2024 13:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★ - 42 ratings
With the news of a blockbuster vegan fast food merger between Next Level Burger and Veggie Grill, Jason and Mike discuss the future of Veggie Grill.