Main Street Vegan

Basketball legend John Salley shares his take on health, sport, veganism for a guy’s guy, and the Hip Hop Is Green movement. We’ll also be joined by James Lucas of grapecat.com about what it takes to run an online vegan store and vend at …continue

Ruby Roth, who made media waves with her children’s book, Vegan Is Love, is back with a charming and exquisitely illustrated cookbook for little vegans, The Help Yourself Cookbook for Kids. And Lorena Mucke’s Ethical Choices Program takes veganism, animal rights, and sustainable living into …continue

Jonathan Balcombe, Ph.D., returns today with his new book, What a Fish Knows, a fascinating look at the cognitive abilities and self-awareness of our cousins who live in the water. Show opener: Amish Shah, who made his first $1 million by age …continue

Harris Polls commissioned by the Vegetarian Resource Group have been counting vegans, vegetarians, and the veg-leaning since 1994, and the latest results are just out. VRG cofounder Charles Stahler joins us to share the findings: what are our numbers in the …continue

Legal personhood for chimpanzees has been a 30-year effort for attorney Steven Wise of the Nonhuman Rights Project, work that is explored in the groundbreaking documentary Unlocking the Cage. 

Vegan travel expert Caitlin Galer-Unti of theveganword.com gives us the skinny on eating across the globe and the hottest vegan travel destinations. Then: octogenarian runner, swimmer, cyclist, and three-decade breast cancer survivor Ruth Heidrich. Prepare to be inspired for the long haul!

We chat with celebrity chef, restaurateur, and cookbook author Matthew Kenney, weighing in on his latest culinary projects and his commitment to plant-based living. Then we meet Sarah Woodcock, a devout abolitionist vegan who explains this philosophy and her organization, The Advocacy of …continue

Power-blogger Dana Shultz, with her new cookbook, Minimalist Baker’s Everyday Cooking; then, Imam Sohaib Sultan, a Princeton professor and author of The Koran for Dummies with a Muslim view on veganism and animal rights.