The Plant Based News Podcast

It’s impossible to ignore the incredible work that Maggie Baird has done as an American actress, voice artist, screenwriter and founder of Plant-Based non-profit organisation Support & Feed. Much like her musician son Finneas and pop star daughter Billie Eilish, Maggie is a passionate vegan, and has inspired many to go plant-based. Maggie grew up in Colorado performing music, and studied theatre and dance at the University of Utah, before moving to New York City where she performed on Broadway. She made her TV debut in 1981 in the soap opera Another World and in 1989, her film debut in An Innocent Man. She has also appeared in many television series’ such as Bones, The X-Files and Six Feet Under. As a vegan powerhouse, Maggie has continued to both entertain her admirers as well as encourage and enlighten new followers. In 2020 Maggie featured on a new plant-based cooking show on Amazon Prime Video called New Day New Chef. This hugely successful programme centred around her organisation Support + Feed, an initiative set up to help those ‘greatly impacted’ by the coronavirus crisis. Support + Feed has supported LA’s plant-based restaurants by encouraging people to gift order food for those in need. As further proof of Maggie’s huge contribution, the organisation was crowned ‘2020 Company of the Year’ by animal advocacy group PETA. Maggie also continues to be an advocate for the benefits of a vegan lifestyle on her socials, boasting strong and powerful messages that highlight animal welfare, sustainable living and the importance of looking out for those around us.   Follow Maggie here https://www.instagram.com/maggiembaird/ And show your support for Support and Feed here: https://www.supportandfeed.com Read all our articles about Maggie's work on Plant Based News here https://plantbasednews.org/tag/maggie-baird/ Learning about the film "They Are Trying To Kill Us' - https://theyretryingtokillus.com/ Find out more about V.A.A.O - https://www.wearevaao.org This episode is presented and produced by Robbie Lockie, and edited by Phil Marriott. 00:03:05 Discovering the vegetarian and vegan lifestyles 00:06:25 Should we tell young children where their food comes from? 00:09:08 The challenges of eating healthily in the U.S. 00:19:32 Childhood and adolescent interests and ambitions 00:24:36 Raising children Billie Eilish and Finneas as vegetarian 00:28:49 Carnism vs Veganism 00:32:32 Billie Eilish and Finneas embracing the importance of veganism 00:37:58 The U.S. Election 00:43:02 Donald Trump, misinformation and conspiracy theories 00:48:00 The harmful effects of social media 00:50:15 Tips for a happy marriage and a balanced family 00:53:22 Finding calm within the pressures and distractions of work and social media 00:59:08 Acting achievements 01:05:58 Support + Feed 01:09:57 The importance for white vegans to be vocal about systemic racism and the Black Lives Matter movement 01:13:43 VAAO / They’re Trying To Kill Us 01:17:39 Stranded on a desert island

This week's guest is Roxy Furman AKA ‘Roxy The Zoologist’, a wildlife biologist, photographer, activist, filmmaker, and presenter. She has a passion for animals and the natural world, and uses social media to share this with others, regularly posting content with the goal of reconnecting people with animals and inspiring them to get involved with conservation initiatives. Roxy worked as the photographer for the #HumansOfXR campaign for the Extinction Rebellion group, leading to editorial coverage in papers such as the Metro and the Guardian. Roxy has also hosted public talks about photography, conservation, and sustainable living, including ones for Greenpeace UK and VegFest. Roxy is a vegan and the founder and owner of her own business – Zephyr Eco Market where she sells a range of eco-friendly and sustainable products, encouraging people to indirectly help animals through the way in which they live their lives and through this supports two charities, One Tree Planted and Painted Dog Conservation UK. In this week's episode we discussed: 00:02:54 Being raised vegetarian and becoming vegan 00:05:24 Studying Zoology at university 00:07:24 The power of art as a gentle activism 00:09:07 Understanding the feelings of sentient beings 00:12:16 Deciding on where to start with filmmaking and photography projects 00:14:52 Solutions to the environmental change 00:17:59 Things we can do to preserve the planet 00:21:18 Humans of Extinction Rebellion campaign 00:25:48 Staying positive and looking after our mental health 00:28:37 How our food choices affect humans as well as animals 00:33:22 Examples of animals showing supreme intelligence 00:38:30 Rewilding: How we can bring life back to the earth 00:44:30 Imagining a future without other species 00:46:20 The frustrations of important messages being ignored 00:51:00 The Zephyr Eco Market 00:55:15 Stranded on a desert island Presented by Robbie Lockie | Edited by Phil Marriott Follow Roxy here https://www.roxythezoologist.com

This week's guest is Prince Khaled bin Alwaleed, a Saudi investor, and the son of Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, the billionaire investor and chairman of Kingdom Holding. In 2017 Khaled invested in Plant Based News, and he is now a co-owner. Khaled’s work sees him investing in companies that are creating alternative proteins both plant-based and cultivated. In this weeks episode we discussed: 02:45 Discovering the vegan lifestyle 11:39 Religion and spirituality 16:12 Preaching compassion and peace when violence towards animals exists 20:31 Growing up in Riyadh and being part of the royal family in Saudi 24:20 Suffering a crushed skull and paralysis in a jet ski accident in St Tropez 29:35 Returning to the US to study Business and Economics 25:00 The joys of living in America without experiencing prejudice 32:30 Making sense of the world when consuming conflicting information in the media 33:42 The Social Dilemma 36:25 Founding the KBW Investments and KBW Ventures businesses 37:32 Dealing with people taking advantage of generosity 37:40 Learning valuable lessons in business 41:15 Exciting business projects: Beyond Meat, Geltor 44:32 The availability of cultured meats 48:52 Changing the way of communicating about veganism 51:16 Advice for business owners in fear of what the future holds during the pandemic 55:06 The key to staying positive in a challenging world 01:00:17 Stranded on a desert island Presented by Robbie Lockie | Edited by Phil Marriott Find out about Prince Khaled's business ventures – https://kbw-ventures.com/ Visit his personal page - https://khaledbinalwaleed.com/

This week's guest is a researcher (agricultural economics) and food economist for the global animal rights powerhouse Mercy For Animals, his role focuses on managing the Transfarmation Project . The Transfarmation Project offers an avenue for farmers to participate in this rebuilding, to become a part of the solution and leave the problem behind. Their mission is to support farmers in transitioning out of animal agriculture and into growing crops used for plant-based products. The result: a better future for farmers and their families, for consumers, for animals, and for the planet. The transFARMation project is one of the most important campaigns of our time. In this week's episode we discussed: 2:00: Discovering the vegan lifestyle 5:52: Childhood relationship with food and animals 9:45: Adapting to difference in culture from India to the U.S 14:00: Religion, Spiritualism and animal rights 15:15: India, Dairy and factory farming 19:30: Can we ethically farm animals? 23:30: Transfarmation, helping farmers transition to Plant Based Agriculture 31:55: Can animal farmers escape animal agriculture? 36:00: The work of Transfarmation, Goals and successes 40:00: Are animal farmers just a product of the system? 42:20: Our relationship with profit in the plant based food system 43:50: Should we boycott the likes of Oatly for scaling up? 47:25: Can farmers increase profit switching from animal agriculture to arable farming? 52:12: Plausibility of creating a tool for profit projection of transition to arable farming? 57:00: Do farmers love animals? 59:25: Stranded on a desert island Find out more about Rashmits work at https://thetransfarmationproject.org/#about And https://www.linkedin.com/in/rashmitarora/ Presented by Robbie Lockie | Edited by Phil Marriott -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Listen on other platforms Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/1aNLxA27mZQeIOzCUCPKd5 iTunes: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-…st/id1255981965 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- REVIEW/SHARE ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ If you enjoyed the episode and have a spare 1-2 minutes please leave a review on iTunes so the Plant Based News podcast ranks higher and becomes more discoverable for other listeners. If you have any friends that would benefit from listening to this episode or any of the other Plant Based News podcast episodes, please share.

Hi Plant Friends and welcome to another episode of the PBN podcast. This week we meet Mr. Loui Blake. He is a serial entrepreneur with a multitude of incredible vegan businesses under his belt. This week's episode is presented by Robbie Lockie and edited and produced by Phil Marriott. In this weeks episode: 2:32: Discovering the vegan lifestyle 6:00: Journey into Entrepreneurship 8:55: What influenced you to start your own business? 11:15: Importance of self purpose and worth 17:40: Effects of social media 19:25: Risk of living in an Echochamber 21:55: Should we step on others to climb the ladder of success? 27:20: What effect has Covid19 had on you and your businesses? 32:30: Tips on how to approach Investment in business 35:38: Weighing up the balance of control vs investment in business 37:50: Experience of Gender diversity within business 41:15: What men can do to support women within business 42:20: Importance of downtime and avoidance of burnout 45:40: Love for and potential involvement in fashion industry 47:33: Stranded on a desert island You can find out more about Loui here https://www.louiblake.com/about -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Listen on other platforms Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/1aNLxA27mZQeIOzCUCPKd5 iTunes: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-…st/id1255981965 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- REVIEW/SHARE ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ If you enjoyed the episode and have a spare 1-2 minutes please leave a review on iTunes so the Plant Based News podcast ranks higher and becomes more discoverable for other listeners. If you have any friends that would benefit from listening to this episode or any of the other Plant Based News podcast episodes, please share.

This episode is supported by https://betterhelp.com/PBN Devoted animal rights activist, journalist, and campaigner Jane Velez Mitchell is the latest to feature on the PBN podcast. This podcast covers subjects including: 4:58: Discovering the vegan lifestyle 10:53: Relationship with food during childhood 14:52: Coming out story (parents political stance) / AR marches 17:15: Journey into broadcasting and media 18:40: Wanting to change the world (Social justice movement) 23:21: Are humans naturally compassionate? Or is it learnt? 27:02 Are we a product of our environment? 31:06: Can humanity stop consuming animal products? 35:41: Is it a bad thing for Humans to become extinct? 41:04: Covid is an opportunity for veganism to grow 43:32: Is caring for animals/environment assigned to a certain political side? 46:20: History of Jane Unchained 50:32: Using Facebook live to spread the message 52:30: New day, new chef on Amazon Prime 55:26: Is there a more effective form of activism? 1:01:10: Vegan sanctuaries and the work they do 1:09:30: Infighting and critics to veganism 1:18:35: The future of Jane Unchained 1:20:40: Stranded on a desert island Find out more about Plant Based Neighbour https://plantbasedneighbor.com You can follow Jane's work here https://janeunchained.com This podcast is supported by betterhelp. https://betterhelp.com/PBN * (*this is an affiliate link, PBN earns a commission from any sale of this link) Presented by Robbie Lockie | Edited & produced by Phil Marriott -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Listen on other platforms Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/1aNLxA27mZQeIOzCUCPKd5 iTunes: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-…st/id1255981965 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- REVIEW/SHARE ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ If you enjoyed the episode and have a spare 1-2 minutes please leave a review on iTunes so the Plant Based News podcast ranks higher and becomes more discoverable for other listeners. If you have any friends that would benefit from listening to this episode or any of the other Plant Based News podcast episodes, please share.

Serial entrepreneur and angel investor Charles Michael Yim is the latest to feature on the Plant Based News podcast. The tech CEO sits down with PBN's Co-Founder Robbie Lockie to discuss his flexitarian diet, whether Lightlife's hit at Impossible Foods was fair, and the biggest mistakes entrepreneurs make. This podcast covers subjects including: 3.10: Charles' story towards plant-based food 6.11: The explosion of vegan food 9.10: Can our business model shift 'for good'? 13.30: Lightlife's hit at Beyond Meat and Impossible Foods 20.14: Are plant-based foods carcinogenic? Should they be labelled as such? 22.30: The biggest mistakes entrepreneurs make 26.47: Speaking to investors 29.26: Vegan companies on the stock market 31.00: Oatly's controversy 34.30: ABC's 'Shark Tank' 45.18: Charles' vegan investments amid COVID-19 53.11: VitaBowl 54.04: Vegan women in business 58.07: How to avoid burning out 1.00.30: Stranded on a desert island This podcast is supported by Vegan Women Summit (VWS): https://plnt.news/2IZ2 Presented by Robbie Lockie | Edited by Phil Marriott -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Listen on other platforms Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/1aNLxA27mZQeIOzCUCPKd5 iTunes: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-…st/id1255981965 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- REVIEW/SHARE ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ If you enjoyed the episode and have a spare 1-2 minutes please leave a review on iTunes so the Plant Based News podcast ranks higher and becomes more discoverable for other listeners. If you have any friends that would benefit from listening to this episode or any of the other Plant Based News podcast episodes, please share.

Borough President of Brooklyn, New York City, Eric Adams is the latest to feature on the Plant Based News podcast. The former police officer, who is also the author of Healthy at Last, sits down with PBN's Co-founder Robbie Lockie to discuss how he reversed his diabetes on a whole-food plant-based diet. The pair also talk about how the downfalls of private healthcare, factory farming, and some of Adams' biggest successes as Senator. This podcast covers subjects including: 3.55: Adams' journey into plant-based living 6.52: Should politicians lead by example? 12.18: Private healthcare and dietary changes 15.05: Facilitating change in society and government 21.33: Factory farming 23.36: Adams' proudest campaigns 27.50: Stranded on a desert island Presented by Robbie Lockie | Edited by Phil Marriott This podcast is supported by the Brain Breakthroughs Masterclass: https://plnt.news/2DOu -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Listen on other platforms Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/1aNLxA27mZQeIOzCUCPKd5 iTunes: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-…st/id1255981965 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- REVIEW/SHARE ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ If you enjoyed the episode and have a spare 1-2 minutes please leave a review on iTunes so the Plant Based News podcast ranks higher and becomes more discoverable for other listeners. If you have any friends that would benefit from listening to this episode or any of the other Plant Based News podcast episodes, please share.

Prominent LGBTQ+ advocate Barrett Pall is the latest to feature on the Plant Based News Podcast. The life coach and vegan advocate sits down with PBN's co-founder Robbie Lockie to discuss his vegan journey, being part of the LGBQ+ community and navigating life in a world obsessed with social media. This podcast covers subjects including: 1.45: Discovering the vegan lifestyle 3.50: Growing up in Long Island 5.47: Religion, spirituality, and veganism 11.00: Barrett's relationship with food growing up 15.05: Junk food culture in America 22.40: Competitive sports 28.17: How has social media changed society? 36.43: 'The Great Hack' 44.35: Being part of the LGBTQ+ community and the root of homophobia 1.02.56: Stranded on a desert island Presented by Robbie Lockie | Edited by Phil Marriott -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Listen on other platforms Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/1aNLxA27mZQeIOzCUCPKd5 iTunes: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-…st/id1255981965 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- REVIEW/SHARE ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ If you enjoyed the episode and have a spare 1-2 minutes please leave a review on iTunes so the Plant Based News podcast ranks higher and becomes more discoverable for other listeners. If you have any friends that would benefit from listening to this episode or any of the other Plant Based News podcast episodes, please share.

Author of The Plantain Cookbook Tomi Makanjuola, aka The Vegan Nigerian, is the latest to feature on the Plant Based News Podcast. Makanjuola sits down with PBN's co-founder Robbie Lockie to discuss her vegan story, how coronavirus can impact mental health, racism in the U.K, and much more. This podcast covers subjects including: 1.42: Tomi's vegan story 4.36: Food Culture in Lagos, Nigeria 6.53: Nigerian food 10.30: Moving to the U.K 13.13: Plant-based diets in traditional Nigerian cuisine 21.20: Veganism as a 'white privilege' 29.39: Tomi's events 33.00: COVID-19 38.14: The plantain cookbook 40.42: Tomi's identity 45.20: Challenges as a black woman in the U.K 53.33: Looking after your mental health 55.00: Stranded on a desert island Tomi's website: https://www.vegannigerian.com/p/about-me.html The Plantain Cookbook: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1729106196/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_9bQoFbCB0M41H Presented by Robbie Lockie | Edited by Phil Marriott -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Listen on other platforms Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/1aNLxA27mZQeIOzCUCPKd5 iTunes: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-…st/id1255981965 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- REVIEW/SHARE ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ If you enjoyed the episode and have a spare 1-2 minutes please leave a review on iTunes so the Plant Based News podcast ranks higher and becomes more discoverable for other listeners. If you have any friends that would benefit from listening to this episode or any of the other Plant Based News podcast episodes, please share.