Viva! Vegan Podcast

Welcome to this special feature, brought to you by leading vegan campaigning charity, Viva!. In this episode, presenters Jasmine Clark and Juliet Gellatley discuss Viva!'s latest dairy investigation and The True Costa Dairy campaign. ABOUT OUR SHOW Listen now viva.org.uk.podcast. We're also on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and Spotify. If you enjoyed the episode, please rate, review and subscribe to help us reach new audiences. Get the latest episode every month, straight to your mobile device or computer. It's automatic and completely free. Copyright owned by Viva! Bristol 2023. Not for re-use without our written agreement. All featured music and content used by permission. Produced by Faye Lewis and Lex Rigby for Viva!.

Keegan owns and operates First Spark Media, a digital film production company, creating media that encourages critical thought and inspires social justice. Raised with two rules – never to hurt anybody and always question authority – themes of compassion, sustainability and fairness naturally feed into his documentary-making. In this interview, Keegan chats to Viva!'s head of investigations, Lex Rigby, about how it all began, what challenges he's faced in producing feature-length films that go against the grain and what he hopes to achieve with his work. Lex is then joined by Faye Lewis, Viva!'s head of communications, to discuss punk rock, biointensive organic farming and memorising hard facts. About Our Show Listen now by clicking the play icon below. We're also on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify and lots of other apps and websites. Get the latest episode every month, straight to your mobile device or computer. It's automatic and completely free. Copyright owned by Viva! Bristol 2023. Not for re-use without our written agreement. All featured music and content used by permission. Produced by Faye Lewis and Lex Rigby for Viva!. This podcast is sponsored by Viva! partners, Evergreen Insurance Services; an ethical insurance broker making positive changes in the natural world by helping wildlife and nature charities.

Welcome to the Vegan News Minisode, brought to you by leading vegan campaigning charity, Viva!. Presenters Faye and Lex bring you the latest plant-based lifestyle, food and animal campaigns news from around the globe. In this episode, Faye and Lex discuss the impact of bird flu and the death of over 600,000 free range turkeys, an investigation into Elon Musk's animal research facility, the Advertising Standards Authority's most complained about ads and whether animal abusers can ever be forgiven. They also announce the dates for VIP screenings of HOGWOOD: a modern horror story. ABOUT OUR SHOW Listen now viva.org.uk.podcast. We're also on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and Spotify. If you enjoyed the episode, please rate, review and subscribe to help us reach new audiences. Get the latest episode every month, straight to your mobile device or computer. It's automatic and completely free. Copyright owned by Viva! Bristol 2022. Not for re-use without our written agreement. All featured music and content used by permission. Produced by Faye Lewis and Lex Rigby for Viva!.

Hench is a vegan health and fitness YouTuber and Gemma is a chef and published cookbook author. They talk to Viva!'s head of communications Faye about the incessant desire by people to ask vegans 'where do you get your protein from?' while eating for health and exploring the ethical and philosophical nature of what being vegan truly means. Following the interview, Faye and Lex discuss the link between mind and body and the importance of self-care! If you enjoyed the show, please don't forget to rate, review and subscribe to help new listeners discover us. About Our Show Listen now by clicking the play icon below. We're also on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify and lots of other apps and websites. Get the latest episode every month, straight to your mobile device or computer. It's automatic and completely free. Copyright owned by Viva! Bristol 2022. Not for re-use without our written agreement. All featured music and content used by permission. Produced by Faye Lewis and Lex Rigby for Viva!. This podcast is sponsored by Beer 52 who are offering Viva! supporters a FREE case of eight vegan craft beers. That is eight craft beers, free from any animal products, sourced and curated from the best breweries on the planet for FREE! (excl. delivery). Go to beer52.com/veganviva to find out more.

Welcome to the Vegan News Minisode, brought to you by leading vegan campaigning charity, Viva!. Presenters Faye and Lex bring you the latest plant-based lifestyle, food and animal campaigns news from around the globe. In this episode, Faye and Lex discuss Flat House Farm's sentencing, a lack of enforcement when it comes to animal welfare law, the deterioration of the UK's zoonotic disease research facility and a brand new vegan documentary called, I Could Never Go Vegan. ABOUT OUR SHOW Listen now viva.org.uk.podcast. We're also on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and Spotify. If you enjoyed the episode, please rate, review and subscribe to help us reach new audiences. Get the latest episode every month, straight to your mobile device or computer. It's automatic and completely free. Copyright owned by Viva! Bristol 2022. Not for re-use without our written agreement. All featured music and content used by permission. Produced by Faye Lewis and Lex Rigby for Viva!.

Ray Star is a young adult fantasy fiction author from Essex with a passion for animal rights, eco-living and strong cups of tea. She balances her writing with parenting, exploring, stargazing and teaching #WritingForNature workshops as a member of the Climate Fiction Writers League. Ahead of the release of her second novel, Dominion, she talks to Viva!'s head of investigations, Lex Rigby, about her vegan journey, shifting from public relations to fiction writing and climate/animal rights activism. Following the interview, Faye and Lex discuss the various paths to veganism and activism, reading and what books they enjoyed when they were young. Earthlings: The Beginning is available now from the Viva! Shop. If you enjoyed the show, please don't forget to rate, review and subscribe to help new listeners discover us. About Our Show Listen now by clicking the play icon below. We're also on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify and lots of other apps and websites. Get the latest episode every month, straight to your mobile device or computer. It's automatic and completely free. Copyright owned by Viva! Bristol 2022. Not for re-use without our written agreement. All featured music and content used by permission. Produced by Faye Lewis and Lex Rigby for Viva!. This podcast is sponsored by Beer 52 who are offering Viva! supporters a FREE case of eight vegan craft beers. That is eight craft beers, free from any animal products, sourced and curated from the best breweries on the planet for FREE! (excl. delivery). Go to beer52.com/veganviva to find out more.

Welcome to this special feature, brought to you by leading vegan campaigning charity, Viva!. In this episode presenters Juliet Gellatley and Tony Wardle discuss the Viva! documentary Hogwood: a modern horror story. The long-awaited documentary was released on Netflix on October 15 and has been gaining unprecedented attention across the internet since. This 30-minute exposé is directed by Tony Wardle and produced by Juliet Gellatley. Hogwood was created to showcase the true reality of factory farming in the UK, and the devastating suffering inflicted on animals. It shines a light on the vile practices of the UK meat and dairy industries that are destroying the planet. The two recount the undercover investigation, what it was like to film the documentary and why it is a must-see for anyone who believes that we have some of the best animal welfare standards in the world. ABOUT OUR SHOW Listen now viva.org.uk.podcast. We're also on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and Spotify. If you enjoyed the episode, please rate, review and subscribe to help us reach new audiences. Get the latest episode every month, straight to your mobile device or computer. It's automatic and completely free. Copyright owned by Viva! Bristol 2022. Not for re-use without our written agreement. All featured music and content used by permission. Produced by Faye Lewis and Lex Rigby for Viva!.

Episode #72: Preacher Lawson – Comedian and America's Got Talent finalist Preacher Lawson is a US comedian and America's Got Talent finalist, who featured on Britain's Got Talent: The Champions. In this episode he talks to Viva!'s head of comms, Faye Lewis about everything from veganism to robotic lovers (and everything in between)! Following the interview, Faye and Lex discuss stand-up comedy, dating and ponder the question; "what is a level seven vegan?" If you enjoyed the show, please don't forget to rate, review and subscribe to help new listeners discover us. About Our Show Listen now by clicking the play icon below. We're also on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify and lots of other apps and websites. Get the latest episode every month, straight to your mobile device or computer. It's automatic and completely free. Copyright owned by Viva! Bristol 2022. Not for re-use without our written agreement. All featured music and content used by permission. Produced by Faye Lewis and Lex Rigby for Viva!. This podcast is sponsored by Beer 52 who are offering Viva! supporters a FREE case of eight vegan craft beers. That is eight craft beers, free from any animal products, sourced and curated from the best breweries on the planet for FREE! (excl. delivery). Go to beer52.com/veganviva to find out more.

Welcome to the Vegan News Minisode, brought to you by leading vegan campaigning charity, Viva!. Presenters Faye and Lex bring you the latest plant-based lifestyle, food and animal campaigns news from around the globe. In this episode, Faye and Lex discuss Viva!'s petition to instigate a ban on schools housing farmed animals, the referendum motion to end factory farming rejected by Switzerland and the legal challenge against the UK Government's failure to prevent the widespread use of Frankenchickens. ABOUT OUR SHOW Listen now viva.org.uk.podcast. We're also on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and Spotify. If you enjoyed the episode, please rate, review and subscribe to help us reach new audiences. Get the latest episode every month, straight to your mobile device or computer. It's automatic and completely free. Copyright owned by Viva! Bristol 2022. Not for re-use without our written agreement. All featured music and content used by permission. Produced by Faye Lewis and Lex Rigby for Viva!.

The Viva! Vegan Podcast, September Episode #71: Michael Mansfield QC – English barrister, Head of Chamber and the "king of human rights work". Michael Mansfield QC, is a self-described "radical lawyer", who has participated in some of the most prominent and controversial court cases and inquests in British history. These have included the accused IRA bombers; the Birmingham Six; Bloody Sunday massacre; the Hillsborough disaster; the McLibel case and the deaths of Jean Charles de Menezes and Princess Diana. In this episode he talks candidly to Viva!'s Tony Wardle about his socialism and tireless human rights work. TRIGGER WARNING: This interview contains themes of suicide and grief. Following the interview, Viva!'s Faye and Lex discuss Michael's unprecedented career and life story. If you enjoyed the show, please don't forget to rate, review and subscribe to help new listeners discover us.