It’s All About Food

Sarah Speare, Tootie’s Tempeh Sarah Speare is the CEO and CoFounder of Tootie’s Tempeh, a worker-owned consumer foods cooperative based in Biddeford, Maine. Prior to Tootie’s she cofounded a pet treat company that had distribution in 10,000 stores and was sold to a large competitor. She has also been the executive director of several social impact non-profits and served on the boards of arts and civic organizations in Maine and MA...

Part I: Caryn Hartglass, Long Term Vegan with High Cholesterol. Caryn gives a 1-year update on her journey to lower her cholesterol. As a long time vegan, this is challenging. She has been doing an SOS-free (salt, oil, sugar free) diet for one year.

Part II: Ciara Sidell, Randall’s Island Park Alliance Urban Farm

Ciara Sidell is the Urban Farm Manager at Randall’s Island Park Alliance in NYC.

The Randall’s Island Park Alliance (RI...

Gail A. Eisnitz, winner of the Albert Schweitzer Medal for outstanding achievement in animal welfare, is the chief investigator for the Humane Farming Association. Her work has resulted in exposés by ABC’s Good Morning America, PrimeTime Live, and Dateline NBC, and her interviews have been heard on more than 1,600 radio stations. Her work has been featured in such newspapers as the New York Times, Washington Post, San Francisco Chr...

Delcianna J. Winders is an associate professor of law and Director of the Animal Law and Policy Institute at Vermont Law and Graduate School. Professor Winders previously taught at Lewis & Clark Law School, where she directed the world’s first law school clinic dedicated to farmed animal advocacy. She served as Vice President and Deputy General Counsel at the PETA Foundation, was the first Academic Fellow of the Harvard Animal ...

Jimmy Prude is the founder of Jimmy’s Vegan Cookies. His mission is to change how people enjoy sweets by making them healthier and to give back through community-focused initiatives.

Jimmy began his journey as a nutritionist, helping residents incorporate small amounts of plant-based foods into their daily meals. Through extensive online research, they also dove into food nutrition, labeling, and the often obscure, unpronounceable ...

Jennie Liss Ohayon, PhD, Impacts of California’s Proposition 65 Dr. Jennie Liss Ohayon is a Research Scientist at Silent Spring Institute, specializing in environmental policy, community-engaged research, and environmental justice. She is currently working on projects to report back to study participants and community partners in the U.S. and Chile their exposures to endocrine disrupting chemicals. She also researches the emergenc...

Taylor McKinnon and Adam Wilks, Mr.Charlie’s TMS Taylor McKinnon is cofounder of Mr. Charlie’s Told Me So (TMS)—a purpose-driven, plant-based QSR brand redefining what fast food can be—is making its biggest move yet with an 18-store development deal across Arizona.This multimillion-dollar franchise agreement marks the brand’s first major regional rollout, powered by a mission of second chances, sustainability, and crave-worthy foo...

John Sanbonmatsu, The Omnivore’s Deception John Sanbonmatsu is a writer, philosopher, and magician. He is author of The Omnivore’s Deception: What We Get Wrong about Meat, Animals and Ourselves (New York University Press) and of The Postmodern Prince: Critical Theory, Left Strategy, and the Making of a New Political Subject (Monthly Review Press). John received his BA from Hampshire College and his PhD in the History of Consciousn...

Matthew Shepherd, Director of Outreach and Education, Bring Back the Pollinators Matthew has worked for the Xerces Society for more than two decades, initially at the vanguard of a new movement to protect pollinators, but then on endangered species and a range of other issues, as well as several years leading Xerces’ communications work. Throughout this time, he maintained a direct involvement in pollinator conservation in towns a...

Will Potter, LITTLE RED BARNS Hiding the Truth, from Farm to Fable Will Potter (@willpotter) is a thought leader and award-winning investigative journalist and author whose work has focused on social justice movements and attacks on civil rights post-9/11. He has been invited to speak about human rights and political repression before governmental bodies including the U.S. Congress, the Australian Parliament, and the Council of Eu...

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Hartglass & De Mattei, The Poop on Toilet Paper Caryn and Gary share stories about Caryn’s recent birthday which occurs on Earth Day. Things to look out for in toilet paper are covered along with artificial sweeteners like aspartame.     Links mentioned in the program:

• How Toxic Is Your Toilet Paper? Invest...

Caryn Hartglass, The Global Food System In this episode Caryn discusses the global food system, how every bit of food that is brought to our plate has involved so many people around the world. She shares stories of eating vegan and SOS-free on the road while in Vermont and Massachusetts. Recipes for Irish Soda Bread, both made with wheat and gluten-free versions are shared and discussed. The GMO corn story between the U.S. and Mex...

John Sanbonmatsu, Our Resistance to Rethinking the Meat Economy John Sanbonmatsu is a writer, philosopher, and magician. He is author of The Omnivore’s Deception: What We Get Wrong about Meat, Animals and Ourselves (New York University Press) and of The Postmodern Prince: Critical Theory, Left Strategy, and the Making of a New Political Subject (Monthly Review Press). John received his BA from Hampshire College and his PhD in the ...

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Zoe Weil, The Solutionary Way Zoe Weil is the co-founder and president of the Institute for Humane Education (IHE). She is the author of seven other books, including Amazon #1 best seller in the Philosophy and Social Aspects of Education, The World Be...

Listen: Tuesday, February 25, 2025, 4pm ET by going to PRN, The Progressive Radio Network.

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Nathan Lents, The Sexual Evolution, How 500 million years of sex, gender, and mating shape modern relationships NATHAN H. LENTS is a professor of biology at Joh...

Listen: Tuesday, February 18, 2025, 4pm ET by going to PRN, The Progressive Radio Network.

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Hartglass & De Mattei, The Curious Case of Caryn and Gary in London, Paris, and Aix-en-Provence Caryn and Gary talk about eating not only vegan but SOS-free...

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Michelle Perro, MD & Stephanie Seneff, PhD; Danger in the Dough High Levels of Contaminants Found in Girl Scout Cookies Sound the Alarm on the Safety of the Majority of our Food Supply

Michelle Perro, MD, is a veteran pediatrician with over four ...

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Nicola Twilley, Frostbite Nicola Twilley* is author of Frostbite: How Refrigeration Changed Our Food, Our Planet, and Ourselves (Penguin Press, June 2024), and co-host of the award-winning Gastropod podcast, which looks at food through the lens o...

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Andrea Young, Sweet Vegan for Valentine’s Day Sweet Vegan offers the satisfaction of enjoying your favorite desserts without the guilt. Our featured Tremendous T...