I was a subscriber to Daynesh's YouTube channel long before I reached out to him for support for the Ridglan beagle rescue trial. And when I did, I already felt like he was an old buddy of mine. That's the strength of Daynesh. He has a powerfully relatable approach to vegan activism that just makes you feel like you've known the guy for years. But not only is he friendly and humble, he's also very talented at making videos and put together one of the best explainer videos about the Ridglan trial for us. I was thrilled to have Daynesh on my channel and get a chance to learn more about who he is as a person. So how did Daynesh go from one of the most respected universities to a corporate world position to leaving all that behind and focusing his attention on the animals? You'll just have to listen. Or watch the video on my YouTube channel.

Links:

Daynesh's YouTube

Daynesh's IG

Ridglan trial explainer

Daynesh's wedding video

Daynesh recommends Vegan Power Lab

It's funny, we talked about the show Hot Ones and how we'd go on there if we could and recommend the vegan wings. Since we did that interview, F1 driver Lewis Hamilton did just that

As always:

Dominion Documentary

Earthlings Documentary

I joined the worst sex cult ever, and chose his birthday to interrogate him and finally bring him down. It took years, but I finally got him. In all seriousness, Wayne Hsiung is actually the co-founder of animal rights groups Direct Action Everywhere (DxE) and The Simple Heart Initiative. He doesn't run a sex cult, as some people would choose to believe. Or if he does, I wasn't invited to that (sigh). What we do instead is try to help animals, and few people I have met have done more for animals than Wayne Hsiung. We co-produce, along with other talented members of his team, his new YouTube channel, and I'm thrilled to have him on my channel. About an hour before we were to have this conversation, I learned it was Wayne's birthday, so I rushed out to get him a vegan cupcake (which I ate, lol). Wayne's a dear friend, and I hope you'll enjoy the conversation as much as I did. Happy birthday, Wayne. You're an inspiration.

Justin Jacobs, Debug Your Brain on YouTube, makes outreach videos that are useful not just for the casual viewer, but for activists as well. He often describes in text what he's doing, or attempting to do during outreach, and why. Justin gets a lot of bang for his buck during outreach. A simple conversation with a passerby can turn into a useful tool for activists and the public in general. And I love to see someone being so analytical and strategic with their outreach and their content. Even when we roleplayed an outreach conversation and I wanted to stump him, he neutralized even me pretending to be difficult by asking such methodical questions that it was impossible to do anything but follow his logical reasoning to its ultimate conclusion: veganism. Justin's not only a great activist but a genuine, kind person. I hope you enjoy the conversation as much as I did.