Episodes

  • #33 Vegan News Minisode - May 2024

    #33 Vegan News Minisode - May 2024
    May 10 2024

    The Vegan News Minisode with Faye Lewis 

    Bringing you the latest news from the world of veganism: Episode 33: May 2024

    Welcome to the Vegan News Minisode, brought to you by leading vegan charity Viva!. Presenter Faye is this month joined by Rachel as they bring you the latest plant-based lifestyle, food and animal campaigns news from around the globe. 

    In this episode, Faye and Rachel discuss Martin Freeman's shock U-turn on vegetarianism, Viva!'s 'golden ticket' competition, Lidl's plant-based price parity in Belgium, and they make a heartfelt plea to Greggs to bring back the vegan steak bake.

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    11 mins
  • Special Feature: Thomas Pickering, director of I Could Never Go Vegan, talks to Viva!

    Special Feature: Thomas Pickering, director of I Could Never Go Vegan, talks to Viva!
    Apr 4 2024

    Thomas Pickering is a renowned documentary filmmaker known for his compelling storytelling.

    He joins Faye to discuss his latest documentary I Could Never Go Vegan exploring the challenges and misconceptions surrounding veganism, offering a complete debunk around the barriers to veganism, while examining the ethical, environmental, and health-related considerations associated with plant-based diets.

    In this episode, Thomas and Faye discuss topics, such as: 

    • a handful of organisations having more power than governments

    • misconceptions around protein and the real issue of fiber deficiency

    • arable farming and the subsidised dairy and meat industries
    • the horror of factory farming
    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, straight to your mobile device or computer. It’s automatic and completely free. Copyright owned by Viva! Bristol 2024. Not for re-use without our written agreement. All featured music and content used by permission. Produced by Faye Lewis for Viva!.
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    36 mins
  • #32 Vegan News Minisode - April 2024

    #32 Vegan News Minisode - April 2024
    Apr 2 2024

    The Vegan News Minisode with Faye Lewis 

    Bringing you the latest news from the world of veganism: Episode 32: April 2024

    Welcome to the Vegan News Minisode, brought to you by leading vegan charity Viva!. Presenter Faye is this month joined by Rachel as they bring you the latest plant-based lifestyle, food and animal campaigns news from around the globe. 

    In this episode, Faye and Rachel discuss a video claiming raw milk heals lactose intolerance, and it being flagged as ‘false information’. The hugely anticipated documentary, I Could Never Go Vegan, France's ban on meat labels for vegetarian products, Cillian Murphy and vegan chef Kirk Haworth's win on Great British Menu, 'Champion of Champions'...
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    14 mins
  • #31 Vegan News Minisode - March 2024

    #31 Vegan News Minisode - March 2024
    Mar 14 2024

    The Vegan News Minisode with Faye Lewis 

    Bringing you the latest news from the world of veganism: Episode 31: March 2024

    Welcome to the Vegan News Minisode, brought to you by leading vegan charity Viva!. Presenter Faye is this month joined by Issy as they bring you the latest plant-based lifestyle, food and animal campaigns news from around the globe. 

    In this episode, Faye and Issy discuss Speciesism, Pignorant, the power of collaboration, Christspiracy, and the vegan cheese brand Daiya, which caused a stir online after unveiling its beef burger. They also talk about the brilliant new campaign from Viva! 50 by 25...

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    19 mins
  • Special Feature: Kip Andersen, American filmmaker, producer and writer talks Christspiracy with Viva!

    Special Feature: Kip Andersen, American filmmaker, producer and writer talks Christspiracy with Viva!
    Mar 4 2024

    Kip Andersen is an American filmmaker, producer, writer, entrepreneur, and the founder of Animals United Movement (A.U.M.) an organisation which focuses on promoting awareness and equality for all life.

    He is known for his documentary films such as Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret, What the Health, and Seaspiracy.

    He joins Faye to discuss his latest in the Spiracy documentary franchise, Christspiracy, which aims to expose a 2,000 year cover up.

    The investigative documentary examines the exploitation of animals in religious and spiritual contexts, exposing secrets of the church in the process.

    In this episode, Kip and Faye discuss topics, such as: 

    • is there an ethical way to kill an animal?

    • misconceptions around the humane treatment of animals in religion

    • how it feels to be exposing the church  

    • Kip's vegan journey  
    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, straight to your mobile device or computer. It’s automatic and completely free. Copyright owned by Viva! Bristol 2024. Not for re-use without our written agreement. All featured music and content used by permission. Produced by Faye Lewis for Viva!.
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    29 mins
  • Jane Valez-Mitchell: journalist, activist and vegan media mogul!

    Jane Valez-Mitchell: journalist, activist and vegan media mogul!
    Mar 1 2024
    Jane Velez-Mitchell is an award-winning broadcast journalist, best-selling author, and the founder and managing editor of the streaming service UnchainedTV.  At the helm of UnchainedTV, Velez-Mitchell has built a network of filmmakers, journalists, content creators, and animal rights activists who are all working towards a common goal: to make it as easy as possible for a global audience who isn’t necessarily interested in animal rights to stumble upon content with an underlying vegan message — for free.  In this conversation, Jane and Faye discuss topics such as:  her childhood and early activist days  her prolific journalism career working with CNN, TruTV, E!, Celebrity Justice and, of course, UnchainedTV mass media and its power in terms of spreading the vegan message how the climate apocalypse is coming!  Find out more about Jane and UnchainedTV, visit here: Home - UnchainedTV 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, 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 for Viva!.
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    55 mins
  • Mark Wakeling: from hunter and soldier to vegan animal sanctuary owner

    Mark Wakeling: from hunter and soldier to vegan animal sanctuary owner
    Mar 1 2024
    Mark Wakeling’s journey from hunter and soldier to vegan animal sanctuary owner is captivating. The son of a man who ran livestock markets, where he worked as a boy, he used to hunt and fish and then became a soldier. After years in London as an actor and acting teacher, he returned to the country to find peace at Amberwood Sanctuary. @amberwoodanimals

👉🏽Founded in 2021, his sanctuary currently looks after 42 animals – 10 cows, 27 sheep and five pigs. The sanctuary is located at a former beef farm in the Oxfordshire countryside of England. ✨Their mission is to provide a safe home for animals who otherwise face slaughter. ✨This experience of turning a beef farm into a vegan sanctuary has inspired Mark’s vision of making it happen everywhere. For more information, visit amberwoodanimals.com 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 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 for Viva!.
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    56 mins
  • Emma Håkansson: director of Collective Fashion Justice

    Emma Håkansson: director of Collective Fashion Justice
    Mar 1 2024
    In this episode, we are joined by Emma Håkansson, an incredible activist from Australia who is campaigning for the end of animal exploitation within the fashion industry while also reducing the toll fashion has on the environment and the people who work in the industry. She founded her organisation, Collective Fashion Justice, to enable changes by educating future fashion minds, creating conversations with industry professionals and working towards legislative change.  Emma is the author of How Veganism Can Save Us, Total Ethics Fashion and the soon-to-be-released Sub-Human: A 21st-Century Ethic; on Animals, Collective Liberation, and Us All. She was also heavily involved in the production of Slay, the pioneering documentary that investigates fur, leather and wool, greenwashing and the impact that brands using animal skins have on people, the planet and animals. In this eye-opening conversation, Emma sits down with hosts Issy and Rachel to discuss: her vegan journey and how she got into activism, including the production of Slay the fashion industry's lack of transparency in material sourcing and the price animals pay for our fashion choices the ethical conundrum of choosing which fabrics to wear in a world that glamorises the use of animal skins debunking myths around the alleged sustainability of wearing animal products — and much more   Find out more about Emma here: emmahakansson.com.au 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, 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 for Viva!.
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    48 mins