Hope for the Animals
Hope Bohanec
Longtime animal advocate, Hope Bohanec, covers a variety of farmed animal issues including the ethical, environmental, spiritual, heartbreaking and heartwarming aspects of living vegan. Hope has engaging conversations with inspiring guests focusing on critical reasons for living a vegan lifestyle and covering current topics such as the humane hoax, environmental impact, speciesism, and effective outreach advocating for chickens, turkeys, cows, pigs, goats and other farmed animals. Hope is a 35-year vegan, animal rights activist, and author. This podcast is a project of Compassionate Living.
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Amplifying Voices of Vegans Through Publishing with Mitali Deypurkaystha
Hope for the Animals
07/15/22 • 58 min
Mitali Deypurkaystha is a British-Indian woman based in the UK. A vegan of 10 years, Mitali has a book publishing company called The Vegan Publisher, using a hybrid book publishing model to help vegan and plant-based experts write books to amplify the voices of ethical entrepreneurs. Mitali tells Hope about her experiences with racism as a child and in particular an aspect of racism called colorism. She goes on to talk about her love of writing, choosing it as a career path, and how the passion of vegan entrepreneurs inspired her to start a vegan publishing company. Mitali explains what a mind map is and how this new method of organizing thoughts can help beyond writing books. She also tells Hope why she wrote her book, The Freedom Master Plan, and how it can help ethical entrepreneurs write and promote their books to catapult their businesses or organizations to the next level.
Resources:Sign Up for Compassionate Living's E-news
Sign up for Hope's online course: Ahimsa, Animal Advocacy, and Veganism with Arihanta Academy
Mitali's Info:
Publisher website: https://www.theveganpublisher.com/
The Freedom Master Plan book website: https://www.thefreedommasterplan.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LetsTellYourStoryPublishing
Twitter: https://twitter.com/veganpublisher
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/veganpublisher/
LinkedIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/veganpublisher/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfrbspEvAQyN8thKIdh-ycg
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The Ahimsa Living Circle with Cogen and Hope Bohanec
Hope for the Animals
01/03/25 • 70 min
Welcome to 2025! For our first podcast of the year, we dive into spiritual veganism with Hope and her husband Cogen Bohanec. They start with their genesis stories of their spiritual journeys and how they have evolved in their 25-year marriage. Then they introduce a new project, the Ahimsa Living Circle, an ongoing monthly virtual gathering to support the community of veg-curious, pre-vegans, and vegans focused on the Dharma traditions and in particular Jain Dharma, in a circle of encouragement and compassion. The Ahimsa Living Circle is a collaborative event co-hosted by Arihanta Institute and Compassionate Living.
Hope and Cogen also talk about the importance of changing our culture and evolving our fundamental nature of who we are, and not just changing what we do. They also explore veganism beyond the boycott and talk about philosophical and spiritual veganism.
Ahimsa Living Circle
Second Saturday of the Month
First Circle Starts on Saturday, January 11, 2025
10:00 – 11:30am PT / 1 – 2:30pm ET
Register here for this free virtual event
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Regenerative Grazing Vs. The Planet with Nicholas Carter
Hope for the Animals
05/01/23 • 57 min
On this episode we are featuring one of the contributing authors to the new book, The Humane Hoax: Essays Exposing the Myth of Happy Meat, Humane Dairy, and Ethical Eggs, Nicholas Carter. Nicholas is an ecologist and co-founder of PlantBasedData.org, a library of peer-reviewed studies calling for plant-based diets. He has his Master’s in Environmental Practice and his thesis focused on the global estimates of greenhouse gas emissions attributed to animal agriculture. He also works with Plant Based Treaty as a Science & Policy Analyst and Plant Based News as a Data Scientist & Lead Researcher.
Nicholas’ chapter is called Grazing Vs. The Planet and in this episode, he unpacks sustainable animal agriculture and labels like carbon negative and carbon neutral beef. Nicolas tells us about how he recently debated representatives of While Oak Farms and exposed them for their greenwashing. He also shares some solutions like rewilding and veganic agriculture and how we have the tools we need to heal this planet, we just need the will to implement them. Nicholas says, “Veganic farming is the real regenerative agriculture.”
Resources:
Buy the Book! The Humane Hoax: Essays Exposing Happy Meat, Humane Dairy, and Ethical Eggs
Nicholas Debates White Oak Farms
Film: Rewilding a Mountain
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Reason for Vegan Series 3: “Cage-Free” and “Free-Range” Explained
Hope for the Animals
05/31/20 • 16 min
Reason for Vegan Series: In this series of short shows, Hope will focus in on specific aspects of animal agriculture and answer the question of why are we vegan. In this third Reason for Vegan Series she will expose the truth behind egg industry labels like “cage-free” and “free-range.” These labels are gaining in popularity, but are they really better for the birds? To understand these labels, we must first look at the standard battery cage system and the multiple cruelties that all hens endure in the egg industry. These labels suggest that the hens are “happy,” but does cage-free really mean cruelty-free?
Nurturing Resilient Animal Advocates with Kimberley Carroll
Hope for the Animals
07/01/24 • 60 min
When Kimbery Carroll was first becoming an animal activist, she asked herself “Who is caring for the caretakers?” She has since dedicated herself to helping build resilient, mentally and emotionally healthy advocates.
Kimberly is a coach for changemakers, campaigns strategist with Animal Justice, director of Animal Justice Academy, and a director with the Toronto Vegetarian Food Bank. With over 14 years as a coach and almost 20 years as an activist, Kimberly works with mission-driven leaders, social entrepreneurs, and other activists on high-performance habits and strategies to make them unstoppable. She’s helped empower thousands of activists and counseled those in high-stress positions like undercover investigators. She’s also passionate about environmental activism, democratic reform, and amplifying Indigenous and Black voices.
Resources:
Vegan Studies Initiative at Arihanta Institute: https://www.arihantainstitute.org/vegan
Monthly Speaker Series: New Ethical Issues in Contemporary Veganism with Dr. Cheryl Abbate, July 15: Register for free
4-week Course- Debunking the Myth of Sustainable and Humane Animal Agriculture with Dr. Vasile Stanescu: Enroll with COUPON CODE for 25% off tuition fee: DEBUNK25!
Kimberly Carroll
WEBSITES
Coach for Changemakers: www.kimberlycarroll.com
Sign-up for Animal Justice Academy (FREE): www.animaljusticeacademy.com
Animal Justice: www.animaljustice.ca
Toronto Vegetarian Food Bank: www.vegfoodbank.com
SOCIALS
Facebook: facebook.com/KimberlyCarrollPage
Instagram: @coachkimberlycarroll
YouTube: www.youtube.com/@kimberlycarrolltv
SIGN-UP (free) FOR THE CHANGEMAKER SESSIONS: https://kimberlycarroll.com/changemakersessions
- every second Wednesday at 7pm ET
Kimberly's FREE VIDEO MINI-COURSE - Power Tools for Changemakers: https://kimberlycarroll.com/power-tools-changemakers
KIMBERLY'S FREE MEDITATIONS:
www.kimberlycarroll.com/meditations
Changing the World Through Music with Joanne Kong and Christoph Wagner
Hope for the Animals
05/15/24 • 44 min
Today on the podcast we have Joanne Kong and Chirstoph Wagner, and they are the Vegan Virtuosiz. Joanne and Christoph weave together live music, reflections, and the arts in inspiring events that illuminate how embracing the connections we have to the natural world and all beings can bring about transformative spiritual growth, positive change, and planetary healing. They will be featured in the upcoming documentary, Taking Note, about vegan musicians and the history of animal rights as seen through music.
Pianist Joanne Kong’s performances have been praised for “great finesse and flexibility” (The Washington Post), and “superb artistry” (San Antonio Express-News) in works “sensitively played” (New York Times). She is currently director of chamber music ensembles at the University of Richmond. Dr. Kong speaks around the world as an animal, environmental and vegan advocate. Her TEDx talk, The Power of Plant-Based Eating,has over 1 million views, she is editor of Vegan Voices: Essays by Inspiring Changemakers, and appears in the major documentary, Eating Our Way to Extinction.
Christoph Wagner, a native of Germany, is a sought-after cellist who has played on four continents. Mr. Wagner holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from Rice University, and his current research focuses on the role of nutrition in musical peak performance. He is a Certified Nutrition Coach and Certified Personal Trainer through the National Academy of Sports Medicine, and holds a Certificate in Plant-Based Nutrition from Cornell University through the T. Colin Campbell Center for Nutrition Studies. Currently Dr. Wagner is Assistant Professor of Cello at the University of New Mexico.
Resources:
Joanne Kong: www.JoanneKongMusic.com
Vegan Virtuosiz Tour Information:
Vancouver, Washington, May 17, 2024
(Book) Vegan Voices: Essays By Inspiring Changemakers by Joanne Kong, PhD
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Rescuing Fishes with Gwendolyn Church
Hope for the Animals
06/16/21 • 55 min
Continuing our Microsanctuary Series, we are joined on the podcast by Gwendolyn Church, founder of Friends of Philip Fish Rescue. Friends of Philip is an aquatic animal rescue and sanctuary in Sonoma County, California. Their goal is to expand the animal rescue conversation to include fishes and all aquatic animals, and to foster the connection between people and aquatic lives through sharing the stories and vibrant personalities of their rescued fishes.
Gwendolyn shares sweet stories of rescue and recovery. She also talks about the wide range of emotional and social behaviors she has observed, the environmental impacts of wild caught tropical fishes for the “pet” fish and aquarium trade, and how anyone who is interested could rescue fishes!
Resources:
Creating Sanctuary for Aquatic Animals
Reason for Vegan Series 8: Fish Feel: Sentience, Emotion, and the Latest Science About Fish
Hope for the Animals
10/19/20 • 25 min
In this series of short shows, Hope will focus on specific aspects of animal agriculture and answer the question of why we are vegan. In this eighth installment of the Reason for Vegan Series she talks about fish; who they are, what their lives are like, and why we should care about them. Hope will uncover the emotional, cognitive, and complex life of fish. Science is discovering so much about our underwater cousins and Hope will dive into that research and help us answer questions about pain, parenting, emotion, communication, memory, and more.
Resources:
FaceBook: Let Fish Live
What A Fish Knows by Johnathan Balcombe
Talkin’ About Turkeys with UPC's Karen Davis
Hope for the Animals
11/18/20 • 60 min
In honor of the millions of turkeys bred and killed for the upcoming holidays, this episode features United Poultry Concerns President Karen Davis sharing her many years of research and knowledge about turkeys. This in-depth discussion includes the fascinating and tragic history of the turkey in the Americas and how far turkey hen mothers will go to protect their young. Karen tells Hope about modern turkey farming and how every newborn turkey in the mechanical hatchery longs for her mother and siblings and will always feel lost without the comfort and security of her family. Karen also talks about some of the turkeys she has met in her many years of rescue work, and how each turkey has expressed his or her own unique personality.
Resources:
Book: More Than A Meal, The Turkey in History, Myth, Ritual and Reality by Karen Davis
BONUS EPISODE: Support Grassroots Vegan Education
Hope for the Animals
11/24/23 • 6 min
This is a special short episode just for dedicated listeners. In this time of giving, I hope you will consider supporting grassroots vegan education.
Please donate to Compassionate Living to support the continuation of this podcast. Thank you!
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FAQ
How many episodes does Hope for the Animals have?
Hope for the Animals currently has 123 episodes available.
What topics does Hope for the Animals cover?
The podcast is about Animals, Society & Culture, Vegan, Environment, Podcasts, Education and Animal Rights.
What is the most popular episode on Hope for the Animals?
The episode title 'Nurturing Resilient Animal Advocates with Kimberley Carroll' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Hope for the Animals?
The average episode length on Hope for the Animals is 50 minutes.
How often are episodes of Hope for the Animals released?
Episodes of Hope for the Animals are typically released every 14 days.
When was the first episode of Hope for the Animals?
The first episode of Hope for the Animals was released on Apr 27, 2020.
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