Ep. 11 (Sep. 2017) Viva! Vegan Podcast

09/01/17 • 56 min

As a rainy Summer fades, we put away the umbrellas and pick up the microphones for our September episode. In show #11, host Kris Townsend brings you another selection of vegan exclusives from the top floor of Viva! HQ in Bristol. Just some of what's coming up... VIVA! FESTIVALS. Share the vibes from some of our many vegan and food festivals across the UK this Summer THE ROAD TO WEMBLEY: we talk about the UK's biggest Viva! Festival at Wembley in London. THE MYTH OF 'HUMANE MILK. Listen in as our health campaigner Veronika Powell joins a live radio discussion to debate this issue on the BBC, SAVED BUT THEN TURNED INTO SAUSAGES: hear our Marketing and PR Manager Siobhan Dolan join a national radio discussion about UK'S FIRST VEGAN CINEMA AD: digital fundraiser Sam Ashman talks about our exciting and ambitious silver screen fundraising campaign "", MAKING TRAX: Kris shares one of his favourite tunes from Bristol house music-producer , WRITING WRONGS: UK author and journalist tells us how he used his many years of experience writing about sports and popstars to bring vegan awareness to national newspaper audiences by blending hard facts with powerful journalism. You can hear this podcast via Apple Podcasts, Google Play (in the USA) and lots of other apps and websites. Spread the word! Don't forget to share us on Facebook and Twitter! GET THIS FREE PODCAST AUTOMATICALLY ON THE FIRST DAY OF EVERY MONTH. .

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Ep. 10 (Aug. 2017) Viva! Vegan Podcast

Podcast presenter Kris Townsend flings flings open the windows and fires up the microphone for another UK Summertime episode from the top floor of Viva! HQ in Bristol. In addition to listener-submitted poems and music, he brings you more exclusive selections of vegan news, views and interviews, including: PIG FARM HORROR. Viva! founder Juliet Gellatley goes undercover with her team to expose shocking conditions at an industrial-scale pig farm in Warwickshire . You'll hear audio excerpts from Viva!’s shocking video footage which reveal not only the widespread neglect and abuse of pigs but also the failings of a government and industry to effectively protect the welfare of factory farmed animals in Britain today. Housing 15,000 pigs, it's one of the largest pig farms Viva! has ever seen. Conditions there for pigs are so appalling that Viva! has launched a campaign urging supporters to TAKE ACTION and help them close the farm down. You can see the footage and support the campaign at WHITE LIES AND THE DARK SIDE OF DAIRY. Author and health campaigner Veronika Powell introduces the 'Dairy is Scary' campaign. Find out more at SAVOUR THE SAVER. Vegetarian farmer Jay Wild talks about his decision to send his dairy herd to a sanctuary instead of the slaughterhouse Read his story on the BBC at RHYMES AND REASON. Hear stage-side excerpts from the recent Viva!-sponsored Vegan Campout in Nottinghamshire. Read about the 2018 event at their official site at plus listener voices and more. You can hear this podcast via Apple Podcasts, Google Play (in the USA) and lots of other apps and websites. Spread the word! Don't forget to share us on Facebook and Twitter! GET THIS FREE PODCAST AUTOMATICALLY ON THE FIRST DAY OF EVERY MONTH. .

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Ep. 12 (Oct. 2017) Viva! Vegan Podcast

AUTUMN IS HERE - AND SO'S OUR LATEST PODCAST In show #12, Kris Townsend lines up another mix of vegan campaigns, comedy and community. Just some of what's coming up... RAPS: Kris talks to viral vegan rapper-in-a-van Kyle O'Sull (see his sensational video - contains strong language) REALITY: Speeches from recent animal rights marches to the UK Parliament in London. REVOLUTION: ADAPTT founder Gary Yourofsky is an American animal rights activist and lecturer and we shared his thoughts on the meat-like 'Beyond Meat' burger REEL DEALS: Talk about a 'blade runner'. Two million UK cinema-goers could be seeing a real first coming to their screens - no computer graphics required - as part of "", You can hear this podcast via Apple Podcasts, Google Play (in the USA) and lots of other apps and websites. Spread the word! Don't forget to share us on Facebook and Twitter! GET THIS FREE PODCAST AUTOMATICALLY ON THE FIRST DAY OF EVERY MONTH. .