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SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

VEGCAST #52 (19 MB)


HAROLD BROWN
on WATER (AND ANIMAL) WOES

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    SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 52

  • SPONSOR:
    Farm Fresh Express
    and KOV Foods

  • HAROLD BROWN
    FarmKind.org
    Harold Brown page on Humane Myth
    Peaceable Kingdom: The Journey Home
    Club Veg Philly - Events
  • Music: Christina Louise Dicker - Get up and Go

  • SCIENCE FACT:
    Study Finds Fountain Of Youth, Vegan Diet And Exercise

    • SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 51

  • SPONSOR:
    Farm Fresh Express
    and KOV Foods

  • CHRIS WALLA
    The Hall of Justice
    Death Cab for Cutie - Main Web site
    Death Cab for Cutie - MySpace page

  • Music: Chris Walla - Note to Self

  • SCIENCE FACT:
    Vegan Diet Reduces Risk of Arthritis, Heart Attack and Stroke

    • SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 50

  • SPONSOR:
    Farm Fresh Express
    and KOV Foods

  • STEPHANE GROLEAU
    GoVeganic.Net
    ***BONUS*** FRENCH EDITION OF STEPHANE GROLEAU INTERVIEW

  • Music: Green Beings

  • SCIENCE FACT:
    Going veggie can slash your carbon footprint: study

    • SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 49


    YouTube video for the Green Beings song "I Can Drive 55" played on this episode (click through for full-size version)

  • SPONSOR:
    Farm Fresh Express

  • JAMES LAVECK
    Humane Myth Web site
    Tribe of Heart

  • Music: Green Beings
     and Michael Hollinger

  • SCIENCE FACT:
    Environmental Science & Technology: Do food miles matter?
    Abstract: Food-Miles and the Relative Climate Impacts of Food Choices in the United States

    • SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 48

  • SPONSOR:
    Farm Fresh Express

  • LISA MICKLEBOROUGH
    VegNews Magazine
    VegNews MP3 Playlist

  • Music: Young Rival
    Young Rival on MySpace

  • SCIENCE FACT:
    Low-carb plan best in study
    Ornish: Why Atkins still doesn't beat low-fat diet
    Read the study (PDF)

    • SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 47

  • SPONSOR:
    KOV Foods

  • SOUNDS OF SUMMERFEST 2008
    Summerfest Main Page
    About NAVS and World Vegetarian Day
    Jo Stepaniak in Wikipedia
    Vegan Sourcebook

  • SCIENCE FACT:
    Scientists: Watermelon yields Viagra-like effects

    • SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 46

  • SPONSOR:
    KOV Foods

  • ISA CHANDRA MOSKOWITZ - ULTIMATE VEGAN
    Post Punk Kitchen
    Veganomicon

  • Music: Green Beings

  • SCIENCE FACT:
    Fruits,veggies can protect from lung cancer

    • SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 45

  • MARIA PANDOLFI - BUM RAP FOR RATS
    Rat Chick Rat Rescue

  • Music: Christina Louise Dicker

  • SCIENCE FACT:
    Water scare over food crisis

    • SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 44

  • SPONSOR:
    Temptation Vegan Ice Cream

  • (Why Vegcast 44 was delayed)

  • GENE HE - NATURESOY
    NatureSoy - Main site

  • Music: Maggie, Pierce & EJ

  • SCIENCE FACT:
    Report urges huge changes to factory-farming practices

    • SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 43

  • SPONSOR:
    Temptation Vegan Ice Cream

  • RORY FREEDMAN - SKINNY BITCH
    Skinny Bitch - Main site
    Skinny Bitch in the Kitch
    NY Times: The Carrot Some Vegans Deplore

  • Music: Moby

  • SCIENCE FACT:
    Macadamia nuts cut heart attack risk

  • Washington Post, 2008: Animals and Us, Not So Far Apart
  • Vegetarian Voice, 2005: The Decline & Fall of Human Supremacy

    • SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 42

  • SPONSOR:
    Temptation Vegan Ice Cream

  • NAVA ATLAS
    In a Vegetarian Kitchen with Nava Atlas
    Vegetariana
    Vegan Express
    Other Nava Atlas cookbooks
    Nava's Jerk-Spiced Seitan recipe on ABC site

  • Music: Dada Veda

  • SCIENCE FACT:
    Vegan diet helps arthritis and heart

    • SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 41

  • SPONSOR:
    Temptation Vegan Ice Cream

  • STEWART ROSE - VEGETARIANS OF WASHINGTON
    Vegetarians of Washington Site
    Stewart Rose: The Vegetarian Solution

  • Music: Beloved Binge

  • LISA HIGGINS - VEGAN MINI MALL
    Sweet Pea Baking Company
    Herbivore Clothing Co.
    Food Fight Grocery
    "Mini-mall" caters to vegans
    Vegan mall debuts in SE Portland

  • SCIENCE FACT:
    Fermenting takes the allergy out of soy

    • SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 40

  • SPONSOR:
    Temptation Vegan Ice Cream

  • PAUL SHAPIRO - HSUS
    Humane Society of the United States
    Video from undercover investigator
    USDA Orders Largest-Ever Beef Recall After Alleged Animal Cruelty
    Food inspectors say USDA short-handed

  • Music: Green Beings

  • SCIENCE FACT:
    Minds of their Own: Animals are smarter than you think.

    • SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 39

  • SPONSOR:
    Temptation Vegan Ice Cream

  • Special Note: HSUS Investigations Fund

  • MARTHA GRIMES - DAKOTA
    Dakota - From Viking, Feb. 2008
    Martha Grimes with Neal Barnard and other events

  • MUSIC: Watercolor Paintings

  • SCIENCE FACT:
    Charlotte Observer: The Cruelest Cuts

    • SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 38

  • SPONSOR:
    Temptation Vegan Ice Cream

  • NICK COONEY - HUGS FOR PUPPIES
    VegPA.net - The site we're talking about
    Hugs for Puppies

  • MUSIC:Verdun
    Verdun on VEGCAST #5

  • SCIENCE FACT:
    What? Where? When? Some animals may know

    • SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 37

  • SPONSOR:
    Temptation Vegan Ice Cream

  • CAROLINE DUPONT
    Caroline Dupont site
    Enlightened Eating

  • MUSIC:Will Tuttle

  • SCIENCE FACT:
    Big Drug-Makers Merck and Schering-Plough Withheld Test Results for Two Years
    Cholesterol drug link to disturbed teacherĂs death
    Diet May Cut Cholesterol As Much As Drugs Do

    • SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 36

  • SPONSOR:
    Temptation Vegan Ice Cream

  • MIKE HUDAK
    Press Release: Diet for small planet may be most efficient if it includes dairy and a little meat, Cornell researchers report
    Mike Hudak Site
    Western Turf Wars site

  • BAH & THE HUMBUGS
    Main site

  • SCIENCE FACT:
    Meat raises lung cancer risk, too, study finds

    • SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 35

  • SPONSOR:
    Temptation Vegan Ice Cream

  • ZINNIA KONVISER
    Maynard Clark on Zinnia and Fannie Shaffer's Vegetarian Hotel

  • Kyle Vincent Web site

  • SCIENCE FACT:
    Study: Kids Will Eat Healthy School Food

    • SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 34

  • SPONSOR:
    Temptation Vegan Ice Cream

  • VESANTO MELINA
    Vesanto Melina main site
    Food Allergy Survival Guide

  • SCIENCE FACT:
    Major new study strongly links meat consumption to cancer
    Read the report

    • SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 33

  • DAVE WARWAK
    Dave Warwak main site
    Dave Warwak stories on Google News
    Will Tuttle and World Peace Diet on Vegcast 13

  • Music: Moby

  • SCIENCE FACT:
    Much of U.S. Could See a Water Shortage

    • SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 32

  • DR. JOHN McDOUGALL
    Dr. McDougall main site
    Dr. McDougall hot topics

  • Music: Green Beings

  • SCIENCE FACT:
    Fruits and Veggies Team Up to Fight Breast Cancer
    Diet rich in red meat doubles breast cancer risk

  • Recall Roundup: Full list of major recalls

    • SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 31

  • DAN PIRARO
    Bizarro Web site
    Bizarro Animal Stuff

  • Music: Jim Harris and Saint Mad

  • SCIENCE FACT:
    Low-fat veg diet may keep prostate cancer at bay

    • SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 30

  • Veggie Cabaret

  • BRENDA DAVIS
    Brenda Davis Web site
    Marshall Islands gallery
    Marshall Islands Diabetes Wellness Center

  • Music: Green Beings

  • SCIENCE FACT:
    Flaxseed May Ease Hot Flashes:
    Menopausal Hot Flashes Were Halved In Preliminary Study

    • SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 29

  • SOUNDS OF SUMMERFEST
    Vegetarian Summerfest - Main Site
    JoAnn Farb - Our Home School Restaurant "Project"

  • KYLE VINCENT
    Kyle Vincent Web site
    Kyle Vincent on VEGCAST #28
    Kyle Vincent on VEGCAST #27

  • Audio interviews with T. Colin Campbell - ClimateHealth.net

  • SCIENCE FACT:
    Modern Milk

  • Milk is Disappearing From the Family Dinner Table (Press Release)

    • SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 28

  • LIVE EARTH
    Live Earth - Main Site
    Live Earth's Top Five Most Important Things To Do
    Jane Goodall Institute: Roots and Shoots

  • KYLE VINCENT
    Kyle Vincent Web site
    Kyle Vincent on VEGCAST #27

  • SCIENCE FACT:
    Meat Market Is Harming Environment

  • Soy Wallets

    • SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 27

  • KYLE VINCENT
    Kyle Vincent Web site
    News: Kyle and Al Gore at the Climate Project
    Climate Project Web site

  • Music: Green Beings

  • SCIENCE FACT:
    Low 'energy density' foods aid weight loss

    The Word Is 'Leakage' - Accidents may happen with a new OTC diet drug.

    • SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 26

  • PAMELA RICE, VIVA VEGIE
    Viva Vegie Society
    Al Gore Demo with video

  • SCIENCE FACT:
    Dogs, it turns out, think more than we think they do

    • SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 25

  • MINDY KURSBAN, PCRM
    Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine
    USDA and Dairy Industry Halt Misleading Weight-Loss Ads After Physicians Group Complains to Federal Trade Commission
    NutritionMD
    Vegcast 5: Dr. Neal Barnard

  • Music: Beloved Binge
    Beloved Binge tour schedule

  • SCIENCE FACT:
    Toxic products found in blood of BBQ lovers

    • SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 24

  • JODI CHEMES:
    Florida Voices for Animals
    Vegan Outreach: Adopt-a-College

  • Music: Moby

  • SCIENCE FACT:
    Cured meats 'double risk of lung disease'

    • SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 23

  • ARNOLD'S WAY:
    Arnold's Way - Main site
    Arnold on YouTube
    Arnold on MySpace

  • SCIENCE FACT:
    Beef diet 'damages sons' sperm'
    Dairy product tie to having twins

    • SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 22

    Gary Francione / Erik Marcus debate

  • ANIMAL AID CONCERT:
    Concert Info
    Baltimore Animal Rights Coalition

  • SCIENCE FACT:
    Hmm ... rats think like humans

    • SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 21

  • SCIENCE FACT:
    Dark Chocolate Is Healthy Chocolate

  • A Prairie Home Companion

  • ALLISON'S GOURMET:
    Main Page
    Vegan Chocolates

  • Music: Moby

    • SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 20

  • LIVESTOCK'S LONG SHADOW

  • Music: Green Beings

  • MICKEY Z:
    Mickey Z - Main Site
    The State of "The Nation" (eat meat?)
    The Nation: My Beef With Vegetarianism
    New Yorker: Vegetable Love

  • SCIENCE FACT:
    Raw cougar meat makes hunter sick

    • SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 19

  • SCIENCE FACT:
    Milk cancels health benefit of drinking tea
    Nearly one in five milk nutrition studies has author conflict of interest

  • GARY FRANCIONE:
    Animal Rights: The Abolitionist Approach
    Gary Francione Weblog
    Introduction to Animal Rights: Your Child or the Dog?
    Vegan Freaks Podcast: Gary Francione Interview

    • SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 18

  • BIRD FLU: A virus of our own hatching
  • See Dr. Michael Greger in person
  • More about Dr. Michael Greger

  • Music: David Cantor

  • SCIENCE FACT:
    Salmonella strain turning up more in chicken -
    Dangerous germs increasingly found in broiler chickens and eggs

    • SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 17

  • Responsible Policies for Animals
  • Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary in NY Daily News

  • Music: Green Beings

  • SCIENCE FACT:
    Study: Vegetable Diet Keeps The Mind Sharp

    • SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 16

  • Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary
  • Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary in NY Daily News

    Will Tuttle site

  • SCIENCE FACT:
    Processed meats tied to stomach cancer

    • SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 15

  • Vegetarian Summerfest
  • North American Vegetarian Society

  • Erik Marcus - Erik's Diner
  • Joe Connelley - VegNews Magazine

  • Dan Piraro - Bizarro
  • Dan's Vegan page

  • SCIENCE FACT:
    Vegan diet reverses diabetes symptoms, study finds

    • SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 14

  • 2005: Phillies add vegetarian menu to ballpark's lineup

  • 2006: Veggie dogs go to the ballpark

  • Club Veg Philadelphia

  • Music: Green Beings

  • SCIENCE FACT:
    Health risk fears over sex hormones in imported beef

  • VegNews Magazine

    • SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 13

  • Horse racing is still saddled by cruelty issue

  • Rich Hofmann: Racing brings up the rear in safety

  • WILL TUTTLE:
    Karuna Music & Art
    The World Peace Diet
    The Original Music of Will Tuttle

  • SCIENCE FACT:
    Paring down diet can cut need for statins

  • Horizons Review by Craig LaBan

    • SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 12

    VEGCAST #12 IS HERE

  • Companies agree to ban on sale of fizzy drinks in schools

  • The 20th Anniversary Genesis Awards Honors the Media that Spotlighted Animals in 2005
    (Quick bits with James Cromwell, Ben Stein, and Moby)

  • MOBY:
    Animal Rights
    18
  • SCIENCE FACT:
    USDA Gives Up Looking For Origin Of Latest BSE Cow

    • SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 11

    VEGCAST #11 IS HERE

  • U.S. Lauds "Low-Key World Reaction" To New Mad Cow Case

  • Great American Meatout 2006 - March 20
  • Podictionary - The podcast for word lovers
    "Vegetarian"

  • Music: Green Beings

  • SCIENCE FACT:
    Vegetarians Stay Slim, Meat-eaters Get Fat

    • SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 10

    VEGCAST #10 IS HERE

  • "LOW-FAT" DIETS DON'T WORK
    Ornish: The Facts About Fat

  • HORIZONS IN PHILADELPHIA
    Daily News: Cream of the Crop
    City Paper: How It All Vegan
    Horizons Philadelphia

  • Music: Green Beings

  • SCIENCE FACT
    US Meat Supply at Risk of Mad Cow Disease
    Auditors can't say whether meat plants followed mad-cow rules
    'Downer Cows' Entering Meat Supply, USDA Inspector General Says
    USDA slammed for letting high-risk downer cattle reach consumers
    USDA Didn't Follow Procedures In '04 BSE Test
    Agency Fought Retesting of Infected Cow
    USDA feared beef test
    Confidence in U.S. called key to exports.
    Beef probe faults rules mixup

    • SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 9

    VEGCAST #9 IS HERE

  • LOOKING AHEAD IN 2006
    McDonald's: U.S. Govt BSE Defense Not Working
    VegNews Magazine

  • KEY WEST
    Happy Cow's Key West page

  • Music: Green Beings

  • SCIENCE FACT
    In Major Diet Study, Carbohydrates Found Not Guilty

  • VEGAN RADIO
    Main Podcast link
    Annie Dodge photo gallery
    VEGANICA - Sorry, I said "org" but it's "com."

    • SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 8

    VEGCAST #8 IS HERE

  • PODJACKING
    Erik's Diner
    Podcast Hijacked, Held for Ransom

  • DAILY SOURCE CODE
    Main Page
    Episode #286 with Vegcast promo Adam Curry Vegcast Promo - Uncut!

  • KYLE VINCENT

  • RICHARD SCHWARTZ
    Jewish Veg - Our Diet as Kiddush Hashem
    The Schwartz Collection on Judaism, Vegetarianism, and Animal Rights
    Chanukah and Vegetarianism

  • SCIENCE FACT
    More Research on the Heart Health Benefits of Cranberry

  • BAH & THE HUMBUGS
    Main site
    Re-Gifted: Selections 1985-2005

  • Horizons Cafe

    • SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 7

    VEGCAST #7 IS HERE

  • CAROL J. ADAMS
    Carol Adams Web site
    Living Among Meat Eaters

  • BOB PYLE
    Main Web site page
    Apple and Oranges

  • NEAL BARNARD
    Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine
    Dr. Barnard on Vegcast

  • SCIENCE FACT
    Meaty, salty, starchy diet may harm lungs

    • SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 6

    VEGCAST #6 IS HERE

  • MAGGIE, PIERCE AND E.J.
    Check out their 6th album ("Silver")

  • KAREN DAVIS: TURKEYS
    United Poultry Concerns
    More Than a Meal: The Turkey in History, Myth, Ritual, and Reality
    UPC 15th Annual Thanksgiving Feast
    Farm Sanctuary: Adopt-A-Turkey Project

  • SCIENCE FACT
    Americans may have eaten mad cow

  • BLOODTHIRSTY VEGETARIANS
    The promised promo...

    • SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 5

    VEGCAST #5 IS HERE

  • DR. NEAL BARNARD
    Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine
    Verdun Web site

  • TRICK OR TREAT?
    Vogue Editor Hit With a Pie in Paris

  • SCIENCE FACT
    Parrot tested for deadly flu in UK

  • BLOODTHIRSTY VEGETARIANS
    Watch for their promo on VEGCAST #6.

    • SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 4

    VEGCAST #4 IS HERE (24 MB)

    SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 4

  • PUBLIC EYE - ARTISTS FOR ANIMALS
    Main site
    Show listing Tyler Shepherd site

  • DR. MICHAEL GREGER

    Director of Public Health and Animal Agriculture for the
    Humane Society of the United States
    Organic Consumers Association Mad Cow page
    SATYA article: Why Honey Is Vegan
    Humane Eating

  • SCIENCE FACT
    Boston Globe: In a first for wild gorillas, use of tools is observed

    • VEGCAST #3 IS HERE (20 MB)

    SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 3

  • HURRICANE KATRINA
    American Red Cross
    Humane Society of the United States

  • HEIDI HOWE
    Heidi Howe Web site

  • CHINATOWN FOUR-VEGAN-RESAURANT CHALLENGE
    City Paper: Power Plants (2002)
    Friendship Gate as background for cover photo

  • SCIENCE FACT
    Inquirer Editorial: Good to the last drop, but...
    Cavalier Daily: Coffee leading antioxidant source
    Dark Chocolate is Healthy Chocolate (2003)

  • BOOK REVIEW: VEGAN FREAK
    More info about the book
    Vegan Freaks blog
    Vegan Freak Podcast

  • GREEN BEINGS

    • VEGCAST #2 IS HERE (20 MB)

    SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 2

  • SOUNDS OF SUMMERFEST
    North American Vegetarian Society
    Vegetarian Summerfest

  • WILL TUTTLE

  • HOWARD LYMAN

  • DR. MICHAEL GREGER
  • Atkins Exposed
  • Carbophobia!
  • Director of Public Health and Animal Agriculture for the
    Humane Society of the United States
  • WHO on avian flu
  • WHO/FAO/OIE report on emerging zoonotic diseases (PDF)
  • Humane Eating

  • KYLE VINCENT

  • SCIENCE FACT
    Vegan diet may reverse cancer
    Eating right is one way to fight cancer

  • Vegan Freaks blog
  • Vegan Freak Podcast
  • An Animal-Friendly Life

    • VEGCAST #1 IS HERE (23 MB)



    SHOWNOTES FOR VEGCAST 1


  • Erik's Diner
  • Vegan Cooking School

  • GREEN BEINGS
  • "Leftovers" Lyrics

  • Mary Rakowski's Star Bar Organics
  • Philadelphia City Paper: Star Wares

  • Discovery News: Chickens think about the future
  • Vegetarian Voice: The Decline and Fall of Human Supremacy

  • Beloved Binge
  • "Why Vegan" and other song samples