Main Street Vegan
Everybody knows that the future is vegan, but it can also be a grand adventure right now. On the Main Street Vegan Podcast, bestselling author and vegan OG Victoria Moran invites you to be in on conversations with the best and brightest in this space. You'll hear from physicians, philosophers, activists, athletes, chefs and celebrities on eating and living for optimum health, while protecting the planet and saving the lives and ending the suffering of animals. Whether you're a longtime vegan or just taking a look, Main Street Vegan will help you live with purpose, eat with joy, and craft a life that makes a difference.
Episodes
565 episodes
Make Micronutrients Sexy Again With Callum Weir
Callum Weir, UK nutritionist and global influencer (Plant Fuelled Podcast), joins us to address dethroning protein as the only nutrient that matters, what it takes to eat healthfully in the real world, how different people sometimes need a diff...
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1:05:46
Censored Landscapes: Art, Ag, and Animals
Without almost no images of actual animals, Censored Landscapes, a photo book depicting the landscapes of modern animal agriculture, sends a powerful message about the realities of raising animals for food. Its creator and today's gues...
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1:00:55
Farmed Animal Sanctuaries 2025
As Kathy Stevens, at the helm of Catskill Animal Sanctuary for over 25 years, moves to her next chapter, she gives up the inside scoop on what it's like to run a sanctuary, what the sanctuary movement means in the overall animal rights movement...
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57:25
The Omnivore's Deception
Regenerative agriculture. Farm to table. Humane meat. These are buzzwords of a movement led by Michael Pollan, Joel Salatin, and others who believe that animal foods are fine if they come from the "right" farms. Today's guest, Professor John Sa...
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59:47
Rip Esselstyn, from Engine 2 to Plant-Based Superstar
World-class triathlete, #1 NYT bestselling author, host of the Plant-Strong Podcast, and Plantstrong Foods CEO Rip Esselstyn shares some "inner Rip" plus health hacks for eating whole plants foods and enjoying life to the max.Website/com...
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Food Whisperer Ellen Kanner and Miami Vegan
You know Ellen Kanner for her Substack, Broccoli Rising, her years as HuffPo's Meatless Monday columnist, and as the "soulful vegan" whose previous book wasFeeding the Hungry Ghost: Life, Faith & What to Eat for Dinner. She'...
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Yoga for Osteoporosis
Guest Loren Fishman, MD, is a yogi who studied under B.K.S. Iyengar in India and long practicing doctor of physical medicine in New York City. He is also the undisputed expert on using yoga to prevent and reverse osteopenia and ...
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49:43
Game-Changing Peta Lawsuit for Animals in Labs
Game-Changing Peta Lawsuit for Animals in LabsThe First Amendment promises not only freedom of speech but freedom to hear speech. In this landmark suit against the NIH and NIMH, today's guest, Jeff Kerr, and other Peta attorneys are dema...
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Episode 512
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Not Protein Again!
Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine's Xavier Toledo, registered dietitian, specializing in the intersection of nutrition and communications, tackles the current social media trend of bashing plant-based eaters on the protein question....
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Episode 511
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Chef Bai on Breaking Up With Dairy
In this episode: the dope on dairy, some fab recipe guidance on making cheeses, milks, creams, yogurts, even cottage cheese and crème brûlée, and the reason why we're seeing so much anti-vegan venom on social media with Bailey Ruskus (Chef Bai)...
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Episode 510
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Lifelong Vegan on Ex-Vegans & the State of the Movement Now
TEDx speaker and fulltime vegan advcate Sarina Farb grew up vegan in Kansas and is now carrying the message far and wide with insightful presentations on topics including "The Ex-Vegan Phenomenon," on which she has some fascinating ideas. Sarin...
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Episode 509
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What Happens Psychologically When You Go Vegan?
Veganism isn't just a change of diet. It's a change of heart, one that clinical psychologist Angela, Crawford, PhD, studied at length for her new book, The Vegan Transformation. Based on a large number of questionnaires submitted and i...
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Episode 508
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48:36
Food, Culture, Community
Yoga teacher, ayurvedic educator, and culinary instructor Christina Gdisis (pronounced Dee-sis) alchemically blends her Greek heritage, animal rights sensibilities, spiritual path, and deep appreciation of both food and nature in her work as Th...
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Episode 507
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57:36
A Year of Compassion with Colleen Patrick-Goudreau
A vegan luminary for over 30 years, Colleen Patrick-Goudreau makes compassion accessible and joyful in this interview and in her new book, A ...
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Episode 506
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48:58
Veganism, Yoga & Newsweek's Pet of the Year
You know the universe has something big in store when your first job out of college is personal trainer for Dr. Deepak Chopra. That's how it was for today's guest, Kathleen Kastner, yoga instructor and former studio owner, children's book autho...
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Episode 505
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56:46
Good Sense Nutrition for Real-World Vegans
Ginny Messina, RD, MPH, is a breath of fresh air on the nutritional landscape, based as she is in science, ethics, and common sense. Get Ginny's take on controversies such as seed oils and beef tallow, her expertise on calcium and B12 for vegan...
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Episode 504
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55:07
Grief, Gratitude & Marching Forth
Rather than focusing on veganism, today's show looks at a vegan doing something remarkable. Writer Deborah Shouse experienced the death of her adult daughter and, at the urging of a grief counselor, wrote letters to her daughter -- and transcri...
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Episode 503
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Humane, Non-Lethal "Pest" Control
If mice, ants, or other little folks are a problem, Kevin Newell of Humane Wildlife Solutions has the answer. While his award-winning company is based in Scotland, vegan and animal advocate Newell works with individuals and businesses around th...
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Episode 502
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PBD Grey: Vegan Hip Hop Artist, Foodie, Entrepreneur
Grey is a Renaissance man who rose to prominence when his Vegan Thanksgiving music video went viral eight years ago. He is still a force in Hip Hop, a restaurateur, founder of Plant-Based Dripping (vegan message wear), and an integral part of V...
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Episode 501
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41:49
Adair Moran: Stuntwoman, Aerialist, Lifelong Vegan
For this special 500th episode, Victoria's daughter, Main Street Vegan coauthor, and cohost in the early days of the the Main Street Vegan Podcast, returns to the program to talk about growing up vegan and working in the physically dem...
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Episode 500
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40:23
From Award-Winning Journalist to Dog Rescuer
Karen Asp is a veteran magazine writer and author specializing in health and fitness (and she holds world records in Nordic Walking). She is also an animal rights advocate who has met the near demise of magazines by immersing herself in dog ...
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Episode 499
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57:47
Yoga, Life & Caring with Tara Stiles
Bestselling author and wellness expert Tara Stiles shares her yogic journey and a lifestyle based on caring for ourselves and each other. A vegan, and a former dancer and model, Tara is founder of Strala Yoga, supporting ease and well-being.&nb...
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Episode 498
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44:32
Yoga and Veganism with Jivamukti's Sharon Gannon
Hear why yoga is innately vegan, how yoga asanas work on each chakra to clear karma and prompt spiritual growth, and all about the magical formation of Jivamukti Yoga in 1980s NYC with honored yogini and animal advocate Sharon Gannon. ...
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Episode 497
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48:44
Compassionate Weight Loss for Life
In the era of Ozempic, Frank Sabatino, DC, PhD, offers another path: love for self and others (animal "others" included), a lifestyle that nurtures and uplifts, and powerful foods from the plant kingdom to support physical and emotional health,...
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Episode 496
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1:20:05
Healing Inside and Out: Compassion, Love, and Wellness
A brand new show as the MSV podcast relaunches. The guest is Kate Galli, health coach, personal trainer, NLP practitioner, author, and podcaster. Kate and I get real and talk about life, loss, health (including health challenges), and replacing...
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Episode 495
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