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
610 episodes
Justice for Animals: Using the Law to Create Lasting Change with Vanessa Shakib
Can the legal system become one of the most powerful tools for protecting animals?In this compelling conversation, Victoria Moran speaks with attorney and animal law advocate Vanessa Shakib about the growing movement to secure meaningful...
Ending Infighting: Building a More Compassionate Movement with Dr. Melanie Joy
Why do people who care deeply about compassion sometimes struggle to extend that compassion to one another?In this thoughtful and timely conversation, I speak with psychologist, author and founder Dr. Melanie Joy about one of the most ch...
Radical Kindness: Living with Compassion for Animals, the Earth, and One Another with Anitha Rao-Robinson
What does it really mean to live a life of kindness? Not simply kindness to the people we know, but to animals, the planet, ourselves, and future generations?In this heartfelt conversation, Victoria Moran welcomes author, conservationist...
Rowdy Girl: Confessions of a Vegan Cattle Rancher with Renee King-Sonnen
Can a person raised in ranching culture have a change of heart so profound that it transforms not only their life, but the lives of countless animals?In this inspiring and deeply personal conversation, Victoria Moran speaks with Renee Ki...
Natural Health's Power Couple; Dr. Frank Sabatino and Jayney Goddard
Has modern wellness lost touch with one of its most important truths? In this thought-provoking conversation, Victoria Moran welcomes two respected voices in complementary and integrative health: Dr. Frank Sabatino and Jayney Goddard.Tog...
From Physician to Healer: Laurie Marbas, MD
The conversation explores the remarkable success of The Habit Healers, now one of the leading health publications on Substack, and Laurie's mission to make scientific research accessible, actionable, and life-changing.This episode is packed...
World Peace Yoga: Compassion, Practice, and Living Ahimsa with Anna Ferguson
Can a yoga practice help create a more compassionate world? World Peace Yoga: Compassion, Practice, and Living Ahimsa with Anna FergusonIn this thoughtful and inspiring episode, Victoria Moran speaks with yoga teacher, auth...
Working WONDERS on Your Wellness: 7 Steps to Vibrant Living with Susan Jones
What if vibrant health and lasting joy could be cultivated through a few simple, daily practices? In this uplifting and energizing episode, I welcome longtime colleague and renowned wellness expert Susan Smith Jones, PhD, for a conversation fil...
Dr. Elisa Haransky-Beck on Seeing Clearly: Vision, Vitality, and Whole-Person Healing!
Episode 555, air date May 21, 2026. Listen now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube or your favorite podcast app.Can improving your eyesight also deepen your insight into life? In this expansive and heart-centered conversati...
The World Peace Way: Food, Freedom, and Vegan Foundations with Dr. Will Tuttle
Can our daily food choices shape not only our health, but the future of humanity itself? In this conversation, I speak with bestselling author, former Zen monk, and longtime vegan advocate Dr. Will Tuttle about the deep spiritual, ...
Nathaniel Altman on The Spiritual, Nutritional, and Medicinal, Power of Plants
Where did the foods we eat every day actually come from and what stories do they carry? In this fascinating and far-reaching conversation, Victoria Moran speaks with prolific author Nathaniel Altman about the origins, evolution, an...
Inside the Fight for Farmed Animals with Dan Shannon
What would it take to truly transform the global food system? In this compelling episode, Victoria Moran speaks with nonprofit leader and animal protection advocate Dan Shannon about the strategies, challenges, and breakthroughs sha...
Strength with Soul: Veganism, Fitness, and the Spiritual Path with James Benefico
Can building muscle be an act of compassion? In this inspiring conversation, Victoria Moran speaks with natural bodybuilder and Organic Muscle co-founder James Benefico about the powerful intersection of veganism, fitness, and spirituality.<...
Why Aren’t Doctors Taught Nutrition? Dr. Michael Klaper on Fixing Medicine
Dr. Michael Klaper shares what 50 years in medicine have taught him: most chronic disease is preventable—and often reversible—with diet. Now through his nonprofit, Moving Medicine Forward, he’s working to bring nutrition education into...
Making Vegans Gently: Cheryl Moss on Helping Animals with Heart
Can kindness change more minds than confrontation when it comes to helping animals?Animal advocate Cheryl Moss, founder of Better Life for Animals, believes the most effective way to help animals is through patience...
Love, Caregiving & the Crisis We Don’t Want to See
Caregiving is often called a labor of love. But what happens when love collides with a broken system?In this powerful and deeply human conversation, Victoria speaks with Laura Mauldin, PhD, author of In Sickness and in Health:...
Healthy Living in a High-Stakes World: The Vegan Broker
What happens when Manhattan luxury real estate meets plant-based living and deep Christian faith?Victoria sits down with Darryl Williams — known as “The Vegan Broker” — a real estate professional with SERHANT., the firm featured on the N...
Can Processed Food Be Part of the Solution? A Conversation with Jan Dutkiewicz & Gabriel Rosenberg
This episode explores a surprising and thoughtful perspective on modern food systems. Victoria talks with scholars Jan Dutkiewicz and Gabriel N. Rosenberg, co-authors of Feed the People: Why Industrial Food Is Good and How to Make It Even B...
Running a Vegan Restaurant in Challenging Times: Eric Yu of Peacefood Cafe
Peacefood Cafe has been feeding compassionate New Yorkers since 2009. In this conversation, co-owner Eric Yu shares about being a spiritual guy in a business role, his decision not to serve alcohol in his restaurants, and what it takes to thriv...
The Inner Lives of Cows: A Photographer’s Journey to Farm Sanctuaries
Mark Peters captures the soul of the cow in his photographic book, Voices of the Herd, and today we talk about cows as individuals and seeing animals differently. And guess what? This guy is so classy, he wrote me a thank-you note on paper....
A Midwestern Philosopher on the Joy of Going Vegan
Matthew C. Halteman, Ph.D, author of Hungry Beautiful Animals: The Joyful Case for Going Vegan, teaches philosophy at Calvin University in Michigan. He also once lived on the same block in Wheaton, Illinois, as host Victoria Moran....
Radiant Living with the EatMoveRest Couple
EatMoveRest.com and the EatMoveRest YouTube channel have planted Erin and Dusty Stancyk firmly into influencer territory with their busy, beautiful life, 3 young kids, and a delicious, plant-based road to health. We discuss attachm...
Dr. Neal Barnard on the New Dietary Guidelines
Nutrition science took a massive hit with the January 7th release of the 2026 Dietary Guideline for Americans, recommending increased consumption of meat, eggs, and dairy (while, impossibly, keeping saturated fat low). Responding is Neal Barnar...