Shaking up our customary guest format, we held a roundtable discussion, featuring a small cross-section of of people who were set to be participants in the then-forthcoming Talking Animals Festival--the idea being that this would represent a more universal...
Dr. Armaiti May--a vegan veterinarian based in the West Los Angeles area, and whose practice involves making house calls--discusses her formative years as a kid drawn to animals and looking after injured or sick ones, as well as being raised a vegetarian. ...
Dr. Neal Barnard, M.D.--who in 1985 founded the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM), a nonprofit organization that promotes, among other things, a plant-based diet, preventative medicine, higher standards of ethics and effectiveness in research...
Melanie Joy--a professor who teaches psychology and sociology at the University of Massachusetts, Boston and author, most recently of "Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs and Wear Cows: An Introduction to Carnism"---reprises the hypothetical dinner scene that opens her new...
Jonathan Safran Foer--the 32-year-old author acclaimed for his novels "Everything Is Illuminated" and "Extremely Loud," he's now penned a non-fiction book, "Eating Animals," which just in its first week out has already generated tremendous attention, discussion and...
Wayne Pacelle--the President and CEO of The Humane Society Of The United States, the country's largest animal protection organization, with upwards of 11 million members--discusses what he views as the three most important hallmarks of his tenure as CEO, at the...
Chrissie Hynde--The Pretenders singer-songwriter-guitarist (currently touring the U.S. behind the acclaimed new Pretenders album, "Break Up The Concrete") and longtime animal advocate--discusses the enormous and somewhat surprising (to her, at least) success of...
Jodi Chemes (pictured with a bovine buddy) & Nikki Benoit--members of Florida Voices For Animals, a Tampa-based organization devoted to educating the public about a host of animal issues and fostering compassionate choices--discuss the history and evolution of...
Comedian-actor and veteran animal advocate Kevin Nealon--perhaps best known for his lengthy stint on "Saturday Night Live" (1986-1995), but who's more recently earned some of the best reviews of his career in his role as Doug Wilson, the pot-loving and increasingly...
In a conversation that traveled a distinctive arc, Chrissie Hynde--The Pretenders' singer-songwriter-guitarist and longtime animal activist, whose actions range from protesting KFC's inhumane treatment of chicken in the processing plant (one of the protests for...
