Sophie always wanted to bring together her love of music and passion for helping animals. Her dream came true two years ago, when she was asked to perform at the Sydney Animal Rights March. Sophie and Kai have performed at both marches and recently started busking on the street. While the duo busk, passers-by stop, watch slaughterhouse footage on a laptop and are encouraged to learn more about the animal holocaust. Starting her activism journey seven years ago, Sophie took a deep dive into all f...
Mar 27, 2023•38 min
Alison Waters is Animal Justice Party's lead candidate for the Upper House in the upcoming New South Wales state election. With over 20 years experience as a social worker, Alison wants to bring about legislative change for animals and people this election. Ally's passion for social justice stemmed from her early placement in programs supporting women in the domestic and family violence space. Having lived and worked in Lismore since 2001, Ally felt compelled by the recent catastrophic flooding ...
Mar 20, 2023•32 min
Lasagne For Breakfast was born during COVID, when Italian couple Sarah and Gianluca wanted to create and share beautiful vegan food. Spreading their wings, the team began catering for weddings and organising fundraising events for their favourite animal charities. Sarah and G moved to Australia ten years ago and met when they crossed paths at a restaurant. Being Italian, food is in their DNA so after going vegan, Sarah and G started experimenting to create cruelty free versions of their favourit...
Mar 13, 2023•1 hr 8 min
Recently elected as an Upper House Member for Northern Victoria, Georgie freely admits she never thought she'd run for Parliament, yet here she is. Georgie's inaugural speech received a standing ovation, as she shared her journey becoming the second youngest woman to ever be elected to the Upper House in Victoria. She used the opportunity to highlight the injustices animal experience and her commitment to create a kinder world for animals over the next four years. Hitting the ground running, Geo...
Mar 06, 2023•44 min
Eva turned her baking hobby into a business and prides herself on creating good vibes for customers and staff. After going vegan six years ago, Eva began baking because she found limited food choices. What began as a hobby for friends and family, quickly turned into a business which has grown to now employ four staff supplying cafes and special events. Eva initially tried a 2 week raw vegan challenge as a health reset. She felt a huge shift in her health and went vegan from there. It didn't take...
Feb 27, 2023•31 min
Paul is the Founder and CEO of Magic Valley, a company pioneering the cultivated meat market here in Australia. Being vegan, Paul's mission is to remove animals from the supply chain by creating meat products without animal slaughter. Paul went vegan nine years ago, following almost 20 years of being vegetarian. He was encouraged by a well known activist to take action, which led him to take on a leadership role with Animal Justice Party QLD Branch as well as stand as Lead Senate candidate in th...
Feb 20, 2023•53 min
Bella is a vegan foodie, content creator and animal rights activist. Bella and her partner Kais went vegan eight years ago. Following Kais' cancer treatment, they were on a journey for years to find a healthy lifestyle and stumbled across a plant based diet and decided to change overnight. It wasn't long before Bella came across Earthlings which shook her to her core, she went vegan, as she had never realised what she was supporting. Bella dived straight into activism, protesting a circus held i...
Feb 13, 2023•31 min
As the Director of Campaigns for Sea Shepherd Global, Peter has dedicated the last 20 years of his life to ending whaling and illegal fishing across the globe. Two life changing events occurred for Peter at age fourteen - he saw a picture of a Minke whale being pulled up the slipway of a whaling ship in the Southern Ocean and met a girl at school who taught him about the plight of animals farmed for food. Having a deep connection to whales, Peter submitted an application to join Sea Shepherd as ...
Feb 06, 2023•49 min
At the beginning of 2022, Mon set herself a challenge of living as though she only had "A Year to Live". By chance, Mon crossed paths with a woman Kerri who shared the tragic loss of her teenage daughter Lauren. Kerri shared that Lauren left a bucketlist for her family and friends and at the top of the list was a trip to Africa to see elephants in the wild. Mon knew she was going to make this dream a reality, so she worked her magic and in August this year, Mon and Kerri set out on a trip to Ken...
Jan 02, 2023•1 hr 3 min
Nicole has been a freelance vegan, cruelty free hair and makeup artist for over 30 years, showcasing that no animal needs to suffer for human vanity. At eight years old, Nicole decided she would be a hairdresser when she grew up. She worked part time in salons from age 14 and began her apprenticeship in year 11. Her passion for cruelty free beauty products was sparked when working in one of the first salons to use Aveda products which are cruelty free. Nicole wanted to raise awareness about crue...
Dec 26, 2022•40 min
Mo has worked with organisations to enter many slaughterhouses and "lock on" causing disruption to their operation. She began advocating for animals soon after going vegan twelve years ago. Mo knew she needed to drive change, so started by holding a sign on the side of the Bridge to Brisbane event. In 2016, Mo's friend invited her to be part of Eggs Exposed, a "lock on" inside an egg hatchery and slaughterhouse for male chicks. Mo and the other activists chained themselves to the conveyor belt a...
Dec 19, 2022•36 min
Dean Maher is the first vegan in the world to summit the south face of Mt Everest with all vegan gear, clothing and food. After travelling South East Asia and never finding a favourite place, he wanted to experience the infamous Nepal for himself. Dean first tackled Annapurna circuit and basecamp, the tenth highest mountain in the world and became hooked. After completing a gruelling eight month training plan, he set off on the challenge of a lifetime. Dean shares the mental and physical barrier...
Dec 12, 2022•41 min
Did I plan to stand as a candidate for the Animal Justice Party? No Would I do it again? Hell yes! In this episode, I share my experience running in the 2022 Victorian State Election - how it happened, what was involved, what I learnt and why I would recommend you do it too! https://www.animaljusticeparty.org/ https://www.instagram.com/akyndlife/...
Dec 05, 2022•30 min
Are you disillusioned with politics? Not sure what difference voting makes? Hear Andy Meddick share his insights into being the first Animal Justice Party (AJP) Member of Parliament in Victoria. Over the four year term, Andy and his team have bought about big change for animals, people and the planet but it's not over yet! This is our chance to help Andy get re-elected as well as more AJP representatives in Parliament. Andy unapologetically shares how he feels about his time as an MP, unfinished...
Nov 07, 2022•55 min
Cass is a personal trainer whose priority is to promote strong vegans. Cass is also a qualified vegan nutritionist and volunteer for Death Row Unchained (DRU) sanctuary. Cass started training in the gym and within a few weeks, her trainer suggested she compete. Cass was initially hesitant but said yes to the challenge. She trained for 5 months and went on to win the Australian Title of IFBB Novice Figure Champion. This led Cass to gain her PT and nutrition certification. Cass went vegetarian in ...
Oct 31, 2022•28 min
Bailey is a young animal rights activist, known for disrupting a dolphin show at Dolphin Marine Conservation Park when he was 14 years old. Bailey went vegan after watching YouTube videos which connected him to how meat, dairy and eggs are created. He was shocked and appalled that these companies were meant to be RSPCA approved and he instantly knew he no longer wanted to support them. Bailey's love for marine life, and dolphins in particular was forged after watching the documentary "Black Fish...
Oct 24, 2022•39 min
Lisa started Love Eat Cake by Lisa eight years ago and it fast became the home of the decorated biscuit. Lisa transitioned the business to a vegan one after going vegan herself. Lisa always loved cooking, she has fond memories of baking cakes from a Women's Weekly cookbook at seven years old. She later decided to quit her corporate job and dive into creating her own handmade speciality biscuit business. Lisa went vegetarian 15 years ago. Lisa and her partner decided to go vegan after learning mo...
Oct 17, 2022•35 min
Craig and his wife Sam started Five Vegans after recognising a great opportunity to source and sell vegan products online and at local vegan events. The business name is inspired by them being a vegan family of five. One of Five Vegans core values is giving back, so they designed a mystery box where $10 per box is donated to a different animal charity each month. So far, they have donated over $2000 to charities. Craig went vegetarian at age 30 after seeing an article in the newspaper and footag...
Oct 10, 2022•23 min
Liora booked a one way ticket to Bali in 2018 and ended up living in a dance based community that was predominantly vegan and sober. Prior to Bali, Liora had spent 10 years travelling and living overseas, having visited Portugal, Spain, Guatemala and Europe. Liora grew up dancing, she participated in ballet and contemporary dance throughout her schooling During her time in Bali, Liora enjoyed a slow lifestyle which involved yoga, meditation and ecstatic dance. She describes this time as a heart ...
Oct 03, 2022•41 min
Nicole runs Lazy Bones Cat Rescue which traps, rehabilitates and rehomes colonies of cats and kittens found in Goulburn, Sydney and Canberra. Nicole hadn't had much to do with cats prior to getting one for her daughter. It all snowballed from there, as the family began to realise there was a need to help homeless cat populations in their area. Their cat family eventually outgrew the house, so they built a new house. Nicole was approached by Tracey and Mick from Peanuts Wellbeing Sanctuary to wor...
Sep 26, 2022•27 min
Taylor embraces a minimal waste lifestyle and created his own clean up campaign called No Trace Left. Taylor has always loved the outdoors, having grown up spending half the year camping in Byron Bay. He attended agricultural boarding school where learnt about industry practices. Eventually Taylor recognised what was happening to animals was not right and decided to go vegan. Around the same time as going vegan, Taylor made friends with a Sea Shepherd volunteer and went to the Ocean Defence Tour...
Sep 19, 2022•47 min
Brinkley is a marine biologist, surfer, free diver and founder of Balu Blue Foundation. Brinkley grew up in South Australia and began surfing when she was four. She would surf every day after school and was the only girl in school surfing competitions for many years. Brinkley was surrounded by animals throughout her childhood and learnt to care for them from a young age. Brinkley became involved in wildlife caring after university, meeting fantastic people and learning from the wildlife rescue c...
Sep 12, 2022•1 hr 7 min
To celebrate my five year vegan anniversary, I have decided to shave my head! WHY you ask? It's for a good cause! During the month of September I am calling on you to donate! I have a goal of raising $3000 to fund a ranger on the ground in Africa. International Anti Poaching Foundation (IAPF) rangers are the first line of defence for Africa's wildlife. IAPF was founded by former Australian Royal Navy Clearance Diver and Special Operations military sniper Damien Mander in 2009. The organisation h...
Sep 05, 2022•14 min
John Thomas successfully competed in two bodybuilding shows and is working towards being the first vegan IFBB Pro in men's open bodybuilding. John remembers going fishing with his father when he was four years old and realising you had to suffocate the fish, by pulling them out of the water, in order to eat them. He had a similar experience with burgers at age 10 which resulted in him going vegetarian. John went vegan 17 years ago after reading a PETA magazine unveiling the truth about factory f...
Aug 29, 2022•38 min
In April 2019, over 200 activists converged on Excelsior Hog Farm in British Columbia, Canada as part of a Meat The Victims action. Excelsior Hog Farm is known as one of the leaders in the industry, however nothing but cruelty and abuse was witnessed by over 50 activists inside the facility. Pigs were being kept in horrific conditions and were suffering from wounds, tumours, gashes and hernias. Amy, Nick and Roy were 3 of the activists inside Excelsior Hog Farm during the action, with Amy holdin...
Aug 22, 2022•1 hr 18 min
Kelly works full time at Edgar's Mission, where she found the love of her life Kyle and gave herself the title of "sheep cuddler". Kelly went vegan 13 years ago after giving birth to her daughter Isabelle. She wanted to raise Isabelle to love animals and knew she couldn't do that if she was eating them. At the time, Kelly was breastfeeding her daughter and couldn't imagine what mother cows experience in the dairy industry, so she set about cutting out animal products from her life. Kelly's famil...
Aug 15, 2022•22 min
Rhiannon's entire life changed course after going vegan. Rhiannon studied Speech Communication, created an animal rights club at University, became involved in a mentor program at The Gentle Barn and more recently founded Higher Consciousness Events. Rhiannon was raised on a heavy dairy based Slovak diet. She remembers always feeling scared of meat because she recognised it as an animal. Rhiannon went vegan after seeing a social media post exposing the hidden truths of the dairy and egg industri...
Aug 08, 2022•29 min
Brent is an inventor and self confessed fitness junkie, consistently working on his #vegainz. He is based in Michigan and spends most of his time working or working out. Brent has always had a passion for creating things, coming up with ideas and making something out of nothing. Brent started his career repairing appliances, installing antenna towers and satellite dishes, which eventually evolved into commercial low voltage installation work. He started a business selling hard-to-find tools for ...
Aug 01, 2022•34 min
Tayla, also known as Vegan Mama of Two, is a mother of two vegan warriors Riley and Lyla. Tayla sadly lost her late fiancé to a battle with leukaemia and used grief to fuel her fire to fight for animals. Tayla always felt connected to animals, she loved them deeply. Tayla started avoiding meat when she was pregnant with Lyla and eagerly watched her friend and her friend's husband and children go vegan. Tayla watched several documentaries resulting in her transitioning to an entirely vegan lifest...
Jul 25, 2022•52 min
Austin Cram started a micro sanctuary called Tonie's Raynebow, following the sudden passing of his partner Tonie. The sanctuary is located in South Gippsland, Victoria and is home to 29 rescue animals. Austin grew up in suburban Melbourne with cats as companion animals. Being raised with companion animals taught Austin many lessons about caring for animals as well as managing the health struggles of aging animals. During year 12, Austin learnt of town planning and was intrigued by the integratio...
Jul 18, 2022•57 min
