In this episode I interview Day Radley, a vegan chef in London in the UK. Day has worked across three continents launching and running restaurants. She became a chef in 2010 after many years as a passionate foodie. After starting out in high-stress, minimum-wage kitchens, she quickly rose to Head and Executive Chef and went on to work as a private chef. She now works as a consultant, advising brands on food concept, and as a cooking teacher. She offers bespoke cooking classes in people’s homes, ...
Sep 09, 2017•49 min
In this episode I interview Tammy Fry, marketing director at her family business The Fry Family Food Company. A born vegetarian since 1981 in Durban, South Africa, Tammy inspired her father Wally Fry – a meat-eating animal farmer – to go vegan. Together with his wife and Tammy’s mother Debbie Fry, also a lifelong vegetarian, they created The Fry Family Food Company. Sold in retailers throughout Australia, the UK, South Africa, and soon to be in the US, Fry’s provides tasty, plantbased alternativ...
Sep 03, 2017•48 min
In this episode I interview Preston M. Smith, a vegan artist from Los Angeles. Known by the provocative moniker ‘PMS’, in 2009 Preston was commissioned to paint 12 portraits of President Barack Obama, for the Inaugural Purple Ball in Washington DC, where his paintings were distributed to celebrities and collectors including Ed Harris, Ashley Judd, Amy Madigan, Josh Lucas, Patricia Arquette, Il Divo, and more. Having been through art school and working part-time in restaurants and other jobs whil...
Aug 26, 2017•56 min
In this episode I interview Lee Coates, founder of financial planning firm Ethical Investors in the UK and superannuation (pension) fund Cruelty Free Super in Australia. Lee has run Ethical Investors since 1989 and established the first vegan investment funds in the UK three years later in 1992, pioneering the concept that animal welfare issues were as important as human rights and the environment. Following on from the success of the funds in the UK, he launched vegan pension fund Cruelty Free ...
Aug 19, 2017•1 hr 8 min
In this episode I interview Kat Mendenhall, vegan lifestyle coach and educator who also sells custom-made vegan cowboy boots and other accessories in Dallas, Texas. After many years working in corporate sales, Kat found her calling: to mend the world through whole, plant-based nutrition and cruelty-free products. She is a Master Vegan Lifestyle Coach and Educator certified by the Main Street Vegan Academy, a Culinary Nutrition Expert certified by The Academy of Culinary Nutrition, holds a certif...
Aug 12, 2017•59 min
In this episode I interview Karine Brighten, event planner and founder of Veg Speed Date in Ontario, Canada. After working with Canada’s largest event planning company JPDL, Karine started her own company Karine Brighten Events in 2009, based out of San Francisco, California. Karine has more than a decade of experience in producing and planning events, including the renowned San Francisco Vegan Iron Chef, Berkeley Vegan Earth Day, weddings and more. Her latest project is Veg Speed Date, a speed-...
Jul 29, 2017•50 min
In this episode I interview Lois Eastlund, vegan fashion designer of her eponymous brand in New York. Lois has loved fashion since she was a child and knew at the age of 11 that she wanted to attend NYC’s Fashion Institute of Technology. After gaining her degree from there several years later, she entered the industry, working in Manhattan’s Garment District for more than 30 years as a designer in menswear, womenswear, junior sportswear and tween clothing. During this time she also ran her own s...
Jul 22, 2017•51 min
In this episode I interview Robbie Lockie from Plant Based News, a content platform and creative agency in London, UK. Robbie was born in Zimbabwe, Africa, where he started his career in digital design in 1999. He then came to London a year later to further his career in design, media and communications. He’s worked with several large brands including BMW UK, Mercedes Benz, Microsoft, The Royal Navy, Jamie Oliver and Getty Images. In 2016 he co-produced a short documentary, SWINE for UK Animal c...
Jul 15, 2017•53 min
In this episode I interview Cynthia King, founder and executive director of Cynthia King Dance Studio (CKDS) located in Brooklyn, New York. The vegan studio has been a vital part of Brooklyn’s rich dance culture for more than 15 years. In 2014, after nearly two decades of presenting dance works in Flatbush, Cynthia opened her new studio and performance space in the heart of the neighborhood. Having danced professionally since 1978 and taught since 1986 in both public and private schools, Cynthia...
Jul 08, 2017•57 min
In this episode I interview Adrian Ling, managing director of Plamil Foods, which has been manufacturing vegan food products in the UK since the 1960s. Plamil was the first company in Europe to produce dairy-free milk and later the first to make dairy-free chocolate. Committed to making products that are good for animals, people and planet, the company has a comprehensive environmental and ethics policy. A lifelong vegan, Adrian has spent over 30 years in the food industry. His father, Arthur Li...
Jul 01, 2017•53 min
In this episode I interview Jody Rasch, managing director of VegInvest Trust, a vegan investment fund in New York that provides early-stage capital and guidance to companies striving to replace the use of animals. Prior to launching VegInvest Trust in 2015, Jody headed the Social Performance Group at financial services company Moody’s Corporation, working on projects including microfinance and social investing. He also served on various advisory boards including Women’s World Banking’s Gender Pe...
Jun 24, 2017•53 min
In this episode I interview Renee Hasseldine, a course creation and leverage expert from Share Your Passion in Melbourne, Australia. After a corporate career that included stints in the tech and finance sectors, Renee ran a careers coaching firm for 11 years. During that time she was also part of the senior leadership team for Robbins Research International, leading and coaching participants through Tony Robbins’ personal and professional development programs. Determined to not only live a fulfi...
Jun 16, 2017•1 hr 4 min
In this episode I interview photographer Hannah Kaminsky in San Francisco. Hannah works with top food publications and manufacturers across the US, creating photographs for the glossy pages of magazines, cookbooks, and product packaging. She is also the author of the books My Sweet Vegan, Vegan Desserts, Vegan a la Mode, Easy as Vegan Pie, and the upcoming title Real Food, Really Fast. Working independently for over a decade has provided her with professional experience in all aspects of a photo...
Jun 10, 2017•55 min
In this episode I interview Maureen Mahon, an award-winning interior designer in Los Angeles. Maureen is a designer on HGTV’s House Hunters Renovation and was named one of Angeleno Modern Luxury Magazine’s Dynamic Women of Los Angeles. She began her foray into home renovation when she bought a dilapidated duplex near Los Angeles’ trendy Melrose Avenue and did much of the remodeling work herself. She later sold the house for nearly four times what she’d paid and invested in an ocean-front propert...
Jun 03, 2017•59 min
In this episode I interview Ron Prasad, a communications and public speaking trainer and author from Impetus Success Australia in Melbourne. Ron has provided coaching and public speaking training to CEOs, professional sports people, and to Aboriginal youth. He’s also a popular keynote speaker and MC, leading audiences of all sizes, from small groups and corporate meetings to those numbering in the thousands. His expertise as a keynote speaker lies in personal development, sales and service, and ...
May 27, 2017•1 hr 3 min
In this episode I interview Brenda Morris, a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ from Humane Investing in Virginia. Armed with just a notion of ‘helping people’, Brenda changed her major five times over the course of four years, ending up with a double major in English and Psychology from the College of William and Mary. Despite no intentions of entering the finance industry, Brenda began her career in banking, helping clients with both lending and investment needs. After spending over a decade in the ...
May 20, 2017•1 hr 4 min
In this episode I interview Dan Pinne, a vegan Facebook marketer and founder of Organik Digital in Melbourne, Australia. Dan works with clients from across the globe, tailoring Facebook advertising solutions for them by creating a full campaign from start to finish. He specializes in small businesses that are looking to scale their operations through methods that are right for their particular model. An experienced digital marketer, Dan has a background and interest in sport. He’s held positions...
May 06, 2017•1 hr 10 min
In this episode I interview Adam Sobel, founder of The Cinnamon Snail food truck and restaurant in New York. Adam worked as a chef for several vegetarian, vegan and vegan-friendly restaurants for more than 12 years before launching the food truck in 2010. Since then he’s grown the business into a vegan food empire that employs more than 50 staff. He creates the recipes, specials, permanent menu items, catering items, and plans new locations for The Cinnamon Snail. As well as a permanent eatery a...
Apr 30, 2017•59 min
In this episode I interview Nikki Duong Koenig, the founder of Cykochik Custom Handbags, in Dallas, Texas. Nikki started the vegan handbag company back in 2003 when she was an art student. After graduating, she took up a career in corporate marketing as an art director and creative director, working in New York City and Dallas for American Express, AT&T, Bank of America, Barneys New York, Hilton Worldwide, Hewlett Packard, and many other global brands. In 2013, Nikki left the corporate world...
Apr 22, 2017•55 min
In this episode I interview Robyn Chuter, a naturopath, counselor and EFT therapist from Empower Total Health in Sydney, Australia. Through her one-on-one consulting and membership program EmpowerEd, Robyn specializes in helping people reverse serious and chronic illnesses such as autoimmune conditions, type 2 diabetes, heart disease and chronic fatigue syndrome, as well as emotional eating and food addiction, using a plant-based diet and emotional healing. Her dual background as a physical and ...
Apr 14, 2017•58 min
In this episode I interview insurance expert Steven Griswold in Los Angeles. Steven is President of Griswold & Griswold Insurance Agency, a second-generation, family-run firm that has been around since 1948. With over 16 years of experience, Steven provides innovative solutions and fresh perspectives on risk management to small and mid-sized businesses in a variety of fields including startup, technology, healthcare, and non-profit. The company is the only insurance agency in Southern Califo...
Apr 08, 2017•54 min
In this episode I interview Susan Prolman, who started Veg Shop on the Etsy platform a year ago as a hobby to test the waters in becoming a business owner. Susan is a lifelong advocate for animals. She’s served as Executive Director of the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition and as Director of International Campaigns for The Humane Society of the United States. She's lobbied against factory farming and for environmental protection in Washington, DC for years. Before graduating Georgetown ...
Apr 01, 2017•57 min
In this episode I interview Andy Tabar, owner of Compassion Co, an organic, US-made vegan clothing line that he runs out of his van while traveling across the US to vegfests each year. Andy is an animal rights activist who completed three trips with Farm Animal Rights Movement’s 10 Billion Lives tour, traveling to nearly every continental state and having more than 10,000 one-on-one conversations educating college students and concert-goers about the cruelty inherent in animal agriculture. His b...
Mar 26, 2017•55 min
In this episode I interview Naijha Wright-Brown and Greg Brown, founders of vegan soul food bistro The Land of Kush in Baltimore, Maryland. Naijha, a native New Yorker, born in Manhattan’s lower east side and raised in the South Bronx, is a people person, with over 20 years of customer relations experience. She’s held managerial, technical and administrative positions at Verizon Wireless, Dow Jones Markets, and Credit Suisse First Boston. She co-founded and organizes Vegan SoulFest, an annual ve...
Mar 18, 2017•1 hr 4 min
In this episode I interview Ed Lower and Malindi Lovegrove from The Chocolate Yogi in Sydney, Australia. Ed, who’s from the UK, worked as a bookkeeper for many years in the media, entertainment and technology industries, while nurturing his creative side with a side hustle as a voice-over artist for TV adverts, cartoons and online media. Malindi, who’s Australian, has worked as a Community Development Worker in South Africa, the UK and in Tanzania, where she lived and taught about sexual health ...
Mar 11, 2017•1 hr
In this episode I interview Cayla Mackey and Dave Pittman from Unicorn Goods, whose tagline is ‘the world’s largest vegan store’, in Rhode Island, New England. The couple have run several social enterprises including Nashville’s culture magazine Native, and Taco Bike, a certified organic restaurant. They started Unicorn Goods, an online store, in November 2014, offering a large range of vegan goods across a number of categories using an affiliate model. CEO Cayla oversees the overall vision and ...
Mar 04, 2017•1 hr 8 min
In this episode I interview Susie Pusch, owner of handbags and accessories company Bungalow360 in California. Bungalow360 is renowned for its whimsical animal themes, exemplifying the company’s commitment to protecting the planet’s species and environment. Products are crafted of natural cotton canvas and printed with water-based inks. The line consists of handbags, wallets, kids’ accessories and vegan leather items, with a new bamboo line in the works. Susie started out hand-crafting the bags h...
Feb 25, 2017•1 hr 1 min
In this episode I interview Tracie O’Keefe, clinical hypnotherapist, naturopath and wealth builder in Sydney, Australia. And full disclosure, she also happens to be my wife! Over four and half decades she has started, owned and run several business in many industries in different parts of the world. While at college at 15 in the UK, studying the beauty business, Tracie worked three part-time jobs and started her first business which provided home hairdressing services. She went on to be a partne...
Feb 18, 2017•1 hr 13 min
In this episode I interview Stephanie Prather, co-founder of the Vegan Gastronomy Culinary Academy on the Spanish island of Mallorca. Vegan Gastronomy is a vegan cooking school that offers in-person training in the city of Palma, with a focus on teaching students to create healthy, delicious, sustainable, and economical vegan dishes. Through its Global Vegan program, it also takes its training on the road to other cities across the globe and has recently partnered with equipment maker Fisher &am...
Feb 11, 2017•54 min
In this episode I interview food scientist Mary Mulry, managing director at product development consulting firm FoodWise One in Denver, Colorado. After gaining a PhD in food science and human nutrition, Mary’s first jobs were with Kellogg’s and Kraft in the early to mid-1980s, working in both analytical chemistry and product development. She entered the natural and organics industry when she took a position in product development at herbal tea company Celestial Seasonings in 1989 and has worked ...
Feb 04, 2017•51 min
