Main Street Vegan

Victoria Moran

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. 

  1. HACE 1 DÍA

    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, and healing potential of plant foods across human history. Nathaniel and Victoria also reminisce about their early days at the Theosophical Society in America in the early 1970s, a formative time that helped shape their shared interest in spirituality, consciousness, and compassionate living. We touch on the influence of spiritual teacher Geoffrey Hodson, whose work Nathaniel has helped reintroduce to modern audiences. Nathaniel explores how ancient food traditions, global migration, and cultural exchange have shaped the plant-based foods we know today. The conversation also nods to an earlier Main Street Vegan Podcast episode featuring Dr. David J. A. Jenkins, creator of the Portfolio Diet, connecting historical food wisdom with modern clinical approaches to lowering LDL cholesterol and improving heart health. This episode is a rich reminder that food is more than nourishment it is history, medicine and a thread connecting body, mind, and spirit. ✨ In This Episode The origins of the world’s oldest plant foods Surprising stories behind everyday ingredients What phytochemicals are and why they matter Foods linked to disease prevention and longevity The global roots of modern plant-based diets The spiritual influences that shaped Nathaniel’s work Connections between traditional diets and modern health science 👤 About Our Guest Nathaniel Altman is a Brooklyn-based writer and the author of more than twenty books on diet, alternative healing, metaphysics and relationships. His extensive body of work includes titles on vegetarianism, natural health and holistic living, reflecting a lifelong interest in the connection between food, healing, and human consciousness. His latest project, The Genealogy of Plant Foods, explores the origins and cultural journeys of the foods we eat. 🔗 Connect with Nathaniel Website: https://foodgenealogy.net/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nathaniel.altman.9/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nathanielaltmanauthor/ Subscribe, rate, and review the Main Street Vegan Podcast to help more people discover the joy of living with vitality, spirituality, and compassion. Sign up for the Main Street Vegan blog and newsletter at https://www.mainstreetvegan.com and receive your FREE e-book, Recipes to Help You Age Like a Yogi. And become an insider by joining the Main Street Vegan Podcast Listeners Group on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/207997266555049

    52 min

  2. 23 ABR

    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 shaping a more humane future. Dan shares insights from his decades of experience in advocacy, philanthropy, and corporate campaigns, explaining how sustained public pressure and collective action are driving major shifts, including recent landmark victories in the push toward cage-free eggs. He offers a behind-the-scenes look at how change happens at the highest levels of the food industry and why progress, while complex, is accelerating. This episode explores how everyday choices, combined with organized advocacy, can help reshape a system that affects billions of animals and all of us. ✨ In This Episode What consumers might not realize about the egg industry Why transforming the food system is urgent and possible What the shift toward cage-free eggs really means Surprising trends in consumer behavior How global campaigns create change across cultures The power of collective action in animal advocacy What a fully humane food system could look like in the future 👤 About Our Guest Dan Shannon is a seasoned nonprofit strategist with over two decades of experience in campaigns, philanthropy, and animal protection, including leadership roles at PETA, Purpose, and Tides. As CEO of The Humane League, he drives corporate campaigns, public policy, and global coalition-building to accelerate progress toward cage-free eggs and end factory farming. He is also the co-author of two acclaimed vegan cookbooks and continues to promote compassionate living through his writing and advocacy. Subscribe, rate, and review the Main Street Vegan Podcast to help more people discover the joy of living with vitality, spirituality, and compassion. Sign up for the Main Street Vegan blog and newsletter at https://www.mainstreetvegan.com and receive your FREE e-book, Recipes to Help You Age Like a Yogi. And become an insider by joining the Main Street Vegan Podcast Listeners Group on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/207997266555049

    51 min

  3. 9 ABR

    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. James shares how his journey led him to see caring for the body not as vanity, but as devotion — a way of honoring life, embodying discipline, and living in alignment with deeply held values. Drawing from early Christian teachings as well as modern plant-based nutrition, he offers a fresh perspective on strength rooted in kindness. This episode is a reminder that what we eat, how we train, and how we live can all be expressions of love. Website: https://www.organicmuscle.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jamesbenefico Organic Muscle Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/organic_muscle

    48 min

  4. 26 MAR

    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 medical schools. A hopeful, eye-opening conversation on food, health, and the future of medicine.

    57 min

  5. 14 MAR

    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, empathy, and respectful conversation. In this episode, she and Victoria explore why gentle outreach often works better than pressure, how people really change, and how compassionate advocacy can inspire more people to move toward vegan living. Sign up for the Main Street Vegan blog and newsletter at https://www.mainstreetvegan.com, and receive your FREE e-book, Recipes to Help You Age Like a Yogi.

    40 min

  6. 5 MAR

    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: Love Stories from the Front Lines of America’s Caregiving Crisis. Together, they explore the intimate realities of disability, partnership, policy failure, ableism, and what it truly means to love someone when bodies change. This episode is about story because story is how we understand one another, and how we begin to change the world. _____________________________________________________________________________ About Our Guest In Sickness and in Health Laura Mauldin Laura Mauldin is a sociologist whose work focuses on disability, caregiving, and health inequities. In her 20s, she became a caregiver to her partner after a traumatic brain injury — an experience that profoundly shaped both her life and her scholarship. Her book weaves her own story together with the lived experiences of couples navigating disability and caregiving today. It is both tender and unsparing — a love letter and a wake-up call. Learn more at: https://lauramauldin.com/ Book on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Sickness-Health-Stories-Americas-Caregiving/dp/0063339137/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DrLauraMauldin/

    55 min

  7. 26 FEB

    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 Netflix series Owning Manhattan. Raised vegetarian in a Seventh-day Adventist home and now a committed health vegan, Darryl boldly brings his values into one of the most competitive industries in the world. Married with two young children, he shares how faith, integrity, and family shape both his business and his plant-based lifestyle. This uplifting conversation explores authenticity, courage, and what it really means to live your values out loud.

    36 min

  8. 19 FEB

    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 Better, about how frozen vegetables, canned beans, plant milks, and other accessible foods can help make compassionate eating realistic and affordable for more people.

    46 min
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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. 

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  • Creador
    Victoria Moran
  • Años de actividad
    2012 - 2026
  • Episodios
    600
  • Clasificación
    Apto
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Main Street Vegan
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