Vegan Posse

Chrissy Benson
Vegan Posse

As a vegan, do you ever feel like you're living in a parallel universe? If so, you're not alone! We interview vegans from around the globe who, like you, are living lives of integrity and compassion, with an eye toward justice. Through their personal stories, you'll come to that you're not an outlier; in fact, you're part of an entire posse of individuals who aren't just keeping the peace, they're creating it through their food choices and beyond. You won't be saddling up, but you're in for the ride of your life! Welcome to the Vegan Posse.

  1. VP#112: Is It Demented to Think Alzheimer's Can Be Reversed? Dr. Josh Helman Doesn't Think So!

    HÁ 5 DIAS

    VP#112: Is It Demented to Think Alzheimer's Can Be Reversed? Dr. Josh Helman Doesn't Think So!

    Dr. Joshua Helman MD is a Harvard-trained physician licensed in fourteen states. He has two degrees in Biochemistry, he is double Board Certified by the American Board of Emergency Medicine and American Board of Lifestyle Medicine. His medical degree is from Harvard Medical School and MIT. He is the former Medical Director of Hippocrates Health Institute, was on the TrueNorth Health Center research team and was affiliated with Sponaugle Wellness Institute for 6 years, helping to reverse and prevent dementia.. He’s got some fascinating, highly encouraging news about Alzheimer’s disease which you won’t want to miss so enjoy this conversation with Dr. Josh Helman!  Resources: Got questions for Posse Talk with Jen Howk, the monthly series I’m doing with Dr. Jen Howk? Email them to ⁠veganposse.email@gmail.com⁠   Interested in Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy? Email me at ⁠christinembenson@gmail.com⁠. Dr. Josh Helman website: https://drjosh.com/about/

    1h21min
  2. VP#111: Ringing in the New Year with Chef AJ and Special Friend! Her Cancer Diagnosis, Fear of Betraying the Vegan Community, Feeling Betrayed, Forgiveness, and MORE

    3 DE JAN.

    VP#111: Ringing in the New Year with Chef AJ and Special Friend! Her Cancer Diagnosis, Fear of Betraying the Vegan Community, Feeling Betrayed, Forgiveness, and MORE

    Why was longtime vegan celebrity Chef AJ so reluctant to go public with her diagnosis of lung cancer? How is she doing now? We get into that and LOTS more in this intimate, vulnerable, and FUN interview that you won't want to miss! Among other things, you'll hear Chef AJ talk about the benefits she's experienced from Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy, which I trained in and have been practicing since 2014. If you'd like to learn more or schedule your first IFS session with Chrissy, email veganposse.email@gmail.com or contact Chrissy directly at christinembenson@gmail.com And help make vegan novel Marrying Myself a bestseller and normalize veganism through the arts! ! Buy your copy and post a stellar review here and now: https://www.amazon.com/Marrying-Myself-Christine-Melanie-Benson/dp/1685130763 Author website: https://christinemelaniebenson.com/ About Chef AJ:  Chef AJ has been devoted to a plant-exclusive diet for over 46 years. Chef AJ was the host of Healthy Living with CHEF AJ on Foody TV. She’s the author of three bestselling books, The Secrets to Ultimate Weight Loss, Own Your Health, and The 10th Anniversary Edition of Unprocessed.  Chef AJ was the Executive Pastry Chef at Santé Restaurant in Los Angeles where she was famous for her sugar, oil, salt, and gluten free vegan desserts which use the fruit, the whole fruit, and nothing but the whole fruit. She broadcasts CHEF AJ LIVE! on YouTube daily at 11:00 am Pacific. She is the creator of the Ultimate Weight Loss Program and is proud to say that her IQ is higher than her cholesterol.  In 2018, she was inducted into the Vegetarian Hall of Fame. Website: https://chefaj.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CHEFAJ Chef AJ LIVE! https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwoZa6h6fG-J-00vyFbCtsomcaUAyCYnd

    1h10min
  3. VP#1110: BONUS EPISODE! Angela Fischetti's Self-Love Total Body Workout for Bone and Muscle Strength with Supersets

    1 DE JAN.

    VP#1110: BONUS EPISODE! Angela Fischetti's Self-Love Total Body Workout for Bone and Muscle Strength with Supersets

    How can we stay strong in 2025? Angela Fischetti can help! Angela Fischetti: A virtual physical fitness and yoga instructor and on-site licensed massage therapist specializing in fitness and wellness for older adults.  Angela Fischetti is a virtual physical fitness and yoga instructor and on-site licensed massage therapist specializing in wellness for older adults. She began teaching seniors when she was 30; it was also when she embarked on her own tough healing journey. Over three decades later, a senior herself, Angela combines years of experience and research with a unique combination of empathy and encouragement for older adults seeking a healthier lifestyle. She researches the latest findings in senior fitness and consults with each client’s medical practitioners for tailored workouts. As a licensed massage therapist, Angela also works with geriatric patients with memory and other delicate disorders who benefit from gentle touch and movement in palliative care. Angela is proud of her services to the vegan and whole foods plant-based platforms to which she provides strength training and yoga videos. They are tailored to those with chronic concerns thus making these movement modalities accessible to all. Based in the Fort Lauderdale area, Angela has served South Florida clients for over 20-years. Brooklyn-born with a background in Shakespearean theater and a lifelong passion for song, Angela is also a devoted companion to felines. Resources: Boomer and Beyond Wellness: https://boomerandbeyondwellness.com/ Marrying Myself, THE vegan anti-romance romance novel featured in VegNews magazine: https://www.amazon.com/Marrying-Myself-Christine-Melanie-Benson/dp/1685130763 Christine Melanie Benson website with special Marrying Myself playlist! https://christinemelaniebenson.com/

    1h

  4. 27/12/2024

    VP#109: Posse Talk with Jen Howk! How Good Can You Stand It? Expanding Our Capacity for the Joy and Richness of Life - Bring It, 2025!

    Welcome to the Christmas 2024 edition of Posse Talk with Jen Howk! A longtime friend of the Vegan Posse, Dr. Jen Howk is an author, researcher, and interdisciplinary social scientist. She earned her B.A. with honors from the University of Washington, and her M.A. and Ph.D. from Harvard University. Her work explores themes of health and well-being, broadly considered. Her new book called Truth Be Told discusses the freedom that can be found by adopting a “radical truth” practice. She’s got a podcast about everything called “The Face of the Deep.” She offers individual one-on-one coaching as well as webinars and weekly Zoom calls through her membership group, The Collective Unconscious. Resources: Got questions for Posse Talk with Jen Howk? Email veganposse.email@gmail.com Interested in Internal Family Systems therapy? Email Chrissy at christinembenson@gmail.com Help make THE vegan novel named on the  Marrying Myself, known as the “anti-romance romance,” an Amazon bestseller! https://www.amazon.com/Marrying-Myself-Christine-Melanie-Benson/dp/1685130763 Christine Melanie Benson website: https://christinemelaniebenson.com/ Dr. Jen Howk website - Conscious Evolution: https://www.jenhowk.com/ Order Truth Be Told e-book: https://jenhowk.gumroad.com/l/truthbetold Join the Collective Unconscious: http://collective.jenhowk.com/ Dr. Jen Howk YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/jenhowkAK

    1h14min
  5. VP#108: Going Deep with ASAP Founder Dr. Faraz Harsini! Life, Liberty, & Abandonment of the Pursuit of Happiness?

    20/12/2024

    VP#108: Going Deep with ASAP Founder Dr. Faraz Harsini! Life, Liberty, & Abandonment of the Pursuit of Happiness?

    As we close out the year, it's a great time to reflect on values, priorities, and purpose. If you've been feeling uncertain or lost about the importance of your vegan activism, I hope that you find this week's episode with Dr. Faraz Harsini, founder of Allied Scholars for Animal Protection (ASAP), as grounding, centering, and urgent as I did. Dr. Faraz Harsini is a Food System Biomedical Scientist. As the founder and CEO of Allied Scholars for Animal Protection (ASAP), he is leading efforts to build infrastructure in universities to protect both human and non-human animals. He is also a Senior Scientist at the Good Food Institute, the largest nonprofit dedicated to transforming the food system to animal-free foods. Dr. Harsini holds a BSc in Chemical Engineering, focusing on environmental research and nanobiotechnology, an MSc in cancer research, and a PhD in Cell Physiology and Molecular Biophysics. He is also a Diplomate of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine (ACLM). Previously, he worked in biopharmaceutical companies, leading drug development and discovery for diseases like cancer, influenza, COVID-19, and other zoonotic diseases. His dedication to animal advocacy has earned him numerous awards, including an NIH award and a Student Leadership award for his vegan advocacy. Through ASAP, Dr. Harsini empowers students, promotes plant-based nutrition and alternatives to animal testing in universities and medical schools, expands animal and environmental protection on college campuses, and helps dining halls transition to plant-based menus. He is committed to creating a more compassionate and sustainable world. Every year, Dr. Harsini lectures at many top universities, educating students on the benefits of a plant-based diet in mitigating climate change, reducing the risk of zoonotic diseases and antibiotic resistance, promoting sustainable food production, and protecting animals and the environment. Resources: Follow Dr. Faraz Harsini and his work to end animal suffering ASAP: Website: https://www.alliedscholars.org/ Instagram: www.instagram.com/dr_faraz_harsini/ https://www.instagram.com/alliedscholars/ YouTube: faraz_harsini/www.youtube.com/c/ X: https://x.com/DrFarazHarsini Help make vegan novel Marrying Myself an Amazon bestseller! https://www.amazon.com/Marrying-Myself-Christine-Melanie-Benson/dp/1685130763 VP SPECIAL EPISODE: Who Stole My Bitcoin? ⁠https://open.spotify.com/episode/7IgEuqMdGK1y4w67Uzt9eA?si=m1yRPn2sTQeab3zK50Ogog⁠

    1h11min
  6. VP#107: A Vegan World by 2026? Dr. Sailesh Rao Is Doing His Job to Make It Happen!

    13/12/2024

    VP#107: A Vegan World by 2026? Dr. Sailesh Rao Is Doing His Job to Make It Happen!

    First and foremost, help make the vegan novel Marrying Myself an Amazon bestseller! Buy copies for all your family and friends and leave a STELLAR review ***** - it's our best way of normalizing veganism through the arts! Buy Marrying Myself on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Marrying-Myself-Christine-Melanie-Benson/dp/1685130763 Christine Melanie Benson website: https://christinemelaniebenson.com/ Got guest suggestions or questions for our monthly Posse Talk with Jen Howk? Email veganposse.email@gmail.com This week's episode: Dr. Sailesh Rao is the Founder and Executive Director of Climate Healers, a non-profit dedicated to healing the Earth’s climate. He is an environmentalist by occupation and systems engineer by profession. He invented the protocol for transforming early analog internet connections to more robust digital connections, while accelerating their speed ten-fold. Any data accessed on the internet likely passed through a device implementing this protocol. Dr. Sailesh Rao is also a Human, Earth and Animal Liberation (HEAL) activist. He promised his granddaughter that the world will be largely Vegan before she turns 16 in 2026, so that people will stop eating her relatives, the animals. With people like him advocating for the vegan cause, we just might have a shot at making that happen. Resources: Facebook: @climatehealers Youtube: @climatehealer Twitter: @climatehealers Web: https://climatehealers.org

    1h11min

  7. 06/12/2024

    VP#106: Lightning, Love, and Not Getting Over It with Helga Tacreiter, Founder of The Cow Sanctuary and Author of Children's Book “Harvey and the Lightning Herd"

    In this one-of-a-kind episode, the Vegan Posse returns to its podcast roots with a special audio only episode. If you think you’ve heard some incredible stories about the lengths that people will go to help animals, trust me, you haven’t heard a story like this! With an uncanny ability to make things happen, never give up, and tap into near-miraculous levels of serendipity, Helga Tacreiter not only saved a group of calves who survived a lightning struck that killed their mothers but went on found a sanctuary called The Cow Sanctuary for these any a host of other animals in need of a home. She wrote a children’s book about her experience called Harvey and the Lightning Herd. Enjoy this conversation with the lovely Helga Tacreiter! Resources: The Cow Sanctuary website: https://thecowsanctuary.org/ Buy Harvey and the Lightning Herd – PETA: https://shop.peta.org/harvey-and-the-lightning-herd.html Buy Harvey and the Lightning Herd – Amazon:  https://www.amazon.com/Harvey-Lightning-Herd-Helga-Tacreiter/dp/B0DK1TZ6R3 Chrissy Benson website: https://christinemelaniebenson.com/ Buy THE vegan anti-romance romance, Marrying Myself: https://www.amazon.com/Marrying-Myself-Christine-Melanie-Benson/dp/1685130763 The Jungle by Upton Sinclair: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/140 Got questions for Posse Talk with Jen Howk? Email veganposse.email@gmail.com

    1h16min

  8. 28/11/2024

    VP#105: Posse Talk with Jen Howk! The Holiday Hot Mess, the Pet Problem, and Tips for for Getting through with Grace (or at Least Not Totally Losing It)

    It's coming up on that special time of year - good-special in some ways, frustrating-special in others, especially if you're a vegan. We're releasing this month's Posse Talk with Jen Howk a few days early, to give you that extra-special vegan boost going into Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year's, and all the winter holidays. Enjoy this episode of Posse Talk with Jen Howk! Resources: Dr. Jen Howk website: https://www.jenhowk.com/ Dr. Jen Howk membership group, The Collective Unconscious: https://collective.jenhowk.com/feed Truth Be Told by Dr. Jen Howk: https://www.jenhowk.com/truth/ Christine Melanie Benson website: https://christinemelaniebenson.com/ THE vegan anti-romance romance, Marrying Myself by Christine Melanie Benson: https://www.amazon.com/Marrying-Myself-Christine-Melanie-Benson/dp/1685130763 The Good Whale podcast series about Keiko the whale: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/podcasts/serial-good-whale.html The Vegan by Andrew Lipstein: https://www.amazon.com/Vegan-Novel-Andrew-Lipstein/dp/0374606587

    1h8min
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As a vegan, do you ever feel like you're living in a parallel universe? If so, you're not alone! We interview vegans from around the globe who, like you, are living lives of integrity and compassion, with an eye toward justice. Through their personal stories, you'll come to that you're not an outlier; in fact, you're part of an entire posse of individuals who aren't just keeping the peace, they're creating it through their food choices and beyond. You won't be saddling up, but you're in for the ride of your life! Welcome to the Vegan Posse.

Informações

  • Criado por
    Chrissy Benson
  • Anos de atividade
    2022 - 2025
  • Episódios
    125
  • Classificação
    Explícito
  • Copyright
    © Chrissy Benson
  • Site do podcast
    Vegan Posse

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