Episodes
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NZVP Ep. 151 - In favour of sterilizaion
Listen HERE This is the article I mentioned about pets: https://www.abolitionistapproach.com/pets-the-inherent-problems-of-domestication/ Please read it. This is a link to the famous debate with Erik Marcus, highly recommended listen:...
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NZVP Ep. 150 - Another "victory" that wasn't
Listen HERE Thanks for listening.
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NZVP Ep. 149 - on engendering hostility
Listen HERE This is the podcast episode I was interviewed on that I mentioned: https://alwaysforanimalrights.blogspot.com/2020/11/episode-43-why-animal-rights-advocates.html Thanks for listening
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NZVP Ep. 148 - Kia kaha and be safe and remember - don't compromise the moral message no matter what
Listen HERE Thanks for listening, sorry about the terrible sound quality and thanks for listening.
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NZVP Ep. 147 - Happy Abolitionist Approach Vegan New Year 2020
Listen HERE Thanks for listening If you hear a sound like angry bees it's the car racing that happens near my house all summer long :/ Sorry about the noise. Happy New Year
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NZVP Ep. 146 - lets bring it back to the moral personhood of all animals
Listen HERE Here is a link to Animals as Persons - please read it!: http://cup.columbia.edu/book/animals-as-persons/9780231139502 Here is the facebook page of the Abolitionist Vegan Weekly Tabling with Vanda Kadas and Mariana Landeros Corona:...
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ZVP Ep. 145 - DXE has officially come to NZ. Great.
Listen HERE Here we are at the new and improved easy-to-manage street stall. Thanks to Jeff for designing the tablecloth. We are back!!!!!!!!
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NZVP Episode 144 Special guest Jeff Lyons from the NZ Vegan Street Stall
Listen HERE Thanks so much to Jeff for coming on the show and for being my fellow street stall advocate! Thanks for listening.
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NZVP Ep. 143 - New Years Resolution - Be More Social
Listen HERE Here is a link to the Webinars I mentioned: LINK HERE Here is the one that I think they really talk a lot about the issue that I am talking about in this episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4-28gwQYTc
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NZVP Ep. 142 - Domestication Issues
Listen HERE Sorry about all the popped 'p's - I had the mic in a bad place. I used to edit them out in pro tools but I hate Garageband and that's all I've got, I don't know how to use it properly to do cross fades. Sorry, it must sound awful in headphones. Please forgive me. Thanks
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NZVP Ep.141 - getting back out there again and managing insecurities fear and paranoia and conditioning
Listen HERE Wow. I was sheltered for so long at my job. This is getting back out into the real world and I am finding out again about all my limitations and the things holding me back (myself, basically). It's a painful look in the mirror but worth doing. Here is Peggy's video from The World…
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NZVP Ep. 140 - Yes, I do want to discourage you from single issue activism and welfarist activism
Listen HERE Here is the podcast with Wayne Hsiung, Gary Francione and Bob Linden http://www.goveganradio.com/go-vegan-radio-615/ - the discussion occurs starting at about 36 minutes into the show. Here is the ever important, historical, monumental must listen debate between Erik Marcus and Gary...
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NZVP Ep. 139 - Happy New Year 2018
Listen HERE So this is a confessional with a New Year's resolution attached. Here is a link to the saved recordings of the Webinar videos with Gary Francione and Anna Charlton - the one called Advocate For Animals is the latest one but they are all worth a watch. You can also sign up to see them...
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NZVP Ep.138 - Abolish Welfarism!
Listen HERE Apologies for bad sound quality and no music, it is FREEZING here and I don't have my heater and so I am just in bed rugged up and I am only getting out of bed to get food or cups of tea. Too cold!!! So I just recorded this on my phone in bed. Luxury of modern life I am very lucky....
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NZVP Ep. 137 - Help
Listen HERE Here is that debate between Gary Francione and Dario Ringach that I talked about http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/debate-the-use-of-nonhuman-animals-in-biomedical-research-a-moral-justification/ Here is the video of the debate. The sound is TERRIBLE someone didn't turn off their…
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NZVP Ep.136 - Dedicated to Scooter the mouse. Be an abolitionist vegan and don't give up.
Listen HERE Thanks for listening
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NZVP EP.135 - Happy New Year 2017
Listen HERE Here is a photo of Puss Cat, rescued and safe and finally in a forever home, inside and cared for properly. She will be safe there, and receive all the medical attention she needs, I am very grateful to everyone who saved her xxxx Here is a photo of Truc and Me and Jeff doing the…
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NZVP Ep. 134 - Abolitionist Vegan Education is not limited to nonvegans
Listen HERE Here is that amazing video that I beg you to watch that has the 'burning house scenario' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rChElJ4CjhY Get Eat Like You Care: http://www.eatlikeyoucarebook.com Read Gary Franciones BOOKS!!!!!: http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/books/
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NZVP Ep.133 - Exposes and loyalty to them. Also, a tribute to Bubbles the mouse. R.I.P little one.
Listen HERE This is about "Exposés" I couldn't put the accent on the "e" in the title because feedburner rejects it for some reason and the podcast won't work. Here is the story I was talking about re: my experience with a PeTA video:...
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NZVP Ep.132 - 'The Earthlings Experience' and similar new activism (or is it really new..?)
Listen HERE Please check out the Six Principles of the Abolitionist Approach to Animal Rights: http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/about/the-six-principles-of-the-abolitionist-approach-to-animal-rights/ Please read ALL Gary Francione and Anna Charltons' books:...
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NZVP Ep.131 - Street stalls: a vegan oasis
Listen HERE Here is the must see video which I want to present to people if I ever get the chance to get enough people in a room willing to watch it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rChElJ4CjhY Thanks for listening
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NZVP Ep.130 - Domestication must die! and same goes for SICs
Listen HERE here is the debate between Gary Francione and Bruce Friedrich at the North American Animal Welfarist conference in 2013 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJ1qFdR1cHA Here is the debate about SICs I mentioned: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRHr5bwNvLA Here is the FANTASTIC new book by...
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NZVP Ep. 129 - Welfarist obfuscation strikes again
Listen HERE Here is the article I talked about: https://humaneleaguelabs.wordpress.com/2015/09/20/report-is-animal-cruelty-or-purity-abolitionist-messaging-more-effective/ Here is the link to all of Gary Francione's books please read them ALL: http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/books/ Here is…
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NZVP Ep.128 - baking soda rocks and trolling the trolls
Listen HERE Here is the link to the Vegan For Life podcast I mentioned from Nícolas Noriê http://plainsfm.org.nz/programme/vegan-life/ Here is a link to the article I was trolled and trolling on (I wasn't really intended to troll per se and I don't think what I was doing classifies as trolling…
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NZVP Ep.127 VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN!!!!! By hook or by crook we are going to end the misrepresentation of this word
Listen HERE VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN VEGAN…
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NZVP Ep.126 - treatment treatment treatment
Listen HERE or here here is the documentary on abortion that I mentioned: https://archive.org/details/when_abortion_was_illegal Here is the link to that thread I mentioned on the Abolitionist Approach Facebook Page...
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NZVP Ep.125 - random stuff
Listen HERE or here: thanks for listening :)
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NZVP Ep.124 - Happy Vegan New Year 2015
Listen HERE Or here: Key word: Focus! Here is the song I mentioned - it's very beautiful and sad, but more beautiful than sad. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=by0xnJStass Here is the poster I mentioned of the pigs: Here is information about the plastic gyres in the ocean I mentioned:...
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NZVP Ep. 123 - there is no such thing as "Ahimsa" cow's milk
Listen HERE I am reluctantly putting a link to the FAQ I talked about although I dislike even promoting their site at all: http://www.ahimsamilk.org/faq/ This is the photo of the little bull with the ring in their nose on the Facebook page that I talked about:...
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NZVP Ep. 122 - tales from a damp and noisy street stall, and Gary Francione - the voice of our conscience
Listen HERE Here is the CNN interview: http://edition.cnn.com/video/?/video/bestoftv/2014/10/04/smerconish-cat-kicked-10042014.cnn&video_referrer=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.abolitionistapproach.com%2Fandre-robinson-king-confused-thinking-animal-ethics%2F Here is the NY Times article:...
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NZVP Ep.121 - first winter street stall and the disintegration of The Vegan Society
Listen HERE Here is the link to the Vegan Printer: www.veganprinter.com Here is links to heaps of the articles and Facebook postings about The Vegan Society debacle: THE "VEGAN" SOCIETY WITHDRAWS "THERE, WE SAID IT. YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE VEGAN." - Facebook post about the 'rebrand' and the changes...
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NZVP Ep.120 - Why I oppose SAFE's 'ban factory farming' campaign
Listen HERE Here is the link to the Facebook thread: https://www.facebook.com/NZVegan/posts/532236813544913 It has died down now so I wasn't as time consuming as I thought. Good! Because I plan to do this more often as it needs to be done, as a lot of new vegans get sucked into welfare which is a...
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NZVP Ep.119 - self realisation is painful but necessary
Listen HERE Or here: Here is the link to the article debunking 'reverse racism' that I mentioned and quoted from, *please* read it: http://feminspire.com/why-reverse-racism-isnt-real/ Here is the link to the articles on the modern feminist movement that I mentioned, I especially learned a lot…
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NZVP Ep.118 - my first vegan party!!!
Listen HERE Or here: Here is the link to Kaiaroha Nut Cheeses who also do the Vegan Deli at the Parnell Farmers Market: http://www.kaiaroha.co.nz Here is the link to La Noix Vegan Cake Shop: http://lanoixvegancake.com/Home/Cakes Here are the photos! I couldn't get decent ones of the food because…
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NZVP Ep. 117 - work conundrums
***NOTE: I AM NO LONGER AFFILIATED WITH OR SUPPORT TAVS Listen HERE Or here: Thanks for listening. Feel free to share any great vegan gluten free ginger cake recipes for my mother's birthday cake :) Here is the link to the clip about Muhammed Ali's Poem "Me, We" -something which should be the...
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NZVP Ep.116 - Veganism is EASY
Listen HERE Or here: ***NOTE: I AM NO LONGER AFFILIATED WITH OR SUPPORT TAVS
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NZVP Ep. 115 - Please stop making people feel better about exploiting others
Listen HERE Or here: ***NOTE: I AM NO LONGER AFFILIATED WITH OR SUPPORT TAVS This is the quote from Gary Francione I mentioned: "To believe in a principle of justice and promote that principle clearly is not be "angry." That term is simply a way of putting the principle down by not focusing on…
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NZVP Ep.114 Special Guests Gary Francione and Anna Charlton, the authors of Eat Like You Care!
Listen HERE Or here Please go to this link to get a copy of Eat Like You Care: www.eatlikeyoucarebook.com Just read some of these amazing reviews so you get an idea how profoundly this book is helping people: http://www.eatlikeyoucarebook.com/what-people-are-saying.html Abolitionist Approach...
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NZVP EP. 113 -UPDATE: I AM NO LONGER AFFILIATED WITH TAVS
***NOTE: I AM NO LONGER AFFILIATED WITH OR SUPPORT TAVS Listen HERE or here:
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NZVP Ep.112 - UPDATE: WE ARE NO LONGER AFFILIATED WITH TAVS AND THERE IS NO NZ TAVS CHAPTER
Listen HERE or here ***NOTE: WE ARE NO LONGER AFFILIATED WITH OR SUPPORT TAVS
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NZVP Ep.111 - What's in a name? Nothing, as it turns out.
Listen HERE or here ***NOTE: I AM NO LONGER AFFILIATED WITH OR SUPPORT TAVS Here are some photos of Tuainekore at the stall at Waitakere (we had SUCH a GREAT DAY): Here is the link to that awful status update I ranted and raved about for an hour lol:...
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NZVP Ep. 110 -Update about long lost Duffy the cat.
Listen HERE ***NOTE: I AM NO LONGER AFFILIATED WITH OR SUPPORT TAVS
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NZ Vegan Episode 109 - on being a smart educator
listen HERE sorry it's so all over the place Here is the article I read from: Making a Mockery of Gandhi Here is the poster I mentioned: here is the Abolitionist Approach Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/abolitionistapproach
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NZVP Ep. 108
Listen HERE Relevant quote: "The fact that people won't go vegan immediately does not mean that we should ever promote anything less than veganism as morally okay. We ought always to be clear that if animals matter morally, we cannot justify consuming them. If someone who cares about animals…
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NZVP Ep. 107 - Stall stories from the first week of Spring 2013.
Listen HERE ***NOTE: I AM NO LONGER AFFILIATED WITH OR SUPPORT TAVS Here is the article I spoke about: Enabling Exploitation Here is one of the discussions on Gary Francione's facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/abolitionistapproach/posts/647496038603487 Oh and you HAVE to read this…
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NZVP Ep.106 - Don't get participation in animal slavery mixed up with involuntary harm
Listen HERE ***NOTE: I AM NO LONGER AFFILIATED WITH OR SUPPORT TAVS Here is the facebook post I wrote: "Anyone who thinks there is no moral difference between, say, driving a car or taking public transport in vehicles that to our dismay may contain animal by-products, and for example eating a…
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NZVP Ep. 105 - The Abolitionist/Welfarist Debate goes live
Listen HERE ***NOTE: I AM NO LONGER AFFILIATED WITH OR SUPPORT TAVS Here is the link to Gary Francione's Plenary Speech: http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/my-plenary-talk-audio-at-the-animal-rights-2013-national-conference/#.Ud_0PBZD38t There is also a link to the audio from the debate in the...
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NZVP Ep 104 - Street Stall evidence of the paradigm shifting. ***NOTE: I AM NO LONGER AFFILIATED WITH OR SUPPORT TAVS
***NOTE: I AM NO LONGER AFFILIATED WITH OR SUPPORT TAVS Listen HERE This is the essay I mentioned: Revolution of the Heart Quote from the essay: "The abolition of animal exploitation requires a paradigm shift. It requires that we reject violence at its most fundamental level. It requires a...
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NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 103 - Please don't link veganism with animal welfare
Listen HERE Things I mentioned: My podcast episode about being unequivocal: http://nzveganpodcast.blogspot.co.nz/2010/06/nz-vegan-podcast-episode-57-key-word-is.html Article I mentioned from the Abolitionist Approach website: Veganism: Just Another Way of Reducing Suffering or a Fundamental...
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NZ Vegan Podcast Episode 102 - This is a MORAL issue
Listen HERE Welcome back to the continuing series of NZ Vegan Podcast! My final episode was not my final episode after all :) This episode I address the one of the common issues arising from the dialogue about vegan advocacy, specifically those who say it is preferable to concentrate on the…
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