This episode is named for the important (and yet comedic) documentary about animal experimentation, focusing on pharma and product testing. Filmmakers Journey Zephyr and Keegan Kuhn, with Aysha Aktar, MD, MPH, join Victoria to get us clear on this issue (and explain how such a somber subject than make such a funny movie).

Contacts:

Website: https://howtomakedrugsfilm.com (You can watch the film on this site and Vimeo; more streaming options are coming. The website also has an opportunity for you to sponsor a screening in your area.)

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/p/How-To-Make-Drugs-61558510942256/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/howtomakedrugs/#

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@howtomakedrugs

A family tragedy led board-certified nutritionist Terri Chrisman to take on chronic disease and fight that battle in the kitchen. Her methodology and her bestselling book, Fabulous Health: A Simple Plan to Get Well and Stay Well, are based on the 6 Pillars of a Healthy Lifestyle, codified by the American College of Lifestyle Medicine.

Book: Fabulous Health: A Simple Plan to Get Well and Stay Well

Website: https://fabuloushealth.net

Facebook: https://facebook.com/fabuloushealthtlc

Instagram: https://instagram.com/fabuloushealthtlc

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fabuloushealth/

Melanie Kaplan was not an expert on animal use in research until she adopted a beagle who had been a test subject. Investigation opened her eyes and her journalist's cred opened doors into the hidden world of breeding and using beagles for biomedical research, drug and product testing, and education. Her book takes readers behind lab doors and into conversations with researchers, activists, ethicists, vets, and lawmakers.

Website: https://melaniedgkaplan.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/melanie.d.kaplan/

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/melanie-d-g-kaplan-9a97a7

National Health Assn. Historian Dr. Jeanne Schumacher regales with tales of the dissident docs and nature nerds of the 19th and early 20th centuries who got the plant-based ball rolling. Her fascinating stories put health-promoting, animal-free food choices in a historic context: it's not a fad, it's not a trend, it's evolution.

Websites:

https://www.simplyplantbased.net (guest)

https://healthscience.org (Nat'l Health Assn.)

Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/SimplyPlantBased

Instagram:

@DrJSchumacher

On the front lines for animals with The Humane Farming Association for decades, Eisnitz weaves a compelling tale of the horrors of factory farms and slaughterhouses -- as well as a gripping medical mystery as she seeks a diagnosis for a rare visual processing disorder -- in Out of Sight: An Undercover Investigator's Fight for Animal Rights and Her Own Survival. [Note: If you have trouble hearing about the harsh reality of animals in agriculture, tune in at the 25-minute mark when that part of the conversation has passed.]

Website: https://www.gaileisnitz.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gaileisnitz/

Facebook: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gail-eisnitz-20a9889b/

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/gail-eisnitz-20a9889b

Jessika Ava of Thrive Philanthropy shares her engaging history of showing up for other-than-human beings in a variety of venues before starting her own organization that supports pro-animal endeavors around the world. Learn where the work is happening, where it's needed most, and how everyone at every income level can be part of the groundswell.

Website: https://www.thrivephilanthropy.org/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61566414500261

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thrive_africa_/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/thrivephilanthropy/

Tess Challis joins to talk about her 9th cookbook, Food Joy, coauthored with her adult daughter, a lifelong vegan. The conversation moves to vegan spirituality, the current state of being vegan in America, and the great respite of meditation.

Food Joy book

Website: https://www.tesschallis.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tesschallis/

Instagram: @Tess Challis

Tess's wonderful guided meditation on YouTube

Vegan entrepreneur, YouTuber, mother of twins, and wife of mega-comic Jeff Dunham, today's guest is the author of Vegan Christmas Cookies & Cocoa and Vegan Thanksgiving Dinner & Pies. In this episode, Audrey dishes on life balance, celebrity, and raising (and feeding) vegan kids IRL.

Audrey's website

Autumn Sons Baking Company -- delectable vegan and gluten-free cookie mixes

Book: Vegan Christmas: Cookies & Cocoa

Book: Vegan Thanksgiving Dinner & Pies

Audrey's Facebook

Audrey's Instagram

Jeff's autobiography: All My Selves: Walter, Peanut, Achmed and Me

Jeff's website and tour dates