Arzone (animal Rights Zone) Podcasts

Episode 57 features history professor, author, and vegan advocate James McWilliams. Prof. McWilliams speaks with us about the sustainable agriculture/locavore movement, the controversy surrounding Green Mountain College's decision to slaughter the two oxen Bill and Lou, the divisions and disagreements within the movement, the parallels between the "animal movement and the movement to abolish

Episode 55 features activist and writer, Ed Coffin. Ed speaks with ARZone about his Free Speech battle with the city of Philadelphia, his grassroots activism, the HSUS/UEP deal regarding egg-laying hens, racism in the AR movement and more. Audio podcast, approx. 47 mins.   Ed, who received his degree from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, is a registered dietitian and

Episode 54: ARZone welcomes back special guest Dr. Andrew Knight. Andrew speaks with ARZone about his work making schools of veterinary medicine aware of methods and procedures that respect the lives of other animals, he answers some questions regarding the health and diets of cats and dogs, and he tells about the incredible vegan endurance events he's participated. Audio podcast, approx 59

Episode 51 features special guest Greg McFarlane.   Greg McFarlane is the president of the Vegan Society of New South Wales, a community-based, non-profit organisation founded in 1981 in Southeastern Australia. In this ARZone Podcast, Greg talks about the challenges of creating a national advocacy organization, the core influences that affect the "life cycle of a vegan", single-issue campaigns

Episode 52 features special guest, Dr. Melanie Joy. Dr. Joy is a social psychologist, a professor of psychology and sociology, and a celebrated speaker who has spent many years researching the psychology of eating meat, systems of oppression and strategic social change. Running time approx. 53 minutes. Melanie is the author of two books Strategic Action for Animals as well as Why We Love Dogs,

This time the ARZone team are joined by grassroots activist from Animal Liberation Action, Brandon Becker. Brandon speaks about his time at PeTA and why he left the organisation, the formation of his grassroots group, their activities, and their aims. He also considers whether there remains a place for many of the large national animal advocacy groups in the age of internet and comments on

ARZone Podcast #40 features special guest Cameron Blewett, a vegan advocate from Brisbane, Australia, who, after spending many years as an avid hunter, has now been vegan for almost 20 years! Cameron served in the Australian Army Reserves and has also advocated for the rights of workers within the Trade Union Movement.  He is a keen writer  (see here). Most recently Cam has made the decision

In this episode ARZone admins Carolyn Bailey, Ronnie Lee and Tim Gier talk about how veganism can be more or less difficult for different people depending on how all the various aspects of life intersect. We also talk about how the different needs of each person ought to be considered in our outreach and advocacy. Finally, we talk about the benefits and drawbacks of using the internet for

Ronnie Lee, founder of the Animal Liberation Front talks about how he is still identified with the ALF, what he thinks about the role of direct action in the movement for other animals, and how he believes that progress depends on education an political involvement. You may also listen H E R E  or visit this webpage to subscribe using iTunes, and please  remember to visit ARZone on the web

In this episode, the ARZone admins discuss the subject of Alliance Politics.  In recent ARZone podcasts and online interviews, various members of the global social justice movement for other animals have spoken about whether those of us in the movement need to align ourselves with those in other social movements.  The question is, would our working with other movements help those movements, at

In the first in a series, Ronnie Lee interviews long time UK activist Kevin White about when and why he became vegan and how he now advocates on behalf of other animals. Ronnie is then joined by ARZone founder Carolyn Bailey and admin Tim Gier in a discussion of Kevin's interview. You may also listen H E R E, or visit this webpage to subscribe using iTunes, and please remember to visit

ARZone Podcast Episode 39 features special guest Dr. Anthony J. Nocella II, award-winning author, educator, and community organizer, and professor at Hamline University in the School of Education in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Anthony is the co-founder and Executive Director of the Institute for Critical Animal Studies. He’s published more than 10 books including - as co-editor - Terrorists or

Episode 50 features special guest Bob Linden.   Bob Linden, is the host of GO VEGAN Radio, a one hour talk radio programme accessible via download, live-stream and free podcast as well as weekly on US broadcast radio in California.  In this ARZone Podcast, Bob talks about his radio show, the events, promotions, organizations and other forms of vegan outreach he conducts, the problems he sees

This time the ARZone team are joined by Dino Sarma, cook, podcaster, vegan educator, and all-round good (vegan) egg. Dino Sarma is the author of Alternative Vegan: International Vegan Fare Straight From the Produce Aisle, which is a vegan cookbook based solely on produce. Dino focuses on cooking simply, inexpensively and with an East Indian influence. Dino produces popular podcasts, in which he

Episode 23 features Dr. David Sztybel. David has been a vegan since 1988 and talks about his evolving philosophy in the field of animal ethics, how a genuine interest in the concept of ahimsa has been an influence in his life, his interest in normative sociology, his journey to veganism, and his vision for the future. You may also LISTEN HERE. There were one or two technical difficulties

Episode 22 features long-time British activist Lynne Yates. Lynne, a vegan since the late 1970s, has been a science teacher for many years, an education adviser to a local authority, and has worked in Southern Sudan. In the 1980s, she was the National Secretary of The Campaign for the Prevention of Cruelty by Angling (which, when she joined, had a membership of about 5 people!) and, as a

The ARZone team are joined by political theorist Professor Robert Garner, author of Animals, Politics and Morality, the Political Theory of Animal Rights, and Animal Ethics, and co-author with some other guy of The Animal Rights Debate: Abolition or Regulation. You may also :ISTEN HERE.

Episode 20 features Gary Smith, author of the blogThe Thinking Vegan, who speaks about ways to campaign against vivisection. You may also LISTEN HERE.

In our last podcast, ARZone interviewed Bruce Friedrich from Farm Sanctuary. In this episode, the ARZone team chat about issues that seemed to us to arise from Bruce Friedrich's podcast. You may also LISTEN HERE. Extra, Extra, hear all about it. A few minutes cut from the main podcast. Or LISTEN HERE.

Episode 15 features Bruce Friedrich of Farm Sanctuary. Bruce Friedrich recently left PeTA after 15 years working there. The ARZone team were interested to discover the reason for the move, and to explore issues about "farm animal" welfare, his film editing, and his veganism. We experienced a thunderstorm during the recording which accounts for the abrupt ending as well as for the less than