Books, Websites, Podcasts, and More
Books
- Main Street Vegan by Victoria Moran — A lively, accepting overview of every aspect of vegan eating and living from a veteran vegan author and podcaster.
- How Not to Die by Michael Greger, MD — The plant-based diet made practical. How Not to Die addresses the effect of evidenced-based nutrition on the leading causes of death.
- Vegan for Life by Jack Norris, RD and Virginia Messina, MPH, RD – One of the clearest and most accessible books on vegan nutrition. You can listen to my interview with Virginia Messina in episode 130 of The Vedge Your Best podcast.
- Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows by Melanie Joy, PhD – How our cultural conditioning leads to having some animals as friends, others as food or objects, and how to practice awareness. Check out episode 111 of The Vedge Your Best podcast to hear my interview with Dr. Melanie Joy.
- Eat for the Planet by Nil Zacharias and Gene Stone – a pocket-sized easy read on the very complex topic of climate change, global pollution, and the animal agriculture connection.
- The Joyful Vegan by Colleen Patrick-Goudreau – A warm but specific invitation to veganism that has influenced so many to lean into increased compassion. Colleen was my guest on Episode 124 of The Vedge Your Best Podcast. Check it out!
- How to Love Animals in a Human Shaped World by Henry Mance, chief features writer at the Financial Times of London. You can listen to my interview with Henry Mance on episode 86 of The Vedge Your Best podcast.
- Vegan Art by Tommy Kane – A contemporary exploration of vegan themes, protest, and activism by visual artists. Check out my chat with Tommy Kane in episode 115 of the Vedge Your Best podcast.
- Better Than Happy with Jody Moore
- The Tara Brach Podcast
- Plant Yourself with Howard Jacobson
- The Vegetarian Zen podcast with Vickie Velasquez and Larissa Galenes
- The Compassion & Cucumbers podcast
- How I Vegan podcast