Plantriotic Podcast

I never thought I would meet a fellow yogi, organic gardener, millennial who also biked across the United States...but I did! As a recent graduate from NYU with a degree in both dance and animals studies, Naomi wanted to take an adventure that would allow her to inspire people while also learning about the world, people and how to make a difference towards healing our planet. Naomi built a small team of fellow vegan friends to cycle coast to coast across the US as low-waste vegans. They documented their journey day by day on their blog 'TrashFreeWay' where you can find pictures and journal entries of their entire journey from start to finish. Naomi is a passionate vegan activist who is currently living in Berkeley California and working on a local farm called Urban Adamah which provides free fresh food to those in need around the Berkeley community. CONNECT WITH NAOMI: TrashFreeWay.com Meat Me (one of Naomi's choreographies) The Liberation Pledge    

As a podcaster, I couldn't skip the opportunity of taking a radio journalism class from NPR's Weekend Edition senior producer Peter Breslow. Peter took a month off from work last year to teach at Colorado College, and back this year for a second time, it looks like his class will become an annual CC tradition. His class was one of the most valuable and entertaining courses I have taken during my college experience. Peter has reported and produced from around the country and the world from Mt. Everest to the South Pole. During his career he has covered military conflicts in a half dozen countries, had his microphone splattered with rattlesnake venom and played hockey underwater. Over the years, Breslow has been honored with three Overseas Press Club awards: 1989 for Homecoming: Return to Vietnam, 1998 for Israel at 50 and 1999 for NPR's Kosovo Coverage. Among his other awards are a share of the 2002 duPont-Columbia Award for NPR's coverage of 9/11 and the war in Afghanistan; and the 2003 duPont-Columbia Awar

Ask me anything...and I will answer. Topics in this Q&A: -Weight gain on high carb vegan diet -Zero waste vs. Vegan -How to love your omnivore friends -How to transition from raw to cooked vegan -My experience with plant-medicines -Vegan careers -Pet ownership as a vegan VlogBrothers Why Vegetarians Are Annoying: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwKrtNr76BM Go to Plantriotic.com for T-Shirts, Stickers, Coaching, Recipes, Videos and more!

  My guests today are two of the most qualified individuals to start cohosting a plant-based nutrition, athletics and sustainability podcast. Their new show is called Thought For Food. Jackson Long is a college student at CU Boulder studying human physiology, he is an elite cyclist/endurance athlete as a vegan, and has recovered from both an eating and exercise disorder in his recent past. Aaron, his good friend and cohost, is a plant-based registered cardiac nurse, also a endurance athlete, and he is a new father to a healthy vegan child. The podcast and social media worlds are saturated with a variety or channels and shows that frequently discuss the same list of topics based on experience and word of mouth. But considering the vast array of information these two guys have on the topics we are all interested in, the Thought For Food podcast has the chance to be a groundbreaking show that discusses evidence based theories and solutions to truly optimizing our health, fitness and environmental footprint. No

I believe the vegan movement is largely too apolitical and under informed regarding political issues. We talk about recipes, animal rights, health science, but not enough about political philosophy. In this episode I discuss with my brother, a self identifying democratic libertarian anarchist, the history of the military industrial complex, the war on terror in the United States, the current US presidential election campaigns, and much more. Eisenhower Military Industrial Complex Drew's Instagram: @antifascistphonecam Listen on iTunes and leave a review! Follow @Plantriotic on Instagram, YouTube and SnapChat! Sponsor the Plantriotic Podcast

Setting new years resolutions is not for everyone. For some it can be a path towards a very positive and successful year while others can turn a failed resolution into an excuse for feeling sorry for themselves. The pros and cons of goal setting are complex. On one hand trying to plan and create expectations and goals can take you out of the present moment of feeling grateful for the simple things you already have, while on the other hand resolutions like practicing meditation can be the tool that allows you to be more present and grateful. My tips for setting new years resolutions, if you choose to do so, are to keep them short and focused, don't take them so seriously because slipping up once in a while is inevitable, and most important balance you self oriented goals like body, business or relationship goals with service oriented goals like being less judgmental and helping those in need more often. Listen on iTunes and leave a review! Follow @Plantriotic on Instagram, YouTube and SnapChat! Sponsor the

I will be the first to admit that people, myself included, take food too seriously sometimes. While food is a powerful tool that should be understood and appreciated, putting food on too grand a pedestal can lead a certain type of person down an unhealthy and dangerous path. Erik Lamkin is an individual that used food to take control over his body image issues. Growing up overweight and uncomfortable motivated him to learn about weight loss nutrition and change the state of his body. On the journey towards finding a health weight, Erik went too far developing a disorder that pushed him to get skinnier and skinnier, eventually landing Erik in a 60 day rehabilitation center during his college years where he worked in a community with professionals to develop a healthier relationship with food. Since overcoming the brunt of his condition, Erik has been able to blossom into an elite cyclist, positive motivator for young adults dealing with anorexia, and has also blown the minds of hundreds of thousands of peopl

Plantriotic Podcast's Greatest Hits of 2015. Over the past year I have recorded conversations for the podcast that have changed my life. The podcast has opened me up to a community that I consider my family, has allowed me to build relationships with many of my role models, has given me a voice to an audience thousands strong, and has even introduced me to my girlfriend! In honor of closing down the 2015 year, the first full year of the Plantriotic brand, it is time to recap some of the highlight episodes of the podcast thus far. This episode contains excerpts from 10 episodes recorded between November 2014 and December 2015. The guests featured in this episode include: Gene Baur Tal Ronnen Megan Elizabeth Evan Rock and Charles the Love Ambassador Robert Cheeke Michelle Muench Jim Morris Julie Piatt Joshua Katcher and Tim Van Orden My thanks, love, and gratitude goes out to all of you amazing individuals who choose to carve out an hour per week to listen to this show. You keep me going. Listen o

My girlfriend Izzy Davis and I answer your listener questions. Q&A Topics: Vegan Bodybuilding and Arnold Schwarzenegger's comments on "eating less meat" Is it ever too late to go vegan? Vegan pets Living healthy in college and more! CONNECT WITH IZZY AND ME: Izzy's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/izzydsammies Listen on iTunes and leave a review! Follow @Plantriotic on Instagram, YouTube and SnapChat! Sponsor the Plantriotic Podcast

Art is in everyone. Those who say they are "not artistic" have not found their artistic expression...or maybe they have and just don't see their expression as an art. Art can be painting, drawing or creating sculpture, but cleaning the house, singing in the shower or taking intentional measures to grow the biggest most nutrition summer tomato can be your artistic expression too. DJ Cavem Moetavation and his wife Alkemia Earth are O.G.'s (organic gardeners). Ietef (aka DJ Cavem) is a musician, emcee, deejay, award-winning activist, vegan chef, midwife, father, Grammy nominee, and founder of Going Green Living Bling. Ietef spends his days recording new music, speaking to students about plant-based nutrition as medicine, and growing food for his family. DJ Cavem's album The Produce Section is available at djcavem.com and spotify. Alkemia Earth is an artist, visionary, raw vegan chef, healer, speaker, yogini, alchemist, plant-based nutritionist, mother of 5, and founder of Art Of Glo. Together Alkemia and DJ Ca

“How often I found where I should be going only by setting out for somewhere else.” Traveling is an amazing way to experience the world, grow in wisdom and also find out about yourself and what is important to you. Although I am still fairly young, I have traveled all across the United States and world including Indonesia, Vietnam, Cambodia, Japan, Laos, Thailand, Mexico, Canada, England, France and Israel.  While traveling is an amazing gift of self realization and exploration, it can be complicated and daunting if you are a vegan interested in health and fitness. In this episode I address pretty much everything you need to know in order to have a successful vegan traveling experience including how to let waiters know you are vegan anywhere, best foods for air travel, best places to visit as a vegan, difficult places to go as a vegan, how to find vegan meetups and more! Here are some resources to help your vegan traveling experience: VegVoyages.com HappyCow.net Meetup.com GroovinAcrossAmerica.blogspot

Let's be real. The holidays are supposed to be a time of relaxation, community, love, bonding and celebration. But for most people, especially those interested in physical, mental and spiritual self improvement, the holidays can be a stressful time for a multitude of reasons. Families are complicated, your schedule gets disrupted, and how can you possible eat healthy and workout when you are traveling around without a proper kitchen or your normal workout gear? This holiday season is my 4th as a vegan, and over the past few years I have collected some tips and tricks on how to manage the holidays with grace, ease and happiness while not giving up on your health and fitness goals. In this episode I lay out the foundation of how to approach the holidays, as well as answer listener emails about how to deal with people joking, judging and making fun of your evolved lifestyle choices. If you want me to answer your questions on the podcast or have a future podcast topic recommendation email me jackson@plantriotic.

Here are My Top 10 Productivity Life Hacks: 1) Eat a Raw vegan fruit-based breakfast 2) Work at a standing desk 3) Meditate 4) Set a restricted time window for social media 5) Spend less time doing the things you don't care about 6) Exercise daily 7) Use an external hard drive 8) Have an accountability partner 9) Listen to podcasts 10) Go to bed early and wake up early Listen to this episode to hear me talk more in depth about why each of these lifestyle habits allows me to be as productive as possible each day. In addition I answer two listener questions about low carb vegan diets and the healthiest way to balance both yoga and strength training at the same time. If you want me to answer your questions on the podcast or have a future podcast topic recommendation email me jackson@plantriotic.com with the subject title Podcast Q&A or Topic Recommendation. Listen on iTunes and leave a review! Follow @Plantriotic on Instagram, YouTube and SnapChat! Sponsor the Plantriotic Podcast

"Change your heart, change your life, change the planet." The "health" and "vegan" movements together focus too narrowly on diet alone as the one stop habit change to propel you towards optimal health. In reality, health is a much more comprehensive path in which diet plays a key role but still serves as a fraction of the entire process. Even though Tim has¡ been an advocate of a high-fruit, raw foods, vegan diet since 2004, he is famously known for going "beyond the kale" and investigating the emotional and psychological aspects of our lives that can bring us towards improved health. Tim is a pioneer at the Woodstock Fruit Festival, where this conversation was recorded, and also works as an online coach, YouTuber, and competitive athlete. Tim was named "U.S. Masters Runner of the Year", four times, and he's garnered ten U.S. Trail Running Championship titles at 10k, 15k, Half, Marathon, and 50k. In addition, Tim has finished top ten in the world championships of stair climbing, snowshoe racing and mountain

In this unique episode I answer YOUR listener questions! I gathered questions from SnapChat and Instagram and answered them in depth. The topics include: -food combining -drugs and alcohol -weight training -intermittent fasting -vegans who eat honey -animal testing -productivity and motivation -what I would do in life if everyone was already vegan Listen to this episode on iTunes or Plantriotic.com, and make sure to check out the Plantriotic YouTube channel for new Vlogs every Monday, Wednesday and Friday of every week! Listen on iTunes and leave a review! Follow @Plantriotic on Instagram, YouTube and SnapChat! Sponsor the Plantriotic Podcast

Animal agriculture is the number one contributor of green house gas emissions, water use, deforestation, and wild life destruction on our planet. Animal agriculture does not only make food, it also produces clothes from the 6.4 million tonnes of skins and hides produced to make shoes, jackets, belts and handbags. Joshua Katcher is designing the future of fashion by creating high quality and high fashion mens clothing from sustainable, ethical, and long lasting material. In 2008 Joshua started his website and blog called The Discerning Brute where he publishes current events articles on fashion, fitness, masculinity, food and sustainability. The success of his blog led Joshua to start his fashion company called Brave GentleMan comprised of high fashion fancy and business casual menswear. In 2014 Joshua became an adjunct professor of fashion at Parson The New School in NYC where he teaches about the ethics and environmental impact of the fashion industry. Joshua recently opened up a temporary pop up shop in Bro

They lift, they coach, they eat, they rock social media and they love animals. Ed & Holly are the true vegan power couple in every way. These two founded and run the PlantFit Strength gym in Oakland, CA where they train clients and teach classes focused on strength and conditioning. Ed is a certified CrossFit coach, Personal Trainer and Nutrition Coach, and bodybuilding champion. Ed has a fitness background in bodybuilding but recently in his career picked up CrossFit and powerlifting. Ed placed 1st in 2010 at the NPC Bill Pearl High Desert Classic in Middle Weight Bodybuilding and 2nd place out of 24 in Men's Physique at the 2013 INBF Naturally Fit Super Show with the PlantBuilt Muscle Team. In under 2 years Ed has gained over 50lbs of mass and competes to lift as heavy as he can in the big 3...Bench, Squat, and Deadlift. Ed can be followed on Instagram @plantfitxvx Holly is also a certified fitness and nutrition coach. She is a member of the PlantBuilt team, co-hosts the Rise & Resist Podcast and also runs

Want to know what is even more extreme than eating a 100% raw food vegan diet? Not wanting to live at all. Chris Kendall of the TheRawAdvantage.com was not always the happy go lucky raw vegan chef yoga instructor we know him as today. Growing up in Canada Chis suffered from severe depression that affected his social life, family relationships and school work. Deep into the skate boarding scene, Chris developed common youthful habits around junk food and late nights that only made his depression worse. Finally in desperate need of a truly helpful intervention, Chris discovered the power of raw foods and how they were able to change the state of his mental and emotional game. Since feeling the benefits of a low fat raw vegan diet, Chris has devoted his live to helping others succeed on a low fat raw vegan diet to optimize peoples happiness, health and productivity. He has become a Registered Holistic Nutritionist, pioneer at the Woodstock Fruit Festival, yoga teacher, founder of The Raw Advantage, raw vegan che

Close your eyes...and you will experience how the sounds of your surroundings influence your mental and emotional state. There is a reason it is easier to meditate in quiet nature rather than in a train station, and why certain songs make you want to jump up and down while others put you in a somber mood. Sound is powerful, and can be a tool on your journey towards health, peace, happiness and connection with others. Evan Worldwind is a musician, certified Neurolinguistic Design Engineer, sound healer, Tai Chi practitioner, and raw foodist. Growing up in the agricultural hills of Jamaica left an imprint on Evan encouraging him to live symbiotically with mother earth while implementing spiritual practices and abundant love in his life as he moved to New York City. Evan is a master didgeridoo player, and uses this instrument in sounds healing workshops to enhance the community connection felt in a space so people can find love in each other, and in themselves, more deeply. I had the pleasure of attending one of

Age is often thought of as a road block to your dreams and highest potential. In our modern society getting older is associated with deterioration, passing your peak, and possibly becoming a victim to a variety of diseases of the mind and body. These associations are not necessarily god given tokens of just getting older, instead they reflect the lack of intention in care our society takes in regards to our food, spiritual practice, relationships and career choices. Dr. Elizabeth chose to not allow age to limit her human experience, and instead crafted a program for finding the fountain of youth. Dr. Elizabeth is a raw vegan advocate, dancer, former dentist, public speaker, author, and a sexy, fit powerful woman! Dr. Elizabeth has been interviewed on TV, radio, websites, and even hosted her own self improvement show called the Dr. Elizabeth Show. From a young age Dr. Elizabeth felt the unseen powerful spiritual energy in the world. Following her heart and spirit led her to age with grace and beauty while main