The guests include Kim O’Donnel, author of The Meat Lover’s Meatless Cookbook, Isa Chandra Moskowitz, author of the new book Appetite for Reduction: 125 Fast and Filling Low-Fat Vegan Recipes, Mollie Katzen, author of the nearly-vegan Moosewood Cookbook, and Susan Nitzke, researcher in diet and nutrition.

You can listen to the show here: http://www.onpointradio.org/2011/01/vegans-america

It got me thinking about trying to do some pro-veg ads in my area. And so… I looked online to see if other animal organizations had done them. Lo and behold, PETA has quite a selection!

Lots of us have seen PETA’s TV ads, but how many have heard their radio ads?

Here is the link to all their radio ads:
http://www.peta.org/mediacenter/ads/radio-ads.aspx

But these are my favorites below. Please listen for yourself:

• John Feldman – Goldfinger >>
• Forest Whitaker >>

What do you think? Are radio ads a good way to promote veganism/vegetarianism?

Sample Recordings from Compassionate Cooks Podcast:

• Drawing the Line: How Vegan is Vegan?
• Skipping the Middle Man: coming to terms with the fact that plants are the source of all our nutrients.
• How to Read the “Nutrition Facts” Label
• Diseases of Civilization (aka “Lifestyle Diseases”)
• Drawing the Line: How Vegan is Vegan?
• More >>

Sample Recordings from Animal Rights Conferences:

• Grassroots Activism (activism at the grassroots level, relations with national organizations) – Corbett, Moncrief, Runkle
• Running Campaigns (objectives, tactics, resources, action plan, negotiating, review, media) – Erenberg, Hankins, Lyman
• Running a Local Group (recruiting and engaging volunteers, running meetings, managing resources) - Dalal, Erenberg, Prescott
• Publishing on the Internet (websites, e-newsletters, blogging, streaming, RSS feeds, MySpace, YouTube) – Judah, Noard, Shoss
• Fund Raising (direct mail, planned giving, other sources, accounting systems, cutting costs) – Bauston, Hershaft, Slonimsky
• Engaging Youths (school groups, cafeteria vegan options, rock concerts, leafleting) – Camp, Corbett, Matejka
• Engaging Other Movements (health, environment, hunger, women, justice, peace movements) – Erenberg, Kheel, Ornelas, Wilkens
• Developing Leadership Skills (building leadership skills, managing time, resolving conflicts) – Hershaft, Prescott
• Conducting Investigations (opportunity, persistence, equipment, access, authority) – Rossell, Runkle, Stanley
• Rossell, Runkle, Stanley (newspapers, public transport, billboards, radio/TV, internet) – Hershaft, Meier, Runkle, Shoss
• More >>

More Podcasts and Recordings:

• Vegan Freak Radio
• Go Vegan Radio
• Vegan

• Compassionate Cooks: Watch the Animals – a story.
• Compassionate Cooks: Greening Your Life About: “Calorie for calorie, dark green leafy vegetables are perhaps the most concentrated source of nutrition of any food.”
• Compassionate Cooks:How Does Your Garden Grow? (Without Animal Products!) About the podcast: “learn how organic matter from plants (i.e. compost) enriches the soil, how animal slaughterhouse waste is unnecessary to create a healthy and abundant garden, and how to create harmony with all the creatures in your garden – even the snails!”
• Vegan dot com: Clay Shirky Interview
• Vegan dot com: Paul Shapiro on Prop 2 and the $20/20 Campaign
• Vegan Freaks Show 96: Want a real happy meal? Try a vegan meal!
• Vegan Freaks Show 97: OMGWTFBBQ soy is evil! From the show: “Fish is not a vegetable!”