The Healthification Podcast

Most of the time, I use this podcast to connect with vegans I deeply respect— people I turn to when I need hope. When I want to feel inspired to play a bigger game. When this world feels cruel, apathetic… and I feel alone in it. Today I feel drawn to speak to you. Just the two of us. If ... READ MORE The post For the Days It Feels Like Too Much — This Is Your Reminder. appeared first on Healthification.

Most vegans have had the same hopeful thought at some point: “If people just knew what I know… they’d change.” Sadly it rarely works like that. There’s a moment — where you realise the colossal scale of exploitation, suffering and death… you can’t un-see it, and yet the people dearest to you? They choose ignorance with volition. Or they see ... READ MORE The post From Vystopia to Influence: Turning Pain Into Powerful Vegan Communication | Clare Mann. appeared first on Healthification.

As I approach the 12-year anniversary of Healthification, I’ve been reflecting on the incredible vegans I’ve had the privilege to connect with over the years. The individuals who give me hope and heart. The people with true clarity about what—and who—they stand for. And the courage to speak up… and act, even when it’s uncomfortable, unpopular, or misunderstood. My original ... READ MORE The post Dr. Melanie Joy on Carnism and Communicating Veganism Effectively (Encore) appeared first on Healthification.

What an update inside Ridglan Farms case as this episode goes live. Today I’m speaking with Christopher Berry, Executive Director of the Nonhuman Rights Project — the only civil rights organisation in the United States dedicated to securing fundamental rights for nonhuman animals through litigation, legislation, and education. We discuss a groundbreaking legal case involving Wisconsin-based puppy mill Ridglan Farms. The ... READ MORE The post Inside the Ridglan Farms Case with Christopher Berry | Nonhuman Rights Project. appeared first on Healthification.

Today’s global meat consumption is more than double what it was in the late 1980s. At the same time, animal agriculture is the largest driver of deforestation, biodiversity loss, and antimicrobial resistance — and a major contributor to water stress. Despite decades of advocacy around health, climate, and animal welfare, demand for meat continues to rise. Bruce Friedrich argues that ... READ MORE The post Bruce Friedrich on MEAT: Why Plant-Based and Cultivated Meat Are the Future of Protein. appeared first on Healthification.

Today’s conversation is not an easy listen. You already know that from the title. Listening is also a form of witnessing. For forty years, Gail Eisnitz went undercover inside slaughterhouses and factory farms, documenting practices the public rarely sees and institutions often refuse to confront. She recorded what happens when suffering becomes routine, when speed matters more than life, and ... READ MORE The post An Undercover Investigator’s Fight for Animal Rights and Her Own Survival with Gail Eisnitz. appeared first on Healthification.

I finished this conversation overflowing with hope and gratitude. Dr. Michael Klaper brings passion, clarity, and a fierce commitment to medicine living up to its highest purpose: preventing disease, restoring health, and saving lives. After more than five decades in medicine, his message is direct and uncompromising: Doctors didn’t spend years in medical school to become cogs in a medical-industrial ... READ MORE The post Dr. Michael Klaper on Moving Medicine Forward: How Nutrition Can Save Your Life. appeared first on Healthification.

Clean Food, Dirty Girl co-founder Molly Patrick brings a refreshing energy, honesty, and practical wisdom to the plant-based world. Her commitment to helping people eat more plants—while celebrating human imperfection—feels both real and deeply needed. Molly’s fascinatingly unconventional upbringing laid the foundation for the whole food, plant-based lifestyle she lives today. In our conversation, we explore navigating the discomfort of ... READ MORE The post Embracing the Suck: Molly Patrick of Clean Food, Dirty Girl. appeared first on Healthification.

Human exceptionalism is the default moral framework of our time. We build systems that prioritise humans while using—often unnecessarily—hundreds of billions of animals and trillions of insects each year, with plans to scale that harm even further through technology, agriculture, and AI. Jeff Sebo exposes human exceptionalism as a convenient assumption, not a defensible moral position. Jeff is an associate ... READ MORE The post Jeff Sebo on Expanding the Moral Circle: Animals, Insects, AI, and Who Really Matters. appeared first on Healthification.

If you’re tuning in at the turn of the year, here’s a little love wave—landing where you are. You’re getting sentimental Kate today. For whatever reason, my heart is overflowing with love and gratitude for every single vegan and plant-positive person showing up in their own way. Not just for what you do — also for who you are. This ... READ MORE The post The Heart of It — What 2025 Taught Me About Love, Belief, and Not Doing It Alone. appeared first on Healthification.

Will Potter is an award-winning investigative journalist and TED Senior Fellow who has spent decades exposing political repression, corporate power, and the erosion of civil liberties. His new book, Little Red Barns, is the culmination of a 10-year investigation that began with factory farms and expanded into censorship laws, government overreach, and the rise of authoritarian movements—all intertwined with climate ... READ MORE The post Will Potter: Exposing Factory Farms, Fascism, and the Erosion of Civil Liberties. appeared first on Healthification.

Today, I’m joined by Forrest Tierce, the U.S. Project Director for Dharma Voices for Animals—the only international Buddhist animal rights organization in the world. DVA works across the U.S., Sri Lanka, Vietnam, and Thailand, with a mission to: end animal suffering within Buddhist communities by promoting plant-based living and a cruelty-free lifestyle. Forrest brings more than two decades of Buddhist ... READ MORE The post Buddhism and Veganism: A Conversation with Forrest Tierce of Dharma Voices for Animals. appeared first on Healthification.

Tracy Reiman, is the newly appointed President of PETA, marking a historic new chapter for the world’s largest animal rights organisation — and the first leadership change in PETA’s 45-year history. With more than three decades at PETA, Tracy has helped lead landmark victories against fur, circuses, and animal testing, and now she’s turning her focus to leather, wool, and ... READ MORE The post PETA’s Tracy Reiman: Ending Humane Washing and Creating The Next Generation Of Compassionate Consumers. appeared first on Healthification.

Cheryl A. Moss is a passionate advocate for animals and the host of the Better Life for Animals Podcast — a show that shines a light on the people and sanctuaries changing the world for animals, one story at a time. Cheryl’s work is rooted in compassion, education, and action. Through her 501(c)(3) nonprofit, Better Life for Animals, she supports ... READ MORE The post How Animal Sanctuaries and Education Create a Better Life for Animals with Cheryl Moss. appeared first on Healthification.

There are some people who radiate strength—not the loud, performative kind—the kind that’s built through compassion, purpose, and perseverance. Dr. Daphne Bascom is one of those people. She’s a physician, community health and wellness advocate, and IFBB Bikini and Figure Professional who embraced fitness at 40—and saw her best performance on stage and in the gym after switching to a ... READ MORE The post Plant-Powered and Purpose-Driven: Dr. Daphne Bascom on Women’s Health and Living Strong. appeared first on Healthification.

Millions of people see themselves as “conflicted omnivores.” They care about animals and the planet, yet still eat them—justifying it with stories about sustainability, free-range farming, or humane meat. Professor of Philosophy at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, John Sanbonmatsu calls this out for what it is: Deception. In his book The Omnivore’s Deception, he argues that killing animals for food is ... READ MORE The post John Sanbonmatsu and The Omnivore’s Deception: What We Get Wrong about Meat, Animals, and Ourselves. appeared first on Healthification.

Friends, the energy in todays show is joyfully contagious! Sunny Satva is a climate activist, vegan cookbook author, and passionate plant-based educator. With a background as an engineer, a former nonprofit fundraiser, and co-founder of Kenya’s first vegan restaurant, she brings a rare mix of heart and strategy to the fight for a more sustainable food system. From her love ... READ MORE The post Climate Advocacy from a Joyful, Delicious Vegan Perspective with Sunny Satva. appeared first on Healthification.

Gary Yourofsky is back and needs no introduction—and yet, there are a few things I want to share. This conversation is raw and open, a glimpse into the mind and heart of a man who has arguably had the greatest positive impact of any animal rights activist, not only through his direct work—also through the countless activists he’s inspired. ... READ MORE The post Gary Yourofsky is Back Advocating For Animal Liberation! appeared first on Healthification.

Today I’m joined by Dr. Sharon Bergquist—a Yale and Harvard-trained internal medicine physician and scientist, with nearly three decades of experience working at the forefront of preventive care, healthy aging and lifestyle medicine. Her new book, The Stress Paradox, completely changed the way I think about stress—and I can honestly say our conversation is one of the most eye-opening I’ve ... READ MORE The post The Stress Paradox: How Good Stress Can Help You Live Longer and Healthier with Dr. Sharon Bergquist. appeared first on Healthification.

My guest today is ultra-endurance athlete, CEO, and author Joe Gagnon — a man who’s run 6 marathons on 6 continents in 6 days, six Ironman Triathlons and over 90 marathons and ultra-marathons. What I find most powerful about Joe’s story is not the epic nature of his physical and business achievements — it’s the intentionality behind them. Joe describes ... READ MORE The post Joe Gagnon on Living Intentionally: Ultra-Endurance, Inner Alignment, and the Grit to Go Deep. appeared first on Healthification.