A 2021 Summer Night
We roamed the crowd at the first Music at the Indy, to find out what’s on the minds of the people of Colorado Springs as we kick off summer of 2021.
How to Bake Vegan Desserts with Patrese Evans
After watching “What the Health” on Netflix, Colorado Springs native Patrese Evans decided to try a vegan lifestyle. When her two weeks were up, she never looked back. After seeing a hole in the marketplace for vegan desserts like she remembers from her childhood, and encouragement from her wife, she started baking her own treats.…
Colorado Latino Issues & Answers: Mouth-Watering Food – Jan 24 2019
The ultimate food experience is always on host Joe Barrera’s front burner. In this episode, Lorena Jakzuczak discusses Oaxaea Mexican food and J. L Fields dishes on Veganism. Prepare to be hungry! (Episode 5, Recorded 1/24/19) Check out Joe’s Almagre Review, a Colorado Publication : Where the Mountains Meet the Prairie – A Literary Journal Founded…
Easy Vegan: Food science, easy vegan meals and your DNA
This week on Episode 122 of Easy Vegan: Shelf stable cooked food ready to eat when you want it? Eating to our DNA? Entrepreneur Mark Perlmutter is on the show to talk about the future of food. (Bonus content at www.patreon.com/jlfields.) Show archives: EasyVeganRadio.com Also available on iTunes and Stitcher Love Easy Vegan? Become a Patron! SYNDICATION AVAILABLE…
Easy Vegan: Do “bad vegans” get the flu?
This week on Episode 121 of Easy Vegan: Do “bad vegans” get the flu? Is a plant-based diet a guarantee for perfect health? Dr. Pamela Fergusson shares her perspective as a vegan registered dietitian. Show archives: EasyVeganRadio.com Also available on iTunes and Stitcher Love Easy Vegan? Become a Patron! SYNDICATION AVAILABLE Bring Easy Vegan with JL Fields to your community’s…
Easy Vegan: Veg Speed Dating
This week on Episode 120 of Easy Vegan: Looking for love in all the wrong places? A vegan cupid could be coming to your city in the form of Veg Speed Dating! Show archives: EasyVeganRadio.com Also available on iTunes and Stitcher Love Easy Vegan? Become a Patron! SYNDICATION AVAILABLE Bring Easy Vegan with JL Fields to your community’s airwaves! Free licensing…
Easy Vegan: The Simply Vegan Cookbook
This week on Episode 119 of Easy Vegan: Dustin Harder, aka The Vegan Roadie, is back on the show to talk about his first book, The Simply Vegan Cookbook, and the latest season of his food travel series (who’s ready for vegan Italy?)! Show archives: EasyVeganRadio.com Also available on iTunes and Stitcher Love Easy Vegan? Become a Patron!…
Easy Vegan: Lisa Kemmerer and the #ARmetoo movement
This week on Episode 118 of Easy Vegan: The vegan movement is not immune to sexism, harassment, and discrimination. Dr. Lisa Kemmerer returns to the show to talk about systematic sexism and how it hurt women and the animals. RESOURCES: Coalition Against Nonprofit Harassment And Discrimination For Social Justice Advocates Animal Rights Nonprofit Workers Survey Show…
Easy Vegan: Real Food, Really Fast
This week on Episode 117 of Easy Vegan: Best known for her extraordinary desserts, Hannah Kaminsky has created a new cookbook – Real Food, Really Fast – designed to equip the home cook with skills to create wholesome recipes in no time. Show archives: EasyVeganRadio.com Also available on iTunes and Stitcher Love Easy Vegan? Become a Patron! SYNDICATION…
Easy Vegan: The How Not to Die Cookbook + Veganize It!
This week on Episode 116 of Easy Vegan: Robin Robertson returns to the show to talk about two distinctly different vegan cookbooks. Veganize It! is a comprehensive approach to creating DIY pantry staples and compassionate versions of recipes and meals from your pre-vegan days. And The How Not to Die Cookbook – the companion to…
Easy Vegan: Healthy habits and “skillpower”
This week on Episode 115 of Easy Vegan: Registered Dietitian Matt Ruscigno returns to the show to share the last evidence-based research on plant-based diets, how “skillpower” trumps willpower, and offers simple ideas (leafy greens, berries, beans, overnight, healthy habits. overnight oats and cookbooks!) to help form new healthy habits. Also available on iTunes and Stitcher Love Easy…
Easy Vegan: Vegan Letters to the Editor
This week on Episode 114 of Easy Vegan: Long-time vegan activist Jim “JC” Corcoran writes vegan letters to the editor at least twice a month – and they get published! We talk about strategies for getting your vegan opinion on the editorial page + other ways to use local media to further veganism. Also available…
Easy Vegan: Is clean meat the future of food?
This week on Episode 113 of Easy Vegan: What exactly is cellular agriculture? Is clean meat GMO? Is it even vegan? Paul Shapiro, the author of Clean Meat, answers your questions! Also available on iTunes and Stitcher Love Easy Vegan? Become a Patron! SYNDICATION AVAILABLE Bring Easy Vegan with JL Fields to your community’s airwaves! Free licensing is available via Public…
Easy Vegan: Cruelty-free investing
This week on Episode 112 of Easy Vegan: With an eye toward vegan funds, ETFs and indexes in the near future, today Cruelty Free Investing is monitoring the current market to help vegans invest in companies that do not exploit animals. Dr. Alica Robb explains how to vote with your vegan dollar. Also available on iTunes and Stitcher…
Easy Vegan: Thinking Cows
This week on Episode 111 of Easy Vegan: Did you know that even cows get the blues? Dr. Lori Marino discusses the research that demonstrates that cows are emotionally, cognitively and socially complex individuals. Also available on iTunes and Stitcher Love Easy Vegan? Become a Patron! SYNDICATION AVAILABLE Bring Easy Vegan with JL Fields to your community’s airwaves! Free licensing is…
Easy Vegan: Ellen Jaffe Jones on cooking for one, vegan sex and fitness for mortals.
This week on Episode 110 of Easy Vegan: Vegan cooking for one, fitness for regular ole folks, and, well, vegan sex! All in one show! That’s what happens when you sit down to chat with Ellen Jaffe Jones. Also available on iTunes and Stitcher Love Easy Vegan? Become a Patron! SYNDICATION AVAILABLE Bring Easy Vegan with JL Fields to your…
Easy Vegan: Jonathan Balcombe on What Fish Know.
This week on Episode 109 of Easy Vegan: Jonathan Balcombe, author of Pleasurable Kingdom, has authored What a Fish Knows – a look at “the inner lives of underwater cousins.” In this episode of Easy Vegan we discuss how fish experience joy and pain, their personalities, how they are farmed, and what we can do…
Easy Vegan: Raising Healthy Parents
This week on Episode 108 of Easy Vegan: Sid Garza-Hillman takes his small steps coaching approach to book form to help parents thrive as adults, which ultimately creates healthy and happy families in Raising Healthy Parents. This show isn’t just for parents, though! Sid shares his thoughts on small or large steps toward behavior changes, good…
Easy Vegan: Body and Food Shaming in the Vegan Community
This week on Episode 107 of Easy Vegan: Andy Tabar and JL were recently part of a panel discussion about body and food shaming in the vegan movement. In this episode, they discuss both issues and offer strategies for inclusion. Also available on iTunes and Stitcher Love Easy Vegan? Become a Patron! SYNDICATION AVAILABLE Bring Easy Vegan with JL…
Easy Vegan: COS Vegan Restaurant Week 2017
This week on Episode 106 of Easy Vegan: The first ever Colorado Springs Vegan Restaurant Week kicks off on World Vegan Day, November 1. Meet some of the chefs creating plant-based dishes at vegan and non-vegan restaurants, including interviews with Adam’s Mountain Cafe, Bison Brothers Food Truck, The Burrowing Owl, The Golden Bee, and Willamette…
Easy Vegan: A farm animal sanctuary recovers from Hurricane Harvey
This week on Episode 105 of Easy Vegan: Post-Hurricane Harvey, Rowdy Girl Sanctuary is recovering and rebuilding to provide for their 96 farm animals that all survived the disaster. Learn how a cattle rancher husband and his vegan wife faced a marital crisis, overcame it and turned the ranch into a sanctuary. Executive Director Renee…
Easy Vegan: Find a vegan mentor! (Become a vegan mentor!)
This week on Episode 104 of Easy Vegan: PETA’s Vegan Mentor Program has served over 1,300 people in just two years. Learn how getting a mentor can help you on your vegan journey (or sign up to become a mentor)! Also available on iTunes and Stitcher Love Easy Vegan? Become a Patron! SYNDICATION AVAILABLE Bring Easy Vegan with JL…
Easy Vegan: Nathan Runkle: Mercy for Animals (The Book)
This week on Episode 103 of Easy Vegan: Through memoir, stories of undercover investigations, tips to go plant-based, and elevating the power of one, Nathan Runkle shares how Mercy for Animals came to be and how we can all take part in changing the world for animals. Also available on iTunes and Stitcher This episode of Easy Vegan…
Easy Vegan: The Mindful Vegan
This week on Episode 102 of Easy Vegan: Lani Muelrath’s new book The Mindful Vegan – a 30-day plan – is a guide to mindfulness, mindful eating and how both are connected to our attentiveness to being vegan. Also available on iTunes and Stitcher This episode of Easy Vegan is supported in part by Syndication available: Interested in bringing…
Easy Vegan: The Encompass Movement
This week on Episode 101 of Easy Vegan: Aryenish Birdie founded Encompass to create leadership opportunities and tools for individuals and organizations that will build a more diverse and inclusive animal protection movement. Also available on iTunes and Stitcher This episode of Easy Vegan is supported in part by Syndication available: Interested in bringing Easy Vegan with JL…
Easy Vegan: The ABC’s of Vegan Fashion
This week on Episode 97 of Easy Vegan: Image Consultant and Editor in Chief of La Fashionista Compassionista Adrienne Borgersen is on the show to talk about the ABC’s of fashion, how to build a vegan and cruelty-free wardrobe and she shares her favorite vegan beauty and fashion lines. Plus: fall fashion trends! Also available…
Easy Vegan: The No Meat Athlete Cookbook
This week on Episode 96 of Easy Vegan: Marathoners, yogis, and everyday hikers, this show is for you. Learn how to fuel up your every day and super-intense movement with plants from Stepfanie Romine, co-author of The No Meat Athlete Cookbook. Also available on iTunes and Stitcher. This episode of Easy Vegan is supported in part by
Easy Vegan: The Animal Show
This week on Episode 95 of Easy Vegan: Composer and performer Michael Harren is on a U.S. tour telling the stories of farmed animals through words, music, and images. He shares some of those stories, as well as stories of animals he’s meeting on the road. Also available on iTunes and Stitcher. This episode of Easy Vegan is…
Easy Vegan: Protein from Plants
This week on Episode 94 of Easy Vegan: Where do you get your protein? How much do you need? Your questions answered! You’ve heard the question. You’ve asked the question. “Where do you get your protein?” Registered Holistic Nutritionist Heather Nicholds has the answers, and delicious protein-rich recipes, in her new book Protein from Plants. A…
Easy Vegan: Eric C. Lindstrom is The Skeptical Vegan
This week on Episode 93 of Easy Vegan: Eric C. Lindstrom went from notorious meat-eater to vegan overnight. In his funny and informative new book The Skeptical Vegan: My Journey from Notorious Meat Eater to Tofu-Munching Vegan – dubbed a vegan “survival guide” – he shares what he’s learned. Also available on iTunes and Stitcher. This episode of Easy Vegan…
Easy Vegan: “Clean meat” and other food innovations with The Good Food Institute
This week on Episode 92 of Easy Vegan: “Clean meat”, anyone? The Good Food Institute is disrupting the food market by investing in, and incubating, healthy, humane and sustainable food entrepreneurs. GFI’s senior communications specialist Emily Byrd joins me to explain how the organization works and what innovations we might be be seeing sooner rather…
Easy Vegan: Chef Del Sroufe on The China Study Family Cookbook
This week on Episode 91 of Easy Vegan: Chef Del Sroufe, author of The China Study Family Cookbook, shares his personal health transformation, how to become an explorer of food, how to get your kids involved in plant-based cooking, and much more. Also available on iTunes and Stitcher. This episode of Easy Vegan is supported in part by
Easy Vegan: The Baby and Toddler Vegan Feeding Guide
This week on Episode 90 of Easy Vegan: Vegan parents, this show is for you! Guest Julia Feliz Brueck talks about her new book The Baby and Toddler Vegan Feeding Guide. Learn how to feed your vegan children well. Also available on iTunes and Stitcher. This episode of Easy Vegan is supported in part by
Easy Vegan: Vegan cowboy boot maven Kat Mendenhall on turning passion to profit
This week on Episode 89 of Easy Vegan: Kat Mendenhall returns to the show to share how her dream of making vegan cowboy boots has expanded to a boutique. She shares how she mentors others who want to turn their passion to profit. Also available on iTunes and Stitcher. This episode of Easy Vegan is supported in part…
Easy Vegan: Ontario goes vegan!
This week on Episode 88 of Easy Vegan: Over one weekend nearly 12,000 people in Ontario will share vegan experiences through food, talks, cooking demonstrations and entertainment. Ottawa Veg Fest organizer Pamela Tourigny and Niagara Veg Fest organizer Laurie Morrison share what to expect and how the veg festivals have expanded veganism in their communities.…
Easy Vegan: Vegan Villages in Louisiana and beyond
This week on Episode 87 of Easy Vegan: Leah Duncan is on the show to discuss her volunteer and business activism. Through GreenHeart: Products of Peace she uses her expertise to market and promote vegan food, lifestyle and activism. The vegan outreach director for the Humane Society of Louisiana, Leah produces the NOLA Veggie Fest…
Easy Vegan: Vegan Streets Fairs + hemp farming in the U.S.
This week on Episode 86 of Easy Vegan: Vegan Street Fairs are popping up in LA and NYC and more events are coming. Plus, hemp farming is now legal in the U.S.! Guests Jessica Schoech and Travis Cosgriff join me to talk about both! Also available on iTunes and Stitcher. This episode of Easy Vegan is supported in…
Easy Vegan: NYC Vegan
This week on Episode 85 of Easy Vegan: Michael Suchman and Ethan Ciment – the duo behind the blog VeganMos.com – have created the new cookbook NYC Vegan. Take a foodie walk through the boroughs of New York City! Also available on iTunes and Stitcher. This episode of Easy Vegan is supported in part by
Easy Vegan: Even Vegans Die (Guest: Ginny Messina)
This week on Episode 84 of Easy Vegan: Ginny Messina is back on the show with her latest book, Even Vegans Die: A Practical Guide to Caregiving, Acceptance, and Protecting Your Legacy of Compassion. Co-authored with Carol J. Adams and Patti Breitman, Messina joins me to talk about disease shaming, body weight stigma, and how…
Easy Vegan: What the Health?
This week on Episode 81 of Easy Vegan: Filmmaker Kip Andersen’s newest documentary “What the Health?” is the follow-up film to the award-winning documentary Cowspiracy. The film “exposes the collusion and corruption in government and big business that is costing us trillions of healthcare dollars, and keeping us sick.” Kip talks with JL about the…
Easy Vegan: JL and Dave on seven years of veganism (Part 2 of 2)
This week on Episode 80 of Easy Vegan: JL and Dave are back for part 2 of JL’s 7th Vegan Anniversary radio special. JL’s husband Dave Burgess joins her to talk about their vegan transition and how they make it work and offer resource suggestions and advice for new vegans. Also available on iTunes and Stitcher. This episode…
Easy Vegan: JL and Dave on seven years of veganism
This week on Episode 79 of Easy Vegan: It’s JL’s 7th Vegan Anniversary! Her husband Dave Burgess joins her to talk about their vegan transition and how they’ve made seven years of veganism work. (Part 1 of 2.) Also available on iTunes and Stitcher. This episode of Easy Vegan is supported in part by
Easy Vegan: Brian Kateman and the Reducetarian Movement
This week on Episode 78 of Easy Vegan: Vegan, vegetarian, flexitarian….reducetarian? Brian Kateman, the co-founder and president of The Reducetarian Foundation, joins JL to talk about the movement to improve human health, protect the environment and spare farm animals from cruelty. Also available on iTunes and Stitcher. This episode of Easy Vegan is supported in part by
Easy Vegan: Marla Rose on Vegan Street’s Guide for New Vegans
This week on Episode 77 of Easy Vegan: Marla Rose joins me this week to talk about Vegan Street’s Guide for New Vegans, how to communicate vegan messages, and why it’s important to her to be an intersectional activist. Also available on iTunes and Stitcher. This episode of Easy Vegan is supported in part by
Easy Vegan: Colleen Patrick-Goudreau on Animalogy
This week on Episode 76 of Easy Vegan: Author and thought leader Colleen Patrick-Goudreau is back to talk about her latest project. Animalogy is a multimedia project designed to examine the words we use and the impact on animals and humans alike. Also available on iTunes and Stitcher. This episode of Easy Vegan is supported in part by and
Easy Vegan: Vegans rock Montana!
This week on Episode 75 of Easy Vegan: Vegans rock Montana (and you can rock your town, city or state, too)! Bonnie Goodman started a vegan potluck in Livingston, Montana. Today she shares practical tips on how to build a vibrant vegan community wherever you are. Also available on iTunes and Stitcher. This episode of Easy Vegan is…
Easy Vegan: The Ultimate Vegan Cookbook for the Instant Pot
This week on Episode 74 of Easy Vegan: Kathy Hester is back to talk about her latest cookbook The Ultimate Vegan Cookbook for Your Instant Pot. If you love to cook up beans, grains, and more – in just minutes – pressure cooking in the Instant Pot is for you! Bonus: you can slow cook…
Easy Vegan: The producers of Eating You Alive + Ginny Messina
This week on Episode 73 of Easy Vegan: The producers of the feature-length documentary Eating You Alive join JL to talk about their new film on food, health, and how a plant-based diet has changed and saved lives. Plus, Ginny Messina‘s three tips for trying a healthy, plant-based diet in the new year! Also available…
Easy Vegan: Ravi DeRossi turns his NYC cocktail lounges vegan
This week on Episode 72 of Easy Vegan: Successful cocktail lounge and restaurateur Ravi DeRossi went vegan. And then he began to turn his popular New York City establishments vegan, too. He tells all in this episode of Easy Vegan. Also available on iTunes and Stitcher. This episode of Easy Vegan is supported in part by and
Easy Vegan: Naomi Call on her film Called to Rescue
This week on Episode 71 of Easy Vegan: Naomi Call and her two sons – Auston and Loghan Call – visited 15 farm animal sanctuaries to create the feature-length documentary film Called to Rescue. Naomi joins JL to talk about the film, the animals, the caregivers, and how you can watch the film at home…
Easy Vegan: Jason Wyrick’s Vegan Mexico
This week on Episode 70 of Easy Vegan: Good news, Mexican food fans! Chef Jason Wyrick, founder of The Vegan Taste – the longest running vegan meal delivery service – has a new cookbook just for us. Vegan Mexico offers vegan versions of familiar favorites as well as less familiar authentic dishes that push the…
Easy Vegan: Marie Oser and The Skinny on Soy
This week on Episode 68 of Easy Vegan: Marie Oser, author of The Skinny on Soy, debunks anti-soy myths and shares information on the health benefits of consuming soyfoods. Also available for download on iTunes and Stitcher. This episode of Easy Vegan is supported in part by
Easy Vegan: Vegan Thanksgiving help from Nava Atlas
This week on Episode 66 of Easy Vegan: Vegan Holiday Kitchen author Nava Atlas shares holiday cooking tips. Whether hosting a vegan Thanksgiving or bringing a dish as a guest, she has tips on how to work with squash, dessert ideas, and great short-cuts to make it nice and easy! Also available for download on iTunes and Stitcher.…
Easy Vegan: The Washington Post’s Joe Yonan on a vegetable-forward Thanksgiving
This week on Episode 64 of Easy Vegan: Washington Post food and dining editor Joe Yonan joins JL to talk tempeh, beans, and how he created a vegetable-forward Thanksgiving centerpiece. Also available for download on iTunes and Stitcher. This episode of Easy Vegan is supported in part by and
Easy Vegan: Tracye McQuirter on the African American Vegan Starter Guide
This week on episode 62 of Easy Vegan: Tracye McQuirter, author of By Any Greens Necessary, has partnered with Farm Sanctuary to create and write the African American Vegan Starter Guide. Also available for download on iTunes and Stitcher. This episode of Easy Vegan is supported in part by
Easy Vegan: Rae Sikora and JC Corcoran
This week on Easy Vegan: Long-time vegan activists Rae Sikora and JC Corcoran have been promoting peace and compassion around the globe. Then they decided to make Santa Fe, NM “veganville.” Learn how and why. Also available for download on iTunes and Stitcher. This episode of Easy Vegan is supported in part by
Easy Vegan: Zsu Dever on the magic of aquafaba (bean water) in vegan cooking
This week on Easy Vegan: Bean water in desserts? Yep! Aquafaba is the new vegan culinary darling and Zsu Dever has devoted an entire cookbook to this new approach to replacing eggs in your favorite sweet and savory plant-based recipes. Also available for download on iTunes and Stitcher. This episode of Easy Vegan is supported in part by…
Easy Vegan: DIY Vegan Beauty
This week on Easy Vegan, Sunny Subramanian, author of The Compassionate Chick’s Guide to DIY Beauty 125 Recipes for Vegan, Gluten Free, Cruelty-Free Makeup, Skin & Hair Products and the blogger behind Vegan Beauty Review, offers up tips and ideas for making your own vegan beauty products (some are edible!). Also available for download on iTunes and Stitcher.…