Vegan Nation features an interview with Tami Hay, vegan activist, artist, wholistic health practitioner and author in Alberta, Canada. Tami discusses the upcoming International Calf and Cow Mother’s Day (2026), vegan recipes, and her new book, The Essence of Sacred Relationships: Spiraling Towards Divine Union and Compassionate Service. Tune in Tuesday, November 18, 2025, 4 PM EST. WCUW 91.3 FM Listen online here: wcuw.org/listen. Featuring the music of Vegan Queen V in England. Archives: vegansradio.com We’re in The LOBE! (Calf & Cow Logo by ICCMD)

Vegan Nation is a 1/2-hour radio show featuring vegan music, news, events and interviews. On-Air since 2015. Founded and hosted by Marlene Narrow, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. Thank you for caring enough to hear and be heard. Announcing Compassionate Vegan Thanks-Living Dinner Event in Bethlehem, Connecticut (11/22), hosted by Freedom Farm Animal Sanctuary.

Poem by Tami Hay (More poetry by Tami on 11/25. Tune in again. Thank you.) A Reflection on Maternal Bonds, Human Consumption, and the Path of Remembering…and Creative Action

She wandered through her memories,

baby suckling on her breast,

Her most tender memory of this life

Until her grandchildren were born.

She knew less then

About other baby animals

And all the newborns that could never suckle

Because her children ate cheese,

And her coffee had cream,

And, oh yes, her children’s constant pleas

For summer ice cream.

She just did not know,

But once she did,

She could not unknow.

And it was heavy, carrying that knowing;

Heavy, the throwing

Of caution to the wind

When she shared it with her own grown daughter,

Who fed her offspring this un-suckled stuff.

Hard, the crack of trampled pearls;

Feeling cramped, when she tries to unfurl

Her knowing without space to do so,

And with nowhere else to go…

Music in this Vegan Nation show: “Mother”, “The Power”, “Only One Life” by Vegan Queen V. ‘Freedom’ by Pascale Salmon Vegan Art (Paris, France). Photo: Tami Hay (‘The Sounding’)