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Sumaya VB. Vegan. Canary Islands – March 28, 2023

Vegan Nation features an interview with Sumaya VB. Sumaya joins us from Lanzarote, Spain. Lanzarote is one of the Canary Islands located off the coast of West Africa. Sumaya has also lived in Cape Town, born of a South African mother and Uruguayan father. Sumaya has been a vegan since 2019, and is the Cube of Truth AV Regional Organizer for Spain. She is a sound technician at a radio station on the island. Previously, most of her career had been in hospitality and tourism. Sumaya is an eclectic music lover and DJ. We’ll hear about street activism in the Canary Islands, helpful hints about vegan food, and more.

Vegan Nation is a 1/2 hr radio show featuring vegan music, news, events, and interviews about the Vegan evolution revolution happening worldwide. Vegan Nation embraces the philosophy of deep veganism: human freedom & world peace require animal liberation (as we sow we reap). Vegan Nation has been On-Air weekly since 2015. Hosted by Marlene Narrow, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.

Tune in Tuesday, 4 PM Eastern Daylight Time (8 pm GMT). 4 pm to 4:30 pm EST. WCUW 91.3 FM. Hear the show online: wcuw.org/listen. March 28, 2023 Vegan Nation

Music in this episode is by SinTheSis. (Rise of the Goddess, aka @Sinthesis, shares her time between Chicago and Montenegro.)

Thank you for listening. Thank you for caring enough to hear and be heard.

On Tues, March 28th, immediately following the Vegan Nation show (4 pm to 4:30 pm), at 4:30 pm will be the rebroadcast of last week’s Vegan Nation show, which features the song, “Witness” (from the album, Meat and Circuses) by the all-vegan band, Scarlet Rescue (based in Phoenix, Arizona, USA). Listen On-Air (4 to 5 pm EDT): Here is the replay (4 pm to 5 pm). This WCUW spinitron audio recording is active for 2 weeks only: https://spinitron.com/WCUW/pl/17177227/Vegan-Nation In this spinitron recording, the first 1 minute of “On-Air” Vegan Nation show is not within this audio link. That first minute, is within the previous WCUW hour – LA VOZ LATINA DE WORCESTER music show by DJ Tania Romero. Click onto 3 hr 45 min., and then you’ll hear Vegan Nation start at approximately 3 hr 59 min.: https://spinitron.com/WCUW/pl/17176945/LA-VOZ-LATINA-DE-WORCESTER

WCUW 91.3 FM radio station newsletter announcing Sumaya’s interview:

Spring has sprung and Vegans are rising – 3/21/23

Vegan Nation On-Air Tuesday, March 21, 2023. 4 pm EDT. Hosted by Marlene Narrow, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. Tune in worldwide here: wcuw.org/listen WCUW 91.3 FM Vegan Nation is a 1/2 hr radio show featuring vegan music, news, events & interviews. Archived shows can be heard anytime here: vegansradio.com

In this March 21st broadcast, we hear the music of Will Tuttle, and also Scarlet Rescue. And we hear exciting news of rescue, liberation, and freedom in Merced County, California & beyond. Featuring snippets of the Live Trial Coverage (Mar 7 – 17, 2023) by UnchainedTV, and Direct Action Everywhere, for the trial of DxE investigators, Alexandra Paul and Alicia Santurio. Also, in this episode, announcing the Abolition Amendment (proposed amendment to US constitution which, upon ratification, abolishes the property status of animals), and 3 local vegan events happening this week.

Thank you for caring, for listening, for your support of nonprofit community radio, and for your compassionate Vegan activism.

The WCUW Spinitron link (below) includes the Mar 21st Vegan Nation broadcast, followed by a rebroadcast of last week’s Vegan Nation show, an interview with Lisa Barca & Stephen Davis of Scarlet Rescue. (Note – The audio replay within this Spinitron file is active for 2 weeks only, and the first 1 min and 15 sec of the March 21st Vegan Nation show is missing in this 4 pm Spinitron recording:

https://spinitron.com/WCUW/pl/17148761/Vegan-Nation

Scarlet Rescue. Vegan – March 14, 2023

Vegan Nation Tuesday March 14, 2023. 4 PM Eastern Standard Time (4 pm to 4:30 pm EST). WCUW.org/listen Thank you all. On-Air since 2015. Tune in 2 pm Mountain Time.

Scarlet Rescue Lisa Barca & Stephen Davis vegansradio.com Host: Marlene Narrow

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Lisa A. Barca, Ph.D.

Lisa Barca teaches literature, humanities, and writing at the Arizona State University honors college and is also a rock singer, songwriter, and guitarist. She is the frontwoman of the punk band Scarlet Rescue, which just released an EP titled “Meat and Circuses,” and she has recently launched a solo project of more personal songs. She has been featured on the Jane Unchained Network, Vegan Visibility, and the Always about Animal Rights podcast, as well as in the indie zine Revolution Relaunch, which calls her a “fourth-wave ecofeminist heroine” and a “neo-riot grrrl rocker” who “transcends status-quo group-think” with her “raucous cry for liberation.”   Her debut single for her solo project, “Clean and Clear,” was featured on Arizona Rock KWSS FM for the local spotlight in January 2023.

Stephen P. Davis, Ph.D.

An artist, writer, and “ARTivist” at heart, Stephen (pronounced “Steven”) Davis is the keyboardist and backup vocalist for the all-vegan band Scarlet Rescue. He has also been the executive producer for each of the band’s music videos, as well as assistant director and video editor, props master, and all-around Artistic Edge. He participates often in animal-rights chalktivism, marches, and outreach of other kinds, and in January he became the Editor-in-Chief of the revitalized zine and newsletter known as Arizona Liberationists. When not in the streets, he teaches courses at Arizona State University on Coffee in Global History, Leaders in Film, and Organizational Leadership — and he introduces cruelty-free lessons on Anthropology and Geography to the general public at Phoenix Fan Fusion (COMICON) and “Science the Earth” events.

This link includes the songs Playlist included within this March 14th Vegan Nation episode: https://spinitron.com/WCUW/pl/17120604/Vegan-Nation

Linda Middlesworth. Vegan. California – March 7, 2023

Vegan Nation features an interview with Linda Middlesworth in Sacramento, California. We hear about her experience of healing from cancer, pre-diabetes, obesity and heart disease. Linda also shares interesting stories of her compassionate activism. In this March 7th Vegan Nation broadcast, we also hear news about the court trial (in Merced County, CA), starting March 7, 2023 (and ongoing) of 2 DxE (Direct Action Everywhere) activists (Alexandra Paul & Alicia Santurio); and we learn about Open Rescue. Tune in Tuesday, March 7, 2023 to Vegan Nation on WCUW 91.3 FM. 4 PM EST (1 pm PST). Listen worldwide: wcuw.org/listen. Hosted by Marlene Narrow, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. Vegan Nation archives: vegansradio.com. Thank you for caring enough to hear & be heard.

Vegan Nation is a 1/2 hr radio show featuring vegan music, news, events and interviews about the Vegan evolution revolution happening worldwide. On-Air weekly since 2015. Human freedom & world peace require animal liberation. As we collectively sow, humanity eventually reaps. Veganism is the Golden rule in action…and health, freedom & wellness for all.

Linda Middlesworth: Linda is 79 yrs old and has been vegan for 35 yrs, beating her cancer, heart disease, pre-diabetes and obesity. She is the Organizer for the Sacramento Vegan Society and is active putting on vegan events: Go Healthy LIVE, Get Healthy Sacramento, Go Compassionate LIVE and Go Sustainable LIVE. She is a VeganMentor health coach as well as a Food for Life Nutrition and Cooking Instructor, Physician’s Committee for Responsible Medicine, Dr. Neal Barnard. She is also the co-owner (with her son Darren Middlesworth) of V-Dog, a vegan dog food business that she and her late husband, David, launched 18 years ago. Linda is a Personal Trainer, and an Aerobics Instructor. She remains an active animal rights activist for PETA, DXE, Sacramento Animal Rights, and Animal Save Movement. She is also certified: Plant Nutrition, eCornell, T. Colin Campbell, Ph.D.; and “The Starch Solution”, John McDougall, M.D. She received her B.A. in German Language and Literature.

Visit UnchainedTV for Live Trial Coverage (involving Alexandra & Alicia).

Music: All They Want is Freedom by Dayzee Deva. The edition included within this March 7, 2023 episode is when activists sang along with Dayzee (singing & on guitar) at a DxE event a few years ago.

Photo of Jax (Credit: Direct Action Everywhere) (Ethan was sick upon rescue & passed away.) Jax, now 1 1/2 years old is living well at an animal sanctuary.

Bruce Andrew Peters Photography. Vegan 02.28.23

Vegan Nation features an interview with Bruce Andrew Peters, a photojournalist based in Washington D.C. Tune in Tuesday, February 28, 2023. Listen worldwide at: wcuw.org/listen 4 PM EST. Hosted by Marlene Narrow, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. Thank you for listening and for your support of Community radio WCUW 91.3 FM.

Vegan Nation is a 1/2 hr radio show featuring vegan music, news, events, and interviews. On Air since 2015. Archived shows can be heard anytime at: vegansradio.com.

Bruce Andrew Peters is an award-winning photojournalist whose work is featured by: the Los Angeles Times – Syndicate, Aviation Week and Space Technology Magazine, Transport Topics Magazine, Fido Friendly Magazine, United Poultry Concerns’ Poultry Press, The Winnipeg Free Press and countless other magazines and newspapers over four decades.  

Peters uses his photography and writing to raise awareness and appreciation of other species who, to humans, are often out of sight, out of mind. Nature is his muse. Three of his most recent books: Woodland Poetry and Photography, Yes, Deer and the humorous Words, just Words are animal-centric and reflect the world from the perspective of non-humans. 

A vegan for decades, Peters says “It’s much easier on the mind and body to be allied with animals, than adversaries. Going vegan is the best thing I ever did.”

Links: www.WoodlandPoetry.comwww.WordsJustWords.com and www.YesDeerPhotography.com

Bruce Andrew Peters Wildlife Photography:

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Michele Lastella. Margarita Restrepo. Vegan 02-21-23

Margarita & Michele join us from Italy for Part 2 of this Vegan Nation interview. Tune in Tuesday, February 21, 2023. 4 pm Eastern Standard Time (10 pm Central European time). Listen worldwide here: wcuw.org/listen. Hosted by Marlene Narrow, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. Thank you for caring enough to hear and be heard, and much thanks for your compassionate Vegan activism! Listen to Part 1 here: https://vegansradio.files.wordpress.com/2023/02/v.n.02.14.23.margarita.michele.veganvalentine.mp3

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Vegan Nation is a 1/2 hr radio show that airs weekly on WCUW 91.3 FM. Features vegan music, news, events & interviews on the Vegan evolution revolution of animal & human liberation, peace, wellness, freedom and health. On-Air since 2015.

Margarita Restrepo is the publisher and editor-in-chief of the award-winning publication Naked Food magazine, founder of the International Association of Reversive Medicine, and the founder of WFPB.ORG, a global initiative that that empowers human and planetary health through a plant-based lifestyle. She is also the co-founder of Anima Mundi Education, an homeschooling initiative that seeks to provide awakening options for parents and children from Kindergarten to 12 grade. She is the author of the evidence-based Universal Guideline for Human and Planetary Health, and the author of four whole food, plant-based culinary medicine cookbooks. Margarita is certified in Cellular Biology and Cognitive Fitness from Harvard University, Virology from Columbia University, and Plant-based Nutrition from eCornell. She earned a B.A. degree in Marketing and Graphic Arts from Florida Atlantic University. She is an expert in health and lifestyle medicine, nutritional biochemistry, organic and vegan permaculture, and natural medicine.

Michele Lastella is a Media and Intelligence Analyst, a Behavioral Science Historian, and an expert in semiotics and history. He is the founder of Sustainable Media, a multimedia company focused on uncovering truth through investigative research and film. Michele is a Reiki Master and the co-author of Naked Food Magazine’s Master Plants Cookbook. He is a film director, graduate from the National Academy Of Dramatic Art in Italy, and a former professor at the New York Film Academy.

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Vegan Valentine. Naked Food Magazine – 2/14/2023

Happy Valentine’s Day from Vegan Nation! Tune in Tuesday, February 14, 2023, for this special interview with Vegan couple, Margarita Restrepo and Michele Lastella, joining us from Rome, Italy. Listen worldwide here: wcuw.org/listen. 4 PM Eastern Standard Time (10 pm CET – Central European Time). Vegan Nation is a 1/2 hr radio show, On-Air weekly at WCUW 91.3 FM, since 2015. Hosted by Marlene Narrow, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. Archives: vegansradio.com. Thank you for caring & listening. Join us again next week for Part 2. Here is the audio replay of Part 2: https://vegansradio.files.wordpress.com/2023/02/v.n.02.21.23.margaritarestrepo.michelelastella.mp3

Margarita Restrepo is the publisher and editor-in-chief of the award-winning publication Naked Food magazine, founder of the International Association of Reversive Medicine, and the founder of WFPB.ORG, a global initiative that that empowers human and planetary health through a plant-based lifestyle. She is also the co-founder of Anima Mundi Education, an homeschooling initiative that seeks to provide awakening options for parents and children from Kindergarten to 12 grade. She is the author of the evidence-based Universal Guideline for Human and Planetary Health, and the author of four whole food, plant-based culinary medicine cookbooks. Margarita is certified in Cellular Biology and Cognitive Fitness from Harvard University, Virology from Columbia University, and Plant-based Nutrition from eCornell. She earned a B.A. degree in Marketing and Graphic Arts from Florida Atlantic University. She is an expert in health and lifestyle medicine, nutritional biochemistry, organic and vegan permaculture, and natural medicine.

Michele Lastella is a Media and Intelligence Analyst, a Behavioral Science Historian, and an expert in semiotics and history. He is the founder of Sustainable Media, a multimedia company focused on uncovering truth through investigative research and film. Michele is a Reiki Master and the co-author of Naked Food Magazine’s Master Plants Cookbook. He is a film director, graduate from the National Academy Of Dramatic Art in Italy, and a former professor at the New York Film Academy.

Music in this Vegan Nation Valentine Special includes Mike Love, Will Tuttle, and Mobius Loop (lyrics). Much thanks to all for caring enough to hear & be heard.

https://everytimezone.com/ (Time Zone Chart) Vegan Nation airs at 4 pm EST USA.

Gentle World. Vegan. Big Island Hawaii – Feb 7, 2023

Vegan Nation features an interview with Light and Angel of Gentle World. Tune in Tuesday, February 7, 2023, 4 pm Eastern Standard Time (4 to 4:30 pm EST). WCUW 91.3 FM Listen worldwide online: wcuw.org/listen. Hosted by Marlene Narrow, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. Music in this episode is by Will Tuttle. Vegan Nation archives: vegansradio.com . Thank you for caring enough to hear & be heard, and much thanks for your Vegan activism.

Light recently celebrated his 86th birthday, and he is a 53-year vegan, and is the co-founder of Gentle World, a non-profit 501(c)(3) educational organization, and the world’s oldest vegan intentional community. Angel is a 22-year vegan and is Gentle World’s Outreach Director. Gentle World has an extensive history of public service that includes the opening of The Vegan Restaurant on Maui, Hawaii, the production of two celebrity vegan banquets in the 1980s, and the publication of the first full-length vegan cookbook in the United States way back in 1981: The Cookbook for People Who Love Animals. Their most recent publication is a free downloadable eBook titled Vegan FAQ: Demystifying Veganism with 20 Simple Questions.

Tuesday Goti. Vegan. Meat The Victims – Jan 31, 2023

Vegan Nation features an interview with antispeciesist activist/humanitarian, Tuesday Goti in Northern Ireland. Music in this episode includes Entyce the Lyrical Vegan, and also Will Tuttle. Tune in Tues., January 31, 2023 4 pm Eastern Standard Time (9 pm GMT) Listen worldwide here: wcuw.org/listen. Over the airwaves in Massachusetts WCUW 91.3 FM. Hosted by Marlene Narrow, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. Vegan Nation archives: vegansradio.com. Thank you for caring enough to hear and be heard. At the very start of this broadcast, we hear a short snippet of the song, “What Are They Hiding” by Jason Oliver (also known as Dayzee Deva) and Eva Hamer.

Tuesday Goti is the Meat the Victims organizer in Northern Ireland. MTV is an international association. In addition to hearing about their legal liberation of “Connor” in January 2020, we’ll also hear news of Tuesday & her team’s upcoming court case next month (February) in reference to another MTV Northern Ireland action that occurred in July 2021. Additionally, we’ll hear from Tuesday about delicious veganized Irish dishes, and about vegan restaurants & cafes in Northern Ireland. “Until all are free, none are free” – Tuesday Sophia Goti

Vegan Nation is a 1/2 hour informational news program that reports on Veganism worldwide. The views expressed on the broadcasts do not necessarily reflect the views & opinions of this program, station nor its management. Vegan Nation – On-Air weekly, since 2015. Deep Veganism philosophy – As we collectively sow, humanity eventually reaps; therefore, Peace and human freedom require animal liberation -nondiscriminatory compassion & justice. Veganism is the Golden Rule in action.

Petra Dungate. Animal Communication. Reiki – 1/24/23

Vegan Nation features an interview with Animal Reiki healer/teacher, and Animal Communicator, Petra Dungate (vegan). Petra joins us from Ramsgate, Kent, England. We’ll hear stories about finding lost animals, helping with health issues, and communicating with ascended animal companions, as well as how we can promote veganism on a daily basis, and also ways to help Vegans cope with the stress of living in this current global nonvegan paradigm – where animals (human and other-than-human animals) are exploited & harmed. Music in this episode is “What are they hiding?” by Jason Oliver (Dayzee Deva) and Eva Hamer. Also the “Cow Song” and “Chicken Song” by Will Tuttle.

Tune in Tuesday, January 24, 2023 4 PM EST (9 PM GMT). WCUW 91.3 FM wcuw.org/listen . Hosted by Marlene Narrow, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. Vegan Nation archives: vegansradio.com Thank you for caring enough to hear and be heard.