Interview with Kathleen Conlee , Director of Program Management , Animal Research Issues with the Humane Society of the United States, regarding the transfer of 202 government-owned chimpanzees to a biomedical research laboratory which is already underway. The government's plan is not only inhumane for the chimpanzees, many of whom have spent decades in laboratories, but also fiscally irresponsible. Please help save these chimpanzees.

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"The New Good Life: Living Better Than Ever In An Age of Less , " by best selling author John Robbins (Diet for a New America, The Food Revolution) is an imperative for the survival of those who wish to live in an economy of exchange of spirit vs. an economy of cash. It is essential reading for those who wish to live as responsible people, family members, citizens, and more importantly, as members of the global community who wish to lead responsible lives in cooperation with the the living world and the environment - as opposed to moving in a more competitive fashion as instilled and bred in a greed based capitalist system which, face it people, clearly has not worked.

In addition to a beautiful conceptual framework for living better, John Robbins effectively holds one's hand and walks one through many practical matters regarding a clear evaluation of one's financial 'worth' vs quality of life - defining six Jungian type money archetypes to help one better understand their own disposition in handling money and interacting with others (partners, for example).

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I was joined in the Lunch Room today by the founders of The Vegan Initiative, Evan and Jesse Stormo and Adam Roufberg, to discuss their organization and their petition to create a national holiday to recognize the exploitation of animals. Be sure to check out and sign their Animal Day Petition.

We spoke with Dr. Will Tuttle, author of the World Peace Diet - the quintessential book on veganism which explores all aspects of veganism including: the nature of our indoctrination into a culture of denial and disconnect wrt to the massive brutality perpetrated against animals, the health aspects of a vegan diet, the effects of factory farms on the environment, the sentience of non-human animals etc.

I conducted an interview with Professor Gary Steiner on his recent NYTimes Op Ed piece Animal, Vegetable, Miserable and other works regarding the sentience of animals and the predominant anthropocentric view of the human animal which discounts the self-worth of others.

Jesse, Evan, and Adam played some live sounds behind the interview with Professor Steiner.