{"podcast":{"title":"The Plant Based News Podcast","slug":"the-plant-based-news-podcast-1121437","podcast_index_feed_id":1121437,"rss_url":"https://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:281993584/sounds.rss","website_url":"http://www.plantbasednews.org/","image_url":"https://i1.sndcdn.com/avatars-XILC9RWFW5H262Of-oq4pYg-original.jpg","author":"Plant Based News","episode_count":179,"summary":"The PBN podcast, from the award-winning team, cov…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-31T06:17:14.806987+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-plant-based-news-podcast-1121437"},"episode":{"title":"Ricky Gervais On Being Vegan (+ Russell Brand & Chef AJ News) S03E01","slug":"ricky-gervais-on-being-vegan-russell-brand-chef-aj-news-s03e01","published_at":"2024-12-19T18:00:28+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-plant-based-news-podcast-1121437/ricky-gervais-on-being-vegan-russell-brand-chef-aj-news-s03e01","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-plant-based-news-podcast-1121437","url":"https://soundcloud.com/plantbasednews/pbn-podcast-ricky-gervais-on-being-vegan","audio_url":"http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/1989569851-plantbasednews-pbn-podcast-ricky-gervais-on-being-vegan.mp3","summary":"In this episode of the Plant Based News podcast, Klaus & Sarah from Plant Based News, and Shabnam from Greener by Default discuss hot vegan topics, including: - Ricky Gervais on why he’s vegan and the ethics behind it. - Chef AJ’s revelation about her cancer diagnosis and how it’s impacted her advocacy. - Russell Brand’s controversial departure from veganism. We also dive into the science of plant-based proteins with Mic the Vegan. - 00:00:00 Chef AJ's Cancer Diagnosis - 00:01:03 Veganism and Cancer Statistics - 00:02:13 Chef AJ's Health and Diet - 00:04:31 Veganism and Public Perception - 00:10:29 Plant-Based Products vs. Animal-Based (Mic the Vegan) - 00:15:57 Russell Brand's Transition - 00:24:29 Ricky Gervais on Veganism","meta_description":"In this episode of the Plant Based News podcast, Klaus & Sarah from Plant Based News, and Shabnam from Greener by Default discuss hot vegan topics, includ…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3484,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-plant-based-news-podcast-1121437/episodes/ricky-gervais-on-being-vegan-russell-brand-chef-aj-news-s03e01/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-plant-based-news-podcast-1121437/ricky-gervais-on-being-vegan-russell-brand-chef-aj-news-s03e01.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}