Video Interviews

Enjoy these video clips, which we're considering a precursor to our new video podcast, to be officially released in 2010. In the meantime, be sure to subscribe to our YouTube video page to be notified when new videos are uploaded.

Becoming Awake 

Colleen Patrick-Goudreau of Compassionate Cooks recounts her own personal experience of having grown up eating meat, dairy, and eggs and becoming desensitized to the suffering of animals - only to become reawakened as an adult.

 

 

Making A Difference

Colleen Patrick-Goudreau of Compassionate Cooks talks about the empowerment of making informed food choices and about the fact that it's not that we CAN make a difference; it's that we DO make a difference with every choice we make. We only get to decide whether we want to make a negative diffedrence or a positive difference.

 

 

Growing Food For People

Colleen Patrick-Goudreau of Compassionate Cooks explains why people are going hungry when we have everything we need to feed them.

 

 

Who Are Slaughterhouse Workers?

Colleen Patrick-Goudreau of Compassionate Cooks explains the importance of not demonizing slaughterhouse workers (they're not evil but rather desensitized humans) and reminds us that we're complicit in the violence if we buy meat, dairy, and eggs.

 

 

Connecting with the Animals

Colleen Patrick-Goudreau of Compassionate Cooks talks about the transformations that occur in the animals rescued from slaughter and given lifelong protection and sanctuary.

 

Domesticating Animals: From Reverence to Ownership

Colleen Patrick-Goudreau of Compassionate Cooks talks about how the agricultural revolution 10,000 years ago changed our relationship to the natural world, to animals, and to each other, particularly in relation to war.

 

A Return To Compassion

Colleen Patrick-Goudreau of Compassionate Cooks discusses the process of desensitizing innately compassionate children - and the hope of returning to that compassion once again.

 

Maternal Instincts

Colleen Patrick-Goudreau talks about the primal instincts all mammals have for their young and the effects of commodifying animals and people.

 

Female Exploitation

Colleen Patrick-Goudreau explains the inherent exploitation of the female reproductive system in the dairy and egg industries.

 

Foodborne Illnesses

Colleen Patrick-Goudreau explains that foodborne illnesses,which humans are at risk of contracting, are animal-borne - not plant-based. (Listen to the Lethal Gifts of Livestock episode for a more comprehensive discussion.)

 

Inherent Violence

Colleen Patrick-Goudreau of Compassionate Cooks discusses the violence inherent in a system that is built on killing living beings day in and day out.

 

Garlic and Green Soup

Colleen Patrick-Goudreau demonstrates a delicious and nutritious Garlic and Greens Soup.