A Year-Long Vow of Silence | James Aspey

The Proof with Simon Hill

Simon Hill

Nutrition, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement, Education

4.9 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 18 August 2018

⏱️ 91 minutes

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In Episode #21, I spoke with animal activist James Aspey on the horrors of factory farming and why he gave up meat. An Australian animal activist and vegan, James incredibly took a year-long vow of silence to raise awareness of the animal cruelty that takes place within our food system. He has since become one of the world’s best-known animal activists, having given over 500 free speeches across the globe. James lives and breathes this and is well equipped to explain the scale of the issue of animal-product consumption. In this episode, we talked about James’s childhood and his health journey, particularly a pivotal time of his life that led him to become more health conscious. He shares more about that year-long vow of silence, what that was like, and how he makes money to be able to dedicate his entire life to activism. We talked about the factory farms and what goes on there and what resources you can check out to educate yourself further. Listen to hear James explain why everyone should consider eliminating or at least reducing animal products from their plate and his solutions for doing so. If you want to hear more from James, check out Episode #57. Enjoy, friends. Simon Want to support the show? The best way to support the show is to use the products and services offered by our sponsors. To check them out, and enjoy great savings, visit theproof.com/friends. Simon Hill, Msc, Bsc (Hons) Creator of theproof.com and host of The Proof with Simon Hill Author of The Proof is in the Plants Watch the episodes on YouTube, or Listen on Apple/Spotify Connect with me on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook Download my complimentary two week meal plan and high protein plant performance recipe book

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0:37.8	The root of this whole issue that we're talking about is speciesism. Disgermanating against
0:45.0	other species because basically they look different to us. They've got feathers or wings
0:49.0	or scales. There actually is no trait that humans possess and animals don't possess that
0:55.3	and it does make us any more special. That just doesn't exist. We are just another species
1:00.0	of animals. Humans are animals too. A lot of people, myself included for a long time, thought
1:04.8	that there was animals and then there were humans and we were some other totally special
1:08.2	thing. But no, we're just one species of millions. And the reason why we have done very special
1:13.5	things because yes, of course, in some ways we are superior. We can create technology and
1:18.2	we can adapt to our environment like no other species can. Just because other animals
1:22.8	can't do that doesn't mean that their lives do not have value or the data set to be enslaved
1:28.6	or killed and turned into food products by us. That's James Aspie and this is the proof podcast.
1:38.5	Hey guys, welcome to another episode of the planned proof podcast. Today I sit down with James Aspie.
1:57.0	James is one of the most well-known animal activists globally, having spoken at over 500 events
2:03.0	and built a huge presence on social media. In this episode we discussed James's journey to a
2:08.2	plant-based diet which was initially sparked by a traumatic health experience which saw him in
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