Diet For a New America with John Robbins
The Brain Health Revolution Podcast
Dean and Ayesha Sherzai
4.8 • 604 Ratings
🗓️ 15 December 2022
⏱️ 83 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, we had the great pelasure of interviewing the legendary John Robbins.
The only son of the founder of the Baskin-Robbins ice cream empire, John Robbins was groomed to follow in his father’s footsteps, but chose to walk away from Baskin-Robbins and the immense wealth it represented to “…pursue the deeper American Dream…the dream of a society at peace with its conscience because it respects and lives in harmony with all life forms. A dream of a society that is truly healthy, practicing a wise and compassionate stewardship of a balanced ecosystem.”
Considered by many to be one of the most eloquent and powerful spokespersons in the world for a sane, ethical and sustainable future, John has been a featured and keynote speaker at major conferences sponsored by Physicians for Social Responsibility, Beyond War, Oxfam, the Sierra Club, the Humane Society of the United States, the United Nations Environmental Program, UNICEF, and many other organizations dedicated to creating a healthy, just, and sustainable way of life. He is the recipient of the Rachel Carson Award, the Albert Schweitzer Humanitarian Award, the Peace Abbey’s Courage of Conscience Award, and lifetime achievement awards from groups including Green America. The widespread media attention he has received has included numerous appearances on national shows including Oprah, Donahue and Geraldo. When John spoke at the United Nations, he received a standing ovation.
John is the Co-Founder and President of the Food Revolution Network. The Food Revolution Network is committed to healthy, sustainable, humane, and conscious food for all. Guided by John and Ocean Robbins, with more than 600,000 members and with the collaboration of many of the top food revolutionary leaders of our times, the Food Revolution Network aims to empower individuals, build community, and transform food systems to support healthy people and a healthy planet.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, everyone. I hope you're all having a wonderful day. We are joined by our dear friend and our |
| 0:14.1 | inspiration, John Robbins. I don't think you need any introduction because everybody already |
| 0:19.7 | knows you and loves you so much, |
| 0:21.4 | John. Thank you so much for joining us and taking time from your day to speak with us. |
| 0:26.4 | Well, I'm glad to be here. It's always a privilege, always. Thank you. Thank you so much. |
| 0:31.5 | So we learned about you a while ago. In fact, we learned about your work when we were at UCSD, |
| 0:40.5 | and even prior to that in 2006 and even prior to that. Yeah, I remember having a copy of your book, |
| 0:48.4 | Diet for New America when I was in medical school. Wow. Yeah, yeah. |
| 0:55.2 | And so your name and your work has been a part and parcel of our background in science and in medicine and health care in general. |
| 1:06.1 | And I know that you probably have spoken about your story to so many people and you |
| 1:12.3 | probably, you know, it's almost a repetition, but we would love for you to actually tell us |
| 1:18.4 | how you embarked on this journey. And, you know, we've read your books. They're incredible. |
| 1:23.7 | The Diet for New America. We read The Diet for a New World, the Food Revolution, |
| 1:29.9 | Healthy at 100, No Happy Cows, and the latest book, The New Good Life. And, you know, |
| 1:37.7 | there's so much beauty in your message and in your story. And we would love for you to tell us a little bit about, you know, maybe we can actually |
| 1:48.4 | start with your childhood. |
| 1:49.8 | What did your childhood look like? |
| 1:52.8 | Well, it was unusual in that my father and my uncle founded what became the world's |
| 2:00.7 | largest ice cream company, Vascon Robin, |
| 2:03.6 | 31 flavors. And I'm an only son. I had sisters, but no brothers. And in my father's |
| 2:09.8 | worldview, women aren't supposed to work. It's kind of that old-fashioned paternalistic idea. |
| 2:19.3 | And he was part of that generation and had that thinking. And so he also all the weight of his |
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