Ep. 24: Jon and Tracey Stewart - Plants over Politics
PLANTSTRONG Podcast
Rip Esselstyn
4.8 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 9 January 2020
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
Last fall, Tracey Stewart attended a five-day Plant-Strong Engine 2 Immersion in Asheville, North Carolina. Even as a compassionate animal advocate, and author of Do Unto Animals, Tracey, like many of us, still felt frustrated and stagnant in her plant-strong journey. The invigorating retreat, however, ignited a passion and turned on her science-based megaphone with which she could reclaim her health and provide resources for many.
“The solution was simple,” she wrote in a blog post after the Immersion. “I just needed to add more vegetables and take away the processed foods and additives in my diet! My saving-animals-kit just gained a whole bunch of new tools!”
Her husband, Jon Stewart, in case you haven’t turned on the TV in many years, is the longtime host, writer, and Executive Producer for “The Daily Show,” which won 22 Primetime Emmys during his tenure. He has also recently become a vocal champion for 9/11 first responders and their struggles for protection and health care.
Together as a plant-strong couple, Jon and Tracey have launched a new chapter in their purposeful lives. Together, they run the Hockhockson Farm Foundation, an animal sanctuary in New Jersey dedicated to promoting healthy, sustainable, and kind living.
In part one of this packed two-episode conversation, Jon and Tracey humorously share stories of their plant-based journey, but also recount how they met and became a couple over two decades ago! Jon even shares the ingredients of his very own daily Rip’s Big Bowl - it will have you laughing out loud and reaching for your nooch in no time.
These two are using their unique positions to raise awareness about the benefits of eating plants and about the sanctity of protecting animals—to me, that's the true definition of a hero, especially when it’s wrapped up with a daily dose of humor.
Resources in the Episode:
Plant-Strong Immersions - use promo code PLANTSTRONG for any five or six-day retreat
Wild Earth Dog Food -use promo code PLANTSTRONG for 40% order
Do Unto Animals - by Tracey Stewart
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Today's guests need no introduction, but in case for some reason you've never turned |
| 0:10.2 | on a television set. |
| 0:12.3 | John Stewart is the iconic host writer and executive producer of The Daily Show, which during |
| 0:22.5 | his tenure at the helm won over 22 prime time Emmy Awards. |
| 0:29.9 | John is also a huge advocate for 9-11 emergency responders. |
| 0:37.6 | John and Tracy are emerging heroes in the movement by using their big, passionate, wonderful |
| 0:44.4 | voices to draw attention to the benefits of the whole food plant-based lifestyle. |
| 0:52.8 | Enjoy. |
| 0:59.8 | Thank you for being on the Plant Strong podcast. |
| 1:02.8 | This is season two. |
| 1:04.3 | It's a season two. |
| 1:05.3 | Yeah, this is season two. |
| 1:07.3 | And the theme is the heart of a hero. |
| 1:09.8 | I mean, you guys, I can't think of two people that have bigger hearts and are doing heroic |
| 1:15.3 | things. |
| 1:16.3 | Bigger, actually, healthier hearts. |
| 1:18.3 | I don't want to. |
| 1:19.3 | Is that a good segue? |
| 1:21.5 | Oh, it's a great segue. |
| 1:23.4 | It's interesting. |
| 1:24.4 | You bring up heart health. |
| 1:25.4 | Thank you. |
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