Human: John Oberg, Social Media Influencer & Animal Advocate
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Macken Murphy
4.8 • 606 Ratings
🗓️ 16 May 2019
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
John Oberg is one of the most prominent characters in the modern animal rights movement. He is an animal advocate hoping to make the world a kinder place by utilizing the power of social media. Today, John sat down with Macken for a conversation about veganism and animal rights advocacy. Together they went through the reasons for being vegan, discussed the future of veganism, and jointly addressed some of the most common defenses of animal exploitation. John also spoke about his fascinating life story, and his journey towards animal advocacy.
You can find John on his website, Patreon, Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube.
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| 0:00.0 | Well, a vegan world is inevitable, but the speed of which we get there is dependent on our choices now. |
| 0:08.0 | And our choices now are going to lead to a better world or a worst world for animals. |
| 0:16.0 | And our choices now are going to make a real world impact for dozens of animals every single |
| 0:25.4 | year. And if you oppose animal cruelty, which I can almost guarantee you do, if you're listening |
| 0:32.3 | to this podcast, then you should understand that your choices right now, today, as a consumer, are going to make a real difference for animals. |
| 0:47.0 | Welcome to the show. |
| 0:48.5 | Today we are lucky to have with us one of the most prominent animal rights activists on Earth. |
| 0:55.8 | If you follow anyone who is vegan on social media, you have already seen this guy. He was the online voice of the |
| 1:01.6 | Humane League, you might have heard of them. He was the same for vegan outreach, another |
| 1:05.7 | Biameth, and he got them both over a billion views during his tenure. He is a writer, he's a public speaker, |
| 1:13.4 | he is the real deal, and I really liked talking to him. Trigger warning, we are going to be talking |
| 1:18.9 | about veganism. If that upsets you, just skip this one, obviously. Or just cut me some slack. You've |
| 1:25.9 | been listening to me talk for over a year. I've mentioned |
| 1:27.8 | veganism twice, both times incidentally, so it's high time we talk about the most effective way |
| 1:34.2 | you can be kind to animals. So, John, we're very lucky to have you here today. I'm very grateful that you're coming on the show, but believe it or not, you're actually kind of coming into the lion's den to use an all too appropriate metaphor. |
| 1:52.0 | I would say that more than half of my listeners are proverbial lions, so to say. |
| 1:57.0 | They eat animals, they wear animals, they use animals, all that stuff. Most of them |
| 2:01.7 | probably don't even think about this as an issue. And most of them probably don't even know |
| 2:07.1 | that I'm vegan. Contra to the stereotype, I actually can have a conversation or release a year's |
| 2:13.8 | worth of podcasts without mentioning it. As a result, I've actually been invited hunting |
| 2:20.2 | on multiple occasions by listeners who are well-meaning, but just clearly I have no idea what my |
| 2:25.9 | philosophy here is. My vegan listeners probably already know who you are. I'd say every |
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