What happens when ordinary people decide to speak up for animals? In this episode, Matthew King joins Nicole to talk about how cities big and small across the U.S. are banning rodeo and bull riding through grassroots action, community pressure, and people who simply refuse to stay silent.

Matthew A. King is the president of the Christian Animal Rights Association, which he co-founded with his wife, Nina. He is the author of I Will Abolish the Bow: Christianity, Personhood, and the End of Animal Exploitation, Meat: The New Cigarette: Patient Advocacy and the Plant-Based Diet, and Pride Goes Before Destruction: Human Vanity, Animal Agriculture, and the New Covenant Solution. He is also a registered nurse.

Matthew hosts ‘The Peaceable Kingdom Hour,’ a biweekly hour-long show where he discusses issues involving the intersection of animal rights and the Bible. Finally, Matthew has an upcoming book titled, The Christian Case for Cultivated Meat, that will be published by Wipf & Stock in mid to late 2026.

https://christiananimalrights.com/

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In this New Year’s episode, Nicole sits down with Stephanie and Tiffany, two of the founders of Revolution Philadelphia, for a heartfelt and inspiring conversation about grassroots activism. They share how they got started, the campaigns they’ve taken on, and why community and friendship are so important in the fight for animals. This episode is a reminder that anyone can get involved — and that real change starts with people who care.

Tiffany Stair has been a lifelong animal lover and nurse for over 20 years. She went vegan in 2017 after seeing a series of clips from the documentary Earthlings and never looked back. “I basically went vegan overnight.” Soon after going vegan, Tiffany started to see a lot of activism content on social media and quickly became engaged with the local community, getting a crash course on animal rights activism. With the lack of a grassroots animal rights movement in Philadelphia, Revolution Philadelphia was born in 2020. The group proudly obtained its 501(c)(3) in 2023. Since then, RP has taken on multiple local campaigns and are working toward making a lasting difference for animals.

Stephanie Curson has spent the past 23 years teaching elementary school, where she loves weaving compassion for animals into her lessons whenever she can. A vegan for nearly a decade and an animal rights advocate for more than 15 years, she’s passionate about making the world kinder for all beings. She is proud to be a part of Revolution Philadelphia and loves working on campaigns with the other strong, like minded, and inspiring women. For the last three years, Stephanie has organized Phoenixville VegFest and is excited to keep growing and expanding the event. A lifelong animal lover, she feels a deep responsibility to speak up for animals and push back against the cruelty they face worldwide. Since going vegan, she’s also become a full-on foodie—and she’ll happily point you to all the best vegan spots around.

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https://www.rev-philly.org/

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Can art change the way we see animals? Nicole chats with artist Lisa Goldberg about how creativity becomes a powerful form of activism. A contributor to the #FreeHappy billboard campaign and the NYC Animal Rights March, Lisa’s “animal artivism” blends compassion and visual storytelling to give animals a voice and challenge us to rethink our relationship with them.

Lisa Goldberg is a mixed-media artist and illustrator, working in both traditional and digital mediums. She is captivated by the intersection between figurative and abstract art, and by the ways that images and words can come together to tell a story. Since awakening to the profound suffering of animals in our human-centric world, the focus of much of her work has been on the animals who are most often used and exploited by humans for food, clothing, research, labor, and entertainment. She tries with every artwork to portray animals as individuals with their own interests and reasons for being. Her hope is that her work may spark the recognition that these sentient beings have the same capacity to thrive and to suffer - and the same innate right to live life on their own terms - that humans and their beloved companion animals do.

Lisa is the illustrator of two children’s books: SADIE'S SHABBAT STORIES, written by Melissa Stoller; and TEDDY, written by Willie Devargas. She lives on the Lower East Side of New York City with her husband, daughter, and two spoiled cats.

Lisa's Website: https://www.lisagoldbergillustration.com/

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