Can a streaming network help change the future of food, media, and the planet?

Emmy-winning journalist and UnchainedTV founder Jane Velez-Mitchell sits down with Chuck Carroll to reveal why plant-based storytelling is exploding right now — and why mainstream media still resists the movement.

Discover how UnchainedTV grew to more than 20 million views, what FAST channels mean for the future of television, and why the meat industry launched an all-out messaging war against veganism. Jane also shares behind-the-scenes insight into new documentaries, adorable rescued pigs, celeb cooking shows, and the forgotten 1890s vegetarian movement.

If you love food, media, history, or social change… this episode will absolutely light you up.

Topics Covered:
✔ Why streaming is replacing cable and traditional TV
✔ The rise of FAST channels (free ad-supported TV)
✔ Inside the meat industry's anti-vegan messaging campaigns
✔ Why plant-based stories struggle to reach mainstream newsrooms
✔ The shocking climate impact of animal agriculture
✔ Behind the scenes of "Pig Little Lies" and "At Home with the Jenners"
✔ The surprising vegetarian movement of the 1890s
✔ How UnchainedTV helps people make compassionate, healthy transitions

📺 Watch UnchainedTV: https://www.unchained.tv

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The Physicians Committee is dedicated to saving lives through plant-based diets and ethical and effective scientific research. We combine the clout and expertise of more than 17,000 physicians with the dedicated actions of more than 175,000 members across the United States and around the world.

Can your cholesterol drop more than 150 points in just 15 days without medication?

Dr. Ted Barnett joins Chuck Carroll at the International Conference on Nutrition and Medicine to reveal the stunning results he's seeing with patients who adopt a whole food plant-based diet.

Inside Lifestyle Medicine Grand Rounds, Dr. Barnett has witnessed cholesterol levels fall by 150–200 points in two weeks, average drops of 64 points, and dramatic improvements in blood sugar, inflammation, and energy — often outperforming the results of statins.

This episode dives deep into why lifestyle changes can be more powerful than prescriptions, what's holding back the medical system from using these tools, and how simple foods like arugula, broccoli, sweet potatoes, mushrooms, and black-eyed peas can transform your health quickly.

What You'll Learn:

- How patients are lowering cholesterol 150+ points naturally

- Why whole food plant-based diets outperform many medications

- The 15-Day Jumpstart program and its life-changing results

- Why the medical system overlooks lifestyle solutions

- The top foods Dr. Barnett "prescribes" to every patient

- How doctors collaborate in Lifestyle Medicine Grand Rounds

- How you can experience similar results at home

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🩺 Visit Dr. Barnett and learn more about his Grand Rounds and https://www.rochesterlifestylemedicine.org

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About Us
The Physicians Committee is dedicated to saving lives through plant-based diets and ethical and effective scientific research. We combine the clout and expertise of more than 17,000 physicians with the dedicated actions of more than 175,000 members across the United States and around the world.

New research shows that simply choosing plant-based foods can slash your environmental footprint — and dramatically improve your health at the same time.

In this episode of The Exam Room Podcast, Chuck Carroll is joined by Dr. Hana Kahleova to uncover how different diets compare when it comes to land use, water use, greenhouse gases, and planetary health.

The results are stunning:

🌱 Vegan diets use up to 8× less land
💧 Up to 85× less water
🔥 Up to 28× lower warming potential
💰 Cheaper and healthier overall
🏋️ Participants in clinical trials lost 14+ pounds while cutting their carbon footprint in half

🌎 Review the study: https://bit.ly/PlantBasedCarbonFootprint

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