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Plant Fueled Podcast

Cassie Warbeck

Welcome! I'm Cass Warbeck, a medical student, plant-based athlete, and passionate vegan advocate. I'll be sharing conversations with physicians, athletes, researchers, and leaders in the pla...

Episodes

20 of 49 episodes

The Cost of Cutting Weight: Former Professional Boxer Danny O’Connor’s Secret Battle with an Eating Disorder

Send us Fan Mail This conversation is with Danny O’Connor, a former professional boxer, author, and advocate for men’s mental health and eat...

78:59Oct 8, 2026

Staying in the Game: Leveraging Lifestyle Factors for Performance Longevity with Dr. Sharon McDowell-Larsen and Dr. Regan Stiegmann

Send us Fan Mail How can athletes continue to perform, compete, and stay healthy as they age? In this episode, I’m joined by Dr. Sharon McDo...

88:40Jun 23, 2026

Sideline Saliva Testing for Concussions: The Future of Decision-Making in Sport | Andrew Cordssen-David (HeadFirst CEO)

Send us Fan Mail This conversation is with Andrew Cordssen-David, CEO and co-founder of HeadFirst and a former semi-professional hockey play...

55:04Apr 30, 2026

What Doctors Aren’t Taught About Nutrition and Why It Matters for Long-Term Health and Performance: Moving Medicine Forward with Dr. Michael Klaper

Send us Fan Mail This conversation is with Dr. Michael Klaper, a physician, educator, and one of the early pioneers in plant-based and lifes...

60:18Apr 20, 2026

Wings of Survival: Cycling 30,000 km from Alaska to Patagonia | Leanna Carriere & Dr. Timm Döbert

Send us Fan Mail This conversation is with Leanna Carriere and Dr. Timm Döbert, plant-based endurance athletes who are about to embark on a...

77:18Feb 26, 2026

Bill Killinger on radical self-honesty, consequences, and the pursuit of better in martial arts and life

Send us Fan Mail This conversation with Bill Killinger explores martial arts as a framework for radical self-honesty, decision-making, and l...

99:41Jan 26, 2026

Caffeine Masterclass with Dr. Lawrence Spriet: Physiology, Benefits, and Practical Strategies for Improving Performance

Send us Fan Mail This conversation is a masterclass on the science of caffeine and how to use it to enhance athletic performance. My guest t...

60:00Dec 2, 2025

The Empowered Kitchen: how daily plant-forward choices shape your health and the planet with Dr. Colin Zhu

Send us Fan Mail This conversation is with returning guest Dr. Colin Zhu, an osteopathic physician double board-certified in Family Medicine...

61:33Nov 18, 2025

Dr. Hussain Khimji on progress over perfection, leveraging GLP-1s as tools, and mastering behaviour change | Lifestyle Is Medicine: Part 2

Send us Fan Mail This conversation is with Dr. Hussain Khimji, a family physician with focused practices in lifestyle and obesity medicine b...

72:35Nov 7, 2025

Dr. Ema Gye on treating the root causes of disease, alternatives to calorie counting, and the science of plant-based eating | Lifestyle Is Medicine: Part 1

Send us Fan Mail This conversation is with Dr. Emmanuel Gye is a family physician, board-certified in lifestyle medicine, and the founder of...

63:44Nov 7, 2025

Tendons Don’t Need Rest Days: Understanding Load, Recovery, and Tendinopathy with Dr. Jill Cook

Send us Fan Mail This conversation is with Dr. Jill Cook — physiotherapist, researcher, and professor in musculoskeletal health at La Trobe...

64:36Oct 20, 2025

The Relaunch: "Here All Day" Begins | featuring Blair Garneau

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the first episode of Here All Day ! To kick off the relaunch, I’m joined by my partner, Blair Garneau - a jiu-ji...

52:28Aug 6, 2025

Discipline, embracing discomfort, and Living Intentionally: Lessons from ultra endurance athlete Joe Gagnon

Send us Fan Mail This conversation is with Joe Gagnon - endurance athlete, six-time CEO, and author of Living Intentionally . Joe has comple...

64:22Aug 6, 2025

Mindset: Vegan MMA Fighter, Alex “The Finisher” Font | why he’s vegan for the animals, how he fuels for training, and the importance of discipline

Send us Fan Mail This conversation is with Alex “Finisher” Font, a professional MMA fighter based out of Chalon sur Saone, France where he r...

59:49Aug 7, 2024

Training: BJJ Strength Coach Kieren Lefevre | why you need to get strong for jiu jitsu and how to do it, improve your grappling gas tank, and reducing injury risk

Send us Fan Mail This conversation is with Kieren Lefevre. Kieren is a BJJ Performance Coach, Certified Personal Trainer, Strength & Conditi...

69:26Jul 3, 2024

Training: Tyler Huston on Breath Control Training | improving CO2 tolerance to enhance performance, simulating high altitude with breath holds, & breath as medicine

Send us Fan Mail This conversation is with Tyler Huston. Tyler is a high performance coach with additional training as a first responder par...

69:29Jun 26, 2024

Fuel: A vegan vs omnivore diet for cardiometabolic health | behind the scenes of “You Are What You Eat” with Matthew Landry, PhD, RD

Send us Fan Mail This conversation is with Dr. Matthew Landry, an assistant professor of Population Health and Disease Prevention at the Uni...

55:11Apr 23, 2024

Mindset: Bodybuilder Robert Cheeke on being an Impactful Vegan | how you can use your strengths to improve the lives of others and reduce animal suffering

Send us Fan Mail This conversation is with Robert Cheeke in celebration of his upcoming new book, The Impactful Vegan . In this book, Robert...

82:14Apr 2, 2024

Fuel: Vegan Olympian, Dotsie Bausch | from anorexia to the Olympic podium, plant-based diets for athletes, and convincing the world to ditch dairy

Send us Fan Mail This conversation is with Dotsie Bausch. Dotsie is known for her prolific professional cycling career that produced a medal...

56:00Mar 12, 2024

Mindset: Using community to power change | Dr. Colin Zhu on the mindset of weight loss, environmental obstacles, and striving for 1% better everyday

Send us Fan Mail This conversation is with repeat podcast guest, Dr. Colin Zhu. Dr. Zhu is an osteopathic doctor who is double board certifi...

46:05Mar 4, 2024