Beyond Factory Farming: Björn Ólafsson on the Psychology of Meat Reduction and Plant-Based Nudges
Animal advocacy researcher Björn Ólafsson (More Than Meats The Eye, Better Food Foundation, Spain’s Animal Welfare Observatory) joins...
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2015 AND 2013 OFFICIAL HONOREE OF THE WEBBY AWARDS! Join hostesses Jasmin Singer and Mariann Sullivan on this unique and fun podcast that focuses on changing the world for animals. Jasmin an...
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The Hen Report: “I Don’t Want To” | Vegan Allies, Factory Farming & Animal Advocacy
This week’s Hen Report dives into what makes an ally “natural” for animal advocacy, questioning whether meat reducers, cru...
ShopKind, Temple Grandin’s PR Spin, and the Industry’s Never-Ending Excuses | Rising Anxieties
This week’s Rising Anxieties discusses ASPCA’s “humane” shopping guide which has the industry in quite a tizzy, dismantles...
Building the Field: Inside the Animal Law Practice Association with Cheryl Leahy
This week, Mariann Sullivan sits down with Cheryl Leahy, director of the newly launched Animal Law Practice Association (ALPA) at the Brooks...
The Hen Report: “Is There Anything Left To Say?” | Octopus Farm Canceled, Brazil Bans Foie Gras & More Animal Rights News
This week, Jasmin and Mariann dig into a wave of encouraging news for the plant-based movement alongside a sobering look at threats to wildl...
No More Goat Snuggles: Animal Ag’s Week of Bad-Faith Excuses | Rising Anxieties
The industry’s talking points are getting more absurd by the week: a farm blames “vegan extremists” for ending baby goat c...
The Korean Vegan on Culture, Compassion, and Cooking: Joanne Molinaro’s Path to Success
Bestselling author and James Beard Award winner Joanne Molinaro, AKA The Korean Vegan, joins Our Hen House to discuss her new book, Korean V...
The Hen Report: “Animal Activism Matters” | Vegan News, Animal Welfare & Factory Farming Updates
This week, Jasmin and Mariann dig into a wave of encouraging news for the plant-based movement alongside a sobering look at threats to wildl...
Litigation Anxiety, Oregon’s IP 28, and Cattle That Are Bred to Shut Up | Rising Anxieties
This week Mariann tears through the industry press so you don’t have to: an Animal Ag Alliance exec frets about “brand-busting&#...
Rocky Road to Redemption: Rowdy Girl’s Renee King-Sonnen on Faith, Sobriety, and Going Vegan
Renee King-Sonnen, founder of Rowdy Girl Sanctuary and author of the new memoir Rowdy Girl: Confessions of a Vegan Cattle Rancher, returns t...
Cow Trip: How a Dairy Calf Rescue Road Trip Became a Viral Documentary
In this episode of Our Hen House, filmmaker Joanna Zelman and her father, retired emergency medicine physician Dr. Jared Zelman, join hosts...
The Hen Report: “Everything Changes, Yet Nothing Changes” | Horse Carriage Ban, Vegan Food Policy & Animal Testing News
Jasmin Singer and Mariann Sullivan catch up on New York City happenings and dig into major animal advocacy news, from a vegan appointee shap...
Lawfare, Loopholes, and Landed Gentry: The Ag Industry’s Anxiety Playbook | Rising Anxieties
This episode dives into the Ridglan Farms activist prosecutions, USDA’s new “lawfare portal” (yes, the federal government...
Protecting the Porcupine Mountains: Artists Sol Anzorena and Tom Grotewohl on Fighting the Copperwood Mine
Artists, authors, and activists Sol Anzorena and Tom Grotewohl join Our Hen House to discuss their grassroots campaign, Protect the Porkies,...
The Hen Report: “It Doesn’t Seem Fair” | Animal Cruelty Laws, SCOTUS & Constitutional Rights for Animals
This episode of The Hen Report features Mariann Sullivan and constitutional law professor Michael Dorf, filling in for Jasmin, for a wide-ra...
Chickens Sue Back, Canada Fumbles, and Cows Are Overheating | Rising Anxieties
This week on Rising Anxieties, Mariann Sullivan digs into a genuinely encouraging legal development (yes, really), some deeply depressing po...
Wayne Hsiung’s Landmark Animal Rescue Appeal Wins Some, Loses Some: What It Means for the Right to Rescue
Animal law attorney and activist Wayne Hsiung joins host Mariann Sullivan along with attorneys Chris Carraway and Steffen Seitz of the Unive...
The Hen Report: “Depending on Who You Ask” | NAMs, Animal-Free Science & the Future of Lab Research
In this episode of The Hen Report, Jasmin Singer and Mariann Sullivan welcome flock member and postdoctoral researcher Neha Nataraj from the...
Eggs, Ballots, and Manure Pits: Animal Agriculture’s Worst Week (Again) | Rising Anxieties
In this episode of Rising Anxieties, Mariann Sullivan tears through the week’s most revealing industry news — from egg producers final...
Can Finance Activism End Factory Farming? AI, Divestment, and Animal Advocacy with Richie Richardson
This episode of the Our Hen House interview features Thomas “Richie” Manandhar Richardson — AI Impact Director at Vegan Hacktivi...