Our Hen House: Vegan & Animal Rights Movement | Stories from the Frontlines of Animal Liberation
Jasmin Singer and Mariann Sullivan
Show overview
Our Hen House: Vegan & Animal Rights Movement | Stories from the Frontlines of Animal Liberation has been publishing since 2020, and across the 6 years since has built a catalogue of 388 episodes. That works out to roughly 390 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a weekly cadence.
Episodes typically run an hour to ninety minutes — most land between 44 min and 1h 17m — though episode length varies meaningfully from one episode to the next. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-US-language Society & Culture show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 2 days ago, with 56 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2025, with 113 episodes published. Published by Jasmin Singer and Mariann Sullivan.
From the publisher
Join hosts Jasmin Singer and Mariann Sullivan for intimate conversations with leading vegan activists, animal rights advocates, and changemakers transforming our world. Each week, Our Hen House brings you inspiring stories from the frontlines of animal liberation, practical activism strategies, and the latest developments in the fight for animal rights. Whether you’re a seasoned activist or newly vegan, discover how to make a difference for animals through engaging interviews and actionable insights.
Latest Episodes
View all 388 episodesBillie Eilish Was Right, the Meat Industry Is Panicking, and a Calf Saw a Butterfly | Rising Anxieties
End Animal Experimentation Now: Rise for Animals’ Lindsey Soffes on Ridglan, the Science of Alternatives, and Why Public Opinion Is Shifting
The Hen Report: “We’ve Got This” | Stop the Save Our Bacon Act
Harvard’s Animal Law Clinic Is Closing, Chicks Are Still Being Ground Up, and the Meat Industry Is Panicking. Just Another Week. | Rising Anxieties
“I’m Trying”: Filmmaker Ray Cruzzola on Documentary Activism, Regan Russell, and the Power of Storytelling for Animals
The Hen Report: “Moments Upon Moments” | Lobster Liberation, Anti-factory Farming & Animal Advocacy Strategy
Anti-Factory Farming Is Not Quite a Plan: Creating a Big Tent | Rising Anxieties
Court Strikes Down Trump ESA Regulations — A Win for Endangered Species
The Hen Report: “Get Connected” | Building Global Community at AVA Summit 2026
Factory Farm Fallout: Ridglan, Rotten Litter, and Flies Bred By Your Tax Dollars | Rising Anxieties
Radical, Idealist, Vegan: Jordi Casamitjana on Ethical Veganism, Legal Protection, and Building a Movement That Lasts
The Hen Report: “Ride That Wave” | Beagle Liberation, Plant-Based Grades & the Power of Animal Activism
When Animal Agriculture Sweats: Oregon, Bird Flu & Joyful Chickens | Rising Anxieties
Rose Patterson on Rescuing Beagles, Disrupting the Grand National, and Building Animal Rising into a Movement
Rose Patterson, Director of Animal Rising in the UK, joins Jasmin Singer and Mariann Sullivan for a deep dive into one of the most daring and legally complex animal rescue stories in recent UK history. Rose shares how Animal Rising evolved from a climate-focused Extinction Rebellion offshoot into a frontline animal rights organization, and what it really takes to challenge the…
The Hen Report: “You’re On Trend” | Etsy Fur Ban, Fiber Maxxing & Gen Z’s Preferred Foods
In this week’s Hen Report, Jasmin Singer and Mariann Sullivan mark Mariann’s 76th birthday with a wide-ranging conversation touching on animal rights, food trends, and the power of changing your mind. Mariann reflects on her Rising Anxieties episode, connecting the Declaration of Independence’s “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness” to animal rights, while Jasmin shares updates on her theater rehearsals…
Animal Rights Strategy in 2026: Why the Declaration of Independence Might Be the Answer | Rising Anxieties
It’s Mariann’s 76th birthday, and instead of cake, she’s serving up a surprisingly coherent framework for moving the animal rights movement forward — one that borrows from the Founding Fathers, sidesteps the usual vegan vs. welfarist cage match, and lands on a deceptively simple idea: animals deserve the right to pursue happiness, starting with the right to raise their own young.…
Bruce Friedrich on the Future of Meat: Plant-Based, Cultivated, and the Race to Feed the World
In this episode, Mariann sits down with Bruce Friedrich, Founder and President of The Good Food Institute and author of Meat: How the Next Agricultural Revolution Will Transform Humanity’s Favorite Food and Our Future, for a wide-ranging conversation about why the plant-based and cultivated meat revolution isn’t dead — it’s just getting started. Alternative proteins are a global food security imperative,…
The Hen Report: “It’s Important, But It’s Hard” | Vegan Identity, Graphic Footage & Masculinity Politics
In this episode of The Hen Report, Jasmin Singer and Mariann Sullivan tackle three meaty topics: the psychological toll of watching graphic animal footage, the loaded politics of the word “vegan” (is it an identity, a type of food, a diet, or a moral theory?), and the bizarre cultural obsession with meat as a symbol of masculinity — from a Texas…
Ridglan, Cage-Free Eggs, and Dog Sled Delusion: Animal Abusers Having a Very Bad Week | Rising Anxieties
Mariann Sullivan returns with another serving of industry-grade anxiety, covering everything from animal rights extremism accusations and the Trump administration’s failed egg lawsuit to cultivated meat bans, dairy farmers who think new brushes make up for everything, and a New York Times writer who is absolutely certain her sled dogs are volunteers. It’s a lot — but that’s kind of the…
Canada’s Live Horse Exports: Fighting for Animal Transport Law Enforcement w/ Camille Labchuk
When Canadian animal rights lawyer and Animal Justice Executive Director Camille Labchuk discovered that a Manitoba horse exporter had shipped 97 horses to Japan in December 2022 — on a rerouted flight projected to exceed Canada’s 28-hour transport limit and without a legally required contingency plan covering the full journey — she did something almost unheard of in Canadian animal law:…