Our Hen House: Vegan & Animal Rights Movement | Stories from the Frontlines of Animal Liberation
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Wayne Hsiung’s Landmark Animal Rescue Appeal Wins Some, Loses Some: What It Means for the Right to Rescue
The Hen Report: “Depending on Who You Ask” | NAMs, Animal-Free Science & the Future of Lab Research
Eggs, Ballots, and Manure Pits: Animal Agriculture’s Worst Week (Again) | Rising Anxieties
Can Finance Activism End Factory Farming? AI, Divestment, and Animal Advocacy with Richie Richardson
The Hen Report: “We Won” | Ridglan Closes & the March to Marshall BioResources Begins
Screwworms, Spy Drones, and a Ballot Initiative That Could Break the Meat Industry | Rising Anxieties
Animals Unbound Is Helping Animals in Crisis Zones Around the World
The Hen Report: “When Is This Gonna Change?” | Animal Rights Wins, Farm Bill & Carriage Horses
Screwworms, Spy Drones, and a Ballot Initiative That Could Break the Meat Industry | Rising Anxieties
The Truth About “Top” Zoos: Dr. Liz Tyson of Born Free USA on Animal Captivity, Happy the Elephant, and Why No Zoo Is Good for Animals
The Hen Report: “Vegan-Colored Glasses” | Beagles, Angela Davis & Plant-Based Athletes
Vegan Accusations, Cancer-Causing CAFOs, and the Screw Worm Cometh | Rising Anxieties
When the Law Fails Farmworkers: J-1 Visa Exploitation, Labor Trafficking, and the Hidden Cost of Cheap Meat
The Hen Report: “It’s Over” | Declining Industry, Oregon IP28 & Animal Rights News
Tim Woodward of Animal Rescue Corps — Large-Scale Animal Rescue, Cruelty Response & the Fight for Animals
The Hen Report: “Moments of Respair” | Beagle Rescue, Animal Activism & Do We Need Hope?
Ventilation Shutdown PLUS, Veal Calf Rebranding, and a Chicken Crust Pizza Nobody Asked For: The Animal Ag Industry’s Week in Horrors | Rising Anxieties
Buddhism, Animals & Advocacy: How Dharma Voices for Animals Is Transforming the Way Buddhists Think About What They Eat
The Hen Report: The Hen Report: “Call Your Senators” | Cage-Free Eggs, Humane Washing & the Save Our Bacon Act
Billie 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:…
The Hen Report: “This Is It” | Inside the Ridglan Beagle Rescue
In this episode of The Hen Report, Jasmin and Mariann are joined by open rescue pioneer Adam Durand to discuss the dramatic March 15th Ridglan Rescue — a coordinated action in which 100 activists descended on a Wisconsin beagle breeding facility supplying dogs to medical research labs, ultimately freeing 22 dogs despite reinforced doors, an aggressively blocking vehicle, and on-site arrests.…
Avian Flu, the Farm Bill, and Dairy Spin: The Animal Industry’s Anxiety Spiral Continues | Rising Anxieties
This week on Rising Anxieties, Mariann digs into the messy, maddening world of animal agriculture — where trade economics trump bird lives, hunting bans aren’t actually hunting bans, a Wisconsin egg farm is trying to buy public wetlands to keep nature away from its chickens, and the dairy lobby is running a protein campaign that conveniently forgot soy milk exists. Avian…
How to Build Winning Animal Rights Campaigns: Grassroots Strategy with Penny Tehilah & Suzie Stork
Jasmin Singer and Mariann Sullivan sit down with Penimah (Penny) Tehilah, Executive Director of the Animal Activism Collective (AAC), and Suzie Stork, Executive Director of the Coalition to Abolish the Fur Trade (CAFT), for a deep dive into the strategy, structure, and surprising effectiveness of grassroots animal rights campaigning — and why winnable, targeted pressure campaigns are one of the most…
The Hen Report: “Waiting for That Gotcha” | Ridglan Rescue, NYC Foie Gras Ban & the Politics of Animal Rights
In this episode of The Hen Report, Jasmin and Mariann dive into the emotional and political landscape of animal advocacy — from the dramatic DXE rescue operation at Ridglan Farms in Wisconsin to a surprising New York Times piece on MAGA figures warming up to animal rights. They also celebrate a major legal win for the long-stalled New York City foie…
Beagles, Bacon Bans, and Bad Policy: Animal Advocacy’s Wild Week | Rising Anxieties
Mariann Sullivan is in her feelings — and honestly, same. This week on Rising Anxieties, she unpacks the emotional rollercoaster of the Ridglan beagle rescue, where activists risked arrest to free dogs from a Wisconsin testing facility, and then pivots to the slower-motion disasters unfolding in legislatures and regulatory agencies across the country. Ridglan Farms rescue – 22 beagles freed, 8…
Moving Medicine Forward with Dr Michael Klaper & Dr Zach Burns
In this timely conversation, Dr. Michael Klaper and Dr. Zach Burns join Jasmin and Mariann to discuss the growing movement to integrate nutrition education into medical school curricula, and why plant-based medicine is more urgently needed — and more achievable — than ever. The episode covers: RFK Jr. secured commitments from 53 U.S. medical schools to add nutrition curriculum, opening the…
The Hen Report: “Every Little Drip Drop” | Exploring Animal Advocacy and Real-Life Inspiration
Join Jasmin Singer and Mariann Sullivan in this engaging episode of The Hen Report as they delve into the latest in animal rights. From a review of the new Pixar film Hoppers to exploring the idea of existential welfare campaigns, this episode is packed with activism insight. They also discuss whether it’s actually true that vegans are widely disliked and the…
Drone Diaries: Mapping the Future of Animal Activism | Rising Anxieties
Mariann Sullivan dives into the latest animal rights news, exploring why activists’ maps, while totally legal, have the industry up in arms in California and beyond. This episode of Rising Anxieties tackles the ever-evolving strategies of animal activists and the nervous industry responses. This episode explores: The launch of an interactive map by DXE of California’s livestock sector. The impact of…
The Only Flag Worth Flying with Captain Paul Watson and Sarah Levy
Join us this week for an engaging conversation with Sarah Levy and Captain Paul Watson as they discuss their groundbreaking book, The Only Flag Worth Flying: Direct Action and The Enforcement of International Marine Conservation Law. This episode dives into the critical challenges facing marine life and how the Captain Paul Watson Foundation is stepping in to fill enforcement gaps. This…
The Hen Report: “The Way Forward” | Empowering Actions for Animal Rights and Overcoming Hopelessness
In this episode of The Hen Report, Jasmin Singer and Mariann Sullivan delve into the psychological barriers to activism and the importance of community action for animal rights. They discuss a thought-provoking YouTube video that explores feelings of powerlessness and how to overcome them. The conversation highlights the role of community and small actions in creating significant change for animals. This…
Big Meat’s Quiet Plant Pivot and Protein Politics | Rising Anxieties
In this episode of Rising Anxieties, Mariann Sullivan delves into the shifting landscape of the meat industry, where giants in the animal-abuse industry are quietly investing in plant-protein startups while publicly supporting beef. Join us for a witty yet insightful examination of the meat industry’s latest moves. This episode explores: Investment in plant-based startups amidst their beef promotions. The changing politics…