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We’re pleased to bring to you this week’s bonus content from episode 576 with Michelle Graham, Executive Director of Wild Animal Initiative (WAI). In this exclusive bonus content, Michelle tells us about going vegetarian as a child, the ethical struggles she faced while working towards her PhD, and how she ended up directing her skills towards helping wild animals. She also…

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This week’s bonus content from episode 575 features the incredible Nicola “Chef Cola” Kagoro, founder of African Vegan On A Budget. She teamed up with the International Anti-Poaching Foundation (IAPF) to establish a vegan camp kitchen in the bush for the Akashinga Rangers, an all-woman team protecting wild animals from poaching.  She is also the founder of the grassroots movement Back to…

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This week’s bonus content from episode 574 features Caryn Ginsberg of Priority Visions. In this exclusive interview recorded just for the flock, Caryn provides us with additional insights about her new report, Corona to Collaboration, Innovation to Inclusion: Issues and Opportunities in Farmed Animal Advocacy. She offers advice for people new to animal advocacy, discusses important ways for organizations to enhance their effectiveness,…

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This week’s bonus content is from episode 573 features Becky Jenkins, who is the Executive Director of the Aquatic Life Institute. In this exclusive interview, Becky tells us about her recent marriage, vegan options in Ireland, and why she prioritizes self care to prevent burnout. Don’t miss it! Leave us your thoughts on this clip, and anything else you’d like to…

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This week’s bonus content from episode 572 features Amy Quichiz, co-founder of the extraordinary collective, Veggie Mijas. Tune in to hear more insights from Amy that weren’t discussed during the main interview! Amy tells us about her childhood,  her early days of organizing, the importance of her international work, as well as her journey to veganism. Leave us your thoughts on this…

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This week’s bonus content is from episode 571 featuring amazing activist and founder of New Life Animal Sanctuary, Gina Lynn. In this intriguing interview, Gina tells us about her childhood activism, explains why she feels so passionately about animals suffering in labs, discusses arguments against vivisection, and describes some of her favorite qualities of the many species she rescues. Leave us…

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We’ve got some very special bonus content to share with you this week! Today is the launch of Jasmin Singer’s second book, The VegNews Guide to Being a Fabulous Vegan! As a token of our appreciation to our valued flock members, Jasmin is pleased to offer a preview of it with a special reading for this week’s exclusive bonus content. With…

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This week’s bonus content from episode 569 features the inspiring award-winning director and producer, Nathalie Bibeau. Nathalie gives us some inside scoop on her recent project, the controversial documentary film The Walrus and the Whistleblower. She also discusses the film’s impact, provides important updates about Smooshie, and more. Don’t miss it! Leave us your thoughts on this clip, and anything else you’d…

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This week’s bonus content from episode 568 features Nicole Rawling, founder of Material Innovation Initiative. She gets personal and reveals how she does it all! She talks with Jasmin about raising vegan children (of the human variety), growing up in Germany, going vegetarian at the young age of five, her activism as a child, and so much more. You’ll definitely want…

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This week’s bonus content from episode 567 features Melissa Hoffman and Shawn Smith of LivingFuture Foundation. Melissa tells us all about the diversity of mushrooms that she not only grows on SHO Farm, but also turns into healthy culinary delights! She informs us of the many health benefits of these amazing medicinal mushrooms. Shawn discusses her background in real estate law and…

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Check out this week’s bonus content from episode 566 featuring the amazingly inspirational Haile Thomas. At just 19 years old, Haile is already an international speaker, wellness activist, vegan advocate, and author! In our exclusive bonus interview with her, Haile tells us about the time she met Michelle Obama, shares her thoughts on how to best inspire people to eat vegan,…

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This week’s bonus content from episode 565 features a powerful interview with the amazing Juliet Gellatley. Juliet is the founder and director of Viva!, a campaigning charity that has been a foundational force for the advances for veganism and animal rights in the UK and around the world. In this exclusive interview, she gets personal with the flock about a topic…

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You don’t want want to miss this week’s riveting bonus content from episode 564 featuring Robbie Lockie, co-founder the incredibly valuable online platform Plant Based News. Robbie talks about his experience as a queer man and ambassador for animals. He and Jasmin discuss parallels between social justice movements and powerfully open up about challenges they faced growing up. Don’t miss it!…

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This week’s bonus interview, recorded exclusively for Our Hen House Flock members, is from episode 563 with award-winning photographer, activist, and author Jo-Anne McArthur. In this interview, we learn so much more about Jo-Anne including her thoughts on women working on the frontlines of animal advocacy, her experiences growing up, and finding optimism within the current state of the world. You’ll…

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This week’s Flock bonus interview from episode 562 offers the inside scoop from Stephanie Boyles Griffin who has worked with federal and state agencies, non-governmental agencies, businesses, and communities for over 20 years to develop and implement humane, sustainable wildlife management programs and policies. Stephanie gets personal to tell us about her childhood interest in animals, discusses the issue of non-native…

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Check out this week’s Flock bonus interview from episode 561 with Amy Trakinski, Managing Director at VegInvest. Amy tells us about her law background, discussing an early case in which she was one of the the first to bring a private prosecution for cruelty to hens against an egg farm in New Jersey. She also shares her very insightful thoughts about…

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This week’s Flock bonus content from episode 560 brings us more amazing insights from Olympia Auset, founder of SÜPRMARKT. Olympia talks about the success of SÜPRFEST, the vegan festival she organized last year in South Central Los Angeles. She also tells us about the impact COVID-19 has had on her work, and opens up about how emotionally exhausting this year has…

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This week’s Flock bonus content is from episode 559 with Peter Brandt, author of the must-read new book Indefensible: Adventures of a Farm Animal Protection Lawyer.  In this exclusive interview, Peter shares a story from his childhood, talks about the kitten he rescued in a field by an egg factory farm while working on a case, and leaves us intrigued about…

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This week’s Flock bonus content is from episode 558 with activist extraordinaire Gwenna Hunter! She gets more personal with the flock, telling us about the profound dream that forever changed her relationship with animals. Gwenna and Mariann also discuss activism and messaging during COVID-19 as well as their distrust of the standard food system. Definitely tune into this this exclusive interview…

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This week’s Flock bonus content is from episode 557 with vegan powerhouse Jane Velez-Mitchell of JaneUnChained, the popular social media news outlet that produces original video content on animal rights and the vegan lifestyle. Jane gives us the inside scoop into her childhood and reveals the life-changing words that turned her vegan! She also shares her thoughts on activism, the best…

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This week’s Flock bonus content is from episode 556 with Alexandra Horowitz, esteemed author and head of Barnard College’s Dog Cognition Lab. In this exclusive bonus interview, Alexandra tells us about the animals in her childhood and what sparked her interest in studying the experience of dogs. She also gives us the inside scoop on the very intriguing course she teaches…

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This week’s Flock bonus content is from episode 555 with Brooke Haggerty and Jo Anderson of Faunalytics, a non-profit organization that  empowers animal advocates with access to research, analysis, strategies, and messages that maximize their effectiveness to reduce animal suffering. Brooke and Jo tell us about their early days of activism and how they became interested in research. This is definitely…

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Check out this week’s Flock bonus content from episode 554 with activist Marisa Miller Wolfson, co-author of The Vegucated Family Table and creator of award-winning feature-length documentary, Vegucated. In this exclusive bonus interview, Marisa talks about growing up on a standard American diet in southern Indiana surrounded by animal agriculture. She tells us about her childhood as well as her journey…

Check out this week’s Flock bonus content from episode 553 with guest Kathrin Herrmann. In this exclusive bonus interview, Kathrin tells us all about the amazing new free webinar series she’s planning called Animals and Climate Change in Times of Corona. She explains its importance during this time and the very intriguing topics that will be covered within it! Kathrin gives…

Check out this week’s Flock bonus content from episode 552 with guest Antonio Franyuti of Animal Heroes. In this special bonus interview, Antonio reveals what inspired him to go vegan 20 years ago and what it was like starting out as a vegan in Mexico at that time. He also shares with us some of his favorite foods and more! Tune…

  In this week’s Flock bonus content episode 551 guests Kristof Dhont and Gordon Hodson get a little less academic and little more personal by revealing what has inspired them to speak out for animals. They also discuss the effects of the pandemic on the consumption of animal products and the way people view animals. You definitely don’t want to miss…

  In this week’s Flock bonus content episode 550 guest Zach Skow of Marley’s Mutts tells us all about  his amazing four-legged companions who inspire his compassion and serve as the impetus for his life’s mission. He discusses his beloved childhood dog, Speck, and explains what continues to give him hope. Leave us your thoughts on this clip, and anything else…

In this week’s Flock bonus content episode 549 guests Kelly Holt and Dan McKernan of Barn Sanctuary tell us about how they’ve been navigating sanctuary operations during the pandemic and they discuss their brand new reality TV show on Animal Planet.   Leave us your thoughts on this clip, and anything else you’d like to see as bonus content, on the Flock Facebook Page.…

In this week's Flock bonus content episode 548 guest Liz Marshall tells us about the moment she realized the vitality of film making as her medium for storytelling, how film transforms people's understanding of issues, and how she convinced the naysayers that Meat The Future needed to be made.

In this week's Flock bonus content episode 547 guest Deb Olin Unferth reads an excerpt from her novel, Barn 8! From the description: "Two auditors for the US egg industry go rogue and conceive a plot to steal a million chickens in the middle of the night—an entire egg farm’s worth of animals. Janey and Cleveland—a spirited former runaway and the officious head of audits—assemble a precarious, quarrelsome team and descend on the farm on a dark spring evening. A series of catastrophes ensues." Support her work by purchasing the book online or from wherever you get your books!

In this week's Flock bonus content Jasmin Singer speaks to  episode 546 guest Dr. Neal Barnard from PCRM about his career as an activist in the medical profession, how to convince people to read vegan books, and his other life as a musician in the band CarbonWorks. Stick around to the end of the bonus content to hear the beautiful new CarbonWorks single, "Everything's All Right." You can watch the video for the song on their YouTube page.

In this week's Flock bonus content episode 545 guest David G. Brooks reads an excerpt from his book The Grass Library. Also we've included in this bonus content a special excerpt from this week's episode that we didn't have room for in which Mariann and David discuss having mice in their homes, what that says about how we've built our society, and why it's important to be able to be okay with mice! So please stick around for that fun little section which comes in around the 21:00 mark.

In this week's Flock bonus content Marian talks with episode 544 guest Kristina Mering, founder and president of the Estonian branch of Anima International, Nähtamatud Loomad, about becoming socially active before she fully understood what it meant, how she continues to expand her activism, and the importance of practicing self-care and hopefulness for activists.

In this week's Flock bonus content Jasmin Singer talks with episode 543 guest Jim Richards, CEO of Milkadamia, about working in a butcher shop as a teenager, the early days of Milkadamia, and trying to find a new word to describe how cold Chicago is.

In this week's Flock bonus content Mariann Sullivan talks with episode 542 guest Eva Meijer about the myriad ways in which animals communicate with each other and what her own experiences with a rescued dog taught her about what animals are trying to say to us.

In this week's Flock bonus content Jasmin Singer talks with episode 541 guest Merissa Underwood (Miss Montana 2020) about how COVID-19 has affected her advocacy, why beauty pageants made her who she is, and seeing the progress of animal advocacy in Montana.

This week's Flock bonus content is a reading from episode 540 guest Josh Berson of excerpts from his book, The Meat Question. First you will hear him read the section "From Person To Property," and next he reads "The Dreaming," which can be found in chapter six of the book.

In this week's Flock bonus content Jasmin Singer talks with episode 539 guest, artist and psychologist Linda Brant about her experiences growing up in a Midwestern meat-eating household and making an emotional connection with the animals she was asked to dissect in school the psychology of empathy, her recent project, Monument To Animals We Do Not Mourn and her process of creating art.

In this week's Flock bonus content Mariann Sullivan talks with episode 538 guest Rich Hardy, author of the new book Not As Nature Intended, about going to school above a slaughterhouse and how witnessing a runaway pig one day inspired him to become vegan, the influence of his parents' advocacy on his values, and how he and his partner started their own micro-sanctuary.

In this week's Flock bonus content Jasmin Singer talks with episode 537 guests Seth Tibbott about the early days of Tofurky, how his limited business training helped him succeed, and the challenges of producing food during a pandemic. Buy his new book, In Search of the Wild Tofurky, that is now available “Wherever fine books are sold, or the shelf just below”.

In this week's Flock bonus content Jasmin Singer talks with episode 536 guests Lenore Braford and Paul Drake of Piedmont Farm Animal Refuge about how they got together and started this work, the things that keep them going, and the heartwarming story of Robbie the Rooster.

In this week's Flock bonus content Jasmin Singer talks with episode 535 guest Aryenish Birdie about how she communicates the message and work of Encompass to people who are open to hearing it, and how she prioritizes where to put her energy. She also shares the self-care routine she maintains for herself and why she urges her employees to follow one as well, and the shifts she would like to see happen in the ways that animal rights and vegan advocacy movements approach diversity, equity, and inclusion.

In this week's Flock bonus content, Mariann Sullivan talks with episode 534 guest Jeff Sebo about recent shifts in philosophies of academics and non-academics toward non-human animals, what the legal rights and representations of animals should be, and new developments in the philosophy around the sentience of animal minds.

In this week's Flock bonus content, Jasmin Singer talks with episode 533 guest Robin Singh of Peepal Farm about the angst he experienced while living in Tucson, Arizona and how the journey to escape from it led him to the most fulfilling work he's ever done. He also tells Jasmin why the earth should be more like the moon.

In this week's Flock bonus content, Mariann Sullivan talks with episode 532 guest Pei Sui of ACTAsia. Pei talks about how her upbringing in Taiwan informed her work with social justice movements and later animal welfare movements, the growing awareness of animal welfare issues in China and how education programs are furthering that awareness, and why Chinese cuisine is so closely connected to a plant-based diet.

In this week's Flock bonus content, Mariann Sullivan talks with episode 531 guest Ingrid Newkirk, co-author of the new book AnimalKind: Remarkable Discoveries About Animals and Revolutionary New Ways to Show Them Compassion, about how her upbringing in India influenced her animal consciousness. why kindness and service are important, and why you shouldn't eat in front of dogs!

In this week's Flock bonus content, Jasmin Singer talks with episode 530 guest Brittany Michelson about the publication of her book, Voices For Animal Liberation, their shared strategies for writing book proposals and finding publishers, and how she maintains hope through her activism.

In this week's Flock bonus content, Mariann Singer talks to episode 528 guest Allie Feldman Taylor about getting started in political campaigns, her hopes for a leather ban, and the scoop on the secret, blossoming "vegan quarter in Brooklyn.

In this week's Flock bonus content, Jasmin Singer talks to episode 528 guest Colleen Patrick-Goudrea about her new book The Joyful Vegan, what people who call themselves animal lovers but still eat them are afraid of, and how to find passion without being angry all the time.

In this week's Flock bonus content, Jasmin Singer and Mariann Sullivan talk a little more about episode 527 guest Sebastiano Cossia Castiglioni's amazing vegan wine, Querciabella. Then, in this fun excerpt from the original interview, Mariann gets very excited to talk to Sebastiano about his exciting new investments in fonio!

In this week's Flock bonus content, Mariann Sullivan talks to episode 526 guest Jessika Ava on where her compassion for animals and desire for world travel came from, the countries she is seeing exciting things happening for veganism, and how she maintains hope for the future.

In this week's Flock bonus content, Mariann Sullivan talks to episode 525 guest David Bronner of Dr. Bronner's about how his experimenting with psychedelic drugs led him to veganism, how he manages climate anxiety, and the future of veganic regenerative agriculture!

In this week's Flock bonus content, Jasmin Singer talks to episode 524 guest C. Lou Hamilton, author of Veganism, Sex and Politics: Tales of Danger and Pleasure, about what she learned from being an oral historian, why it's important to her to tell stories that are positive and generous, and how walking her dog in London taught her about our modern relationship to chickens.

In this week’s Flock bonus content, Mariann Sullivan talks to episode 523 guest Karen Davis of United Poultry Concerns about the connections between feminism and the animal rights movement, why chickens are cheerful, and why she believes in “Procrustean solutions to animal rights problems.” Leave us your thoughts on this clip, and anything else you’d like to see as bonus content, on the Flock…

In this week’s Flock bonus content, Jasmin Singer talks to episode 522 guest Aph Ko who tells us more about her new book Racism as Zoological Witchcraft, A Guide to Getting Out. She also talks about white supremacy as a form of “soul eating” and how that relates to animals, and why you should read more in order to change your…

In this week’s Flock bonus content, Jasmin Singer talks to episode 521 guest Armaiti May of the Veterinary Association for the Protection of Animals about the emotional challenges of veterinary work and how they sometimes lead to catastrophic choices, why she chose not to go into sanctuary work, and her thoughts on reform measures like Prop 2. Leave us your thoughts…

In this week’s Flock bonus content, Mariann Sullivan talks to episode 520 guest Martin Rowe of the Vegan America Project about developing food awareness in childhood, an enlightening encounter with a lobster, and the real pronunciation of “proselytize.” We also talk about his fictional work, Nicaea: A Book of Correspondences. Leave us your thoughts on this clip, and anything else you’d…

In this week’s Flock bonus content, Mariann Sullivan talks to episode 517 guest Casey Suchan, director of the new SHAC7 documentary The Animal People, about the origins of the movie, some of the challenges she faced in making the movie, the pushback from HLS, and the moments that she found most impactful. Leave us your thoughts on this clip, and anything…

In this week’s Flock bonus content, episode 516 guest Chad Sarno gives Mariann his recipe for King Oyster Mushromm Satay with peanut sauce. This recipe sounds absolutely delicious and Chad gives us all the steps and ingredients needed to make this at home. Try it for yourself, post the results on social media and tag us! You can find the recipe…

In this week’s Flock bonus content, Jasmin Singer talks to episode 515 guest Laura Lee Cascada about her new novel, Dellie’s Run, her journey to animal activism, and the importance of utilizing your skills to build movements. Leave us your thoughts on this clip, and anything else you’d like to see as bonus content, on the Flock Facebook Page! On behalf of all…