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Our Hen House: Vegan & Animal Rights Movement | Stories from the Frontlines of Animal Liberation
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...
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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 Institute...
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 wildlife protec...
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 cuddling sessions, a horse-ca...
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 Vegan: Home...
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 wildlife protec...
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” without ever explainin...
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 to Our Hen...
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 Jasmin Sin...
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 shaping the ci...
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 apparently needs help fighti...
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, fighting...
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-ranging conv...
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 policy news...
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 University of D...
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 Perelman...
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 finally grasping that...
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 Hacktivists and former Directo...
The Hen Report: “We Won” | Ridglan Closes & the March to Marshall BioResources Begins
This episode of The Hen Report celebrates two major animal rights victories — the closure of the notorious Ridglan dog testing facility and Philadelph...
Screwworms, Spy Drones, and a Ballot Initiative That Could Break the Meat Industry | Rising Anxieties
This week on Rising Anxieties, Mariann covers the EU’s ongoing (and apparently never-ending) effort to strip plant-based foods of their meat-adjacent...
Animals Unbound Is Helping Animals in Crisis Zones Around the World
In this episode of the Our Hen House interview, Jasmin Singer and Mariann Sullivan speak with Liliana Pacheco and Gregg Tully, co-founders of the newl...
The Hen Report: “When Is This Gonna Change?” | Animal Rights Wins, Farm Bill & Carriage Horses
This is a week packed with animal rights wins and sobering setbacks. Jasmin & Mariann open with a review of The Sheep Detectives, a fun animated film...
Screwworms, Spy Drones, and a Ballot Initiative That Could Break the Meat Industry | Rising Anxieties
The meat industry is having a week — and not the good kind. Screwworm has officially crossed the U.S. border into Texas, turning what was once a theor...
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
This week, Jasmin and Mariann welcome back Dr. Liz Tyson, Director of Animal Welfare and Advocacy at Born Free USA, for a wide-ranging and eye-opening...
The Hen Report: “Vegan-Colored Glasses” | Beagles, Angela Davis & Plant-Based Athletes
In this week’s Hen Report, Jasmin Singer and Mariann Sullivan cover a lively mix of animal advocacy news, pop culture, and vegan messaging. They discu...
Vegan Accusations, Cancer-Causing CAFOs, and the Screw Worm Cometh | Rising Anxieties
This week on Rising Anxieties, we’re covering the full spectrum of animal agriculture chaos — from the political circus surrounding James Talarico’s (...
The Hen Report: “It’s Over” | Declining Industry, Oregon IP28 & Animal Rights News
On this week’s Hen Report, Jasmin and Mariann cover a packed week of animal rights news, kicking off with a cringe-worthy DM urging a vegan to accept...
Tim Woodward of Animal Rescue Corps — Large-Scale Animal Rescue, Cruelty Response & the Fight for Animals
In this powerful episode, Jasmin Singer and Mariann Sullivan sit down with Tim Woodward, Executive Director of Animal Rescue Corps (ARC), an organizat...
The Hen Report: “Moments of Respair” | Beagle Rescue, Animal Activism & Do We Need Hope?
In this episode of The Hen Report, Jasmin Singer and Mariann Sullivan are joined by poet, activist, and friend Gretchen Primack for a raw and deeply p...
Ventilation Shutdown PLUS, Veal Calf Rebranding, and a Chicken Crust Pizza Nobody Asked For: The Animal Ag Industry’s Week in Horrors | Rising Anxieties
The animal agriculture industry had a busy week proving it can always find new depths to plumb. From North Carolina State University researchers congr...
Buddhism, Animals & Advocacy: How Dharma Voices for Animals Is Transforming the Way Buddhists Think About What They Eat
In this episode of The Our Hen House Interview, Mariann Sullivan speaks with Andrea Diaz, Executive Director of Dharma Voices for Animals (DVA), the o...
The Hen Report: The Hen Report: “Call Your Senators” | Cage-Free Eggs, Humane Washing & the Save Our Bacon Act
In this episode of The Hen Report, Jasmin Singer and Mariann Sullivan are joined by Amber Canavan of PETA — and her rescued hen, Rosemary — to discuss...
Billie Eilish Was Right, the Meat Industry Is Panicking, and a Calf Saw a Butterfly | Rising Anxieties
The latest episode of Rising Anxieties covers a week of predictable chaos in the animal agriculture world. Billie Eilish said what many of us were thi...
End Animal Experimentation Now: Rise for Animals’ Lindsey Soffes on Ridglan, the Science of Alternatives, and Why Public Opinion Is Shifting
In this powerful episode, Jasmin Singer and Mariann Sullivan sit down with Lindsey Soffes, Head of Programs at Rise for Animals, to explore the growin...
The Hen Report: “We’ve Got This” | Stop the Save Our Bacon Act
In this episode of The Hen Report, Jasmin Singer and Mariann Sullivan are joined by Matthew Dominguez, U.S. Director for Compassion in World Farming,...
Harvard’s Animal Law Clinic Is Closing, Chicks Are Still Being Ground Up, and the Meat Industry Is Panicking. Just Another Week. | Rising Anxieties
In this episode of Rising Anxieties, Mariann digs into the uncomfortable gap between what institutions say and what they do — starting with Harvard La...
“I’m Trying”: Filmmaker Ray Cruzzola on Documentary Activism, Regan Russell, and the Power of Storytelling for Animals
In this week’s interview, Jasmin and Mariann sit down with filmmaker Ray Cruzzola, founder of World Change Media, to discuss his moving documentary I’...
The Hen Report: “Moments Upon Moments” | Lobster Liberation, Anti-factory Farming & Animal Advocacy Strategy
In this episode of The Hen Report, Jasmin and Mariann cover a wide range of topics: Jasmin shares behind-the-scenes moments from her theater rehearsal...
Anti-Factory Farming Is Not Quite a Plan: Creating a Big Tent | Rising Anxieties
The animal rights movement has found its big tent: everyone hates factory farming, right? In this solo rant, Mariann Sullivan ponders “anti-factory fa...
The Hen Report: “Get Connected” | Building Global Community at AVA Summit 2026
In this episode of The Hen Report, hosts Jasmin Singer and Mariann Sullivan speak with Julia Reinelt, Executive Director of AVA International, about t...
Factory Farm Fallout: Ridglan, Rotten Litter, and Flies Bred By Your Tax Dollars | Rising Anxieties
This week on Rising Anxieties, Mariann doesn’t let you look away — from the chaotic and heartbreaking Ridglan “rescue” that wasn’t, to a Yale study pr...