Our Hen House: Vegan & Animal Rights Movement | Stories from the Frontlines of Animal Liberation

In this episode of The Hen Report, Jasmin and Mariann reflect on the peculiar psychology behind our collective blind spots to animal suffering, inspired by a thought-provoking Carl Sagan quote about the painful process of acknowledging when we’ve been “bamboozled.” From unexpected wildlife encounters to groundbreaking animal testing reforms, the duo navigates the latest developments in animal rights with their signature blend of wit and wisdom, celebrating progress while confronting the uncomfortable truths about our relationship with animals. This episode explores: How Carl Sagan’s insights about “the bamboozle” perfectly explain why otherwise compassionate people continue consuming animal products despite knowing the suffering involved Exciting progress in the UK’s ambitious £75 million plan to completely phase out animal testing, signaling a major shift in scientific practices The effectiveness of wildlife overpasses in Utah, which have reduced animal-vehicle collisions by up to 77% and demonstrate how animals intelligently adapt to human infrastructure Jeff Goldblum’s recent decision to stop eating meat after working on “Wicked,” highlighting the film’s often-overlooked animal rights themes RESOURCES Most Americans Think Schools Should Offer Plant-Based Meals And Milk Wildlife Overpass in Utah Drastically Lowers Collisions with Nonhuman Animals UK Sets Deadline to Phase Out Animal Testing Major Animal Welfare Charities Disassociate from Controversial US “Humane” Meat Label Scheme ‘It’s changed me’: Jeff Goldblum says he has stopped eating meat after working on Wicked The Runaway Monkeys Upending the Animal-Rights Movement Proposal to ban Central Park horse carriages voted down by key NYC council committee Support Jonina’s Cancer Treatment Journey We are thrilled to expand the accessibility of our podcast by offering written transcripts of the interviews! Click here to read this episode's interview. _____________________________________________ Thank you for listening to the Our Hen House podcast! If you enjoy our podcasts, believe in our mission to effectively mainstream the movement to end the exploitation of animals, find community and solace in our shows and resources, and would like to show your support for vegan indie media, please make a donation today. Between now and December 31, every donation up to $20,000 will be tripled! Contributions of any amount will go towards our fundraising goal and are hugely appreciated. Our Hen House is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, so it’s tax-deductible. Thank you for helping us create quality content! Subscribe to our show on Apple Podcasts, YouTube, or your favorite podcatcher, and don’t forget to leave a 5-star review! Check out Our Hen House’s other podcasts: The Animal Law Podcast, The Teaching Jasmin How to Cook Vegan Podcast, and the Antiracism in Animal Advocacy Audio Series. Follow us on social media! You can find Our Hen House on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, or Bluesky. The Our Hen House theme song is written and performed by Michael Harren.

In this awkwardly revealing Thanksgiving episode, Mariann dives into the meat industry’s internal civil war as beef enthusiasts attempt a coup against Big Turkey just in time for the holidays. We witness the spectacle of industry professionals clutching their pearls when faced with market competition while simultaneously patting themselves on the back for their “noble sacrifice” of industrial animal slaughter. Meanwhile, dairy producers reluctantly acknowledge that maybe, just possibly, cows might prefer stable social groups and not having their babies taken away – who knew animal welfare might actually matter? Turkey vs. Beef Showdown: Meat industry infighting erupts as beef advocate Gregory Bloom suggests replacing Thanksgiving turkey, triggering defensive backlash from turkey farmers. Trump’s Beef Backlash: Cattle ranchers turn on Trump over Argentine beef imports and meatpacker investigations, exposing hypocrisy in their free market rhetoric. Dairy’s Welfare Admission: Journal of Dairy Science acknowledges cows need stable social groups and natural behaviors, signaling growing consumer pressure on animal welfare issues. Support Our Hen House: Triple your impact with matched donations at ourhenhouse.org/support during year-end fundraising campaign. We are thrilled to expand the accessibility of our podcast by offering written transcripts of the interviews! Click here to read this episode's interview. _____________________________________________ Thank you for listening to the Our Hen House podcast! If you enjoy our podcasts, believe in our mission to effectively mainstream the movement to end the exploitation of animals, find community and solace in our shows and resources, and would like to show your support for vegan indie media, please make a donation today. Between now and December 31, every donation up to $20,000 will be tripled! Contributions of any amount will go towards our fundraising goal and are hugely appreciated. Our Hen House is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, so it’s tax-deductible. Thank you for helping us create quality content! Subscribe to our show on Apple Podcasts, YouTube, or your favorite podcatcher, and don’t forget to leave a 5-star review! Check out Our Hen House’s other podcasts: The Animal Law Podcast, The Teaching Jasmin How to Cook Vegan Podcast, and the Antiracism in Animal Advocacy Audio Series. Follow us on social media! You can find Our Hen House on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Threads, or Bluesky. The Our Hen House theme song is written and performed by Michael Harren.

Filmmakers Annie Laurie Medonis and Tracy Nichole Cring discuss their documentary A Culinary Uprising, which chronicles Bloodroot, one of the last remaining feminist restaurants in America. Founded in the 1970s, this Connecticut establishment has spent nearly five decades creating a unique space where veganism, feminism, and community intersect through intentional food practices and inclusive principles. Sadly, the restaurant will be closing this December. This episode explores: How Bloodroot evolved from vegetarian to vegan as part of the founders’ feminist philosophy The remarkable 48-year partnership between founders Selma and Noel that sustained the restaurant How immigrant women staff members influenced the restaurant’s diverse culinary offerings The intentional language and community-building practices that define the Bloodroot experience The filmmakers’ personal transformations while documenting this intergenerational feminist wisdom ABOUT OUR GUESTS Annie Laurie Medonis is an award-winning filmmaker. Since beginning her documentary, A Culinary Uprising: The Story of Bloodroot, about the iconic feminist restaurant Bloodroot, Annie Laurie’s understanding of feminism and connection has profoundly deepened. Inspired by Bloodroot’s legacy of empowerment, she founded Women Artists in Action, a monthly collective dedicated to fostering vibrant events for female artists to collaborate, inspire, and support one another. Tracy Nichole Cring is an editor of more than forty films. She secured the grand prize at the 1995 LA Film Festival for a captivating short film ingeniously crafted using old TV studio equipment. Embarking on her career as a cinematographer and editor, Tracy joined forces with the Extraordinary Film Project. This ambitious initiative aimed to produce 12 feature films within a year; ultimately, it took 20 months, but she made films in Michigan, Arizona, and California during that time. Tracy’s work has gained widespread recognition, earning the national attention of NBC Nightly News, PBS, and hundreds of film festivals. Tracy now devotes herself to mentoring women in film and editing documentaries that amplify the voices of women and shed light on crucial social justice issues. We are thrilled to expand the accessibility of our podcast by offering written transcripts of the interviews! Click here to read this episode's interview. _____________________________________________ Thank you for listening to the Our Hen House podcast! If you enjoy our podcasts, believe in our mission to effectively mainstream the movement to end the exploitation of animals, find community and solace in our shows and resources, and would like to show your support for vegan indie media, please make a donation today. Between now and December 31, every donation up to $20,000 will be tripled! Contributions of any amount will go towards our fundraising goal and are hugely appreciated. Our Hen House is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, so it’s tax-deductible. Thank you for helping us create quality content! Subscribe to our show on Apple Podcasts, YouTube, or your favorite podcatcher, and don’t forget to leave a 5-star review! Check out Our Hen House’s other podcasts: The Animal Law Podcast, The Teaching Jasmin How to Cook Vegan Podcast, and the Antiracism in Animal Advocacy Audio Series. Follow us on social media! You can find Our Hen House on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Threads, or Bluesky. The Our Hen House theme song is written and performed by Michael Harren.

In this delightful episode of The Hen Report, Jasmin and Mariann welcome back vegan comedian Myq Kaplan for a conversation that seamlessly weaves humor with compassion. Myq, whose comedy special “Rini” premieres on YouTube November 19th, shares profound insights on how comedy can help bridge the cognitive dissonance many experience around animal consumption. With his characteristic thoughtfulness and quick wit, Myq explores the psychology behind food choices, the power of default options, and how humor can be a gateway to deeper truths about our relationship with animals. This episode explores: How language and cognitive dissonance shape our relationships with animals we eat versus those we cherish The psychological phenomenon of “benign violation” in comedy and how it relates to challenging conversations about veganism Why “opt-in” versus “opt-out” systems dramatically influence behavior, and how this applies to plant-based food choices Myq’s Buddhist-inspired perspective on decreasing suffering and increasing joy for all sentient beings The evolution of Myq’s vegan journey and how his partnership with fellow vegan Rini influences his latest comedy special Myq Kaplan’s new one-hour standup special premieres on YouTube on November 19th at 8:00 PM ET, with the album releasing December 12th. His previous credits include appearances on The Tonight Show, Conan, The Late Show with David Letterman, and his album “Vegan Mind Meld” was one of iTunes’ top comedy albums of the year. RESOURCES “Rini” available starting November 19 at 8pm eastern Myq Kaplan’s newsletter Myq’s website Myq’s podcast Heart Brain Art Train We are thrilled to expand the accessibility of our podcast by offering written transcripts of the interviews! Click here to read this episode's interview. _____________________________________________ Thank you for listening to the Our Hen House podcast! If you enjoy our podcasts, believe in our mission to effectively mainstream the movement to end the exploitation of animals, find community and solace in our shows and resources, and would like to show your support for vegan indie media, please make a donation today. Between now and December 31, every donation up to $20,000 will be tripled! Contributions of any amount will go towards our fundraising goal and are hugely appreciated. Our Hen House is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, so it’s tax-deductible. Thank you for helping us create quality content! Subscribe to our show on Apple Podcasts, YouTube, or your favorite podcatcher, and don’t forget to leave a 5-star review! Check out Our Hen House’s other podcasts: The Animal Law Podcast, The Teaching Jasmin How to Cook Vegan Podcast, and the Antiracism in Animal Advocacy Audio Series. Follow us on social media! You can find Our Hen House on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, or Bluesky. The Our Hen House theme song is written and performed by Michael Harren.

In this episode of Rising Anxieties, Mariann Sullivan unpacks the bewildering world of selective animal concern, from the bizarre Canadian ostrich saga that attracted celebrity saviors to the dairy industry’s reluctant admission that cows might actually have “preferred associates” (heaven forbid we call them friends). The episode dives into slaughterhouse-linked antibiotic resistance causing UTIs, the twisted marketing of chicken nuggets shaped like turkeys, and the industry’s desperate linguistic gymnastics to avoid acknowledging animal sentience. All while the meat industry turns on itself in a delightful display of infighting. This episode explores: The peculiar case of Canadian ostriches facing execution that sparked Supreme Court appeals and celebrity interventions, highlighting society’s inconsistent animal ethics How slaughterhouses harbor antibiotic-resistant bacteria directly linked to human UTIs, with research confirming the connection in both Turkey and Southern California The cognitive dissonance of the “Farm Babe” struggling to admit cows have genuine friendships while simultaneously describing exactly that How meat processors shape chicken corpses into turkey silhouettes for a “kid-friendly Thanksgiving” in a bizarre marketing strategy Recent industry infighting as former President Trump calls for investigation into meat-packing plants for alleged price fixing   We are thrilled to expand the accessibility of our podcast by offering written transcripts of the interviews! Click here to read this episode's interview. _____________________________________________ Thank you for listening to the Our Hen House podcast! If you enjoy our podcasts, believe in our mission to effectively mainstream the movement to end the exploitation of animals, find community and solace in our shows and resources, and would like to show your support for vegan indie media, please make a donation today. Between now and December 31, every donation up to $20,000 will be tripled! Contributions of any amount will go towards our fundraising goal and are hugely appreciated. Our Hen House is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, so it’s tax-deductible. Thank you for helping us create quality content! Subscribe to our show on Apple Podcasts, YouTube, or your favorite podcatcher, and don’t forget to leave a 5-star review! Check out Our Hen House’s other podcasts: The Animal Law Podcast, The Teaching Jasmin How to Cook Vegan Podcast, and the Antiracism in Animal Advocacy Audio Series. Follow us on social media! You can find Our Hen House on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Threads, or Bluesky. The Our Hen House theme song is written and performed by Michael Harren.

In this compelling episode, Mariann Sullivan speaks with three passionate advocates working to protect farmed animals through legislative action. Brian Hackett (Director of Government Relations at Associated Humane Societies), Amit Dhuleshia (co-founder of Strategic Action for Animals), and Hannah Truxell (Senior Policy Counsel with The Humane League) share their experiences fighting against the EATS Act—federal legislation that threatens to overturn state animal protection laws—and their strategies for passing and defending farmed animal protection measures across the country. This episode explores: How grassroots activists are mobilizing to defeat the EATS Act, which would nullify California’s Proposition 12 and thousands of other state laws protecting animals, public health, and the environment The decade-long battle to ban gestation crates in New Jersey and the surprising coalition-building that finally made it successful Practical tactics for effective legislative advocacy, including how one phone call to your representative can make a meaningful difference The innovative “Action for Animals” app that simplifies contacting elected officials about animal issues Why traditional animal sheltering organizations have an important role to play in advocating for all animals, including those raised for food ABOUT OUR GUESTS Amit Dhuleshia is a Co-founder of Strategic Action For Animals and Founder of the Action For Animals App (available for download on Play and App Store) as well as a full time grassroots advocate working to drive collective action in San Diego to fight animal exploitation through smart strategic grassroots campaigns for systematic change. Brian Hackett serves as Director of Government and Community Relations at Associated Humane Societies, New Jersey’s largest animal sheltering organization, where he leads animal welfare policy initiatives and builds community partnerships. Previously, he worked as Legislative Affairs Manager at the Animal Legal Defense Fund and as New Jersey State Director for the Humane Society of the United States, successfully championing numerous animal protection laws including bans on cruel confinement practices, puppy mill restrictions, and circus animal protections.  Hannah Truxell is the Senior Policy Counsel with The Humane League where she leads a team of researchers who focus on providing support to THL’s Animal Policy Alliance. She and her team focus on state, federal, and local policy research, drafting model legislation, and legislative and campaign strategy. Hannah led THL’s internal research for and support to the organization’s legal team’s success in defending California’s Proposition 12 before the U.S. Supreme Court. Hannah is the current Chair of the Kentucky Bar Association’s Animal Law Section and co-founded a Kentucky grassroots nonprofit, Kentucky Animal Action. We are thrilled to expand the accessibility of our podcast by offering written transcripts of the interviews! Click here to read this episode's interview. _____________________________________________ The Veganic Summit is a free online event from November 7th-9th, 2025. You’ll learn how plant foods can be grown using techniques that are both vegan and organic, without any chemical fertilizers or any animal byproducts like manure or bonemeal. If you’d like to start your own veganic garden or learn about sustainable plant-based farming, sign up for the Veganic Summit today at https://veganicsummit.com/ _____________________________________________ The Animal Policy Alliance, established by The Humane League, is a powerful collective of local and state-level animal advocacy groups throughout the United States. We serve as a trusted resource, providing knowledge, strategies, connection opportunities, and grants to our member organizations. We lead with purpose, empowering alliance members to build toward our shared vision of a world without animal abuse. _____________________________________________ Thank you for listening to the Our Hen House podcast! If you enjoy our podcasts, believe in our mission to effectively mainstream the movement to end the exploitation of animals, find community and solace in our shows and resources, and would like to show your support for vegan indie media, please make a donation today. Between now and December 31, every donation up to $20,000 will be tripled! Contributions of any amount will go towards our fundraising goal and are hugely appreciated. Our Hen House is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, so it’s tax-deductible. Thank you for helping us create quality content! Subscribe to our show on Apple Podcasts, YouTube, or your favorite podcatcher, and don’t forget to leave a 5-star review! Check out Our Hen House’s other podcasts: The Animal Law Podcast, The Teaching Jasmin How to Cook Vegan Podcast, and the Antiracism in Animal Advocacy Audio Series. Follow us on social media! You can find Our Hen House on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Threads, or Bluesky. The Our Hen House theme song is written and performed by Michael Harren.

In this powerful episode of The Hen Report, Mariann Sullivan and Jasmin Singer speak with Steffen Seitz, a Yale Law School graduate and fellow with the Animal Activist Legal Defense Project at the University of Denver, about critical legal developments affecting animal rights activism across the United States. This episode explores: The recent conviction of activist Zoe Rosenberg on felony and misdemeanor charges for rescuing sick chickens from a Petaluma slaughterhouse, and the court’s controversial denial of the necessity defense The groundbreaking Ridglan Farms case, where activists succeeded in forcing the shutdown of a major beagle breeding facility that supplied dogs for research after documenting severe animal welfare violations Updates on Wayne Hsiung’s appeal following his conviction for leading open rescue demonstrations, with support from organizations like the ACLU and Harvard’s Animal Law Clinic How strategic legal advocacy is creating precedents that challenge the industrial exploitation of animals while defending activists’ right to protest The growing importance of specialized legal support for animal advocates facing prosecution for compassionate actions RESOURCES Animal Activist Legal Defense Project Animal Activist Legal Defense Project on X Animal Activist Legal Defense Project on Instagram Animal Activist Legal Defense Project on Bluesky We are thrilled to expand the accessibility of our podcast by offering written transcripts of the interviews! Click here to read this episode's interview. _____________________________________________ The Veganic Summit is a free online event from November 7th-9th, 2025. You’ll learn how plant foods can be grown using techniques that are both vegan and organic, without any chemical fertilizers or any animal byproducts like manure or bonemeal. If you’d like to start your own veganic garden or learn about sustainable plant-based farming, sign up for the Veganic Summit today at https://veganicsummit.com/ _____________________________________________ Thank you for listening to the Our Hen House podcast! If you enjoy our podcasts, believe in our mission to effectively mainstream the movement to end the exploitation of animals, find community and solace in our shows and resources, and would like to show your support for vegan indie media, please make a donation today. Between now and December 31, every donation up to $20,000 will be tripled! Contributions of any amount will go towards our fundraising goal and are hugely appreciated. Our Hen House is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, so it’s tax-deductible. Thank you for helping us create quality content! Subscribe to our show on Apple Podcasts, YouTube, or your favorite podcatcher, and don’t forget to leave a 5-star review! Check out Our Hen House’s other podcasts: The Animal Law Podcast, The Teaching Jasmin How to Cook Vegan Podcast, and the Antiracism in Animal Advocacy Audio Series. Follow us on social media! You can find Our Hen House on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, or Bluesky. The Our Hen House theme song is written and performed by Michael Harren.

In this week’s episode of Rising Anxieties, Mariann Sullivan unpacks the absurdity of a Brazilian chef throwing a culinary hissy fit over preparing an all-vegan menu for Prince William’s sustainability event (comparing it to Iron Maiden playing jazz, which honestly sounds amazing). She also dives into the poultry industry’s shocking revelation that factory farming might gasp breed disease, explores Iowa officials’ late-Friday-afternoon sneaky settlement with a water-polluting meatpacker, and highlights Burger King Austria’s brief flirtation with dairy alternatives before caving to the “but my coffee!” crowd. Plus, discover the Orwellian euphemism of the week: dairy cows don’t get slaughtered—they “change careers”! This episode explores: How a sustainability-focused event finally hired an actual vegan chef after another chef dramatically quit rather than cook vegetables (despite 14% of Brazilians identifying as vegetarian or vegan) The poultry industry’s desperate plea to researchers to solve their disease problems while maintaining the conditions that create those diseases Iowa officials’ behind-closed-doors $50,000 “sweetheart deal” with a meat company responsible for 60 water pollution violations YouTube’s temporary removal of an award-winning documentary exposing India’s dairy industry The linguistic gymnastics of the dairy industry, which now refers to slaughter as cows “changing careers” We are thrilled to expand the accessibility of our podcast by offering written transcripts of the interviews! Click here to read this episode's interview. _____________________________________________ The Veganic Summit is a free online event from November 7th-9th, 2025. You’ll learn how plant foods can be grown using techniques that are both vegan and organic, without any chemical fertilizers or any animal byproducts like manure or bonemeal. If you’d like to start your own veganic garden or learn about sustainable plant-based farming, sign up for the Veganic Summit today at https://veganicsummit.com/ _____________________________________________ Thank you for listening to the Our Hen House podcast! If you enjoy our podcasts, believe in our mission to effectively mainstream the movement to end the exploitation of animals, find community and solace in our shows and resources, and would like to show your support for vegan indie media, please make a donation today. Between now and December 31, every donation up to $20,000 will be tripled! Contributions of any amount will go towards our fundraising goal and are hugely appreciated. Our Hen House is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, so it’s tax-deductible. Thank you for helping us create quality content! Subscribe to our show on Apple Podcasts, YouTube, or your favorite podcatcher, and don’t forget to leave a 5-star review! Check out Our Hen House’s other podcasts: The Animal Law Podcast, The Teaching Jasmin How to Cook Vegan Podcast, and the Antiracism in Animal Advocacy Audio Series. Follow us on social media! You can find Our Hen House on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Threads, or Bluesky. The Our Hen House theme song is written and performed by Michael Harren.

Attorneys Will Lowrey (Animal Partisan) and Jessica Blome (Greenfire Law) join Mariann to discuss their battle to use California’s century-old animal protection laws to help dairy calves confined in tiny hutches. Despite having clear evidence that a dairy farm was violating Penal Code Section 597t by denying calves adequate exercise, they encountered a frustrating maze of procedural obstacles that prevented them from obtaining a search warrant under Section 599a. This episode explores: How a 120-year-old California law requiring exercise for confined animals, including farmed animals, is being systematically unenforced The procedural barriers that prevent animal advocates from using existing legal tools to help farmed animals How courts effectively nullify animal protection laws without legislative input How the dairy industry confines calves in violation of California law with impunity The creative legal strategies being developed to overcome institutional resistance to animal protection cases ABOUT OUR GUESTS Will Lowrey is the founder and Legal Counsel for Animal Partisan, a legal advocacy organization focused on challenging unlawful conduct in animal agriculture and experimentation. Will has engaged in numerous lawsuits, as well as criminal and administrative enforcement actions against the government, industrial agriculture, and research laboratories, including cases involving federal slaughter laws, public records, false advertising, public nuisance, animal cruelty, and others. Prior to his current role, Will worked for another animal protection nonprofit where he divided his time between civil litigation and providing counsel for undercover investigations. Will currently teaches Animal Law at the University of Oklahoma College of Law and has also taught at Vermont Law and Graduate School and the University of St. Thomas School of Law. Jessica Blome, a Shareholder of Greenfire Law, P.C. in Berkeley, California, is an animal, environmental, open government, and land use attorney with nearly 20 years of experience in complex litigation. Jessica represents a wide range of clients from individuals to grassroots organizations to national non-profit organizations in cases involving the status of animals, protection of wildlife, or conservation of the environment under state, federal, and tribal law. We are thrilled to expand the accessibility of our podcast by offering written transcripts of the interviews! Click here to read this episode's interview. ********** You can listen to the Animal Law Podcast directly on our website (at the top of this page) or you can listen and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, YouTube, or your favorite podcatcher. Also, if you like what you hear, please rate it on Apple Podcasts, and don’t forget to leave us a friendly comment! Of course, we would be thrilled if you would consider making a donation or becoming a member of our flock (especially if you’re a regular listener). Between now and December 31, every donation up to $20,000 will be tripled! Contributions of any amount will go towards our fundraising goal and are hugely appreciated. Our Hen House is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, so it’s tax-deductible. Thank you for helping us create quality content! Don’t forget to also listen to the award-winning,  weekly signature OHH podcast — now in its fifteenth glorious year!

In this episode of The Hen Report, Jasmin (celebrating her birthday) and Mariann deliver a delightfully chaotic news roundup featuring animals who seem to be staging their own revolution. From escaped lab monkeys to surfboard-stealing sea otters in Santa Cruz, the duo explores these wild and emotional stories alongside significant animal rights victories. Between Broadway tangents and birthday celebrations, they share genuine excitement about California’s ban on cat declawing and Vogue’s groundbreaking decision to eliminate fur from all editorial content and advertising. This episode explores: The concerning story of lab monkeys escaping after a Tulane transport truck crash, highlighting the troubling normalization of animal experimentation and ownership The return of bird flu affecting millions of farmed birds and spreading to wild populations and dairy cows, demonstrating the ongoing risks of industrial animal agriculture A celebratory look at six animal rights activists being cleared of charges after protesting at the UK’s Grand National horse race California’s progressive move to ban cat declawing statewide, following cities like West Hollywood in protecting feline welfare Vogue’s landmark decision to stop featuring fur in all content, reflecting an 85% global drop in fur production over the past decade RESOURCES Lab monkeys from Tulane University escape after truck crashes on I-59; 3 still on the loose Escaped monkeys ‘destroyed’ after Mississippi police are mistakenly told they’re a danger Bird Flu Is Back Six animal rights activists cleared over Grand National protests California Officially Bans Cat Declawing Unless Medically Necessary Vogue To Stop Featuring Fur In All Editorial Content And Advertising Sea Otters Are Stealing Surfboards in California. Again. We are thrilled to expand the accessibility of our podcast by offering written transcripts of the interviews! Click here to read this episode's interview. _____________________________________________ The Veganic Summit is a free online event from November 7th-9th, 2025. You’ll learn how plant foods can be grown using techniques that are both vegan and organic, without any chemical fertilizers or any animal byproducts like manure or bonemeal. If you’d like to start your own veganic garden or learn about sustainable plant-based farming, sign up for the Veganic Summit today at https://veganicsummit.com/ _____________________________________________ Thank you for listening to the Our Hen House podcast! If you enjoy our podcasts, believe in our mission to effectively mainstream the movement to end the exploitation of animals, find community and solace in our shows and resources, and would like to show your support for vegan indie media, please make a donation today. Between now and December 31, every donation up to $20,000 will be tripled! Contributions of any amount will go towards our fundraising goal and are hugely appreciated. Our Hen House is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, so it’s tax-deductible. Thank you for helping us create quality content! Subscribe to our show on Apple Podcasts, YouTube, or your favorite podcatcher, and don’t forget to leave a 5-star review! Check out Our Hen House’s other podcasts: The Animal Law Podcast, The Teaching Jasmin How to Cook Vegan Podcast, and the Antiracism in Animal Advocacy Audio Series. Follow us on social media! You can find Our Hen House on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, or Bluesky. The Our Hen House theme song is written and performed by Michael Harren.