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

Rising Anxieties: Animal Activism Advances

This episode stacks the deck with bad news for factory farming and even worse takes from the people defending it — from the closure of Ridglan and the animal research ind

Our Hen House 1,000th Episode Special: 17 Years of Animal Rights Predictions, Language Shifts, and Activist Reflections

This special edition of Our Hen House celebrates an extraordinary milestone — 1,000 episodes and nearly 17 years of chronicling the animal protection movement. Hosts Jasm

The Hen Report: “It’s a Big Deal” | Foie Gras Bans, Pit Bull Reform & the Fight Against Marshall BioResources

 In this episode of The Hen Report, hosts Jasmin Singer and Mariann Sullivan celebrate post-election results and discuss what the political shift could mean for animal ad

Rising Anxieties in Animal Politics and Industry

The meat industry is sweating, and honestly, it’s about time. This week we cover a staggering array of stories showing just how rattled animal agriculture has become — fr

The Federal Government vs. Prop 12: Can the Egg Products Inspection Act Preempt Cage-Free Egg Laws?

In this episode of The Animal Law Podcast, Mariann Sullivan speaks with Rebecca Cary and Melissa Alpert, attorneys at Humane World for Animals, about the federal governme

The Hen Report: “Based On Fact” | Free Luna the Pig, Ghent Goes Plant-Based & Cracking Down on Dog Fighting

In this episode of The Hen Report, Jasmin and Mariann cover a packed slate of animal advocacy news and community stories. Jasmin shares highlights from emceeing a fundrai

Animal Politics and AI | Rising Anxieties

This week, we cover a parasitic worm inching through Texas via a dead elk on a game ranch, ChatGPT’s suspicious habit of painting factory farms as pastoral paradises, a T

Animal Rescue and Storytelling as Activism: Michelle Lerner on Her New Book, “A Series of Opinionated Animals”

In this episode of the Our Hen House interview, Jasmin and Mariann sit down with animal lawyer, rescuer, and activist Michelle Lerner to discuss her new book A Series of

The Hen Report: “The Gateway Species” | Ridglan Beagle Rescue, No-Kill States & Farmed Animals

In this episode of The Hen Report from Our Hen House, Jasmin and Mariann cover major developments in animal welfare and the vegan movement, including the Ridglan Farms be

The Meat Industry Loses Its DC Friends, Gen Z Ghosts Pork, and Big Beef’s Climate Cover-Up | Rising Anxieties

This week, Mariann finds herself in a suspiciously good mood despite a roster of horrors: ag-friendly lawmakers are departing Washington, Western states are busy “euthani

Grassroots Win for Animals: How Southampton Animal Action Stopped Brittany Ferries’ Live Animal Exports

In this episode of Our Hen House, Mariann Sullivan speaks with Cat Phipps of Southampton Animal Action about their remarkable grassroots campaign that convinced Brittany

The Hen Report: “This Is Big” | NYC Bans Horse Carriages

In this episode of The Hen Report, Jasmin and Mariann discuss groundbreaking news: New York City’s horse-drawn carriage industry may finally be coming to an end under May

Grassroots Vegan Activism That Works: Inside Vegan Outreach’s Vegan Chef Challenge

In this episode of Our Hen House, Mariann and Jasmin sit down with Alex Bury, Vice President of Development at Vegan Outreach, and Stacy Shepanek, Director of Communicati

The Hen Report: “Do Something Substantive” | Why Anti-Factory Farming Needs Diet Change

In this episode of The Hen Report from Our Hen House, Jasmin and Mariann dig into the tension within the animal protection movement over anti-factory farming messaging th

Farm Action, Dairy’s Beef Hustle, H-2A Visas, and Dead Wolves | Rising Anxieties

Mariann Sullivan breaks down why the meat industry is panicking about animal rights groups making common cause with small farmers, how dairy operations turned their unwan

“Marshmallows Are Their Favorite”: Inside a Primate Lab with Undercover Investigator Lindsay Oliver

Award-winning undercover investigator Lindsay Oliver joins Jasmin and Mariann to discuss her groundbreaking work inside a national primate research center and her new mem

The Hen Report: Inside the 207-Mile March to Abolish Animal Testing

In this episode of The Hen Report, Jasmin and Mariann sit down with Gretchen Primack and Ella Magers to debrief the historic March to Abolish Animal Testing (MAAT) — a 20

Wool, Wealth, and Walking Out: Why the Animal Industry Is Having a Terrible Week | Rising Anxieties

Marshall BioResources is big mad about Our Hen House, the Animal Agriculture Alliance thinks animal activists are secretly swimming in a billion dollars, and a UK newspap

The Trump Administration Is Dismantling the Endangered Species Act

In this episode of The Animal Law Podcast, Mariann Sullivan speaks with Eric Glitzenstein, Director of Litigation at the Center for Biological Diversity, about what he ca

The Hen Report: “The Ultimate Goal” | Vegan Advocacy, Factory Farming & the Future of “The Movement”

 In this episode of The Hen Report from Our Hen House, hosts Jasmin Singer and Mariann Sullivan unpack the growing differences in approaches within the animal protection