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This week, Michelle Lerner on her new book, "A Series of Opinionated Animals," a memoir told through the lives of unforgettable animals. Get the book here now: shop.bancroftpress.com/discount/OHH10 Listen on your fav podcatcher, watch on our YouTube, or check out ourhenhouse.org/ep995

New episode of Rising Anxieties is out — screwworm, AI hiding factory farms, Tyson's fake turkey barn, the NYC carriage horse win & more. Listen on your fav podcatcher, watch on our YouTube, or check out ourhenhouse.org/ep996

There's a different air about the way people are thinking about animals now — and it gives us hope. New Hen Report: beagle rescuers in court, WY goes no-kill, & why companion animal events need to go vegan. Find it on your favorite podcatcher, on our YouTube, or check out ourhenhouse.org/ep994

The hog market is in freefall because Gen Z apparently wants nothing to do with dead pigs. The industry finds this "puzzling." This and more with @marisul.bsky.social on new Rising Anxieties! Listen to this and more on your fav podcatcher, watch on our YouTube, or check out ourhenhouse.org/ep993

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New episode is LIVE! Cat Phipps from Southampton Animal Action joins the Our Hen House podcast to break down their winning campaign against Brittany Ferries' live animal exports. New episode is live! Listen on your fav podcatcher, watch on our YouTube, or check out ourhenhouse.org/ep992

NYC's horse carriage industry may finally be ending — and these two quotes say it all. After decades of grassroots organizing, the world is changing for animals. 🐴🚫 Listen on your fav podcatcher, watch on our YouTube, or check out ourhenhouse.org/ep991 #AnimalRights #HorseCarriages

A small UK vegan group spent a year protesting a major ferry company over live animal exports. They won. This Friday, hear how Southampton Animal Action convinced Brittany Ferries to end the trade — and what it means for grassroots activism everywhere. Don't miss it. 🎧

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On this week's ep, we're talking with Alex Bury and Stacy Shepanek from Vegan Outreach about the Vegan Chef Challenge — getting restaurants to create new vegan dishes and exposing non-vegans to plant-based food. Listen on your fav podcatcher, watch on our YouTube, or visit ourhenhouse.org/ep990

On the latest Hen Report, @jasminsinger.com and @marisul.bsky.social get into why the animal rights movement can't afford to skip the hardest conversations. Listen now on your fav podcatcher, watch on our YouTube, or check out ourhenhouse.org/ep989

New Rising Anxieties is out! The Save Our Bacon Act isn't dead, dairy has a creepy new breeding hustle, Colorado keeps shooting its own wolves, and PETA got reported for telling the royals to rescue dogs. Listen on your fav podcatcher, watch on our YouTube, or check out ourhenhouse.org/ep988

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New episode with Lindsay Oliver, an undercover investigator who spent 4 months inside a primate lab where animals are bred for experiments. Her book "Marshmallows Are Their Favorite" is out now. Listen on your fav podcatcher, watch on our YouTube, or check out ourhenhouse.org/ep987

1,000 people marched 207 miles to a facility most people never heard of — a place holding 42,000 animals bred for experimentation. The march is over. The movement is beginning. Listen on your fav podcatcher, watch on our YouTube, or check out ourhenhouse.org/ep986 @marchforanimals.bsky.social

New Rising Anxieties just dropped. Mariann dismantles the animal testing lobby, Big Ag's billion-dollar fantasy, and a rancher who thinks drought is temporary. Listen on your fav podcatcher, watch on our YouTube, or check out ourhenhouse.org/ep985

Join our Flock for First Friday! 🐔 October 2: Alex Bury & Stacy Shepanek of Vegan Outreach will discuss Vegan Chef Challenges. Members get live access + Q&A. Memberships start at $10/mo or $100/yr → ourhenhouse.org/support

The Endangered Species Act is under the most extreme attack in its history. New Animal Law Podcast with Eric Glitzenstein of the Center for Biological Diversity breaks down what it means for species on the brink. Listen on your fav podcatcher, watch on YouTube, or check out ourhenhouse.org/alp136

This week's Hen Report digs into the messaging divide in the animal protection movement, why the word "vegan" keeps disappearing, and why grassroots activism runs on people, not funding. Listen on your fav podcatcher, watch on our YouTube, or check out ourhenhouse.org/ep984 #animalrights #vegan

New episode! @marisul.bsky.social dismantles the animal industry's favorite defense — that cruelty is fine as long as someone else is crueler. From foie gras to factory farms, it's a frustrating ride. 😤 Listen on your fav podcatcher, watch on our YouTube, or check out ourhenhouse.org/ep983

Ever wish you could hear the impassioned, unfiltered conversations that don't make it to the main feed? That's flock content. Join our flock for as little as $10/month and get exclusive bonus episodes + fun perks, all while supporting animal advocacy journalism. ourhenhouse.org/support 🐔

NEW EPISODE 🐾 We sat down with Marie Gibbons, co-founder of VeriBark, an app that tells you what your dog is actually feeling. Listen to hear her bigger goals when it comes to building empathy for animals. Listen on your fav podcatcher, watch on our YouTube, or check out ourhenhouse.org/ep982

207 miles. One mission: shut down the largest dog-breeding facility for animal testing in the US. We talked to @marchforanimals.bsky.social about what it takes to pull off a march like this — and why it matters. Listen on your fav podcatcher, watch on our YouTube, or check out ourhenhouse.org/ep981

"When people say veganism is dead — maybe not. Maybe the industry knows something other people don't." — @marisul.bsky.social 🎙️ New Rising Anxieties episode is out now. Listen on your fav podcatcher, watch on our YouTube, or check out ourhenhouse.org/ep980

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New episode! Simone Scampoli of Capra Libera Tutti sanctuary joins us to talk about consent, agency, and why sanctuaries are the movement infrastructure we need. Such a powerful conversation. Listen on your fav podcatcher, watch on our YouTube, or check out ourhenhouse.org/ep979 #CapraLiberaTutti

Investigating is step one. What comes after is the part that actually matters. Ryan Blum on turning what you learn into what you do — new episode with @marisul.bsky.social out now. Listen on your fav podcatcher, watch on our YouTube, or check out ourhenhouse.org/ep978

New episode! 🎙️ Dr. Ben Hunt joins @marisul.bsky.social to talk about theater, drag, puppetry, and street performance as tools for animal advocacy — plus why art might reach people that straight facts can't. Listen on your fav podcatcher, watch on our YouTube, or check out ourhenhouse.org/ep977

New Hen Report episode is here! 🐔 Jasmin & Mariann get real about who belongs in the animal rights movement — and why it's bigger than any one tactic. Listen on your fav podcatcher, watch on our YouTube, or check out ourhenhouse.org/ep976

New episode of Rising Anxieties is out now 🎙️ Mariann breaks down the BLM wild horse scandal, Prop 12, Trump's meat-processing pivot, and why nostalgia is the real barrier to going vegan. Listen on your fav podcatcher, watch on our YouTube, or check out ourhenhouse.org/ep975

Join our flock this Flock First Friday! 🐔 Marie Gibbons of VeriBark joins us to talk AI, animal communication & building compassion through tech. Flock memberships start at $10/mo or $100/yr with fun perks. Join us: ourhenhouse.org/support

New episode is live 🎙️ Attorney Taj Uppal joins the Animal Law Podcast to share his own story — arrested for rescuing two dying baby goats from a factory farm, now facing felony charges. Listen on your fav podcatcher, watch on our YouTube, or check out ourhenhouse.org/alp135

"Everyone comes to veganism in a slightly different way, and I think we all arrive at the same conclusion." —Marielle Vigneau-Britt New Hen Report ep w/ Totally Forkable on anti-vegan bias & purity culture. Listen on your fav podcatcher, watch on our YouTube, or check ourhenhouse.org/ep974

"They think we're dangerous. I think they're right." — @marisul.bsky.social New episode of Rising Anxieties is out now. 🎙️ Listen on your fav podcatcher, watch on our YouTube, or check out ourhenhouse.org/ep973

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New episode alert 🚨 Animal activist Jennifer Raymond joins us to share how she exposed Miranda's Rescue, a Humboldt County "rescue" secretly killing and burying hundreds of dogs. You won't want to miss this. Listen on your fav podcatcher, watch on our YouTube, or check out ourhenhouse.org/ep972

New Hen Report episode with @marisul.bsky.social and @jasminsinger.com is out now 🐔 Listen on your fav podcatcher, watch on our YouTube, or check out ourhenhouse.org/ep971

"Just treat the pigs nicely — treat them how people think they should be treated. Can't do that, can you?" — @marisul.bsky.social, this week on Rising Anxieties 🐷 New episode out now. Listen on your fav podcatcher, watch on our YouTube, or check out ourhenhouse.org/ep970

Big news: Our Hen House is taking its first vacation in almost 17 years! 🐔🏖️ We started this podcast in 2010 and have never missed a week — until now. Take this time to catch up with episodes you might have missed! See you 8/18!

New episode is out 🎙️ @bjornjohann.bsky.social joins us to talk factory farming survey data, cognitive dissonance, and the nudges getting more people to choose plant-based. Listen on your fav podcatcher, watch on our YouTube, or check out ourhenhouse.org/ep969

New Hen Report: Jasmin makes the case for a plant-based transition & @marisul.bsky.social breaks down how "organic" chicken standards aren't enforced. Two takes, one theme- the system isn't what it claims to be. Listen on your fav podcatcher, watch on our YouTube, or check out ourhenhouse.org/ep968

New episode of Rising Anxieties is out 🎙️ @marisul.bsky.social's take on IP28 says it all. Listen on your fav podcatcher, watch on our YouTube, or check out ourhenhouse.org/ep967

Exclusive to our Flock! 🎉 Flock First Friday is back! Join us live this Friday with Dr. Ben Hunt, founder of Performing Animal Rights, as we explore how theatre & art fuel animal advocacy. 🐔 Join for as little as $10/mo & unlock fun perks like this: ourhenhouse.org/support

New Animal Law Podcast is out! 🎙️ Cheryl Leahy of the newly launched Animal Law Practice Association joins @marisul.bsky.social to break down how lawyers can build real, sustainable careers in animal law. Listen on your fav podcatcher, watch on our YouTube, or check out ourhenhouse.org/alp134

In this week's Hen Report 🎙️ @jasminsinger.com & @marisul.bsky.social dig into why we single out unfamiliar animals like octopuses and fish for protection — and a court in Argentina just ruled fish have rights. Listen on your fav podcatcher, watch on our YouTube, or check out ourhenhouse.org/ep966

"I don't think ownership should be the model for our relationship with animals." - @marisul.bsky.social New episode of Rising Anxieties is out now 🎙️ Listen on your fav podcatcher, watch on our YouTube, or check out ourhenhouse.org/ep965

Join our Flock! 🐔 For as little as $10/mo (or $100/yr), you get fun perks at every level — plus access to impassioned bonus content you won't hear anywhere else. Support the show and become part of the flock: ourhenhouse.org/support

New episode is out! @jasminsinger.com & @marisul.bsky.social talk with @thekoreanvegan.bsky.social about culture, compassion, and rebuilding your relationship with food and yourself. Such a moving conversation 🐔 Listen on your fav podcatcher, watch on our YouTube, or check out ourhenhouse.org/ep964

New episode of The Hen Report is out now 🐔 @jasminsinger.com and @marisul.bsky.social get real about animal rights and vegan news this week. Listen on your fav podcatcher, watch on our YouTube, or check out ourhenhouse.org/ep963

"Emotions are a perfectly valid response to what's happening — and what's happening is actually cruelty by anybody's definition." — @marisul.bsky.social, on the new Rising Anxieties. Listen on your fav podcatcher, watch on our YouTube, or check out ourhenhouse.org/ep962