Undercover investigator Pete Paxton and attorney Cailen LaBarge from Strategies for Ethical and Environmental Development (SEED) discuss their groundbreaking investigation of livestock auctions across America. After infiltrating 17 auctions in 10 states, they reveal how these largely overlooked facilities serve as crucial links in industrial animal agriculture while fostering systematic abuse. The conversation explores how cultural dynamics perpetuate cruelty, SEED’s innovative environmental litigation strategy against factory farms, and the importance of understanding rural communities in creating lasting change.

This episode explores:
• How livestock auctions serve as a crucial but overlooked link in industrial animal agriculture
• The cultural dynamics that perpetuate animal cruelty in rural communities
• SEED’s innovative approach to environmental litigation against factory farms
• The intersection of worker exploitation and animal abuse
• Strategies for building alliances with rural communities to create lasting change

ABOUT OUR GUESTS

Pete Paxton, Director of Investigations at SEED, has conducted groundbreaking undercover investigations exposing animal cruelty across multiple countries since 2001. His work, featured in HBO documentaries “Dealing Dogs” and “Death on a Factory Farm,” has unveiled abuse in puppy mills, factory farms, slaughterhouses, and beyond. A recipient of the US Attorney’s Office Coin of Excellence and co-author of “Rescue Dogs,” Paxton’s investigations have not only exposed animal cruelty but also highlighted the exploitation of undocumented workers in industrial agriculture.

Cailen LaBarge is an attorney, animal activist, and founder of Strategies for Ethical and Environmental Development (SEED), where she works at the intersection of animal protection, environmental justice, and human rights. A member of Sentient’s Board of Directors and admitted to practice law in New York and Massachusetts, LaBarge focuses on challenging industrial animal agriculture’s impact on animals, people, and the planet through legal advocacy and strategic development.

RESOURCES

• • Sick animals suggest COVID pandemic started in Wuhan market
  • Sally Rooney: When are we going to have the courage to stop the climate crisis?
  • Is Milk Safe? Your Questions About Bird Flu and Dairy, Answered.
  • Bird Flu Virus Is One Mutation Away from Binding More Efficiently to Human Cells
  • Sentientism on Bluesky
  • Strategies for Ethical and Environmental Development website
  • SEED Livestock Auction Investigation
  • SEED on Instagram
  • SEED on Facebook

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Subscribe to our show on Apple Podcasts 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.

Vegan pioneer Victoria Moran discusses her new book “Age Like a Yogi” and explores how yoga’s principle of non-violence (ahimsa) connects with animal advocacy. Drawing from 40 years of activism, Victoria shares how spiritual practices can sustain long-term advocacy while preventing burnout.

Key topics include:

• Why yoga philosophy naturally leads to veganism
• Using meditation to process activist trauma
• Connecting animal rights with spiritual wisdom
• Sustaining advocacy throughout different life stages
• Maintaining energy through Ayurvedic practices

Victoria also updates us on Main Street Vegan Academy’s advocate training program and her groundbreaking vegan podcast. Pre-order “Age Like a Yogi” (releasing January 2025) for exclusive access to Victoria’s activism webinar and plant-based cookbook at victoriamoran.com.

ABOUT OUR GUEST

Victoria Moran, featured twice on Oprah and named among VegNews Magazine’s “Top 10 Living Vegetarian Authors,” has authored fourteen groundbreaking books including “Creating a Charmed Life,” “Main Street Vegan,” and her latest, “Age Like a Yogi.” A pioneering voice in veganism since authoring the first traditionally published book on vegan philosophy in 1985, she founded Main Street Vegan Academy and hosts the Main Street Vegan Podcast. Recently inducted into the Vegan Hall of Fame (2023), Victoria is currently co-writing “Miss Liberty,” a feature film about a cow’s escape from a slaughterhouse, and lives in New York City with Thunder, her rescued visually impaired pigeon companion.

RESOURCES

• • A Bird Flu Pandemic Would Be One of the Most Foreseeable Catastrophes in History
  • Is Cultivated Meat Vegan? The Vegan Society Says “Not Enough to Support it”
  • The Vegan Society Research Briefing No. 2: November 2024 CULTURED MEAT
  • ‘It’s like a secret’: why do the leguminati want to change the way we eat?
  • ‘If I’m sent to Japan, I’m not coming home’: jailed anti-whaler defiant in face of extradition threat
  • Victoria Moran’s website
  • Main Street Vegan website
  • Miss Liberty the Movie website

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Subscribe to our show on Apple Podcasts 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.

Join Our Hen House for an illuminating conversation with Benny Andersson, CEO of Project 1882 (aka Djurens Rätt), Sweden’s largest animal rights organization. Learn how this groundbreaking organization combines grassroots vegan activism with corporate outreach and legislative advocacy to create meaningful change for animals across Europe.

ABOUT OUR GUEST

Benny Andersson is the CEO of Project 1882, an animal rights organization based in Sweden. He became involved in the animal rights movement in the late 1990s and joined Project 1882 as a volunteer in 1997. After more than a decade of working with campaigns, vegan outreach, digital communication, and fundraising, he became the CEO of Project 1882 in 2010.

Before joining Project 1882, Benny worked within the banking sector and moved to Gothenburg, Sweden, the melodic death metal capital of the world, to study history. That’s where he and a dedicated team began to reform an old and somewhat dysfunctional organization to align with the new millennium. Project 1882 has since 2013 doubled its number of donors and staff. He’s also currently on the boards of Eurogroup for Animals and World Federation for Animals.

Fun or not, but a fact; he daily macrodoses coffee and energy drinks and eats vegan tacos every Friday.

RESOURCES

• • Bird flu detected in raw milk sold in California as fears rise of virus spreading
  • The truth about raw milk and why experts are ‘absolutely horrified’ by the trend
  • Help us win $5000 by donating on Giving Tuesday!
  • Mariann on Bluesky
  • Jasmin on Bluesky
  • Our Hen House on Bluesky
  • Project 1882 website
  • Project 1882 on Instagram
  • Project 1882 on Facebook

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Subscribe to our show on Apple Podcasts 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.

We are thrilled to present this very special holiday episode of Sanctuary: A Radio Play, an annual Thanksgiving tradition at Our Hen House! This special performance marks the world premiere of John Yunker’s Sanctuary at New York City’s Symphony Space during the Culture & Animals Foundation’s Compassion Arts Festival.

ABOUT THE PLAY

A dark comedy by John Yunker, Sanctuary tells the story of Richard (John Frusciante) and Lisa (Mariann Sullivan), a happily married couple whose blissful retirement to small-town Oregon is thrown into disarray when Lisa suddenly decides to go vegan and insists on celebrating Thanksgiving without a turkey AND alongside her new friend and animal activist, Meg (Jasmin Singer). Husband Richard invites his unsuspecting buddy Charley (Michael Harren), who also happens to be the local exterminator, in the hopes of forcing Lisa to stick with the traditional meal. The resulting tensions soon push relationships over the edge. Sanctuary tells the story behind the struggles and joys of navigating vegan ethics around loved ones who don’t quite understand. (Sound effects are by Emmy winner Eric Milano.)

TRANSCRIPT

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Subscribe to our show on Apple Podcasts 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 X (formerly Twitter).

The Our Hen House theme song is written and performed by Michael Harren.

Misinformation, disinformation, fake news, outright lies. When it comes to the horrific harms caused by factory farms, the truth can be hard to come by. This week, we are joined by Robbie Lockie to discuss The Freedom Food Alliance, which is helping both consumers and policymakers get the real story.

ABOUT OUR GUEST

Robbie Lockie is the founder and CEO of The Freedom Food Alliance, which spearheads initiatives to combat misinformation in the food system. Through the Alliance’s flagship platform, foodfacts.org, the volunteer-led team empowers consumers with fact-checked insights on nutrition, environmental sustainability, and ethics, countering deceptive narratives in both social and mainstream media. Robbie is also the co-founder of Plant Based News, one of the most influential platforms for plant-based and sustainable living, with a community of nearly 4 million followers across social platforms and a monthly reach of 85 million people, and has also been one of the hosts of the Plant Based News Podcast.

RESOURCES

• • Freedom Food Alliance website
  • Freedom Food Alliance on Instagram
  • FoodFacts.org on Instagram
  • Freedom Food Alliance on Facebook
  • Freedom Food Alliance on LinkedIn
  • Humans From the Future on Spotify

INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPT

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Subscribe to our show on Apple Podcasts 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 X (formerly Twitter).

The Our Hen House theme song is written and performed by Michael Harren.

Is the key to reaching more people with a vegan message to stop talking about the horrors that we want to end and start talking more about what we want to create? That’s what Matthew Halteman is aiming for with his new book Hungry, Beautiful Animals, and he joins us this week to discuss details of the book and his theory of change.

ABOUT OUR GUEST

Matthew C. Halteman is professor of philosophy at Calvin University in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and fellow in the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics, UK. He is the author of the just-released Hungry Beautiful Animals: The Joyful Case for Going Vegan, as well as Compassionate Eating as Care of Creation, and the co-editor of Philosophy Comes to Dinner: Arguments About the Ethics of Eating. He lives in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

• Hungry, Beautiful Animals website
• Matthew C Halteman on Facebook
• Matthew Halteman on LinkedIn
• Hungry, Beautiful Animals on Hachette Books

RESOURCES

• • Trump’s Con
  • Squirrels, whales, bears: why is the road to the White House strewn with dead animals?
  • Starbucks won’t charge extra for plant-based milk. Other companies should follow.
  • California County to Pay $300,000 Over Butchering of Girl’s Goat
  • 43 lab monkeys escaped in South Carolina. They have a legal claim to freedom.
  • Scarlet Spark website
  • Scarlet Spark’s Skill Sparks landing page
  • Scarlet Spark’s free leadership skills workshops
  • Scarlet Spark’s leadership tools

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Subscribe to our show on Apple Podcasts 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 X (formerly Twitter).

The Our Hen House theme song is written and performed by Michael Harren.

From unmasking fake “rescues” on social media to getting stories placed in major media outlets, the work of Lady Freethinker tells people all over the world about some of the worst things that are happening to animals and, crucially, what they can do about it. This week, we are joined by Nina Jackel to hear about her work publicizing and fighting to shut down cruelty to animals.

ABOUT OUR GUEST

 

Nina Jackel is a global activist and journalist effecting change for animals through her nonprofit media organization, Lady Freethinker, which has published thousands of news articles and petitions against animal cruelty. Nina’s work has been covered in major media outlets, including The New York Times, People, Newsweek, National Geographic, The Guardian, Salon, The Daily Mail, and many others. She believes that humans can evolve for the better through reason and compassion and feels that animal protection is among the most important social justice issues of our time.

 

RESOURCES

• • Why are people still moving to high-risk climate areas?
  • Rescued cows inspire S. Korean village’s vegan move to draw younger residents
  • Landmark Victory In Romania After Fur Farming Ban Is Approved By Parliament
  • Lady Freethinker website
  • Lady Freethinker on Instagram
  • Lady Freethinker on Facebook
  • Lady Freethinker on X (formerly Twitter)

INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPT

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The Veganic Summit is a free online event from November 8th to 10th, 2024. 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/

 

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Subscribe to our show on Apple Podcasts 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 X (formerly Twitter).

The Our Hen House theme song is written and performed by Michael Harren.

Join us this week as Jasmin and Mariann discuss the latest news from the world of animal rights. Plus, we share Jasmin’s keynote address to the Rochester UN as a special treat.

RESOURCES

• • Vegan Posse podcast on Youtube
  • Animal Law Podcast #113
  • Tracking the U.S. bird flu outbreak has been hard. It’s about to get harder
  • Exclusive: State and industry input led US farm agency to relax bird flu testing order for cows
  • Fish farming was supposed to be sustainable. But there’s a giant catch.
  • Why celebrities like Lizzo are ditching the vegan diet
  • Do Not Pin Your Hopes for Guilt-Free Hamburgers on Seaweed
  • Can an elephant sue to leave a zoo? Colorado’s top court must now decide
  • Fluffy Feeling Ill? N.Y.C. Workers May Get Sick Leave to Care for Pets.
  • Current and former CPW commissioners endorse Prop 127
  • THE FBI’S WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION PROGRAM HAS A NEW TARGET: ANIMAL RIGHTS ACTIVISTS

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Subscribe to our show on Apple Podcasts 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 X (formerly Twitter).

The Our Hen House theme song is written and performed by Michael Harren.

Turning a goat dairy farm into a goat sanctuary isn’t something that happens every day. But that’s exactly what just happened in Bloomington, Indiana, and Nicole Schonemann is here to share the whole beautiful story.

ABOUT OUR GUEST

Nicole Schonemann is one of the four original founders of the Goat Conspiracy, a former goat dairy farm in Bloomington, Indiana, that is now a goat sanctuary. She began this journey with a very naive understanding of dairy, and, as a result, she learned that dairy, even when done as well as possible, leaves sustainability and animal welfare gaps that are impossible to close.  She and her partner thus began their own journey towards veganism, away from dairy farming, and helped to start the Goat Conspiracy Sanctuary.  In the fall of 2023, they started Planted Bloomington (a plant-based food truck and catering biz) and are now immersed in their current project of converting the former creamery into a vegan commercial kitchen.

 

RESOURCES

• • ‘The Sting’ Oscar Winner David S. Ward to Direct Biopic on Plant-Based Nutrition Pioneer Dr. T. Colin Campbell (EXCLUSIVE)
  • Inside the Bungled Bird Flu Response, Where Profits Collide With Public Health
  • Watermelon Seed Milk Is The Latest Dairy-Free Innovation
  • SECRET RECORDINGS SHOW UGLY CONDITIONS AHEAD OF DENVER’S SLAUGHTERHOUSE BAN REFERENDUM
  • The Goat Conspiracy website
  • The Goat Conspiracy on Instagram
  • The Goat Conspiracy on Facebook
  • Planted Bloomington website
  • Planted Bloomington on Instagram
  • Planted Bloomington on Facebook

INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPT

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The Veganic Summit is a free online event from November 8th to 10th, 2024. 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/

 

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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.

Subscribe to our show on Apple Podcasts 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 X (formerly Twitter).

The Our Hen House theme song is written and performed by Michael Harren.

More vegan options for everybody? Yes, please!!! Britty Mann of Planted Society joins us to tell us about their Plant Based for the Planet Initiative, which encourages local restaurants to put delicious plant-based options on the menu.

ABOUT OUR GUEST

 

Britty Mann is the Founder & Executive Director of Planted Society, a nonprofit whose mission is making plant-based eating more accessible to ensure a better future for the planet and all living beings. Planted Society manages the Plant Based for the Planet initiative, which works closely with climate offices, small businesses, and local governments to help cities reduce their environmental impact. Britty believes that we all have the capacity to help improve the food system, starting with fostering change in our own small networks and local communities, and affirming our instinctive connection with animals.

 

RESOURCES

• • Therisina on X (formerly Twitter)
  • Dr Crystal Heath on X (formerly Twitter)
  • Online course: The science behind alternative proteins
  • ‘Shocking’: Bird-Flu Infected Cattle Dumped at California Roadside
  • Physicians Committee Survey Finds Most Americans Favor Ending Animal Research
  • Tim Spector, Chris Packham, And Health Experts Urge NHS To Go Plant-Based
  • Italian Meat Giant Gruppo Tonazzo Stops Selling Meat
  • Planted Society website
  • Planted Society on Instagram
  • Planted Society on Facebook

INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPT

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The Veganic Summit is a free online event from November 8th to 10th, 2024. 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/

 

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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.

Subscribe to our show on Apple Podcasts 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 X (formerly Twitter).

The Our Hen House theme song is written and performed by Michael Harren.

Interested in keeping chicken poop out of your garden? If we want to overhaul the food system, we are going to have to start from the ground up, literally. This week, Meg Kelly of the Veganic Summit joins us to share her tips and tricks for converting your garden, or your farm, to a veganic wonderland.

ABOUT OUR GUEST

 

An avid gardener, Meg Kelly has been growing food veganically for 15 years in backyards, on balconies, and in the countryside and is an outspoken advocate for veganic growing. In 2008, she co-founded the Veganic Agriculture Network to promote organic food production that uses fully plant-based fertilizers without any animal byproducts. She also teaches the Learn Veganic online gardening course to empower people to grow their own fruits and vegetables at home using sustainable vegan techniques. Meg is organizing the upcoming Veganic Summit, a free 3-day online event about veganic gardening and farming happening from November 8th-10th, 2024.

 

RESOURCES

• • Animal Rights Are Women’s Rights: Why British Suffragettes Went Vegetarian
  • First Human Cases of Bird Flu in California Confirmed
  • Are plant burgers better than beef? Here’s how to decide.
  • Veganic Summit website
  • Learn Veganic gardening course
  • Free veganic gardening guide
  • Learn Veganic on Facebook
  • Learn Veganic Instagram
  • Veganic Agriculture Network
  • Scarlet Spark website
  • Scarlet Spark’s Skill Sparks landing page
  • Scarlet Spark’s free leadership skills workshops
  • Scarlet Spark’s leadership tools

INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPT

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.

 

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The Veganic Summit is a free online event from November 8th to 10th, 2024. 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/

 

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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.

Subscribe to our show on Apple Podcasts 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 X (formerly Twitter).

The Our Hen House theme song is written and performed by Michael Harren.