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 the latest developments in the fight for animal rights. Whether you're a seasoned activist or newly vegan, discover how to make a difference for animals through engaging interviews and actionable insights.
- Update frequency
- every 4 days
- Average duration
- 70 minutes
- Episodes
- 400
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
Episode 557: State Your Grand Intention ft. Jane Velez-Mitchell
Jasmin has landed safely at her new home in the Catskills and is bubbling over about the hiking trails and her new neighbors, who include woodchucks and bunnies. While she’s waiting for her things to…
Episode 556: It’s a Dog’s Umwelt ft Alexandra Horowitz
Jasmin is still driving cross-country in the RV(egan), but will finally be getting to her new home in a few days. Surprisingly, she’s been able to do more curbside vegan shopping while on the road th…
Episode 555: How Effective Research Impacts Animal Advocacy ft Brooke Haggerty and Jo Anderson
In the opening of the show, Mariann touches base with Jasmin, who is currently on the road on her way to New York in an RV(egan). Jasmin tells us how her 3 dogs and cat are handling the trip, the ups…
Episode 554: The Vegucated Family Table ft. Marisa Miller Wolfson
Jasmin and Mariann open the show with a review of the National Geographic mini-documentary, Akashinga: The Brave Ones, which follows a group of women fighting poachers in Zimbabwe and why they are so…
Episode 553: Ending Animal Experimentation ft. Kathrin Herrmann
Jasmin and Mariann open the show discussing a recent article Jasmin edited for Kinder Beauty’s blog about how China is updating its regulations regarding testing cosmetics on animals, which could hav…
Episode 552: Animal Activism Grows in Mexico ft. Antonio Franyuti of Animal Heroes
Jasmin starts off the show with how excited she is about a new article, Using Research and Data to Create an Inclusive Animal Rights Movement, which is part of Encompass Essays, the new collaboration…
Episode 551: Why People Love and Exploit Animals ft. Kristof Dhont and Gordon Hodson
In the intro to the show, Mariann and Jasmin discuss the huge coronavirus outbreaks at slaughterhouses and talk about some Bloomberg reporting regarding how the meat industry is just not going to do …
Episode 550: How Dogs Saved My Life ft. Zach Skow
In the intro to the show Mariann talks to Jasmin about her new favorite book, Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead, by Nobel Prize winner Olga Tokarczuk, and what a pleasure it is to read a bo…
Episode 549: The Ethics Behind Animal Planet’s Saved by the Barn ft. Kelly Holt and Dan McKernan
In the intro to the show Jasmin announces that she’s moving back to New York, so start spreading the news! Jasmin and Mariann also announce their new Director of Operations, Jen Riley. Jen is a long…
Episode 548: Liz Marshall on her new film, Meat the Future
This week Mariann talks to filmmaker Liz Marshall about her new film Meat the Future, a documentary about the “cultivated meat” revolution in food production. Liz talks about the making of the film, …
Episode 547: Deb Olin Unferth on her chicken liberation novel, Barn 8
This week Mariann talks to author and activist Deb Olin Unferth about her new novel, Barn 8, and how she came to the story of auditors going rogue and plotting to free one million chickens. She delve…
Episode 546: Dr. Neal Barnard on his new book, Your Body In Balance
This week Jasmin speaks with Dr. Neal Barnard about his new book Your Body In Balance and how some of the common health conditions that people face may be the result of hormone imbalances caused by f…
Episode 545: David G. Brooks on The Grass Library
This week Mariann speaks with novelist and poet David G. Brooks about his new book, The Grass Library, his life-changing shift to veganism and animal-centric writing, his thoughts on anthropomorphism…
Episode 544: Kristina Mering on International Animal Rights Movements
This week Mariann speaks with Kristina Mering, founder and president of the Estonian branch of Anima International, Nähtamatud Loomad. She discusses the work that she and her organization have done t…
Episode 543: Jim Richards of Milkadamia
This week Jasmin interviews Jim Richards, CEO of Milkadamia, about the origins of the company, why Milkadamia is so committed to making products without palm oil which is ravaging the planet, and why…
Episode 542: Eva Meijer on Animal Languages and What They Are Saying to Us
This week Mariann interviews author and scholar Eva Meijer about her books When Animals Speak, Animal Languages, and Bird Cottage. Eva talks about how human perspectives on animal languages have help…
Episode 541: Merissa Underwood, the Vegan Miss Montana
This week Jasmin interviews Merissa Underwood, who was named Miss Montana 2020 and caused a stir in that state when she used her platform to talk about veganism, environmentalism and animal rights is…
Episode 540: Josh Berson on “The Meat Question”
This week Mariann interviews Josh Berson, author of The Meat Question, about what people really mean when they talk about a “paleolithic” diet, zoonotics and the role of animal-source foods in facili…
Episode 539: Artist Linda Brant and Psychologist Clare Mann
This week we have two interviews for you! First Jasmin interviews artist and psychologist Linda Brant about her recent project, Monument To Animals We Do Not Mourn. She talks about the creation of th…
Episode 538: Rich Hardy On His Career in Undercover Journalism
This week Mariann interviews Rich Hardy, author of the new book Not As Nature Intended, about his career as an undercover journalist chronicling animal exploitation all around the world, including fu…