Our Hen House

In this episode, we sit down with Kristin Dunn, founder of the newly launched St. Francis Institute for Animals, to explore how Catholic teachings—from the Catechism to Pope Francis’s Laudato Si’ to Pope Leo’s Mass for the Care of Creation—offer …continue

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 industry’s growing panic, to UK farmers openly contending we “need” …continue

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 Jasmin Singer and Mariann Sullivan take a walk down memory lane, with help from Tom …continue

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 — from a desperate columnist panicking over $400 million in animal rights funding, …continue

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 government’s unprecedented lawsuits challenging California’s Proposition 12 and Michigan’s cage-free egg law. The government …continue

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 fundraiser for My Dog Is My Home—an organization helping people experiencing houselessness keep …continue

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 Tyson mobile barn designed to gaslight children, the UK’s surprising willingness …continue

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 Opinionated Animals (Bancroft Press). Michelle shares how a childhood bond …continue