Episode 547: Deb Olin Unferth on her chicken liberation novel, Barn 8

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

Jasmin Singer and Mariann Sullivan

Documentary, Education, News, News Commentary, Society & Culture, Self-improvement

4.9 • 579 Ratings

🗓️ 4 July 2020

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

-This episode is brought to you in part by the Barnard Medical Center. To set up a telehealth appointment today call 202-527-7500 or on pcrm.org. -In the intro to the show, Jasmin and Mariann present virtually at Main Street Vegan Academy, Jasmin's interview with Joaquin Phoenix is now available, and Mariann recorded a new Animal Law Podcast episode. We also talk about the new collection of essays Jasmin edited for Encompass and the ongoing quarantine. We also continue our Supporting Vegan Businesses program by shouting out Compton Vegan. Later in the episode, Mariann brings us Rising Anxieties! -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 delves into the research she did leading up to writing the book, how her investigations into the egg industry informed the book, and the inspiration she took from recording the chatter of chickens. (23:10) -Mariann brings us the latest Rising Anxieties from the industrial animal ag world. (1:05:17)

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0:00.0	Welcome to Our Henhouse.
0:08.7	This is Jasmine Singer.
0:10.3	This is Marianne Sullivan.
0:11.8	And we're so happy you're joining us this week.
0:14.1	Marianne will be speaking with Deb Olin Unfirth, whose latest novel, Barn 8, is not only amazing and incredibly well reviewed, but it's all
0:24.0	about rescuing chickens. A lot of chickens, I hear, and you would not stop talking about it. Yeah,
0:29.6	you loved it. It's so good. It's like a caper book. It's like adventurous. It's clever. It's funny.
0:36.4	It's, it's heart-wrenching. It's so good. Everybody go clever. It's funny. It's heart-wrenching.
0:38.3	It's so good.
0:39.3	Everybody go read it.
0:41.3	Well, I think after your interview with Deb, we will.
0:43.3	I also managed to catch up with Deb for the bonus segment.
0:46.3	We'll be hearing a little bit more of my conversation with her.
0:50.3	And as always, if you're a flock member, you'll get that link to the bonus segment in your email on the Tuesday after this podcast goes up.
0:57.8	You can always find it on the flock Facebook group.
0:59.9	And if you're not a member of the flock and you can afford it, you can join for $10 a month at our henhouse.org slash donate.
1:06.2	Also, as a special thank you to our flock community, we are doing these flock Friday Zoom calls.
1:13.2	They're lots of fun.
1:14.1	They're at 4 p.m. Eastern and 1 p.m. Pacific.
1:17.9	And then you can figure out the whole rest of the world based on that.
1:21.9	And actually, we do get people from all over the world, even when it's a small group.
1:26.1	It's really, it's really cool.
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