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

Factory Farms are VULNERABLE: Water Scarcity and Activism Are Changing Animal Agriculture | Rising Anxieties

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

4.9579 Ratings

🗓️ 26 August 2025

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

In this week’s episode of Rising Anxieties, we examine the meat industry’s growing concerns. From water scarcity issues affecting livestock-heavy regions to unexpected anti-vax policy changes impacting animal agriculture, Mariann walks listeners through the headlines that have industry executives worried. The episode covers everything from depleting aquifers in agricultural states to the prosecution of mink liberation activists, while also exploring challenges…

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0:00.0

Anxiety surrising.

0:08.8

I'm still singing that song.

0:11.2

They make me, they make me that song.

0:15.4

Everybody insists that I have to do it.

0:17.3

I don't understand why.

0:18.2

Anyway, this is the portion or the podcast of our three,

0:22.9

now three weekly our henhouse podcasts. And this is the one where we look at what is causing

0:30.1

the meat industry's anxieties to rise about the disaster they have created. And all too often,

0:36.3

it all runs into the other group of people who actually

0:40.2

know what's happening in the meat industry, which is us. And our anxieties, unfortunately,

0:45.9

are rising as well. And then there's all those people out in the middle. And their anxieties

0:50.5

are rising about a lot of the things these days, but probably not so much about the

0:55.0

meat industry. We're still worried about the meat industry, and, you know, it all ties together.

1:01.2

It all ties together as my recent interview with Will Potter emphasized animal agriculture

1:08.6

and fascism are intimately connected.

1:12.0

But anyway, I digress.

1:13.1

I digress.

1:14.3

It happens so often.

1:15.6

Our first story that we're going to talk about today is from Meeting Place, you know, the industry site.

1:22.3

Water, water, nowhere.

1:24.5

This is from the center of my plate column by Lisa Keefe.

1:28.5

And she's worried about water.

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