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

The Case of Banning the Truth in a Public Park | First Amendment, Animal Agriculture & Free Speech

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 September 2025

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

In this thought-provoking episode of the Animal Law Podcast, we dive into a First Amendment case that cuts straight to the heart of animal advocacy: can the government prevent activists from showing the public what actually happens to animals in industrial agriculture? Mariann speaks with Sara Berinhout of FIRE (Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression) and John Greil of the University…

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Animal Law Podcast.

0:10.3

This is Mary Ann Sullivan.

0:11.5

I am so pleased to welcome Sarah Berenhout and John Greyle.

0:15.9

It was Greyle, right?

0:17.8

Correct.

0:19.2

I asked him two seconds ago,

0:21.6

how to pronounce his name.

0:23.5

And they're going to be discussing this First Amendment case that is currently pending

0:27.3

before the Fifth Circuit.

0:29.1

And it really, it really gets right to the heart,

0:31.7

at least in my mind, it gets right to the heart of whether what we do to

0:35.4

animals is so horrible.

0:37.4

We shouldn't ever be allowed to show

0:39.6

it to people or tell them about it. I mean, I think that's really what's, at least for me,

0:44.7

that's what's going on here. It's a fascinating case. Just a quick reminder before we get there

0:49.8

about the Our Henhouse podcast, Rising Anxieties comes out on Tuesdayuesdays the hen report on thursdays the long-form

0:55.4

interview including this one on fridays bonus for flock members comes out on monday we're a podcast

1:00.9

we're on youtube please subscribe please like please please uh listen and now let me introduce our guest

1:08.0

sarah berenhout is an attorney with fire, the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression,

1:13.6

and John Greil co-teaches the Law and Religion Clinic at the University of Texas Law School.

1:18.8

So we've got the real experts here.

1:20.9

And he's also an active trial level in appellate litigator.

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