The Hen Report: “Don’t just feel free, feel obligated.” | Persuasion, Pig Fat, and Public Lands

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

🗓️ 3 July 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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In this spirited episode, Jasmin introduces her newest family member—a senior Chihuahua named June—while Mariann delivers both encouraging and concerning news from the animal rights world. The duo dives into Kenny Torrella’s thought-provoking Vox article about the surprising effectiveness of showing people the reality of factory farming through well-made documentaries like Dominion, challenging current conventional wisdom about animal advocacy strategies. They…

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0:00.0	Welcome to The Hen Report.
0:07.8	This is Jasmine Singer.
0:09.2	This is Mary Ann Sullivan.
0:11.0	And the Hen Report is part of our henhouse, and we're so glad you're here.
0:15.4	We have four podcasts.
0:16.8	Is that right, four?
0:18.2	Four podcasts?
0:18.6	Well, sort of four.
0:20.6	I think we could call it four.
0:22.2	Okay.
0:22.5	We have four podcasts now.
0:24.5	Rising Anxieties comes out on Tuesdays.
0:26.9	The hen report this.
0:28.4	Thursdays, the long-form interview on most Fridays and the Animal Law podcast on the last Friday of the month.
0:34.8	And we are on YouTube now.
0:36.4	So feel free to subscribe and like it and like
0:39.6	this episode. Well, don't just feel free. Feel obligated. Feel like it's really, really important
0:46.4	or something bad could happen to you. Oh my God. Desperate times. I have a little scared of you
0:53.1	today, I have to say. Why? I haven't done anything today. That was scary. And you were giving off like some scary vibes. You know people say you're scary sometimes. No, I'm in a relatively good mood, mostly because I really like this article by Kettie Terrell that we're going to be talking about. I really like it a lot. Cool. I think you're going to like it too. You as in the listener. Well, yeah. Okay. I mean, you too. I did like it. Both you and you. Yeah. And you. So I know when people gesture on YouTube, I mean, the first place, if you're listening on the podcast, I was gesturing.
1:29.3	And even if you're listening on YouTube, you know how people gesture to things and
1:32.8	it's usually the wrong way or something?
1:35.0	Or turn to each other and on your screen, they're on the other side.
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