The Hen Report: “It’s Important, But It’s Hard” | Vegan Identity, Graphic Footage & Masculinity Politics

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

🗓️ 2 April 2026

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of The Hen Report, Jasmin Singer and Mariann Sullivan tackle three meaty topics: the psychological toll of watching graphic animal footage, the loaded politics of the word “vegan” (is it an identity, a type of food, a diet, or a moral theory?), and the bizarre cultural obsession with meat as a symbol of masculinity — from a Texas…

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0:00.0	Welcome to The Hen Report from Our Hen House.
0:08.3	This is Jasmine Singer.
0:09.7	This is Mary Ann Sullivan.
0:11.8	And you just took a cleansing breath.
0:13.9	Do you feel clean?
0:16.5	I'm clean in my lungs.
0:18.3	I don't know.
0:19.3	Like, I'm kind of wound up, and I wanted to relax a bit before we started recording
0:23.5	because we're a little all over the place about what we're talking about today.
0:28.1	Well, yeah, but that's where the magic happens.
0:32.8	Yeah.
0:33.7	Right.
0:34.9	So just a quick reminder about the magic that's about to happen.
0:39.0	The Our Henhouse podcasts are divided up into multiple smaller podcasts today.
0:43.4	Rising anxieties.
0:44.6	I mean, not today.
0:45.2	Well, yes, today, but in general.
0:47.3	Like the big today.
0:48.1	So far, this is going smoothly.
0:49.5	Yeah.
0:50.9	Rising Anxieties comes out on Tuesdays.
0:53.0	The Hen Report on Thursdays, the long form interview on Fridays, and bonus for flock members comes out on Mondays.
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