If Chickens had a Podcast….

In this podcast, longtime animal advocate and author, Hope Bohanec, will cover a variety of farmed animal issues including the ethical, environmental, spiritual, heartbreaking, and heartwarming aspects of living vegan. You will find episodes focused on chickens, fishes, the environment, anti-oppression activism, spirituality, and animal sanctuaries

The Reason for Vegan Series is supplemental to our regular episodes and is perfect for pre-vegans who want to learn more about animal agriculture and veganism. This series is also great for new and existing vegans to get specific, detailed information about the animal farming industry.

Hope Bohanec is a 30-year vegan, animal activist, and author. This podcast is sponsored by Compassionate Living.

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Listener Comments

 

“This is my favorite podcast about animals. Hope is fun and easy to listen to. She has a wide variety of people she interviews. All the shows are interesting and some are quite moving.” -Janice

“I always learn so much from Hope! She shares information with clarity and compassion, and interviews a wonderful variety of expert guests as well. I also love her “Reason for Vegan Series” and the “Microsanctuary Series.” But every single episode is excellent!”  -Marian

“I love listening to this podcast and all the varied subjects Hope shares with us. It’s also nice to listen to Hope’s very soothing voice. Thank you for asking the hard questions and opening our eyes to things we don’t hear on the “regular media.” Keep up the good work and hope to be able to listen for many years to come!”  -Natalie

 

READ HOPE’S BOOKS…

Hope for the Animals Podcast host Hope Bohanec has written two books on the subjects of humanewashing and greenwashing. Her first book, The Ultimate Betrayal: Is There Happy Meat? draws on peer-reviewed research, worker and rescuer testimony, and encounters with farmed animals themselves. The Ultimate Betrayal discusses the recent shift in raising and labeling farmed animals and the misinformation surrounding this new marketing of animal foods and farming. 

Hope’s second book just came out in 2023. This edited volume called The Humane Hoax: Essays Exposing The Myth of Happy Meat, Humane Dairy, and Ethical Eggs covers the timely topics of humanewashing, greenwashing, language and labels, and explores how so-called alternative animal agriculture intersects with feminism, affects the environment, is represented in the media, and more. This anthology has an impressive list of 18 contributing authors who have written essays on the subject of the humane hoax coming from a diversity of perspectives, issues, and subtopics. They range from radical protesters to educating advocates to professional scholars in the academy. What they all share is a forward-thinking vision and common concerns with animal agriculture’s marketing shift to so-called humane labels.

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“We are not a ‘voice for the voiceless.’ Animals have voices, they tell us they are in distress with every squawk, squeal, and scream and tell us that they are happy with every coo, cluck, grunt, and moo. We are merely journalists, broadcasting to the world their deep and varied emotions and stories.”  —Hope Bohanec

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