Hope for the Animals
Hope Bohanec
Longtime animal advocate, Hope Bohanec, covers a variety of farmed animal issues including the ethical, environmental, spiritual, heartbreaking and heartwarming aspects of living vegan. Hope has engaging conversations with inspiring guests focusing on critical reasons for living a vegan lifestyle and covering current topics such as the humane hoax, environmental impact, speciesism, and effective outreach advocating for chickens, turkeys, cows, pigs, goats and other farmed animals. Hope is a 35-year vegan, animal rights activist, and author. This podcast is a project of Compassionate Living.
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Culture, Race, and Veganism: Dissolving the Tensions with Maneesha Deckha
Hope for the Animals
09/25/24 • 59 min
In this episode, we will delve into the discord between human rights and animal rights. This friction has been featured in various spheres: academic studies, the media, food and culture literature, food security issues, and the law which is where we will focus on today.
Maneesha Deckha is Professor and Lansdowne Chair in Law at the University of Victoria in British Columbia where she directs the Animals & Society Research Initiative. Her research expertise includes critical animal law, vegan ecofeminist theory, and postcolonial theory. She is the author of Animals as Legal Beings: Contesting Anthropocentric Legal Orders and has directed an open access documentary series designed for high school and undergraduate students called A Deeper Kindness: Youth Activism in Animal Law.
Maneesha gives real world examples of legal cases to show that there are cultural, racial, and indigenous rights concerns for extending legal rights to nonhuman animals and how we can mitigate these tensions. One example is the case brought on behalf of Happy the Elephant at the Bronx Zoo by the Nonhuman Animal Rights Project. She unpacks some of the history of these apprehensions and offers a framework for solidarity to move us forward for everyone’s benefit.
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Books:
Trickster Trilogy by Eden Robbinson
Aphro-ism: Essays on Pop Culture, Feminism, and Black Veganism from Two Sisters by Aph Ko & Syl Ko
Sista Vegan edited by A. Breeze Harper
Brotha Vegan edited by Omowale Adewale
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Multimedia Storytelling for Animals with Thomas Machowicz
Hope for the Animals
07/15/24 • 39 min
Tomas Machowicz is a photographer and filmmaker focusing on animal rescue efforts and social issues. He started documenting animal rescue in 2018 after a visit to Seebu Sanctuary in Costa Rica. Along with Molly Condit, Thomas co-founded Sanctuary Doc, a non-profit multimedia project that illuminates the major issues facing our world today by focusing on animals and the people who rescue them. Thomas considers himself a conduit for stories meant to raise the consciousness of humanity and uses photography, film, lectures, and workshops as tools to explore and share the human experience. Thomas' work has been published by BBC News, The Associated Press, Reuters, Vox, and he is a regular contributor to We Animals Media.
Thomas shares his experiences at a wild animal sanctuary in Costa Rica and how that experience started his journey to being a photojournalist telling non-human animal’s stories. He then tells us about a popular short film produced by Sanctuary Doc called Transfarming that documents animal farming transitions to plant farms and animal sanctuaries in Switzerland. He also talks about another Sanctuary Doc project focused on houseless people and their companion animals. Thomas shared that he feels it’s important to create, “a sanctuary in your mind” and discusses mindfulness and the connection to living a fulfilled life.
Resources:
Sanctuary Doc
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Nurturing Resilient Animal Advocates with Kimberley Carroll
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07/01/24 • 60 min
When Kimbery Carroll was first becoming an animal activist, she asked herself “Who is caring for the caretakers?” She has since dedicated herself to helping build resilient, mentally and emotionally healthy advocates.
Kimberly is a coach for changemakers, campaigns strategist with Animal Justice, director of Animal Justice Academy, and a director with the Toronto Vegetarian Food Bank. With over 14 years as a coach and almost 20 years as an activist, Kimberly works with mission-driven leaders, social entrepreneurs, and other activists on high-performance habits and strategies to make them unstoppable. She’s helped empower thousands of activists and counseled those in high-stress positions like undercover investigators. She’s also passionate about environmental activism, democratic reform, and amplifying Indigenous and Black voices.
Resources:
Vegan Studies Initiative at Arihanta Institute: https://www.arihantainstitute.org/vegan
Monthly Speaker Series: New Ethical Issues in Contemporary Veganism with Dr. Cheryl Abbate, July 15: Register for free
4-week Course- Debunking the Myth of Sustainable and Humane Animal Agriculture with Dr. Vasile Stanescu: Enroll with COUPON CODE for 25% off tuition fee: DEBUNK25!
Kimberly Carroll
WEBSITES
Coach for Changemakers: www.kimberlycarroll.com
Sign-up for Animal Justice Academy (FREE): www.animaljusticeacademy.com
Animal Justice: www.animaljustice.ca
Toronto Vegetarian Food Bank: www.vegfoodbank.com
SOCIALS
Facebook: facebook.com/KimberlyCarrollPage
Instagram: @coachkimberlycarroll
YouTube: www.youtube.com/@kimberlycarrolltv
SIGN-UP (free) FOR THE CHANGEMAKER SESSIONS: https://kimberlycarroll.com/changemakersessions
- every second Wednesday at 7pm ET
Kimberly's FREE VIDEO MINI-COURSE - Power Tools for Changemakers: https://kimberlycarroll.com/power-tools-changemakers
KIMBERLY'S FREE MEDITATIONS:
www.kimberlycarroll.com/meditations
The Vegan Drag Queen, Honey LaBronx
Hope for the Animals
06/08/24 • 52 min
Happy PRIDE! Joining us on this special Pride episode is Honey LaBronx, The Vegan Drag Queen. Honey stared in her own YouTube vegan cooking series and traveled the world with her one-woman drag show, raising funds for local LGBTQ and animal organizations along the way. She is committed to bringing discussions about animal rights, racism, and social justice to new audiences. In 2011, she was one of eight activists arrested for blocking New York City traffic while demonstrating for marriage equality alongside her drag mother, Bob The Drag Queen (winner of Season 8 of RuPaul’s Drag Race). Out of drag, Ben Strothmann is an actor, singer, playwright, and theatrical photographer, originally from Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Hope and Honey cover an assortment of fascinating topics-- how her sobriety journey led her to veganism, why she chose her drag name, how fat is beautiful, and embracing radical compassion. They also talk about the challenges within the gay and drag community with emboldened conservatives supporting legislation, violence, and oppression against the LGBT community. Hope and Honey laugh, lament, theorize, and bring a little joy to us all.
Resources:
@HoneyLaBronx
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@HoneyLaBronx
Video: Rachel Wiley, The Fat Joke
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Changing the World Through Music with Joanne Kong and Christoph Wagner
Hope for the Animals
05/15/24 • 44 min
Today on the podcast we have Joanne Kong and Chirstoph Wagner, and they are the Vegan Virtuosiz. Joanne and Christoph weave together live music, reflections, and the arts in inspiring events that illuminate how embracing the connections we have to the natural world and all beings can bring about transformative spiritual growth, positive change, and planetary healing. They will be featured in the upcoming documentary, Taking Note, about vegan musicians and the history of animal rights as seen through music.
Pianist Joanne Kong’s performances have been praised for “great finesse and flexibility” (The Washington Post), and “superb artistry” (San Antonio Express-News) in works “sensitively played” (New York Times). She is currently director of chamber music ensembles at the University of Richmond. Dr. Kong speaks around the world as an animal, environmental and vegan advocate. Her TEDx talk, The Power of Plant-Based Eating,has over 1 million views, she is editor of Vegan Voices: Essays by Inspiring Changemakers, and appears in the major documentary, Eating Our Way to Extinction.
Christoph Wagner, a native of Germany, is a sought-after cellist who has played on four continents. Mr. Wagner holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from Rice University, and his current research focuses on the role of nutrition in musical peak performance. He is a Certified Nutrition Coach and Certified Personal Trainer through the National Academy of Sports Medicine, and holds a Certificate in Plant-Based Nutrition from Cornell University through the T. Colin Campbell Center for Nutrition Studies. Currently Dr. Wagner is Assistant Professor of Cello at the University of New Mexico.
Resources:
Joanne Kong: www.JoanneKongMusic.com
Vegan Virtuosiz Tour Information:
Vancouver, Washington, May 17, 2024
(Book) Vegan Voices: Essays By Inspiring Changemakers by Joanne Kong, PhD
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The Cage-Free Conundrum with Hope Bohanec
Hope for the Animals
05/01/24 • 37 min
In this presentation, Hope will explore the recent trajectory of the animal advocacy movement toward encouraging industries to transition to cage-free systems and other animal welfare campaigns. Cage-free eggs are now 40% of the US egg market and both the industry and animal advocates are promoting this as a major victory...but is this something to celebrate? Hope talks about social justice strategy, Effective Altruism, incremental change, and propose that our movement’s focus is out of balance. She cautions that we are relying too heavily on impractical strategies and fragile legislation that may not lead us to farmed animal freedom.
Resources:
(Book) The Good it Promises, the Harm It Does: Critical Essays on Effective Altruism
(Podcast) Episode 76– Measuring Our Movement with Krista Hiddema, podcast focused on Effective Altruism
(Podcast) Reason for Vegan Series #3- Cage-Free and Free-Range Explained with Hope Bohanec
(Article) Which Eggs Are Ethical to Eat? By Hope Bohanec
Bite Size Vegan, Emily Moran-Barwick
(Video) How We Will Win Animal Freedom, Lalia Kassam, Animal Think Tank
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Earth Day Episode: The Climate Crisis and Other Animals with Richard Twine
Hope for the Animals
04/15/24 • 67 min
Happy Earth Day! This is an important time of year where we focus our attention on the perils facing the planet and get inspired to help her. So today our guest is Dr. Richard Twine, author of, The Climate Crisis and Other Animals (Sydney University Press, 2024). He is a professor in Sociology and Co-Director of the Centre for Human- Animal Studies (CfHAS) at Edge Hill University, UK. He also co-editor of The Rise of Critical Animal Studies – From the Margins to the Centre (Routledge, 2014) and author of Animals as Biotechnology – Ethics, Sustainability and Critical Animal Studies (Routledge, 2010). Richard has also published articles on ecofeminism, vegan transition, the food system, and the animal-industrial complex.
Richard tells us about Critical Animal Studies and how it is inspiring many areas of academic study to consider human-animal relations. We then discuss Richard’s new book and how climate disruption is affecting wild animals, marine animals, birds and even insects and microorganisms. He talks about the impact on farmed animals who now face events like frequent flooding, fires, and heatwaves due to a changing climate. We also get into the weeds of the confusing, controversial, and politicized animal agriculture emissions numbers and why there is a wide range of percentages from different sources and how to decipher what is most accurate. We also cover climate justice, food justice, the importance of a social science viewpoint of the climate crisis and much more.
Resources:
Richard’s website: http://www.richardtwine.com
Humane Hoax Chicken Webinar details and free registration
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Supporting Farmed Animal Sanctuaries with Faik Bouhrik
Hope for the Animals
03/15/24 • 49 min
Today on the podcast we are joined by Faik Bourik, founder of Vegius, a provider of vegan services to support farmed animal sanctuaries worldwide. Faik is a mathematics, physics, and astronomy college instructor who combines his academic background with his roles as a professional writer and entrepreneur. Passionate about animal rights and gender equality, he founded Vegius to provide much needed financial support to farmed animal sanctuaries.
Faik talks about how he fell for the humane hoax and bought humanely labeled products when he was first thinking about farmed animal issues. He shares how little meat he ate growing up in Algeria and how the traditional diets of so many cultures around the world are predominately plant-based. He talks about the importance of farmed animal sanctuaries to open people’s hearts and to make emotional connections to animals. We also discuss karma theory and how this is an important concept to bring to western culture, which brought us to some interesting history lessons from Faik.
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Media, Animals, and Compassionate Journalism with Nina Jackel
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02/01/24 • 47 min
News media that is sympathetic to animals is critical in creating a compassionate world. A 2023 von Liebig Award Winner, Nina Jackel is a journalist and activist known for effecting change for animals around the world through her non-profit media organization that she founded called Lady Freethinker. Nina leads numerous divisions at the organization that expose cruel and illegal activities through undercover operations and galvanizing ordinary citizens to make a difference.
Hope and Nina discuss the importance of news media for animals and Nina offers advice about what makes good media that has the potential to reach wider audiences. She also talks about Lady Freethinker’s important campaign targeting social media posts that abuse animals, such as fake “rescue” videos where abusers put animals in distressful situations just for clicks. They also discuss how to reach people who care about animals, but haven’t made the connection to compassion for farmed animals and veganism.
Resources:
Lady Freethinker:
William von Leibig Foundation Award Winner
Humane Hoax Online Conference details and free registration
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Halloween Episode: Flesh Eating, Speciesism, and Getting Away with Murder
Hope for the Animals
10/15/24 • 28 min
Do you love Halloween? Do you like to dig deep into philosophical discussions of life and death? This episode might just be for you. Today’s show is a Halloween special with something a little different. In the first half, Hope explores the theme of cannibalism in zombie, vampire, and other fantasy and horror movies and shows how these stories actually underscore our speciesist tendencies. Then, in the second half of the show, Hope and her husband Cogen, have a conversation about why people love horror movies and ask the question, could it be that our society likes to eat meat because it’s a socially sanctioned murder? Or can horror movies help us to empathize with farmed animals that are experiencing the same horrors as the victims in the movies?
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FAQ
How many episodes does Hope for the Animals have?
Hope for the Animals currently has 119 episodes available.
What topics does Hope for the Animals cover?
The podcast is about Animals, Society & Culture, Vegan, Environment, Podcasts, Education and Animal Rights.
What is the most popular episode on Hope for the Animals?
The episode title 'Nurturing Resilient Animal Advocates with Kimberley Carroll' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Hope for the Animals?
The average episode length on Hope for the Animals is 50 minutes.
How often are episodes of Hope for the Animals released?
Episodes of Hope for the Animals are typically released every 14 days.
When was the first episode of Hope for the Animals?
The first episode of Hope for the Animals was released on Apr 27, 2020.
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