Our Hen House

Episode 175: “Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 18 May 2013 08:01:56 +0000

Welcome to the 175th episode of Our Hen House, Official Honoree of the 2013 Webby Awards. Today’s episode features NBA veteran John Salley, with a special review by JL Fields. In today’s episode, we will share with you some advice […]

Episode 174: “Once you see it, you can’t un-see it. And once you’ve seen it, keeping quiet, saying nothing, becomes as political an act as speaking out.”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 11 May 2013 08:01:16 +0000

Welcome to the 174th episode of Our Hen House, Official Honoree of the 2013 Webby Awards. Today’s episode features Lisa Kemmerer, with a special appearance by Jenny Brown. In today’s episode, we bring you our recurring “Anxieties Rising” segment, dedicated […]

Episode 173: “…being a force of nature instead of a feverish, selfish little clod of ailments and grievances…”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 04 May 2013 08:01:02 +0000

Welcome to the 173rd episode of Our Hen House, 2013 Official Honoree of the Webby Awards. Today’s episode features Iris Ho, with special appearances by Jay Astafa and Ari Solomon. In today’s episode, we tell you about an 8-course vegan […]

Episode 172: “In matters of conscience, the law of the majority has no place.”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 27 Apr 2013 08:01:07 +0000

Welcome to the 172nd episode of Our Hen House, Official Honoree of the 2013 Webby Awards. Today’s episode features #1 New York Times bestselling author, Rory Freedman. In today’s episode, we get you up to speed on our disappointing choice of […]

Episode 171: “The function of the independent press (besides being essentially dissident) is still to discover, to find the new voices and give voice to them.”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 08:01:41 +0000

Welcome to the 171st episode of Our Hen House, Official Honoree of the 2013 Webby Awards. Today’s episode features Leilani Munter. In today’s episode, we discuss the magic of the Hudson Valley, vegan chocolate vaginas, and – speaking of which […]

Episode 170: “We must try to contribute joy to the world. I didn’t always know this and am happy I lived long enough to find it out.”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 13 Apr 2013 08:01:28 +0000

Welcome to the 170th episode of Our Hen House, featuring Dr. Ray Greek. In today’s episode, we start off by making a very exciting announcement about an honor bestowed upon the Our Hen House podcast this week. We’re gobsmacked, y’all. […]

Episode 169: “You may never know what results come from your action. But if you do nothing, there will be no result.”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 06 Apr 2013 08:01:22 +0000

Welcome to the 169th episode of Our Hen House, featuring Jane Velez-Mitchell. In today’s episode, we discuss karma, and how the idea that what goes around comes around might only go so far. Looking at all of the hideous suffering […]

Episode 168: “You’ve got to bust up a sidewalk sometimes, to get people to gather around.”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 30 Mar 2013 08:01:32 +0000

Welcome to the 168th episode of Our Hen House, featuring Dr. Will Tuttle. In today’s episode, we’ll tell you about a huge anti-circus demonstration we attended in Brooklyn, and we’ll talk about the unexpected power of grassroots activism like this. […]

Episode 167: “There is no such thing as ‘humane’ meat. There’s marginally less cruel meat. Let’s call it what it is.”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 08:01:53 +0000

Welcome to the 167th episode of Our Hen House, featuring Jack Norris, RD, with a special appearance by Katrina Donovan Fleming. On today’s episode, we discuss the idea that silence equals death – a slogan made popular by the AIDS […]

Episode 166: “…the opposite of life is not death, it’s indifference.”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 08:01:52 +0000

Welcome to the 166th episode of Our Hen House, featuring Joshua Katcher from The Discerning Brute. In today’s episode, we discuss our aspirations to be minimalists, the horror and unsustainability of cheap clothes, ignorant doctors, orthorexia among certain vegan subsets, […]

Episode 165: “Who feeds a hungry animal, feeds his own soul.”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 09:01:45 +0000

Welcome to the 165th episode of Our Hen House, featuring Josh Tetrick of Hampton Creek Foods. In today’s episode, we discuss the motivation that some people claim to have for leaving their veganism behind. This includes an in-depth conversation about […]

Episode 164: “I tore myself away from the safe comfort of certainties through my love for truth – and truth rewarded me!”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 02 Mar 2013 13:28:01 +0000

Welcome to the 164th episode of Our Hen House, featuring Silja Kallsen-MacKenzie and Liz Dee. In today’s episode, we talk about the vegans at the Oscars, and the difficulty of celebrity worship. We’ll talk about last week’s eye-opening and popular […]

Episode 163: “Animals can communicate quite well. And they do. And generally speaking, they are ignored.”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 09:01:04 +0000

Welcome to the 163rd episode of Our Hen House, featuring Dr. Melanie Joy. In today’s episode, we talk about the recent movie we saw that moved us to copious tears, over and over, and how and why it touched our […]

Episode 162: “We need, in a special way, to work twice as hard to help people understand that the animals are fellow creatures, that we must protect them and love them as we love ourselves.”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 09:01:45 +0000

Welcome to the 162nd episode of Our Hen House, featuring Chloe Coscarelli, with a special appearance by JL Fields. In today’s episode, we have loads to update you on from our vegan happenings this past week, including the Betty Goes […]

Episode 161: “I don’t believe in the concept of hell, but if I did, I would think of it as filled with people who were cruel to animals.”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 09:01:16 +0000

Welcome to the 161st episode of Our Hen House, featuring Dylan Powell. Today, we share with you some big news: the hens got hitched. Hey, that’s us! That’s right, we tied the knot, City Hall style, and today we’ll tell […]

Episode 160: “Few are those who see with their own eyes and feel with their own hearts.”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 09:01:12 +0000

Welcome to the 160th episode of Our Hen House, featuring Josh Balk. In today’s episode, we discuss how to develop good habits, and we’ll confess why we apparently can’t. We’ll chat about being sent random animal stories from people who […]

Episode 159: “It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 26 Jan 2013 09:01:43 +0000

Welcome to the 159th episode of Our Hen House, featuring Annie and Dan Shannon, authors of Betty Goes Vegan. In today’s episode, we discuss the National Hog Farmer’s take on the role of Meatless Mondays. We like to file this […]

Episode 158: “Each species is a masterpiece, a creation assembled with extreme care and genius.”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 09:01:57 +0000

Welcome to the 158th episode – and the 3rd anniversary – of Our Hen House, featuring Peter Brandt. In today’s episode, we settle back into our normal routines here in the Big Apple, which includes summer rolls at Soy and […]

Episode 157: “I don’t like the word courage. It is simply duty.”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 09:01:38 +0000

Welcome to the 157th episode of Our Hen House, featuring Kate Jacoby and Rich Landau from Philadelphia’s gourmet vegan restaurant, Vedge; Queer Vegan Food’s Sarah E. Brown and cleansing coach Courtney Pool; social worker and entrepreneur Lisa Siroti from NJ’s […]

Episode 156: “Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle.”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 09:02:59 +0000

Welcome to the 156th episode of Our Hen House, featuring PETA’s Carney Anne Small; PCRM’s Lea Pickard; Doug White; Stewart David; and Terri David. In today’s episode – our 3rd consecutive week from the road – we’re finally making some […]

Episode 155: “Whatever you believe you can do, begin it; boldness has genius, power and magic in it.”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 29 Dec 2012 09:01:53 +0000

Welcome to the 155th episode of Our Hen House, featuring interviews with Carrie Forrest, Alan Seidner, Ben Braman, Kelly Galligan, Amanda Lanza, Kathleen Lohnes, Kathy Iannacone, and Fernanda Guevara. In today’s episode, we continue our road trip adventure from Portland, […]

Episode 154: “People would rather believe than know.”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 22 Dec 2012 09:02:56 +0000

Welcome to the 154th episode of Our Hen House, featuring Kim Sturla from Animal Place, Allison Rivers Samson from Allison’s Gourmet, and Tara Oresick from Farm Sanctuary, with a special appearance by Piper Hoffman. Today’s episode starts off our big […]

Episode 153: “We are not to simply bandage the wounds of victims beneath the wheels of injustice, we are to drive a spoke into the wheel itself.”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 15 Dec 2012 09:01:36 +0000

Welcome to the 153rd episode of Our Hen House, featuring Gena Hamshaw. In today’s episode, we discuss our appearance on HuffPo Live with The Birds’ Tippi Hedren, where we discussed big cats. Today on the podcast we’ll also talk about […]

Episode 152: “…they do not lie awake in the dark and weep for their sins…”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 09:02:18 +0000

Welcome to the 152nd episode of Our Hen House, featuring Sasha Boojor from 269 Life. In today’s episode, we discuss desire versus need — as it relates to consuming animal products. We talk about the anxieties of the mainstream rising, […]

Episode 151: “New and stirring things are belittled because if they are not belittled the humiliating question arises ‘Why then are you not taking part in them?’”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 01 Dec 2012 09:01:22 +0000

Welcome to the 151st episode of Our Hen House, featuring Frances Carlisle, who will discuss estate planning for companion animals. In today’s episode, we discuss the shit that went down with Ellen DeGeneres casually proclaiming that she now eats eggs, […]

Episode 150: “Only if we understand can we care. Only if we care will we help. Only if we help shall they be saved.”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 24 Nov 2012 09:01:23 +0000

Welcome to the 150th episode of Our Hen House, featuring Dan Mathews. On today’s show, we celebrate 150 episodes of changing the world for animals! This includes talk of some of our most memorable guests and episodes since we celebrated […]

Episode 149: “Many people, especially ignorant people, want to punish you for speaking the truth.”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 17 Nov 2012 09:02:09 +0000

Welcome to the 149th episode of Our Hen House, featuring Mark Hawthorne and Adam Sobel. In today’s doozy of an episode, we talk about the tragedy of Bill and Lou, and how mainstream media is so quick to be uncritical […]

Episode 148: “All the arguments to prove man’s superiority cannot shatter this hard fact: in suffering the animals are our equals.”

Jasmin and Mariann — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 18:40:40 +0000

Welcome to the 148th episode of Our Hen House, featuring philosopher Ramona Ilea. In today’s episode, we discuss the election, and whether animals will be front and center in politics anytime soon. We’ll talk about why vegan foods are necessary […]

Episode 147: “When a man loves cats, I am his friend and comrade without further introduction.”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 03 Nov 2012 08:02:18 +0000

Welcome to the 147th episode of Our Hen House, featuring James McWilliams. In today’s episode, we give you our thoughts, and some updates, on the horrific aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. These include everything from thoughts on forgotten animals, to updates […]

Episode 146: “If we cut up beasts simply because they cannot prevent us [...] it is only logical to cut up imbeciles, criminals, enemies, or capitalists for the same reasons.”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 27 Oct 2012 08:01:54 +0000

Welcome to the 146th episode of Our Hen House, featuring Julieanna Hever, David Wolfson, and Diane Lenkowsky. In today’s episode, which, lemme tell ya, is a doozy of one, we talk about hopeful signs for veganism in the future, as […]

Episode 145: “If I were to remain silent, I’d be guilty of complicity.”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 08:02:31 +0000

Welcome to the 145th episode of Our Hen House, featuring Judy Woods from Pigs Peace Sanctuary, and Katie Gillespie from the University of Washington Animal Studies Working Group. In today’s episode, we come to you from Seattle, where we were giving a […]

Episode 144: “And you can’t walk the walk, in the world of our future, in the world ahead of us, in the world of our children, NOT eating a plant-based diet.”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 08:05:10 +0000

Welcome to the 144th episode of Our Hen House, featuring Del Sroufe, with a special appearance by Ari Solomon. In today’s episode, we talk about everything from the airplane-like motor on our Vitamix, to the gallant gentleman who asked Jasmin […]

Episode 143: “The question is not if we will be extremists, but what kind of extremists we will be. The nation and the world are in dire need of creative extremists.”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 06 Oct 2012 08:01:57 +0000

Welcome to the 143rd episode of Our Hen House, featuring Colleen Patrick-Goudreau. In today’s episode, we talk about the USDA’s decision to approve tofu as a meat substitute for school lunches (and we kvetch about some people’s confusion about whether […]

Episode 142: “It’s the action, not the fruit of the action, that’s important…”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 29 Sep 2012 08:03:01 +0000

Welcome to the 142nd episode of Our Hen House, featuring Kathy Hessler of Lewis & Clark Law School’s Center for Animal Law Studies. In today’s episode, we will talk about the ironic ending of the popular book, Wild – a […]

Episode 141: “Do it with kindness.”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 08:23:56 +0000

Welcome to the 141st episode of Our Hen House, featuring Jenny Brown, author of The Lucky Ones: My Passionate Fight for Farm Animals. In today’s episode, we tell you about 2 exciting animal rights events we were a part of […]

Episode 140: “There is nothing complicated about equality.”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 08:09:39 +0000

Welcome to the 140th episode of Our Hen House, featuring Delcianna Winders, the Director of Captive Animal Law Enforcement for the PETA Foundation. In today’s episode, we talk about a restaurant whose icon to show which menu items are vegan […]

Episode 139: “A man is truly ethical only when he obeys the compulsion to help all life he is able to assist, and shrinks from injuring anything that lives.”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 08 Sep 2012 08:20:03 +0000

Welcome to the 139th episode of Our Hen House, featuring Dr. Melanie Joy. The Our Hen House podcast is sponsored by The Seed: A Vegan Experience. In today’s episode, we discuss the irksome review a meat-eater wrote about an animal […]

Episode 138: “The least I can do is speak out for those who cannot speak for themselves.”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 08:33:14 +0000

Welcome to the 138th episode of Our Hen House, featuring Ginny Messina — The Vegan R.D. In today’s episode, we discuss the vegan hair salon we visited this past week (The Parlour) in the incredibly charming Portland neighborhood of St. […]

Episode 137: “No one has ever become poor by giving.”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 25 Aug 2012 08:16:47 +0000

Welcome to the 137th episode of Our Hen House, featuring Jonathan Lovvorn, the senior vice president for Animal Protection Litigation & Investigations at the Humane Society of the United States. In today’s episode, we discuss the horrendous backlash caused by Alicia […]

Episode 136: “It always seems impossible until it’s done.”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 18 Aug 2012 07:34:50 +0000

Welcome to the 136th episode of Our Hen House, featuring Seth Tibbott, founder of Tofurkey, with special guest Ari Solomon. In today’s episode, we bite the bullet and talk Chick-fil-A, including having our own discussion that was spurred by some […]

Episode 135: “If you can’t annoy somebody, there’s little point in writing.”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 08:34:24 +0000

Welcome to the 135th episode of Our Hen House, featuring Katya Lidsky of the play, “I’m Sorry: How An Apologist Became An Activist,” as well as special guest Eric Milano. In today’s episode, we will make you jealous with our […]

Episode 134: “If you want to know where you would have stood on slavery before the Civil War, don’t look at where you stand on slavery today. Look at where you stand on animal rights.”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 04 Aug 2012 08:09:34 +0000

Welcome to the 134th episode of Our Hen House, featuring JL Fields of JL Goes Vegan. In today’s episode, we will give you the skinny on everything from the screening of Maximum Tolerated Dose we attended here in Portland, to […]

Episode 133: “What gives light must endure the burning.”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 07:24:15 +0000

Welcome to the 133rd episode of Our Hen House, featuring Rich Roll. In today’s episode, we will give you our final glimpse into our Great American Road Trip that took us from New York City to Portland, picking up where […]

Episode 132: “A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 21 Jul 2012 08:24:39 +0000

Welcome to the 132nd episode of Our Hen House, featuring Bonnie Goodman from Mordamart, Sue Eakins from New Dawn MT Farm Sanctuary, Kit and Pete Jagoda of Rivers Wish Animal Sanctuary, and Tracy Martin of Rabbitron. In today’s episode, we […]

Episode 131: “One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things.”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 14 Jul 2012 07:15:46 +0000

Welcome to the 131st episode of Our Hen House, featuring Isa Chandra Moskowitz, Katie Olson, and Brian Endl. In today’s episode, we are still on the road as part of our Great American Road Trip from NYC to Portland. We’ll […]

Episode 130: “Good girls go to heaven. Bad girls go everywhere.”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 07 Jul 2012 08:04:09 +0000

Welcome to the 130th episode of Our Hen House, featuring Honey LaBronx, with special guest Ari Solomon. In today’s episode, our first coming to you from our great American road trip adventure, we’ll tell you about our fond farewell to […]

Episode 129: “The pain which it inflicts upon unconsenting animals is the basis for my enmity towards it.”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 30 Jun 2012 08:41:09 +0000

Welcome to the 129th episode of Our Hen House, featuring Karol Orzechowski, filmmaker behind Maximum Tolerated Dose. In today’s episode, we discuss bacon t-shirts for 3-year-old Brooklynites, the VegNews Twitter Chat Jasmin took part in focusing on gay rights and animal […]

Episode 128: “The freethinking of one age is the common sense of the next.”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 08:23:28 +0000

Welcome to the 128th episode of Our Hen House, featuring Jon Camp, Vegan Outreach‘s Outreach Director. In today’s episode, we’ll report back to you from The Seed: A Vegan Experience, where we spent all last weekend immersed in the hottest […]

Episode 127: “Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach the stars to change the world.”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 08:06:38 +0000

Welcome to the 127th episode of Our Hen House, featuring a rundown of our time speaking at the Niagara VegFest. Guests include Keri Cronin, Laurie Morrison, Lauren Corman, Taylor Book, Dylan Powell, and Doug McNish. In today’s episode, we give […]

Episode 126: “Today’s problems cannot be solved if we still think the way we thought when we created them.”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 09 Jun 2012 08:10:09 +0000

Welcome to the 126th episode of Our Hen House, featuring Scott Jurek, with guest Jennifer Hintenberger. In today’s episode, we’ll report back on Jasmin’s appearance on The Dr. Oz Show, where she dropped the V-Bomb. And we’ll chat with kettlebell champion […]

Episode 125: “Most people would rather die than think; in fact, they do so.”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 07:07:25 +0000

Welcome to the 125th episode of Out Hen House, featuring Leanne Mai-ly Hilgart of Vaute Couture. In today’s episode, Mariann and I will talk about one 9-year-old’s decision to boycott her class trip to the zoo, and we will read […]

Episode 124: “When I dare to be powerful – to use my strength in the service of my vision – then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 26 May 2012 07:27:31 +0000

Welcome to the 124th episode of Our Hen House, featuring Tom Regan. In today’s episode, we discuss the confusion caused by seeing veganism as a weight loss plan. We tell you about our experiences speaking at an LGBT church here […]

Episode 123: “We should remember in our dealings with animals that they are a sacred trust to us…[They] cannot speak for themselves.”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 19 May 2012 07:23:37 +0000

Welcome to the 123rd episode of Our Hen House, featuring professional basketball player (and vegan!), Milani Malik. In today’s episode, we will tell you all about our experiences speaking at The Brooklyn Food Festival, including conversations that arose from Mariann’s […]

Episode 122: “…fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight.”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 12 May 2012 04:18:09 +0000

Welcome to the 122nd episode of Our Hen House, featuring Chloe Jo Davis of Girlie Girl Army. In today’s episode, we discuss an annoying article regarding the sentience of peas. We talk about tactics for getting non-vegan family and friends […]

Episode 121: “I belong to no party and am militant for no one. All my causes, including the most radical, are motivated by the defense of animals.”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 05 May 2012 10:02:56 +0000

Welcome to the 121st episode of Our Hen House, featuring Main Street Vegan author, Victoria Moran, with special guests Lori Gruen and Sally Tamarkin. In today’s episode, Mariann and I discuss the sadly ironic situation of Petunia the Pig. We […]

Episode 120: “You are entitled to your own opinion, but not your own facts.”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 11:03:49 +0000

Welcome to the 120th episode of Our Hen House, featuring vegan chef Ayinde Howell. In today’s episode, we talk all about The Seed: A Vegan Experience, which is set to come to Soho on June 16 and 17. We’ll tell you why […]

Episode 119: “Start by doing what’s necessary; then do what’s possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 11:01:12 +0000

Welcome to the 119th episode of Our Hen House, featuring the undercover investigator, “Pete,” with special appearances by Kaitlyn Miklinevich (of Tie Dye Files) and Drew Wilson (of VegWorcester). In today’s episode, we discuss the recent story of the cow […]

Episode 118: “Today’s problems cannot be solved if we still think the way we thought when we created them.”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 11:05:25 +0000

Welcome to the 118th episode of Our Hen House, featuring Timothy Pachirat, author of Every Twelve Seconds: Industrialized Slaughter and the Politics of Sight. In today’s episode, we will make a very big announcement about where we’ll be spending 6 […]

Episode 117: “Walk the street with us. Get off the sidewalk.”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 11:05:36 +0000

Welcome to the 117th episode of Our Hen House, featuring Anat Pick. In today’s episode, we talk about our upcoming vegan Passover seder and non-vegan Easter, Mariann tells us about her thoughts on the new book that she just finished […]

Episode 116: ““It’s exhilarating to be alive in a time of awakening consciousness…”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 11:07:25 +0000

Welcome to the 116th episode of Our Hen House, featuring chef Juan Pablo Chavez. In today’s episode, we discuss the new Vegan Bodega, Blossom Bakery, annoying Facebook comments, cursing (and in what dialect it might be more appropriate) and an […]

Episode 115: “Never interrupt someone doing what you said couldn’t be done.”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 11:15:40 +0000

Welcome to the 115th episode of Our Hen House, featuring human rights and animal rights attorney, Bina Ahmad. In today’s episode, we discuss the New York Times’ contest asking people to write and explain why they think it’s ethical to […]

Episode 114: “…we must protect them and love them as we love ourselves.”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 11:08:56 +0000

Welcome to the 114th episode of Our Hen House, featuring Marc Bekoff and Gena Hamshaw. In today’s episode, we will tell you about the animal-themed art exhibit we saw at the Morgan Library entitled, “In the Company of Animals,” including […]

Episode 113: “Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 12:04:39 +0000

Welcome to the 113th episode of Our Hen House, featuring Doron Petersan and Michelle Schwegmann. In today’s episode, we ponder about the mindset of vegetarians: Why stop half-way? We share some updates about the latest ag-gag laws and we give […]

Episode 112: “It is now life and not art that requires the willing suspension of disbelief.”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 12:07:24 +0000

Welcome to the 112th episode of Our Hen House, featuring Patty Shenker, Nathan Runkle, and Kim Sturla. In today’s episode, we come to you from Los Angeles, where Mariann was a judge in the Lewis & Clark Animal Law Moot […]

Episode 111: “Non-violence leads to the highest ethics, which is the goal of all evolution. Until we stop harming ALL other living beings, we are still savages.”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 12:04:12 +0000

Welcome to the 111th episode of Our Hen House, featuring Dawn Moncrieffe from A Well-Fed World. In today’s episode, we’ll talk all about the recent episode of “What Would You Do?” that asked the question, “Is It Un-American to Avoid […]

Episode 110: “Those who have the privilege to know, have the duty to act.”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 12:12:25 +0000

Welcome to the 110th episode of Our Hen House, featuring Kezia Jauron and Gary Smith from Evolotus PR. In today’s episode, we tell you about the talk we went to on Rethinking Animals, which discussed, among other things, the consciousness […]

Episode 109: “The love of all living creatures is the most noble attribute of man.”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 12:02:16 +0000

Welcome to the 109th episode of Our Hen House, featuring lauren Ornelas from Food Empowerment Project. In today’s episode, we discuss clothing swaps, new juice joints, our deep love for pigeons, and how stupid we think Valentine’s Day is. (Well, […]

Episode 108: “Caring for myself is not self-indulgence. It is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:04:48 +0000

Welcome to the 108th episode of Our Hen House, featuring Zia Terhune from VegFund. In today’s episode, we give you the skinny on everything from the screening of Vegucated at the Artivist Film Festival, after which Mariann spoke on the […]

Episode 107: “All the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle.”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 12:06:45 +0000

Welcome to the 107th episode of Our Hen House, featuring Matt Rossell from Animal Defenders International. In today’s episode, we will tell you about the animal rights character we learned about in The Canterbury Tales, and why we learned about […]

Episode 106: “Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds that you plant.”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 12:21:54 +0000

Welcome to the 106th episode of Our Hen House, featuring Erik Marcus from Vegan.com. In today’s episode, we gripe about the recent NYC subway ads that center around reducing your portion size as a way to reduce disease. We also […]

Episode 105: “When you cease to make a contribution, you begin to die.”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 12:02:28 +0000

Welcome to the 105th episode of Our Hen House, featuring Lori Gruen. In today’s episode, we discuss our foray into Brooklyn to visit the new all-vegan establishment that’s garnering tons of buzz, Dunwell Doughnuts. We’ll also share our thoughts on […]

Episode 104: “It’s not the load that breaks you down, it’s the way you carry it.”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 12:04:50 +0000

Welcome to the 104th episode of Our Hen House, featuring Bruce Friedrich from Farm Sanctuary. In today’s episode, we will discuss what makes some people act in unethical ways. This topic was inspired by a couple we passed “oo-ing” and […]

Episode 103: “Activism is the rent I pay for living on this planet.”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 12:02:00 +0000

Welcome to the 103rd episode of Our Hen House, featuring Gena Hamshaw from Choosing Raw. In today’s episode, we are putting aside our stomach virus and sharing with you – not our virus – but our feelings about the recent […]

Episode 102: “There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root.”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 12:31:20 +0000

Welcome to the 102nd episode of Our Hen House, featuring Jamie Kilstein from Citizen Radio. In today’s episode, as Christmas approaches, we are doing our best to be nice and not naughty… but we’re failing miserably. We will share with […]

Episode 101: “Knowing is not enough, we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do.”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 12:00:37 +0000

Welcome to the 101st episode of Our Hen House, featuring Liuba Grechen from Sweet Cheeks Vegan Bakery, with a special appearance by vegan artist extraordinaire, Sue Coe. In today’s episode, we discuss our recent foray into de-tchotchke-ifying our lives, and […]

Episode 100: “This is what you shall do: Love the earth and sun and the animals.”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 12:03:13 +0000

Welcome to the 100th episode of Our Hen House, featuring Peter Singer and Isa Chandra Moskowitz. In today’s monumental episode, we will talk about the Food Activism for the Holidays workshop we gave last week, and we’ll share with you […]

Episode 99: “Violence can only be concealed by a lie, and the lie can only be maintained by violence.”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 12:08:27 +0000

Welcome to the 99th episode of Our Hen House, featuring Miriam Jones of VINE Sanctuary and Debra Kowalski of For the Animals Sanctuary. In today’s episode, we will discuss the label “activist.” We’ll talk about a couple of Montana residents […]

Episode 98: “…find the common ground that will bring us together in our efforts.”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 12:10:18 +0000

Welcome to the 98th episode of Our Hen House, featuring Cheri Ezell-Vandersluis from Maple Farm Sanctuary and Bill Crain from Safe Haven Farm Sanctuary. In today’s episode, we will tell you about everything from our excursion to Queens – including […]

Episode 97: “Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.”

Jasmin Singer — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 12:02:41 +0000

Welcome to the 97th episode of Our Hen House, featuring Kim Stallwood. In today’s episode, Jasmin will tell you about her vegan whirlwind trip to San Francisco, including the food, the rad, and smugly. Meanwhile, back in New York City, […]

Episode 96: “If we believe absurdities, we shall commit atrocities.”

Jasmin Singer — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 12:40:11 +0000

Welcome to the 96th episode of Our Hen House, featuring Elizabeth Hess. In today’s episode, we will tell you about our trip to Jersey, including the activism talk we gave in Montclair, and the vegan restaurants we visited while in […]

Episode 95: “You have to wake the people up first, then you’ll get action.”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 11:04:10 +0000

Welcome to the 95th episode of Our Hen House, featuring Will Potter from Green is the New Red. In today’s episode, we will tell you all about our trips to New Orleans and Boston – both of which took place […]

Episode 94: “Compassion is the basis of all morality.”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 11:07:17 +0000

Welcome to the 94th episode of Our Hen House, featuring Dr. Michael Greger and Sally Tamarkin. In today’s episode, we share our thoughts on everything from the woman who won a contest with the reward of allowing her to visit […]

Episode 93: “Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not.”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 11:00:16 +0000

Welcome to the 93rd episode of Our Hen House, featuring Maneesha Deckha, Bruce Wagman, Jaclyn Leeds, Peter Sankoff, Sarah Baeckler, Kristen Stilt, and Joyce Tischler. In today’s episode, we tell you about the eye-opening and brilliant “Animals in the Arts” […]

Episode 92: “There is something you must always remember. You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 11:55:43 +0000

Welcome to the 92nd episode of Our Hen House, featuring musician Kirsti Gholson, and Australian activist, Leigh-Chantelle. In today’s episode, we discuss everything from black bean brownies, to our thoughts on the importance of finding synergy between vegan food and […]

Episode 91: “If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 11:20:12 +0000

Welcome to the 91st episode of Our Hen House, featuring Liz Marshall from The Ghosts in Our Machine. In today’s episode, we’ll give our thoughts on Occupy Wall Street – a quickly growing movement aimed to seek justice for the […]

Episode 90: “Do what you feel in your heart to be right, for you’ll be criticized anyway.”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 11:02:56 +0000

Welcome to the 90th episode of Our Hen House, featuring vegan bodybuilder Robert Cheeke. In today’s episode, we’ll give you our thoughts on an event we attended that featured Frances Moore Lappe. (Let’s just say that we’re probably in the […]

Episode 89: “When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 11:17:56 +0000

Welcome to the 89th episode of Our Hen House, featuring Carolyn Merino Mullin from the National Museum of Animals & Society. In today’s episode, we give you our thoughts about a vegan art show we attended, and a workshop that […]

Episode 88: “If there is no struggle, there is no progress.”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 11:03:35 +0000

Welcome to the 88th episode of Our Hen House, featuring Danielle Konya of Vegan Treats. In today’s episode, we tell you all about our vegan adventures in Bethlehem, PA, where we were speaking at the Bethlehem VegFest. We’ll also talk […]

Episode 87: “This is winter wheat we’re sowing, and other hands will harvest.”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 11:04:35 +0000

Welcome to the 87th episode of Our Hen House, featuring Ben Grossblatt from Suicide Food. In today’s episode, we will ruminate on everything from the use of anger in our activism, to our fascination with growing and picking kale, to […]

Episode 86: “We cannot believe that if we refuse to look at what we do not wish to see, it will not exist.”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 11:07:13 +0000

Welcome to the 86th episode of Our Hen House, featuring Jess Scone (of Vida Vegan Con, Get Sconed, and Stumptown Vegans), Chelsea Lincoln (of Flavor Vegan), and 6 1/2 year old lifelong vegan, Ruby Bird Hooten. In today’s episode, Jasmin […]

Episode 85: “Sentiment without action is the ruin of the soul.”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 11:02:49 +0000

Welcome to the 85th episode of Our Hen House, featuring Carol J. Adams. In today’s episode, we explore vegan mentions in non-vegan-specific books, examine our I-just-don’t-get-it attitude towards avant garde art and how we’d much rather look at a bird, […]

Episode 84: “Auschwitz begins whenever someone looks at a slaughterhouse and thinks: they’re only animals.”

Jasmin Singer — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 11:03:48 +0000

Welcome to the 84th episode of Our Hen House, featuring Colleen Patrick-Goudreau, with a special appearance from Jasmin’s 87-year-old veg grandma, Sherrey Glickman. In today’s episode, we will ruminate on everything from animal rights poetry to an offensive t-shirt someone […]

Episode 83: “Lots of people talk to animals… Not very many listen, though… That’s the problem.”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 11:37:08 +0000

Welcome to the 83rd episode of Our Hen House, featuring Jo-Anne McArthur of We Animals, Karol Orzechowski of Maximum Tolerated Dose, with special guests Jessica Almy of VegBooks, and our very own Hollywood correspondent, Ari Solomon. In today’s episode, we […]

Episode 82: “If the times aren’t ripe, you have to ripen the times.”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 11:04:03 +0000

Welcome to the 82nd episode of Our Hen House, featuring Farm Sanctuary‘s National Shelter Director, Susie Coston. In today’s episode, we tell you about our vegan happenings back here in New York City, including a frolic uptown to check out […]

Episode 81: “When no one else cared, I can tell you, the little old ladies cared.”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 30 Jul 2011 11:28:41 +0000

Welcome to the 81st episode of Our Hen House, featuring Jackie Horrick of Alternative Outfitters, and Ari Solomon of A Scent of Scandal Candles. In today’s episode, we come to you from Los Angeles, California, where we’re speaking at the […]

Episode 80: “…extend to the whole creation.”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 11:20:50 +0000

Welcome to the 80th episode of Our Hen House, featuring filmmaker Marisa Miller Wolfson, powerhouse behind the new movie Vegucated. In today’s episode, we will talk about the new vegan item at Starbucks and the backlash that we and other […]

Episode 79: “… All things are connected.”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 11:31:08 +0000

Welcome to the 79th episode of Our Hen House, featuring bestselling author of Skinny Bitch, powerhouse Rory Freedman. In today’s episode, we give you the skinny on our trip to Rockaway Beach here in NYC, and all the amazing, mindblowing […]

Episode 78: “…the end of the beginning.”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 11:00:38 +0000

Welcome to the 78th episode of Our Hen House, featuring Kelly Peloza and David Wolfson. In today’s episode, we talk about everything from the vegan ice cream we found at the Jersey Shore (Eddie Confetti), to the long-debated quandary of […]

Episode 77: “…take out of our desires and our visions a template or a pattern for the future.”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 11:09:53 +0000

Welcome to the 77th episode of Our Hen House, featuring Beth Gallie, Susan Rooker, and Betsy Carson. In today’s episode, we come to you from Portland, Maine, where we are speaking at the Maine Vegetarian Festival and experiencing all the […]

Episode 76: “Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 11:08:29 +0000

Welcome to the 76th episode of Our Hen House, featuring vegan cookbook author Terry Hope Romero, and Mad City Vegan Fest co-organizer, Courtney Mayhew. In today’s special expanded episode, we come to you from Madison, Wisconsin, where we are speaking […]

Episode 75: “A time comes when silence is betrayal.”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 11:40:35 +0000

Welcome to the 75th episode of Our Hen House, featuring Myq Kaplan. In today’s episode, we will tell you about Mariann’s talk on farm animal law for the activist, Jasmin’s new article on the connections between gay rights and animal […]

Episode 74: “New and stirring things are belittled…”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 11:22:00 +0000

Welcome to the 74th episode of Our Hen House, featuring Kathy Freston. In today’s episode, we will talk about everything from the mouse in our house, to our big vegan trip to Philadelphia, and our farewell to one of our […]

Episode 73: “Impossible is not a fact. It’s an opinion.”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 04 Jun 2011 11:02:11 +0000

Welcome to the 73rd episode of Our Hen House, featuring lawyer and professor, Rebecca Huss. In today’s episode, we will get you up to speed on everything from the vegan meal delivery service we’re trying, to the movies we’re loathing, […]

Episode 72: “Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim.”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 28 May 2011 11:05:50 +0000

Welcome to the 72nd episode of Our Hen House, featuring NOLA Veggie Fest organizers, Dr. Leslie Brown and Jehan Strouse. In today’s episode, we come to you from Amelia Island, Florida, and New Orleans, Louisiana. In Amelia Island, Mariann was […]

Episode 71: “…almost everyone gets busy on the proof.”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 21 May 2011 11:11:10 +0000

Welcome to the 71st episode of Our Hen House, featuring Joshua Katcher. In today’s episode, we’ll tell you about the vegan happenings in our world, including an incredible clothing swap that provided us with an entire new wardrobe, our long […]

Episode 70: “Man has no superiority over beast”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 14 May 2011 11:11:17 +0000

Welcome to the 70th episode of Our Hen House, featuring Dr. Alka Chandna. In today’s episode, we will tell you about the vegan happenings in our world. We’ll talk with our genius intern, Nick Laccetti, about a class he attended […]

Episode 69: “The only tired I was, was tired of giving in.”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 07 May 2011 11:15:23 +0000

Welcome to the episode 69 of Our Hen House, featuring Masami Mizuguchi and Kozue Watanabe from Choices for Tomorrow. In today’s episode, Mariann and I will tell you about our adventures filming the forthcoming NYC Vegan Weekend on a Budget video […]

Episode 68: “Once social change begins, it cannot be reversed.”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 11:02:32 +0000

Welcome to the 68th episode of Our Hen House, featuring Dr. Neal Barnard, M.D., and Dan Dunbar. In today’s episode, we’ll give you our full report on our Worldwide Vegan Bake Sale, including the good, the better, and the burnt. […]

Episode 67: “The fate of animals is of greater importance to me than the fear of appearing ridiculous.”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 23 Apr 2011 11:06:51 +0000

Welcome to the 67th episode of Our Hen House, featuring Joe Cross, filmmaker behind Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead. In today’s episode, we will tell you about Jasmin’s adventure with corsets — all for the animals, of course. We’ll report […]

Episode 66: “Any glimpse into the life of an animal quickens our own and makes it so much the larger and better in every way.”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 11:09:04 +0000

Welcome to the 66th episode of Our Hen House, featuring James E. McWilliams. In today’s episode, we will tell you about the fundraiser we attended, Comedy for Karma, including our take on the amazing vegan comics, and the pitiful, un-funny […]

Episode 65: “Who can believe that there is no soul behind those luminous eyes!”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 11:09:56 +0000

Welcome to the 65th episode of Our Hen House, featuring Gene Baur, Delci Winders, and Jenny Rigterink. In today’s episode, we come to you from New Orleans, Louisiana, where we will give you the rundown on the vegan and activist […]

Episode 64: “We could have saved the Earth but we were too damned cheap.”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 11:05:12 +0000

Welcome to the 64th episode of Our Hen House, featuring Jane Velez-Mitchell. In today’s episode, we will tell you about a panel we attended here in NYC all about local agriculture. We’ll give you all the gory details, including the […]

Episode 63: “When I see bacon, I see a pig; I see a little friend, and that’s why I can’t eat it. Simple as that.”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 11:06:01 +0000

Welcome to the 63rd episode of Our Hen House, featuring Paul Waldau. In today’s episode, we’ll give you the trials and tribulations of the latest Food Network stunt, and how that pertains to us vegans. You’ll find out why the […]

Episode 62: “Support your right to arm bears.”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 11:33:48 +0000

Welcome to the 62nd episode of Our Hen House, featuring fashion designer John Bartlett. In today’s episode, we will discuss everything from our latest need to chill out and take inventory, to the beauty of kale chips, to some tickets […]

Episode 61: “It is just like man’s vanity and impertinence to call an animal dumb because it is dumb to his dull perceptions.”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 12 Mar 2011 12:02:22 +0000

Welcome to the 61st episode of Our Hen House, featuring Brighter Green‘s Mia MacDonald. In today’s episode, we will discuss how veganism is portrayed in the media. We’ll also let you in on why one particular day this week started […]

Episode 60: “‘I want to stay alive…’”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 12:19:32 +0000

Welcome to the 60th episode of Our Hen House, featuring Pamela Frasch from the Center for Animal Law Studies, and Scot Fitzsimmons from the vegan shoe store, Sudo Shoes. In today’s episode, we come to you from Cambridge, Massachusetts, where […]

Episode 59: “Concern should drive us into action and not into a depression.”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 12:03:18 +0000

Welcome to the 59th episode of Our Hen House, featuring Simone Reyes from Running Russell Simmons, and Drew Winter from The Vegan Sex Shop. In today’s episode, we will tell you all about the workshop Jasmin led earlier this week […]

Episode 58: “The most violent element in society is ignorance.”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 12:09:57 +0000

Welcome to the 58th episode of Our Hen House, featuring Leigh and Ken Saluzzi of Cosmo’s Vegan Shoppe, and Jeanette Zeis of VeganDish. In today’s episode, we come to you from Atlanta, Georgia, where we are sampling all of the […]

Episode 57: “…I found out something about hamburgers that really grossed me out…”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 12:32:59 +0000

Welcome to the 57th podcast episode of Our Hen House, featuring Daniel Hauff, Director of Investigations from Mercy for Animals. In today’s episode, we come to you from The Windy City, where we are hanging out with the good folks […]

Episode 56: “…clever enough to be crows.”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 12:07:59 +0000

Welcome to the 56th podcast episode of Our Hen House, featuring ethologist Jonathan Balcombe. In today’s episode, we will give you our reactions to Oprah’s Vegan Challenge, including the good, the bad, and the unbelievably annoying. Joining us today is […]

Episode 55: “It’s not good for you. It’s good for a suckling calf.”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 12:16:46 +0000

Welcome to the 55th podcast episode of Our Hen House, featuring Vegan Outreach co-founder, Matt Ball. In today’s episode, we will bring you our tales of veganland, including our new Art of the Animal video, our delicious and convenient grocery […]

Episode 54: “…cruelty or wrong that we have the power to stop…”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 12:34:30 +0000

Welcome to the 54th podcast episode of Our Hen House, featuring Elizabeth Olsen. In today’s episode, we’ll tell you about our big trip to New Jersey, including our visit to Kaya’s Kitchen, the vegan restaurant in Belmar that you simply have […]

Episode 53: “In matters of conscience, the law of majority has no place.”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 15 Jan 2011 12:57:25 +0000

Welcome to the 53rd episode of Our Hen House, featuring John Goodwin. On today’s episode – our first anniversary – we will fill you in on the workshop Jasmin did at Bluestockings bookstore on Going Vegan in 2011. We will […]

Episode 52: “I cannot nourish myself by the sufferings and by the death of other creatures.”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 08 Jan 2011 12:24:29 +0000

Welcome to the 52nd episode of Our Hen House, featuring Annie and Dan Shannon of The Betty Crocker Project. In today’s episode, we will share our excitement about Our Hen House in the news. Plus, we’ll tell you about the glorious […]

Episode 51: “…exempted from the ethical rules that govern our other senses…”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 12:05:36 +0000

Welcome to the 51st podcast episode of Our Hen House, featuring Leanne Mai-ly Hilgart. In today’s episode, we will tell you about a New Year’s leafleting we did, and we’ll share our resolutions for changing our attitudes in the coming […]

Episode 50: “Nothing is more powerful than an individual acting out of his own conscience…”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 25 Dec 2010 12:44:15 +0000

Welcome to the 50th podcast episode of Our Hen House, featuring Mary and Mark Hardy from The Lodge, a vegan retreat in Grenada. Also featuring Alexis Brill as part of our New Vegan Series. In today’s episode, we will start […]

Episode 49: “As long as there are slaughterhouses, there will be battlefields.”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 12:30:10 +0000

Welcome to the 49th podcast episode of Our Hen House, featuring Bart Potenza and Joy Pierson. Joining us today are two of our favorite change-makers, Bart Potenza and Joy Pierson, the couple behind the best vegan restaurant on the planet, […]

Episode 48: “For as long as men massacre animals, they will kill each other…”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 11 Dec 2010 12:12:06 +0000

Welcome to the 48th podcast episode of Our Hen House, featuring Dr. Joel Fuhrman. In today’s episode, we will give you our take on the NYC premier of the film, Forks Over Knives, which filled up a theatre on 19th […]

Episode 47: “Each person must live their life as a model for others.”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 04 Dec 2010 12:30:35 +0000

Welcome to the 47th podcast episode of Our Hen House, featuring Bruce Friedrich. In today’s episode, we will be talking Hanukah – and we’ll let you know what newest kitchen gadget of ours will result in us no longer needing […]

Episode 46: “A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 27 Nov 2010 12:11:04 +0000

Welcome to the 46th episode of Our Hen House, featuring Heather and Jenny Goldberg, “The Spork Girls.” In today’s episode, Mariann will share with you her latest reinvention – a big one, which will impact both our lives as well […]

Episode 45: “Now I can look at you in peace…”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 20 Nov 2010 12:07:26 +0000

Welcome to the 45th episode of Our Hen House, featuring Erica Meier. In today’s episode, we are talking Thanksgiving. We’ll chat about what it’s like to be a vegan around this odd holiday, and we’ll also discuss some of the […]

Episode 44: “…to which they are entitled by birth and being”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 12:13:36 +0000

Welcome to the 44th episode of Our Hen House, featuring Mark Middleton and Ari Solomon. In today’s episode, we will give you the low-down on two animal rights events we attended here in NYC — one having to do with […]

Episode 43: “Teaching a child not to step on a caterpillar is as valuable to the child as it is to the caterpillar.”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 06 Nov 2010 12:18:06 +0000

Welcome to the 43rd episode of Our Hen House, featuring Gary Kowalski. In today’s episode, we will give you our full report on everything from the vegan Halloween party we attended last week, to our dog’s Halloween costume – which […]

Episode 42: “An animal’s eyes have the power to speak a great language.”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 12:13:03 +0000

Welcome to the 42nd episode of Our Hen House, featuring Nancy Perry, Kyle Knies, and a super special surprise guest! In today’s episode, which happens to coincide with both Jasmin’s 31st birthday and World Go Vegan Week, we bring you […]

Episode 41: “…defended to the last by otherwise intelligent people.”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 23 Oct 2010 12:15:58 +0000

Welcome to the 41st episode of Our Hen House, featuring Dylan Powell. In today’s episode, as we settle back into life in NYC, we have loads to discuss — everything from last week’s Texas State Veggie Fair, to a new […]

Episode 40: “If beef is your idea of ‘real food for real people,’ you’d better live real close to a real good hospital”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 12:09:56 +0000

Welcome to the 40th podcast episode of Our Hen House, featuring guests Jamey Scott, Eddie Garza, and Julie Rothman. In today’s episode, we come to you from Dallas, Texas, where Mariann is busy with her Animal Law Committee, and Jasmin […]

Episode 39: “We are called to be architects of the future, not its victims.”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 12:04:55 +0000

Welcome to the 39th podcast episode of Our Hen House, featuring David Wolfson. In today’s episode, we will report back from our much anticipated launch party for Our Hen House, where our speakers wowed us, the food impressed us, and […]

Episode 38: “…live and be healthy without killing animals for food…”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 02 Oct 2010 13:31:07 +0000

Welcome to the 38th podcast episode of Our Hen House, featuring Veggie Conquest’s Jessica Mahady. In today’s episode, we will share with you the exciting news about our feature in Time Out New York; we’ll tell you Mariann’s impetus for […]

Episode 37: “…a fundamental debacle…”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 25 Sep 2010 12:31:53 +0000

Welcome to the 37th podcast episode of Our Hen House, featuring VegNews’ publishers, Joe Connelly and Colleen Holland. In today’s episode, we will give you the low-down on the joy of our new, one-of-a-kind, vegan-produced tote-bags; the horrors of the […]

Episode 36: “…we all stand on equal footing…”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 13:05:56 +0000

Welcome to the 36th podcast episode of Our Hen House, featuring Peter Singer. In today’s episode, we’ll give you the low-down on why Jasmin was telling a theatre full of perfect strangers all about her adolescent secrets; we’ll discuss Lady […]

Episode 35: “…our circle of compassion…”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 12:46:10 +0000

Welcome to the 35th podcast episode of Our Hen House, featuring Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary Director and Co-founder, Jenny Brown. In today’s episode, as we prepare to come off of a 10-day juice fast, we will bring you our report […]

Episode 34: ““A Robin Redbreast in a Cage Puts all Heaven in a Rage.”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 13:30:26 +0000

Welcome to the 34th podcast episode of Our Hen House, featuring author John Yunker. Today, as we enter our fourth day of juice fasting, you’ll hear about our kale and carrot woes, our dreams of seitan piccata, and our determination […]

Episode 33: “‘Can They Suffer?’”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 13:45:31 +0000

Welcome to episode 33rd podcast episode of Our Hen House, featuring Steven M. Wise. Today, we’re back home in NYC. Mariann’s animal law classes have started, and Jasmin has given up coffee. We also have some exciting announcements from here […]

Episode 32: “The squirrel that you kill in jest…”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 12:50:16 +0000

Welcome to the 32nd podcast episode of Our Hen House, featuring Carter Dillard. On today’s episode, we come to you from Sag Harbor, where we’re grateful that we have family right by the beach. Joining us today is animal rights […]

Episode 31: “…such a wonder that I think I’ll stay in bed.”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 13:16:45 +0000

Welcome to the 31st podcast episode of Our Hen House, featuring David Cassuto. On today’s episode, we come to you from Big Sur, California where we are searching for good food, breathless from the scenery, and trying to weed out […]

Episode 30: “the patience of the universe…”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 13:02:48 +0000

Welcome to the 30th podcast episode of Our Hen House, featuring Zoe Weil. In today’s episode, we come to you from the City by the Bay, San Francisco. We’ll start by telling you about our vegan adventures and misadventures, including […]

Episode 29: “… depict the Devil in human form”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 14:01:45 +0000

“We have enslaved the rest of the animal creation, and have treated our distant cousins in fur and feathers so badly that beyond doubt, if they were able to formulate a religion, they would depict the Devil in human form.” […]

Episode 28: “Never wear anything that panics the cat.”

Jasmin Singer — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 12:02:06 +0000

Welcome to our 28th podcast episode of Our Hen House, featuring Michael Croland from heeb’n'vegan, with cameos by Jasmin’s grandma and mother. In today’s episode, we give you the low-down on a very special vegan bakery that delivers all over […]

Episode 27: “Too late to go back to sleep.”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 13:44:47 +0000

Welcome to the 27th podcast episode of Our Hen House, featuring Dr. Melanie Joy, and with Kyle Knies, as well as Jasmin’s grandma. On today’s episode, we are coming to you live from Kansas – where we will talk to […]

Episode 26: “… keep alive his inborn sense of wonder…”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 15:03:26 +0000

Welcome to the 26th podcast episode of Our Hen House, featuring an interview with Meena Alagappan of HEART, with special guests Stewart David (Carolina Action for Animals) and Matt Rice (Mercy for Animals). On today’s show, we begin with a very exciting […]

Episode 25: “…something that must never be lost.”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 13:54:17 +0000

Welcome to the 25th podcast episode of Our Hen House, featuring Glenn Gaetz and Joanne Chang from Liberation B.C. In today’s episode, we will share with you a new and exciting activist idea that was gleaned from a workshop at […]

Episode 24: “Think occasionally…”

Jasmin Singer — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 06:42:05 +0000

Welcome to the 24th podcast episode of Our Hen House, featuring Josh Hooten and Michelle Schwegmann — owners of Herbivore Clothing. In today’s episode, I am coming to you from the City of Roses – Portland, Oregon – where I’m […]

Episode 23 – “…I shall not live in vain.”

Jasmin Singer — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 13:31:32 +0000

Welcome to the 23rd podcast episode of Our Hen House – a place to find our way to change the world for animals – featuring Eastern Shore Sanctuary’s Miriam Jones and Aram Polster. On today’s show, we are podcasting from […]

Episode 22: “… committed in the name of rebellion.”

Jasmin Singer — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 14:47:01 +0000

Welcome to the 22nd podcast episode of Our Hen House, featuring Dan Piraro. In today’s episode, we will start by telling you about our recent trip to Brooklyn, my nose hoop, and our upcoming train trip to Vermont, where we […]

Episode 21: “Compassion is the foundation of everything positive…”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 14:11:29 +0000

Welcome to the 21st podcast episode of Our Hen House, featuring an interview with an undercover investigator. On today’s show, we’ll discuss the sad loss of Golden Girl — and long-time animal rights activist — Rue McClanahan. Then, we’ll be […]

Episode 20: “… Man loved the birds and invented cages.”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 29 May 2010 13:52:48 +0000

Welcome to the 20th podcast episode of Our Hen House, a place to find our way to change the world for animals. Today’s episode features Brad Goldberg. Today, we will start by updating you about a very special adoption event […]

Episode 19: “Not to hurt our humble brethren is our first duty …”

Jasmin Singer — Sat, 22 May 2010 13:31:30 +0000

Welcome to the 19th podcast episode of Our Hen House, featuring Martin Rowe, Kelly Overton, and Jasmin’s grandma. In today’s episode, we will tell you all about a perfect little doggie in Puerto Rico who we were lucky enough to […]

Episode 18: “…things that matter.”

Jasmin Singer — Sat, 15 May 2010 13:30:59 +0000

Welcome to the 18th podcast episode of Our Hen House, featuring Ledy Van Kavage, Kelly Overton, and Kyle Knies. In today’s episode, we come to you from Puerto Rico, where we have found ourselves full — with vegan mofongo, and […]

Episode 17: “… nobody need wait a single moment …”

Jasmin Singer — Sat, 08 May 2010 04:14:50 +0000

Welcome to the 17th podcast episode of Our Hen House, featuring special guests Paul Shapiro and Kelly Overton. In today’s episode, we will begin by talking about some strong new vegans, as well as some artistic ones … . Joining […]

Episode 16: “… stretched to a new idea …”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 01 May 2010 21:08:35 +0000

Welcome to the 16th podcast episode of Our Hen House, featuring special guest Joan Schaffner. In today’s episode, we will discuss a popular new cooking competition that’s raising eyebrows — and lowering cholesterol! — throughout New York City. We’ll also […]

Episode 15: “To ALL compassion gives”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 13:02:28 +0000

Welcome to the 15th podcast episode of Our Hen House! In today’s episode, we will report back on the trials and tribulations about our vegan bake sale, including some pretty exciting news about the media coverage it is going to […]

Episode 14: “… do something to change it …”

Jasmin Singer — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 14:56:57 +0000

Welcome to the 14th podcast episode of Our Hen House! In today’s episode, we tell you about some exciting upcoming plans, which are bound to make this Earth Day pretty darn tasty. Then, we will be joined by best-selling author […]

Episode 13: “… a mark of civilized society.”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 13:42:00 +0000

Welcome to the 13th podcast episode of Our Hen House! In today’s episode, we will admit what led to us feeling like unpopular, slightly awkard 12-year-olds. We will also discuss the new book, Gristle, edited by Moby and Miyun Park. […]

Episode 12: “… respects and enhances the freedom of others.”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 17:36:02 +0000

Welcome to 12th podcast episode of Our Hen House! In today’s episode, we will talk cupcakes – and we’ll tell you from where and because of why we just ordered 50 of them. Then, we’ll discuss Jane Goodall’s take on […]

Episode 11: “… when I die …”

Jasmin Singer — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 13:55:02 +0000

Welcome to the 11th podcast episode of Our Hen House! In today’s episode, we will share some personal news pertaining to the legal status of our relationship.Then, we’ll get over ourselves, and we’ll discuss the new term that the Boston […]

Episode 10: “The thing that differentiates man from animals …”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 19:35:05 +0000

Welcome to the tenth podcast episode of Our Hen House! Today, we’ll start off by discussing a few tips on how we like to avoid activist burnout. Next, we are excited to be joined by vegan chef extraordinaire and author […]

Episode 9: “… the health of the chickens.”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 02:14:49 +0000

Welcome to ninth podcast episode of Our Hen House! In today’s episode, we will discuss how to react when people tell you how much they “looove” their meat, and what to do when they pull out the “humane” card. Then, […]

Episode 8: “The truth will set you free, but first …”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 01:10:15 +0000

Welcome to the eighth podcast episode of Our Hen House! In today’s episode, we will discuss our current flirtation with yoga, and the importance of finding a way to take care of your body that comports with your values. We […]

Episode 7: “… thoughtful committed citizens can change the world …”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 07:21:04 +0000

Welcome to the seventh podcast episode of Our Hen House! In today’s episode, we will discuss what’s mean and what’s green about eco-tourism. Then, we’ll talk about some meat-industry folks who have come up with a great slogan – one you’ll […]

Episode 6: “… teach children respect for life.”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 01:43:50 +0000

Welcome to the sixth podcast episode of Our Hen House! In today’s episode, we will discuss Ellen DeGeneres’ role in Jasmin’s nightlife, which, oddly enough, will lead us into a discussion of children’s TV. (Should you call it children’s TV […]

Episode 5: “Until one has loved an animal …”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 05:54:40 +0000

Welcome to the fifth podcast episode of Our Hen House! In today’s very special Valentine’s Day episode, we give you the low-down on cruelty-free aphrodisiacs, lesbian albatrosses, and what it means to be a vegansexual. We also start two different […]

Episode 4: “Always let your conscience be your guide.”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 14:55:19 +0000

Welcome to the fourth podcast episode of Our Hen House! In today’s episode, we come to you from Disneyworld — where Mariann is busy with meetings for the Animal Law Committee of the ABA Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section, and […]

Episode 3: “Small acts, when multiplied by millions…”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 03:53:28 +0000

Welcome to the third podcast episode of Our Hen House! In today’s episode, we start out by talking all about the vegan deliciousness that is Portland, Oregon. We then discuss one of the greatest stumbling blocks in going vegan (and, […]

Episode 2: “…setting brushfires in people’s minds.”

Jasmin and Mariann — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 02:17:48 +0000

Welcome to the second podcast episode of Our Hen House! Today, we start by discussing some big ch-ch-changes in our lives. Then we give a run-down of our new blog! After that, we talk about the new vegan ventures of […]

Episode 1: “In a time of universal deceit…”

Jasmin and Mariann — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 21:56:03 +0000

Welcome to our first ever podcast episode! Today, we do our general intros — yadda yadda yadda — including info on how each of us got started in the animal rights movement. Then, when we’re done self-obsessing, we recap steps […]