by Duncan | Jun 22, 2016 | Advocates, Educators, General, Legislation
Thomas Ponce—the 15-year-old activist and founder (at age 12) of Florida-based Lobby For Animals—recalls the circumstances that triggered his precocious interest in animal activism, as well as how hearing about the importance of lobbying at an animal rights conference...
by Duncan | Sep 9, 2015 | Authors, Educators, General, Legislation
Dr. Steven Tauber–Associate Professor and the Chair of the Department of Government & International Affairs at the University of South Florida, whose just-published book is “Navigating The Jungle: Law, Politics, and the Animal Advocacy Movement”—discusses...
by Duncan | Jun 24, 2015 | Advocates, Cetaceans, General
Alex Blount, PETA Tour Administrator—in this case, the tour in question is PETA’s “I, Orca” empathy project, which involves using Google virtual reality goggles to immerse participants in a world where they can swim freely in the ocean with their orca family—recounts...
by Duncan | Nov 6, 2013 | Actors & Filmmakers, Environmental Impact, Factory Farming, General, Investigations, Operations, Vegetarian/Vegan
Mark Devries—director of the new documentary, “Speciesism: The Movie”—discusses how the film came about, and how he first became interested in factory farming. He traces the genesis of “Speciesism” to encountering some PETA protests, spurring an interest in learning...
by Duncan | Nov 9, 2011 | Captive Exotic, Musicians, Rescue
Jane Wiedlin–The Go-Go’s singer-songwriter-guitarist and longtime animal advocate–discusses the forthcoming film, “Doggie Boogie,” which she stars in and for which she wrote the title song (which we heard at the top of the show). She also...
