Hope for the Animals
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.
Episodes
137 episodes
From Teddy Bears to Talking Fish: Children’s Media and Animal Personhood with Cogen and Hope Bohanec
Hope’s husband, Cogen, returns to the show for a unique discussion on the portrayal of animal personhood in media. They delve into the evolution of children’s entertainment and examine the representation of animals as individual, intelligent pe...
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Episode 127
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1:05:57
Compassion for All Beings with Forrest Tierce
On this episode we explore Buddhism with Forrest Tierce, U.S. Project Director for Dharma Voices for Animals (DVA). DVA works to raise awareness on the connection between the ecological crisis caused by animal agriculture and Buddhist et...
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Episode 126
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51:50
Vegan Education with Dr. Faraz Harsini
Joining us today is Dr. Faraz Harsini, the founder and CEO of Allied Scholars for Animal Protection (ASAP). Faraz shares with Hope the importance of creating ongoing infrastructure on US college campuses that students can utilize for continued ...
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Episode 125
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53:41
The Humane Deception with Lia Wilbourn
Hope is right at home this episode talking about one of her favorite subjects, humanewashing. Lia Wilbourn joins Hope for a conversation about their mutual frustration with the humane hoax and the deceptive marketing and cover-up tactics employ...
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Episode 124
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1:11:19
Farmed Animal Sanctuaries: Emotion, Connection, and Effective Advocacy with Zoe Novic
Farmed animal sanctuaries are the heart of the animal advocacy movement. Our guest today, Zoe Novic, Executive Director of CAPE (Center for Animal Protection and Education), knows this well as she grew up on a sanctuary in the Santa Cruz...
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Episode 123
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52:20
Vegan is a Boycott with Janet O-Shea
Some advocates in environmental and animal activism argue that we should solely focus on changing the system through government and corporate campaigns, discouraging grassroots action and personal change. Our guest, Janet O’Shea (informally kno...
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Episode 122
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1:19:48
Living and Loving Vegan with Patty Leon and Rich Winograd
Patty Leon and Rich Winograd both grew up as animal lovers…or so they thought. It was during the pandemic that they came across documentaries, books, and articles that removed their blindfolds and led to the light switch moment to make a ...
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Episode 121
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51:10
Panel Discussion: The Current Political Situation and Animal Agriculture
On this episode we are sharing the recording from the Humane Hoax Project Panel Discussion: Egg Prices Are Not the Only Crisis, The Current Political Situation and Animal Agriculture.The political climate has left many feeling f...
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Episode 120
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1:15:05
Switch-a-Roo: Our Host, Hope Bohanec, gets interviewed!
On this episode, we switch things up and our host, Hope Bohanec, is interviewed by Michele Granberg of Animal Activism Collective, AAC. Today we are sharing with you a recording of Hope being interviewed by Michele for the Animal Liberation Hou...
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Episode 119
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1:02:14
The Omnivore’s Deception with John Sanbonmatsu
On this episode Hope talks with author John Sanbonmatsu about his new book The Omnivore’s Deception: What We Get Wrong about Meat, Animals, and Ourselves
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Episode 118
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59:50
The Vegan Transformation with Angela Crawford
In this episode, we explore the psychological aspects of living vegan on our social, emotional, and even spiritual psychology. Angela Crawford, the author of “The Vegan Transformation: A Journey to Heal Yourself and the World,” shares ...
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Episode 117
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54:07
Photojournalism, Animals, and “Un-Natural” Disasters with Diana Hulet
Fires, hurricanes, floods—animals are also victims of recent unprecedented natural disasters. Diana Hulet, an environmental writer and animal photojournalist, shares her experience documenting the destruction of the recent LA fires and its impa...
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Episode 116
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1:03:12
Exposing the Hidden World of Animal Farming with Erin Wing
Erin Wing is currently serving as the Deputy Director of Investigations for Animal Outlook and previously worked as an undercover investigator. Erin completed four investigations in the dairy, chicken and aquaculture industries, including the f...
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Episode 115
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57:03
REPLAY: Oppression As a Singular Thread with lauren Ornelas
Today’s show is a replay of an earlier episode with the amazing lauren Ornelas, founder of Food Empowerment Project. Food Empowerment Project is a vegan food justice nonprofit that promotes veganism, wo...
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Episode 114
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33:21
In Search of the Wild Tofurky with Seth Tibbott
We are honored to have a legend on the podcast today, Seth Tibbott founded Turtle Island Foods in 1980, now the “Tofurky Company.” For 15 years Seth pursued his dream as a pioneer of the early plant-based foods movement. In 1995, Seth introduce...
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Episode 113
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39:37
Responsibly Raised? with Hope Bohanec
On today's show, author and host Hope Bohanec is flying solo and offering a new analysis of the Humane Hoax. She will break down humane meat marketing jargon, unpack and categorize the harms of the humane hoax, and talk about language, la...
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Episode 112
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37:25
The Joyful Case for Going Vegan with Matthew Halteman
Can you use some positive news for the new year? We’ve got you covered with this interview! Matthew Halteman has written a book called Hungry Beautiful Animals: The Joyful Case for Going Vegan and it is full of posi...
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Episode 111
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1:13:38
The Ahimsa Living Circle with Cogen and Hope Bohanec
Welcome to 2025! For our first podcast of the year, we dive into spiritual veganism with Hope and her husband Cogen Bohanec. They start with their genesis stories of their spiritual journeys and how they have evolved in their 25-year marriage. ...
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Episode 110
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1:10:35
Censored Landscapes: The Hidden Reality of Farming Animals with Isabella La Rocca González
Isabella La Rocca González is an award-winning artist, author, and activist. Her work is part of a long tradition in art and photography: to bring to light and find beauty in the hidden, unconscious, or disregarded. As the daughter of emigrants...
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Episode 109
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47:52
Halloween Episode: Flesh Eating, Speciesism, and Getting Away with Murder
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, Ho...
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Episode 108
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28:15
Culture, Race, and Veganism: Dissolving the Tensions with Maneesha Deckha
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 whe...
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Episode 107
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59:32
Humanewashing in the UK with Rose Patterson
The humane hoax is alive and well all over the globe and today we are leaning how it is used in the UK. Rose Patterson is the Co-Director and Actions Coordinator for Animal Rising. After getting a masters in Animal Welfare Science, Ethics, and ...
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Episode 106
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44:05
Chickens are Animals Too with Tracey Winter Glover
Tracey Winter Glover is an animal caretaker, activist, author, and filmmaker. She is the co-founded and Executive Director of a non-profit intersectional pro-vegan animal rights group, Awakening...
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Episode 105
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43:28
Multimedia Storytelling for Animals with Thomas Machowicz
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
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Episode 104
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39:24
Nurturing Resilient Animal Advocates with Kimberley Carroll
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 ...
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Episode 103
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