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
125 episodes
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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1:00:54
The Vegan Drag Queen, Honey LaBronx
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 a...
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Episode 102
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52:15
Changing the World Through Music with Joanne Kong and Christoph Wagner
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 connection...
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Episode 101
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44:15
The Cage-Free Conundrum with Hope Bohanec
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 a...
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Episode 100
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37:46
Earth Day Episode: The Climate Crisis and Other Animals with Richard Twine
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 (Syd...
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Episode 99
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1:07:35
National Animal Rights Day with Aylam Orian
National Animal Rights Day is a unique event coming up on June 2, 2024 and today we have the creator of this day of action, Aylam Orian. Aylam is a Hollywood actor, filmmaker and animal rights activist. With his non-profit "Our Planet. Theirs T...
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Episode 98
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1:01:49
Supporting Farmed Animal Sanctuaries with Faik Bouhrik
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 ...
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Episode 97
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49:20
Vegan Entanglements and Systematic Oppressions with Zane McNeill
Connecting veganism to other justice causes is critical to our success and our guest today recognized this at a very young age. Zane McNeill is a scholar-activist, chair of the National Lawyers Guild’s Animal Liberation Committee, and was the c...
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Episode 96
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1:01:15
Greenwashing Animal Agriculture with Vasile Stanescu, PhD
Do you want to know the truth about grass-fed beef? Regenerative grazing? Free-range eggs? This episode is jam packed with the jaw-dropping reality of greenwashing. Vasile Stanescu is an Associate Professor and Chair of Communication at ...
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Episode 95
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1:05:45
Media, Animals, and Compassionate Journalism with Nina Jackel
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 med...
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Episode 94
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47:09
A Rancher’s Wife Goes Vegan with Renee King-Sonnen
Renee King-Sonnen is the Founder and Executive Director of Rowdy Girl Sanctuary that transformed from a cattle ranch to a sanctuary for more than 120 animals—the first documented beef cattle ranch converted to a 100% vegan sanctuary in history....
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Episode 93
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54:05
