Sentient: The Podcast

Pete Paxton is an active undercover investigator who has been involved in animal cruelty investigations since 2001. He has worked all over the world including the US in Canada and Mexico, Brazil, India, and the Philippines where his investigations have led to changes in legislation, convictions, and the rescue of countless victims of animal cruelty. He has also been awarded a coin of excellence from the US Attorney's Office in Arkansas for his role in shutting down an operation selling dogs and cats to research labs. 

Watch the conversation on Youtube here: https://youtu.be/3TLwOHmApD8 

You can read more here: https://sentientmedia.org  

Sign up for our Writers’ Collective to take Pete’s Course: https://sentientmedia.org/writers-collective/

Rescue Dogs by Pete Paxton and Gene Stone:  https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/599676/rescue-dogs-by-pete-paxton-with-gene-stone/

Dealing Dogs: @HBO documentary via Alliance for Animals and the Environment: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11oB85ncFuo

Where Pete works at time of filming: 

https://www.seedundercoverinvestigations.com

https://www.caps-web.org

https://www.humanesociety.org

Interviews with Pete: 

Sentient Media events: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uS10Uz136Vo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWoe7nwEySY&list=PL4GpfPIoHqcV8hI4bhHPWP4bE1KRvRN_j&index=6&t=2748s

Interview with Lex Rigby: https://sentientmedia.org/exposing-the-secretive-world-of-animal-exploitation-with-pete-paxton/

Articles/points referred to: 

Gentle Barn: https://www.gentlebarn.org/california/

Butterball case: 

https://mercyforanimals.org/blog/making-history-butterball-conviction-marks-first-ever-felony-conviction-for-cruelty-to-factory-farme/

Watch the conversation here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41sUr1CAxhw 

Read more on https://sentientmedia.org 

Find Kenny:

https://www.vox.com/future-perfect-future-of-meat

https://www.vox.com/authors/kenny-torrella

https://www.linkedin.com/in/kenny-torrella-66a0774a/

https://twitter.com/KennyTorrella

Articles/points referred to: 

Henry Mance article: https://www.ft.com/content/8f50f2da-2862-4ec1-977f-2eda85890402

Temple Grandlin quote: https://blog.humanesociety.org/2013/07/ag-gag-bills-bite-the-dust.html

Month in a Minute with Sentient Media: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ytqJfelHLY

Pete Paxton: https://sentientmedia.org/exposing-the-secretive-world-of-animal-exploitation-with-pete-paxton/

Future Perfect: https://www.vox.com/future-perfect

Kenny’s piece on the Mayor of New York:  https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/22927412/eric-adams-fish-vegan-plant-based-new-york

Kenny’s piece on the future of food: https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/23065941/vegan-vegetarian-plant-based-food-tech-bad-products

Bryant Terry: https://www.bryant-terry.com/allbooks

The Korean Vegan: https://thekoreanvegan.com

The Meat Paradox article: https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2022/2/24/22947967/why-we-love-animals-and-love-to-eat-them-meat-paradox

Gene editing article: https://www.vox.com/22994946/gene-editing-farm-animals-livestock-crispr-genetic-engineering

The Outlaw Ocean: https://www.theoutlawocean.com

Watch our conversation on YouTube: https://youtu.be/c1A2YTDfYK8 

Find Jessica on Twitter and Instagram:

https://twitter.com/JessLReid

https://www.instagram.com/jesslsr/
 

Jessica’s author page at Sentient Media:

https://sentientmedia.org/author/jessicascottreid/
 

Jessica’s articles about horses:

https://sentientmedia.org/taking-on-canadas-horse-meat-industry/

https://sentientmedia.org/black-lives-matter-protests-police-horses-oppression/

Jessica’s articles about Greenwashing:

https://sentientmedia.org/how-grass-fed-beef-is-duping-consumers-again/

https://sentientmedia.org/there-is-no-such-thing-as-sustainable-beef/

Jessica’s articles about ag-gag laws:

https://sentientmedia.org/ag-gag-laws-keep-animal-farming-in-the-dark-and-diminish-public-trust/

More on the horse Carriage issue in New York:

https://sentientmedia.org/ban-new-york-horse-carriages/   

https://w42st.com/post/could-contentious-video-signal-the-end-of-horse-carriages-in-central-park/

More on the horse hormone issue:

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/may/16/iceland-urged-to-ban-blood-farms-that-extract-hormone-from-pregnant-horses
 

References:

‘The beef with fake meat: Dairy and meat lobbies take aim at plant-based products’ By Jessica Scott-Reid https://www.corporateknights.com/food-beverage/meat-companies-undermine-plant-based-products/

‘Are sustainable poultry claims all they’re cracked up to be?’ By Jessica Scott-Reid https://www.corporateknights.com/food-beverage/sustainable-poultry-claims/
 

‘One Study, Five Headlines’ By Caroline Christen https://sentientmedia.org/one-study-five-headlines-how-to-deal-with-conflicting-diet-news/

‘Critics explode over Niagara Falls nightly fireworks plan’ By Jessica Scott-Reid https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/2022/05/16/critics-explode-over-niagara-falls-nightly-fireworks-plan.html

Nicholas Carter & co. at plant-based data for climate science:  https://www.plantbaseddata.org

Faunalytics study into effective advocacy: https://faunalytics.org/relative-effectiveness/

‘How a Vegan Diet Takes the Joy out of Life’ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/health-fitness/doctors-diary/vegan-diet-takes-joy-life/ by James Le Fanu

Tenderly Magazine:  https://tenderly.medium.com

Documentary ‘Meat Me Halfway’ https://www.meatmehalfway.org

Award-winning journalist Jenny Splitter shares her experiences with us. Her work covers food, agriculture, science, climate and health for outlets including Vox, The Observer, The Guardian, Everyday Health, The Washington Post and New York Magazine.

Watch the interview on YouTube: 

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4GpfPIoHqcU-4TgyBtX2zLy0YZOBZrsw 

Additional Links: 

FutureFeed Newsletter: https://futurefeed.substack.com/?r=426r3

https://www.jennysplitter.com

https://twitter.com/jennysplitter

https://www.instagram.com/jennysplitter/

Articles we discussed: 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jan/20/manure-natural-gas-pipeline-factory-farms-greenwashing

https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/22609382/plant-based-meatless-future-transition-farmers-meatpacking-workers

https://observer.com/2020/09/how-these-bugs-could-save-the-worlds-food-supply-from-overpopulation/

Jeff Sebo’s piece in Aeon: https://aeon.co/essays/on-the-torment-of-insect-minds-and-our-moral-duty-not-to-farm-them

Breakthrough Institute Report on Alternative Protein: https://thebreakthrough.org/issues/food/case-for-public-investment-in-alt-proteins

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Kathy Stevens co-founded Catskill Animal Sanctuary in 2001 where she brings together her love of animals and her belief in the transformative power of education. She's also the author of ‘Where the Blind Horse Sings’ and ‘Animal Camp’. Catskill Animal Sanctuary is a 150-acre refuge in New York’s Hudson Valley for 11 species of farmed animals rescued from cruelty, neglect, and abandonment. Over the years, thousands have come to this place of profound peace. 

In the first episode of 2022, Kathy and Ana discuss febudairy, the transformative power of rescue sanctuaries, and how non-human animals grieve. 

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Kathy's work: 

https://casanctuary.org 

https://www.facebook.com/catskillanimalsanctuary 

https://twitter.com/CASanctuary/ 

https://www.youtube.com/user/CASanctuary 

https://www.instagram.com/catskill_animal_sanctuary/ 

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In this episode of the Sentient Media Podcast, we meet Dr. Aysha Akhtar and hear about her work building a world where animal testing is no longer the default. Join our conversation and find out the facts about animal testing and what the future looks like without it.

Aysha's work:

https://ayshaakhtar.com

https://contemporarysciences.org 

Aysha's articles on Sentient Media: 

https://sentientmedia.org/this-new-bill-could-phase-out-animal-testing-for-good/

https://sentientmedia.org/to-avoid-the-next-pandemic-we-need-to-stop-factory-farming/

https://sentientmedia.org/to-love-and-mourn-an-animal/

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In this episode of the Sentient Media Podcast, we meet Christopher "Soul" Eubanks and hear about his work in animal advocacy, the intersections between human, environmental, and animal rights, and his new nonprofit: Apex Advocacy.  

Read Christopher's essay: 

'As a Black Man, I Felt Uncomfortable Becoming an Animal Activist'  https://sentientmedia.org/as-a-black-man-i-felt-uncomfortable-becoming-an-animal-activist/ 

Apex Advocacy: https://www.apexadvocacy.org  

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Website: https://www.souleubanks.com

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Cheryl Leahy, Executive Director of Animal Outlook, has been shedding light on the exploitation of animals in our food system since 2006. In this deep dive interview, Sentient Media’s Executive Director Ana Bradley explores the role of investigations and the law in building a better future for all and uncovers hidden suffering in the pet food industry as the pair discuss the role of animals in society, from "crush videos" to food. 

Find Cheryl and Animal Outlook here: 

https://animaloutlook.org 

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Welcome to another episode of the Sentient Media Podcast where we meet the people who are changing the way we think about and interact with animals and our world. In this episode, we meet the incredible Chef AJ: host of Chef AJ Live on YouTube and Healthy Living with Chef AJ on Foody TV, author of best-selling books like Unprocessed and The Secrets to Ultimate Weight-loss.
Previously, Chef AJ was the executive pastry chef at Santé Restaurant in Los Angeles where she was famous for her sugar-, oil-, salt- and gluten-free desserts. 

In this episode, we talk about the future of food, if cultivated meat provides a real alternative to traditional meats, and of course get some tips about how we can optimise a healthy plant-based diet without compromising on taste.

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https://www.chefaj.com

https://www.youtube.com/user/therealchefaj 

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