THE PETA PODCAST

By Emil Guillermo, author, broadcasterSociety & Culture News

THE PETA PODCAST episodes

August 28, 2019 Ep.83: Finger-Licking Good: When the F in KFC Stands for Fake
After PETA's decades long campaign to get KFC to go cruelty free, the fast-food chain did a one day test of Beyond Meat's vegan chicken at single location in Georgia. PETA correspondent Britt Poteet talks to Emil Guillermo about what she saw and tasted.
Go to PETA.org to learn how you can take action.
Let KFC know you want vegan, cruelty-free options.
Contact host Emil Guillermo
Twitter@emilamok
Music provided by CarbonWorks.
19 min
August 21, 2019 EP.82: PETA Push for Elephants Finally Gains Bullhook Ban; PETA's Rachel Mathews Talks to Emil Guillermo
Rachel Mathews, PETA Foundation Deputy Director of Captive Animal Law Enforcement (CALE), talks with Emil Guillermo about the AZA's announced ban on bullhooks in the training of elephants. Bullhooks terrorize elephants, yet there has been a reluctance to ban them outright. The ban is an historic moment for elephants in America.
Go to PETA.org to learn how you can take action.
Contact host Emil Guillermo
Twitter@emilamok
Music provided by CarbonWorks.
26 min
August 14, 2019 Ep.81:PETA's Vivisector of the Month: The Lady Bird-Tormentor of LSU
Christine Lattin's bird experiments have migrated from Yale to LSU. PETA's Ingrid Taylor talks to Emil Guillermo and says why the torture of songbirds in the name of science should have everyone singing the blues.
Stop the experiments now.
Go to PETA.org to learn how you can take action.
Contact host Emil Guillermo
Twitter@emilamok
Music provided by CarbonWorks.
25 min
August 07, 2019 Ep.80: No Laughing Matter: PETA's Fight Against Ag-Gag ain't Hee-Haw
PETA won a court victory in Iowa earlier this year when a judge ruled ag-gag laws unconstitutional. PETA 's chief lawyer Jeff Kerr talks to Emil Guillermo about how Big Ag uses ag-gag laws to keep you ine dark about the cruelty in your food.
Go to PETA.org to learn more.
Contact host Emil Guillermo
Twitter@emilamok
Music provided by CarbonWorks.
39 min
July 31, 2019 Ep. 79: PETA Keeps You off Meat and on Your Vegan Path!
Keith Burgeson, PETA's Vegan Mentor Coordinator, talks with Emil Guillermo. When you are on the edge of temptation, and get the urge to fall off the vegan wagon, PETA's here to help.
Take Action at PETA.org Join the Vegan Mentor program.
Contact host Emil Guillermo
Twitter@emilamok
Music provided by CarbonWorks.
1 hr 5 min
July 24, 2019 Ep.78: More Scientists Agree with PETA on Forced Swim Tests
Hear what a "forced swim test" is and how it's cruel to animals. Dr. Emily Trunnell talks with Emil Guillermo about how more scientists agree with PETA, that the tests are bad science and should be banned. But NIH continues to fund the tests costing taxpayers tens of millions of dollars. And big companies like Pfizer, Eli Lilly, Bristol Meyers Squbb remain holdouts to change.
Take Action at PETA.org
Contact host Emil Guillermo
Twitter@emilamok
Music provided by CarbonWorks.
29 min
July 16, 2019 Ep. 77: PETA's Effort to Save America's Psychologically Damaged Tigers
It's a fact that tigers are endangered in their natural habitats around the world. Yet, there are more tigers in cages in America than there are running free.
They're in roadside petting zoos, with cubs separated from their mothers, and then grow up with a kind of tiger dysphoria. It's cruel and inhumane.
And PETA is doing what it can to stop the cub petting industry.
Take Action at PETA.org
Contact host Emil Guillermo
Twitter@emilamok
Music provided by CarbonWorks.
35 min
July 09, 2019 Ep. 76: PETA'S Compassion For All Species, Even Asylum Seekers
PETA Latino is distributing soy milk and non-dairy treats to the asylum seekers leaving border detention centers. The treats are intended to aid Latinos who may be lactose intolerant. PETA has been critical of the government's treatment of migrants and their children since the policy of separation began in 2018. This episode reprises episode 24, with PETA VP, Alka Chandna, an immigrant herself.
Take Action at PETA.org
Contact host Emil Guillermo
Twitter@emilamok
Music provided by CarbonWorks.
40 min
July 03, 2019 Ep.75: Cutting Up Dissection; PETA's Suiter talks to host Emil Guillermo
Using dissection to teach biology makes as much sense as teaching you how to fire a gun to learn about wars in history.
There are better ways. PETA's Samantha Suiiter, manager of science education talks to Emil Guillermo about how PETA helps students and educators fight the cruel meaninglessness of dissection.
Go to PETA.org and let PETA help you fight your classroom battle.
Music provided by CarbonWorks.
Contact and follow host Emil Guillermo on Twitter @emilamok
Or at www.amok.com
25 min
June 26, 2019 Ep.74: PETA--LEADING THE WAY TO END HORSE RACING CRUELTY
The number of dead horses at Santa Anita since December has now reached 30. And now PETA initiatives to stop the carnage have resulted in the banning of a Hall of Fame trainer from Santa Anita, and new rules that impact that track and others in the state. Kathy Guillermo , PETA Sr. VP talks about the effort to end horse race cruelty in America.
Music provided by CarbonWorks.
Contact and follow host Emil Guillermo on Twitter @emilamok
Or at www.amok.com
35 min