Elon has one weakness: animal cruelty. And the one woman who could expose it has just been fired.

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https://rescue.eventbrite.com/?aff=spotify 

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Chapter 1) 00:00 Intro, Elon’s mission

Chapter 2) 00:45 What programs were cut

Chapter 3) 02:09 Selling these cuts to the public

Chapter 4) 03:53 Elon’s interests in deregulation

Chapter 5) 04:37 Neuralink 

Chapter 6) 06:44 Phyllis Fong

Chapter 7) 08:36 A simple message to explain Elon’s actions

Chapter 8) 10:10 Closing thoughts

Chapter 9) 12:24 Outro video - Thank you for watching! Please Subscribe. Acknowledgments to the Podcast Team: Joe Allman, Adam Durand, & Chloe Leffakis

People say animal rights won’t be achieved for centuries or even millennia. Here’s why they’re wrong. 

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Chapters:

Chapter 1) 00:00-2:49 Intro: Animal Liberation will happen in one generation, Peanut The Squirrel, & animal cruelty issues during the 2024 Presidential Election

Chapter 2) 2:50-5:38 Philosophical legitimacy of animal rights & the popular appeal of animal rights 

Chapter 3) 5:39-7:24 Why there is not a political movement pushing animal rights: obstacle one - preference falsification

Chapter 4) 7:25-9:53 Why there is not a political movement pushing animal rights: obstacle two - lack of vision

Chapter 5) 9:54-16:43 How to reverse these two obstacles and find opportunities for change & let us know your thoughts on Animal Liberation in one generation

Chapter 6) 16:44-17:00 Outro video - Thank you for watching! Please Subscribe. Acknowledgments to the Podcast Team: Joe Allman, Adam Durand, & Chloe Leffakis

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A breakthrough Chinese AI shook the global economy. Vegans can do the same – if we learn from what made Deepseek great. 

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Chapters:

Chapter 1) 00:00-4:47 Intro: on the successful and new AI DeepSeek, factory farms, & the Animal Rights movement

Chapter 2) 4:48-12:46 How DeepSeek and the Animal Rights movement can be alike: Transparency

Chapter 3) 12:47-19:56 How Deepseek and the Animal Rights movement can be alike: Diversity

Chapter 4) 19:57-26:18 How DeepSeek and the Animal Rights movement can be alike: Purpose

Chapter 5) 26:19-27:50 Final thoughts: summary & 

Chapter 6) 27:51-28:08 Outro video - Thank you for watching! Please Subscribe. Acknowledgments to the Podcast Team: Joe Allman, Adam Durand, & Chloe Leffakis

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Getting arrested for the animals isn’t a problem for the movement. It’s an opportunity.

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Register for the event in March “Animal Rescue in the Age of Trump - DC Summit”:

https://rescue.eventbrite.com/?aff=spotify

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Chapters:

Chapter 1) 00:00-5:59 Intro: veganism, animal rights, voluntary prosecution, & trials for social change in the past

Chapter 2) 6:00-7:59 Reason one: trials force society away from systemic inertia

Chapter 3) 8:00-9:15  Reason two: trials are not affected by regulatory capture (example money in politics)

Chapter 4) 9:16-19:42 Other social justice movements using voluntary prosecution & on women’s right activist Susan B. Anthony

Chapter 5) 19:43-25:33 On gay rights activist Dale Jennings

Chapter 6) 25:34-33:58 What do trials mean for animal rights and veganism, & how and when social change happens

Chapter 7) 33:59-35:43 Opportunities to participate in activism and the “Animal Rescue in the Age of Trump - DC Summit” in March, link above

Chapter 8) 35:44-36:00 Outro video - Thank you for watching! Please Subscribe. Acknowledgments to the Podcast Team: Joe Allman, Adam Durand, & Chloe Leffakis

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Links:

"Voluntary Prosecution and the Case of Animal Rescue" by Justin Marceau, Wayne Hsiung, and Steffen Seitz

https://harvardlawreview.org/forum/vol-137/voluntary-prosecution-and-the-case-of-animal-rescue/ 

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There’s nothing like the threat of imprisonment to force you to learn. 

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Chapters:

Chapter 1) 00:00-5:44 Intro: using persuasion to make the world a better place & how people disagree

Chapter 2) 5:45-10:39 On trust, how to persuade, & the Smithfield Trial win

Chapter 3) 10:40-20:29 Lesson 1: Go to the frontlines & Wayne’s first frontline experience

Chapter 4) 20:30-28:26 Lesson 2: Don’t cancel your enemies. Make friends with them.

Chapter 5) 28:27-31:56 Lesson 3: Boldness is a virtue, not a vice.

Chapter 6) 31:57-33:31 Summary & final thoughts

Chapter 7) 33:32-33:48 Outro video - Thank you for watching! Please Subscribe. Acknowledgments to the Podcast Team: Joe Allman, Adam Durand, & Chloe Leffakis

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Rick Pittman’s testimony at the Smithfield Trial:

https://x.com/mbolotnikova/status/1578806031102009349 

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What Trump 2.0 could mean for animal rights. Surprisingly, it’s not all bad.

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Chapters:

0:00-3:52 Who are the MAGA people in Trump’s incoming administration

3:53-5:10 The culture war around plant-based meats

5:11-6:42 Ending subsidies for animal cruelty

6:43-7:46 Targeting dissidents

7:47-8:55 An end to animal testing

8:56-9:30 Summary and final thoughts 

9:31-9:47 Outro video - Thank you for watching! Please Subscribe. Acknowledgments to the Podcast Team: Joe Allman, Adam Durand, & Chloe Leffakis

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Three factors that allowed us to prevail in the face of overwhelming odds.

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Chapters:

Chapter 1) 00:00-3:30 Intro: the judge granted the petition to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate Ridglan Farms for criminal animal cruelty, & the first reason we won

Chapter 2) 3:31-6:56 The second reason we won

Chapter 3) 6:57-10:11 The third reason we won

Chapter 4) 10:12-13:31 Final thoughts: why, how, & who can achieve change for animals

Chapter 5) 13:32-13:47 Outro video - Thank you for watching! Please Subscribe. Acknowledgments to the Podcast Team: Joe Allman, Adam Durand, & Chloe Leffakis

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Can We Rescue 60,000 Tortured Dogs? (Episode 16)

https://youtu.be/z1t_J9hMuaw 

Beagle Experiments Exposed In Court (Ep. 48)

https://youtu.be/SmX2yEq6I8g 

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People keep accusing me of stealing animals. I speak to Jade Ara of the Stop Yulin Podcast on why they’re wrong. 

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Subscribe to Stop Yulin channel on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/@stopyulin8640 

Also watch and like the original full episode on YouTube:

https://youtu.be/eRdnHSq597Y

Follow Jade:

https://www.facebook.com/jade.ara.12 

https://www.instagram.com/jade_ara_stopyulin/ 

https://x.com/JadeAraa 

https://www.threads.net/@jade_ara_stopyulin 

https://www.youtube.com/@jadex38

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To find out how you can help the dogs at Ridglan Farms, join the Open Rescue Advocates Meeting on January 12th at 4pmPT/7pmET in San Francisco or on online:

https://www.simpleheart.org/ora 

Follow Wayne on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/@WayneHsiung_ 

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Chapters:

Chapter 1) 00:00-1:06 Wayne’s intro on joining the Stop Yulin Podcast

Chapter 2) 1:07-1:14 Stop Yulin intro (Also watch the original episode with the full intro and outro & subscribe, links above)

Chapter 3) 1:15-18:46 Introducing Wayne - his activism, family history, and childhood

Chapter 4) 18:47-33:40 When Wayne found out about the Yulin Dog Meat Festival, Wayne’s first dog named Vivian, & on learning why and how to do investigations and rescues

Chapter 5) 33:41-39:31 On getting involved in the Yulin campaign & on the 2016 investigation and dog rescue in Yulin

Chapter 6) 39:32-42:45 2017 interview of Julianne Perry on the 2016 investigation and rescue of her dog named Pao

Chapter 7) 42:46-51:43 (continued) on 2016 investigation & dog rescue in Yulin

Chapter 8) 51:44-1:00:38 Dog meat trade and farms in different countries, on rescuing Oliver and two other dogs, & on being caught at a dog meat slaughterhouse

Chapter 9) 1:00:39-1:10:28 How they got the dogs out of Yulin & on activist Marc Ching

Chapter 10) 1:10:29-1:23:34 The victory in South Korea, on the progress of social change & on infighting in the animal rights movement

Chapter 11) 1:23:35-1:36:05 On Direct Action Everywhere (DxE), on the law, & on why Wayne went to jail in 2023 for the animals

Chapter 12) 1:36:06-1:48:36 On the Ridglan Beagle Rescue Trial and the petition for a Special Prosecutor to investigate Ridglan Farms (please note: this episode was recorded before the petition was granted), on Wayne’s nonprofit The SimpleHeart Initiative, on stepping down as leader organizer of DxE, on the victories in the Smithfield and Foster Farms Trials, on strategy and goals of animal rights movement, & follow Wayne on Substack and YouTube, links above

Chapter 13) 1:48:37-1:49:01 Stop Yulin outro video - Subscribe to the channel, link above

Chapter 14) 1:49:02-1:49:18 Wayne’s outro video - Thank you for watching! Please Subscribe. Acknowledgments to the Podcast Team: Joe Allman, Adam Durand, & Chloe Leffakis

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Links:

“The Dog I Took a Beating For” by Wayne Hsiung

https://medium.com/direct-action-everywhere-dxe/the-dog-i-took-a-beating-for-e24fdbb3ed7f 

The Albany Movement:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albany_Movement 

The Birmingham Campaign:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birmingham_campaign 

Letter from a Birmingham Jail:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letter_from_Birmingham_Jail 

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It’s very simple: have faith. 

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Chapters:

Chapter 1) 00:00-5:36 Intro, on YouTube content and the newsletter on Substack, how to start 2025, & on being criminally changed in 2018 for open rescue

Chapter 2) 5:37-11:13 The first reason we should be hopeful & on using information and technology

Chapter 3) 11:14-14:40  The second reason we should be hopeful & building connections

Chapter 4) 14:41-20:08 The third reason we should be hopeful & faith in creating change for the animals

Chapter 5) 20:09-21:43 Final thoughts and thank you

Chapter 6) 21:44-22:00 Outro video - Thank you for watching! Please Subscribe. Acknowledgments to the Podcast Team: Joe Allman, Adam Durand, & Chloe Leffakis

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Books/Articles Mentioned:

“Republic.com” by Cass Sunstein (2001)

“A Political Movement for Animal Rights Is Coming” by Wayne Hsiung

November 22, 2024 

https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/author/wayne-hsiung 

“The Law of Social Entropy” by Wayne Hsiung

December 28, 2023
https://blog.simpleheart.org/p/the-law-of-social-entropy

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The real reason men are killing people across the nation. 

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Follow Jeremy:

https://www.youtube.com/@loebjeremy  

Watch our podcast with Kam Waters:

https://youtu.be/S3DXB8AvPMs 

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Chapters:

Chapter 1) 00:00-6:20 Intro, post-election takes, & why are there so many angry men out there

Chapter 2) 6:21-16:44 The tragedy in New Orleans & comparing Democrats and Republicans

Chapter 3) 16:45-27:41 The loss of the public’s trust in the government, on the perpetrator in New Orleans, & how men are affected by society’s cultural norms

Chapter 4) 27:42-38:11 Disconnection and loneliness, if the government invested in helping people that need help, & on the unconditional love from dogs

Chapter 5) 38:12-54:54 Corrupted incentives, how people change, how systems function or fail, & on the documentary Christspiracy 

Chapter 6) 54:55-1:03:39 On the film “The Joker” with spoilers, the isolation of individuals in society, on Jeremy his YouTube channel, & Wayne and his dogs

Chapter 7) 1:03:40-1:13:00 On having a connection with a person or a nonhuman animal, Wayne’s difficult time in school, & Jermey in military-type school

Chapter 8) 1:13:01-1:20:46 What some of these angry men have in common, North Carolina's military bases, factory farms, and slaughterhouses, on the “crimes” of helping animals, & on crimes that hurt animals

Chapter 9) 1:20:47-1:34:10 There’s a higher law and extremists perverting that with violence, on the public perception of Luigi Mangione, & how both domesticated and wild animals are vulnerable 

Chapter 10) 1:34:11-1:38:41 On Wayne befriending a factory farm owner & on the Gaia Hypothesis (by James Lovelock)

Chapter 11) 1:38:42-1:46:24 Lessons we can learn from these angry men and how to stop this violence from happening again, subscribe to Jeremy’s Youtube channel (link above), & like and comment on Jeremy’s and Wayne’s YouTube channel 

Chapter 12) 1:46:25-1:46:41 Outro video - Thank you for watching! Please Subscribe. Acknowledgments to the Podcast Team: Joe Allman, Adam Durand, & Chloe Leffakis

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Movies mentioned:

“Zone of Interest” (2023)

“Christspiracy” (2024)

“The Joker” (2019)

“Joker: Folie à Deux” (2024)

“Top Gun” (1986)

“The Smell of Money” (2022)

“What The Health” (2017)

“Jaws” (1975)

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