THE PETA PODCAST
Summary: The PETA Podcast PETA, the world's largest animal rights organization, is 6.5 million strong and growing. This is the place to find out why. Hear from insiders, thought leaders, activists, investigators, politicians, and others why animals need more than kindness—they have the right not to be abused or exploited in any way. Hosted by Emil Guillermo. Powered by PETA activism.
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Tracy Reiman, Exec.VP PETA, says it's time we asked the big question: Why are we still killing animals for food? The pandemic has exposed the problem. When workers at meat packing plants got the virus and forced the closure, the president ordered them to stay open. PETA has responded with full page ads in major newspapers across the country. It's time to ask the big question and create the new vegan normal. Go to PETA.org for more. Hosted by Emil Guillermo, @emilamok Originally published, May 20, 2020
After an undercover investigation exposed multiple cases of animal abuse at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, NIH now says it will investigate, a potential threat to the $100 million in federal funds Cleveland Clinic receives. PETA's Dr. Alka Chandna, VP of the Laboratory Investigations Department, talks about how mice were abused with Emil Guillermo. For pictures and video, go to PETA.org Music provided by Carbonworks. Originally released 5/13/2020
Kathy Guillermo, Sr. VP for PETA's Laboratory Investigations Department, says the failure of animal tests has been exposed by the way NIH has dismissed the requirement in the race for the Covid-19 vaccine. Guillermo says the tests have been unnecessary and wasteful, preventing timely advances in medical research. Go to PETA.org for more. Contact host Emil Guillermo Twitter@emilamok Music provided by CarbonWorks. Originally published, May 6, 2020
Dr. Samantha Saunders is PETA's coronavirus expert, based in the PETA-UK office. She says research doesn't warrant worrying whether your companion animal might give you the virus. She also talks about how the best way to speed a vaccine is to end animal testing requirements that offer no good science. Go to PETA.org for more. Contact host Emil Guillermo Twitter@emilamok Music provided by CarbonWorks.
PETA Sr. VP Jason Baker of PETAAsia talks to Emil Guillermo about what the open wet markets a PETA investigator saw in April in Indonesia and Thailand. PETA urges you to text: MARKET to 73822. Tell the World Health Organization wet markets must be shutdown for public health reasons. Go to PETA.org for more. Contact host Emil Guillermo Twitter@emilamok Music provided by CarbonWorks.
What are "Tiger King" characters Joe Exotic and Carole Baskin really like? PETA attorney Brittany Peet knows them both. She's in the documentary and talks to Emil Guillermo about all the things that got left out--the true story of animal abuse at roadside zoos. Go to PETA.org for more. Contact host Emil Guillermo Twitter@emilamok Music provided by CarbonWorks.
PETA's Community Animal Project is PETA's way of caring locally around its Norfolk headquarters. Team members make sure animals are indoors and even fed. Emily Allen, head of CAP talks with Emil Guillermo. Go to PETA.org for more. Contact host Emil Guillermo Twitter@emilamok Music provided by CarbonWorks.
Brittany Peet, PETA Foundation's Director of Captive Animal Law Enforcement talks to Emil Guillermo about her dealings with convicted tiger abuser Joe Maldonado-Passage, a/k/a "Joe Exotic." Go to PETA.org for more. Contact host Emil Guillermo Twitter@emilamok Music provided by CarbonWorks. First released April 1, 2020; reprised material from Ep.91, 2019.
If you must point a finger at covid-19, don't forget the live animal/wet markets. PETA is calling on the WHO to ban such markets not just in China, but all over the world. The wet markets have been the source of disease as wild and domestic animals mix, and then virus jump species to humans. Sr. VP Kathy Guillermo, and activist Eric Mills talk to Emil. Go to PETA.org for more. Contact host Emil Guillermo Twitter@emilamok Music provided by CarbonWorks. First released March 25, 2020
The race to a Coronavirus vaccine was supercharged when reseachers were allowed to skip long required animal tests that are cruel and useless. PETA--which has fought for more than 20 years to end regulatory animal testing--sees it clearly as a significant acknowledgement and calls for a new normal. PETA's Jeff Brown calls it an historic moment in conversation with Emil Guillermo. Go to PETA.org for more. Contact host Emil Guillermo Twitter@emilamok Music provided by CarbonWorks.
In part two of our conversation, John Hargrove talks about why he came forward with the truth about orcas in captivity in the documentary "Blackfish." He also reveals what could determine how long SeaWorld stays in business. A stash of orca semen collected by Hargrove is currently unaccounted for. Hargrove says it could be worth hundreds of millions of dollars, enough to keep SeaWorld in the Orca business for some time. Contact host Emil Guillermo Twitter@emilamok Music provided by CarbonWorks.
In the first of a two part episode, John Hargrove--former SeaWorld orca trainer who spoke the truth in the documentary "Blackfish," and then wrote the NYT bestseller, "Beneath the Surface,"--talks to Emil Guillermo about how he gained the moral courage to save the orcas at SeaWorld. In part 2, to be released March 11. Hargrove talks about the future of orcas in captivity and the end of SeaWorld. For more, go to PETA.org Contact host Emil Guillermo Twitter@emilamok Music provided by CarbonWorks.
Dr. Katherine Roe, Researcher with PETA's Laboratory Investigations Department, talks to Emil Guillermo about the monkey torture tests that have gone on for decades costing nearly $40 million. To see the videos, go to PETA.org Contact host Emil Guillermo Twitter@emilamok Music provided by CarbonWorks.
In the land where cows are sacred, meat consumption has doubled in a decade. And dairy products are on the rise. PETA Sr. VP Poorva Joshipura talks to Emil Guillermo about her new book, "For A Moment of Taste," which exposes how the cruel meat and dairy industries are connected in India. Go to PETA.org for more. Contact host Emil Guillermo Twitter@emilamok Music provided by CarbonWorks.
He was already winning an Oscat, PETA's awards for the most animal friendly in the film industry. But when Joaquin Phoenix won the best actor award his acceptance speech was worthy of another Oscat. We talk about the show, Phoenix's speech, and other Oscat winners with PETA's Lewis Crary. Go to PETA.org for more. Contact host Emil Guillermo Twitter@emilamok Music provided by CarbonWorks.