THE PETA PODCAST

THE PETA PODCAST

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.

Episodes

August 9, 2023 70 mins

Dr. John P. Gluck was honored with PETA's Trailblazing Advocacy Award in 2021 for being a shining example of ethics in science. In this conversation with Emil Guillermo,  Gluck--the one-time animal experimenter--who studied with the infamous Harry Harlow, describes his own transformation from an animal experimenter to a compassionate bioethicist committed to a cruelty-free science.

Gluck's book, "Voracious Science and Vulnerable An...

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If you own a dog with a scrunched-up face, you need to know more about BIBs.  PETA's Colin Henstock talks with Emil Guillermo about the dogs that may look cute but are condemned to a life of suffering. 

For more info on BIBs including the banning of BIBs, go to PETA.org

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Alicia Aguayo talks to host Emil Guillermo about the first ten years of PETA Latino. Also mentioned is the passing of Lolita the Orca, who was the focus of PETA Latino at SeaWorld.

For more, see PETA.org

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For all the cat people out there, we reprise this episode with Ingrid Newkirk, PETA President and co-founder, on her 2021 book,  "250 Vital Things Your Cat Wants You To Know: The Cat Guardian's Bible."

In conversation with Emil Guillermo, it's what you need to know to be a great cat guardian.

Go to PETA.org for more.

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The Animal Rights discussion began when philosophers asked whether animals suffer. They do. But physical pain is one thing, do they feel emotions and grief? If a donkey does, does a spider? Author Barbara J. King, a professor emerita in Anthropology at William and Mary talks to Emil Guillermo about her research and how a knowledge of animal feelings could improve our empathy and compassion toward animals.

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We go to the archive and reprise a conversation between PETA Podcast host Emil Guillermo and Ingrid Newkirk, PETA president, on the release of her book "Animalkind," written with Gene Stone. Newkirk talks about what "animalkind" means and how we need to understand that humans are animals too, and not necessarily superior to other species. 

Buy "Animalkind" wherever books are sold.

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Kathy Guillermo, PETA Sr. VP talks about how Budweiser is mutilating the very Clydesdale horses you see on television ads and at public events. PETA undercover investigators got the facts. Budweiser prefers to keep its cruelty secret.

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Host Emil Guillermo speaks to Dr. Pandora Pound about her new book "Rat Trap," that exposes the bad science that researchers use to justify useless animal experimentation.

Get the book on Amazon.

See more about PETA's Research Modernization Deal 

Get "Rat Trap" from Safermedicines.org

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Host Emil Guillermo talks with ecologist Carl Safina, author of "Alfie and Me: What Owls Know, What Humans Believe," about what Safina learned from his relationship with a screech owl named Alfie.

Get the book wherever books are sold.

Contact us at PETA.org

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Brittany Peet, PETA General Counsel for Legal and Corporate Affairs, talks to Emil Guillermo about the sentencing of Doc Antle, the "Tiger King" villain.  But where's the prison time?

Peet also shares the latest on Joe Exotic, and the coming sequel in the "Tiger King" series.

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The Research Modernization Deal, RMD, is a new way forward for scientists and animals developed by the scientists at PETA. Intended to change the paradigm on the use of animals in experimentation, RMD is a common-sense strategy necessitated by the 90 percent failure rate of research involving animals to produce anything of value for humans. PETA's Dr.Emily Trunnell with the Laboratory Investigations Department is part of the team t...

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Is there a bunny on your shampoo bottle? On all your cosmetics products? Are the products you use on the LIST?

That's PETA's list of cruelty-free cosmetics from its Beauty Without Bunnies campaign. And if they're not on the list, you can do something about it.

PETA Sr. VP Kathy Guillermo talks about how PETA changed the industry more than three decades ago by exposing the unnecessary cruelty used in animal tests.

Now 5,000 companie...

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Captain Paul Watson of "Whale Wars" fame tells the blunt truth about Sea Shepherd and why it fired him. It's all in his new memoir, "Hitman for the Kindness Club." Watson no longer works for Sea Shepherd or Greenpeace and has started his own foundation where he continues to save whales in harm's way worldwide. 

Get Watson's book wherever books are sold.

For more information go to PETA.org

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Residents have blown the whistle on Charles River Labs' significant plans to build a new monkey facility in South Texas. Dr. Lisa Jones-Engel, PETA Primatologist, talks to Emil Guillermo about the public health dangers of placing a facility in Brazoria County, Texas.

For more information, go to PETA.org

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Kathy Guillermo, Sr.VP PETA for Equine Matters, reviews the recent "60 Minutes" report on horseracing and fills in the gap. PETA activism played a significant role toward ending the cruelty in horseracing. She outlines PETA's solutions to drastically reduce horse deaths at race tracks in a 12-step program the industry has resisted.

For more go to PETA.org 

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Marissa Price, PETA2 social media head, talks to Emil Guillermo about ThanksVegan. That's when turkeys get a chance to be thankful for something.

Go to PETA.org for more.

 

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PETA-Germany went into action to save animals abandoned by the war in Ukraine in 2022, and has never stopped. Sylvie Bunz heads the special project and explains what's at stake to Emil Guillermo.

See the volunteers in action. Go to  PETA.org for more.

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If you see reindeer on display, go to PETA.org immediately. Reindeer are wild and are too often abused in captivity. Debbie Metzler of CALE, (Captured Animal Law Enforcement), a division of PETA talks to Emil Guillermo about the problem of holiday reindeer abuse.

TAKE ACTION NOW! At PETA.org

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Dessert is the final frontier for many vegans who tend to settle for vegan "ice cream" in a pinch. But Chef Philip Khoury of Harrods in London says your favorite desserts can be transformed easily into vegan. It just takes some "re-imagining."

Khoury has written "A New Way to Bake: Re-imagined Recipes for Plant-Based Bakes, Cakes and Desserts." He talks about how he switched from corporate life to baking; how he became vegan; his e...

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Animal experimenters like Harvard's Margaret Livingstone continue to spend your tax dollars on useless tests that only end up torturing and killing animals. Dr. Katherine Roe, a former NIH researcher and now chief scientist for PETA's Laboratory Investigations Department, discusses how researchers like Livingstone build a career on cruelty masquerading as curiosity, including her latest strobe tests with monkeys. Roe talks about he...

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