The Simple Heart w/ Wayne Hsiung
Who says you can't change the world? Meet the people who are. Wayne Hsiung, law professor-turned-grassroots animal rights activist and multi-state felony defendant, uncovers the people behind the political, the unexplored personal stories of social change. Intimate interviews with journalists, musicians, filmmakers, community leaders, and others. Change isn't easy. But it must start somewhere. Blog: https://blog.simpleheart.org YouTube: https://youtube.com/@waynehsiung_
Episodes
Jeff Kerr at PETA has brought some of the wildest legal cases in animal rights history: monkey selfies, orca slavery, and more. I chatted with him about why these “crazy” cases actually have solid legal grounds–and why Jeff has immense hope for the future of animal law and animal rights.
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“Right to listen” lawsuit:
https://www.peta.org/news/peta-sues-nih-nimh-in-groundbreaking-lawsuit/
American Kennel Club lawsuit:
Joey Savoie, the co-founder of Ambitious Impact, lives his life by spreadsheets, and it’s allowed him to create tremendous impact. Should we follow in his footsteps?
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Chapters:
Intro) 00:00-13:41 Why Joey likes optimization for important things in life & his response to push-backs
Chapter 2) ...
The UK climate movement achieved a historic win. Roger Hallam doesn’t give a f—.
Visit the blog to learn how to ask for Roger to be freed: https://blog.simpleheart.org/p/does-virtue-matter-more-than-impact
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George Martin has some of the most controversial takes in animal rights, from George Floyd to Gaza. Should that get him canceled?
Find more of George Martin at https://www.youtube.com/@CarnismDebunked/
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Chapters:
Intro) 00:00-13:49 BLM and intersectionality in activist movements
Chapter 2) 13:50-1...
The state tried to jail me for rescuing dogs. Now it’s helping us save them. But there’s so much more than 3000 dogs at stake.-The Simple Heart on Substack
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00:00 Intro
01:10 How does scalable change work?
04:26 Action-attention feedback loop
06:17 Momentum
08:12 The "Day 2" Question
09:02 Outro video - Thank you for ...
You can’t create change by threatening to kill people.
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Chapters:
Chapter 1) 00:00 Intro
Chapter 2) 01:50 The importance of nonviolence
Chapter 3) 03:38 Winning over adversaries
Chapter 4) 05:37 Pushing back against “Safetyism”
Chapter 5) 07:58 Conclusion
Chapter 6) 10:52 Outro video - Thank you f...
Elon has one weakness: animal cruelty. And the one woman who could expose it has just been fired.
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Register for the event “Animal Rescue in the Age of Trump - DC Summit” in March:
https://rescue.eventbrite.com/?aff=spotify
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Chapter 1) 00:00 Intro, Elon’s mission
Chapter 2) 00:45 What ...
People say animal rights won’t be achieved for centuries or even millennia. Here’s why they’re wrong.
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Register for the event “Animal Rescue in the Age of Trump - DC Summit” in March:
https://rescue.eventbrite.com/?aff=spotify
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Chapters:
Chapter 1) 00:00-2:49 Intro: Animal Liberation...
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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Register for the event “Animal Rescue in the Age of Trump - DC Summit” in March:
https://rescue.eventbrite.com/?aff=spotify
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Chapters:
Chapter 1) 00:00-4:47 Intro: ...
Getting arrested for the animals isn’t a problem for the movement. It’s an opportunity.
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The Simple Heart on Substack - Subscribe to Wayne Hsiung's newsletter to learn more about the #RightToRescue at https://www.simpleheart.org!
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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, voluntar...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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:
Follow Jade:
https://www.facebook.com/jade.ara.12
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 t...
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:
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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...
On the virtues of making friends with your enemies.
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Watch “Operation Deathstar”:
Watch Rick testifying at the Smithfield Rescue Trial“One of the defense’s star witnesses, a turkey farmer who had one of his animals taken by activists, explains to the prosecutor why he supports what they do. He does an impressive job repelling her questions. #SmithfieldTrial” -Marina Bolotnikova
I confront Vegan Gains on his “problematic” views. It goes ok. Sort of.
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Follow Vegan Gains:
https://www.patreon.com/vegangains
https://www.instagram.com/vegangains.real/
https://www.youtube.com/@VeganGains
https://www.facebook.com/VeganGainsOfficial
https://www.twitter.com/VeganGains
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Cha...
Opposition to animal sacrifice was central to Jesus’s teachings. That’s the argument documentary maker Kam Waters makes in his provocative documentary Christspiracy. And he has incredible, fascinating evidence to support his thesis.
If you have Christian family, or if you’re simply curious about the true origins of Christianity and Christmas, this is the perfect documentary to watch this holiday season.
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Watch:
The bizarre story of the mass reindeer slaughter at Christmas – and what we can do to stop it.
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Follow Rich:
https://www.instagram.com/notasnatureintended/
https://richcampaigns.myportfolio.com/
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Chapters:
Chapter 1) 00:00-11:26 Intro, Rich Hardy: author of “Not as Nature Intended” &...
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