Episodios

  • Ep. 98: Dropping the Possum Drop

    Ep. 98: Dropping the Possum Drop
    Dec 11 2019

    Emil Guillermo talks with PETA's senior litigation counsel, Martina Bernstein about the history of the possum drop in Brasstown and Andrews, North Carolina, and how the Norrth Carolina state legislature was used by event organizers to justify animal cruelty.

    PETA has offered alternatives to a live possum, including this year. No word back from the possum drop organizers.

    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.

    Contact us at PETA.org

    Listen to the very first PETA podcast with Ingrid Newkirk

    Music provided by CarbonWorks.

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  • Ep. 40: PETA Claws back at Big Cat De-clawers

    Ep. 40: PETA Claws back at Big Cat De-clawers
    Oct 31 2018

    De-clawing is no manicure, it's big-cat mutilation. Yet despite general condemnation, some animal exhibits like tiger cub photo op encounters still de-claw animals. 

    Now, after PETA sued a vet, Rick Pelphrey, and a show runner, Tim Stark, a breakthrough.

    Last week in Indiana, a judge created a legal precedent that makes de-clawing a violation of the Endangered Species Act. 

    PETA's Brittany Peet says it should have the effect of stopping declawing. 

    Listen to her conversation with podcast host Emil Guillermo.

    Read more at PETA.org.

    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.

    Contact us at PETA.org

    Listen to the very first PETA podcast with Ingrid Newkirk

    Music provided by CarbonWorks.

    Go to Apple podcasts and subscribe.

    Contact and follow host Emil Guillermo on Twitter @emilamok

    Or at www.amok.com

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  • Ep. 41: Unfashionable--Angora Rabbit Cruelty

    Ep. 41: Unfashionable--Angora Rabbit Cruelty
    Nov 7 2018

    PETA veterinarian Dr. Heather Rally speaks with host Emil Guillermo about how she toured rabbit farms in China with fashion execs. What they saw was jaw-dropping cruelty to the animals who were used to source the clothing firms angora garments. The tour opened the eyes of the execs who changed their policy. But the supplier/farms continue to do business with other companies who look the other way and use the rabbits to make angora clothing.

    Don't condone the cruelty. Take action now.

    Listen to Dr. Rally's eyewitness account. Then see for yourselves. 

    Look at the PETA Reveals video on PETA.org.


    Go to PETA.org for more information.

    Tell companies to stop using angora. And as a consumer, use your power and don't buy angora products.

    You have a choice this winter.

    The animals don't.

     

    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.

    Contact us at PETA.org

    Listen to the very first PETA podcast with Ingrid Newkirk

    Music provided by CarbonWorks.

    Go to Apple podcasts and subscribe.

    Contact and follow host Emil Guillermo on Twitter @emilamok

    Or at www.amok.com

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  • Ep.99: Denouncing Vivisection--"Test Subjects" Scientist's Tears of Courage As She Laments Past Cruelty To Animals

    Ep.99: Denouncing Vivisection--"Test Subjects" Scientist's Tears of Courage As She Laments Past Cruelty To Animals
    Dec 18 2019

    Dr. Frances Cheng is one of three PETA scientists featured in the new documentary, "Test Subjects."

    With Emil Guillermo, Cheng talks about how she came from Taiwan to the U.S. to become a scientist. As a graduate student she did a test on saturated fats on rats, and learned that the physiology of rats and humans are so different that too often it renders animal tests useless.

    It's the reason 95 percent of drugs tested on rats fail in human trials.

    Cheng talks about how that fact began a new emotional journey for her as a a scientist. She now regrets having experimented on animals but is haunted by her past actions and can't talk about it without feeling their pain.

    Cheng now works for PETA and is proud to say she has now saved more animals than she tortured and killed as a researcher.

    SEE THE DOCUMENTARY NOW

    Go to PETA.org for more information.

    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.

    Contact us at PETA.org

    Listen to the very first PETA podcast with Ingrid Newkirk

    Music provided by CarbonWorks.

    Go to Apple podcasts and subscribe.

    Contact and follow host Emil Guillermo on Twitter @emilamok

    Or at www.amok.com

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    (Originally released Dec. 18, 2019)
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  • Ep.100: PETA Book Choice: Dr. Neal Barnard's "Your Body In Balance"

    Ep.100: PETA Book Choice: Dr. Neal Barnard's "Your Body In Balance"
    Jan 8 2020

    Dr. Neal Barnard, author of "Your Body in Balance" talks to Emil Guillermo about how a low fat vegan diet can be helpful in dealing with everything from menstrual cramps, menopause, thyroid problems, diabetes, some cancers and even anxiety and depression. Dr. Barnard says the medical community is now looking at food as an answer as new studies show the effectiveness of choosing a low-fat vegan diet.

    Get "Your Body in Balance," wherever books are sold.

    Going vegan? Go to PETA.org.

    INDEX:

    4:08 Role of medication, but food can effect body chemistry profoundly.

    5:00 Menstrual cramping and vegan diet.

    5:50 Breast cancer and estrogens.

    6:50 Georgetown study on menstrual cramping.

    7:40 Advantages of plant-based diet.

    8:08 Study on hormones; infertility.

    8:20 Other diseases that can be helped.

    11:18 Barnard’s medical credentials.

    11:47 On his research policy and standards.

    14:41 Getting at the truth on the positive impacts of the vegan diet.

    15:17 Diabetes-Type 2 patient example.

    17:06 Reversing Diabetes.

    17:49 PCOS example: Allison, registered dietician.

    19:58 Why all doctors aren’t singing the praises of the vegan diet.

    20:33 The nutrition information void in medical community is changing.

    22:10 Mood, anxiety, depression and food.

    23:05 GEICO vegan study showed mood and anxiety changes.

    25:04 What to eat or not eat; KETO may not be good.

    26:42 Four healthy food groups: Vegetables, Fruits, Whole Grains, Beans.

    27:07 Take your B-12.

    27:26 Vitamin D and exercise.

    28:00 Fiber. Double your intake. Impact on mood/brain health.

    29:33 Thyroid issues

    30:28 Iodine use: salt, seaweed.

    32:00 “Hormonal haywire.”

    32:15 Sex hormones, cancers.

    32:44 Metabolic issues.

    33:10 Chemical exposure through food.

    33:57 Bacteria/ Romaine lettuce

    34:34 Urinary Tract Infections and connection to Chicken.

    36:35 Progresso soup, BPA, endocrine disruptors.

    38:00 But BPA can still get you.

    39:00 Going organic.

    39:35 Fish are toxic.

    40:30 Food is the No.1 killer.

    41:16 Best Organic foods.

    43:41 Insulin and Diabetes

    48:05 Golden Globes’ vegan menu backlash.

    47:27 Connecting to your health.

    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.

    Contact us at PETA.org

    Listen to the very first PETA podcast with Ingrid Newkirk

    Music provided by CarbonWorks.

    Go to Apple podcasts and subscribe.

    Contact and follow host Emil Guillermo on Twitter @emilamok

    Or at www.amok.com

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    (Originally published Jan. 7, 2020)
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  • Ep.42: CA's Prop.12: Cage-free, Still Cruel

    Ep.42: CA's Prop.12: Cage-free, Still Cruel
    Nov 14 2018

    Amber Canavan of PETA campaigns talks with host Emil Guillermo about California's Prop. 12, approved by voters on election day with more than 60 percent of the vote. But while Prop. 12 appears to set a minimum standard for space for animals in factory farms, it doesn't rule out abuse and cruelty for animals raised for food.

    Canavan talks about what could have made a stronger Prop. 12 and how its minimum space provisions won't end cramped quarters for the animals.

    And it doesn't end cruelty. 

     

    You can vote every day for the animals every time you have a meal--if you go vegan.

    Take action: Find out more about Prop.12 and what you can do now. Go to PETA.org

     

    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.

    Contact us at PETA.org

    Listen to the very first PETA podcast with Ingrid Newkirk

    Music provided by CarbonWorks.

    Go to Apple podcasts and subscribe.

    Contact and follow host Emil Guillermo on Twitter @emilamok

    Or at www.amok.com

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  • Ep. 101: Ingrid Newkirk on "Animalkind;" PETA 40 years after; and that Golden Globes Vegan Only-No option dinner.

    Ep. 101: Ingrid Newkirk on "Animalkind;" PETA 40 years after; and that Golden Globes Vegan Only-No option dinner.
    Jan 15 2020

    Ingrid Newkirk, PETA president talks with Emil Guillermo about "Animalkind," her new book 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.

    Go to PETA.org. for more, and listen to other podcasts with Ingrid.

    See Emil's one man show, "Married to PETA, and Other Love Stories," about racism and speciesism at San Francisco's Potrero Stage, Feb. 1 and 6th. Go to www.amok.com for discounted tickets.

    INDEX:

    4:00 Ingrid on NY launch.

    4:46 Feeding birds and attracting predators; coexisting.

    6:35 On finishing the book.

    7:56 The stories she left out of the book.

    9:10 On seeing a video about abuse in a chicken shed.

    10:50 Stories about wool shearing sheds; Why Ingrid doesn’t wear wool.

    11:50 Supremacists and trophy hunting.

    12:30 A fire department deer hunt protest.

    15:35 Insecurity and empathy.

    16:50 Why she dedicated the book to the people she did.

    21:41 Ingrid’s ideal reader—people who are kind and interested in animals.

    23:04 “Not an animal person…”

    25:17 Coining of phrase “animalkind.”

    27:11 People’s ignorance of animals.

    27:25 Elephants

    28:52 Drug sniffing elephants?

    30:06 A synthetic frog for dissection.

    30:17 Amazing animal facts.

    32:06 How garden snails find their way home.

    34:18 The bird that can fly for 7,000 miles without stopping to eat or drink.

    35:48 How to care and make a difference.

    36:55 That Golden Gloves vegan dinner and Joaquin Phoenix

    37:50 On fish.

    38:24 Vegan or Nothing.

    39:04 40 years of PETA.

    40:29 keeping message alive

    41:29 racism and speciesism

    42:00 Emil’s journey, broadening circle of compassion.

    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.

    Contact us at PETA.org

    Listen to the very first PETA podcast with Ingrid Newkirk

    Music provided by CarbonWorks.

    Go to Apple podcasts and subscribe.

    Contact and follow host Emil Guillermo on Twitter @emilamok

    Or at www.amok.com

    Please subscribe, rate and review wherever you get your podcasts.

    Help us grow the podcast by taking this short survey.

    Thanks for listening to THE PETA PODCAST!

    (Originally published Jan. 15, 2020)
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  • Ep.102: After the Volcano, PETA To The Rescue

    Ep.102: After the Volcano, PETA To The Rescue
    Jan 22 2020
    In a conversation from the Philippines, Jason Baker, PETA Sr. VP for PETA-Asia, talks to Emil Guillermo about the effort to save hundreds of animals abandoned after the Taal Volcano, 60 miles south of Manila, erupted on Jan. 12. The Philippine government currently has no plans to help the animals. Since the volcano eruptions began, PETA has been the only group on Taal saving dozens of animals at a time. Contribute to the effort: Go to PETAASIA.com Or click here. See the animals saved like Palakitik the dog. Go to PETA.org. INDEX: 1:28 Jason Baker says logistical problem if 1,000 dogs still on island. 2:47 Full Interview begins, 100 horses saved so far. 3:33 600 horses left. Plenty of animals left on island. Dogs,cats, goats, ducks. 4:10 “Only option on the island is starvation is dehydration “ 4:33 PETA has taken off about 140 animals. 5:12 14 Description of 14 kilometer area around the volcano, evacuation zone. 6:09 Why people aren’t expected to return. “A No-Go” Zone. 6:34 “No Government Plan.” 6:49 “They sooner let them starve.” 7:08 Who’s to blame? “It’s the governor and the Coast Guard.” 7:30 We haven’t been stopped from going. Government doesn’t care 8:09 People aren’t trying to get back. People are fearful of toxic gases, lava. 8:29 Fear factor among the people. Government is saying don’t go. 9:03 “We have a dozen people every day.” 9:31 Cars get in. Some stopped by Philippine officials. 10:12 Filipinos however are generous, wanting to help. 10:45 Could be weeks or month of work. 11:12 Animals outside evacuation zone, a few hundred. In evacuation zone, could be 1,000 dogs. 12:35 Fear that volcano could go off again. PETA only ones on the island. 13:04 Story of dog known for two years. Named Palakatik. 14:55 Animals on own. Plenty of dead animals seen. Race against time. 15:32 Least friendly animals now. Work more difficult and urgent. 15:49 What is the environment and air like? Depends on winds. 16:11 Ash on skin. Sky is entirely gray. Thick layer of ash. 17:02 Not well made buildings there. Shacks and tin roofs, not much to them to begin with. 17:27 Government assumes the volcano will take the island. No plan to get animals off. 18:08 Sadness could have been avoided with preparation. 18:35 A reminder to be ready and have a plan. 19:17 The volunteers. 20 hour days. Exhaustion. 19:45 Day starts at 5 am. 12 hours of daylight to work. 20:37 Overwhelmed by people willing to help and volunteer. 20:55 Dog stereotype of Asia is wrong. 21:31 Animal rights and welfare in Asia. 22:45 More on dogs. 24:25 Wasn’t much wildlife concern. Some birds. 24:45 Australia compared to Taal. 25:15 PETA team in Australia. 26:33 Camels shot in NW Australia 27:03 Looking on the positive side, stories of rescue. 27:31 Cat saved on the island. 27:49 Duck saved on the island. 28:05 We have 150 animals. Took my son in to see the saved ones. 28:29 What listeners can do to help. 29:06 People should write the Embassy in Washington; and contribute to the effort. 29:41 Think about your own communities and their emergency preparedness. 30:25 PETAasia.com; Twitter@petaasia 31:25 Waiting for update on animals maybe 30 animals. 32:04 ”No one else will (being doing this) if we weren’t there.” 33:04 End credits. See Video from this week. 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. Contact us at PETA.org Listen to the very first PETA podcast with Ingrid Newkirk Music provided by CarbonWorks. Go to Apple podcasts and subscribe. Contact and follow host Emil Guillermo on Twitter @emilamok Or at www.amok.com Please subscribe, rate and review wherever you get your podcasts. Help us grow the podcast by taking this short survey. Thanks for listening to THE PETA PODCAST! Originally published Jan. 22, 2020
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