A.F.A.R.
Wednesday July 31st, 2024 with Carolyn, host of Always for Animal Rights
Re-broadcast: Jeremy Hess returns to the show to discuss speciesism in the mainstream media and everyday language use. Plus, we discuss vegan advocacy and the experiences of the pigs Rosebud and Daisy at Respect Animal Sanctuary.

This week, I am pleased to present my fourth interview with Jeremy Hess. Jeremy has been a vegan since 2014 and has been involved in various forms of animal rights advocacy over the years. On his website and YouTube channel, he provides resources to help advocates use accurate and non-speciesist language and learn about animal rights theory. He is a co-founder and former co-panellist on The Animal Rights Show on YouTube. With his partner Nisha-Taylor Hess, Jeremy runs a microsanctuary, Respect Animal Sanctuary, in Georgia in the United States. In this interview, Jeremy and I use an abolitionist animal rights perspective to examine three articles that were published on mainstream media websites, and we explore how we can move away from speciesist language use. We also discuss whether the words that we use in our vegan advocacy are understood by the general public. As well, Jeremy tells me about the experiences of the pigs Rosebud and Daisy at the microsanctuary.