This Pig Farmer Defends Cannibalism. I’m Trying To Make Him My Friend. (with Trent Loos) (Ep.59)

The Simple Heart w/ Wayne Hsiung

Trent Loos and I met on the day that I organized a rescue that sent me to jail. And Trent was part of the charge pushing the government to put me in prison. So why am I talking to him during the holiday season about things on which we agree?

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Trent on XTwitter:

https://x.com/trentloos

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Chapters:

Chapter 1) 00:00-9:51 Intro, happy to have another conversation, nonhuman animals: property or not property, on Measure J in Sonoma County, companies lying to the public, factory farming, on appealing the Sunrise Farms case (in Sonoma County),

Chapter 2) 9:52-20:56 Why cannibalism happens on farms compared to the wild, mortality rates on factory farms, & animals in the wild

Chapter 3) 20:57-34:25 Animals in cages, employees on factory farms, companies not adhering to animal welfare standards, on Smithfield Foods, ending subsidies to factory farms, & the general welfare of the public

Chapter 4) 34:26-46:51 On political parties, corporate welfare compared to public welfare, subsidizing factory farms that kill animals, on the USDA, on the Farm Bureau, & the ASPCA and the Humane Society

Chapter 5) 46:52-51:48 On the “Right to Repair,” John Deere, and the Farm Bureau, on monopolies of other systems that only help corporations, on the incoming Presidential administration,

Chapter 6) 51:49-57:43 What is the solution to the problems, the lack of trust in institutions, on working together, & how to resist the large concentrations of power

Chapter 7) 57:44-57:58 Outro video - Thank you for watching! Please Subscribe. Acknowledgments to the Podcast Team: Joe Allman, Adam Durand, & Chloe Leffakis

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