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_
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_
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:
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https://www.facebook.com/jade.ara.12
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https://www.threads.net/@jade_ara_stopyulin
https://www.youtube.com/@jadex38
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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!
To find out how you can help the dogs at Ridglan Farms, join the Open Rescue Advocates Meeting on January 12th at 4pmPT/7pmET in San Francisco or on online:
https://www.simpleheart.org/ora
Follow Wayne on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/@WayneHsiung_
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Chapters:
Chapter 1) 00:00-1:06 Wayne’s intro on joining the Stop Yulin Podcast
Chapter 2) 1:07-1:14 Stop Yulin intro (Also watch the original episode with the full intro and outro & subscribe, links above)
Chapter 3) 1:15-18:46 Introducing Wayne - his activism, family history, and childhood
Chapter 4) 18:47-33:40 When Wayne found out about the Yulin Dog Meat Festival, Wayne’s first dog named Vivian, & on learning why and how to do investigations and rescues
Chapter 5) 33:41-39:31 On getting involved in the Yulin campaign & on the 2016 investigation and dog rescue in Yulin
Chapter 6) 39:32-42:45 2017 interview of Julianne Perry on the 2016 investigation and rescue of her dog named Pao
Chapter 7) 42:46-51:43 (continued) on 2016 investigation & dog rescue in Yulin
Chapter 8) 51:44-1:00:38 Dog meat trade and farms in different countries, on rescuing Oliver and two other dogs, & on being caught at a dog meat slaughterhouse
Chapter 9) 1:00:39-1:10:28 How they got the dogs out of Yulin & on activist Marc Ching
Chapter 10) 1:10:29-1:23:34 The victory in South Korea, on the progress of social change & on infighting in the animal rights movement
Chapter 11) 1:23:35-1:36:05 On Direct Action Everywhere (DxE), on the law, & on why Wayne went to jail in 2023 for the animals
Chapter 12) 1:36:06-1:48:36 On the Ridglan Beagle Rescue Trial and the petition for a Special Prosecutor to investigate Ridglan Farms (please note: this episode was recorded before the petition was granted), on Wayne’s nonprofit The SimpleHeart Initiative, on stepping down as leader organizer of DxE, on the victories in the Smithfield and Foster Farms Trials, on strategy and goals of animal rights movement, & follow Wayne on Substack and YouTube, links above
Chapter 13) 1:48:37-1:49:01 Stop Yulin outro video - Subscribe to the channel, link above
Chapter 14) 1:49:02-1:49:18 Wayne’s outro video - Thank you for watching! Please Subscribe. Acknowledgments to the Podcast Team: Joe Allman, Adam Durand, & Chloe Leffakis
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Links:
“The Dog I Took a Beating For” by Wayne Hsiung
https://medium.com/direct-action-everywhere-dxe/the-dog-i-took-a-beating-for-e24fdbb3ed7f
The Albany Movement:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albany_Movement
The Birmingham Campaign:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birmingham_campaign
Letter from a Birmingham Jail:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letter_from_Birmingham_Jail
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