Episodes

Lady Freethinker, Nina Jackel, a woman who has single-handedly held animal abusers accountable, reveals her strategies on this interview with Jane Velez-Mitchell. An activist and journalist, Nina loves animals so much she’s made helping them her life’s work. Her advocacy campaigns have appeared in The New York Times, Newsweek, People, The Guardian, and more. Initially launched as a blog, Nina saw the potential for Lady Freethinker to expand to something larger – a nonprofit media organization de...

In a world-first, food technology company Paleo groundbreaking technology brings the true taste and aroma of meat and fish to plant-based meat and fish alternatives using precision fermentation to produce GMO-free heme proteins that are bioidentical to six animal proteins (chicken, beef, pork, lamb, tuna and mammoth). Belgium-based, Paleo offers manufacturers of plant-based foods a distinct and versatile portfolio of ingredients. Meat or fish alternatives enhanced by Paleo heme can be on consume...

The company Brevel has created a protein out of microalgae that will be price competitive with pea and soy and is color and flavor neutral. Microalgae are the ultimate source of protein in terms of sustainability, but unfortunately today have very high cost and flavor barriers, which Brevel has managed to solve. Brevel recently announced an $8.4M investment in the company in order to build a commercial pilot factory, expecting products to be on shelves by the end of the year. Join Jane Velez-Mit...

The company Brevel has created a protein out of microalgae that will be price competitive with pea and soy and is color and flavor neutral. Microalgae are the ultimate source of protein in terms of sustainability, but unfortunately today have very high cost and flavor barriers, which Brevel has managed to solve. Brevel recently announced an $8.4M investment in the company in order to build a commercial pilot factory, expecting products to be on shelves by the end of the year. Join Jane Velez-Mit...

A new groundbreaking documentary, The End of Medicine as We Know It, explores the link between global disease and our relationship with animals. This film warns that if things don't change, we are on the verge of the end of medicine as we know it. Directed by Alex Lockwood, produced by Keegan Kuhn of First Spark Media (Cowspiracy & What the Health), Executive Produced by Joaquin Phoenix and Rooney Mara, the film examines the correlation between the treatment of animals and emerging health threat...

As vegan publishing rises up in mainstream and Google Alerts. premiere global vegan publication VEGWORLD Magazine brings breaking news to the world. VEGWORLD writer and storyteller Shriya Swaminathan, an ethical vegan and animal rights activist, fights for animal liberation on every front, especially through storytelling and service. Find out how to become a journalist in vegan media, impact global changes and shift businesses towards a sustainable future.

Streaming Now, PIG LITTLE LIES is an UnchainedTV Original Series that breaks new ground as the world’s first ever reality TV series starring pigs! Watch now by clicking here! https://watch.unchainedtv.com/apps/3909/167038/189608/192819 As the title suggests, the saga of these pigs involves plenty of intrigue, drama… and hilarity. Watch it now! UnchainedTV is 100% FREE and easy to download! Pig Little Lies stars Dante and Beatrice, two abandoned potbellied pigs who find themselves marked for deat...

Water, water everywhere and not a drop to drink. On California’s coast, heat and mega-drought lead to crisis. Southern California has announced draconian water restrictions for millions to combat the driest two decades in over a thousand years. But, our government is either missing or intentionally ignoring one of the biggest causes of drought: animal agriculture. California has almost 2 million milk cows, plus other cattle. Those animals are polluting so much water and consuming so much water… ...

Do you want to put your mission, your movement and your message on the map? If so, then join us now as the author of The Freedom Master Plan lays out her strategy for changing the world. The book is flying off the shelves and already in its second edition. Get it here: https://amzn.to/3yRpEzg Mitali Deypurkaystha is the author of this breakthrough book to help people actualize their dreams, particularly those who want to make the world a kinder, more livable place. Mitali is also a book publishe...

The amazingly prolific filmmaker, writer, actress and producer Jasmine Leyva has just published two magical children’s books designed to help children navigate the world in a healthy, positive way: “King Vegus and Princess Parsley: Creating a Healthy Kingdom” and “Queen Vegana and Princess Apple: The Magical World of Vegetables.” These books teach children how to live a healthy lifestyle. It promotes the importance of getting enough sleep, drinking water, staying away from negativity, eating veg...

For the first time, the Constitutional Court of Ecuador has recognized the legal rights of nonhuman animals. The ruling not only elevates the legal status of nonhuman animals under Ecuador's constitutional rights of nature but also requires that new legislation be drafted to protect the rights of animals. The court's ruling was the result of a habeas corpus action filed by Ana Beatriz Burbano Proaño on behalf of Estrellita, a woolly monkey who had lived in her home for 18 years. Environmental au...

Wouldn't it be great to understand how people really think and feel about animals? Wouldn't that help animal lovers and advocates make the smartest strategic decisions when it comes to creating a more compassionate culture? Well, now, there are those statistics.... thanks to Faunalytics. Faunalytics is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that empowers animal advocates with access to research, analysis, strategies, and messages that improve their effectiveness to reduce animal suffering. For more ...

The Material Innovation Conference aims to advance the next-gen materials industry by providing vital expertise and bringing together all key players along the innovation path from concept to commercialization. ?To support the growth of the market for next-gen materials, and to accelerate the development & adoption of these next-gen materials, we are launching the inaugural Material Innovation Conference, a 2-day virtual event connecting industry leaders. The event will bring together an industr...

Wild animals are in crisis everywhere. But, how can we demand other nations protect their wildlife if we are not protecting our own? So, now, environmentalists and animal lovers are working together in California to help wild animals survive and thrive by being able to get across major freeways! The Center for Biological Diversity and The Wildlands Network are sponsoring the Safe Roads and Wildlife Protection Act (AB 2344) in partnership with Assemblymembers Laura Friedman and Ash Kalra. The Act...

A revolution is underway. You are about to meet one of its leaders: Jennifer Stojkovic just pulled off a hugely successful event in LA: The Vegan Women Summit. And, she's just put out a groundbreaking new book titled The Future of Food is Female: Reinventing the Food System to Save the Planet. Now, you get to meet this powerhouse! Do you want a livable planet? Then, read this book and be part of the solution! Order it now: https://amzn.to/3uq7PEz About the book: Reforming our food system is the ...

UnchainedTV is delighted to announce the launch of the Asian Elephants 101 series, produced by the author of Gods in Shackles, Amazon #1 animal rights book, wildlife filmmaker & broadcast journalist, Nat Geo Explorer, and founder of Elephant Matrix, Sangita Iyer. The films, funded by National Geographic Society, will stream on UnchainedTV, a new, FREE, streaming network you can download via your app store on your iPhone, Android phone, Amazon Fire Stick, Roku device, AppleTV device or via your L...

Dr. Ferdowsian unveils her proposal for a Belmont Report for Animals that she and her colleagues have created, which would take into account animals’ preferences, interests, and vulnerabilities, and would have a significant impact on using animals for research. We humans have an arsenal of human biology-based methods, and non-animal technologies could put an end to enormous suffering for both animals and humans. Animals want and require freedom, and together we can engage in a reassessment of ho...

White Coat Waste is a taxpayer watchdog group with a shocking new exposé: WCW alleges the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) has been shipping tax dollars to a Kremlin-run animal testing lab for cruel and wasteful experiments on cats. WCW charges that, as recently as November 2021, the US NIH shipped $549,331 (via a university) to Russia’s state-run Pavlov Institute of Physiology for experiments in which healthy cats had portions of their brains removed, electrodes implanted in their spines,...

Inspired by Encompass’ racial equity trainings, we will discuss this book, Antiracism in Animal Advocacy, which is a collection of essays written by farmed animal protection leaders who are committed to exploring and prioritizing racial equity, as we work to create a more effective and just animal protection movement. Stories and experiences are documented in an exploratory space from which to grow, ultimately creating new paths forward. LGBTQ rights and the intersectionality of social justice m...

PETA says the public needs to be concerned about the growing number of animal to human transplants. The New York Times recently reported that surgeons had ...for the first time successfully transplanted kidneys from a genetically modified pig into the abdomen of a 57-year-old brain-dead man. Kathy Guillermo is senior vice president of PETA’s Laboratory Investigations Department. She says, The risk of transmitting unknown viruses with an animal is real, as the current pandemic has taught us. She ...

UnchainedTV.com brings you a different kind of war story. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has created a humanitarian crisis and an animal crisis. Many people are fleeing with their companion animals and others have been forced to leave their beloved animals behind to fend for themselves. PETA Germany reports “numerous people crossing the border with severe hypothermia. The situation is intense and confusing. Hundreds of people, with and without animals, are arriving in Poland exhausted and injured....

Attorney and animal activist Wayne Hsiung has repeatedly risked serving prison terms to wake the world up to the horrors of modern day animal agriculture! This co-founder of the groundbreaking animal rights organization Direct Action Everywhere is using high-tech Virtual Reality cameras and Livestreams to bring viewers along with him as he, and other activists, engage in what DxE has coined Open Rescue. This is when activists trespass onto modern day Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations, farms...

APEX Advocacy is a Black-led animal rights organization that creates bold digital content and organizes activism to raise awareness of the impact animal oppression has on marginalized communities. APEX's goal is to increase the number of BIPOC who participate in animal activism by advocating for veganism, animal rights and collective liberation. APEX specifically focuses on drawing attention to the intersection of animal oppression and the oppression of marginalized communities.

Two powerful animal rights organizations, White Coat Waste and Advancing Law for Animals, just filed a new lawsuit against the National Institutes of Health charging that the NIH is illegally exempting taxpayer-funded animal labs in foreign countries from oversight! Federal law states that any lab that conducts experiments on animals using American taxpayer funds via the NIH must have an animal care committee. WCW investigators say they discovered that the NIH illegally exempts foreign white coa...