Jeff Kerr at PETA has brought some of the wildest legal cases in animal rights history: monkey selfies, orca slavery, and more. I chatted with him about why these “crazy” cases actually have solid legal grounds–and why Jeff has immense hope for the future of animal law and animal rights. — “Right to listen” lawsuit: https://www.peta.org/news/peta-sues-nih-nimh-in-groundbreaking-lawsuit/ American Kennel Club lawsuit: https://www.peta.org/media/news-releases/peta-files-suit-against-american-kennel...
Aug 01, 2025•59 min
Joey Savoie, the co-founder of Ambitious Impact, lives his life by spreadsheets, and it’s allowed him to create tremendous impact. Should we follow in his footsteps? — The Simple Heart on Substack - Subscribe to Wayne Hsiung's newsletter to learn more about the #RightToRescue at https://www.simpleheart.org ! — Chapters: Intro) 00:00-13:41 Why Joey likes optimization for important things in life & his response to push-backs Chapter 2) 13:42-18:13 Joey on meditation and how it helps optimizati...
Jul 24, 2025•1 hr 53 min
The UK climate movement achieved a historic win. Roger Hallam doesn’t give a f—. Visit the blog to learn how to ask for Roger to be freed: https://blog.simpleheart.org/p/does-virtue-matter-more-than-impact - The Simple Heart on Substack - Subscribe to Wayne Hsiung's newsletter to learn more about the #RightToRescue at https://simpleheart.org!
May 13, 2025•10 min
George Martin has some of the most controversial takes in animal rights, from George Floyd to Gaza. Should that get him canceled? Find more of George Martin at https://www.youtube.com/@CarnismDebunked/ — The Simple Heart on Substack - Subscribe to Wayne Hsiung's newsletter to learn more about the #RightToRescue at https://www.simpleheart.org ! — Chapters: Intro) 00:00-13:49 BLM and intersectionality in activist movements Chapter 2) 13:50-19:16 Systemic racism in policing Chapter 3) 19:17-28:12 P...
Apr 29, 2025•1 hr 48 min
The state tried to jail me for rescuing dogs. Now it’s helping us save them. But there’s so much more than 3000 dogs at stake.-The Simple Heart on Substack - Subscribe to Wayne Hsiung's newsletter to learn more about the #RightToRescue at https://simpleheart.org! - 00:00 Intro 01:10 How does scalable change work? 04:26 Action-attention feedback loop 06:17 Momentum 08:12 The "Day 2" Question 09:02 Outro video - Thank you for watching! Please Subscribe. Acknowledgments to the Podcast Team: Joe All...
Apr 08, 2025•9 min
You can’t create change by threatening to kill people. - The Simple Heart on Substack - Subscribe to Wayne Hsiung's newsletter to learn more about the #RightToRescue at https://simpleheart.org! - Chapters: Chapter 1) 00:00 Intro Chapter 2) 01:50 The importance of nonviolence Chapter 3) 03:38 Winning over adversaries Chapter 4) 05:37 Pushing back against “Safetyism” Chapter 5) 07:58 Conclusion Chapter 6) 10:52 Outro video - Thank you for watching! Please Subscribe. Acknowledgments to the Podcast ...
Apr 04, 2025•11 min
Elon has one weakness: animal cruelty. And the one woman who could expose it has just been fired. — Register for the event “Animal Rescue in the Age of Trump - DC Summit” in March: https://rescue.eventbrite.com/?aff=spotify — The Simple Heart on Substack - Subscribe to Wayne Hsiung's newsletter to learn more about the #RightToRescue at https://www.simpleheart.org ! — Chapter 1) 00:00 Intro, Elon’s mission Chapter 2) 00:45 What programs were cut Chapter 3) 02:09 Selling these cuts to the public C...
Feb 05, 2025•13 min
People say animal rights won’t be achieved for centuries or even millennia. Here’s why they’re wrong. — Register for the event “Animal Rescue in the Age of Trump - DC Summit” in March: https://rescue.eventbrite.com/?aff=spotify — The Simple Heart on Substack - Subscribe to Wayne Hsiung's newsletter to learn more about the #RightToRescue at https://www.simpleheart.org ! — Chapters: Chapter 1) 00:00-2:49 Intro: Animal Liberation will happen in one generation, Peanut The Squirrel, & animal crue...
Jan 31, 2025•17 min
A breakthrough Chinese AI shook the global economy. Vegans can do the same – if we learn from what made Deepseek great. — Register for the event “Animal Rescue in the Age of Trump - DC Summit” in March: https://rescue.eventbrite.com/?aff=spotify — The Simple Heart on Substack - Subscribe to Wayne Hsiung's newsletter to learn more about the #RightToRescue at https://www.simpleheart.org ! — Chapters: Chapter 1) 00:00-4:47 Intro: on the successful and new AI DeepSeek, factory farms, & the Anima...
Jan 28, 2025•28 min
Getting arrested for the animals isn’t a problem for the movement. It’s an opportunity. — The Simple Heart on Substack - Subscribe to Wayne Hsiung's newsletter to learn more about the #RightToRescue at https://www.simpleheart.org ! — Register for the event in March “Animal Rescue in the Age of Trump - DC Summit”: https://rescue.eventbrite.com/?aff=spotify — Chapters: Chapter 1) 00:00-5:59 Intro: veganism, animal rights, voluntary prosecution, & trials for social change in the past Chapter 2)...
Jan 24, 2025•36 min
There’s nothing like the threat of imprisonment to force you to learn. — The Simple Heart on Substack - Subscribe to Wayne Hsiung's newsletter to learn more about the #RightToRescue at https://www.simpleheart.org! — Chapters: Chapter 1) 00:00-5:44 Intro: using persuasion to make the world a better place & how people disagree Chapter 2) 5:45-10:39 On trust, how to persuade, & the Smithfield Trial win Chapter 3) 10:40-20:29 Lesson 1: Go to the frontlines & Wayne’s first frontline exper...
Jan 21, 2025•34 min
What Trump 2.0 could mean for animal rights. Surprisingly, it’s not all bad. — The Simple Heart on Substack - Subscribe to Wayne Hsiung's newsletter to learn more about the #RightToRescue at https://simpleheart.org! — Chapters: 0:00-3:52 Who are the MAGA people in Trump’s incoming administration 3:53-5:10 The culture war around plant-based meats 5:11-6:42 Ending subsidies for animal cruelty 6:43-7:46 Targeting dissidents 7:47-8:55 An end to animal testing 8:56-9:30 Summary and final thoughts 9:3...
Jan 17, 2025•10 min
Three factors that allowed us to prevail in the face of overwhelming odds. — The Simple Heart on Substack - Subscribe to Wayne Hsiung's newsletter to learn more about the #RightToRescue at https://www.simpleheart.org ! — Chapters: Chapter 1) 00:00-3:30 Intro: the judge granted the petition to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate Ridglan Farms for criminal animal cruelty, & the first reason we won Chapter 2) 3:31-6:56 The second reason we won Chapter 3) 6:57-10:11 The third reason we w...
Jan 15, 2025•14 min
People keep accusing me of stealing animals. I speak to Jade Ara of the Stop Yulin Podcast on why they’re wrong. — Subscribe to Stop Yulin channel on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@stopyulin8640 Also watch and like the original full episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/eRdnHSq597Y Follow Jade: https://www.facebook.com/jade.ara.12 https://www.instagram.com/jade_ara_stopyulin/ https://x.com/JadeAraa https://www.threads.net/@jade_ara_stopyulin https://www.youtube.com/@jadex38 — The Simple Heart ...
Jan 10, 2025•1 hr 49 min
It’s very simple: have faith. — The Simple Heart on Substack - Subscribe to Wayne Hsiung's newsletter to learn more about the #RightToRescue at https://www.simpleheart.org ! — Chapters: Chapter 1) 00:00-5:36 Intro, on YouTube content and the newsletter on Substack, how to start 2025, & on being criminally changed in 2018 for open rescue Chapter 2) 5:37-11:13 The first reason we should be hopeful & on using information and technology Chapter 3) 11:14-14:40 The second reason we should be h...
Jan 07, 2025•22 min
The real reason men are killing people across the nation. — The Simple Heart on Substack - Subscribe to Wayne Hsiung's newsletter to learn more about the #RightToRescue at https://simpleheart.org! — Follow Jeremy: https://www.youtube.com/@loebjeremy Watch our podcast with Kam Waters: https://youtu.be/S3DXB8AvPMs — Chapters: Chapter 1) 00:00-6:20 Intro, post-election takes, & why are there so many angry men out there Chapter 2) 6:21-16:44 The tragedy in New Orleans & comparing Democrats a...
Jan 03, 2025•1 hr 47 min
On the virtues of making friends with your enemies. — Watch “Operation Deathstar”: https://youtu.be/wlSE1X-hSqQ Watch Rick testifying at the Smithfield Rescue Trial“One of the defense’s star witnesses, a turkey farmer who had one of his animals taken by activists, explains to the prosecutor why he supports what they do. He does an impressive job repelling her questions. #SmithfieldTrial” -Marina Bolotnikova https://x.com/mbolotnikova/status/1578806031102009349/video/1 — The Simple Heart on Subst...
Dec 31, 2024•34 min
I confront Vegan Gains on his “problematic” views. It goes ok. Sort of. — Follow Vegan Gains: https://www.patreon.com/vegangains https://www.instagram.com/vegangains.real/ https://www.youtube.com/@VeganGains https://www.facebook.com/VeganGainsOfficial https://www.twitter.com/VeganGains — The Simple Heart on Substack - Subscribe to Wayne Hsiung's newsletter to learn more about the #RightToRescue at https://www.simpleheart.org ! — Chapters: Chapter 1) 00:00-11:29 Intro, Youtuber Vegan Gains: Richa...
Dec 27, 2024•1 hr 50 min
Opposition to animal sacrifice was central to Jesus’s teachings. That’s the argument documentary maker Kam Waters makes in his provocative documentary Christspiracy. And he has incredible, fascinating evidence to support his thesis. If you have Christian family, or if you’re simply curious about the true origins of Christianity and Christmas, this is the perfect documentary to watch this holiday season. — Watch: https://www.christspiracy.com Follow Christspiracy, links below. — The Simple Heart ...
Dec 24, 2024•1 hr 42 min
The bizarre story of the mass reindeer slaughter at Christmas – and what we can do to stop it. — Follow Rich: https://www.instagram.com/notasnatureintended/ https://richcampaigns.myportfolio.com/ — The Simple Heart on Substack - Subscribe to Wayne Hsiung's newsletter to learn more about the #RightToRescue at https://www.simpleheart.org ! — Chapters: Chapter 1) 00:00-11:26 Intro, Rich Hardy: author of “Not as Nature Intended” & on the hidden reindeer slaughter business Chapter 2) 11:27-19:49 ...
Dec 20, 2024•1 hr 45 min
Today, we are in court arguing against Whole Foods’ effort to bankrupt me after I exposed their lies about “humane” farms. Here’s the behind the scenes story as to how I ended up in court. #WholeFoods - The Simple Heart on Substack - Subscribe to Wayne Hsiung's newsletter to learn more about the #RightToRescue at https://simpleheart.org! - Chapter 1) 0:00-15:49 Intro: Wayne explains the Diestel court case and thoughts on the Whole Foods livestream. Chapter 2) 15:50-46:59 Livestream: “Wayne gets ...
Dec 17, 2024•47 min
Nathan and I discuss the deep-seated human desire for retribution – and how to harness it for change. — Follow Nathan: https://x.com/NathanJRobinson Follow Current Affairs: https://www.currentaffairs.org https://www.patreon.com/currentaffairs More links below. — The Simple Heart on Substack - Subscribe to Wayne Hsiung's newsletter to learn more about the #RightToRescue at https://www.simpleheart.org ! — Chapters: Chapter 1) 00:00-10:18 Intro, Nathan Robinson of Current Affairs, on those that pro...
Dec 13, 2024•1 hr 2 min
Justin Goodman, a Senior Vice President at White Coat Waste, was tarred as a racist & mocked as a conspiracy theorist for questioning Anthony Fauci’s experiments on animals at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, including so-called “gain of function” at a Wuhan virus lab. But four years later, the dust has settled, & he won. We talk about how it happened, & what the Fauci beagle story says about science, government, & the future of animal rights. — Follow: https://www.whitecoatw...
Dec 10, 2024•1 hr 58 min
Melanie Joy is a Harvard-educated psychologist who focuses on how individual mental patterns can cause (or block) social transformation. And she has focused much of her work recently on so-called “relational dysfunction” and “dysregulation” are undermining, not just social movements, but all of human society. We talk about what dysfunction and dysregulation in relationships looks like, and how to overcome it, in this conversation. — Beyond Carnism’s website: https://carnism.org/ Learn more about...
Dec 06, 2024•1 hr 9 min
What do horror movies, antebellum slavery, and cannibalism have in common? They all connect to the economic conditions required for political transformation — including the struggle for animal rights. This conversation with YouTuber Andrew Rakich (Atun-Shei Films) dives deeply into what we can learn from atrocities (both fictional and real) on how to create change. — Why Ravenous is the Greatest Movie Ever Made: https://youtu.be/oeUrwVXGL-4 Overanalyzing Ravenous: https://youtu.be/roRD4F9pg5s (O...
Dec 03, 2024•1 hr 51 min
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? — Trent on XTwitter: https://x.com/trentloos — The Simple Heart on Substack - Subscribe to Wayne Hsiung's newsletter to learn more about the #RightToRescue at https://www.simpleheart.org ! — Chapters: Chapter 1) 00:00-9:51 Intro, happy to have another conver...
Nov 29, 2024•58 min
James Aspey and I talk about how he gained nearly 50 pounds of muscle while eating mostly Pad Thai, and the merits of taking the Liberation Pledge at Thanksgiving. — Follow James: https://www.youtube.com/@James_Aspey https://www.instagram.com/jimmycashpey/ https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=706979461 https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61550037632451 https://twitter.com/jamesaspey_ jimmycashpey@proton.me — The Simple Heart on Substack - Subscribe to Wayne Hsiung's newsletter to learn mo...
Nov 26, 2024•1 hr 37 min
I speak to renowned philosopher Peter Singer about his new book, Consider the Turkey, and about his new artificial intelligence platform, Peter Singer AI, which allows him to answer an unlimited number of ethical questions without doing any work himself! Peter has some surprising recommendations: including a possible boycott of Thanksgiving! — “Consider the Turkey” by Peter Singer: https://shop.peta.org/consider-the-turkey.html https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691231686/consider-t...
Nov 22, 2024•55 min
There’s a tendency for many to avoid conversation, much less confrontation, around the turkeys being served at our Thanksgiving dinner. Mark Westcombe, the director for Animal Think Tank, explains why we should do the opposite: tough personal conversations are crucial to building a mass movement! — Boycott & Anniversary Letter (Liberation Pledge letter Mark sent to friends and family): https://docs.google.com/document/d/18v_gIRIKkQwenhunN5BkY8-WZUsF12glLvuPacCMYWM/edit?usp=sharing Why The Li...
Nov 19, 2024•1 hr 55 min
Elon Musk defended Peanut the squirrel - but also funds grotesque experiments on monkeys in labs. And Elon is like many people in his bizarre, inconsistent views on animal rights. What explains the hypocrisy? And what can be done to overcome it? — Follow David: https://youtube.com/@davidramms https://patreon.com/davidramms https://www.instagram.com/davidramms/ https://davidramms.substack.com/ https://davidramms.com/ https://twitter.com/itsdavidramms https://www.facebook.com/itsdavidramms https:/...
Nov 15, 2024•1 hr 47 min
