Animal Concerns of Texas
Second and Fourth Sunday of the Month at 7:30pm

Welcome to ACT Radio -- Animal Concerns of Texas, with co-hosts Greg Lawson, and Elizabeth Walsh. Every second and fourth Sunday evening at 7:30, we offer a unique program that focuses on animals, and related issues such as vegetarianism and the environment.

Everyone loves animals, and yet animals are the most helpless and victimized members of the living community. We believe with Gandhi that "The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated."

Most people have no idea the horrors our animal friends undergo in zoos, circuses, rodeos, experimental laboratories, and factory farms and slaughterhouses. Through the airwaves and elsewhere, we seek to be a voice for the voiceless and to promote change through education and expanding awareness and compassion.

We discuss the ways our society exploits animals, and how drastically this abuse affects human interests concerning health, the environment, and our level of connectedness to life. We offer new visions for how to heal the breaches in our social world and in our relation to the natural world. We believe that animal liberation is the next great liberation movement on this planet, and that by promoting respect for nonhuman animals, we are advancing human moral evolution.

ACT brings you the latest news about animals, from local concerns to global issues, from vegetarianism to animal rights activism. We also feature lively interviews with people involved in the animal welfare and animal rights movements, from local folks to well-known figures who work toward the same goal of promoting a New Enlightenment in our relations with other species. You will hear compelling music that promotes respect for all life.

Greg Lawson
Greg Lawson has been a National Park Service Ranger for twenty years and is on the executive committee of the Sierra Club. His concern for the environment, the wilderness and the wildlife of our country motivates him to speak for the animals. Greg is also the President of the Vegetarian Society of El Paso.

Dr. Elizabeth Walsh
Liz Walsh is an Associate Professor of Biological Sciences at the University of Texas at El Paso. She is also a member of the national Sierra Club Wildlife & Endangered Species Committe. Dr. Walsh also serves on the Executive Committee of the El Paso Regional Sierra Club Group, and as a board member of the Vegetarian Society of El Paso.

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Audio Archive

January 24, 2010 Melanie Joy - Greg & Liz welcome back Melanie Joy, professor of psychology & sociology at the University of Massachusetts and author of "Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows." Joy talks about the use of language to manipulate an argument or appease inflammatory emotions.

January 10, 2010 Carnism - Greg & Liz talk to Dr. Melanie Joy, Professor of Psychology & Sociology at the University of Massachusetts and author of "Why We Love dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows." She introduces us to the concept of carnism and the ideology of meat eating. www.melaniejoy.org

December 27, 2009 Animal Legal Defense Fund - Greg & Liz talk to Tom Linney of the Animal Legal Defense Fund about the organization's efforts to change and improve legislation that would protect all animals, from domestic pets to factory farm animals to wildlife. www.aldf.org

December 13, 2009 Political Activism - Greg & Liz talk with Julie Lewin, President of the National Institute for Animal Advocacy, and author of "Get Political for Animals and Win the Laws They Need." Lewin talks about what advocates can do to get active politically and pass the laws necessary to protect the animals. www.nifaa.org