
Welcome to ACT Radio -- Animal Concerns of Texas, with co-hosts Elizabeth Walsh, and Tom Linney. 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. You can listen to past shows that include host Greg Lawson, who passed away in November this year.
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.
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Vegan advocates in Ukraine work diligently to provide vegan meals to soldiers. Tamara Human, Founder of Every Animal, says the war has only strengthened the organization’s resolve. She talks with Liz and Tom of ACT Radio.
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Liz and Tom talk with Jamie Berger, writer and producer of the film The Smell of Money.
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Carol Kline is conscious traveler, as well as her work as founder of Fanimal, she shares her story with KTEP’s ACT Radio, Liz Walsh and Tom Linney.
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Leslie Rudloff talks about the plight of chimpanzees kept in Alamogordo, New Mexico on KTEP and the latest legal developments that give hope.
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Kathleen Conlee once worked in a laboratory that conducted research on monkeys. The practices she saw drove her to a career in advocacy.
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Author and Activist, Judy Carman talks about growing up with sheep and how that experience led her to veganism.
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This time on ACT radio, Greg, Liz and Tom talk with Joe Miele, the Trap Neuter Return Project Coordinator for Broken Promises Southwest.
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Greg, Tom and Liz have a conversation with Dr. Leila Dehghan. Dr. Dehghan is a medical doctor turned personal trainer and plant-based nutritionist.
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In this edition of ACT Radio, Dr. Neal Barnard answers questions about complete proteins, soy for menopause and diet for autoimmune diseases. This is a special episode with questions from listeners.
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On this edition of ACT Radio Greg, Liz and Tom have a conversation with Dr. Neal Barnard, founder and president of The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine.