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 2022.
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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Tom and Liz had a conversation with Reshma Shah an Associate Professor in the Practice of Marketing at Goizueta -
Tom and Liz have a conversation with Michael Webber acclaimed filmmaker Michael Webber, director of the hit documentary The Conservation Game.
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Tom and Liz have a conversation with Thomas Jackson who is currently the founder of the Compassion Project, a multi-production company, and discusses how our daily food choices impact our health and even our love for animals.
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Tom and Liz have a conversation with the Food writer and photographer, Kim Julie Hansen about her story of how becoming vegan had changed her life as well as how her journey made an impact on her career.
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Greg, Tom, and Liz have a conversation with the President of the Vegetations of North America, Jim Schwartz about veganism and global climate change around our world today.
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Emi Leese had a realization about her consumption of dairy that led her to become a vegan. She is the co-author of Think Like a Vegan and talks with Liz and Tom of ACT Radio about how she started talking to people at festivals about veganism.
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Current estimates suggest that more than 580,000 people are experiencing homelessness in America, and at least 10% of whom have a companion animal. Tom and Liz have a conversation with Dr. Kwane Stewart on raising pets as well as providing free veterinary services to many animals that experience homelessness across the state of California.
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Animal Concerns of Texas, Liz and Tom talk with Ruby Montana, founder of Bridge Pups Rescue, an organization that rescues and reunites companion animals with their families after being forcibly separated while crossing the border from Ciudad Juárez into El Paso.
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Liz Walsh and Tom Linney have a conversation with Seth Tibbott about tofurky and its success. They discuss plant-based foods and the transformation of the company Tofurky on this edition of ACT Radio on KTEP.
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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.
