Welcome to The PETA Podcast.

I’m Emil Guillermo, your host for this  behind the scenes look at PETA, the largest animal rights organization in the world.

Here we talk to the key players at PETA and the movement, and ask them about how animal rights changed their lives and how they stay motivated to make the world a better place for animals.

To kick things off we talked to PETA President and co-founder Ingrid Newkirk in episode one who talked—among other things---about her passionate disapproval of no kill shelters.

Check out that and all our links to previous episodes in our podcast player, on PETA.org, or wherever you listen to podcasts.

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But first, this  episode is a special Oscar podcast.

2018 is the 90th time Oscar is being passed around for the best in moviedom. But which movies made the mark when it comes to the treatment of animals?

If you stay around to the end of movie credits, there’s a label that assures that “no animals were harmed” in the making of the film.

What’s that mean?

Not much, says Lisa Lange, PETA’s Sr. Vice President of Communications

I talked to Lisa about how the AHA label…the American Humane Association’s mark is still an empty meaningless label.

But this year, PETA is  honoring the movie makers who are making a difference.  For that, there is no Oscar. But PETA has created the Oscat.

See if your favorite film was one of the best when it comes to the animals.

Listen to my interview with  PETA’S Lisa Lange.

*Disclosure: Mentioned in this episode is HBO’s “Luck.” My wife is a PETA executive and worked on the case that exposed the animal abuses in “Luck.”

The PETA Podcast

PETA, the world's largest animal rights organization, is 6.5 million strong and growing. This is the place to find out why. Hear from insiders, thought leaders, activists, investigators, politicians, and others why animals need more than kindness—they have the right not to be abused or exploited in any way.

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Click here to Listen to PETA president Ingrid Newkirk in the very first episode.