Episode 31: Interview with scholar, punk singer, and animal liberation activist Lisa Barca

This week on Always for Animal Rights, I am pleased to present my recent interview with Lisa Barca. Lisa is the lead singer of Scarlet Rescue, an all-vegan punk/alternative band with the tagline "Rock for All-Species Liberation!" She is also a scholar and university professor, one of her areas of focus being Critical Animal Studies. A book chapter written by Lisa will be published in the upcoming (2020) volume, Meatsplaining: The Animal Agriculture Industry and the Rhetoric of Denial.

In this interview, Lisa speaks about her research on how the mainstream media promotes anti-vegan rhetoric and the myth of “humane” animal exploitation, and she tells me which Critical Animal Studies scholars have influenced her way of thinking. She also tells me what led her to decide to go vegan. And (of course!) we discuss Scarlet Rescue's music, including the popular song "Barbecue Protest".

At the end of the show, we hear the song "Barbecue Protest".

In this episode, we also briefly discussed an interview that previously appeared on the show, in which John Sanbonmatsu and Vasile Stanescu explain why vegans shouldn't promote lab "meat".

This is a fascinating interview! I hope you'll listen in :)

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Go vegan, stay vegan, and let's remember to stand up and speak up for animal rights today and every day. Thanks for listening to the show!