A bullied boy finds companionship in his animal friends, but as he grows up and finds himself trapped in a soulless career, he discovers a new purpose: freeing animals from captivity and facing the dire consequences.&nbsp;Today’s episode featured Wayne Hsiung. You can reach out to Wayne at <a href="mailto:info@simpleheart.org" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">info@simpleheart.org</a> or on Instagram, YouTube and Substack @waynehhsiung.&nbsp;Wayne Hsiung is an animal cruelty investigator, former faculty member at Northwestern School of Law, and co-founder and Executive Director of The Simple Heart Initiative. He has led teams that have investigated and rescued animals from factory farms and slaughterhouses across the nation – challenging unconstitutional “ag-gag” laws in the process – and has organized successful campaigns to ban fur in <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2018/03/20/san-francisco-fur-sales-ban/444519002/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">San Francisco</a> and <a href="https://theintercept.com/2019/07/10/california-fur-ban-bill-opponents/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">California</a>. He served as lead counsel (and, sometimes, defendant) in four “right to rescue” trials in which activists were prosecuted after being charged for giving aid to sick and dying animals in factory farms, garnering <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/08/science/animals-rights-piglets-smithfield.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">media attention</a> from <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/14/opinion/foster-farms-chicken-slaughterhouse-animal-cruelty.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The New York Times</a>. He is also a co-founder and former lead organizer of the grassroots animal rights network Direct Action Everywhere.&nbsp;Wayne’s work has been covered by <a href="https://www.wired.com/story/direct-action-everywhere-virtual-reality-exposing-factory-farms/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">WIRED</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/directactioneverywhere/videos/1221227247907622/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">ABC’s Nightline</a>, and on <a href="https://www.vox.com/podcasts/2019/12/5/20995117/wayne-hsiung-animal-rights-the-ezra-klein-show" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Ezra Klein Show</a>.&nbsp;He has published on the <a href="https://harvardlawreview.org/forum/vol-137/voluntary-prosecution-and-the-case-of-animal-rescue/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">right to rescue</a> in Harvard Law Review and <a href="https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=959701" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">climate change’s impact on animals</a> in the University of Pennsylvania Law Review. Prior to his work as an animal advocate, Wayne practiced law at two national firms and studied law and economics at the University of Chicago, where he was an Olin Law and Economics Fellow, and at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he was awarded a National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship. He is the proud parent of Oliver, who was <a href="https://medium.com/direct-action-everywhere-dxe/the-dog-i-took-a-beating-for-e24fdbb3ed7f" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">rescued from the dog meat trade</a>.&nbsp;LINK TO OUR LISTENER SURVEY!&nbsp;We’ve come up with a short audience survey, which you can find linked in our show notes and in the bio of our Instagram page @actuallyhappening. We’d love to hear your opinions and feedback, and we’d really appreciate your point of view. 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