This week I welcome Gail A. Eisnitz, a woman whose courage, grit, and compassion are transforming not only the fight for animal rights but the conversation around human dignity and government accountability.

You may know her as the author of the searing exposé Slaughterhouse (2006), which pulled back the curtain on the U.S. meat industry. Now, nearly two decades later, Gail is back with her second book:Out of Sight: An Undercover Investigator’s Fight for Animal Rights and Her Own Survival. The book is about survival, perseverance, and truth-telling in the face of a system that doesn’t want the truth to come out.

In our conversation, Gail recounts some of the most disturbing findings from her investigations, some of which are:

• Secret recordings of horrific animal cruelty that were deemed “too disturbing” for television — while war footage and human suffering flood our screens daily.

• Elaborate cover-ups by federal and state officials — including high-level involvement from a former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture.

• What it’s really like to be inside these slaughterhouses — not just for the animals, but for the workers, many of whom face dangerous, traumatic conditions.

• Her work has forced a conversation into the mainstream, despite every effort to suppress it.

• Endless confrontations with the legal system as she sought justice for the voiceless

And through it all, she emerged stronger, sharper, and unshakably committed to telling the truth.  Gail’s work reminds us that cruelty thrives in darkness — but it cannot survive the light.  Join us to hear all the details.