NBSV 220: Out of Sight: Inside animal agriculture, and Gail Eisnitz's survival story
From No-Bullsh!t Vegan by Karina Inkster
April 14, 2026 · 42 min · Episode 220
About this episode
Gail Eisnitz shares her experiences documenting animal cruelty in the meat industry and discusses her personal challenges and motivations for becoming vegan.
Gail Eisnitz, chief investigator for the Humane Farming Association and author of Out of Sight, shares what it's really like to spend decades documenting animal cruelty inside slaughterhouses and factory farms, and why she chose to tell her story as a memoir. We talk about how her work led her to become vegan, what she's witnessed behind the scenes in the meat industry, and the frustrating reality of trying to expose these issues through media and legal channels. Gail also opens up about living with undiagnosed OCD and a rare neurological condition for most of her life, and how those challenges shaped both her perspective and her work. This is a conversation about persistence, empathy, and the personal cost of doing difficult, necessary work. It's also a reminder that the systems we don't see often have the biggest impact, and why bringing them into view matters. Trigger warning: This episode contains descriptions of farm animal abuse.
People in this episode
Host: Karina Inkster
Guest: Gail Eisnitz
Topics covered
- animal agriculture
- animal cruelty
- veganism
- mental health
- memoir
- media exposure
Keywords
- animal agriculture
- Gail Eisnitz
- veganism
- animal cruelty
- mental health
- slaughterhouses
- factory farms
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Humane Farming Association
Books & works: Out of Sight
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