Ep 91: Jon Bockman on Culture, Belief Systems, and The Power of Service

Welcome to Episode # 91 of The Alcohol & Addiction Podcast, where your host Lee Davy exposes the truth about alcohol so you can make a more informed choice about your drinking. If there are secrets to a sober life, then one of them is learning to serve others less fortunate than you, and my next guest has made it his life's work. Jon Bockman is the Executive Director of the non-profit Animal Charity Evaluators (ACE). Jon has held diverse leadership positions in nonprofit animal advocacy over the past decade. Jon’s career prior to ACE included serving as a director at a shelter and wildlife rehabilitation center, a humane investigator, and a founder of a 501(c)(3) farmed animal advocacy group. Accomplishments during these positions include releasing over 2,000 rehabilitated animals back into the wild, conducting investigations into dozens of cases of neglected animal care, leading hundreds of outreach events, and implementing international online campaigns to expose factory farm practices to over 25 million Mandarin, Hindi, and Russian-speaking Facebook users. During our conversation, Jon and I talk about his struggles with alcohol, the power behind service, and the invisible, dominant, and violent ideologies that allow us to eat meat and drink alcohol because it is seen to be both normal and pleasurable. Podcast Takeaways Animal Charity Evaluators Website - https://animalcharityevaluators.org/about/contributors/meet-our-team/ Animal Charity Evaluators Twitter - https://twitter.com/AnimalCharityEv?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor Animal Charity Evaluators Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/AnimalCharityEvaluators/ Jon Bockman Personal Twitter - https://twitter.com/jpbockman Raising For Effective Giving - https://reg-charity.org/ Carnism - https://www.carnism.org/ The Needy Helper Forum - https://needyhelper.mykajabi.com/ How to rate and review the AA Podcast on iTunes http://www.needyhelper.com/how-to-submit-an-itunes-podcast-review/