PODCASTS FOR ANIMALS

The podcasting network dedicated to animal advocacy, scholarship, ideas, social justice, activism, environmentalism and making the world a better place for all animals. Listen to our latest podcasts or episodes from any of our Network Members.

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The Hen Report: “Is It Doing Anything?” | Animal Advocacy in Media, Literature, and Tech

Our Hen House 25 December 2025

In this festive episode of The Hen Report, Jasmin and Mariann weave through holiday greetings, literary achievements, and thought-provoking discussions about animal advocacy in unexpected places. From Jasmin’s exciting book deal as a literary agent to reflections on grief, pet …continue

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Uncovering the Truth Behind Lab Dogs with Author Melanie Kaplan

Our Hen House 19 December 2025

In this eye-opening interview, journalist Melanie Kaplan takes us behind the closed doors of animal research facilities through the lens of her powerful book Lab Dog. After adopting Hammy, a beagle rescued from a laboratory, Kaplan embarked on a cross-country …continue

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The Hen Report: “Just Be That Vegan” | Holiday Reflections and Animal Rights Updates

Our Hen House 18 December 2025

In this heartwarming holiday edition of The Hen Report, Jasmin and Mariann blend seasonal cheer with serious animal advocacy updates. The hosts navigate between lighthearted holiday traditions and the sobering realities facing animals worldwide, demonstrating Our Hen House’s signature ability …continue

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Animal Ag’s Panic Over Plant-Based Diets | Rising Anxieties

Our Hen House 16 December 2025

In this eye-opening episode of Rising Anxieties, Mariann Sullivan dissects the agricultural industry’s transparent anxiety about the growing popularity of plant-based diets. From Farm Babe’s desperate defense of animal agriculture’s “sustainability” to Oklahoma’s hypocritical farmland ownership laws that conveniently exempt …continue

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The Animal Turn
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S8E7: Social Media with Laura Fernández, Amanda Weiss, and Siobhan Speiran

The Animal Turn 15 December 2025

Guests Laura Fernández, Amanda Weiss, and Siobhan Speiran join Claudia to discuss case studies as wide ranging as Japanese animal cafes, Spanish bull fighting, and Costa Rican sanctuaries to unfurl the complex relations of social media and animals. Together they …continue

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The Deal With Animals
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133. Speaking Across Species: Human–Chimpanzee Conversation with Dr. Mary Lee Jensvold (S15)

The Deal With Animals 15 December 2025

Send us a textEpisode 1 of Series 15:  TranscriptWe explore the story of Washoe, the first non-human to learn American Sign Language, and discuss the broader implications of chimpanzee communication on our understanding of language, culture, and ethics. The conversation …continue

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Animal Writes: Crafting Authentic Animal Narratives with John Yunker and Midge Raymond

Our Hen House 12 December 2025

This episode explores how writers can authentically represent animals in literature with authors and publishers John Yunker and Midge Raymond, who discuss their new book Animal Writes and their Writing for Animals workshop. They share techniques for portraying animals as …continue

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The Hen Report: “ Let’s Be Even Louder Than Before” | Animal Rights Media, Fur Ban Victory, Vegan Activism

Our Hen House 11 December 2025

This episode explores the changing landscape for animals as major media companies and the fashion industry take a stand against fur, while activists continue to face challenges in their fight for justice. Jasmin and Mariann discuss recent victories in the …continue

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Sentientism
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Should Constitutions Protect All Sentient Beings? – John Adenitire & Raffael Fasel – Sentientism 241

Sentientism 11 December 2025

Raffael Fasel is University Assistant Professor in Public Law at the Cambridge Law Faculty and Fellow of Jesus College. He specialises in public law, with a particular interest in constitutional theory, human rights law, and animal rights law. Raffael is …continue

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Industry Paranoia and Wolf Wars | Rising Anxieties

Our Hen House 9 December 2025

In this week’s edition of Rising Anxieties, Mariann Sullivan dives into the animal agriculture industry’s latest nightmares—which, unsurprisingly, include you. From hand-wringing about the movement’s supposed $865 million war chest to the Reddit whistleblower exposing paid anti-vegan trolls, we’re clearly …continue

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SPECIAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

The iROAR Podcasting Network is made possible thanks to a generous donation by the Culture and Animals Foundation.

“The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing.”

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The Animal Highlight

The Animal Highlight is an exciting sister podcast that serves to compliment the animal-related topics addressed in The Animal Turn podcast. Specifically, each The Animal Highlight podcast highlights the species discussed in The Animal Turn to focus and explore aspects of their lives and discuss the extraordinary and amazing attributes of such species. These 5-15 minute podcasts follow at the end of each The Animal Turn podcast hosted by Claudia Hirtenfelder.

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Lettuce Talk

The podcast of VSA Utrecht about all things vegan. From vegan history to speciesism and more, we explore everything that it entails to be a "vegan" in our modern world.

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Conversations with Animals

A monthly conversation examining creatures, ecology, writing, film, music, art, science and pop culture, using three primary mediums: doodles, writing, and speech. Hosted by Juliana, she talks with documentary film makers, musicians and activists leading global protests.

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Creature Tales

A podcast from RSPCA Victoria featuring fascinating interviews with animal experts. Hosted by Alexandra Keefe.

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Animals in Translation

Animals in Translation is a podcast brought to you by hosts from across the globe who talk with experts about their animal welfare work. The goal? To deconstruct animal issues into palatable pieces for listeners wanting to dig deeper into international animal welfare, ethics, or policy. Tune in monthly for new episodes.

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Talking Animal Law

Talking Animal Law, produced by the UK Centre for Animal Law (A-LAW), features fortnightly discussions on topical issues and ethical theories about the treatment of animals with leading experts in the fields of law, ethics and science.

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Sentientism

We discuss the biggest questions: "what's real?", "who matters?" and "how to make a better world?" with scientists, celebrities, activists, writers and philosophers. The Sentientism worldview is "evidence, reason and compassion for all sentient beings." It's a simple, yet radical, philosophy that's grounded in reality (naturalistic epistemology) and has compassion for all sentient beings (mostly human and non-human animals). Naturalism & sentiocentrism combined.

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The Deal With Animals

Humans interact with animals every day of our lives. Even those without pets interact with animals in various ways: diet, wildlife, the clothes they wear. Even most medicines use animals in testing or in the medicine itself. This is a podcast about Anthrozoology: the study of interaction between humans and non-human animals.

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The Animal That Changed You

The Animal That Changed You is a touching and funny podcast that explores how extraordinary people have been changed by an extraordinary animal. In this weekly show, Katya talks to fascinating guests about what their lives were like before and after they experienced a soul-level relationship with an animal.

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Storytelling Animals

Storytelling Animals is a green new podcast where we use books to help make sense of the ecological crisis – and think about how to build better relationships among humans and our fellow creatures.

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The Humanimal Connection

The Humanimal Connection is a podcast series from the Humanimal Trust, which brings together guests from the human and veterinary medical professions, the nursing profession and the allied health and scientific disciplines for a One Medicine conversation discussing a variety of topics. Closer relationships and greater collaborative practices between human and veterinary medicine will result in all humans and animals benefitting from sustainable and equitable medical progress, but not at the expense of an animal's life. This is One Medicine. Music by Matt Coldrick.

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Derecho y Animales

El primer podcast sobre Derecho Animal en español en el que entrevistamos a expertos sobre su experiencia -personal y profesional- con casos de maltrato animal desde una perspectiva jurídica. Proyecto ganador de la beca 'Culture & Animals Foundation' 2020.

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Think Like a Vegan

A podcast bringing you thought provoking deep dives across a wide variety of subjects from one of the authors of Think Like a Vegan: What everyone can learn from vegan ethics. Each episode is a mini talk about one topic which might not be the focus of an everyday conversation, including activism, ableism, reproductive rights, animals and the law, alternatives to animal experimentation in medicine and more. These short talks and guests will inspire and educate, expanding the conversation around veganism. And all is premised on veganism being part of basic fairness.

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A Vegan Lounge

Host Krystal aims to deliver a broad range of content tapping into a more comprehensive look at our environment—the interconnectedness of the natural world means sustainability, land use, farming, business, literature, research, animal welfare, and rights are all part of the conversation.

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Animal Rights: the Debate

Animal Rights: the Debate explores the issues around around our relationship with animals with hosts Martyn Ford and David Thomas.

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How I Learned to Love Shrimp

A podcast showcasing innovative and impactful ways to help animals and build the animal advocacy movement. Amy Odene & James Ozden talk to experts about a variety of topics: animal rights, animal welfare, alternative proteins, the future of food, and much more. Whether it's political change, protest, technological innovation or grassroots campaigns, they aim to cover it all with deep dives we release every two weeks.

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Wild Developments

Venture into the breathtaking realm of wildlife arts and untamed adventures with naturalist, photographer, artist and host, Lauren Connelly. Tune in every week for practical advice to help you navigate the great outdoors, gain insights from experts, and spark your creativity with fresh ideas. Discover hidden gems and experiences you may never have heard of before, and let Lauren and Wild Developments guide you on your wild journey.

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Go Vegan Radio

Go Vegan With Bob Linden covers everything from slashed-food to cookie recipes, animal rights, diet, health, environment, world hunger, morality, justice and peace each week.

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Beyond Species

A podcast exploring issues around speciesism and the struggle to dismantle it. Hosted by Tofu Steve, this Scottish-based podcast features guests from around the world. Various topics arising from speciesism, veganism and activism are discussed.

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Animal Matters

Animal Matters is SAFE’s fortnightly podcast about all things animal rights and the issues impacting animals in Aotearoa. Will Appelbe discusses the latest current affairs impacting animals, the decisions of policymakers and government, and the complexities that surround the exploitation of animals.

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Species Unite

Species Unite is a podcast focused on those who fight the good fight on behalf of animals around the globe. It's a collection of the stories of the people who are healing the world one creature at a time.

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Freedom of Species

A weekly show hosted by Melbourne-based animal advocates, presenting local & international interviews, presentations, and music from this vibrant social justice movement.

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Paw & Order

Paw & Order is Canada’s only animal law podcast, and is hosted by two of Canada’s leading animal lawyers, Camille Labchuk and Peter Sankoff.

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