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.
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Troy Vettese and Drew Pendergrass are the authors of Half Earth Socialism:A Plan to Save the Future from Extinction, Climate Change and Pandemics (Verso). We talk about their book, the simulation game that goes with their book and why vegans should be socialists and socialists should be vegans.
We also talk about Drew’s work at mapping methane and other emissions in real time and go really off piste by chatting about my rewilding project in Scotland.
Troy is an environmental historian who specialises in environmental economics, animal studies, and energy history. Drew is an environmental engineer working on his PhD at Harvard University.
Websites/Socials
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P77re-QcqTk
@pendergrassdrew on X
http://emilialeese.com
@emi.leese or @thinklikeavegan, Instagram, Facebook, X
https://birchfieldhighlands.org
Credits
Host: Emilia A. Leese
Guest: Troy Vettese and Drew Pendergrass
Production & Engineering: Jim Moore of Bloody Vegans Productions;
https://www.bloodyvegansproductions.com
Graphics: Catherine Dorrell
https://www.messyvegancook.com
MusicOpening theme: “Flashbacks” by Jenny Moore’s Mystic Business
Interlude: “Leaving the SRWG” by Matthew Gerstenberger;
Seismicity on Soundcloud https://on.soundcloud.com/3Pf8g
Closing theme: “Tear Things Up” by Jenny Moore’s Mystic Business
This podcast is part of iROAR, the Animals Podcasting Network https://iroarpod.com
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