Freedom of Species

Lottie and Nick discuss post-veganism, which focuses on bringing about change for animals in other ways beyond individual consumption choices. This concept was discussed on a recent episode of Total Liberation podcast: https://totalliberationpodcast.com/96-post-veganism-beyond-the-diet-w-ash/  Additional links: Global Animal Slaughter Statistics & Charts: 2022 Update from Faunalytics: https://faunalytics.org/global-animal-slaughter-statistics-charts-2022-update/ Plant-based universities campaign: https://www.plantbaseduniversities.org/ Position of the American …continue

We speak to Del and Lucas from Sea Shepherd Melbourne about their involvement with the organisation and its current and future activities. Del Jordan has been an onshore volunteer with Sea Shepherd since 2013. She has been the Coordinator of the Melbourne Chapter since 2016, a role she is most proud …continue

Jamie Woodhouse questions the logic of “the logic of the larder” – the view that it is better to bring animals into the world to kill them eg in animal agriculture, rather than those animals not being brought into existence at all. The show also features a discussion on the …continue

 What is shelter medicine? How can we significantly decrease the number of animals heading to our pounds? How do we address the problem of access to medical care for companion animals of families and individuals who cannot readily afford such necessary services? These questions and more are answered in our interview …continue

 Join us as we raise money for 3CR’s annual radiothon and entertain listeners with our tricky trivia questions.  Music Played: Parry Gripp ‘I Like Vegetables’ – https://www.parrygripp.com/music/parry-gripp-mega-party-2008-2012/ Sweet Goose ‘Burn It To The Ground’ – https://sweetgoose.bandcamp.com/track/burn-it-to-the-ground  Photo by 2Photo Pots on Unsplash Your browser does not support the HTML5 audio player. A weekly show hosted by Melbourne-based …continue

  Adam, Claire & Caroline discuss the book Motivational Methods for Vegan Advocacy; A Clinical Psychology Perspective by Dr Casey T. Taft, Professor of Psychiatry at Boston University and co-owner of Vegan Publishers. Casey’s book centres on applying principles of and methods from the field of psychology to understand how to …continue

Katie, Lottie and Nick discuss what they are fighting FOR – what they see as our ideal relationship with other animals. More specifically, the conversation covers: our current relationships with non-human animals, swimming with free-living sea lions, animal rights versus animal welfare, various uses of animals including for companionship and …continue

 Kristy Alger returns to discuss her experiences in training and developing awareness of effective practices in non-violent direct action and why consent culture is so important. This discussion follows on from our previous shows about total liberation and why consistent anti-oppression is critical.  Kristy’s blog Writing Liberation is here: https://writingliberation.medium.com/(link is external) You …continue