How can we be effective advocates for the bees? Get the buzz on the world of bees in this episode, are bee populations in decline? What are the biggest issues facing bees today? Do bees have a kind of sentience? What can we do as individuals for the bees? Why do …continue
Lottie, Meg and Nick discuss the social aspects of veganism, including highlighting the benefits of being a visible vegan from an advocacy point of view versus the social difficulties this can sometimes bring up. Links: The festive table is set. Is now a good time to mention I’m vegan? By Zoya Patel: …continue
Happy May Day! This International Workers Day we honour the contribution working animals have made to our society and talk about the rights and ethics of working animals. The music featured in this show is by Melbourne synth and piano rock duo Privateer, who’s first full album will be released late …continue
We welcome Georgie Purcell, Animal Justice Party MP representing Northern Victoria to the show and chat about her lifelong love of animals and social justice. Georgie talks about her campaigning experience and working as Chief of Staff for Andy Meddick MP, who was Animal Justice Party Victoria’s first elected MP, …continue
Kristy Alger joins us for part 2 of our discussion about total liberation and how we can build common ground, and addressing issues of harm that arise in advocacy spaces. Part 1 of our discussion can be heard here: https://www.3cr.org.au/freedomofspecies/episode/total-liberation-kristy-alger Kristy writes her blog Writing Liberation on Medium and her last blog piece …continue
This show features speeches from the Dominion Animal Rights March in Naarm/Melbourne, by Farm Transparency Project. You can watch Dominion at: www.watchdominion.com You can find out more about Farm Transparency Project here: https://www.farmtransparency.org/ For more on avoiding activist burnout, which came up briefly at the end of the show, check out our previous …continue
We talk with activist and author Kristy Alger about total liberation and why being a consistent ally is critical. CONTENT WARNING: topics include transphobia, fascism and neo-Nazis, police violence. We discuss British anti-trans rights campaigner Kellie-Jay Keen Minshull’s (also know as Posie Parker) appearance in Australia and the protests against her speaking …continue
Delving into the layers of conscousness in animals and humans and what this means for our treatment of our fellow non human animals. Featuring music by local vegan musician Plum Green http://www.plumgreenmusic.com/ Music Played: Plum Green ‘Raspberry Vine’ Plum Green ‘Walk Against the Wind’ Plum Green ‘Grave Snuggler’ Photo by Andre Mouton: https://unsplash.com/@andremouton Your browser does not support …continue
