This episode of Knowing Animals is recorded before a live studio audience at the 2018 Sheffield Animal Studies event: ShARC Tails! I speak to Dr. Joe Wills. Joe is Lecturer in Law at the University of Leicester. We discuss his article “A Nation of Animal Lovers? the case for a general …continue
This week on Knowing Animals I am joined by Dr. Bernice Bovenkerk. Bernice is a philosopher at the University of Wageningen. We discuss Bernice’s journal article ‘The Pedigree Dog Breeding Debate in Ethics and Practice: Beyond Welfare Arguments’, which appeared in the Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethicsin 2017. That article …continue
In this episode of Knowing Animals I am joined by Professor Gary L. Francione. Gary is Board of Governors Professor and Nicholas deB. Katzenbach Distinguished Scholar in the School of Law, at Rutgers University. Gary is also a member of faculty at UEA in Norwich. Gary has published extensively on …continue
In this episode of Knowing Animals I am Joined by Dr. Robert McKay. Robert (Bob) is Senior Lecturer in English Literature at the University of Sheffield. We discuss his book chapter ‘A Vegan Form of Life’ which appeared in the book Thinking Veganism in Literature and Culture: Towards a Vegan Theory, …continue
This is a special Christmas bonus episode of Knowing Animals. Happy Holidays! At this time of giving, the team at Knowing Animals brings you a special additional episode of the podcast. This episode features Naty Guerrero-Diaz from Big Sky Sanctuary in Victoria, Australia. Naty tells us about her transition from urban-based vegan …continue
In this episode of Knowing Animals I am joined by Dr. Eze Paez. Eze is a Post-doctoral researcher at the Centre for Ethics, Politics and Society at University of Minho, which is in Braga, Portugal. Eze is also a board member of the Centre for Animal Ethics at University Pompeu Fabra. We discuss …continue
In this episode of Knowing Animals I am joined by Dr. Catia Faria. Catia is a Postdoctoral researcher at the Foundation for Science & Technology at the Centre for Ethics, Politics & Society, at the University of Minho in Portugal. We discuss Catia’s article ‘Disentangling Obligations of Assistance: a reply to Clare …continue
In this episode of Knowing Animals I am joined by Dr. Steve Cooke. Steve is Lecturer in Political Theory at the University of Leicester. We discuss Steve’s article ‘Imagined Utopias: Animals Rights and the Moral Imagination’ which appeared in The Journal of Political Philosophy in 2017. This episode of …continue
