This episode features Dr Benjamín Schultz-Figueroa. Ben is an assistant professor in the Department of Film and Media Studies at Seattle University. He works in critical animal studies, the history of science, documentary studies, and science fiction studies. In this episode, we talk about his 2023 book The Celluloid Specimen: …continue
Our guest this week is long-term socialist and ant-fascist activist Daniel Dadich. Daniel is a second generation migrant, a union delegate, a social worker and a proud socialist. He’s lived in Melbourne his whole life and have experienced racist policing and harassment first-hand. He’s been involved in political campaigns in Melbourne for …continue
Every activist knows that journalists who are willing to cover serious animal stories are all too rare, but this week we will be talking to someone who has carved out a career doing exactly that. Freelance journalist and animal advocate Jessica Scott-Reid shares her experience in the world of animal-related …continue
Jared is a researcher at the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence. Until the summer of 2023 he was a lecturer at the University of Washington School of Computer Science. While there he created a class on the philosophy of AI and created and taught an ethics course as well as …continue
Kshamenk es la última orca que queda en cautividad en Latinoamérica. Secuestrado cuando aún era muy pequeño en las costas de Buenos Aires, en Argentina, está siendo explotado desde hace más de 30 años por la empresa Mundo Marino. Hablamos con la abogada María José Fernández sobre Kshamenk y sobre …continue
Barbara Butcher spent 23 years in the New York City Chief Medical Examiner’s Office, investigating more than 5500 deaths and working disasters including the 2004 tsunami and 9/11. In this fascinating interview, she shares What the Dead Know: Learning About Life as a New York City Death Investigator (her new book), how she …continue
Civil rights attorney Matthew Strugar joins me this week to talk about a case in Washington, DC, involving the rights of animal activists protesting the sale of foie gras at two prominent restaurants in that city. Our conversation will involve the controversial use of anti-stalking laws to limit protests, as …continue
