Let me, your host, be your guide as we venture into this exciting journey, where we’ll question the cognitive dissonance many animal lovers face when it comes to eating meat. Together, we’ll challenge preconceptions, uncover the nitty-gritty of veganism – its culture, diet, and health choices. This isn’t about converting …continue
Claudia talks to lawyer and philosopher Gary Francione about abolition. Gary provides an overview of how ideas related to animals have emerged and changed since the 19th century. This includes the emergence of animal welfare, animal rights, and abolitionism. Throughout the interview Gary asserts that animal welfare and animal rights …continue
Claudia talks to lawyer and philosopher Gary Francione about abolition. Gary provides an overview of how ideas related to animals have emerged and changed since the 19th century. This includes the emergence of animal welfare, animal rights, and abolitionism. Throughout the interview Gary asserts that animal welfare and animal rights …continue
Our guest is total liberation activist Betty Melon and we play a section of Betty’s speech from the 2019 Animal Rights Forum in Naarm/Melbourne that specifically covered racism and animalisation. The speech was entitled Forming Alliances with Other Movemements and focuses on how we can building solidarity with other social …continue
Students today really want to learn about the future of food, but sadly, and amazingly, most universities have little or nothing to offer that is of value. Enter Samantha Derrick, who decided to do more than complain about it and just make it happen, not only in her own university …continue
In this episode, we sit down with Maite van Gerwen, animal scientist and director of CAS International, the international committee against bullfighting! We discuss what people might not know about bullfighting, how the practice is held in place as ‘cultural heritage’, and why public perception of bullfighting has been changing. …continue
En este episodio nos metemos entre las plumas de las aves en compañía de Miquel de Pablo, Agente Rural de la Generalitat de Catalunya. Las diferentes actividades humanas amenazan la seguridad y la vida de estos animales, de cuya salud dependen los ecosistemas. ¿Cuáles son las principales causas de muerte …continue
Over the past several months, I’ve been exploring the old newsletters of Feminists for Animal Rights, a group that was active in the United States from the early 1980’s to the early 2000’s. As they stated in their literature, Feminists for Animal Rights sought to “raise the consciousness of the …continue
