Today’s guest is Professor Helen Cowie, a Professor of Early Modern History in the Department of History at the University of York. Her work has a particular focus on the history of animals. Her books include the 2011 Manchester University Press monograph Conquering Nature in Spain and Its Empire, 1750-1850; …continue
Episode 5 of Series 6: The Animal Protagonist Often predatory behavior in your family pet is considered a undesirable behavior. Most people try to suppress predatory behavior but Simone is going to talk to us about the importance of predatory behavior and how to use what she calls predation substitute …continue
Lori is Executive Director of The Kimmela Center and Founder & President of The Whale Sanctuary Project. She is a neuroscientist and expert in animal behavior and intelligence, formerly on the faculty of Emory University where she was also a faculty member at the Emory Center for Ethics. She is …continue
On this Summer Special Nick from Freedom of Species and Lottie evaluate different arguments about identity politics going on within Left/progressive/environmental movements. We do this drawing on the following articles that Nick has written: ‘What Do You Mean By “Identity Politics”?’ https://progressivepostings.wordpress.com/2020/09/04/idpols/ ‘Do You Identify Or Are You Identified?’ https://progressivepostings.wordpress.com/2021/01/29/idpols2/ This show is …continue
How annoying is it when you are just getting into a good book, starting to identify with, or at least sympathize with, the protagonist, and then get thoroughly turned off when they sit down to enthusiastically eat a dead animal? Today, author Christine Melanie Benson joins us for a conversation …continue
La obsesión de Ana (nombre supuesto) empezó a manifestarse cuando aún era menor de edad. La chica, diagnosticada con varias enfermedades mentales, consigue hacerse con perros mediante engaños a través de las redes sociales. Animales que posteriormente abandona. Hablamos con Vicente Pascual, Policía Local de Onda, Castellón, sobre un caso …continue
When it comes to marketing animals for rescue, what works without making people feel guilty or obligated? How do you ensure your campaign is cute or funny, direct, and never boring? Jamie Ruden, the founder of Be Spotted and Dog Spotted, joins Katya and Jenny in this episode to share …continue
Hoy hablé con la autora y profesora de bioética en la Universidad Federal de Río, Martina Davidson. En este episodio hablamos sobre decolonialidad, antiespecismo e interseccionalidad. También hablamos sobre la importancia de construir puentes entre los activismos, tanto dentro y fuera de la academia como a ambos lados del océano …continue
