Oscar buzz started for the romance/horror film based on the eponymous book by today’s guest when it premiered to a standing ovation and rave reviews at the Venice Film Festival. Brimming with star power — Taylor Russell, Timothee Chalamet, Mark Rylance — this tale of an improbably likable teenage cannibal …continue
The one and only Sue Sternberg is on the show today so y’all might want to take a seat, grab a cocktail or a hot tea, and sink in. Get ready for a very honest talk from a renowned behaviorist with 30+ years of experience working with dogs and a …continue
Karen was an animal rights advocate and president of United Poultry Concerns. UPC is a non-profit organization founded in 1990 to address the treatment of domestic fowl in farming – including chickens, turkeys, and ducks. Karen also ran an animal sanctuary. She was the author of several books on veganism …continue
As artists, how do we craft animal characters in a way that is nuanced, ethical, and true to the heart? Pamela Harris–writer, painter, screenwriter, playwright, filmmaker–offers stories from her life on the ways animals have attuned her to higher ways of knowing and being. In this episode, Juliana and Pamela …continue
Claudia talks to Christos Lynteris, an anthropologist with a long history of researching some of the interconnections between animals and disease. In this episode they focus on rats and the third plague pandemic highlighting how rats went from being understood as in relation to others to being cemented as a …continue
Today’s guest is Jes Hooper. Jes is a PhD candidate in Anthrozoology at the University of Exeter and the Campaigns and Research Manager for Badger Trust, a British animal protection organisation. The working title of her PhD thesis is Civets in Society: Understanding the Human-Animal Interactions Within Civet Trades. She …continue
Episode 8 of Series 5: Children and Other Animals I talk with Jen Shryock and Helen St. Pierre (who both spoke at the Aggression in Dogs Conference 2022) about issues around introducing new babies into a home with dogs, we discuss the issue of social media showing dogs with young children …continue
Liz Ross has made it her mission to help people of Caribbean heritage embrace vegan living. She joins us on the podcast to discuss how Rethink Your Food, the nonprofit she founded, is helping her reach Caribbean people, in the islands and beyond, to promote the benefits of a plant-based …continue
