With her unshakeable confidence and a voice like Lauren Bacall’s, the Lauren featured on this episode belies her chronological age: eighty-two. Rev. Lauren McLaughlin is a Unity minister, spiritual teacher, and author whose work centers on gratitude, the shifts we experience in every decade of adulthood, and the necessity of …continue
Today on The Animal That Changed You, we’re joined by Kathy Stevens – farm girl, writer, teacher, and the founder of Catskill Animal Sanctuary. The Catskill Animal Sanctuary is 150-acre refuge for farm animals rescued from cruelty, neglect, and abandonment. Kathy joins us today to share a behind-the-scenes look at …continue
On this episode, we speak to Ali Ryland. Ali is an animal studies scholar reading for a PhD in English at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland. The working title of her thesis is Changing Representations of Women and Cow, from Milkmaid to Milking Machine. Today, however, we’re going …continue
This is a Special Episode about the recent (Summer of 2022) removal and rescue of 4,000 Beagles from a breeding facility that breeds beagle so they can be sold to laboratories in the Unites States for use as test subjects. Guest: Lindsay Hamrick, Director of Shelter Outreach and Engagement, the …continue
Claudia talks to Lauren van Patter about the concepts of feral and invasive species. They touch on the differences between the two concepts and consider how issues of colonization, reproduction, and human control lead to the categorization of some animals as biosecurity threats. Date Recorded: 21 September 2022 Dr. Lauren Van Patter …continue
Anthony or A.C. is a philosopher and author. In 2011 he founded and became the first Master of New College of the Humanities. Anthony is the author of over 30 books including The Future of Moral Values, What Is Good?, The Meaning of Things, The Good Book & The God …continue
Cats are an animal figure both feared and worshiped. In particular, the black cat is associated with witches and is often hurt or rejected because of this bias. In this episode, Juliana talks with Natalie Harris-Spencer, an author, editor, and blogger about the black cat she won on Twitter, animals …continue
We chat with Dr Danny Pimentel, a researcher from the University of Oregon. Danny’s research investigates the impacts of eXtended Reality (VR, AR, and MR) storytelling experiences on attitudes and behavior. In particularly, Danny has investigated how seeing the world through an animals eyes in Virtual Reality influences people. If you’re interested in trying out …continue
