For the 200th episode of Knowing Animals, we are joined by Dr Marina Lostal, who is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Law at the University of Essex. We explore Marina’s recent turn to animal law by talking about her paper “De-objectifying Animals: Could they Qualify as Victims before …continue
Episode 1 of Series 5: Children and Other Animals Why do some some people choose to stop eating meat? Would a child save a dog or a person from a sinking boat? Questions like this are posed by Matti and her colleagues to find out how our moral circles are …continue
Tamara Human is the definition of a fearless, compassionate leader and activist, and this week she joins the podcast from Kyiv, Ukraine. Tamara is the force behind Every Animal, a Ukraine-based NGO founded in 2019 committed to mobilizing the vegan movement among Ukrainians. In our conversation, the founder shares how …continue
Emerson is the host of the Counter Apologetics & Walden Pod podcasts, focusing mostly on religion, atheism and consciousness. Both are also available on his Emerson Green YouTube channel. You can find all his links here. In Sentientist Conversations we talk about the two most important questions: “what’s real?” & …continue
Pearl describes herself as “poly-vocational”. She is a foreign relations & management consultant with an MA in International Relations & an MBA in International Business. She is a vegan whole foods advocate via her “Le Twisted Spoon” club. Pearl is also a community organiser, public speaker & sometimes a political …continue
Meditating gets you coolness points; praying, hmm, not so much. Agapi Stassinopoulos reinvents prayer for those who may question or avoid religion. And Agapi, author of Speaking With Spirit and workshop leader for Thrive Global, founded by her sister Arianna Huffington, is a total charmer. Find out more about Victoria Moran and Main …continue
La mona Estrellita fue arrebatada de su hábitat y vivió como mascota de una familia humana durante 18 años. Tras su decomiso, la propietaria del animal interpuso un habeas corpus solicitando su devolución. La Corte Constitucional de Ecuador seleccionó, por primera vez en la historia, un caso relacionado con derechos …continue
On this episode I will be discussing Krasno v Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin, a crazy case involving comments made on the Facebook and Instagram accounts of the University involving the dreadful research conducted on primates at the University and, in particular, at the infamous Harlow Center …continue
