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The Animals That Saved Us with Zach Skow
Zach Skow is the co-founder of Marley’s Mutts, an incredible animal rescue sanctuary, and the founder of the Pawsitive Change program, which aims to create opportunities for incarcerated people and pets so that they can find their path home.Zach joins me today to have a heartfelt conversation about recovery, rehabilitation, …continue
Saving Animals, Saving Ourselves: Jeff Sebo on Pandemics, Climate Change, and Animal Rights
I talk with philosopher Jeff Sebo about his new book Saving Animals, Saving Ourselves: Why Animals Matter for Pandemics, Climate Change, and Other Catastrophes. We discuss both moral and pragmatic reasons to care about other animals, then get into how we could include their interests in public health and environmental …continue
E19: Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law- A Chat with Author, Mary Roach
Mary Roach’s wry humor marries well with the funny but often unfortunate conclusions of human encounters with wildlife. We’ll have a lot of fun discussing some stories from the book as well as other things that fascinate 6x New York Times Best Seller, Mary Roach. We’ll be talking about her …continue
Effective Communication Against Misinformation in the Vegan Movement and Beyond
This show features Jamie Woodhouse of the Sentientism project on effectively communicating with those in the vegan movement who hold conspiratorial and/or non-evidence based views. Links: Jamie is working to develop Sentientism (“evidence, reason and compassion for all sentient beings”) as a philosophy and as a global movement. He hosts the Sentientism Podcast and YouTube and has published articles and …continue
Creating International Standards for Animal Protection w/ Joan E. Schaffner and Rajesh K. Reddy
Joining us on the Our Hen House podcast this week are Joan E. Schaffner, JD and Rajesh K. Reddy, JD, PhD. Joan and Raj are founding members of Lawyers for the Convention on Animal Protection, an international team of law practitioners and academics committed to advocating for a global animal …continue
100: “I am relentlessly naturalistic” – Barbara J. King – Animal Author & Advocate & Anthropologist – 100th Episode!!
Barbara is emerita professor of anthropology at William & Mary and a freelance science writer and public speaker. The author of seven books, including the new Animals’ Best Friends: Putting Compassion to Work for Animals in Captivity and in the Wild, Barbara focuses on animal emotion and cognition, the ethics of …continue
