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Storytelling Animals
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Civilization and Its Discontents: On Station Eleven, Planet of the Apes, and Kim Stanley Robinson

Dayton Martindale 15 February 2022

How do stories set in a post-apocalyptic future look back at our present world: are characters nostalgic for the affluence and convenience? Or do they look back in disgust, understanding that many of these luxuries were built on exploitation and environmental destruction? Or a little of both? I look at Emily …continue

Sentientism
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96: “It’s the same fight regardless” – Ex-Mormon writer Coral Sands – Sentientism

Sentientism 15 February 2022

Coral is an aspiring writer, an animal rescue volunteer/donor & runs a bunny boarding & grooming business. She is an ex-Mormon atheist & a “meat & potatoes girl” turned vegan. Find Coral & her content at: @atheist_vegan, & wattpad.com/user/VCoralSandsV & inkitt.com/veganatheist & on YouTube. In Sentientist Conversations we talk about …continue

Freedom of Species
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Possums in Aotearoa (NZ)

Davita Trev with Emily 13 February 2022

Listen back to this episode to hear what has happened ever since settlers brought the brushtail possum to Aotearoa (New Zealand). Our guest is Emily Major, a PhD Candidate at Canterbury University in Christchurch. She studies how possums are violently framed as pests, persecuted and exterminated in the region. Links: Emily’s Blog …continue