In this episode, we speak to Dr Elan Abrell, a cultural anthropologist who is presently an adjunct instructor at in animal studies and anthropology at New York University. We talk about his book Saving Animals: Multispecies Ecologies of Rescue and Care. This monograph, which is an ethnographic study exploring the …continue
We speak with Robyn from Lamb Care Australia, a not-for-profit registered charity that resucues and rehomes orphanied lambs born during the lambing season in Victoria.We discuss how Robyn’s experiences caring for newborn lambs prompted her and others to form the charity and how they help lambs in need with the …continue
We couldn’t be more excited to welcome Black VegFest founder Omowale Adewale back to the podcast this week! A passionate social justice activist fighting for the liberation of all beings, Omowale discusses food accessibility and why he believes we are […] Your browser does not support the HTML5 audio player. …continue
La ONG Cruelty Free International destapó el pasado abril de 2021 imágenesexplícitas de maltrato animal y mala praxis en el laboratorio Vivotecnia de Madrid. Carlos Contreras, abogado que lleva el caso desde Cruelty Free International y ADDA,Asociación Defensa Derechos Animal, nos cuenta los detalles de este proceso quesigue en marcha. …continue
“I promise I’ll walk him every day!” What parent hasn’t heard that promise before, only to have the reminders start a week later? Author Margrit Strohmaier tackles this problem in her her delightful children’s book, “What to Know Before You Get Your Dog.” We also look at the curious connection …continue
Claudia talks to Yamini Narayanan about the concept of informality and how it can be used to unpack, complicate and understand urban-animal relations. With a focus on urban-cow entanglements, they discuss how informality is related to urban infrastructure and mobilities that help to bur some of the often dichotomous ways …continue
Jacy (https://twitter.com/jacyanthis & https://jacyanthis.com/) is a social scientist & co-founder of the Sentience Institute (https://www.sentienceinstitute.org/). His acclaimed book, The End of Animal Farming (https://jacyanthis.com/book), analyzes the development & popularisation of food technologies such as plant-based & cultivated meat. In Sentientist Conversations we talk about the two most important questions: “what’s …continue
