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Interview with Frances McCormack about asking questions to promote veganism, measuring our success as advocates, and holding veganism as a moral baseline
This week’s episode features my recent interview with the abolitionist vegan advocate Frances McCormack, who has been a vegan since 2010* and promotes the Abolitionist Approach to Animal Rights. In this interview, Frances tells me about the experiences that led her to become a vegan and find out a….This item …continue
4. Pets, plastic and the planet
Did you know that nearly all leashes and collars are made from plastic? When vet and entrepreneur, Dr Stephanie Stubbe, realised just how much the pet industry was contributing to Australia’s huge amount of plastic waste, she knew she had to act. In this episode, she discusses how a childhood …continue
46: “The root of all evil is thinking some suffering doesn’t matter” – Jane Velez-Mitchell Unchained – Sentientist Conversation
Jane (https://twitter.com/JVM) is a TV broadcaster, author, journalist & now CEO of the animal rights non-profit Jane Unchained (https://janeunchained.com/). She has written four books, two of which were NY Times bestsellers. In these Sentientist Conversations we talk about the two most important questions: “what’s real?” & “what matters?” Sentientism is …continue
Vegan Fact Check (Part 1)
Davita and Trev fact check arguments for and against veganism in this show, related to health, ethics and the environment. We do not support an uncritical adoption of a vegan diet, so that’s why often heard arguments within the vegan movement will be scrutinized too. Some of the arguments we discuss: “It is natural …continue
Episode 587: Going Undercover for Animals ft. Erin Wing
We’re incredibly excited to welcome Erin Wing to the podcast today for a deep dive into the role of animal cruelty investigators. Erin is the Deputy Director of Investigations at Animal Outlook, a national animal-advocacy nonprofit formerly known as Compassion […] Your browser does not support the HTML5 audio player. …continue
45: “Children are much less speciesist than adults” – researcher Matti Wilks – Sentientist Conversations
Matti (https://www.mattiwilks.com/ and @matti_wilks) is a post-doctoral researcher at Yale University, working with Professor Paul Bloom. She studies moral psychology & moral development – including attitudes to cultivated meat & the “natural”, the moral status of various types of entities & altruism. In these Sentientist Conversations we talk about the …continue
Discussing Diaspora with Dr. Sargon Donabed
In this episode we are joined by Dr. Sargon Donabed to discuss the intersection of his research on Indigenous Middle Eastern cultures and Anthrozoology. Dr. Donabed is a Director of the Assyrian Studies Association (ASA) and holds a PhD in Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations and an MSc in Anthrozoology. …continue
