We chat with Professor Hank Rothgerber from Bellarmine University, Kentucky, USA, about his research about human-animal interactions in the context of food choices. Through his work Hank aim’s to address how people psychologically approach eating animals.We discuss Hanks recent paper, ‘Meat-related cognitive dissonance: A conceptual framework for understanding how meat …continue
-Jasmin and Mariann try to manage their anger towards people who aren’t wearing masks or practicing social distancing. Mariann reads an inspiring section from the book Living The Good Life by Helen and Scott Nearing, and poet Gretchen Primack reads her beautiful new poem “What Rough Beast, Covid-19 Edition.” We …continue
May 15, 2020 Camille is joined by guest co-host Kaitlyn Mitchell, staff lawyer with Animal Justice. Camille and Kaitlyn discuss the controversy over singer Bryan Adams’ comments and subsequent apology about wet markets, and his plea for people to go vegan. Meanwhile, slaughterhouse workers continue to get infected and die …continue
Camille Labchuk and guest co-host Kaitlyn Mitchell delve deeply into Animal Justice’s request that governments deny bailout funding to factory farms and slaughterhouses, and instead fund a transition to a more resilient, plant-based agriculture system that’s also more pandemic-proof. Business-as-usual isn’t good for animals, workers, public health, the environment, or …continue
From voting geese to deliberating honeybees, animals practice their own form of democracy. But can they participate in the human democratic process? Can they be considered citizens? Scholar and artist Eva Meijer discusses “an interspecies democracy.” Plus Paul Waldau unpacks Senator Booker’s proposed Farm System Reform Act The post Animal …continue
Javier Rufino Rus es Fiscal Delegado de Medio Ambiente, Urbanismo y Patrimonio Histórico de la Fiscalía Provincial de Sevilla. Además de ejercer su labor como fiscal desde hace más de 20 años, ha trabajado para la UE en La Haya en asuntos de crimen organizado transnacional y desde 2011 colabora …continue
We all have a food story; the story that we tell ourselves about what we eat and why we eat it. It’s that story that runs the show when it comes to how we shop, cook, and feed our children. It was most often taught to us by our parents …continue
