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Episode 106: Hunting and the art of Walton Ford with Matthew Whittle
In this episode of Knowing Animals we are joined by Dr. Matthew Whittle. Matt is Lecturer in Postcolonial Literature at the University of Kent. We his journal article ‘Lost trophies: Hunting animals and the imperial souvenir in Walton Ford’s Pancha Tantra’ which appeared in the Journal of Commonwealth Literature in 2016. This …continue
Jim Kremar – Animals and the Environmental Movement
We’re joined by Jim Kremar, environmental activist and one of the hosts of The SUWA show on 3CR, who discusses the place of animals in the environmental movement. You can listen to The SUWA show on 3CR every Friday from 5.30-6.30pm and catch up on episodes here: https://www.3cr.org.au/suwa Jim also …continue
Episode 475: Lakshman Molleti
-Mariann and Jasmin react to the impact of Jasmin’s VegNews interview with Cory Booker. -Jasmin talks to Lakshman Molletti, founder of the Animal Water Bowl Project INDIA, about his efforts to provide safe drinking water to stray animals (16:15). -Mariann brings us Rising Anxieties from around the world (42:55). Your …continue
Dr. Andrew Halloran: On Ending the Nightmare for Chimpanzees
Dr. Andrew Halloran is the director of chimpanzee care at Save the Chimps in Fort Pierce, Florida. Andrew has spent the past 20 years working to improve and save the lives of chimpanzees, not only chimps in captivity here in the U.S. with, but chimps in the wild as well …continue
Episode 105: Extinction, Taxidermy and Nonhuman Animals with Sarah Bezan
This week on Knowing Animals we are joined by Dr. Sarah Bezan. Sarah is a Newton International Fellow with The University of Sheffield Animal Studies Research Centre (ShARC). We discuss her paper ‘Endling Taxidermy: Lonesome George, Global Genomics, and the Iconographies of Extinction’ which will soon appear in the journal Configurations: …continue
Greg McFarlane – The Rise of Veganism
On this show we’re joined by Greg McFarlane, the Director of Vegan Australia. He discusses the rise of veganism and the various ways Vegan Australia promote veganism, both on an individual and society-wide level. You can find out more about and support Vegan Australia at: https://www.veganaustralia.org.au/ This show also features a …continue
