“Para proteger al animal real, hay que proteger al animal digital”, dice el Dr. JosepCañabate, Investigador y Profesor de Historia del Derecho en la Universidad Autónoma deBarcelona.Cada día se generan millones y millones de datos de los animales, tanto defamilia como los usados para explotación, o incluso los silvestres. Sin embargo, …continue
Send us a textEpisode 7 of Series 12, Animals in Art and Culture TranscriptA Crossover Special! This is a fascinating conversation between Claudia Hirtenfelder and Carol Gigliotti from The Animal Turn podcast. They discuss Gigliotti’s groundbreaking book ‘The Creative Lives of Animals,’ which explores animal creativity, cognition, and agency.Be sure …continue
“In this episode of A Vegan Lounge, I’m joined by Sarah, Anahera, Aroha, and Joy for an inspiring conversation centered around the upcoming Aroha Essence Festival. We discuss what makes this event unmissable and highlight the talented artists featured in this month’s episode. Tune in for insights, festival vibes, and …continue
This episode dives into the principles of compassionate conservation, emphasizing the importance of recognizing individual lives and experiences in conservation efforts. Daniel Ramp outlines how traditional conservation often overlooks the welfare of specific animals, leading to harmful outcomes, and presents compelling arguments for integrating compassion into conservation policies and practices. Date …continue
Step inside Toronto’s Wishbone Animal Rights Lab, an innovative 1,270-square-foot activist hub providing everything from recording equipment to fake blood (yes, really) for animal advocates. This groundbreaking community space serves as a prototype for activist centers worldwide, combining practical resources with a strict “no drama” policy and the occasional karaoke …continue
This episode features a returning guest: someone who first appeared on Knowing Animals nearly nine years ago, in February 2016. Dr Richard Twine is a Reader in Sociology at Edge Hill University in the UK. He’ll be well-known to lots of regular listeners of this podcast for the work he’s …continue
In today’s summer special, Betty takes Nick and the listeners through 12,000 years of the cannabis plant. Starting in the ancient world, through the age of sail and into the modern era, we follow the cannabis plant on its global journey and its role in human politics and development. We …continue
Science journalist and author Brandon Keim joins us to discuss his groundbreaking book “Meet the Neighbors,” exploring how recognizing animals as thinking, feeling beings transforms our relationship with nature. From urban wildlife to conservation ethics, Keim bridges the gap between scientific research and public understanding of animal intelligence, while offering …continue
