Known affectionately as the mother of animal law, this weeks guest Joyce Tischler has over 45 years of experience advocating for animal rights through the law in the US. Starting off in 1979 by co-founding the Animal Legal Defense Fund where Joyce would serve as executive director for 25 years, …continue
Send us a textEpisode 4 of Series 12: Animals in Art and Culture TranscriptWhat can Aboriginal and Bengali literature teach us about our connection with nature? Join Dr. Dipanwita Pal on our podcast as she shares her fascinating research into these cultural narratives. This episode is a compelling look into …continue
Send us a textEpisode 4 of Series 12: Animals in Art and Culture TranscriptWhat can Aboriginal and Bengali literature teach us about our connection with nature? Join Dr. Dipanwita Pal on our podcast as she shares her fascinating research into these cultural narratives. This episode is a compelling look into …continue
The last episode of Season 4 is a review of the season “Animals and Waste.” Herre de Bondt, Rebecca Shen, and Claudia Hirtenfelder touch on some of the common themes to emerge in the season. These include how animals are valued as well as the mobility and accumulation of waste. Recorded: …continue
In this episode Mariam Motamedi-Fraser joins us in the show to discuss ‘species story’ a concept she developed in her book Dog Politics. We discuss how the human-dog bond has been established and maintained through modern day practices and scientific discourses which have implications for how dogs can live. Date Recorded: …continue
Episode 15: A Zoological Google Translate in 15 Years? Imagine your cat could talk to you and tell you whether she enjoyed her life with you or farmed animals could verbalise their suffering in human language. What sounds like science-fiction may soon be reality. Together with communication scientist Maarten Reesink, …continue
Imagine your cat could talk to you and tell you whether she enjoyed her life with you or farmed animals could verbalise their suffering in human language. What sounds like science-fiction may soon be reality. Together with communication scientist Maarten Reesink, we explore the possibilities and dangers of using AI …continue
Katie and Nick discuss well-known vegan spiritual figure Supreme Master Ching Hai supporting Donald Trump. We use this as a starting point to cover broader issues around connections between spiritual/wellness movements, including some vegans, and the far-right. This broader discussion draws on Naomi Klein’s book Doppelganger: A Trip into the …continue
