A podcast bringing you thought provoking deep dives across a wide variety of subjects from one of the authors of Think Like a Vegan: What everyone can learn from vegan ethics.
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The Center for Contemporary Science works on replacing animal experimentation with more effective methods of research and testing based on human biology. Dr Aysha Akhtar explains how human biology-based methods offer a more effective way to understand the diseases that afflict us, enabling researchers to predict how people may respond to medicines and chemicals with far greater accuracy than animal tests. The outcome of this is better treatments, therapies and cures.
Credits
Host: Emilia A. Leese
Guest: Dr Aysha Akhtar; https://contemporarysciences.org
Production & Engineering: Jim Moore of Bloody Vegans Productions
Music Opening theme: “Flashbacks” by Jenny Moore’s Mystic Business
Intermission: “Nostalgia of an ex-gangsta rapper” by deef
Closing theme: “Tear Things Up” by Jenny Moore’s Mystic Business
Using graphic images of animals in activism is almost expected. In this episode, I explore what doing so means in terms of consent, advancing the case for framing the question of use over welfare, and what might be some alternatives. …continue
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Vance Lehmkhul is a vegan renaissance man: writer, journalist, cartoonist, and now, a vegan history detective. His book Revolutionary Peace cracks open the wild, untold story of how Philadelphia became the unlikely birthplace of America’s vegetarian and vegan revolt.This isn’t …continue
Proudly brought to you by: 1 November 2025
Researcher Rimona Afana unflinchingly exposes the hidden victims of Israel’s war on Gaza: the natural world and nonhuman animals. She reveals how advanced weaponry creates a psychological distance enabling destruction on a colossal scale, making ecocide a feature, not a …continue
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