Freedom of Species

This show features Jamie Woodhouse of the Sentientism project on effectively communicating with those in the vegan movement who hold conspiratorial and/or non-evidence based views.  Links: Jamie is working to develop Sentientism (“evidence, reason and compassion for all sentient beings”) as a philosophy and …continue

This show features Sarah on Indigenous critiques of the movie Don’t Look Up (Netflix) and why Indigenous knowledge is so important in informing animal rights and environmental movements. Sarah is a Maori wahine living on Dharawal Country and Criminology researcher. …continue

 Caroline & Adam speak with members of AJP Western Region at their protest of the Geelong Pro Rodeo event held in Geelong on Saturday February 12, 2022. We discuss a range of topics including what happens to animals at rodeos, …continue

Listen back to this episode to hear what has happened ever since settlers brought the brushtail possum to Aotearoa (New Zealand). Our guest is Emily Major, a PhD Candidate at Canterbury University in Christchurch. She studies how possums are violently …continue

We speak with Dr Bill Lynn and Dr Fran Santiago-Avila about Multispecies Justice, an alternative approach to negotiating the complex realitives of human other animal coexistence. An approach which centres animal needs, as well as humans, when determining how to create a just world. Fran …continue

In this episode of Freedom of Species we talk to Sammi Drew, an an Animal Rights protest photographer and advocate living in the UK. We touch on how she started capturing protests, what it’s like to get that perfect shot …continue

Nick and Adam discuss the movie Don’t Look Up (Netflix) and compare individual actions for the climate commonly promoted in the environmental movement with scientific research on the most effective actions. We do this by discussing the actions promoted on …continue

This Summer Special covers the movie Don’t Look Up (Netflix), putting our energy back into climate action after the movement has lost momentum during the pandemic and avoiding burnout when coping with the reality of the climate crisis. It is …continue