Freedom of Species

We are animal advocates walking on Country, on lands that are still unceded and that continue to be colonised. How are animals placed in the settler colonial history of so-called ‘australia’? What is the work that we as settlers need …continue

 Adam and Caroline head back to the 3CR studio and discuss the emerging trend in animal documentaries – to focus on the real lives of animals, and without narration. It underscores the idea that nonhuman animals are unique individuals with …continue

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