Knowing Animals

This episode of Knowing Animals comes to you from New York University. I am joined by a very special guest, Professor Una Chaudhuri, Professor of English, Drama and Environmental Studies. We discuss her co-edited book ‘Animal Acts: Performing Species Today’ which was …continue

This episode of Knowing Animals comes to you from the US where I am attending the Fellow Travellers conference organised by today’s guest, Lori Gruen, and the Animals & Society Institute.  In today’s episode I speak to philosopher Prof. Lori …continue

Once again I come to you from the Fellow Travellers conference in the US. This time I speak to psychologist and founder of the Animals & Society Institute, as well as the journal Society & Animals, Ken Shapiro. We discuss …continue

This episode of Knowing Animals comes to you from New England USA, from the Animals & Society ‘Fellow Travellers’ conference.  In this episode I speak to Robert C. Jones who is Associate Professor in philosophy at California State University. We discuss his …continue

This episode comes to you from the Animals & Society Institute conference in the US. I speak to Catherine Doyle. Catherine is Director of Science, Research & Advocacy with Performing Animal Welfare Society (PAWS). This episode of Knowing Animals is …continue

This episode of Knowing Animals comes to you from Wesleyan University in the USA. I am attending the Animals & Society Institute’s Animal Studies conference.  In this episode I speak to Margo DeMello about the book she edited called ‘Mourning Animals: …continue

This episode of Knowing Animals comes to you from the Australian Political Studies Association (APSA) 2016 conference held at UNSW, Australia.  I speak to Lucy J Parry who is a PhD student at Sheffield University in the UK. She spoke …continue

Tim Low is a well know author, having written such classics as ‘Feral Futures’ and ‘The New Nature’. His latest book ‘Where Song Began: Australia’s birds and how they changed to world’ is published by Penguin Books. In this episode …continue