The Other Animals

Karen Davis, president of United Poultry Concerns explains why she stopped saying “meat” (let alone stopped eating it), and offers intriguing alternatives. Plus veterinarian Dr. Tom Pickard helps us keep birds and other backyard visitors safe. — Support this podcast: …continue

Can vegans and meat eaters truly find love? Hal Herzog, author of Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat considers the perils and rewards of romance, dating, and even friendship between partners with conflicting moral convictions. Plus, if …continue

Jean Shafiroff from American Humane provides tips for helping pets deal with the absence of their people as they head back to the office. Plus, a very real-world story from a remarkable person who lost his dog… right after his …continue

This week we speak with Christie Lagally, CEO and founder of Rebellyous Foods, offering leading edge alternatives to plant-based meat, guest with host Laurent Levy.   Plus, writer Richard Pallardy takes us to New Guinea to listen to the curious singing …continue

What happens when we disrupt an ecosystem by removing predators? The outbreak of Chronic Wasting Disease in the western United States provides an all-too-real laboratory of the devastating impacts such misguided human policy wreaks. Dr. Ellen Brandell is a wildlife …continue

Dr. Gabriel Rosenberg from Duke University explores the truly bizarre history of anti-sodomy and anti-bestiality legislation along with its legacy of unintended consequences. Why aren’t so-called “livestock” animals also protected under these statutes that the “husbandry” practices perpetrated against them …continue

Using pigs and baboons to try to generate organs and therapies for humans has proven historically unsuccessful, yet scientists keep trying. Given the high failure rate and questionable ethics, are there viable alternatives? Dr. Jarrod Bailey from the Center for …continue

Recorded with the London Symphony and featuring Art Garfunkel and Amy Grant, The Animals’ Christmas is perhaps “America’s Songwriter” Jimmy Webb’s most ambitious project. In this interview, we play excerpts, and Jimmy discusses what went into each… as well as …continue