A touching and funny podcast that explores how extraordinary people have been changed by an extraordinary animal. In this weekly show, Katya talks to fascinating guests about what their lives were like before and after they experienced a soul-level relationship with an animal. SUBSCRIBE: Spotify | RSS | iTunes FOLLOW: …continue
Episode 7 of Series 5: Children and Other Animals I talk with Therese Lilliesköld about animals and domestic violence. we will be talking about Domestic violence against pets and how pets are used against children by abusers. we’re going to be talking about How to protect children from online abusers and …continue
Adam and Davita welcome Zoë and Dieter to the show, to talk about the book ‘A Guide to the Creatures in your Neighbourhood’. Zoë and Dieter are part of the Urban Field Naturalist Project that invites you to slow down and attune to the incredible lifeworlds right around you. The Urban …continue
Karthik Sekar, PhD wants to see the world move beyond an unsustainable, inefficient animal-based food system. He joins us on the podcast this week for a conversation about his recent book, After Meat, which details why animals are an outdated “production technology,” as the agricultural industry calls them. We discuss …continue
The ‘end of the cage age’ has been a hot topic in New Zealand media over the past few days. Unfortunately, though the end of 2022 will bring with it a ban on battery cages, colony cages will remain legal. While they’re marketed as a ‘kinder’ option, what difference do …continue
With her unshakeable confidence and a voice like Lauren Bacall’s, the Lauren featured on this episode belies her chronological age: eighty-two. Rev. Lauren McLaughlin is a Unity minister, spiritual teacher, and author whose work centers on gratitude, the shifts we experience in every decade of adulthood, and the necessity of …continue
Today on The Animal That Changed You, we’re joined by Kathy Stevens – farm girl, writer, teacher, and the founder of Catskill Animal Sanctuary. The Catskill Animal Sanctuary is 150-acre refuge for farm animals rescued from cruelty, neglect, and abandonment. Kathy joins us today to share a behind-the-scenes look at …continue
On this episode, we speak to Ali Ryland. Ali is an animal studies scholar reading for a PhD in English at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland. The working title of her thesis is Changing Representations of Women and Cow, from Milkmaid to Milking Machine. Today, however, we’re going …continue
