Geertrui Cazaux, author (Een Ander Soort Zuster), blogger and vegan, animal rights and inclusivity activist talks to us about why and how veganism is not an ableist ethical practice. We’ll hear about what it means to live as a vegan with a chronic illness and how to centre veganism on …continue
Geertrui Cazaux, author (Een Ander Soort Zuster), blogger and vegan, animal rights and inclusivity activist talks to us about why and how veganism is not an ableist ethical practice. We’ll hear about what it means to live as a vegan with a chronic illness and how to centre veganism on …continue
Species Unite will return in a few weeks with Season 8. Until then, we are re-sharing some of our favorite episodes. Today’s is a conversation with Melanie Joy. Melanie Joy is a Harvard-educated psychologist, specializing in the psychology of eating animals, social transformation, and relationships. She is the award-winning author …continue
Want my honest opinion? We don’t talk about cats enough. Both on the show and when it comes to animal rescue. Is it because there is a negative connotation of being the crazy cat person if you love on, care for, or rescue cats? Maybe. But cats need our help just …continue
Topics covered include: Siobhan’s PhD thesis about the inconsistent and inequitable treatment of non-human animals, and that different species of animals have different visibility to humans and that visibility correlates to the legal protections afforded to those animals. Siobhan’s book ‘Animals, Equality and Democracy’. The ‘Knowing Animals’ podcast, which Siobhan …continue
Dylan Harris is an assistant professor and geographer at University of Colorado Colorado Springs, as well as an editor of Not Afraid of the Ruins, a collection of speculative eco-fiction. We talk about how stories can help us make sense of climate change, the use of the supernatural in climate …continue
On this episode, we speak to Dr Heather Browning, who is a philosopher, as well as a former zookeeper and zoo welfare officer, who is currently a postdoctoral research officer with the Foundations of Animal Sentience project at the London School of Economics. We talk about her open access 2022 …continue
Dr. Mark Solomon is an author, neuropsychologist, musician and radio show/podcast host whose work touches on a wide range of topics. Mark produces a national Street Epistemology radio show/podcast called “Being Reasonable” (beingreasonableshow.com, @B_Reasonable_, @Being Reasonable) In Sentientist Conversations we talk about the two most important questions: “what’s real?” & “what …continue
