Sounds
A bonobo, beluga, and bumblebee walk into a bar…
Do non-human animals really laugh? Listen to some samples collected by researchers Greg Bryant and Sasha Winkler from UCLA and decide for yourself. A delightful and insightful conversation about the nuances of play vocalization (and other sounds) that challenges the notion that laughter is a gift exclusive to humans. Plus, …continue
Goodbye To A Great Love, My Sweet Ophelia – with my husband Eric
This episode of The Animal That Changed You is not only close to my heart, but it was one that was hard to record. My husband Eric sits down to interview me all about my sweet Ophelia. There comes a time when every pet owner has to say goodbye to …continue
Sarah Lazare Makes a Novel Case for Publicly Owned Utilities
On this episode we talk with Sarah Lazare, who finished writing the novel Testimony after the passing of her father Peter Lazare, who had written the first draft. We discuss how the novel continues political conversations she had held with her father in life, and how to turn wonky topics …continue
Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò on Reparations, Climate Justice, and Thinking Like an Ancestor
In this episode, Georgetown philosophy professor Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò talks to us about his new book, Reconsidering Reparations, which makes the case that reparations must be a forward-looking project aiming to remake the political, economic, and cultural structures built by colonialism and the trans-Atlantic slave trade. He also argues that …continue
Emma Marris on How To Fix Our Relationships with Other Species
For the very first episode I talk with environmental writer Emma Marris about her new book, Wild Souls: Freedom and Flourishing in the Nonhuman World. We discuss why animals matter, whether species and ecosystems do, how to think about non-native creatures, and how to make our way forward in a …continue
S4E5: Animal Music with Martin Ullrich
In this episode Claudia talks to musicologist Martin Ullrich about animals and music. Together they touch on the multiple ways in which music and animals intersect from how animals inspire human music, to how animals make and listen to music, and the ethics of more-than-human musical encounters. They find that …continue
E16: Antiracism in Animal Advocacy Part 1: A Discussion with Encompass Executive Director Aryenish Birdie
Battling all forms of oppression will advance the animal rights movement. We can’t continue to be ignorant of how inhumane treatment of humans feeds into the abuses of animals. Join me for this important first discussion on Antiracism in Animal Welfare with Aryenish Birdie, Executive Director of Encompass and the …continue
