This Summer Special covers the movie Don’t Look Up (Netflix), putting our energy back into climate action after the movement has lost momentum during the pandemic and avoiding burnout when coping with the reality of the climate crisis. It is hosted by Nick from Freedom of Species and his partner …continue
Author and award-winning journalist Rachel Krantz has written a truly extraordinary book, Open: An Uncensored Memoir of Love, Liberation, and Non-Monogamy. This week, she and Jasmin sit down to discuss this raw, vulnerable, and truly inspirational account of Rachel’s journey into the sometimes complicated world of polyamory and how that …continue
The promise of biological machines, “..designed from the ground up, built by combining together different biological tissues.” What does the future of this hybrid research hold and what are the ethical and scientific considerations? A fascinating conversation with pioneer researchers Drs. Michael Levin and Josh Bongard. Plus, thoughts on the …continue
David is an activist & chief petitioner of the Yes On IP13 campaign (www.yesonip13.org & @yesonip13) which aims to outlaw the harming & killing of sentient animals in the US state of Oregon. That’s without exceptions for animal agriculture, hunting, research or other forms of exploitation. Originally with a background …continue
I’m incredibly happy to be chatting with the queen of podcasting herself, Alison Rosen. Alison isn’t just a fellow animal lover and dog mom, but she’s also the host of Alison Rosen is Your New Best Friend, and the co-host of Childish. We talk about Alison’s dogs, Oliver and Wendy, …continue
Announcing a green new podcast where we use books, both fiction and nonfiction, to make sense of the ecological crisis—and of what comes next. Our public debut is February 1, but Patreon subscribers get early access to episodes.Credit to our logo designer, The Real Dancing Eagle. Our GDPR privacy policy …continue
On this episode, we speak to Claudia Hirtenfelder, who is presently a PhD student in the Department of Geography at Queen’s University in Canada. She is also a fellow podcaster! If you’re a fan of Knowing Animals, you’ll love The Animal Turn, which Claudia hosts (https://www.theanimalturnpodcast.com/). We discuss Claudia’s open …continue
