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What are zoonotic diseases and how do they affect us and other animals?

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A podcast bringing you thought provoking deep dives across a wide variety of subjects from one of the authors of Think Like a Vegan: What everyone can learn from vegan ethics.

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When you hear the term zoonotic disease, what does it mean to you? What do you think of and who is responsible for them?

Maybe you think about Covid 19. How about HIV-AIDS? Is your impression that zoonotic illnesses are something relatively new? Or uncommon?

In this episode, I’ll explore just how far back in time zoonotic illnesses go and think about how our entanglement with other animals affects us — and them — on a cellular level

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Emi Leese

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http://thinklikeavegan.com   

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@emi.leese or @thinklikeavegan, Instagram, Facebook, X and Threads

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Host: Emilia A. Leese 

Production & Engineering: Jim Moore of Bloody Vegans Productions; https://www.bloodyvegansproductions.com  

Graphics: Catherine Dorrell https://www.messyvegancook.com  

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Opening theme: “Flashbacks” by Jenny Moore’s Mystic Business 

Interlude: “Pinglie”  by Matthew Gerstenberger; Seismicity on Soundcloud https://on.soundcloud.com/3Pf8g 

Closing theme: “Tear Things Up” by Jenny Moore’s Mystic Business

This podcast is part of iROAR, the Animals Podcasting Network https://iroarpod.com    

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