Podcasts by Knowing Animals
Knowing Animals is a regular 20 minutes podcast about all things related to animals and ethics; animals and the law; animals and politics; and animal advocacy. It features interviews with academic and animal advocates. It is available free so enjoy!
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Episode 229: What are animal rights for? With Steve Cooke from 2023-12-11T12:00
Dr Steve Cooke is an Associate Professor of Political Theory in the School of History, Politics, and International Relations at the University of Leicester. His work addresses animal rights, and...
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Episode 228: An animal rights archive with Kim Stallwood from 2023-11-27T12:00
This episode features the independent activist and academic Kim Stallwood. After becoming involved in animal rights campaigning in the 1970s, Stallwood began archiving material relating to the m...
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Episode 227: Killing animals in shelters with Angie Pepper from 2023-11-13T12:00
Dr Angie Pepper in a Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Roehampton in the UK. She works in moral and political philosophy, and has published papers on, among other topics, animals’ righ...
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Episode 226: New omnivorism with Christopher Bobier from 2023-10-30T12:00
On this episode of Knowing Animals, we are joined by Dr Christopher Bobier. Chris is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Saint Mary's University of Minnesota and the Associate Director of th...
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Episode 225: Solitary confinement of humans and animals with Delcianna J. Winders from 2023-10-16T11:00
This episode features Professor Delcianna J. Winders. Delci is an associate professor of law and the Director of th...
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Episode 224: Animals and Epistemic Injustice with Andrew Lopez from 2023-10-02T11:00
This episode features Andrew Lopez. Andrew is a PhD candidate in philosophy at Queen’s University...
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Episode 223: The Cheese Paradox with Devon Docherty from 2023-09-18T11:00
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Episode 222: Celluloid specimens with Benjamín Schultz-Figueroa from 2023-09-04T11:00
This episode features Dr Benjamín Schultz-Figueroa. Ben is an assistant professor in the Departme...
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Episode 221: Praising (and blaming) animals with Rhys Borchert and Aliya Dewey from 2023-08-21T11:00
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Episode 220: Categorizing (and Killing) Cats with Virginia Thomas from 2023-08-07T11:00
The guest on this episode is Dr Virginia Thomas, a postdoctoral research fellow at the Centre for...
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Episode 219: Gendering animals with Letitia Meynell from 2023-07-24T11:00
This episode features Professor Letitia Meynell, of the Department of Philosophy and the Gender and Women’s Studies Program at Dalhousie ...
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Episode 218: Gendered reproductive violence with Stacy Banwell from 2023-07-10T11:00
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Episode 217: In Memoria Siobhan O'Sullivan from 2023-06-26T11:00
This episode remembers the life and work of Siobhan O'Sullivan, who founded Knowing Animals in 2015, and died in 2023. The episode features a short introduction from Josh Milburn, and then an in...
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Episode 216: Buddhist animal research ethics with Andrew Fenton from 2023-06-12T11:00
On this episode, we speak to Dr Andrew Fenton, an Associate Professor of Philosophy at Dalhousie University in Canada. Among other topics, Andrew's work addresses animal ethics, the philosophy o...
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Episode 215: Reducetarianism with Brian Kateman from 2023-05-29T11:00
On this episode of Knowing Animals, we speak to Brian Kateman. Brian teaches environmental science, sustainability, and environmental communication at Kean University in New Jersey and Fordham U...
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Episode 214: Animal Architecture with Paul Dobraszczyk from 2023-05-15T11:00
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Protecting Animals 53: Veganism on the Web with Erik Marcus from 2023-05-01T11:00
On this episode of Knowing Animals (which is an episode of our intermittent Protecting Animals series) we are joined by Erik Marcus, the animal activist behind Veg...
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Episode 213: Rachel Robison-Greene on In Vitro Meat from 2023-04-17T11:00
Today's guest is Dr Rachel Robison-Green, an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Utah State Univ...
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Protecting Animals 52: Mercy for Animals with AJ Albrecht from 2023-04-03T11:00
This is an episode of our intermittent Protecting Animals series, featuring interviews with activists about the work they do for animals. This episode features AJ Albrecht. AJ is the Managing Di...
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Episode 212: Vegan Socialism with Troy Vettese from 2023-03-07T10:20:09
Today's guest, Dr Troy Vettese, is a Max Weber Fellow at the European University Institute. He’s an environmental historian who, in addition to animal studies, has...
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Episode 211: Animal Creativity with Carol Gigliotti from 2023-02-20T12:00
On this episode, we speak to Professor Emerita Carol Gigliotti. Before retirement, Carol was Professor of Dynamic Media and Critical a...
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Episode 210: Saving Animals (and Ourselves) with Jeff Sebo from 2023-02-06T12:00
Dr Jeff Sebo is a Clinical Associate Professor of Environmental Studies at New York University, where he is also an affiliated professor in Bioethics, Medical Ethics, Philosophy, and Law, as wel...
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Episode 209: Teaching Literary Animal Studies with Liza Bauer from 2023-01-23T12:00
Today's guest is Liza Bauer, a PhD candidate in literature at the University of Giessen in Germany, as well as the manager of the Panel on Planetary Thinking project at Giessen. Her dissertation...
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Episode 208: Victims of Fashion with Helen Cowie from 2023-01-09T12:00
Today's guest is Professor Helen Cowie, a Professor of Early Modern History in the Department of History at the University of York. Her work has a particular focus on the history of animals. Her...
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Episode 207: Gay Frogs with Hannah Boast from 2022-12-26T12:00
Today, we speak to Dr Hannah Boast. Hannah is a Lecturer/Assistant Professor and Ad Astra Fellow in the School of English, Drama and Film at University College Dublin, in Ireland. She is probabl...
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Episode 206: Vegan Geographies with Richard White from 2022-12-12T12:00
In this very special live episode of Knowing Animals, recorded as part of The Vegan Society's On the Pulse webinar series, we speak to Dr Richard White. Richard is a Reader in Human Geography at...
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Episode 205: Cubes of Truth with Serrin Rutledge-Prior from 2022-11-28T15:15:31
On this episode, we speak to Serrin Rutledge-Prior, who is reading for a doctorate at in the School of Politics and International Relations at the Australian National University in Canberra, and...
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Episode 204: Civet Coffee with Jes Hooper from 2022-11-14T12:00
Today's guest is Jes Hooper. Jes is a PhD candidate in Anthrozoology at the University of Exeter and the Campaigns and Research Manager for Badger Trust, a British animal protection organisation...
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Episode 203: Vegan Young Adult Fiction with Ali Ryland from 2022-10-31T12:00
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 <...
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Episode 202: Animal Ethics and Moral Experts with Frauke Albersmeier from 2022-10-17T11:00
On this episode of Knowing Animals, we speak to Dr Frauke Albersmeier. Frauke is a research fellow in philosophy at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf. Her research concerns metaphilosophy and...
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Episode 201: Personality Psychology and Meat-Eating with Chris Hopwood from 2022-10-03T11:00
On this episode of Knowing Animals, we speak with Professor Chris Hopwood, Professor of Personality Psychology at the University of Zurich. He is a co-founder of the PHAIR Society (The Society f...
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Protecting Animals 51: Sentientism with Jamie Woodhouse from 2022-09-19T11:00
This episode sees the return of our intermittant Protecting Animals series, which features interviews with animal activists. Today, we're talking with Jamie Woodhouse, who runs sentientism.info,...
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Episode 200: Animals and the International Criminal Court with Marina Lostal from 2022-09-05T11:00
For the 200th episode of Knowing Animals, we are joined by Dr Marina Lostal, who is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Law at the University of Essex. We explore Marina's recent turn to animal l...
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Episode 199: Frances Power Cobbe with Alison Stone from 2022-08-22T11:00
On this episode of Knowing Animals, we are joined by Professor Alison Stone. Alison is Professor in the Department of Politics, Philosophy, and Religion at Lancaster University in the United Kin...
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Episode 198: Aurochs and Zooarchaeology with Lizzie Wright from 2022-08-08T11:00
For this episode, our guest is Dr Lizzie Wright, who is a Marie Skłodowska-Curie European Fellow in the Department of Archaeology at the University of York, where she is studying Neolithic cattl...
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Episode 197: Feeding Animals with Josh Milburn from 2022-07-25T11:00
On this episode, Dr Siobhan O'Sullivan is back to turn the tables on Dr Josh Milburn, the podcast's new regular host! As well as being a podcaster, Josh is a Lecturer in Political Philo...
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Episode 196: The animal law of peace with Saskia Stucki from 2022-07-11T11:00
On this episode, we speak to Dr Saskia Stucki. Saskia is a Senior Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law in Heidelberg, Germany. Listeners m...
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Episode 195: Animal critical theory with Alice Crary and Lori Gruen from 2022-06-27T11:00
On this very special episode of Knowing Animals, we have two guests!
Our first guest is Professor Alice Crary. Alice is University Distinguished Professor in Philosophy, Liberal Studies, ...
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Episode 194: Animal revolution with Ron Broglio from 2022-06-13T11:00
On this episode, we speak to Professor Ron Broglio, who works in the Department of English at Arizona State University. Ron has authored or edited a number of books on animal studies, as well as...
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Episode 193: Animals and business ethics with Natalie Evans from 2022-05-30T11:00
This week’s guest is Dr Natalie Evans. Natalie, who also publishes as Natalie Thomas, is an adjunct faculty member in philosophy at the University of Guelph and in Media Studies at University of...
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Episode 192: Horsepower with Daniel Bowman from 2022-05-16T11:00
On this episode, we speak to Daniel Bowman. Danny is a PhD student in the School of English at the University of Sheffield. He’s recently submitted his thesis entitled Horsepower: Animals in...
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Episode 191: Measuring subjective animal welfare with Heather Browning from 2022-05-02T11:00
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 Foundatio...
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Episode 190: Z. Zane McNeill on anti-carceral veganism from 2022-04-18T11:00
On this episode, we speak to Z. Zane McNeill, a scholar-activist and the editor of Vegan Entanglements: Dismantling Racial and Carceral Capitalism (Lantern, 2022). We discuss carceralit...
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Episode 189: Creaturely forms with Dominic O'Key from 2022-04-04T11:00
On this episode of Knowing Animals, we are joined by Dr Dominic O'Key. Dominic is a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow in the School of English at the University of Sheffield. We discuss his new boo...
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Episode 188: Ape ethics with Gregory Tague from 2022-03-21T12:00
On this episode of Knowing Animals, we speak to Professor Gregory Tague, who is Professor in the Department of Literature, Writing and Publishing and the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies ...
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Episode 187: Margo DeMello on human-animal studies from 2022-03-07T12:00
On this episode, we speak to Dr Margo DeMello. Margo is an Assistant Professor of Anthrozoology at Carroll College in Montana. She is the author or editor of over a dozen books. We discuss her t...
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Episode 186: Spectral-poetic moments with animals with Matthew Leep from 2022-02-21T12:00
On this episode, we speak to Dr Matthew Leep. Matthew is a scholar of international relations, a poet, and a senior instructor in Politics at Western Governors University in the United States. M...
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Episode 185: The Monstrous Vegan with Emelia Quinn from 2022-02-07T12:00
On this episode of Knowing Animals, we are joined by Dr Emelia Quinn, an Assistant Professor of World Literatures & Environmental Humanities at the University of Amsterdam. We discuss her book <...
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Episode 184: Discourses, regulation, and cultivated meat with Brodie Evans from 2022-01-24T12:00
In the second episode in our two-part series interviewing AASA prize winners, we speak to Dr. Brodie Evans. Brodie is a visiting fellow at the Centre of Justice at Queensland University of Techn...
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Episode 183: Milking Economies with Claudia Hirtenfelder from 2022-01-10T12:00
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 ...
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Episode 182: Multispecies Love and Grief with Danielle Celermajer from 2021-12-27T12:00
In this episode of Knowing Animals, Siobhan speaks to Professor Danielle Celermajer about her book 'Summertime: Reflections on a Vanishing Future’ which was published by Penguin Random House in ...
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Episode 181: Boundaries and Veterinary Medicine with Jenny Vermilya from 2021-12-13T12:00
In this special episode of Knowing Animals, Siobhan O'Sullivan is joined by Assistant Professor Jenny R. Vermilya from the University of Colorado Denver. They...
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Episode 180: Dingo Bold with Rowena Lennox from 2021-11-29T12:00
In this episode of Knowing Animals Siobhan is joined by Dr. Rowena Lennox. We discuss Rowena's amazing book 'Dingo Bold: the life and death of k’gari Dingoes’...
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Episode 179: Natural Science and Lethal Animal Encounters with Rick de Vos from 2021-11-15T12:00
In this very special episode of Knowing Animals, Siobhan is back behind the wheel, and speaking to Dr. Rick De Vos about his work ‘A Triumphal Entry, a Stifled Cry, a Hushed Retreat’ which appea...
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Episode 178: In Memoria Bede Carmody from 2021-11-01T12:00
In this very special episode of Knowing Animals we remember, and celebrate, the life of Bede Carmody who has very sadly passed. Vale Bede. You will be greatly missed.
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Episode 177: Our treatment of animals is the worst thing in the world, with Michael Huemer from 2021-10-18T11:00
On this week's episode of Knowing Animals, we are joined by Professor Michael Huemer, Professor of Philosophy at University of Colorado Boulder. We discuss his 2019 book Dialogues on Ethical...
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Episode 176: Vegan men and masculinities with Kadri Aavik from 2021-10-04T11:00
On this episode of Knowing Animals, we talk to Dr Kadri Aavik. Kadri is an Associate Professor of Gender Studies in the School of Governance, Law and Society at Talinn Univers...
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Episode 175: The rule of law for animals with John Adenitire from 2021-09-20T11:00
This week's episode of Knowing Animals features an interview with Dr John Adenitire, who is a lecturer in law at Queen Mary, University of London. We discuss John's paper "The Rule of Law for Al...
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Episode 174: The history of dog training with Justyna Włodarczyk from 2021-09-06T11:00
On this episode of Knowing Animals, we speak to Dr Justyna Włodarczyk, who is an Assistant Professor in the Department of North American Cultures and Literatures at Warsaw University in Poland. ...
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Episode 173: Directed panspermia with Gary O'Brien from 2021-08-23T11:00
On this episode of Knowing Animals, we talk to Gary O'Brien (a DPhil student in Philosophy at the University of Oxford) about his paper "Directed Panspermia, Wild Animal Suffering, and the Ethic...
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Episode 172: Vegan pasts, presents, and futures with Catherine Oliver from 2021-08-09T11:00
On this episode of Knowing Animals, we speak to Dr Catherine Oliver of the Univeristy of Cambridge's Department of Geography about her book Veganism, Archives, and Animals, published by...
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Episode 171: White Power Milk with Vasile Stanescu from 2021-07-26T11:00
On this episode of Knowing Animals, we speak to Dr Vasile Stanescu. Vasile is an associate professor of Communication Studies at Mercer University in the United States. Lots of listeners will kn...
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Knowing Animals 170: Animal rights pacifism with Blake Hereth from 2021-07-12T02:00
Dr Blake Hereth is a philosopher who is, at the time of recording, Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Arkansas. They will soon be taking up a Postd...
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Episode 169: Animal sanctuaries with Elan Abrell from 2021-06-28T02:00
In this episode, we speak to Dr Elan Abrell, a cultural anthropologist who is presently an adjunct instructor at in animal studies and anthropology at New York University. We talk about his book...
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Episode 168: Speaking with animals with Eva Meijer from 2021-06-14T02:00
This episode features an interview with Dr Eva Meijer. Eva is a philosopher who is currently a postdoctoral researcher at Wageningen University and Research, though she will soon be beginning a ...
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Episode 167: Vegan studies with Laura Wright from 2021-05-31T02:00
This episode of Knowing Animals features an interview with Professor Laura Wright. Laura is a Professor of English at Western Carolina University. She has authored research monographs of the wor...
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Episode 166: John Locke on human equality with Jishnu Guha-Majumdar from 2021-05-17T02:00
This episode features an interview with Dr Jishnu Guha-Majumdar. Jishnu is a multidisciplinary political theorist whose work addresses critical animal studies, Black studies, and critical prison...
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Episode 165: Wildlife property rights with Karen Bradshaw from 2021-05-03T02:00
On this episode of Knowing Animals, we are joined by Professor Karen Bradshaw. Karen is a Professor of Law and the Mary Sigler Fellow at Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law at Arizona State Unive...
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Knowing Animals 164: Is veganism morally required? With Bob Fischer from 2021-04-19T02:00
On this episode of Knowing Animals, we speak to Dr Bob Fischer. Bob is an Associate Professor in Philosophy at Texas State University and co-director of the Society for the Study of Ethics and A...
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Knowing Animals 163: Cannibalism in speculative fiction with Nora Castle from 2021-04-05T02:00
In this episode of Knowing Animals, we are joined by Nora Castle. Nora is a PhD student in the Department of English and Comparative Literary Studies at the University of Warwick. We talk about ...
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Episode 162: Reducing wild animal suffering with Kyle Johannsen from 2021-03-22T01:00
On this episode, we are joined by Dr Kyle Johannsen. Kyle is an adjunct associate professor of philosophy at Queen's University in Canada. We discuss his 2020 book Wild Animal Ethics, w...
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Episode 161: Peppa Pig and Children's Attitudes Towards Animals with Lynda Korimboccus from 2021-03-08T01:00
On this episode of Knowing Animals, we are joined by Lynda Korimboccus. Lynda is a postgraduate anthrozoologist who has been recently appointed the Student Editor in Chief of the Student Jou...
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Episode 160: The Oxford Group and the Emergence of Animal Rights with Robert Garner from 2021-02-22T01:00
In this episode of Knowing Animals, we talk to Professor Robert Garner about The Oxford Group and the Emergence of Animal Rights, which was published by Oxford University Press...
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Episode 159: In Memoria Helen Marston from 2021-02-08T01:00
In this special episode of Knowing Animals we celebrate the life of Helen Marston by re-playing an episode recorded with Helen in 2020. Siobhan O'Sullivan is the guest host of this episode.
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Episode 158: The Clean Pet Food Revolution with Alice Oven from 2021-01-25T01:00
In this episode of Knowing Animals, we are joined by Alice Oven. Alice is a freelance writer on animal ethics and human/animal relationships, as well as Senior Editor in Life Sciences & Veterina...
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Episode 157: Precision livestock farming with Ian Werkheiser from 2021-01-11T01:00
On this episode of Knowing Animals, we are joined by Dr Ian Werkheiser. Ian is an Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, and is the dir...
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Episode 156: What Comes After Entanglement? With Eva Haifa Giraud from 2020-12-28T01:00
On this episode of Knowing Animals, we are joined by Dr Eva Haifa Giraud. Eva is a senior lecturer in Media, Communications and Creative Practice at Keele University in the UK. We talk about her...
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Episode 155: Brigid Brophy's 'A Felicitous Day for Fish' with Kim Stallwood from 2020-12-14T01:00
On this episode of Knowing Animals, we are joined by Kim Stallwood. Kim is an independent academic and long-time professional animal advocate who has held leadership roles in animal-advocacy org...
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Episode 154: The Animal Agora with Sue Donaldson from 2020-11-30T01:00
In this episode, we are joined by Sue Donaldson. Sue is a research associate in the Department of Philosophy at Queen’s University in Ontario, Canada. She is also the co-founder of the Animals i...
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Episode 153: Emelia Quinn on Vegan Camp from 2020-11-16T01:00
On this episode, we are joined by Dr Emelia Quinn. Emelia is a lecturer in the English Language and Culture group in the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Amsterdam. You may know her as...
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Episode 152: Humane Jobs for Animals with Kendra Coulter from 2020-11-02T01:00
On this episode we are joined by Dr Kendra Coulter. She is an Associate Professor, and the Department Chair, in the department of Labour Studies at Brock University in Ontario, Canada. We discus...
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Episode 151: Surviving with Companion Animals with Hazuki Kajiwara from 2020-10-19T01:00
This episode we are joined by Hazuki Kajiwara. Hazuki has a PhD in sociology and is a lecturer and researcher at Rikkyo University in Japan. We discuss Hazuki’s new book ‘Surviving with Companio...
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Episode 150: Street dogs as nature with Krithika Srinivasan from 2020-10-05T01:00
This week we are joined by Dr. Krithika Srinivasan. Krithika is Senior Lecturer in the School of Geosciences at the University of Edinburgh. We discuss Krithika’s article ‘Remaking more‐than‐hum...
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Episode 149: The ethics of supplemental feeding with Clare Palmer from 2020-09-21T02:00
This week on Knowing Animals we are joined by Clare Palmer. Clare is professor of philosophy at Texas A & M. We discuss Clare’s upcoming book chapter ‘...
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Episode 148: The Animals in that Country with Laura Jean McKay from 2020-09-07T02:00
On this episode of Knowing Animals we chat to Laura Jean McKay. Laura is a lecturer in the School of English and Media Studies at Massey University in New Zea...
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Episode 147: Agricultural Self-Regulation with Peter Sankoff from 2020-08-24T02:00
On this episode of Knowing Animals we are joined by Peter Sankoff. Peter is a member of the Law Faculty at the University of Alberta in Canada. He is also Associate Dean. We discuss Peter’s pape...
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Episode 146: Dolphins as Property Owners with Connor K. Kianpour from 2020-08-10T02:00
In this episode of Knowing Animal we are joined by Connor K. Kianpour. Connor is a political philosophy student at Georgia State University. We discuss Connor’s article ‘Cetacean Property: A Heg...
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Protecting Animals 50: Roger Yates from the Animal Rights Show from 2020-07-27T02:00
This episode is from our Protecting Animals series. I am joined by Roger Yates. Roger has worked with the British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection (BUAV), the Animal Liberation Front (ALF)...
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Protecting Animals 50: Roger Yates from the Animal Rights Show from 2020-07-27T02:00
This episode is from our Protecting Animals series. I am joined by Roger Yates. Roger has worked with the British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection (BUAV), the Animal Liberation Front (ALF)...
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Protecting Animals 49: Chris Delforce from Aussie Farms from 2020-07-13T02:00
This episode is from the Protecting Animals series. This episode I speak to Chris Delforce. Chris is Executive Director of Aussie Farms and the maker of the D...
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Protecting Animals 49: Chris Delforce from Aussie Farms from 2020-07-13T02:00
This episode is from the Protecting Animals series. This episode I speak to Chris Delforce. Chris is Executive Director of Aussie Farms and the maker of the D...
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Protecting Animals 48: Helen Marston from Humane Research Australia from 2020-06-29T02:00
This episode is from our Protecting Animals series. Today I speak to Helen Marston. Helen started her career at Animals Australia and was CEO of Humane Research Australia for 15 years.
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Protecting Animals 48: Helen Marston from Humane Research Australia from 2020-06-29T02:00
This episode is from our Protecting Animals series. Today I speak to Helen Marston. Helen started her career at Animals Australia and was CEO of Humane Research Australia for 15 years.
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Protecting Animals 47: Ingrid Newkirk from PETA from 2020-06-15T02:00
This episode is from our Protecting Animals series. We speak to Ingrid Newkirk. Ingrid is the founder and President of PETA - People for the Ethical Treatment...
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Protecting Animals 47: Ingrid Newkirk from PETA from 2020-06-15T02:00
This episode is from our Protecting Animals series. We speak to Ingrid Newkirk. Ingrid is the founder and President of PETA - People for the Ethical Treatment...
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Episode 145: Should We Eat Meat with Andy Lamey from 2020-06-01T02:00
This week on Knowing Animals I am joined by Andy Lamey. Andy is Associate Teaching Professor at University of California, San Diego. We discuss Andy’s new book ‘Duty and the Beast: Should We Eat...
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Protecting Animals 46: Bede Carmody from A Poultry Place from 2020-05-18T02:00
This episode of Knowing Animals is from the Protecting Animals series. I speak to Bede Carmody, founder of the A Poultry Place animal sanctuary that specialises in rescued birds.
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Protecting Animals 46: Bede Carmody from A Poultry Place from 2020-05-18T02:00
This episode of Knowing Animals is from the Protecting Animals series. I speak to Bede Carmody, founder of the A Poultry Place animal sanctuary that specialises in rescued birds.
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Protecting Animals 45: Jeroen van Kernebeek from Four Paws from 2020-05-04T02:00
This episode of Knowing Animals is from out Protecting Animals series. We speak to Jeroen van Kernebeek. Jeroen is Country Director for Four Paws Australia.
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Protecting Animals 45: Jeroen van Kernebeek from Four Paws from 2020-05-04T02:00
This episode of Knowing Animals is from out Protecting Animals series. We speak to Jeroen van Kernebeek. Jeroen is Country Director for Four Paws Australia.
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Episode 144: Racing Greyhounds with Justine Groizard from 2020-04-20T02:00
This week on Knowing Animals I am joined by Justine Groizard. Justine if a PhD candidate at the University of Newcastle in Australia. We discuss Justine’s article ‘Greyhounds and Racing Industry...
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Episode 143: Environmental Justice with Sakshi Aravind from 2020-04-06T02:00
In this episode of Knowing Animals I am joined by Sakshi Aravind. Sakshi is a PhD candidate at Cambridge University. We discuss her paper ‘India and i...
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Protecting Animals 44: Laurie Levy from the Coalition Against Duck Shooting (CADS) from 2020-03-23T01:00
This episode of Knowing Animals is from the Protecting Animals series. We are joined by Laurie Levy from the Coalition Against Duck Shooting (CADS). We talk to Laurie about decades of working to...
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Protecting Animals 44: Laurie Levy from the Coalition Against Duck Shooting (CADS) from 2020-03-23T01:00
This episode of Knowing Animals is from the Protecting Animals series. We are joined by Laurie Levy from the Coalition Against Duck Shooting (CADS). We talk to Laurie about decades of working to...
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Fill out the Animal Studies Survey and Tell us About the Field from 2020-03-16T01:00
Calling all Animal Studies scholars - we need you to fill out the 2020 survey of Animal Studies scholars.
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Episode 142: Learning to Consume Ethically with Elisabeth Valiente-Riedl from 2020-03-09T01:00
In this episode of Knowing Animals we are joined by Dr. Elisabeth Valiente-Riedl. Elizabeth is an interdisiplinary lecturer at the University of Sydney. We discuss her recent journal article ‘To...
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Episode 141: Conservation and Making all Animals Count with Arian Wallach from 2020-02-24T01:00
In this episode of Knowing Animals I am joined by Dr. Arian Wallach. Arian is Lecturer in the School of Life Sciences at UTS and a member at the Centr...
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Episode 140: Swimming with Sharks with Roslyn Appleby from 2020-02-10T01:00
In this episode of Knowing Animals I am joined by Dr. Roslyn Appleby. Ros is a Senior Lecturer in Applied Languages and Literature Studies in the Facu...
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Episode 139: The Relocated Kookaburra with Fernando do Campo from 2020-01-27T01:00
In this episode of Knowing Animals we speak to Fernando do Campo. Fernando is an Associate Lecturer at UNSW Art and Design. We discuss Fernando's upcoming exhibition ‘The Kookaburra Self-Relocat...
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Australian Fires Special with Sydney Dingo Rescue and Peanuts Wellbeing Sanctuary from 2020-01-13T01:00
This is a very special episode of Knowing Animals brought to you in the middle of Australia's fire crisis. Today I speak to Charlie Jackson-Martin from Sydney Dingo Rescue and Mick and Tracey fr...
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Episode 138: Being an Animal Studies Scholar with Siobhan O'Sullivan from 2019-12-30T01:00
This very special episode of Knowing Animals is hosted by Dr. Clare McCausland. Clare interviews Dr. Siobhan O'Sullivan, Senior Lecturer in Social Policy at UNSW, Sydney. They discuss Siobhan's ...
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Protecting Animals 43: the Hon. Emma Hurst MLC, Animal Justice Party from 2019-12-23T01:00
This episode of Knowing Animals is from the Protecting Animals series. I am joined by the Hon. Emma Hurst MLC. Emma sits in the Parliament of NSW representing the Animal Justice Party.
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Protecting Animals 43: the Hon. Emma Hurst MLC, Animal Justice Party from 2019-12-23T01:00
This episode of Knowing Animals is from the Protecting Animals series. I am joined by the Hon. Emma Hurst MLC. Emma sits in the Parliament of NSW representing the Animal Justice Party.
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Protecting Animals 42: Larry Carbone from 2019-12-16T01:00
This episode of Knowing Animals is from the Protecting Animals series. We are joined by Larry Carbone. Larry is US based. He is a vet who has worked with laboratory animals for many years. He ha...
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Protecting Animals 42: Larry Carbone from 2019-12-16T01:00
This episode of Knowing Animals is from the Protecting Animals series. We are joined by Larry Carbone. Larry is US based. He is a vet who has worked with laboratory animals for many years. He ha...
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Episode 137: Animal Fables with Chris Danta from 2019-12-09T01:00
This week on Knowing Animals we are joined by Chris Danta. Chris is Associate Professor in School of Arts and Media at UNSW Sydney. We discuss Chris’ book ‘Animal fables after Darwin : literatur...
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Protecting Animals 41: Animal Lawyer Mike Rosalky from 2019-12-02T01:00
This episode of Knowing Animals is from the Protecting Animals series. We talk to animal lawyer Mike Rosalky. Mike is a Partner and co-founder of K & R Animal Law, a commercial law firm that spe...
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Protecting Animals 41: Animal Lawyer Mike Rosalky from 2019-12-02T01:00
This episode of Knowing Animals is from the Protecting Animals series. We talk to animal lawyer Mike Rosalky. Mike is a Partner and co-founder of K & R Animal Law, a commercial law firm that spe...
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Protecting Animals 40: Ondine Sherman from Voiceless from 2019-11-25T01:00
This week on Knowing Animals we are joined by Ondine Sherman. Ondine is one of the co-founders of Voiceless, the Animal Protection Institution. She is also an author. We discuss her latest book ...
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Protecting Animals 40: Ondine Sherman from Voiceless from 2019-11-25T01:00
This week on Knowing Animals we are joined by Ondine Sherman. Ondine is one of the co-founders of Voiceless, the Animal Protection Institution. She is also an author. We discuss her latest book ...
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Protecting Animals 39: Philip Wollen from Winsome Constance Kindness from 2019-11-18T01:00
This week on Knowing Animals I am joined by Philip Wollen. Philip is a former senior executive with Citibank and Citicorp. But listeners will know him better as a prominent vegan and animal righ...
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Protecting Animals 39: Philip Wollen from Winsome Constance Kindness from 2019-11-18T01:00
This week on Knowing Animals I am joined by Philip Wollen. Philip is a former senior executive with Citibank and Citicorp. But listeners will know him better as a prominent vegan and animal righ...
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Episode 136: Animals and Trauma with Meera Atkinson from 2019-11-11T01:00
This week on Knowing Animals we are joined by Meera Atkinson. Meera is a writer, musician and also lecturer in English literature. We discuss Meera’s journal article ‘Alexis Wright’s Literary Te...
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Episode 135: Horses and Artificial Insemination with Jeannette Vaught from 2019-11-04T01:00
In this episode of Knowing Animals we are joined by Jeannette Vaught. Jeanette did her PhD in American Studies at the University of Texas. Today we discuss Jeannette’s book chapter ‘How to Make ...
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Episode 135: Pussy Panic with Fiona Probyn-Rapsey from 2019-10-28T01:25:53
In this episode of Knowing Animals I am joined by Prof. Fiona Probyn-Rapsey from the University of Wollongong. We discuss her journal article ‘‘Pussy Panic’ and Glass Elevators: How Gender is Sh...
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Episode 134: Thinking and Animals with Alphonso Lingis from 2019-10-21T01:00
This week on Knowing Animals we are joined by Alphonso Lingis. Al is Professor of philosophy at Penn State University. We discuss his book chapter ‘The thinking that is in the world’, which was ...
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Episode 133: Animal Biographies with André Krebber from 2019-10-14T01:00
This week on Knowing Animals we are joined by André Krebber. Andréis assistant professor in social and cultural history and human-animal studies at the University of Kassel, Germany. We discuss ...
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Episode 132: Animals and Mongolia with Natasha Fijn from 2019-10-07T01:00
This week on Knowing Animals I am joined by Dr. Natasha Fijn from ANU. We discuss her book ‘Living with Herds: Human-Animal Coexistence in Mongolia’ which was published by Cambridge University P...
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Episode 131: Compassionate Contrarians with Catherine Amey from 2019-09-30T02:00
This week on Knowing Animals we are joined by Catherine Amey. Catherine is a New Zealand based, independent scholar. We discuss her book ‘The Compassionate Contrarians: A history of vegetarians ...
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Episode 130: ‘With animal’ with Clare Archer-Lean from 2019-09-23T02:00
This week on Knowing Animals we are joined by Dr. Clare Archer-Lean. Clare is Senior Lecturer in English at University of the Sunshine Coast. We discuss Care’s article ‘With animal: Exceeding th...
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Episode 129: Journalism and Speciesism with Natalie Khazaal from 2019-09-16T02:00
This week we are joined by Natalie Khazaal. We discuss her article 'An Angry Cow is not a Good Eating Experience: How US and Spanish media are shifting from crude to camouflaged speciesism in co...
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Protecting Animals 38: Artist Angela Singer from 2019-09-09T02:00
This week we are joined by Angela Singer. Angela is an artist. You can view her artwork at her website: https://www.angelasinger.com.
This ep...
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Protecting Animals 38: Artist Angela Singer from 2019-09-09T02:00
This week we are joined by Angela Singer. Angela is an artist. You can view her artwork at her website: https://www.angelasinger.com.
This ep...
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Protecting Animals 37: Terry Hurtado from Animal Liberation Federation, Columbia from 2019-09-02T02:00
In this episode from the Protecting Animals series we are joined by Terry Hurtado from Animal Liberation Federation, Columbia.
This episode of Knowing Animals is brought to you by AASA. A...
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Protecting Animals 37: Terry Hurtado from Animal Liberation Federation, Columbia from 2019-09-02T02:00
In this episode from the Protecting Animals series we are joined by Terry Hurtado from Animal Liberation Federation, Columbia.
This episode of Knowing Animals is brought to you by AASA. A...
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Episode 128: Companion Animals and Domestic Violence with Heather Fraser from 2019-08-26T02:00
This week on Knowing Animals we are joined by Heather Fraser. Heather is Associate Professor in Social Sciences at QUT. We discuss Heather’s new book, co-authored by Nik Taylor, called ‘Companio...
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Protecting Animals 36: Author Witi Ihimaera from 2019-08-19T02:00
In this very special episode of Knowing Animals I am joined by beloved New Zealand author Witi Ihimaera. Witi has written many books featuring nonhuman animals. He offers us a non-colonial lens ...
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Protecting Animals 36: Author Witi Ihimaera from 2019-08-19T02:00
In this very special episode of Knowing Animals I am joined by beloved New Zealand author Witi Ihimaera. Witi has written many books featuring nonhuman animals. He offers us a non-colonial lens ...
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Episode 127: Inter-species relationships with Susanne Karr from 2019-08-12T02:00
This week on Knowing Animals we are joined by Susanne Karr. Susanne is a philosopher and independent scholar. We discuss her upcoming journal article ‘Mirror Reflections as Agents of Connectedne...
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Episode 126: The Grass Library with David Brooks from 2019-08-05T02:00
This week on Knowing Animals I am joined by author David Brooks. David is a poet and novelist. We discuss his latest book ‘The Grass Library’ published by Brandl & Schelsinger in 2019.
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Episode 125: Animal Rights Professionalisation with Corey Lee Wren from 2019-07-29T02:00
In this episode of Knowing Animals I am joined by Corey Lee Wren. Corey is Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Kent, Canterbury, England. We discuss her book 'Piecemeal Protest: Animal Ri...
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Episode 124: Valuing 'Vermin' with Nicholas Holm from 2019-07-22T02:35:21
In this episode of Knowing Animals I am joined by Nicholas Holm. Nicholas is Senior Lecturer in Media Studies at the Massey University. We discuss his journal article ‘Consider the Squirrel: Fre...
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Episode 123: Story telling and Animal Voices with Laura Jean McKay from 2019-07-15T02:00
In this episode of Knowing Animals I am joined by Laura Jean McKay. Laura Jean McKay is a writer and literary animal studies researcher. Laura is about to take up a position as Lecturer in Creat...
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Episode 122: Animal Visions with Susan Pyke from 2019-07-08T02:00
In this episode of Knowing Animals I am joined by Dr. Susan Pyke. Sue is a Lecturer in the School of Culture and Communications at the University of Melbourne. We discuss Sue’s new book ‘Animal ...
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Episode 121: American Cows in Antarctica with Elizabeth Leane from 2019-07-01T02:00
This week on Knowing Animals we are joined by Professor Elizabeth Leane. Elle is professor of English and ARC Future Fellow at the University of Tasmania. Today we discuss Elle’s article ‘Americ...
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Episode 120: Animals and Conservation Policy with Helen Tiffin from 2019-06-24T02:00
In this exciting episode of Knowing Animals I am joined by Helen Tiffin. Helen is an adjunct professor at the University of Wollongong. We discuss her upcoming book chapter ‘Australian Conservat...
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Protecting Animals 35: Samui Elephant Sanctuary from 2019-06-17T02:00
This episode of Knowing Animals comes from Thailand where I visited the Samui Elephant Sanctuary: https://www.samuielephantsanctuary.org. I ...
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Episode 119: Obaysch with John Simons from 2019-06-10T02:00
This week on Knowing Animals I am joined by John Simons. John is an Emeritus Professor in history, specialising in the history of animals. John is now retired, but most recently was Deputy Vice-...
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Episode 118: Duck Lake with Yvette Watt from 2019-06-03T02:00
In this episode of Knowing Animals I am joined by Dr. Yvette Watt. Yvette is a lecturer in painting and drawing at the University of Tasmania. We talk about her art project ‘Duck Lake’. You can ...
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Episode 117: The Flight of Birds with Joshua Lobb from 2019-05-27T02:00
In this episode of Knowing Animals I am joined by Dr. Joshua Lobb. Joshua is Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing, in the School of the Arts, English and Media, at the University of Wollongong. W...
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Episode 116: The War Against Animals with Dinesh Wadiwel from 2019-05-20T02:00
This week on Knowing Animals we are joined by Dr. Dinesh Wadiwel. Dinesh is a senior lecturer in human rights and socio-legal studies at the University of Sydney. We discuss Dinesh’s monograph ‘...
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Episode 115: Dignity and Respect for Animals with John Hadley from 2019-05-13T02:00
This episode of Knowing Animals features Dr. John Hadley. John is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Western Sydney. We discuss John’s paper ‘From Welfare to Rights without Chang...
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Protecting Animals 34: Pattrice Jones from VINE Sanctuary from 2019-05-06T02:00
In this episode of Knowing Animals I am joined by Pattrice Jones from VINE Sanctuary. Pattrice is writer, educator and activists. She co-founded VINE Sanctuary in the US and will be well known t...
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Episode 114: Intersectionality with Nekeisha Alayna Alexis from 2019-04-29T02:00
This week on Knowing Animals I am joined by Nekeisha Alayna Alexis. Nekeisha is an independent scholar. We discuss her upcoming book chapter ‘Beyond Compare: Intersectionality and Interspecieism...
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Episode 113: Critical Terms for Animal Studies with Lori Gruen from 2019-04-22T02:00
In this episode of Knowing Animals I am joined once again by Professor Lori Gruen. Lori is William Griffin Professor of Philosophy at Wesleyan in the USA. We discuss her new book ‘Critical Terms...
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Protecting Animals 33: Glenys Oogjes from Animals Australia from 2019-04-15T02:00
This week on Knowing Animals I am joined by Glenys Oogjes. Glenys is CEO of Animals Australia. We talk about her 3 + decades working for animals.
This episode of Knowing Animals is broug...
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Episode 112: Indigenous Struggle and Animal Advocacy with Darren Chang from 2019-04-08T02:00
This week we are joined by Darren Chang. Darren has a Masters in political philosophy from Queen’s University. In this episode we discuss Darren’s upcoming book chapter titled ‘Examining Contemp...
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Protecting Animals 32: Nichola Kriek from SAFE New Zealand from 2019-04-01T02:15:21
This week on Knowing Animals we are joined by Nichola Kriek. Nichola is the Head of Education at SAFE New Zealand. SAFE is one of New Zealand’s leading animal protection organisations. Nichola t...
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Episode 111: Live Animal Exports with Clive Phillips from 2019-03-25T01:00
This week I am joined by Professor Clive Phillips. Clive is Chair of Animal Welfare and Director of the Centre for Animal Welfare and Ethics, in the School of Veterinary Science at the Universit...
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Protecting Animals 31: Michael Dello-Iacovo from the Animal Justice Party (AJP) from 2019-03-18T01:00
This week we are joined by Michael Dello-Iacovo. Michael is a PhD student and also the Animal Justice Party (AJP) for Heffron in the upcoming NSW state election. We talk about the AJP and Michae...
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Episode 109: Ulysses and Animals with Peter Adkins from 2019-03-11T01:00
In this episode of Knowing Animals I am joined by Peter Adkins. Peter is an Assistant Lecturer and Ph.D. Candidate in the School of English at the University of Kent in the UK. We discuss his ar...
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Episode 108: Speciesism and Prejudice with Kristof Dhont from 2019-03-04T01:00
This week on Knowing Animals we are joined by Dr Kristof Dhont. Kristof is Senior Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Kent. We discuss his journal article ‘Common Ideological Roots of Sp...
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Episode 107: Horses and War with Donna Landry from 2019-02-25T01:00
In this episode of Knowing Animals we are joined by Prof. Donna Landry. Donna is in the School of English, Rutherford College, at the University of Kent, UK. We discuss her book chapter ‘Horses ...
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Episode 106: Hunting and the art of Walton Ford with Matthew Whittle from 2019-02-18T01:00
In this episode of Knowing Animals we are joined by Dr. Matthew Whittle. Matt is Lecturer in Postcolonial Literature at the University of Kent. We his journal article ‘Lost trophies: Hunting ani...
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Episode 105: Extinction, Taxidermy and Nonhuman Animals with Sarah Bezan from 2019-02-11T01:00
This week on Knowing Animals we are joined by Dr. Sarah Bezan. Sarah is a Newton International Fellow with The University of Sheffield Animal Studies Research Centre (ShARC). We discuss her pape...
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Episode 104: The Politics of Anti-Poaching with Francis Massé from 2019-02-04T01:00
In this episode of Knowing Animals I am joined by Dr. Francis Massé. Francis is a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Politics at the University of Sheffield. He is also part of t...
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Episode 103: A general law against killing with Joe Wills from 2019-01-28T01:00
This episode of Knowing Animals is recorded before a live studio audience at the 2018 Sheffield Animal Studies event: ShARC Tails! I speak to Dr. Joe Wills. Joe is Lecturer in Law at the Univers...
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Episode 102: The Ethics of Dog Breeding with Bernice Bovenkerk from 2019-01-21T01:00
This week on Knowing Animals I am joined by Dr. Bernice Bovenkerk. Bernice is a philosopher at the University of Wageningen. We discuss Bernice’s journal article ‘The Pedigree Dog Breeding Debat...
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Episode 101: Chimpanzee Rights with Jeff Sebo from 2019-01-14T01:00
This week on Knowing Animals I am joined by Dr. Jeff Sebo. Jeff is Clinical Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies and Director of the Animal Studies M.A. Program at New York University. W...
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Episode 100: The Abolitionist Approach with Gary L. Francione from 2019-01-07T01:00
In this episode of Knowing Animals I am joined by Professor Gary L. Francione. Gary is Board of Governors Professor and Nicholas deB. Katzenbach Distinguished Scholar in the School of Law, at Ru...
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Episode 99: A Vegan Form of Life with Robert McKay from 2018-12-31T01:00
In this episode of Knowing Animals I am Joined by Dr. Robert McKay. Robert (Bob) is Senior Lecturer in English Literature at the University of Sheffield. We discuss his book chapter ‘A Vegan For...
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Christmas Special 2018: Naty Guerrero-Diaz from Big Sky Sanctuary from 2018-12-25T01:00
This is a special Christmas bonus episode of Knowing Animals. Happy Holidays!
At this time of giving, the team at Knowing Animals brings you a special additional episode of the podcast. ...
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Episode 98: Species and Rule-Consequentialism with Eze Paez from 2018-12-24T01:00
In this episode of Knowing Animals I am joined by Dr. Eze Paez. Eze is a Post-doctoral researcher at the Centre for Ethics, Politics and Society at University of Minho, which is in Braga, Portug...
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Episode 97: Obligations of Assistance and Wild Animals with Catia Faria from 2018-12-17T01:00
In this episode of Knowing Animals I am joined by Dr. Catia Faria. Catia is a Postdoctoral researcher at the Foundation for Science & Technology at the Centre for Ethics, Politics & Society, at ...
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Episode 96: Imagining Animal Rights with Steve Cooke from 2018-12-10T01:00
In this episode of Knowing Animals I am joined by Dr. Steve Cooke. Steve is Lecturer in Political Theory at the University of Leicester. We discuss Steve’s article ‘Imagined Utopias: Animals Rig...
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Protecting Animals 30: Angela Roberts from the Centre for Animals and Social Justice from 2018-12-03T01:00
This episode of Knowing Animals is from our Protecting Animals series. I am joined by Angela Robert from Uncaged and then the Centre for Animals and Social Justice: Listen
Episode 95: Becoming Bat with Angelica Caiza Villegas from 2018-11-26T01:00
In this episode of Knowing Animals I am joined by Angelica Caiza Villegas. Angelica is a PhD student in the Department of Cultural Geography at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. We...
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Episode 94: Patricia Piccinini’s posthumanism with Maria Sofia Pimentel Biscaia from 2018-11-19T01:00
In this episode of Knowing Animals I am joined by Maria Sofia Pimentel Biscaia. Sofia is a member of the Centre for Languages, Literatures and Cultures at the University of Aveiro, Portugal, whe...
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Episode 93: Imagining Non-Speciesism with Michelle Westerlaken from 2018-11-12T01:00
This episode of Knowing Animals comes to you from the Rethinking Animality conference in Spain. I am joined by Michelle Westerlaken. Michelle is aPhD Candidate in Interaction/Game Design at Malm...
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Episode 92: Human-Wildlife Conflict with Jared Margulies from 2018-11-05T01:00
In this episode of Knowing Animals I am joined by Dr. Jared Margulies. Jared is a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Politics at the University of Sheffield. We will discuss Jare...
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Episode 91: Artist Animal with Steve Baker from 2018-10-29T01:00
In this episode of Knowing Animals I am joined by Steve Baker. Steve is an artist and scholar. He is Emeritus Professor of Art History at the University of Central Lancashire. We discuss his boo...
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Episode 90: War by Conservation with Rosaleen Duffy from 2018-10-22T01:00
In this episode of Knowing Animals I am joined by Professor Rosaleen Duffy. Rosaleen is from the Department of Politics at the University of Sheffield. We discuss Rosaleen’s journal article ‘War...
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Episode 89: Sentientist Politics with Alasdair Cochrane from 2018-10-15T01:00
In this episode Knowing Animals I am joined by Dr. Alasdair Cochrane. Alasdair is Senior Lecturer in Political Theory at the University of Sheffield. We will discuss his latest book ‘Sentien...
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Episode 88: In vitro meat and power with John Miller from 2018-10-08T01:00
In this episode of Knowing Animals I am joined by Dr. John Miller. John is Senior Lecturer in Nineteenth-Century Literature at the University of Sheffield. We will discuss John’s journal article...
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Episode 87: Vegan Cinema with Anat Pick from 2018-10-01T02:00
In this episode of Knowing Animals I am joined by Anat Pick. Anat is Associate Professor of Film Studies at Queen Mary University of London. We discuss Anat’s book chapter ‘Vegan Cinema’ which w...
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Episode 86: Werner Herzog’s “Crocodile” with Dominic O’Key from 2018-09-24T02:00
In this episode of Knowing Animals I am joined by Dominic O’Key. We discuss Dominic’s book chapter ‘Postscript, Posthuman: Werner Herzog’s “Crocodile” at the End of the World’ which will appear ...
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Episode 85: Han Kang’s the Vegetarian with Caitlin Stobie from 2018-09-17T02:00
In this episode of Knowing Animals I am joined by Caitlin Stobie. We discuss Caitlin’s article ‘The Good Wife? Sibling Species in Han Kang’s The Vegetarian’ which appeared in ISLE: Interdiscipli...
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Episode 84: Bearing Witness with Alex Lockwood from 2018-09-10T02:00
In this episode of Knowing Animals I am joined by Alex Lockwood. Alex is Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Arts and Creative Industries at the University of Sunderland. We discuss Alex’s article...
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Episode 83: In Vitro Meat with Josh Milburn from 2018-09-03T08:33:35
In this episode of Knowing Animals I am joined by Josh Milburn. Josh is Associate Lecturer in Political Philosophy at the University of York. We will discuss Josh’s article ‘Chewing Over In Vitr...
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Protecting Animals 29: Andrew Bartlett from 2018-08-27T02:00
In this very special episode of Knowing Animals I speak to Andrew Bartlett. Andrew is a long standing animal advocate. He has been President of Animal Liberation Queensland, a Senator with the A...
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Protecting Animals 28: Ruth Hatten from 2018-08-20T02:00
In this episode we are joined by Ruth Hatten. Ruth is a long-standing animal advocate who has worked as legal counsel for Voiceless, the animal protection institute. Ruth has also been involved ...
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Episode 82: Veterinary Ethics with Anne Fawcett from 2018-08-13T02:00
In this episode of Knowing Animals I am joined by Anne Fawcett. Anne is a vet and veterinary scholar at the University of Sydney. We will discuss Anne’s recent article ‘Application of Fraser’s “...
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Episode 81: Sculpting Animals with Lynn Mowson from 2018-08-06T02:00
This episode of Knowing Animals features Lynn Mowson. Lynn has a PhD in fine arts. Lynn helps manage the University of Melbourne’s Human Rights and Animal Ethics Research Network (HRAE). She als...
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Episode 80: Domestic Animals and Leisure with Jeanette Young from 2018-07-30T02:00
In this episode of Knowing Animals we are joined by Jeanette Young. Jeanette is a lecturer in the School of Health Sciences at the University of South Australia. We discuss her book J. Young and...
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Episode 79: Dangerous Dogs with Claire Parkinson from 2018-07-23T02:00
In this episode of Knowing Animals I am joined by Claire Parkinson. Claire is professor of Film, Television and Digital Media and co-Director of the Centre for Human Animal Studies at Edge Hill ...
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Episode 78: In Memoria Karen Dalke from 2018-07-16T02:00
In this special episode of Knowing Animals we remember Karen Dalke. Karen sadly passed this week. Karen was a passionate animal lover and Animal Studies scholar. In particular Karen had a great ...
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Protecting Animals 27: The Kangaroo Movie with Mick McIntyre from 2018-07-09T02:00
This episode is from out Protecting Animals series. We speak to Mick McIntyre. Mick is the co-directors of the feature film ‘Kangaroo, a love-hate story’. More information about 'Kangaroo' is av...
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Episode 77: Empathy and Animal Ethics with Elisa Aaltola from 2018-07-02T02:00
In this episode of Knowing Animals we speak to Elisa Aaltola from the University of East Finland. We discuss her latest book ‘Varieties of Empathy: Moral Psychology and Animal Ethics’ which is p...
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Episode 76: Dangerous women and veterinary medicine with Andrew Gardiner from 2018-06-25T02:00
In this episode of Knowing Animals I am joined by Andrew Gardiner. Andrew is Senior Lecturer in Veterinary Medicine at the University of Edinburgh. We discuss his article ‘The ‘Dangerous’ Women ...
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Protecting Animals 26: Linda from Samui Dog and Cat Rescue from 2018-06-18T02:00
This episode of Knowing Animals comes to you from Koh Samui, Thailand where I am attending the Koh Samui International Podcast Festival. I am lucky to be joined by Linda, one of the wonderful Sa...
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Episode 75: The Habit of being Vegan with Simon Lumsden from 2018-06-11T02:00
In this episode of Knowing Animals I am joined by Simon Lumsden. Simon is Senior Lecturer in philosophy at UNSW. We discuss his journal article ‘Veganism, Normative Change, and Second Nature’. I...
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Episode 74: Animals and Business Ethics with Monique Janssens from 2018-06-04T02:00
This episode of Knowing Animals features Monique Janssens. Monique is a PhD candidate at Erasmus University Rotterdam. We discuss her 2016 journal article ‘The Ethical Responsibility of Companie...
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Episode 73: The Ethical Case for Vegetarianism with Mylan Engel Jr. from 2018-05-28T02:00
This episode of Knowing Animals features Mylan Engel Jr. Mylan is a professor of philosophy at Northern Illinois University. We discuss his paper ‘The Commonsense Case for Ethical Vegetarianism’...
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Episode 72: Mustangs and Domestic Horses with Karen Dalke from 2018-05-21T02:00
In this episode of Knowing Animals we are joined by Karen Dalke. Karen is Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Wisconsin Green Bay. We discuss Karen’s piece that she co-authored with Megan...
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Episode 71: Communicating about Animal Rights with Carrie P. Freeman from 2018-05-14T02:00
In this episode of Knowing Animals we talk to Carrie P. Freeman. Carrie is Associate Professor of Communication at Georgia State University in Atlanta. We discuss Carrie’s book ‘Framing Farming:...
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Episode 70: Environmental Ethics with J. Baird Callicott from 2018-05-07T02:00
In this episode I am lucky to be joined by J. Baird Callicott. Baird is University Distinguished Research Professor at the University of North Texas. We discuss Baird’s book chapter “The Environ...
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Episode 69: Animals and Philosophy of Body with Ralph R. Acampora from 2018-04-30T02:00
In this episode of Knowing Animals I am joined by Ralph R. Acampora. Ralph is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Hofstra University. We discuss Ralph’s book ‘Corporal Compassion: Animal Ethics...
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Protecting Animals 25: Kim Stallwood from 2018-04-23T02:00
This episode of Knowing Animals is from the Protecting Animals series. I am joined by Kim Stallwood. Kim is a long standing animal advocate, having working for many of the world’s leading animal...
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Episode 68: Pigs and Pork with Mary Trachsel from 2018-04-16T02:00
In this episode of Knowing Animals I am joined by Mary Trachsel. Mary is an Associate Professor at the University of Iowa. We discuss Mary’s recent book chapter titled ‘The Presence of “Pork” an...
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Episode 67: Zoopolis with Will Kymlicka from 2018-04-09T02:00
In this episode of Knowing Animals I am thrilled to be joined by Professor Will Kymlicka from Queens University, Canada. We discuss the book he wrote with Sue Donaldson, ‘Zoopolis: A Political T...
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Episode 66: Animal Slaughter and Capitalism with Marcel Sebastian from 2018-04-02T02:00
In this episode of Knowing Animals I speak to Marcel Sebastian. Marcel is sociologist PhD candidate at the University of Hamburg. We discuss his book chapter ‘Deadly Efficiency: The Impact of Ca...
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Episode 65: Animals and Climate Change with Jeff Sebo from 2018-03-26T01:00
In this episode of Knowing Animals I am joined by Jeff Sebo. We discuss his book chapter ‘Animals and Climate Change’ which will appear in the book ‘Philosophy and Climate Change’ and it will be...
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Episode 64: Pigs with Brett Mizelle from 2018-03-19T01:00
In this episode of Knowing Animals I am joined by Professor Brett Mizelle. We discuss his book chapter ‘Unthinkable Visibility: Pigs, Pork, and the Spectacle of Killing and Meat’ which appeared ...
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Episode 63: Critical Animal Studies with Carol Gigliotti from 2018-03-12T01:00
In this episode of Knowing Animals I speak to artist, advocate and independent scholar Carol Gigliotti. Today we will focus on Carol’s book chapter ‘The Struggle for Compassion and Justice throu...
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Episode 62: Hearing and Smelling Animals in Literature with Sune Borkfelt from 2018-03-05T01:00
In this episode of Knowing Animals I am joined by Sune Borkfelt who is a PhD Fellow at School of Communication and Culture, Aarhus University, Denmark. Today we will discuss Sune’s forthcoming b...
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Episode 61: Evil in Nature with Oscar Horta from 2018-02-26T01:00
In this episode of Knowing Animals we speak to Oscar Horta about his journal article ‘The Problem of Evil in Nature: Evolutionary Basis of the prevalence of Disvalue’ which appeared in the journ...
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Episode 60: The Absurdity of Dairy with Jody Emel from 2018-02-19T01:00
This episode of Knowing Animals features Professor Jody Emel from the Graduate School of Geography at Clark University. We discuss her upcoming journal article ‘Evaluation of the Land Grab: Absu...
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Episode 59: Burger with Carol J Adams from 2018-02-12T01:00
In this episode of Knowing Animals we are lucky to be joined by Carol J. Adams. We discuss Carol's new book 'Burger' which was published by Bloomsbury Publishing in 2018.
This ep...
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Episode 58: Animal Rights in Palestine and Israel with Esther Alloun from 2018-02-05T01:00
This episode of Knowing Animals features Esther Alloun from the University of Wollongong. We discuss her article ‘’That’s the beauty of it, it’s very simple!’ Animal rights and settler coloniali...
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Protecting Animals 24: Martin Dingle Wall from 2018-01-29T01:00
This episode of Knowing Animals is part of the Protecting Animals series. I am lucky to be joined by actor, producer and writer Martin Dingle Wall. Martin has appeared in many Australian series ...
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Episode 57: Animal Politics and Policy with Peter Chen from 2018-01-22T01:00
In this episode of Knowing Animals we speak to Dr. Peter Chen from the University of Sydney about his book 'Animal Welfare in Australia: Politics and Policy’ which was published by Sydney Univer...
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Episode 56: The Political Turn with Robert Garner from 2018-01-15T01:00
In this episode of Knowing Animals we are joined by Prof. Robert Garner from the University of Leicester. We discuss his book chapter 'Animals, Politics and Democracy' which appeared in the book...
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Protecting Animals 23: Ryan Alexander and Guy James Whitworth from No Meat May from 2018-01-08T01:00
This episode of Knowing Animals is from the Protecting Animals series. We are joined by not one, but two special guests: Ryan Alexander and Guy James Whitworth. They talk to us about their No Me...
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Episode 55: Why be vegan with Dan Hooley from 2018-01-01T01:00
This episode comes out of Switzerland. I speak to Dan Hooley. Dan is a PhD candidate in philosophy at the University of Toronto. We discuss his book chapter ‘A Moral Argument for Veganism’ which...
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Protecting Animals 22: Reineke Hameleers from Eurogroup for Animals from 2017-12-18T01:00
This episode of Knowing Animals comes to you from Brussels and features Reineke Hameleers from Eurogroup for Animals. We talk about all thing European, political and animal welfare.
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Episode 54: political representation for animals and plants with Alfonso Donoso from 2017-12-04T01:00
This episode of Knowing Animals is from Switzerland. I am joined by Alfonso Donoso. Alfonso is an Assistant professor in political science at the Institute for Political Science, at Chile’s Cat...
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Episode 53: the 3Rs with Charlotte Blattner from 2017-11-20T01:00
This episode of Knowing Animals comes from Switzerland. I speak to Dr. Charlotte Blattner, currently at Queens University, Canada, about her book chapter ‘Rethinking the 3Rs: From Whitewashing t...
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Episode 52: Hunting the Thylacine with Carol Freeman from 2017-11-06T01:00
Dr. Carol Freeman is from the University of Tasmania. Today we talk about her book chapter ‘The Last Image: Julia Leigh’s The Hunter as Film’ which appeared in the book ‘Animal Death’ which was ...
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Episode 51: Horses, slavery and history with Charlotte Carrington-Farmer from 2017-10-23T01:00
This of Knowing Animals features Dr Charlotte Carrington-Farmer, Assistant Professor in the Department of History at Roger Williams University in the US. We discuss her book chapter ‘Trading Hor...
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Episode 50: Dolphin Agency with C. Scott Taylor from 2017-10-09T01:00
This episode of Knowing Animals features C. Scott Taylor. from the University of Sunshine Coast. We discuss his paper “The Agency of Dolphins: Towards Inter-species Embassies as Sites of Engagem...
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Episode 49: Jack the Ripper the Slaughterman With Andrew Knight from 2017-09-25T02:00
This episode of Knowing Animals features Dr. Andrew Knight, Professor of Animal Welfare and Ethics, & Director, Centre for Animal Welfare, University of Winchester. We discuss Andrew's latest pu...
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Episode 48: Sheep with Philip Armstrong from 2017-09-11T02:00
This episode of Knowing Animals features Associate Professor Philip Armstrong. Philip is based on the Department of English, at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand. Philip is also a co-dir...
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Episode 47: Animals, Insurance and Domestic Violence with Tania Signal from 2017-08-28T02:00
This episode of Knowing Animals features Associate Professor Tania Signal from the School of Health, Medical and Applied Sciences at Central Queensland University. We discuss her paper ‘Double J...
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Episode 46: Buying free range eggs with Rachel Ankeny from 2017-08-14T02:00
This episode of Knowing Animals features Prof. Rachel Ankeny from the Department of History at the University of Adelaide. It is focused on her journal article co-authored with Heather Bray. The...
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Episode 45: Researching animals for the animals with Nik Taylor from 2017-07-31T02:00
This episode of Knowing Animals features Associate Professor Nik Taylor. Nik is from the School of Social and Policy Studies at Flinders University. Nik is a prolific Animal Studies scholar. In ...
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Episode 44: Domestic Dogs with James Serpell from 2017-07-17T02:00
This episode of Knowing Animals features Prof. James Serpell. James is Marie A. Moore Professor of Ethics & Animal Welfare, University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine. He is also D...
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Episode 43: Writing the Fleischgeist with Hayley Singer from 2017-07-03T02:00
In this episode of Knowing Animals we are joined by a very special guest, Dr. Hayley Singer from the University of Melbourne. Hayley has a PhD in creative writing and is interested in ecological...
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Episode 42: The Literary Bird with Susan Pyke from 2017-06-19T02:00
In this episode of Knowing Animals we are joined by a very special guest, Dr. Susan Pyke from the University of Melbourne. Sue has a PhD from the School of Culture and Communications. Her intere...
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Protecting Animals 21: Author David Simon from 2017-06-05T02:00
In this episode of Knowing Animals we speak to David Simon. Dave is a US based lawyer, animal advocate and author. He is author of the book Meatonomics and in this episode of Knowing Animals he ...
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Episode 41: Straying with Barbara Creed from 2017-05-22T02:00
In this special episode of Knowing Animals we speak to Prof. Barbara Creed. Until recently, Barb was Professor of Film Studies at the University of Melbourne. Barb is well know as the author of ...
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Protecting Animals 20: Photographer Jo-Anne McArthur from 2017-05-08T02:00
In this episode we speak to photographer Jo-Anne McArthur. Jo was featured in 'The Ghosts in our Machines' documentary: http://www.theghostsinourm...
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Episode 40: Human Evil and Animal Suffering with Guy Scotton from 2017-04-24T02:00
In this episode of Knowing Animals we speak to Guy Scotton. We consider his book chapter ‘Interspecies Atrocities and Politics of Memory’ which appears in the soon to be available book ‘Ethical ...
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Episode 39: Dogs of Democracy with Mary Zournazi from 2017-04-10T02:00
In this episode of Knowing Animals we speak to Dr. Mary Zournazi. Mary is Senior Lecturer in sociology at UNSW. We discuss Mary's documentary 'Dogs of Democracy'. You can purchase your copy of D...
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Episode 38: Protecting Elephants from Zoos with Lisa Kane from 2017-03-27T01:00
In this episode of Knowing Animals we speak to Lisa Kane. Lisa is a lawyer and is passionate about the plight of elephants in zoos. Today we discuss her article from May 2010, 'A Case Study of A...
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Episode 37: Animal captivity with Elan Abrell from 2017-03-13T01:00
This episode of Knowing Animals comes to you from New York University. I speak to Dr. Elan Abrell. Elan is based in the Urban Studies Department at Queens Colleague, City University of New York....
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Protecting Animals 19: Mariann Sullivan from Our Hen House from 2017-02-27T01:00
This episode of Knowing Animals comes to you from New York. I speak to Mariann Sullivan from Our Hen House. Our Hen House is a media hub for animal advocates. Mariann is an animal lawyer, academ...
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Episode 36: Animals in zoos with Dale Jamieson from 2017-02-13T01:00
This episode of Knowing Animals comes to you from New York University. I am joined by Professor Dale Jamieson, Professor of Environmental Studies and Philosophy at New York University. We discus...
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Episode 35: Animals are not a metaphor with Una Chaudhuri from 2017-01-30T01:00
This episode of Knowing Animals comes to you from New York University. I am joined by a very special guest, Professor Una Chaudhuri, Professor of English, Drama and Environmental Studies. We dis...
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Episode 34: Entangled Empathy with Lori Gruen from 2017-01-16T01:00
This episode of Knowing Animals comes to you from the US where I am attending the Fellow Travellers conference organised by today's guest, Lori Gruen, and the Animals & Society Institute.
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Episode 33: A vegetarian state of mind with Ken Shapiro from 2017-01-02T01:00
Once again I come to you from the Fellow Travellers conference in the US. This time I speak to psychologist and founder of the Animals & Society Institute, as well as the journal Society & Anima...
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Episode 32: Is Vegan Enough with Robert C. Jones from 2016-12-19T01:00
This episode of Knowing Animals comes to you from New England USA, from the Animals & Society 'Fellow Travellers' conference.
In this episode I speak to Robert C. Jones who is Associate ...
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Protecting Animals 18: Catherine Doyle from PAWS from 2016-12-05T01:00
This episode comes to you from the Animals & Society Institute conference in the US. I speak to Catherine Doyle. Catherine is Director of Science, Research & Advocacy with Performing Animal Welf...
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Episode 31: Mourning animals with Margo DeMello from 2016-11-21T01:00
This episode of Knowing Animals comes to you from Wesleyan University in the USA. I am attending the Animals & Society Institute's Animal Studies conference.
In this episode I speak to M...
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Episode 30: Deliberating about animals with Lucy J Parry from 2016-11-07T01:00
This episode of Knowing Animals comes to you from the Australian Political Studies Association (APSA) 2016 conference held at UNSW, Australia.
I speak to Lucy J Parry who is a PhD studen...
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Episode 29: Knowing Birds with Tim Low from 2016-10-24T01:00
Tim Low is a well know author, having written such classics as 'Feral Futures' and 'The New Nature'. His latest book 'Where Song Began: Australia's birds and how they changed to world' is publis...
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Episode 28: Performing Animals with Peta Tait from 2016-10-10T01:00
In this episode of Knowing Animals we speak to Prof. Peta Tait from La Trobe University. We discuss her new book 'Fighting Nature: travelling Menageries, animal acts and war shows' published by ...
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Protecting Animals 17: Elizabeth Usher aka MC Pony from 2016-09-26T02:00
This episode of Knowing Animals is from our Protecting Animals series. We speak to Elizabeth Usher, songwriter and hip hop artist who performs 'mindful rhymes for kinder times'. We discuss using...
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Episode 27: The Holocaust and Animal Rights with Tony Milligan from 2016-09-12T02:00
In this very special episode of Knowing Animals we speak to Dr Tony Milligan. Tony is an ethicist. He is currently a teaching fellow at King’s College London. Tony has published extensively on a...
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Episode 26: Political representation for animals with Dan Lyons from 2016-08-29T02:00
This episode of Knowing Animals comes to you from Sheffield. We talk to Dr. Dan Lyons from the Centre for Animals and Social Justice. Dan is a expert in public policy and animal welfare. In this...
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Episode 25: Marilyn Monroe and Animal Protection with Robert McKay from 2016-08-15T02:00
This episode of Knowing Animals is part of our UK series. We are joined by Dr. Robert McKay from the University of Sheffield. We discuss his book chapter 'Animal life and moral agencies in post-...
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Episode 24: Labour Rights for Animals with Alasdair Cochrane from 2016-08-01T02:00
This episode of Knowing Animals comes all the way from the UK. We speak to Dr. Alasdair Cochrane from the University of Sheffield about his book chapter 'Labour Rights for Animals' which will ap...
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Episode 23: Writing about dingo with Rowena Lennox from 2016-07-18T02:00
In this episode of Knowing Animals we talk to Rowena Lennox from UTS about her writing about Dingos. We discuss her piece ‘Apex Predators’ which appears in the highly respected literary journal ...
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Protecting Animals 16: Nathan Runkle from Mercy for Animals from 2016-07-04T02:00
In this episode from the Protecting Animals series I speak to Nathan Runkle founder and CEO of Mercy for Animals. He explains why he established the organisations and how it has grown and change...
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Protecting Animals 15: Phillip Hall from Animal Liberation NSW from 2016-06-20T02:00
This episode of Knowing Animals is from the Protecting Animals series. We talk to Phillip Hall from Animal Liberation NSW. Phillip is the education officer and is actively involved in circus pro...
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Episode 22: Animal Law in China with Amanda Whitfort from 2016-06-06T02:00
This very special episode of Knowing Animals is brought to you from Hong Kong. We speak to Associate Professor Amanda Whitfort from the Faculty of Law at the University of Hong Kong. Amanda is a...
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Protecting Animals 14: Fiona Woodhouse from SPCA Hong Kong from 2016-05-23T02:00
This episode of Knowing Animals comes to you from Hong Kong. We talk to Dr. Fiona Woodhouse, deputy director of animal welfare at SPCA Hong Kong. She tells us about animal welfare issues in Hong...
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Live 1: Lindsay McDougall from Frenzal Rhomb&Triple J from 2016-05-09T02:00
Happy 1st birthday Knowing Animals! The celebrate our 1st birthday Knowing Animals recorded a live episode with musician, entertainer, vegan and animal advocate Lindsay McDougall.
Lindsa...
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Episode 21: the ethics of animal research with Denise Russell from 2016-04-25T02:00
In this episode of Knowing Animals we speak to Dr. Denise Russell. Denise is a philosopher and research fellow at the Faculty of Law, Humanities and the Arts at the University of Wollongong. In ...
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Protecting Animals 13: Jessica Bailey from the Cruelty Free Shop from 2016-04-11T02:00
This episode of Knowing Animals is from our Protecting Animals series. We speak to Jessica Bailey from the Cruelty Free Shop. She explains what motivated her to establish a vegan business and sh...
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Protecting Animals 12: Bidda Jones from RSPCA Australia from 2016-03-28T01:00
In this episode of Knowing Animals we speak to Bidda Jones from RSPCA Australia. We discuss her work on live animal exports and her new book 'Backlash': Listen
Episode 20: Sex with Vegans (or not) with Annie Potts from 2016-03-14T01:00
In this episode of Knowing Animals we speak to Associate Professor Annie Potts from the New Zealand Centre for Human-Animal Studies at the University of Canterbury. We discuss her co-authored pa...
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Protecting Animals 11: Nicola Beynon from World Animal Protection from 2016-02-29T01:00
In this episode of Protecting Animals we speak to Nicola Beynon from World Animal Protection. Nicola is the Head of Campaigns - Australia. She talks to us about a new campaign to establish a Com...
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Episode 19: Vegan Killjoys at the Table with Richard Twine from 2016-02-15T01:00
In this episode of Knowing Animals we speak to Richard Twine about his article "Vegan Killjoys at the Table—Contesting Happiness and Negotiating Relationships with Food Practices" which appeared...
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Protecting Animals 10: Kym Staton from Sydney Vegan Club from 2016-02-01T01:00
In this episode of Knowing Animals we speak to Kym Staton founder of the Sydney Vegan Club and Films for Change.
This episode of Knowing Animals is brought to you by the Australasian Ani...
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Protecting Animals 9: Gordon Renouf from Good on You from 2016-01-18T01:00
In this episode of Knowing Animals I speak to Gordon Renouf who is CEO of Good on You. Good for You is working to create apps that allow consumers to understand their consumption choices harm an...
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Episode 18: Girls, Horses and Conflict with Nikki Savvides from 2016-01-04T01:00
In this episode of Knowing Animals I speak to Nikki Savvides from Sydney University. We discuss Nikki's piece “Loving-knowing” women and horses: Symbolic connections, real life conflicts and “n...
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Episode 17: Learning to love predators with Arian Wallach from 2015-12-22T01:00
In the episode of Knowing Animals I speak to Arian Wallach from the Centre for Compassionate Conservation at UTS. We talk about Arian's co-authored paper ‘Promoting Predators and Compassionate C...
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Protecting Animals 8: Amanda Richman from the Animal Law Committee from 2015-12-14T01:00
In this episode of Knowing Animals I speak to Amanda Richman from the NSW Young Lawyers Animal Law Committee. Amanda is Chair of the committee and a practicing lawyer. We talk about what lawyers...
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Protecting Animals 7: Rodney Todd from Spokey Blokeys from 2015-12-05T01:23:52
In this very special episode of Knowing Animals I share a laugh and a chat with comedian, podcaster (Spokey Blokeys), musician and vegan-about-town Rodney Todd. We talk about vegan junk food, ma...
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Episode 16: Whaling and the High Seas with David Mence from 2015-11-30T04:46:09
In this episode of Knowing Animals, David Mence from the University of Melbourne talks about whaling, anti-whaling, the use of the harpoon, Sea Shepherd and whale communication.
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Protecting Animals 6: Katrina Fox from 2015-11-16T08:09:22
In this episode of Protecting Animals we speak to Katrina Fox. Katrina has been involved in animal activism in the UK and Australia. She is a journalist and author and has recently published her...
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Protecting Animals 5: Shatha Hamade from Animals Australia from 2015-11-14T04:57:29
In this episode of Knowing Animals we speak to Shatha Hamade from Animals Australia. She has worked from the RSPCA South Australia; was Young Lawyer of the Year; and was very involved in exposin...
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Episode 15: Animal pleasure with Jonathan Balcombe from 2015-11-09T03:54:52
Jonathan Balcombe from the Washington DC based Humane Society University discusses his article ‘Animal pleasure and its moral significance’ which appeared in Applied Animal Behaviour Science in ...
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Protecting Animals 4: Di Evans from RSPCA South Australia from 2015-10-29T06:59:42
In this episode of Knowing Animals we speak to Di Evans, the animal welfare office with RSPCA South Australia (SA). She is working to ban jumps racing in SA.
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Episode 14: Ecological justice and animals with David Schlosberg from 2015-10-12T06:46:54
In this episode of Knowing Animals we talk to Professor David Schlosberg from the Sydney Environment Institute, at the University of Sydney, about his co-edited book 'Political Animals and Anima...
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Protecting Animals 3: Christine Townend from Animal Liberation and Help in Suffering from 2015-10-02T10:29:21
In this episode of Protection Animals I speak to Chris Townend who founded Animal Liberation NSW, Animals and Australia and who worked for animals in India for many years.
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Protecting Animals 2: Senator Lee Rhiannon from the Australian Greens from 2015-09-29T04:32:06
This episode of Knowing Animals is from the Protecting Animals series. I speak to Senator Lee Rhiannon from the Australian Greens about her work as the Greens Animal Welfare Spokesperson. Lee sh...
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Episode 13: Dingos, race and purity with Fiona Probyn-Rapsey from 2015-09-27T11:00:43
In this special Knowing Animals episode Siobhan O'Sullivan speaks to Fiona Probyn-Rapsey about her paper 'Dingoes and dog-whistling: a cultural politics of race and species in Australia' which w...
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Episode 12: Jumps racing, horse deaths and social media with Phil McManus from 2015-09-15T07:57:46
In this episode of Knowing Animals we speak to Prof. Phil McManus from Sydney University. We talk about his co-authored article 'The construction of human-animal relations: the national jumps da...
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Protecting Animals 1: Emmanuel Giuffre from Voiceless from 2015-09-12T01:48:11
In this first episode in the Protecting Animals series Siobhan O'Sullivan speaks to Emmanuel Giuffre from Voiceless about what drives him to work for animals; the role the law can play in change...
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Episode 11: Regulating animals with Jed Goodfellow from 2015-08-29T05:35:21
In this episode of Knowing Animals, Jed Goodfellow, PhD candidate at Macquarie University and RSPCA Australia policy advisor talks about his book chapter 'Regulatory Capture and the Welfare of F...
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Episode 10: Political Animals with Siobhan O'Sullivan from 2015-08-16T02:32:15
In this very special episode of Knowing Animals the podcast Dr. Clare McCausland turns the tables and interviews Dr. Siobhan O'Sullivan from UNSW about her 2011 book 'Animals, Equality and Democ...
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Episode 9: Liberating animals with Peter Singer from 2015-08-13T04:34:54
In this episode of Knowing Animals we speak to Prof. Peter Singer about his iconic book 'Animals Liberation' (1975) and its legacy. We also discuss how his work has been received and what, if an...
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Episode 8: Milking other men's beasts with Erica Fudge from 2015-08-06T10:14:18
In this epiosde of Knowing Animals Siobhan O'Sullivan talks to Erica Fudge about her piece 'Milking Other Men's Beasts' from History and Theory 52, pp. 13 - 28. We discover the place of cows in ...
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Episode 7: Not looking at animals with Anat Pick from 2015-07-17T23:45:32
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Episode 6: Human and the Beast with Jeffrey Masson from 2015-07-14T04:27:36
This episode is the official launch of Knowing Animals the podcast. The launch took place at the Animal Publics conference held at the University of Melbourne, in front of a live audience. The e...
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Episode 5: Animal Factories with Yvette Watt from 2015-07-10T00:31:25
In this epiode of Knowing Animals the podcast we talk to Dr. Yvette Watt from the University of Tasmania about her photographic series 'Animal Factories'. To view some of the photos from the ser...
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Episode 4: Whips, racehorses and policy change with Paul McGreevy from 2015-06-22T20:17:38
In this epside of Knowing Animals Dr. Paul McGreevy from the University of Sydney talks about his paper ‘Whip use by jockeys in a sample of Australian thoroughbred races – an observational study...
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Episode 3: Property Rights for Nonhuman Animals with John Hadley from 2015-06-10T08:20:16
In this episode of Knowing Animals the podcast, Dr. John Hadley from the University of Western Sydney (UWS) talks about his upcoming book 'Animal Property Rights: A Theory of Habitat Rights for ...
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Episode 2: animal rights, animal welfare and everything in-between with Clare McCausland from 2015-05-21T23:25:51
In this episode of Knowing Animals Dr. Clare McCausland discussed her article 'The Five Freedoms of Animal Welfare are Rights' which appeared in Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics,...
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Episode 1: Locke, Derrida and Violence against Animals with Dinesh Wadiwel from 2015-05-21T10:00:04
In this episode Dr. Dinesh Wadiwel talks about his article: Wadiwel, D. (2014), 'The will for self-preservation: Locke and Derrida on dominion, preservation and animals', SubStance, 134...
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