Knowing Animals Josh Milburn
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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
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 how we (individually and collectively) should act given that our political communities are not friendly to animals. On this episode, we talk about Steve's new book What Are Animal Rights For?, which was published in 2023 by Bristol University Press.
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Episode 228: An animal rights archive with Kim Stallwood
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 movement. Much of this media is now available to researchers as part of the Kim Stallwood Archive at the British Library. In this episode, we discuss his archive and a series of blogposts about animal rights he produced for the British Library.
This episode is sponsored by the newly renamed Animal Politics series at Sydney University Press. To learn more about the series, visit the Sydney University Press website. -
Episode 227: Killing animals in shelters with Angie Pepper
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, animalsâ right to privacy, animalsâ political agency, and what we owe to animals in light of climate change. In this episode, we discuss the collection The Ethics of Animal Shelters, which Angie co-edited with Valery Giroux and Kristin Voigt, including both the guidelines and recommendations in Part I of the book, and Angieâs chapter âCaring in Non-Ideal Conditions: Animal Rescue Organizations and Morally Justified Killingâ in part II of the book. The Ethics of Animal Shelters was published in 2023 by Oxford University Press.
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Episode 226: New omnivorism with Christopher Bobier
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 the Hendrickson Institute for Ethical Leadership. Among other things, his research concerns ethics, including lots of work on animal and food ethics. Today, weâre going to talk about his collection New Omnivorism and Strict Veganism: Critical Perspectives, especially his chapter 'New omnivore policy: Friend or foe of veganism?'. The book, which Chris co-edited with Dr Cheryl Abbate, was released in 2023 by Routledge.
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Episode 225: Solitary confinement of humans and animals with Delcianna J. Winders
This episode features Professor Delcianna J. Winders. Delci is an associate professor of law and the Director of the Animal Law and Policy Institute at Vermont Law & Graduate School in the United States. Her published work addresses the law around farmed animals, slaughterhouse workers, captive wild animals, animal advocacy, animal testing, and related subjects in animal and administrative law. We talk about her 2022 paper âTreating Humans Worse Than Animals? Exposing a False Solitary Confinement Narrativeâ. This appeared in the Cambridge University Press book Carceral Logics: Human Incarceration and Animal Captivity, edited by Lori Gruen and Justin Marceau. This book is open access, meaning that you can read and download Delciâs chapter, and the rest of the book, free of charge from anywhere in the world.
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Episode 225: Animals and Epistemic Injustice with Andrew Lopez
This episode features Andrew Lopez. Andrew is a PhD candidate in philosophy at Queenâs University in Canada, where he works on critical animal studies, political philosophy, feminist philosophy, and the philosophy of biology. Regular listeners to Knowing Animals will have heard his name before â he was the co-author of the excellent âGendering animalsâ, which we discussed with Letitia Meynell a few months ago. In this episode, we discuss Andrew's paper âNonhuman animals and epistemic injusticeâ. This was published open access (meaning itâs free to read and download) in the Journal of Ethics and Social Philosophy in 2023.
Customer Reviews
Brilliant - thank you so much
This podcast is essential listening for anybody who cares about animals and animal studies. Every episode offers a wealth of information, ideas and inspiration. Thank you for producing this wonderful series of interviews.
Great discussions
This podcast is getting us through a long road trip from northern nsw to Melbourne! Great topics and interesting ideas very well presented. Some times the guests a little bit hard to follow but Dr Siobhan OâSullivan does a great job of trying to ensure they make their ideas accessible to the non-academic listeners. Totally recommend
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Awesomely me show, love it!!!