PAN Thinks

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If you like smart, humane conversations that don’t dodge difficult issues, PAN Thinks is for you. We unpack the ideas and arguments behind today’s hardest animal issues with careful reasoning, compassion, expert insight, and practical takeaways. Integrating ethics with science and policy, we explore "how we ought to live" in a more than human world where animals matter. Expect lively conversations that challenges conventional wisdom and gives you fresh insight into the place of animals in our lives. PAN Thinks is a production of PAN Works, a centre for ethics, science and policy dedicated to animal wellbeing.

Episodes

  1. MAR 7

    Mary Midgley: An Introduction

    About In this episode we explore the thought of ethicist and philosopher Mary Midgley. Midgley was a key scholar of common-sense morality, and the most important ethicist of animals in the last century. Her ideas have enduring significance for people, animals and nature today. GUEST and Host Greg McElwain is Professor of Philosophy and Religion at the College of Idaho. He is a leading expert on the thought of Mary Midgley, and author of Mary Midgley: An Introduction (Bloomsbury, 2020), https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/mary-midgley-9781350047563/. His forthcoming book is Mary Midgley on What Matters: Conversations on Science, Ethics, and Nature (Bloomsbury, 2026). William S. Lynn, PhD (Bill) is the founder of PAN Works and host of the PAN Thinks podcast. https://panworks.io/team/name/william-lynn/ Production is by Gary Sheer. https://garysheerphotography.com/ FROM THIS EPISODE Clare Mac Cumhaill and Rachael Wiseman, Metaphysical Animals: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/617233/metaphysical-animals-by-clare-mac-cumhaill-and-rachael-wiseman/ Benjamin Lipscomb, The Women Are Up to Something: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-women-are-up-to-something-9780197541074?cc=us&lang=en& Notes from a Biscuit Tin: https://www.notesfromabiscuittin.com/ Greg McElwain’s work: https://gregorysmcelwain.academia.edu/ Nat Dyer’s Obituary of Mary Midgley https://philosophynow.org/issues/140/Mary_Midgley_1919-2018 *** PAN Works is an ethics think tank for animals. To help power our mission, visit https://panworks.io/ LISTEN on Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pan-thinks/id1870689174 VIEW on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@panworksio

    1h 43m

  2. FEB 10

    Messaging in Wildlife Protection Ballot Initiatives

    Dr. Neimeic shares her research on the factors influencing public support of carnivore protection ballot initiatives. Using moral foundations theory and data from in-person interviews, she demonstrates the arguments and messaging swaying voters on carnivore protection issues. HOSTS & GUESTS Bernard Travessari, MS (Bernie) is the host for this episode. He is Director of Operations & Programs for the Society for Conservation Biology North America. https://www.linkedin.com/in/bernardotraversari/ William S. Lynn, PhD (Bill) is the founder of PAN Works and host of the PAN Thinks podcast. https://panworks.io/team/name/william-lynn/ Rebecca Neimeic, PhD (Becky) is Co-Director of the Animal-Human Policy Center at Colorado State University. https://sites.warnercnr.colostate.edu/animalhumanpolicy/ Production is by Gary Sheer. https://garysheerphotography.com/ FROM THIS EPISODE Niemiec, R., Kogan, L., Jones, M. S., Santiago-Ávila, F. J., Seacor, R., Mertens, A., & Crooks, K. (2026). Widespread public support and pluralistic ignorance associated with United States Animal Protection Policy. Human-Animal Interactions, 14:1, 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1079/hai.2026.0001 This pod is part of a joint series on ethics in conservation undertaken by PAN Works and the Society for Conservation Biology North America. PAN Works is an ethics think tank for animals. To help power our mission, visit https://panworks.io/ LISTEN on Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pan-thinks/id1870689174 VIEW on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@panworksio

    1h 23m

  3. JAN 20

    Ethics 101

    An introduction to the meaning of ethics, the place of intrinsic value and moral community in ethical understanding, and the distinction between descriptive and normative ethics in public policy. HOSTS & GUESTS Bernard Travessari, MS (Bernie) is the host for this episode. He is Director of Operations & Programs for the Society for Conservation Biology North America. https://www.linkedin.com/in/bernardotraversari/ William S. Lynn, PhD (Bill) is the founder of PAN Works and host of the PAN Thinks podcast. https://panworks.io/team/name/william-lynn/ Production is by Gary Sheer. https://garysheerphotography.com/ FROM THIS EPISODE Lynn, W. S., Baker, L., Santiago-Ávila, F. J., & Stewart, K. L. (2023). Ethics, Wellbeing and Wild Lives. In A. H. Fine, M. Mueller, Z. Ng, J. M. Peralta, & A. Beck (Eds.), The Routledge International Handbook on Human-Animal Interactions, Interventions and Anthrozoology (pp. 438-452). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781032153346 This pod is part of a joint series on ethics in conservation undertaken by PAN Works and the Society for Conservation Biology North America PAN Works is an ethics think tank for animals. To help power our mission, visit https://panworks.io/ LISTEN on Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pan-thinks/id1870689174 VIEW on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@panworksio

    1h 41m
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If you like smart, humane conversations that don’t dodge difficult issues, PAN Thinks is for you. We unpack the ideas and arguments behind today’s hardest animal issues with careful reasoning, compassion, expert insight, and practical takeaways. Integrating ethics with science and policy, we explore "how we ought to live" in a more than human world where animals matter. Expect lively conversations that challenges conventional wisdom and gives you fresh insight into the place of animals in our lives. PAN Thinks is a production of PAN Works, a centre for ethics, science and policy dedicated to animal wellbeing.

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