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Knowing Animals is on a temporary hiatus, and will return in 2024. Knowing Animals is a free podcast featuring interviews with scholars about new research in animal studies. Guests include philosophers, historians, geographers, anthrozoologists, sociologists, literature scholars, and more. New episodes are released every other Monday. It is hosted by the philosopher Josh Milburn.
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Now displaying: January, 2018

Welcome to Knowing Animals the podcast - featuring the Protecting Animals Series

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!

Jan 29, 2018

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 including Home and Away, Underbelly and Upper Middle Bogan. Martin now lives in LA and recently stared in the indie hit movie Happy Hunting. Martin is also a passionate animals and regularly uses his profile to raise animal issues. 

 

This episode of Knowing Animals is brought to you by AASA - the Australasian Animal Studies Association. AASA is the peak body for Animal Studies scholars in Australia and around the world. Learn more here: http://animalstudies.org.au

 

 

Jan 22, 2018

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 University Press in 2016.

 

This episode of Knowing Animals is brought to you by AASA - the Australasian Animal Studies Association. Follow AASA on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/AASA-Australasian-Animal-Studies-Association-480316142116752/

Jan 15, 2018

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 that Robert co-edited with Siobhan O'Sullivan. The book is called 'The Political Turn in Animal Ethics' and is published by Rowman & Littlefield. 

Don't forget to check out our program sponsors:

Kibbl, linking you up with your dream pound dog - http://kibbl.io

AASA, the group of Animal Studies scholars - http://animalstudies.org.au.

The new book 'After Coetzee: An Anthology of Animal Fictions' - http://www.faunarypress.com

Jan 8, 2018

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 Meat May initiative! Learn more about No Meat May here: http://www.nomeatmay.net.

Don't forget to check out our program sponsors:

Kibbl, linking you up with your dream pound dog - http://kibbl.io

AASA, the group of Animal Studies scholars - http://animalstudies.org.au.

The new book 'After Coetzee: An Anthology of Animal Fictions' - http://www.faunarypress.com

Jan 1, 2018

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 he co-authored with Nathan Nobis. It appeared in the edited collection ‘Philosophy Comes to Dinner: Arguments About the Ethics of Eating’ which was published by Routledge in 2016. 

Have you dowloaded Kibbl? It is the phone app that helps links pound animals in need of a home, with humans in need of four legged friends. 

Have you ordered your copy of ‘After Coetzee: An Anthology of Animal Fictions’? Why not order a copy for your university library too?

Have you joined AASA? AASA represents Animal Studies scholars around the world. 

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