Episode 31: On the Academic Journey to Study Animal Communication with Avantika Mathur on the Dani Fankhauser Podcast

In this episode, we share a conversation with me (Avantika Mathur) on Dani Fankhauser's Spirit Doggies Podcast. Here's a little bit more about the episode, from that podcast:"If your first thought was that animal communication doesn't exactly sound science-based, you wouldn't be alone.This week's guest combined her drive for a purposeful career with her academic roots to become a leader in the field of animal communication research. She set aside her own initial doubts and put on her researcher hat to find out.This interview absolutely blew my mind! There's already so much work underway in understanding and making practical use of animal communication, on both small and large scales.Avantika Mathur is an academic researcher with a master of science in Global Health, co-host of the Animals & Us podcast, and is currently completing a research fellowship focused on Intuitive Interspecies Communication. She's a trailblazer in this space, both in coordinating events and editing for academic journals on the topic.Learn more about the podcast here: ⁠dogdeities.comIn this episode: Avantika's career pivot into studying animal communicationAdoption story of her first dog, SimbaThe current academic research around animal communicationWhat humans can learn from animals, and their perception of us and our contributions to the globe (!!)How intuitive interspecies communication (IIC) can help address major global issues like climate change, without fear or shame tactics"