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The Other Animals
by Laurent Levy
Not another 'Wonderful World of Animals' show,' and not simply vegan advocacy! Rather, we explore and even celebrates our human inconsistencies, and we grapple with those shades of gray we usually avoid at all costs.Learning about how we interact with any kind of "Others," human or not, may be the great quest of our times. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/laurent-levy/support
Episodes
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When Spot needs to lawyer up
Are you really responsible if Fifi devours Bowser? Are the police liable if they blow away Rocco? Kristina Bergsten, animal attorney and founder of The Animal Law Firm joins us for an inside look at the complex world of companion and equine animal law.
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The hidden power of local laws for animal advocacy / The crazy politics of Covid vaccines for animals
Jo Anderson from Faunalytics joins us to explore the curious effectiveness of local and municipal legislation for animal advocacy. Even more important than at the state and federal levels? Plus veterinarian Dr. Tom Pickard reveals the staggering reality of why thousands of zoo, aquarium, and even...
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Google translate for Fido? / The Catskill Animal Sanctuary
Author and New York Times columnist Emily Anthes returns for a fascinating look into animal "translation" -- can eavesdropping with machine learning technology help us to communicate with the animals? Plus visionary Kathy Stevens shares her story in creating the one-of-its-kind Catskill Animal...
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A conversation with PETA's Ingrid Newkirk
Celebrating the 30th anniversary of the groundbreaking work "Free the Animals," PETA founder Ingrid Newkirk offers her unique perspective in a wide ranging and compelling look at the long history of the Animal Rights movement - its triumphs, setbacks, and hope for the future.
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Gun control and animals
Whenever gun rights in America are debated, there is an accepted exception for self-defense and hunting. What does our gun-obsession say about us, and does the impact on nonhuman animals extend beyond the practice of hunting? Noted professor, author, and political commentator Allan J. Lichtman...
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A conversation with Elliot Connor / Antibiotic Resistance
Join us for a conversation with Australian activist, author, filmmaker, and speaker Elliot Connor as he describes his lifelong goal to reframe our human relationship with the natural world. Plus, veterinarian and author Ingrid Taylor joins our Dr. Tom Pickard to grapple with the issue of…
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A bonobo, beluga, and bumblebee walk into a bar...
Do non-human animals really laugh? Listen to some samples collected by researchers Greg Bryant and Sasha Winkler from UCLA and decide for yourself. A delightful and insightful conversation about the nuances of play vocalization (and other sounds) that challenges the notion that laughter is a gift...
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"Pretend to be more optimistic"
“Every single objection to the experimental use of animals ... has been ignored and overridden by the scientific industry, and this is not going to change no matter how morally obnoxious, heartless and cruel to the members of other species," Karen Davis wrote after the transplant of a pig heart...
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Xenobots!
The promise of biological machines, "..designed from the ground up, built by combining together different biological tissues." What does the future of this hybrid research hold and what are the ethical and scientific considerations? A fascinating conversation with pioneer researchers Drs. Michael...
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Animals on trial -- for real??
Not that long ago, rats, pigs, weevils, eels, grasshoppers, locusts, and even werewolves were put on trial, literally for their lives. Author Steven Spotte describes the real-life shenanigans and spectacle behind these judicial proceedings and what they meant for the Church, the Crown, and...
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The Animals' Christmas: Jimmy Webb
A tour-de-force composition, Grammy-winning musician Jimmy Webb describes his collaboration with Art Garfunkel, Amy Grant, The London Symphony, the Wimbledon King's College Choir, and a host of other notable musicians. It's a remarkable piece of music that tells the Christmas nativity story from...
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The Vegan Land Movement - "The Earth is the designated beneficiary"
Sentient Media's Claire Hamlett discusses the nascent but growing phenomenon of crowdfunding to acquire land formerly used for grazing and animal agriculture. What happens to this land once acquired and what are the economic and environmental impacts? Do individual animals and species actually...
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The Miraculous Hummingbird!
Renowned author Sy Montgomery joins us for a fascinating look at one of Nature's miracles and her own transformative first-hand experience rescuing and rehabilitating two. Plus, Matt Zampa from Sentient Media gives us the lowdown on the less-than-thrilling results from the recently concluded…
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Personhood for Hippos: Just the beginning?
This week Christopher Berry and Ariel Flint from the Animal Legal Defense Fund join us to discuss the historic ruling granting "interested person" status to former drug lord Pablo Escobar's hippos. How did they achieve this breakthrough, and what does it mean for the hippos... and for us? Plus,...
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From the Warsaw Ghetto to international animal rights pioneer: a conversation with Dr. Alex Hershaft
Listen to the insights of a former child survivor of the Warsaw Ghetto and Holocaust. Why has the promise of "Never Again!" been so difficult to honor? Can we respectfully apply the lessons of the Holocaust and genocide to other-than-human victims without somehow diminishing the horror of that...
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Thoughts on the Spotted Lanternfly, Abortion Rights and Animal Rights
With the swirling controversy surrounding the Texas abortion law, we offer a conversation with Sherry Colb and Michael Dorf, authors of "Beating Hearts: Abortion and Animal Rights" (recorded in 2019). You'd think the Animal Rights and Pro-Life movements might be allies.. or not? Plus, some…
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They may gross us out, but we'd be screwed without them!
If there is any insect in the world we feel justified in squashing, it'd have to be flies and their kin, mosquitos. Author and ethologist Dr. Jonathan Balcombe argues that as occasionally annoying and repulsive as they are, they have a vital role to play in our very survival. In this wide-ranging...
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Animals and Journalists: What's in a Word?
In this our 100th episode we launch an exciting collaboration with Sentient Media, a non-profit journalism organization which tackles the complex issue of transparency in media. How do we get past the comfortable expressions and euphemisms that dominate animal coverage in the media and frame some...
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Historic developments with animals and personhood
We welcome back Kevin Schneider of the Nonhuman Rights Project to give us the breaking developments in the case of Happy the Elephant and the complex ramifications, both for her, zoos, and perhaps countless other nonhumans. Plus Dena Blumenthal on the first scalable cultured meat venture and Dr....
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Fish on treadmills: You paid for it
In honor of Tax Day, we thought you might find it enlightening to know just what the government is getting for your hard-earned buck. From mudskippers and bears on treadmills to torturing beagle puppies, federally funded animal experimentation is a treadmill unto itself that is almost...
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Vegan psychologist Clare Mann explores how to handle being the only sane person in the room!
From conspiracy theorists to extreme polarization to dealing with Crazy Uncle Dave, sit back and enjoy a far-ranging conversation with the world's foremost authority on living with and among those who haven't yet come to terms with their own cognitive dissonance! Dr. Clare Mann offers brilliant…
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"Aloha Rodeo" - Disney, what are you thinking??
Will Disney's forthcoming film adaptation of "Aloha Rodeo" end up glorifying the undeniable misery that goes along with rodeo, or will the film attempt to simply skirt that reality in favor of the feel-good underdog story? An all-star panel of Eric Mills, Steve Hindi, Rebecca Rose Stanton, and…
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Crocodile skins and kangaroo shoes: Animals and the Fashion Industry
While the animal rights movement tends to focus on animal exploitation for food, the garment and fashion industries impose a misery of their own. Emma Håkansson, founder of Collective Fashion Justice and successful model, discusses this overlooked problem and what can be done about it. Also...
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Can one person's buying decisions really have a meaningful impact?
When someone concerned with animal welfare enters the supermarket, do their choices really make a difference in the lives of the animals they'll never see? We're told they do, but just what is the impact and is it necessarily positive? F. Bailey Norwood, who literally co-authored the book on this...
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Should the animal rights movement really support "Clean Meat?"
Cultured, clean, cell-based, lab-grown, whatever you'd like to call it -- the production of "real meat" without the "real animal" on the surface seems to be a promising technology offering abundant food on a global level, repair of the environment, and oh yes, reduction of animal suffering. The...
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What's in a word? The curious problem with "meat!"
Karen Davis, president of United Poultry Concerns explains why she stopped saying "meat" (let alone stopped eating it), and offers intriguing alternatives. Plus veterinarian Dr. Tom Pickard helps us keep birds and other backyard visitors safe.
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Love is in the Air!
Can vegans and meat eaters truly find love? Hal Herzog, author of Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat considers the perils and rewards of romance, dating, and even friendship between partners with conflicting moral convictions. Plus, if you're really committed to your partner, you'll let them...
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Premiere show! Animals and Religion - 4/26/19
We launch the program with a look at how animals fit into religious traditions like Easter and Passover. Guests include Paul Waldau, Ph. D. and Jeffrey Spitz-Cohan from JewishVeg.
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Not another 'Wonderful World of Animals' show,' and not simply vegan advocacy! Rather, we explore and even celebrates our human inconsistencies, and we grapple with those shades of gray we usually avoid at all costs.Learning about how we interact with any kind of "Others," human or not, may be the great quest of our times. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/laurent-levy/support
HOSTED BY
Laurent Levy
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Not another 'Wonderful World of Animals' show,' and not simply vegan advocacy! Rather, we explore and even celebrates our human inconsistencies, and we grapple with those shades of gray we usually avoid at all costs.Learning about how we interact with any kind of "Others," human or not, may be the...
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The Other Animals is created and hosted by Laurent Levy.
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