

Knowing Animals
Josh Milburn
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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Sep 24, 2018 • 31min
Episode 86: Werner Herzog’s “Crocodile” with Dominic O’Key
In this episode of Knowing Animals I am joined by Dominic O’Key. We discuss Dominic’s book chapter ‘Postscript, Posthuman: Werner Herzog’s “Crocodile” at the End of the World’ which will appear in the upcoming book Animal Biography: Re-framing Animal Liveswhich will be published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2018. This episode of Knowing Animals is brought to you by AASA. AASA is the Australasian Animal Studies Association. You can find AASA on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/AASA-Australasian-Animal-Studies-Association-480316142116752/. Join AASA today! This episode of Knowing Animals is also brought to you by MC Pony. MC Pony brings you Mindful Rhymes for Kinder Times. Check out MC Pony at www.veganthused.com.

Sep 17, 2018 • 22min
Episode 85: Han Kang’s the Vegetarian with Caitlin Stobie
In this episode of Knowing Animals I am joined by Caitlin Stobie. We discuss Caitlin’s article ‘The Good Wife? Sibling Species in Han Kang’s The Vegetarian’ which appeared in ISLE: Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment, Volume 24, Issue 4, 1 April 2018.In this episode of Knowing Animals I am joined by Caitlin Stobie. We discuss Caitlin’s article ‘The Good Wife? Sibling Species in Han Kang’s The Vegetarian’ which appeared in ISLE: Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment, Volume 24, Issue 4, 1 April 2018. This episode of Knowing Animals is also brought to you by MC Pony. MC Pony brings you Mindful Rhymes for Kinder Times. Check out MC Pony at www.veganthused.com. This episode of Knowing Animals is brought to you by AASA. AASA is the Australasian Animal Studies Association. You can find AASA on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/AASA-Australasian-Animal-Studies-Association-480316142116752/. Join AASA today!

Sep 10, 2018 • 28min
Episode 84: Bearing Witness with Alex Lockwood
In this episode of Knowing Animals I am joined by Alex Lockwood. Alex is Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Arts and Creative Industries at the University of Sunderland. We discuss Alex’s article ‘Bodily Encounter, Bearing Witness and the Engaged Activism of the Global Save Movement’ which appeared in the journal 'Animal Studies' in 2018. This episode of Knowing Animals is also brought to you by MC Pony. MC Pony brings you Mindful Rhymes for Kinder Times. Check out MC Pony at www.veganthused.com. This episode of Knowing Animals is brought to you by AASA. AASA is the Australasian Animal Studies Association. You can find AASA on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/AASA-Australasian-Animal-Studies-Association-480316142116752/. Join AASA today! The call for papers for the next AASA conference is now open! The conference will be held in Christchurch, New Zealand, July 1 – July 4th, 2019. More information is available here: http://animalstudies.org.au/archives/6303.

Sep 3, 2018 • 33min
Episode 83: In Vitro Meat with Josh Milburn
In this episode of Knowing Animals I am joined by Josh Milburn. Josh is Associate Lecturer in Political Philosophy at the University of York. We will discuss Josh’s article ‘Chewing Over In Vitro Meat: Animal Ethics, Cannibalism and Social Progress’ which appeared in Res Publica in 2016. This episode of Knowing Animals is also brought to you by MC Pony. MC Pony brings you Mindful Rhymes for Kinder Times. Check out MC Pony at www.veganthused.com. This episode of Knowing Animals is brought to you by AASA. AASA is the Australasian Animal Studies Association. You can find AASA on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/AASA-Australasian-Animal-Studies-Association-480316142116752/. Join AASA today!

Aug 27, 2018 • 42min
Protecting Animals 29: Andrew Bartlett
In this very special episode of Knowing Animals I speak to Andrew Bartlett. Andrew is a long standing animal advocate. He has been President of Animal Liberation Queensland, a Senator with the Australian Democrats and a Senator with the Australian Greens. In this interview we talk about live animal exports, sitting in parliament and decades of work for animals. This episode of Knowing Animals is brought to you by AASA. AASA is the Australasian Animal Studies Association. You can find AASA on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/AASA-Australasian-Animal-Studies-Association-480316142116752/. Join AASA today! The call for papers for the next AASA conference is now open! The conference will be held in Christchurch, New Zealand, July 1 – July 4th, 2019. More information is available here: http://animalstudies.org.au/archives/6303. This episode of Knowing Animals is also brought to you by MC Pony. MC Pony brings you Mindful Rhymes for Kinder Times. Check out MC Pony at www.veganthused.com.

Aug 20, 2018 • 30min
Protecting Animals 28: Ruth Hatten
In this episode we are joined by Ruth Hatten. Ruth is a long-standing animal advocate who has worked as legal counsel for Voiceless, the animal protection institute. Ruth has also been involved with the Barristers Animal Welfare Panel. More recently, Ruth has established her own company in which she offers nutritional advice to people wishing to transition to a plant based diet, as well as complementally therapies for dogs and cats. This episode of Knowing Animals is also brought to you by MC Pony. MC Pony brings you Mindful Rhymes for Kinder Times. Check out MC Pony at www.veganthused.com. This episode of Knowing Animals is brought to you by AASA. AASA is the Australasian Animal Studies Association. You can find AASA on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/AASA-Australasian-Animal-Studies-Association-480316142116752/. Join AASA today! The call for papers for the next AASA conference is now open! The conference will be held in Christchurch, New Zeeland, July 1 – July 4th, 2019. More information is available here: http://animalstudies.org.au/archives/6303.

Aug 13, 2018 • 28min
Episode 82: Veterinary Ethics with Anne Fawcett
In this episode of Knowing Animals I am joined by Anne Fawcett. Anne is a vet and veterinary scholar at the University of Sydney. We will discuss Anne’s recent article ‘Application of Fraser’s “Practical” Ethic in Veterinary Practice, and Its Compatibility with a “One Welfare” Framework’. That article appeared in the journal Animals in 2018. We should acknowledge Anne’s co-authors Siobhan Mullan and Paul McGreevy. This episode of Knowing Animals is also brought to you by MC Pony. MC Pony brings you Mindful Rhymes for Kinder Times. Check out MC Pony at www.veganthused.com. This episode of Knowing Animals is brought to you by AASA. AASA is the Australasian Animal Studies Association. You can find AASA on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/AASA-Australasian-Animal-Studies-Association-480316142116752/. Join AASA today! The call for papers for the next AASA conference is now open! The conference will be held in Christchurch, New Zeeland, July 1 – July 4th, 2019. More information is available here: http://animalstudies.org.au/archives/6303.

Aug 6, 2018 • 34min
Episode 81: Sculpting Animals with Lynn Mowson
This episode of Knowing Animals features Lynn Mowson. Lynn has a PhD in fine arts. Lynn helps manage the University of Melbourne’s Human Rights and Animal Ethics Research Network (HRAE). She also runs their monthly ‘Knowing Animals’ reading group and is Vice Chair of AASA. We discuss Lynn’s new book chapter. The chapter is titled ‘Making and Unmaking Mammalian Bodies: Sculptural Practices as Traumatic Testimony’. That chapter will appear in the upcoming book ‘Animaladies’ which is co-edited by Lorri Gruen and Fiona Probyn-Rapsey. This episode of Knowing Animals is brought to you by AASA - the Australasian Animal Studies Association. Like AASA on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/AASA-Australasian-Animal-Studies-Association-480316142116752/ and get ready for their 2019 conference by going to the conference website here: https://www.facebook.com/aasa2019/?hc_ref=ARRm4tWDV-X64Pl6ww4IOt7c8AcieWY3vLeV45GvbsYx1cCQP3WhtltpdiskacKkEWY&fref=nf This episode of Knowing Animals is also brought to you by MC Pony. Go to MC Pony's website Veganthused: http://veganthused.com. Listen to some Mindful Rhymes for More Caring Times.

Jul 30, 2018 • 25min
Episode 80: Domestic Animals and Leisure with Jeanette Young
In this episode of Knowing Animals we are joined by Jeanette Young. Jeanette is a lecturer in the School of Health Sciences at the University of South Australia. We discuss her book J. Young and N. Carr (eds) (2018) Domestic Animals, Humans and Leisure – Rights, Welfare and Wellbeing, Routledge. This episode of Knowing Animals is brought to you by AASA. AASA is the Australasian Animal Studies Association. You can find AASA on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/AASA-Australasian-Animal-Studies-Association-480316142116752/. Join AASA today! The call for papers for the next AASA conference is now open! The conference will be held in Christchurch, New Zeeland, July 1 – July 4th, 2019. More information is available here: http://animalstudies.org.au/archives/6303.

Jul 23, 2018 • 34min
Episode 79: Dangerous Dogs with Claire Parkinson
In this episode of Knowing Animals I am joined by Claire Parkinson. Claire is professor of Film, Television and Digital Media and co-Director of the Centre for Human Animal Studies at Edge Hill University. We discuss Claire’s book chapter ‘Dangerous Dogs and the Construction of Risk’ which appeared in the 2011 book ‘Human-Animal Studies : Theorizing Animals: Re-Thinking Humanimal Relations’, Which was edited by Nik Taylor, and Tania Signal, and published by Brill. This episode of Knowing Animals is brought to you by AASA. AASA is the Australasian Animal Studies Association. You can find AASA on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/AASA-Australasian-Animal-Studies-Association-480316142116752/. Join AASA today! The call for papers for the next AASA conference is now open! The conference will be held in Christchurch, New Zeeland, July 1 – July 4th, 2019. More information is available here: http://animalstudies.org.au/archives/6303.