

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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Feb 26, 2018 • 20min
Episode 61: Evil in Nature with Oscar Horta
In this episode of Knowing Animals we speak to Oscar Horta about his journal article ‘The Problem of Evil in Nature: Evolutionary Basis of the prevalence of Disvalue’ which appeared in the journal ‘Relations’ in 2015. 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!

Feb 19, 2018 • 18min
Episode 60: The Absurdity of Dairy with Jody Emel
This episode of Knowing Animals features Professor Jody Emel from the Graduate School of Geography at Clark University. We discuss her upcoming journal article ‘Evaluation of the Land Grab: Absurdism, Decolonialism, and Postanthropocentrism’ which will soon be published in a special issue of the journal 'Resources'. 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!

Feb 12, 2018 • 23min
Episode 59: Burger with Carol J Adams
In this episode of Knowing Animals we are lucky to be joined by Carol J. Adams. We discuss Carol's new book 'Burger' which was published by Bloomsbury Publishing 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!

Feb 5, 2018 • 19min
Episode 58: Animal Rights in Palestine and Israel with Esther Alloun
This episode of Knowing Animals features Esther Alloun from the University of Wollongong. We discuss her article ‘’That’s the beauty of it, it’s very simple!’ Animal rights and settler colonialism in Palestine–Israel’ which appeared in the journal Settler Colonial Studies in December 2017. This episode is brought to you by AASA. AASA is the Australasian Animal Studies Association. Like AASA on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/AASA-Australasian-Animal-Studies-Association-480316142116752/.

Jan 29, 2018 • 28min
Protecting Animals 24: Martin Dingle Wall
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 • 30min
Episode 57: Animal Politics and Policy with Peter Chen
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 • 29min
Episode 56: The Political Turn with Robert Garner
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 • 33min
Protecting Animals 23: Ryan Alexander and Guy James Whitworth from No Meat May
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 • 31min
Episode 55: Why be vegan with Dan Hooley
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.

Dec 18, 2017 • 30min
Protecting Animals 22: Reineke Hameleers from Eurogroup for Animals
This episode of Knowing Animals comes to you from Brussels and features Reineke Hameleers from Eurogroup for Animals. We talk about all thing European, political and animal welfare. This episode is brought to you by AASA - the Australasian Animal Studies Association: http://animalstudies.org.au. The new Animal Studies book ‘After Coetzee: An Anthology of Animal Fictions’: https://www.amazon.com/After-Coetzee-Anthology-Animal-Fictions/dp/0996624511. The new phone app Kibbl helps people find pound animals to adopt. Learn more here: kibbl.io.