Freedom of Species

We delve into Extinction Rebellion’s claim that once 3.5% of the population of a state is mobilised in sustained protest, success is guaranteed. We also discuss the implications for the environmental movement and animal activists.   For more on this issue, you can read Harley’s article ‘Reflections on Rebellion – How People Power can Take the World By Storm’: https://animalrebellion.org/how-change-happens/ You can also read the academic article ‘Social movements and (mis)use of research: Extinction Rebellion and the 3.5% rule’ by Kyle Matthews:  https://www.interfacejournal.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Interface-12-1-Matthews.pdf  Music: Animal liberation by Los Fastidios: https://www.losfastidios.net/ The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Breakdown by Oli Frost: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3VWd93CHv0 Capture The Flag by War On Women: https://waronwomen.bandcamp.com/album/capture-the-flag Cold by Stella Donnelly: https://stelladonnelly.bandcamp.com/album/flood  This is our final show for the year but we’ll be back with new episodes from January 22, 2023 onwards!

We speak with Jolene who founded Project Fresh Start about veganism, food insecurity and minimising food waste. Jolene started PFS in 2021 in the southeast suburbs of Melbourne/Narrm as a way to contribute to community, provide fresh and healthy meals to people in need and reduce the food waste that she'd observed over her career in the hospitality industry.   About Project Fresh Start Inc. Our purpose is to understand the issues that affect our local community and respond in a manner that doesn't compromise our values. We believe that everyone has the right to live a happy and healthy life and we focus on helping to remove the barriers that people face in achieving these outcomes. Our focus is on providing free, healthy fresh plant-based food and education around healthy eating and living in a way that sustains the individual, the community, the animals, and the planet. Donations are gratefully received, as is contact if anyone is keen to volunteer or start something up in your own area. PFS's contact and bank account details are located on their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/projectfreshstart21 Links Foodbank Hunger Report 2022 examines the extent and severity of experience with food insecurity among Australian households: https://www.foodbank.org.au/foodbank-hunger-report-2022/?state=vic Food waste in Australia: https://www.dcceew.gov.au/environment/protection/waste/food-waste Food Empowerment Project https://foodispower.org/ and their ethical chocolate list https://foodispower.org/chocolate-list/ World Plant Milk Day https://www.worldplantmilkday.com/ Food Not Bombs https://www.foodnotbombs.net/australia.html Music we played Talkin' Bout a Revolution by Tracey Chapman https://open.spotify.com/track/0YMFcrMtBowDdD5bPz0cgy?si=8a186be46b2e4c8f Idioteque by Radiohead https://open.spotify.com/track/1W5XugQJGhnSATMI5n002M?si=c001e8215eb6449f Better in Blak by Thelma Plum https://open.spotify.com/track/1c5iUY7Zg1SxtROg1yr5ad?si=2c4a229569b14ce6

This show features vegan sociologists Josephine Browne, Zoei Sutton and Alex Hill. They discuss a wide range of topics including vegan men, meat and masculinity and thinking about our homes as spaces not just for humans but also for companion animals.  Part 1 of the discussion builds on themes covered in the TASA Panel ‘Vegan Sociology, Situating Humans and Nonhuman Animals in 'The Promise' of Vegan Sociology’ from the 2021 International Association of Vegan Sociologists 2021 conference. Part 2 of the discussion covers Alex Hill’s research on vegan men. You can watch the talk ‘Soyboys Will Be Boys: Exploring the seemingly contradictory identity of vegan men in Australia’ by Alex from the 2022 International Association of Vegan Sociologists conference here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgFr3uVuPGo Part 3 covers Zoei Sutton’s research on companion animals. For more on this, check out Zoei’s talk ‘Spatialities of constraint: resisting anthroparchy in the context of a housing crisis’ from the 2022 International Association of Vegan Sociologists conference. Zoei’s talk starts at 33.13 of this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gow_73hi_8E&t=3034s See the Vegan Sociology Youtube channel for more videos from these conferences: https://www.youtube.com/@vegansociology9468  Music: Animal liberation by Los Fastidios: https://www.losfastidios.net/ Eat Your Salad by Citi Zeni: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfY7isqFlqY Brovine by The Decline: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjeiI-tlVpo I Spent the Winter Writing Songs About Getting Better by Proper: https://bsmrocks.bandcamp.com/album/i-spent-the-winter-writing-songs-about-getting-better  You can buy a Freedom of Species shirt to support our show and 3CR! The shirts are only $15 and they are available in a range of styles and colours. The fitted shirts are available in small, large and extra-large: https://3cr-shop.myshopify.com/collections/frontpage/products/freedom-of-species-semi-fitted-tshirt?variant=40295131938980 The looser fit shirts are available in XX-large: https://3cr-shop.myshopify.com/collections/frontpage/products/freedom-of-species-loose-fitted-tshirt?variant=40295156023460

Adam and Davita welcome Zoë and Dieter to the show, to talk about the book 'A Guide to the Creatures in your Neighbourhood'. Zoë and Dieter are part of the Urban Field Naturalist Project that invites you to slow down and attune to the incredible lifeworlds right around you. The Urban Field Naturalist Project: https://www.urbanfieldnaturalist.org/Find the book here: https://www.murdochbooks.com/browse/book/9781922616326Music Played:Emma Donovan & The Putbacks 'My Goodness' - https://emmadonovantheputbacks.bandcamp.com/album/dawnElectric Fields 'Gold Energy' - https://open.spotify.com/track/650AFM5GJoTAAmQCI4Zy8ZSycco, Flume and Chrome Sparks 'Ripple' - https://open.spotify.com/track/6oEC3xbIgUG2TEUXZXUFCv

We chat with Dr Danny Pimentel, a researcher from the University of Oregon. Danny's research investigates the impacts of eXtended Reality (VR, AR, and MR) storytelling experiences on attitudes and behavior. In particularly, Danny has investigated how seeing the world through an animals eyes in Virtual Reality influences people. If you're interested in trying out one of Danny's VR experiences then go to: https://projectshell.org/ For more about Danny's research go to their google scholar page.

We welcome Dinesh Mathew to the show to talk about food and his political journey and policies that can unite parties on the left for animals. Music Played: Nina Simone 'Mississippi Goddam' - https://shop.ninasimone.com/products/feeling-good-her-greatest-hits-and-remixes-cd Hedwig and the Angry Inch 'Origin of Love' - https://open.spotify.com/album/79l4BIW8SN0M7bZAGmP0EB Beddy Rays 'Sort It Out' - https://beddyrays.bandcamp.com/track/sort-it-out

This show features political theorist Ruth Abbey on the place of veganism in the Australian Animal Justice Party. The discussion is based around Ruth’s (2022) article: ‘Veganism and Australia’s Animal Justice Party’, published in New Political Science: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/07393148.2022.2053475  You can hear more from Ruth on the Seeing Green podcast, discussing the movie Sunday Too Far Away and issues of animals, gender and more: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0CXnqo6HgaLdhOilWanE8m?si=b530d3faffb84082  Music: Animal liberation by Los Fastidios: https://www.losfastidios.net/ True Colors by Cindy Lauper: https://cyndilauper.com/ I'll Stand by You by the Pretenders: https://thepretenders.com/ Gold by Spandau Ballet: http://www.spandauballet.com/  You can buy a Freedom of Species shirt to support our show and 3CR! The shirts are only $15 and they are available in a range of styles and colours. The fitted shirts are available in small, large and extra-large: https://3cr-shop.myshopify.com/collections/frontpage/products/freedom-of-species-semi-fitted-tshirt?variant=40295131938980 The looser fit shirts are available in XX-large: https://3cr-shop.myshopify.com/collections/frontpage/products/freedom-of-species-loose-fitted-tshirt?variant=40295156023460

We discuss Victoria's animal care and protection laws which are open for consultation. You can provide your feedback on the planned changes to animal care and protection laws through engage victoria. You feedback can help create better legislation for animals so if you've got some time please consider submitting some feedback to the process.You can find details about the planned changes by reading the resources produced by the Victorian branch of the Animal Justice Party.

This is a trivia show featuring questions related to animals, animal rights and animal advocacy. Questions range from the number of species of ants, to the proportion of Australians who are vegan, to the talking gorilla raised by Penny Patterson. Listen in and see if you can beat other FoS listeners to the correct answers!  Music: Animal liberation by Los Fastidios: https://www.losfastidios.net/ The Greta Thunberg Song by Oli Frost: https://www.youtube.com/watch/xdwXHTJyq94 The Bat Song by Thelma Plum: https://store.warnermusic.com.au/collections/thelma-plum/meanjin-ep-download Old Gods Ain’t Dead by Sole & DJ Pain 1, with AJJ: https://sole.bandcamp.com/album/death-drive  You can buy a Freedom of Species shirt to support our show and 3CR! The shirts are only $15 and they are available in a range of styles and colours. The fitted shirts are available in small, large and extra-large: https://3cr-shop.myshopify.com/collections/frontpage/products/freedom-of-species-semi-fitted-tshirt?variant=40295131938980 The looser fit shirts are available in XX-large: https://3cr-shop.myshopify.com/collections/frontpage/products/freedom-of-species-loose-fitted-tshirt?variant=40295156023460

Harley and Nick discuss the following horror movies from an animal rights perspective: Get Out, Midsommar, Raw and Us. In discussing Get Out, we draw on Aph Ko’s book Racism as Zoological Witchcraft: A Guide to Getting Out: https://lanternpm.org/book/racism-as-zoological-witchcraft/  Music: Animal liberation by Los Fastidios: https://www.losfastidios.net/ Television by IDLES: https://idlesband.bandcamp.com/album/joy-as-an-act-of-resistance Which side are you on? Remix by Rebel Diaz ft Dead Prez and Rakaa Iriscience: https://rebeldiaz.bandcamp.com/album/radical-dilemma A Whaler's Lament (The Whales Are Singing To Me) by Kevin Johnson: https://open.spotify.com/track/1YBHNVFEMALgnfhaUJ86xM?si=ac10736e22f941ce