Freedom of Species

We test our Animal knowledge against each other in an inaugural Freedom of Species Animal Liberation Quiz. Play along while you listen and see how you go.This is our Subscriber Drive show – please subscribe to 3CR and you can support our show specifically by choosing 'Freedom of Species' under 'Program'. We appreciate any subscriptions! https://www.3cr.org.au/subscribeQuiz Image by Tumisu from Pixabay

New FoS presenters Davita and Trev discuss the Valentine’s Day Outreach they will be taking part in with Melbourne Cow Save. This action raises awareness about both the animal ethics and human rights issues behind the many common chocolate products typically purchased for Valentine’s Day.  Links: For more information about Melbourne Cow Save events including the upcoming Valentine’s Day event, join the Melbourne Cow Save activist group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/151521708967534 Check out the chocolate listed on The Food Empowerment Project's website for vegan options that are free of child slave labour. This list is also available in their handy mobile app: https://foodispower.org/chocolate-list The article discussed on the show that covered Joe the pigeon: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jan/15/joe-the-pigeons-life-may-be-spared-after-fake-leg-tag-suggests-hes-not-from-the-us Veguary is a FREE month-long pledge campaign by the Afro Vegan Society ‘encouraging people to commit to vegan living during the month of February. This campaign is purposefully situated in the month of February - Black History Month in the United States - to highlight the contributions of Black trailblazers, and the many benefits of vegan living in our communities’: https://www.afrovegansociety.org/veguary  Music Played: charm ‘postcode’: https://charm.bandcamp.com/ Chokeules ‘40-year-old vegan’: https://handsolorecords.bandcamp.com/album/stay-up Goldfinger ‘Open Your Eyes’: https://www.goldfingermusic.com/music/open-your-eyes-goldfinger/

After a long hiatus from the 3CR studios we are back live! I make the case that 'Thinking With Animals' will help us recognise that the climate crisis is happening NOW and will help identify opportunities to tackle the crisis. Let's try taking an animal perspective when facing the climate crisis!

On this show we discuss cultured (lab-grown) meat and freeganism from an animal liberation perspective. Links: The article we discuss explaining a recent development in cultured meat: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/dec/02/no-kill-lab-grown-meat-to-go-on-sale-for-first-time For more on a vegan perspective on cultured meat: https://www.veganaustralia.org.au/the_ethics_of_cultured_meat Learn about Animal Rebellion and get involved here: https://animalrebellion.org/virtual-village/ Music Played: David McMullen 'Hear the Dogs Howl': http://djmcmusic.com/ Star Fucking Hipsters ‘Dumpster to the Grave’: https://starfuckinghipsters.bandcamp.com/ Counting Backwards ‘Ice’: https://countingbackwards.bandcamp.com/

On this Summer Special, Freedom of Species presenters Nick and Adam bring you some of their favourite political music, covering a wide range of social justice issues.  Songs played:Briggs ft. Thelma Plum ‘Go To War’.A.B. Original ft. Caiti Baker ‘Dead In A Minute’.Sole and DJ Pain 1 ‘Snitch Nation’. Body Count ‘No Lives Matter’.Greg Russell and Ciaran Algar ‘The Silent Majority’.Idles ‘Danny Nedelko’.Bad Cop, Bad Cop ‘Pursuit Of Liberty’.The Billionaires ‘Profits Before People’.Randy Newman ‘Political Science’.Miley Cyrus ‘Golden G String’.Tim Minchin ‘Airport Piano’.Dick Gaughan ‘World Turned Upside Down’.Desaparecidos ‘The Left is Right’.Lowkey ft. Akala and Black The Ripper ‘I Still Believe 2020’. To hear more of Nick’s favourite political music, check out the Spotify playlist ‘Progressive Podcast Australia Music and Comedy’: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6DK5AzWfrxSDcpHWlLsWi6 To hear more of Adam’s favourite political music, check out the Spotify playlist ‘Protest, Revolution and Riot’: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1SqsfPty9AzqG3HeJFaWIF

This week we are sharing a recording from a Stream of Solidarity discussion hosted by Animal Rebellion in the UK. The discussion is with Ronnie Lee who has been a vegan and campaigner for animal liberation for almost 50 years. In the early 1970s he was one of the founders of the Animal Liberation Front and served three prison sentences (a total of about 9 years in prison) for animal liberation activism. Since his last release from prison, in 1992, he has been involved in various animal protection campaigns and political activities. His main focus is now on vegan outreach and on the creation of a network of local activist groups to spread the vegan message. You can find a video recording of the stream here.

This show features Lottie on challenging the use of animals within psycholinguistics. There is also an Animal Activists Forum talk from Andrew Knight exploring the science on animal experimentation. Links:For more on the science on animal experimentation: https://animalexperiments.infoAndrew Knight’s website has links to his publications and Youtube channel: https://andrewknight.info/Andrew Knight’s talk was recorded at the 2017 Animal Activists Forum – like their Facebook page to keep up with future events: https://www.facebook.com/activistsforum/about/?ref=page_internalThe talk also covered vegan companion animals – you can listen to that part of the talk on a previous FoS episode: https://www.3cr.org.au/freedomofspecies/episode-201804011300/vegan-dogs-cats-human-population

This show features Meghan Street on the harm that capitalism causes to workers and other animals.  Links for the show:Meghan is a host of Green Left Radio on 3CR: https://www.3cr.org.au/greenleftweeklyradioWe discuss the article ‘Covid-19 shows factory food production is dangerous for animals and humans alike’ by Troy Vettese and Alex Blanchette: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/sep/08/meat-production-animals-humans-covid-19-slaughterhouses-workersMeghan's list of vegan roasts: https://www.facebook.com/freedomofspecies/posts/4248318741861270Call out to foster greyhounds in Melbourne: https://www.facebook.com/freedomofspecies/posts/4215182878508190Nick’s interview with an Australian slaughterhouse worker: https://progressivepostings.wordpress.com/2018/01/30/slaughterhouse/

Another episode dedicated to music focused on animals, only its HEAVY! Listen to some great punk, hardcore and metal.

This show features author Aph Ko on connections between speciesism and racism. We also play some of the Animal Activists Forum talk ‘Academic and Activist Reflections on the Animal Advocacy Movement’ by FoS presenter Nick Pendergrast. Links for the Aph Ko interview:Check out Aph Ko's work at: https://aphko.com/The interview is from Animal Voices, which you can check out at the following site/subscribe to on your favourite podcast app: https://animalvoices.org/2019/10/aph-ko-on-speciesism-as-an-extension-of-white-supremacy/Thanks to 3CR Tuesday Breakfast for putting this interview on our radar when they played it on their recent anti-Melbourne Cup special. Also thanks to that show for letting us use their intros for the interview. Check out their show at: https://www.3cr.org.au/tuesday-breakfast Links for Nick Pendergrast’s talk:Find out more about and keep up-to-date with the Animal Activists Forum: https://www.facebook.com/activistsforum/You can listen to the full talk here: https://archive.org/details/NickPendergrastThe PowerPoint for the talk is available here: https://www.slideshare.net/NickPendergrast/academic-and-activist-reflections-on-the-animal-advocacy-movement-by-nick-pendergrastAnd you can read a series of blog posts building on the points from this talk here: https://faunalytics.org/author/nicholas-pendergrastpostgrad-curtin-edu-au/ Image from: https://veganwarriorprincessesattack.com/256-discussing-racism-as-zoological-witchcraft-a-guide-to-getting-out-with-aph-ko/