Freedom of Species

In today’s show, an introduction to the wool series, Betty and Trev respond to a podcast episode called ‘Wearing Hair’ from ‘Articles of Interest’ by Avery Trufelman. We discuss the concept of wearing human hair textiles as an alternative biomaterial as spearheaded by the Dutch company ‘Human Material Loop’ asking… is it vegan to wear human hair? We go on to unpack some of the inherent ethical issues with sheep’s wool as a material and critique the wool advocacy of author and knitting influencer, Clara Parkes.  Music played: Hair – The Cowsills: https://archive.org/details/the-cowsills-hair. Lachlan Tigers – The Bushwackers Band (1977): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjorT4nQvs4 . Flash Jack from Gundagai – The Bushwackers (2020):  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWJprPwyUqQ. Freedom of Species Spotify Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3TJQujKYjGFoFP6LhBbaTS?si=6ghUWmzkQpyv...  Listen to ‘Wearing Hair’ from ‘Articles of Interest’ here: https://articlesofinterest.substack.com/p/wearing-hair Human Material Loop and information about human hair textiles: https://humanmaterialloop.com/ . https://zsofiakollar.com/human-material-loop/ Other links and references: https://edgarsmission.org.au/animal/baarack/ . Kumar Kumawat, T., Sharma, A., Sharma, V., & Chandra, S. (2018). Keratin Waste: The Biodegradable Polymers. Keratin. IntechOpen. doi: 10.5772/intechopen.79502 . https://www.biologicaldiversity.org/programs/population_and_sustainability/pdfs/shear_destruction_final_report.pdf  .   You can subscribe to 3CR here: https://www.3cr.org.au/subscribe and you can nominate Freedom of Species as the show you want to support.

This episode is a trivia show, with questions related to animals, animal rights and veganism. Listen in and see if you can think of the answers before the Freedom of Species listeners and hosts get them! The show is hosted by Jennifer, Jasmine, Gonzalo and Nick.  Music: Animal Liberation by Los Fastidios: https://www.losfastidios.net/ I like birds by Eels: https://www.eelstheband.com/ Pigs…(in there) by Robert Wyatt: https://open.spotify.com/track/33HqYo8b3I9xPdEALEdFFi?si=94b218e3539542e8 Apartment 402 by girl in red: https://girlinred.lnk.to/Listen  You can subscribe to 3CR here: https://www.3cr.org.au/subscribe and you can nominate Freedom of Species as the show you want to support.

Our guests on today's show are Jolene and Duaine from Project Fresh Start, a vegan food relief charity operating in the south eastern region of Melbourne/Naarm.  Project Fresh Start's mission is to address the challenges of food insecurity and food waste. They aim to eliminate the obstacles faced by marginalised people in accessing nutritious plant-based foods. Their initiatives are designed to achieve this goal by repurposing food waste to create healthy meals and fostering social connections through community lunches and food education programs. For further information and to get in contact about volunteering, please refer to their website here: https://projectfreshstart.org.au/ Project Fresh Start are on Facebook & Instagram   https://www.facebook.com/projectfreshstart21/   https://www.instagram.com/project.fresh.start?igsh=MWx6Z282bjc3cG0yag== Music: From Little Things, Big Things Grow by Paul Kelly Self Attack by Stray Dags Earth Song by Michael Jackson A note to listeners: the music played on the live show is not included in the podcast version for copyright reasons. If you'd like to catch up with some of the music we've played on FoS, please see the Freedom of Species Spotify playlist here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3TJQujKYjGFoFP6LhBbaTS?si=6ghUWmzkQpyv...(link is external)

In 2008 during the Greek Austerity riots, a strange phenomena was born. Stray dogs began joining in the protests in Athens Greece against the IMF and their austerity measures directed toward every day citizens. These good boys and girls would voluntarily join protests and actively try to protect protesters against the police and their violence, siding always with the demonstrators. Photographers and videographers were the first to notice that the same dogs were turning up day after day, barking at the police, grabbing and running away with tear gas cannisters and otherwise trying to help their human comrades. They became known as the Riot Dogs.... And again in Chile during the 2011-2013 student protests, arguably of the most famous of the riot dogs, The Black Matapacos, joined the protests to protect his human comrades in the fight against oppressive neoliberal policies. From the actions of these brave dogs spawned an avalanche of songs, artwork, documentaries and even a game celebrating their inspiration and their lives. This is their story... Music played on the live show: Riot Dog by David Rovics https://davidrovics.bandcamp.com/track/riot-dog Loukanikos by Star Persona https://youtu.be/triuS71P4OU?si=tFXgXc4bDlJm8T4n Negro Matapacos by Nico Fufu https://youtu.be/E7fwn76LN-s?si=czOAKivC8h-UKXFW Negro Matapacos by Sr Soya https://youtu.be/cy_X1GYlxX8?si=BTNFlpua0DJEyVQ1

In today’s summer special, Betty takes Nick and the listeners through 12,000 years of the cannabis plant. Starting in the ancient world, through the age of sail and into the modern era, we follow the cannabis plant on its global journey and its role in human politics and development. We finish with a discussion on cannabis pharmacology, drug prohibition and challenges facing the revival of the hemp industry in modern times.Music has been removed from the podcast version of the show due to copyright. Please check out the music featured on the live show through these links or on our Spotify playlist.Music featured:Hemp – Yellow Blue Bus: https://youtu.be/FGIfNF5qO8w?si=8DRAG01hWmqRixhxGanja Farmer – J Boog: https://soundcloud.com/jboogmusic/ganja-farmerHashish – Ibrahim Maalouf: https://soundcloud.com/ibrahim-maalouf/hashishFreedom of Species Spotify playlist:https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3TJQujKYjGFoFP6LhBbaTS?si=6ghUWmzkQpyvsPJM9PNB-w&pi=rl23HPZQS1ins&fbclid=IwY2xjawHoEuJleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHRsgsJ5WkFD9Dx9vuiubNXtF1GMaFOFYw8cXDD3UdwkuYHBSswptwIw8wA_aem_AiO4AOLyNFOoqz5PRlkU5Q&nd=1&dlsi=0efe6436f2fe4f8bReferences and links:Abel, E. L. (2013). Marihuana: the first twelve thousand years. Springer Science & Business Media.Ayonrinde O. A. (2020). Cannabis and psychosis: revisiting a nineteenth century study of 'Indian Hemp and Insanity' in Colonial British India. Psychological medicine, 50(7), 1164–1172.Bania G. (2022). Shifts in therapeutic practices and decline of medicinal cannabis in Indian North-Eastern Frontier (1826-1925).  Journal of cannabis research, 4(1), 52.Borougerdi, B. J. (2014). Cord of empire, exotic intoxicant: Hemp and culture in the Atlantic world, 1600-1900 (Order No. 3626432). Available from ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global; ProQuest One Academic. (1558183077).Clarke, R. C., & Merlin, M. D. (2016). Cannabis Domestication, Breeding History, Present-day Genetic Diversity, and Future Prospects. Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences, 35(5-6), 293-327.Fike, J. (2016). Industrial Hemp: Renewed Opportunities for an Ancient Crop. Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences, 35(5-6), 406-424. Gülck, T., & Møller, B. L. (2020). Phytocannabinoids: Origins and Biosynthesis. Trends in Plant Science, 25(10), 985-1004. Hart, C. L. (2022). Drug use for grown-ups: Chasing liberty in the land of fear. Penguin.Jiggens, J. (2012). Sir Joseph Banks and the question of hemp : hemp, seapower and empire, 1776-1815Mead, A. (2019). Legal and Regulatory Issues Governing Cannabis and Cannabis-Derived Products in the United States. Frontiers in Plant Science, 10.Nutt, D. (2022) Cannabis (seeing through the smoke): The New Science of Cannabis and Your Health. Yellow Kite BooksRen, G., Zhang, X., Li, Y., Ridout, K., Serrano-Serrano, M. L., Yang, Y., Liu, A., Ravikanth, G., Nawaz, M. A., Mumtaz, A. S., Salamin, N., & Fumagalli, L. (2021). Large-scale whole-genome resequencing unravels the domestication history of Cannabis sativa. Science Advances, 7(29), eabg2286.Schluttenhofer, C., & Yuan, L. (2017). Challenges towards Revitalizing Hemp: A Multifaceted Crop. Trends in Plant Science, 22(11), 917-929.Talk from Dr. Carl Hart: Drug Use for Grownups, A Human Rights Perspective: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6PHC4p1Ohw&t=1226sDr Carl Hart Democracy Now interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKXWelf-ZvA

Summer Special Join Meg as she talks about her father's country of Wales, the Welsh language, mythology and people and her connection to this historic and mysterious land. All music is in the Welsh language.  The music has been edited out of the podcast due to copyright issues, please see below for menitoned music in order of play.  Y Bwci Bos  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3YwB0rcFuk&list=PLNq6F0_BGDH-BWQVvEfStYdlSmz6k_91u&index=4 Bendigeidfran  https://open.spotify.com/track/6It02drTDP4S2HbBIyeVG4?si=GLvjU-TaR8GKL3srJ4zXmg Seithennyn  https://youtu.be/HAmV-EZneag?si=rNIIYcbAOKlJC00M Pais Dinogad  https://youtu.be/ZBl7ZFI-QP8?si=M6faBXWA3QS8rqmI   Audio of the Mari Lwyd tradition https://youtu.be/G_xFo6Hifzk?si=gPS1DnJaW7mj7y4i

On this Summer Special, Hayden and Nick discuss Reddit stories covering a wide range of topics, including: chosen names, religion, work, class, dogs, sexuality, gender and cheating. Happy Holidays!  During the Freedom of Species timeslot Sunday 1-2pm, there will be Summer Specials for the next few weeks. Meg will be covering the women’s liberation movement on Dec 29 and Jan 12 and Betty will be discussing the history and politics of the cannabis plant on Jan 5. We will return to normal Freedom of Species programming on Jan 19.  A note to listeners that music is not included in the podcast version of the show, for copyright reasons. If you'd like to listen to the full show with all of the music, just go to our site https://www.3cr.org.au/freedomofspecies and hit play on the player that says Freedom of Species - 22 December 2024. This player is circled in the screenshot that we’ve posted on social media: https://www.facebook.com/freedomofspecies/posts/pfbid02ZKjSxuJRkDicbyVivht6H7DKSzRshjarfP1yD4B87vGCSwnFjGXss5k1V4HvxnHEl The full versions of our shows are always available there soon after they air and for the week following ie this one will be available there until December 29.  Music: Horror is a Human Being by Cursive – from the album Get Fixed: https://cursive.bandcamp.com/album/get-fixed Environmental Anxiety by RAYE – from the album My 21st Century Blues: https://usshop.rayeofficial.com/collections/music No War by Lowkey ft Styles P – from the album Soundtrack to the Struggle 3: https://soundcloud.com/lowkey-scmusic/sets/soundtrack-to-the-struggle-3

Hayden, Katie, Nick and Moo Moo discuss Reddit stories through a vegan lens, focusing on the social aspects of veganism. The stories are from Am I The Asshole, Confessions and Vegan sub-Reddits.   Links: Happy Cow’s Top 25 Vegan-Friendly Cities 2025: https://www.happycow.net/vegtopics/travel/top-vegan-friendly-cities Vegan Australia’s 12 Days of Vegan Christmas campaign – check it out for tips, gift ideas, and recipes for the holiday period: https://mailchi.mp/veganaustralia/12daysofchristmas-1?e=3b5432212c Throughout the discussion, vegan dogs came up. For more on this topic, check out the veterinarian Andrew Knight’s website: https://sustainablepetfood.info/vegetarian-canine-diets/  A note to listeners that we've recently found out that while 3CR’s license covers music played live/on podcasts via the 3CR website, it doesn't cover music played on podcast apps. For now, we'll be putting out the podcast version of the show without the music. However, if you'd like to listen to the full show with all of the music, you can either listen to the show live, every Sunday 1-2pm via 855AM or https://www.3cr.org.au/streaming or the Community Radio Plus app, or you can just go to our site https://www.3cr.org.au/freedomofspecies and hit play on the player that says Freedom of Species and the date of the show. This player is circled in the screenshot that we’ve posted on social media: https://www.facebook.com/freedomofspecies/posts/pfbid02ZKjSxuJRkDicbyVivht6H7DKSzRshjarfP1yD4B87vGCSwnFjGXss5k1V4HvxnHEl The full versions of our shows are always available there soon after they air and for the week following ie basically until our next show airs the following Sunday.  Music: Animal Liberation by Los Fastidios: https://www.losfastidios.net/ (I'm not coming to your) BBQ by Colour Me Wednesday: https://colourmewednesday.bandcamp.com/album/i-thought-it-was-morning Plastic World by Intro5pect: https://gcrecords.bandcamp.com/album/record-profits Fast Food World by Promoe, CosMIC and Bushman: https://open.spotify.com/track/7s7C574zt5GCQnKlFh9baR?si=a07a7ffa8b394277

Why do we overlook insects so often? In this show we decided to focus on insects for a change. Our guest Alex Hill is doing his PhD research on human insect relationships. We discuss why people including animal advocates and vegans do not consider insects much at all. We have a short quiz on insects, we talk about the threat of insect extinction and look into the details about different species of insects. Music Played: Graeme Revell 'La Danse Des Ténèbres (Dance Of Shadows)' https://youtu.be/6DVbfPq4B9Y?feature=shared&t=742 Adrianne Lenker 'ingydar' https://adriannelenker.bandcamp.com/album/songs David Rothenberg 'Katydid Prehistory' https://www.bugmusicbook.com/music  Note: The podcast / archive version of Freedom Of Species will not contain any music, due to copyright issues with streaming platforms. The full show can be heard with music live on 3CR radio Sundays at 1pm, or on replay via the 3CR Freedom Of Species website player for 7 days after being aired.

This show features Ruby Ramsden on her PhD research on vegan activism in Japan. Some of the specific topics covered are: barriers to eating vegan in Japan, Ruby’s vegan/animal journey, “insider” and “outsider” research, a history of veganism and animal consumption in Japan, and tactical vegan advocacy.   You can look further into Ruby’s work by checking out her article Veganism in Japan: How ‘soft’ activism is changing minds in a meat-eating nation: https://www.melbourneasiareview.edu.au/veganism-in-japan-how-soft-activism-is-changing-minds-in-a-meat-eating-nation/  We also briefly touched on the Maintenance Phase podcast episode ‘Soy Boys’: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6XaOAFq1c49TpVOFFe9j2v?si=f87353dbab054edb  Another topic that came up was sociological work on vegaphobia/veganphobia in the media. You can watch talks from Matthew Cole, Karen Morgan, Norm Riley and Corey Wrenn from the 2022 International Association of Vegan Sociologists conference for more on this issue: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJxDlMQqmRk  A note to listeners that we're able to play music on our show due to 3CR Community Radio's license but we've recently found out that while this license covers music played live/on podcasts via the 3CR website, it doesn't cover music played on podcast apps. We'll be meeting soon to work out the best way to put out our podcasts with this in mind, but for this week at least, we'll be putting out the podcast version of the show without the music. However, if you'd like to listen to the full show with all of the music, just go to our site https://www.3cr.org.au/freedomofspecies and hit play on the player that says 'Freedom of Species - 1 December 2024'. This player is circled in the screenshot that we’ve posted on social media: https://www.facebook.com/freedomofspecies/posts/pfbid02ZKjSxuJRkDicbyVivht6H7DKSzRshjarfP1yD4B87vGCSwnFjGXss5k1V4HvxnHEl The full versions of our shows are always available there soon after they air and for the week following ie basically until our next show airs the following Sunday.  Music:  Animal Liberation by Los Fastidios: https://www.losfastidios.net/ Abstract (Psychopomp) by Hozier: https://hozier.com/ MUD by Mudrat: https://open.spotify.com/track/423KXgSOZb2wmoEYipMZQH?si=5a9ab8ce62024710 Hana by Fujii Kaze: https://fujiikaze.com/music/