Freedom of Species

On this show we speak with Dr Leila Dehgan, doctor, plant-based nutritionist and Founding Director of Plant-based Health Justice. Born in Tehran, Iran, and raised in Vienna, Austria, Leila is a plant-based nutritionist and social justice activist. With a background in medicine, Leila had to pivot her career path due to debilitating migraines.Although Leila’s journey to veganism started as an animal rescuer, she later discovered the power of a whole food plant-based diet and healed her migraines through diet. This experience shifted her professional interests. She pursued a Plant-Based Nutrition Certificate at eCornell, part of Cornell University, and obtained a Master’s of Science degree in Clinical and Public Health Nutrition from University College London. Navigating life as a vegan of colour and an immigrant in Austria and the UK, she brings a unique awareness of the intersectionality of different social identities and injustices. Leila passionately champions an anti-oppressive approach within the realms of animal rights and vegan activism, leading her to found Plant-based Health Justice, a non-profit social justice charity dedicated to cultivating justice, equity, and compassion to create a healthier and more sustainable world for all. Links:Plant-based Health Justice https://plantbasedhealthjustice.org/Vegans for Palestine: https://www.instagram.com/vegansforpalestine/(link is external)Vegans for Palestine's Statement of Solidarity can be found here: https://www.instagram.com/vegansforpalestine/(link is external)Flavours of Freedom eBook https://flavoursoffreedom.bigcartel.com/product/flavours-of-freedomDecolonising Veganism (Leila's talk with Animal Alliance Asia as part of their Changing the Narrative series) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdwfkpcwsXM Music played:Bella Ciao (Palestinian version with subtitles) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bw8kQJ3Dg6QBaraye by Shervin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0th9_v-BbUI

3CR Subscriber Drive Monday, February 12 – Sunday, February 18. This week is 3CR Subscriber Week and we thought it's a great time for another Animal Trivia show! See if you know the answers to the questions that baffled the team. 3CR is one-of-a-kind! We have 400 volunteers and cover an incredible array of programming content. From special broadcast events on Invasion Day or Trans Day of Visibility to any of our 120 weekly shows, 3CR has got your radical radio listening covered. We need our listeners to be subscribers to ensure the survival of the station. We’re a not for profit, community radio licence holder, and a strong subscriber base is vital to our financial independence. 3CR provides independent, community-owned media, free of commercial influence and government bias. It is radio in your language, giving voice to your community. Every week, you can listen live to your favourite shows, listen back with on-demand or podcast or through the community radio app.  How to Subscribe to 3CR:• Online at the 3CR website: www.3cr.org.au/subscribe. (You can also choose to set up a recurring subscription online)• Phone: 03 9419 8377 during business hours (Monday to Friday, 9am-5pm AEST)• In-person at the station during business hours (3CR is located at 21 Smith Street, Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia) Music we played: Cook up by Coach NYM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2kSjPU_aa0 Burn it to the Ground by Sweet Goose https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0ECZyt3CTk 2020 BC by Ceschi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRIxuujiR5c Thank you for your support and your commitment to keeping 3CR on air. If you'd like to get in touch with the FoS team, please email us at freedomofspecies@gmail.com

Hayden and Lottie ask Nick about his dream vegan menu as we celebrate vegan eating, make the case that being a foodie doesn’t have to be inconsistent with being a vegan and discuss prefiguration – trying to live in a way that is consistent with the future we are working towards.   The episode is based on the format of the foodie podcast Off Menu with Ed Gamble and James Acaster, but with a vegan twist. For those wanting to check out that show, an episode we particularly recommend features the dream menu of vegan comedian Lou Sanders: https://play.acast.com/s/offmenu/ep10-lousanders  You can hear Lottie and Hayden’s dream menu’s on our first vegan Off Menu-style show - the 10 September 2023 episode: https://www.3cr.org.au/freedomofspecies/episode/what%E2%80%99s-menu-our-dream-vegan-communist-utopia  Music and Comedy played: Animal liberation by Los Fastidios: https://www.losfastidios.net/ Meat Free Youth by Shoreline and Nervus: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IhZOtxyNsc James Acaster On The Absurdity Of The British Empire – from the Netflix special James Acaster Repertoire, specifically episode 3 (Reset). Cows with Guns by Dana Lyons: https://open.spotify.com/track/0z3SCBSSCZDxjQd81GsQI7  Tune in to our show next Sunday 18 February 1-2pm for our animal-themed trivia Subscriber Drive show! You don’t have to wait until that show to subscribe though, you can subscribe to support 3CR Community right now! Nominate Freedom of Species as your favourite show to support our show specifically: https://www.3cr.org.au/subscribe

In this episode we speak with Davita Coronel, bat researcher and animal activist as she talks about the crisis currently being faced by flying foxes. We discuss the starvation and pup abandonment crisis, explain what this is and the negative ramifications, talk about wild animals in urban spaces and how our society's views of bats needs to change in order for us to live harmoniously with them as they move more into built up urban environments from their ever decreasing wild and natural environments.We also briefly discuss the disappointing news of the decision by the Victorian state government to approve the upcoming duck hunting season despite an upper house inquiry's findings reccomending against it and many submissions urging the government to permanently ban duck hunting.

For our episode this week Claire interviews Diaa from Free Palestine Bendigo.  Topics covered: How he came to be involved in Free Palestine activismWho Free Palestine Bendigo is and what they do. What some of the highlights of the Free Palestine Bendigo activities so far have been.What some of the challenges of regional organising for Palestine are. Advice for people wanting to start a similar group in their area.  Claire also spoke at the Free Palestine Central Vic rally on 28 Jan and a copy of their speech is available here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XbrNu7l_kkrTUl9RjSv-axFagLoo-YZ-/view  Other useful links:  Free Palestine Bendigo https://www.instagram.com/freepalestinebendigo/  Free Palestine Central Victoria https://linktr.ee/FreePalestineCentralVic  Peaceful Palestine protest (Castlemaine Mail) https://castlemainemail.com.au/latest-news/2023/12/15/peaceful-palestine-protest/   Palestinian rally held at MP's office as family hears of cousin's death (Bendigo Advertister) https://www.bendigoadvertiser.com.au/story/8458929/palestinian-child-killed-by-israeli-airstrike-has-bendigo-family/   Bendigo, central Victoria speak up for Palestinian cause (Bendigo Advertister) https://www.bendigoadvertiser.com.au/story/8426259/bendigo-businesses-community-rallies-for-palestinian-cause/   Music played:We Won't Forget by Deen Squad, Karter Zaher, Jae Deen, Shadi AkhiFrom Gaza, With Love by Saint LevantNo More War by Kai Boy, The Steppas, Hawane Rios  Freedom of Species' Spotify playlist can be found here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3TJQujKYjGFoFP6LhBbaTS

On this show we play some of the speeches from The Big Pig Vigil hosted by Farm Transparency Project and held outside Diamond Valley Pork in Laverton, Victoria on October 22, 2023. The peaceful 24-hour vigil was held outside the facility, which is one of the largest pig slaughterhouses in Australia. The speakers include: Ally Roberts (environmental and animal activist), Catriona Marshall (FTP Outreach and Social Media Coordinator), Kristy Alger (Animal Liberation Tasmania President), Andy Meddick (Animal Justice Party VIC's first Member of Parliament), and Chris Delforce (FTP Founding Director) with introductions by Harley McDonald-Eckersall (FTP Strategy and Campaigns Director). Links: Follow the work of Farm Transparency Project at their website https://www.farmtransparency.org/ and on social media https://www.facebook.com/FarmTransparencyProject/photos_by and https://www.instagram.com/dominionmovement/ Animal Liberation Tasmania https://www.facebook.com/animalliberationtasmania/ & https://www.instagram.com/animal_liberation_tasmania/?hl=en Animal Justice Party VIC https://vic.animaljusticeparty.org/For information on Invasion Day 2024 events on Friday January 26, please refer to the Warriors of the Aboriginal Resistance (WAR) Facebook page here for events in Naarm and across Victoria: https://www.facebook.com/WARcollective/ We mentioned the New Recipe eBook: Flavours of Freedom eBook. A group of Global Majority vegans worldwide and co-create this incredible eBook. It serves as both a powerful statement of solidarity with Palestine and a fundraising effort for the humanitarian response in Gaza. Purchase your copy here  https://flavoursoffreedom.bigcartel.com/?fbclid=IwAR1VnAe7xGAj-ldhFoxOgs7fkMjRANE8MiBVfpx1W2G8UtuLTaTKCUpvETc  The ebook ($10USD) contains: 28 vegan recipes, an original essay by Lisa Betty, and beautiful illustrations by Brittany Loar and Fahed Abboud. 100% of the book´s profits ($7.60 after the platform's commission) will be split equally between PCRF - Palestine Children's Relief Fund https://www.pcrf.net/ and Sulala Animal Rescue https://sulalaanimalrescue.com/ Here is a excerpt from the Introduction:  “We support a free Palestine, in that we believe Palestinians have the right to return to their lands, and the right to self-determination. They are entitled to liberation from Israeli occupation, and to live free from violence…This project is also a statement of solidarity. To us, to be vegan is to resist oppression in all its forms. Choosing what and what not to eat is just one means of voicing our dissent. ... Many within our movement have made their names and fortunes by aligning themselves with veganism, but continue to stay silent in the face of horrors perpetrated against marginalised peoples". Music played: We played two songs by Steph Bitter - Better Days and The Straw, both from Steph's EP Playful Thoughts of a Sentimental Heart. https://open.spotify.com/artist/5TgpXFhkJf3LQbZwDeooXX https://stephbitter.bandcamp.com/album/playful-thoughts-of-a-sentimental-heart-ep  Thank you for listening to Freedom of Species. If you have any feedback on our shows or would like to get in touch, please contact us via email at freedomofspecies@gmail.com or via Facebook https://www.facebook.com/freedomofspecies/ or Instagram https://www.instagram.com/freedomofspecies/

This Summer Special covers anti-capitalist alternatives, with a focus on socialism and anarchism. It is hosted by Freedom of Species hosts Meg and Nick, as well as regular FoS guest Lottie.   Additional resources: Free Women of Spain: Anarchism and the struggle for the emancipation of women by Martha Ackelsberg. Library Socialism & Usufruct by Srsly Wrong podcast: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6TKvQQ0BpUeGpRavJdiJmo?si=gVtK81u5T8eXBRjqsJ8zpw&fbclid=IwAR0vTs7-mpMFNYhHxqSR_5l_C8avVaTuBPVxmzvCM7aJFpRlW1EILPCVnJE&nd=1&dlsi=700c992692f34930 Are You An Anarchist? The Answer May Surprise You! By David Graeber: https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/david-graeber-are-you-an-anarchist-the-answer-may-surprise-you The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin. A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers.  Music and pop culture clips: I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson: season 3, episode 4.  Peep Show: season 2, episode 4. Office Space. On Becoming a God in Central Florida: episode 1. Shove This Jay Oh Bee by Canibus, with Biz Markie – Office Space soundtrack. Everything I Am by Lowkey. The Wasteland by Chumbawamba.  You can listen to the Palestine Special mentioned during this show here:  https://www.3cr.org.au/radioforpalestine  This is the final show in our Summer Programming period. We’re back to normal Freedom of Species programming on Sunday January 21.

Dilan Fernando and Harley McDonald-Eckersall discuss their time in Palestine and the work of the Palestinian Animal League. They explain the Israeli occupation of Palestinian land and how this influences animal activism. This show originally aired on March 31, 2019.  A reminder about the rest of our Summer Programming Schedule: 7 January: Freedom of Species replay on the documentary Stray. 14 January: Summer Special on anti-capitalist alternatives. We return to regular Freedom of Species programming on January 21.

On this Summer Special, Freedom of Species presenters Claire and Nick talk hockey and social justice. We cover: how we got into ice hockey; Indigenous advocacy in hockey including calls for the Chicago team to change their name and logo; the Black Lives Matter movement; and police and military involvement in hockey.  Nick and Claire continue this discussion on hockey and politics, as well as bringing in activism in other sports like cricket and Australian Rules Football, on Progressive Podcast Australia: https://progressivepodcastaustralia.com/2023/12/24/298/  Additional links: Chicago team https://www.teenvogue.com/story/native-youth-need-safe-spaces  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Blackhawks_name_and_logo_controversy  https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/07/sports/hockey/chicago-blackhawks-stand-by-logo.html  https://arts.unimelb.edu.au/australiancentre/critical-public-conversations/undoing-australia-2022/settler-memory-and-the-pitfalls-and-possibilities-of-a-third-reconstruction  Goalie mask controversy ‘Wild's Marc-Andre Fleury dons Native American Heritage mask’ – article by Greg Wyshynski: https://www.espn.com.au/nhl/story/_/id/38970420/nhl-nixes-marc-andre-fleury-mask-honoring-native-americans https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/marc-andre-fleurys-mask-featuring-native-art-raises-35000-at-auction/  https://www.thestar.com/sports/hockey/they-re-being-racist-marc-andre-fleury-mask-designer-says-nhl-ban-ignores-indigenous-peoples/article_704413d9-4926-5315-8e6d-6a90fead7368.html  https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/kraken/kraken-jerseys-for-indigenous-peoples-night-seek-to-shed-light-on-a-dark-history/  https://twitter.com/HKYIndigenous/status/1734384218380066881  BLM activism in the NHL https://www.nhl.com/news/jt-brown-reflection-on-raising-fist-2017-317734028  https://medium.com/@kchance52387/your-performative-activism-is-not-enough-how-the-nhls-shift-in-support-for-black-lives-matter-89f1f808f01a  https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2020/08/27/nhl-black-lives-matter-protests-critics/  https://theleafsnation.com/news/the-nhl-and-black-lives-matter-a-year-later  https://ftw.usatoday.com/2020/08/tyler-seguin-ryan-reaves-matt-dumba-nhl-players-tell-why-they-protested-during-the-anthem  Shane Pinto https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/explainer-the-shane-pinto-suspension-and-the-nhls-uneasy-connection-to-gambling  Bearhead Sisters https://ca.news.yahoo.com/bearhead-sisters-palestine-edmonton-oilers-195908316.html#:~:text=The%20Bearhead%20Sisters%2C%20who%20performed,during%20the%20one%2Dminute%20performance  https://www.facebook.com/100044570703399/posts/880436370118712  https://twitter.com/EdmontonOilers/status/1724254088215605701  https://www.oilersdaily.com/This-post-caused-the-Edmonton-Oilers-some-controversy-regarding-the-latest-geopolitical-conflict-287720   Books Settler Memory: The Disavowal of Indigeneity and the Politics of Race in the United States by Kevin Bruyneel https://uncpress.org/book/9781469665238/settler-memory/ Chapter 5 - The Free Pass: The Racial Politics of Indian Team Names and Mascots (111-135)  Call Me Indian by Fred Sasakamoose Life in Two Worlds by Ted Nolan  Willie: The Game-Changing Story of the NHL's First Black Player by Willie O'Ree All Roads Home: A Life On and Off the Ice by Bryan Trottier  Music: Seattle Kraken 2023 Goal Horn featuring Nirvana ‘Lithium’: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVyjvsxLWrw ipetitions.com/petition/rivertonrifle by John K Samson. Dear Coach’s Corner by Propagandhi: https://propagandhi.com/music/supporting-caste Mandaree Special (Chaske Fox Memorial) by The Bearhead Sisters: https://open.spotify.com/track/3tW627WWvKLyrCF4f7hask?si=c5cb4ba09304413d  A reminder about our Summer Programming Schedule: 31 December: Freedom of Species replay on animal rights in Palestine. 7 January: Freedom of Species replay on the documentary Stray. 14 January: Summer Special on anti-capitalist alternatives. We return to regular Freedom of Species programming on January 21.

For our episode this week Claire, Caroline, Nick and Trev discuss many things Christmas including: How we feel about celebrating in the context of Christmas being cancelled in Palestine?What it’s like being a vegan at ChristmasSome of our favourite recipes and productsHow to negotiate the ethics of gift giving in a consumerist society Links:There's no Christmas in Bethlehem this year. With war in Gaza, festivities are off https://www.npr.org/2023/12/16/1219245873/bethlehem-christmas-gaza-israel Israel-Palestine war: Palestinians cancel Christmas celebrations amid Gaza devastation https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-palestine-war-christmas-cancelled-gaza-devastation-leaves-sombre-feeling Christmas cancelled: US Palestinians feel no holiday joy amid war on Gaza https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/12/13/christmas-cancelled-us-palestinians-feel-no-holiday-joy-amid-war-on-gaza Christmas in Palestine this year. The Child under the rubble: https://twitter.com/MuntherIsaac/status/1731255993630126121 Manerva hid in a church for 50 days. Palestinians fear Gazan Christians will be wiped out https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/manerva-hid-in-a-church-for-50-days-palestinians-fear-gazan-christians-will-be-wiped-out/vh6uepwjh   Music played:محمد عساف — Ana Dami Falastini Phil Ochs — No Christmas in KentuckyElton John — Merry Christmas, Maggie Thatcher Freedom of Species' Spotify playlist can be found here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3TJQujKYjGFoFP6LhBbaTS