How I Learned to Love Shrimp
James Özden
How I Learned To Love Shrimp is a podcast showcasing innovative and impactful ways to help animals and build the animal advocacy movement. We talk to experts about a variety of topics: animal rights, animal welfare, alternative proteins, the future of food, and much more. Whether it's political change, protest, technological innovation or grassroots campaigns, we aim to cover it all with deep dives we release every 2-4 weeks.Subscribe and please do share with any interested folks! You can also leave feedback and suggestions by contacting us directly through our website.
Episodes
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Jan 16, 2024 • 1h 22min
Simon Newstead on developing alternatives to animal protein
Simon Newstead, impact investor, discusses the world of alternative proteins in Asia and challenges faced. Focus on investing in climate-friendly food tech startups, promoting alternative protein sources for sustainability. Balancing impact and profit for animal welfare. Exploring advancements in plant-based and hybrid products for cost and taste parity. Potential of cultivated crustaceans as an alternative to traditional shrimp paste. Recommendations for engagement in alternative protein field.
6 snips
Dec 12, 2023 • 1h 24min
Wanyi Zeng on building the farmed animal movement in Southeast Asia
Wanyi Zeng, Executive Director of Welfare Matters, discusses challenges and plans for farmed animal advocacy in Southeast Asia. Topics include funding strategies, surprising statistics on duck farming, tailored campaign strategies, disease outbreaks, and building a movement through the Southeast Asia Family Welfare Fellowship program.
Nov 30, 2023 • 1h 14min
Stien Van Der Ploeg on finding the most effective animal charities
Executive Director of Animal Charity Evaluators discusses effective ways to help animals, challenges in charity recommendation process, importance of ACE's work, diverse approaches in animal advocacy, strategic funding in animal welfare, evidence-based approach, legal impact on chickens, transparent charity assessments, and recommendations for expanding perspective and taking action.
12 snips
Nov 15, 2023 • 1h 10min
Monica Chen on theories of change, collaboration and leadership within the animal advocacy movement.
Monica Chen discusses theories of change, challenges of collaboration in animal advocacy, cultural norms, and leadership. She shares insights on empowering the next generation and the importance of balancing activism with self-care. The podcast explores strategies for enhancing collaboration and organizational leadership within the advocacy movement.
13 snips
Nov 2, 2023 • 1h 29min
Cameron Meyer Shorb making the case for wild animals and why we should care about their suffering.
Cameron Meyer Shorb, Executive director of Wild Animal Initiative, makes a compelling case for investing in understanding and reducing wild animal suffering responsibly. Topics include grant-making for research, past interventions, future welfare applications, exploring cricket populations, measuring well-being, and supporting early career researchers in academic research.
9 snips
Oct 18, 2023 • 1h 9min
Josh Balk on using shareholder activism to win change from the world’s largest food companies
Josh Balk discusses using shareholder activism to drive change in major food companies, highlighting successes like Prop 12 in California. He also talks about the importance of political engagement for animal welfare legislation and the shift towards more humane treatment in the food industry. The podcast explores the global impact of shareholder activism and the role of attorneys in navigating legal challenges. Campaigning for ballot measure success and driving change through strategic activism are key topics discussed.
4 snips
Oct 4, 2023 • 58min
Aurelia Adhiambo on the animal advocacy landscape in Africa
Aurelia Adhiambo, Africa co-ordinator for the Open Wing Alliance, discusses the state of the advocacy movement in Africa and the challenges of campaigning. Topics include progress in Africa, flexibility in strategies, corporate campaigns, reception by institutions, challenges in transitioning to cage-free farming, impact of global campaigns, preventing reversion to cages, and media advocacy in Nigeria.
Sep 20, 2023 • 1h 7min
Ines Kostic on using politics to help animals
Ines Kostic, a Member of the Regional Parliament in the Netherlands for the Dutch Party for the Animals, discusses advocating for animals in politics. They talk about the challenges and impact of their work, the success of animal-focused political parties, and qualities for success in electoral politics. They also emphasize the need for animal advocacy to engage in politics and provide a case study on the importance of capacity and funding.
13 snips
Sep 6, 2023 • 59min
Neil Dullaghan on the importance of influencing EU policy and other important research topics
Neil Dullaghan, Senior Research Manager at Rethink Priorities, discusses his EU policy research and impactful projects. Topics include neglected animals like shrimp, the landscape of animal advocacy, phasing out cages in the EU, tangible impact of research, balancing theory and implementation in politics, evaluating grants, changing opinions through media, and book/podcast recommendations.
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Aug 23, 2023 • 1h 6min
Karolina Sarek on why you should start a new charity to help animals, and how Charity Entrepreneurship can help you do it
Karolina Sarek, co-founder of Charity Entrepreneurship, discusses the benefit of joining their charity incubator for animal charities. Topics covered include the long-term focus of ending factory farming, misconceptions in the animal welfare movement, the mission of Charity Entrepreneurship, and evaluating the effectiveness of interventions. They also touch on legislative changes, upcoming program deadlines, and how to get involved.
