Freedom of Species

This Rotations show features musical comedy songs with some kind of political or social commentary. It is hosted by Nick from Freedom of Species and his partner Katie. The show originally aired on Rotations on 3CR Community Radio on 22 August 2021. For more about the Rotations show, see: https://www.3cr.org.au/rotations  Music played:  Comedy by Bo Burnham: http://www.boburnham.com/ Look Who’s Inside Again by Bo Burnham: http://www.boburnham.com/ HouseFyre by Briggs and Tim Minchin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nZQRt4BXr8 Music Notes: Macklemore’s Homophobic Gay Rights Song by Cracked:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JgPK2pTrcI&t=224s Equal Rights by The Lonely Island: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QS9hwcqcX-Q Come Home (Cardinal Pell) by Tim Minchin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtHOmforqxk Life is incredible by Briggs with Greg Holden: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPSlcrffAY4 Rich, White, Straight Men by Kesha: https://keshastore.com/collections/music Self Esteem by Garfunkel and Oates: https://www.garfunkelandoates.com/ Happy Birthday to my Loose Acquaintance by Garfunkel and Oates: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oy98BU-cf_E Welcome to the Internet by Bo Burnham: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1BneeJTDcU Goodbye by Bo Burnham: http://www.boburnham.com/  For more political music recommendations from Nick and Katie, you can check out their podcast Spotify playlist Progressive Podcast Australia Music and Comedy: https://open.spotify.com/user/bronzecat83/playlist/6DK5AzWfrxSDcpHWlLsWi6

Adam and Davita are joined by the wonderful author Kate Hall. Kate is currently working on a dystopian novel around xenotransplantation. She provides a powerful critique of the practice of using animal-to-human transplants. She also introduces us to her protagonist Mouse by reading a few vivid excerpts from her novel in progress.  Kate's published novel Kate Hazel Hall - From Darkness: https://www.katehazelhall.com/books  Kate's recommendations for animal focused books: Laura Jean McKay - The Animals in That Country Eva Hornung - Dog Boy Karen Joy Fowler - We're All Completely Besides Ourselves Merlinda Bobis - Locust Girl Danielle Celermajer - Summertime Links Kangaroo tendons for human knees and ankles: https://www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2018/08/14/can-skippy-disrupt-the-orthopaedic-ligament-market-.html Radio interview ABC Illawara by Lindsay McDougall: https://www.allegraorthopaedics.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Lindsay-McDougall-of-ABC-Radio-Illawarra-with-David-Chuter-CEO-and-Managing-Director-at-Innovative-Manufacturing-CRC.mp3 Music Played Pink Floyd 'On the Turning Away' https://open.spotify.com/album/4xODvcpjOOgu4oKWL0sCte Emily Wurramara 'Yimenda-Papaguneray (The Turtle Song)' https://emilywurramara.bandcamp.com/album/milyakburra

Trev and Davita are joined by seasoned activist Claire to discuss the crossover between ableism and anti-vax sentiment in the vegan community. We critique issues around the accessibility within the movement, especially for people with an immunodeficiency. This is particularly timely considering the Covid-19 pandemic and vaccine hesitancy. Links: William Cooper (First Nations Anti-Nazi history) https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-11-10/william-coopers-protest-against-kristallnacht-nazi-violence/10481936 Vegan Bill of Consistent Anti-oppression http://www.consistentantioppression.com/ Ginny Messina and other vegan critiques of the 'What the Health?' documentary https://www.theveganrd.com/2017/07/a-science-based-and-vegan-perspective-on-the-new-what-the-health-documentary Pseudoscience in the vegan community https://www.euronews.com/green/2021/04/12/what-do-veganism-and-conspiracy-theories-have-in-common Ableism in the Covid response of the UK and similar countries https://www.powertopersuade.org.au/blog/welcome-to-the-age-of-epidemiological-liberalism/2/2/2021 Music: Busby Marou 'Naba Norem (The Reef Song)' https://open.spotify.com/album/7csjD3dBWReZZ7xkSWA03D Halluci Nation 'The Virus' http://smarturl.it/ATCRHalluciNation Steph Bitter 'Twisted Places' https://open.spotify.com/album/4ImOvXR19FyztLWv1tvONH

Dr Bianca Le and Ruth Purcell from Animal Agriculture Australia tell us about the developments in cell ag. Bianca is the Founder, Director and a Scientist at Cellular Agriculture Australia, an organization working to create a connected cell ag community in Australia. Ruth is a volunteer at Cellular Agriculture Australia and was previously a biologist at nourish ingredients, a food technology company working to revolutionise how alternative protein products are made.You can find out more about Cellular Agriculture Australia and how to get involved at their website.

Chay Neal (Executive Director) and Amanda Holly (Campaign Manager, Intensive Farming) from Animal Liberation Queensland speak with us about ALQ's approach to animal rights advocacy and some of their successful campaigns including their expose on live baiting in the greyhound industry, the amazing BEEF.ORG.AU campaign, their campaign for veganism Vegan4Life, rodeo campaigns and more.  Links:  Animal Liberation QLD https://alq.org.au/ Greyhound racing campaign https://alq.org.au/greyhound-racing Rodeos https://alq.org.au/rodeos BEEF.ORG.AU campaign https://www.beef.org.au/ Campaign for veganism, Vegan4Life https://www.vegan4life.org.au/ Dairy industry https://alq.org.au/dairy World Plant Milk Day 2021 https://www.worldplantmilkday.com/ Brisbane Animal Save https://alq.org.au/brisbane-animal-save Music: All the Good Girls go to Hell by Billie Eilish https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PZsSWwc9xA January 26 by A.B. Original https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZ9qeX4gUeo Nameless, Faceless by Courtney Barnett https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZZSYDhx0FI   If you enjoyed the show, please consider donating to 3CR and specify that your donation is for Freedom of Species – we appreciate any support! https://www.3cr.org.au/donate

Harley McDonald-Eckersall from Animal Rebellion discusses their campaign demanding McDonald’s goes totally plant-based by 2025. This campaign has included a blockade of a McDonald’s burger factory and distribution centres.  Links: Find out more about Animal Rebellion here: https://animalrebellion.org/ For more information on the McLibel case mentioned during the show, you can check out the documentary ‘McLibel’ and the following website: https://www.mcspotlight.org/case/  Music played: Frenzal Rhomb ‘Not So Tough Now’: https://open.spotify.com/track/3GekUIPmZj1MxOcZRdStcr?si=bb4fbe72cb914e0c Jonathan Mann ft. Ivory King ‘Vegan Myths Debunked’: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tc8TrchWeO0 Anti-Flag ‘Underground Network’: https://anti-flag.bandcamp.com/track/underground-network  Please donate to 3CR and specify that your donation is for Freedom of Species – we appreciate any support! https://www.3cr.org.au/donate

Trev and Davita chat with Vanessa Letico - author of the children's book Luca's Adventure From Table-to-Farm. Vanessa and the illustrator Diandra Hwan have published a compassionate and gentle book that vegans, vegetarians and vegan-curious people can read to their kids. Listen back for our interview with Vanessa about her book.   Links: You can find Vanessa's book here: https://www.dymocks.com.au/book/lucas-adventure-from-table-to-farm-by-vanessa-letico-and-diandra-hwan-and-laurena-letico-9780646830360  Music Played:Dua Lipa 'Levitating' - https://open.spotify.com/album/5lKlFlReHOLShQKyRv6AL9Olivia Rodrigo 'Good 4 U' - https://open.spotify.com/album/6s84u2TUpR3wdUv4NgKA2jCharlie Lane 'Sail' - https://open.spotify.com/album/1QHQT6rWcwSwTWQR5OJHST

On this show we analyse mainstream media reporting on plant-based meats and discuss the benefits of eating plant-based rather than animal-based meats, for animals and the environment.  Links: The article we discuss for most of the show is ‘Plant-based meat sales are soaring, but experts warn it may not be better for you or the environment’ by Cara Waters in The Sydney Morning Herald: https://amp.smh.com.au/business/companies/plant-based-meat-sales-are-soaring-but-experts-warn-it-may-not-be-better-for-you-or-the-environment-20210317-p57bi2.html We also discuss the article ‘Taste alone won't persuade Americans to swap out beef for plant-based burgers’ by Anna Mattila in The Conversation: https://theconversation.com/amp/taste-alone-wont-persuade-americans-to-swap-out-beef-for-plant-based-burgers-158682 The article ‘The Civilised Burger: Meat Alternatives as a Conversion Aid and Social Instrument for Australian Vegetarians and Vegans’ by Nath and Prideaux in the Australian Humanities Review is briefly touched on: http://www.australianhumanitiesreview.org/archive/Issue-November2011/nath%26prideaux.html We finish the show by discussing cultured meat – for more on this, check out our previous episode on the topic: https://www.3cr.org.au/freedomofspecies/episode-202101171300/would-vegans-eat-cultured-meat  Music played: Goldfinger ‘Walk Away’: http://www.goldfingermusic.com/ The Living End ‘End of the World’: http://www.thelivingend.com.au/ World/Inferno Friendly Society ‘Cats are not lucky creatures’: https://www.worldinferno.com/  If you enjoy the music we play on our show, check out our Spotify playlist ‘Freedom of Species’! https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3TJQujKYjGFoFP6LhBbaTS?si=a84054801d704f12  Freedom of Species t-shirts are now available via the 3CR website, in a range of colours and both tighter fit and looser fit styles!   https://3cr-shop.myshopify.com/collections/frontpage/products/freedom-of-species-semi-fitted-tshirt?fbclid=IwAR0lXtTukvk2EvefI7zwNfwky8848pzh8bjUcJpHAEPoUh6RMCSaJnnGM2o   https://3cr-shop.myshopify.com/collections/tshirts/products/freedom-of-species-loose-fitted-tshirt?fbclid=IwAR2EQqTFmQQMLHbMgcz53L3hQ-H_i63cx2gfTU2LV1FX6EtD7AfkP5M3MQw

Have you ever heard people discussing gene editing of predators to turn them into herbivores? Or to gene edit animals who have many offspring, to have them create far fewer offspring? These are some of the extreme suggestions coming from advocates to reduce the suffering of wild animals. So what’s up with WAS? Davita and Trev discuss ideas within this movement, and the many responses to it.   Links:  Murray Lower Darling Rivers Indigenous Nations: https://www.facebook.com/mldrin  Herbivorize Predators: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSaX8vDzaVvMGGfAPA2-Dsw/about  Estimates for the number of animals in the world: https://reducing-suffering.org/how-many-wild-animals-are-there  Overview of Wild Animal Suffering: https://longtermrisk.org/the-importance-of-wild-animal-suffering  PTSD in wild animals: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6685979/   Music Played: Deadstar 'Don't it get you down': https://open.spotify.com/album/6ugwsPiMoCHWsKyrIuJ1AZ Jordan Rakei 'Lost Myself':  https://jordanrakei.bandcamp.com/album/cloak World Sick 'Shower': https://worldsick.bandcamp.com/album/shower   Podcast Image: https://www.flickr.com/photos/50457550@N00 This image is licensed with CC BY-SA 2.0. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/

We speak with Robyn from Lamb Care Australia, a not-for-profit registered charity that resucues and rehomes orphanied lambs born during the lambing season in Victoria.We discuss how Robyn's experiences caring for newborn lambs prompted her and others to form the charity and how they help lambs in need with the support of exceptional carers. Robyn talks about some of the lambs that have really made an impact on her including Ben, Dawn and Mimi. Ben is pictured in the photo with Robyn here.Please view the stories of the gorgeous individuals that have come into LCA's care here: https://lambcareaustralia.org.au/our-lambs/There are lot of ways you can support Lamb Care Australia including making a donation or purchasing  merchandise, checking out the volunteering options, or purchasing items from the LCA wishlist that will help them continue their great work. Details here: https://lambcareaustralia.org.au/how-to-help/wishlist/Lamb Care Australia has an upcoming fundraising event, Trivia for the Lambs on Sunday August 14, 2021 at the Edinburgh Gardens Community Hall in Fitzroy North, VIC. Tickets are available here: https://lambcareaustralia.org.au/blog/ Music we played on the show:Riverside by Anges Obel https://www.agnesobel.com/First day of my life by Bright Eyes https://www.thisisbrighteyes.com/index.php