Freedom of Species

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/

This show features Rose (pictured) and Harley from Animal Rebellion on the creative actions this organisation has done to highlight the environmental impact of animal agriculture and advocate for a plant-based food system.  Links for the show:Connect with Animal Rebellion on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AnimalRebellionCheck out the book Blueprint for Revolution: https://scribepublications.com.au/books-authors/books/blueprint-for-revolution

We speak to Harley from Animal Rebillion UK about how they have continued to advocate for animals during a pandemic. Harley shares some of the creative ways they use to engage people without traditional tactics that involved large gatherings.Follow the link to find out more about Animal Rebellion UK.

This show features Roger Yates, an activist with the Vegan Information Project and sociologist, who discusses changing activism throughout the history of the animal movement, the role of veganism in animal activism and tips for avoiding activist burnout.  Links:Roger’s website: https://onhumanrelationswithothersentientbeings.weebly.com/Roger’s Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/1flatsVegan Information Project – VIP: https://www.facebook.com/theveganinformationprojectRoger’s first appearance on our show: https://www.3cr.org.au/freedomofspecies/episode-202005311300/roger-yates-%E2%80%93-online-activism-and-using-humour-animal-advocacy

Dilan Fernando discusses how over 2019 the UK public become more attuned to the climate crisis than ever before. However, the public conversation largely ignored the environmental impacts of animal farming, and the need for animals to be included in society's visions for climate justice. In light of this, Animal Rebellion was formed to highlight that we must end the animal emergency if we wish to end the climate emergency. A mass movement organisation, the group recently engaged in a two week campaign aiming to shift public consciousness on the need for a plant-based food system. The talk tells the story of Animal Rebellion while drawing out key learnings about strategy, movement building and how we might move forward in building public support for a plant-based food system.This talk was recorded at the Liberated Futures 2019 conference in Melbourne, organised by Collectively Free Kulin Nations and The Institute for Critical Animal Studies (Oceania).You can listen to audio of other talks from this conference here. You can watch videos of the talks from this conference here. You can also listen to a recap of the conference on Freedom of Species.

On this show we discuss singer Miley Cyrus announcing she is no longer vegan, as a starting point for broader conversations around veganism, animal advocacy, gender and health. Link for the article we discuss: https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/miley-cyrus-vegan-plant-based-brain-joe-rogan-podcast-liam-hemsworth-a9704201.html?amp Image from: roshnisanghvi.com

A show dedicated to all the great songs out there about animals and veganism. This will be the first, but hopefully not the last.Music includes:Joy Askew, ‘I broke the LawTonya G, ‘The Voiceless’Yes, ‘Don’t kill the whale’Caffeine Heroes, ‘Animals’Universal PopLab, ‘Vampire in You’Howard Jones, ‘Assault and Battery’Kisschasy, ‘Factory’xTrue Naturex, One SpeciesJay Brave, ‘Vegan Shut Up’Jah Sun Ft Lutan Fyan, Ras Attitude, ‘No bones No blood’