Freedom of Species

Meg and Trev interview Friends of the Earth land use researcher Anthony Amis. Listen in to learn about the interesting story of koalas in Victoria, their populations, genetic and environmental challenges, the lack of government priority in conservation of land that supports koala friendly ecosystems, and the dedicated network of people who have been gathering data and conducting scientific reseach to help us understand what needs to be done to save the koals.  Friends of the Earth www.foe.org.au Koalathon website: https://koalathon.raiselysite.com/ Koala map https://strzkoala.australianmap.net/ Information on Mullungdung https://www.melbournefoe.org.au/mullungdung_reserve_campaign Photo courtesy of Friends of the Earth

Adam and Nick reflect on their personal experiences and practical issues around caring for companion animals who have significant health issues. They also consider what policy/societal changes could be made to better support companion animals and their human carers.  Music: Animal Liberation by Los Fastidios: https://www.losfastidios.net/ Dogs Are The Best People by The Fauves: https://thefauves.com/store Dogs Of My Neighbourhood by Jeffrey Lewis: https://jeffreylewis.bandcamp.com/track/dogs-of-my-neighborhood-2 The Staffie Song by Maria Daines: https://maria-daines.com/songs-for-a-cause

Dr. Leila Dehghan is a doctor-turned-nutritionist, activist, and educator. Her journey to veganism began as an animal rescuer, but she later discovered the healing power of a whole food, plant-based diet, which helped her overcome debilitating migraines. This experience shifted her career focus, leading her to earn a Master’s in Clinical and Public Health Nutrition from University College London.   Leila is the founder of Plant-based Health Justice, a nonprofit dedicated to raising awareness about the interconnectedness of oppression and advocating for a healthier, sustainable world by fostering justice, equity, and compassion for all.   Her passion for education also led her to create PlantEd Academy, where she develops courses, workshops, and resources that promote the benefits of plant-based diets in a culturally sensitive and inclusive way. Through her work, she challenges Eurocentric dietary norms and empowers individuals and communities to decolonize nutrition and reclaim their health.   Links:  Leila's free nutrition course https://plantedacademy.  com/planted-guide-to-plant-based-eating/  Dr Leila on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/drleilad/  Leila's previous interview on FoS https://www.3cr.org.au/freedomofspecies/episode/dr-leila-dehghan-plant-based-health-justice  We mentioned our friend Anas Araft, co-founder of Plant the Land Team Gaza who coordinates mutual aid initiatives to provide clean water, food, blankets, and warm clothes to people in need in Gaza. https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100008448283358 The Ramadan fundraiser to help Anas's mutual aid efforts to supply food packages to families in Gaza. Please donate if you can and share this link with others https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-ramadan-in-gaza   Music we played on the live show:  Aateny El Nay We Ghanny by Fairuz  Ajab Sabri Khoda Darad by Sattar  Hind's Hall by Macklemore.  Please note that to adhere with copyright requirements we cannot include the songs in the podcast. The songs have been added to the FoS Spotify playlist  https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3TJQujKYjGFoFP6LhBbaTS?si=6ghUWmzkQpyv...    Thank you for listening to Freedom of Species. If you would like to subscribe to 3CR please visit https://www.3cr.org.au/subscribe and consider nominating Freedom of Species as the show you wish to support. Paid subscriptions to 3CR Community Radio keep independent, grassroots media on the airwaves.

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