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Voices from Climate Strike 2019

Freedom of Species ·

2019/09/22

On Friday 20th September 2019, hundreds of thousands of Australians joined the Global Climate Strike. We took along a recorder to get a sense of how people were thinking about animals and agriculture in relation to the climate and climate action.

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Martin Stringer - Going halfcut for the rainforests

Freedom of Species ·

2019/09/15

Martin Stringer is a nature photographer & videographer who has become personally involved in crowd-funded tropical rainforest protection & restoration projects, both in Australia's Daintree and in the Amazon. He explains these inspiring conservation programs and the huge benefits they're having on wildlife and carbon storage. Halfcut www.halfcut.orgRainforest Trust www.rainforesttrust.orgRainforest Rescue www.rainforestrescue.org.au

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Messages through art: Nikki and the Wasps

Freedom of Species ·

2019/09/08

We are joined by Nikki Viveca, a Melbourne-based performer who brings a touch of theatre to stand-up. Nikki has performed solo shows, such as Asexual Healing, was most recently performing in the Comedy Festival improv show Completely Improvised Potter (which is great!) and won the 2019 Midsumma Poetry Slam.Nikki will tell us about her new fringe show Wasp Movie. When Nikki moved into her cute new house, she was looking forward to turning it into the home of her dreams. She wasn’t counting on the

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Terry Hurtado - The animal rights movement in Colombia

Freedom of Species ·

2019/09/01

This is a presentation given by Terry Hurtado, an environmental & animal rights activist in Colombia, at the Decolonizing Animals conference in New Zealand in July 2019. "Colombia had a very strong welfareist tradition linked to dog and cat shelters, and to some extent, the welfare of horses used for pulling wagons. New generations took reasonability to fight against spectacles in which non-human animals were used, like bullfights, horse parades and circus displaying new ways of advocacy, and

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Paul-Mikhail Catapang Podosky – Moving Beyond Killing...

Freedom of Species ·

2019/08/25

We’re joined by social philosopher Paul-Mikhail Catapang Podosky who discusses his academic work exploring the way the meat-eating industry uses the term “humane” to avoid the questioning of the killing of animals.You can follow Paul-Mikhail Catapang Podosky on Twitter @PPodosky and you can view his publications, including the article ‘A Linguistic Method of Deception The Difference Between Killing Humanely and a Humane Killing’, which we focus on in this show, here:

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Building a mass movement for animal justice

Freedom of Species ·

2019/08/18

In this weeks show we hear a talk by Laila Kassam titled, ‘How can we build a powerful mass movement for animal justice.’ Laila Kassam is a part of the Animal Think Tank Collective. You can find resources and more about the collectives work on their website.

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Reem Lascelles - The invisible factory-farmed rabbit

Freedom of Species ·

2019/08/11

Reem Lascelles from EVER Sanctuary is in the studio, talking about the devastating plight of rabbits farmed for meat in Australia and why they are largely invisible in our society. She describes the appalling conditions that they are subjected to, from birth to slaughter, and the physical and psychological impacts that such conditions have on a highly sensitive, social, and intelligent animal. Reem also explains the many different degrees of welfare protection that may be applied to this single

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Melissa Laing – Social Work for Human AND Non-Human...

Freedom of Species ·

2019/08/04

We’re joined by PhD candidate Melissa Laing who discusses her research on social workers standing up for companion animals, in addition to their human clients.You can follow Melissa on Twitter @ylaingylaing and you can also hear her talk Encountering Interspecies Homelessness: Stories of Social Workers’ Resistance to Anthropocentrism, plus other talks from the Sociology and Animals session at the 2018 ‘Precarity, Rights and Resistance’ conference by The Australian Sociological Association (TASA)

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Mary Merkenich – Animal Liberation and Capitalism

Freedom of Species ·

2019/07/28

On this show we’re joined by Mary Merkenich, a member of Socialist Alliance and writer for Green Left Weekly, who discusses links between capitalism and the oppression of animals. We also play a talk by Dilan Fernando, Co-Founder of Young Voices for Animals, from the event Animal Liberation and Capitalism, which Mary Merkenich also spoke at, as well as Kristin Leigh, President and Campaign Director of Vegan Rising. You can listen to audio of this event here:

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The greater glider vs the Victorian Government

Freedom of Species ·

2019/07/21

We hear from Sue McKinnon & Peter Roberts, both of the Kinglake Friends of the Forest community group which is going head-to-head with the government-owned logging company VicForests, to save the little-known greater glider from extinction.Sue & Peter explain how, despite the greater glider's threatened status, VicForests continues to clearfell coupes throughout the native forests of Central Highlands and Gippsland where greater gliders are known to inhabit. They also describe the bold direct

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Dr Madeline Judge & Maddie North - The psychology of...

Freedom of Species ·

2019/07/14

In this week's show, we are joined by two researchers who investigate the psychology behind veganism. Maddie North is a Deakin University PhD candidate investigating the role of social norms in veganism and the individual’s willingness to reduce meat consumption. Dr Madeline Judge shares their research into the psychological and ideological foundations of veganism and the stereotypes non-vegans use to define vegans.News link:President of the National Farmers Federation invites the public to visit

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Dr Arian Wallach - Compassion in conservation

Freedom of Species ·

2019/07/07

Conservation is a field of research and practice that works to protect the environment. Despite our efforts in conservation for over a century, we are still witnessing the significant degradation of landscape through habitat and biodiversity loss. Compassionate Conservation is a new movement within conservation that tries to respond to several ethical issues within the field. We speak with Dr Arian Wallach, a key researcher in Compassionate Conservation at the University of Technology Sydney.

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Challenging the Humane Myth

Freedom of Species ·

2019/06/30

On this show we explore the world of "humane" animal products and the marketing of animal products. For more on this topic, you can view the resources below:https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/jul/26/humane-milk-is-a-myth-veganism-advert-cleared-by-standards-bodyhttp://freerangefraud.com/http://humanemyth.org/https://www.igi-global.com/chapter/the-role-of-the-ideology-of-animal-welfare-in-the-consumption-and-marketing-of-animal-origin-products/199399

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Professor David Nibert - The Animal Industrial Complex

Freedom of Species ·

2019/06/23

We share a presentation given by David Nibert, a sociology professor from Ohio's Wittenberg University, on the animal industrial complex.This recording was made available by Alternative Radio: https://www.alternativeradio.org/

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RADIOTHON! With Violet CoCo of Extinction Rebellion

Freedom of Species ·

2019/06/16

This is our annual Radiothon show! Freedom of Species needs to raise $1650 to help 3CR Community Radio stay on the air for another year, as a lone radical & independent voice in Australia's corporatised media landscape. Please consider making a tax-deductible donation at www.3cr.org.au Also come along to our fundraising trivia afternoon at Euro Kitchen in Fitzroy on June 30. Details & tickets available here: https://www.facebook.com/events/358864941649338/We also speak with Violet CoCo of

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Animals in the Australian Federal Election 2019

Freedom of Species ·

2019/04/07

With the Australian federal election around the corner, we want to help you understand parties policies animal issues. We were joined by candidates Tania Briese from the Pirate Party Australia, Ben Schultz from the Animal Justice Party and Jason Ball from the Greens.We discuss what the most important animal issues are for their party and their positions on specific policies topics.

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Dilan Fernando - Animal Rights in Palestine

Freedom of Species ·

2019/03/31

On this show we're joined Dilan Fernando to talk about his recent trip to Palestine and the work of the Palestinian Animal League. He discusses the Israeli occupation of Palestinian land and how this influences and impacts animal activism.

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Humane Science Education

Freedom of Species ·

2019/03/24

We listen to the talk, ‘Humane Science Education: Ending the Use of Animals for Dissection’, presented by Nicole Green, Director, Animalearn and Dr. Elisabeth Ormandy - Executive Director, Animals in Science Policy Institute.This presentation was recorded as part of the the Humane Education Coalitions - Humane Summit 2019. The Humane Summit 2019, was a virtual speaker series run over two days in February 2019.The Humane Summit 2019, included many talks, all of which you can find in a YouTube

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Nichola Kriek - Humane education in the NZ school...

Freedom of Species ·

2019/03/17

We've got a presentation from the recent Humane Education Coalition summit, delivered by Nichola Kriek from SAFE. She talks about how humane education has been successfully introduced into the NZ school curriculum. We've also got four spoken word performances, from Canada, UK, & the US. SAFE www.safe.org.nzHumane Education Coalition summit www.hecoalition.org/summit

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Bede Carmody – Preventing Activist Burnout

Freedom of Species ·

2019/03/10

This show features some of Bede Carmody’s talk ‘Sustainable Activism: How to avoid becoming burnt out as an activist’. You can listen to the full talk at the following link and the description on this site also has links to further resources and to listen to other talks from the conference it was recorded at: https://archive.org/details/BedeCarmody We particularly recommend that activists do the following survey to see where they sit on the Burnout Rating Scale:

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