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The Freedom of Species Team

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Mutual Aid, Mother's Day and mental health.

Freedom of Species ·

2024/05/12

This show aired on Mother’s Day today in Australia and our discussion covers heavy topics such as violence, death and the genocide in Palestine. We recognise that trauma is widespread and that many listeners may have experienced traumatic events in their lives, and so mention these topics up front. Mother’s Day:We discuss issues of speciesism around animal mothers and talk about the story of Clarabelle the cow and her baby Valentine who are living together at Edgar’s Mission Farm Sanctuary.

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Emma Hakansson's new books - Total Ethics Fashion &...

Freedom of Species ·

2024/04/28

Our guest is Emma Hakansson, the founding director of Collective Fashion Justice, a not-for-profit dedicated to creating a total ethics fashion system which prioritises the wellbeing of people, our fellow animals and the planet, before profit. We chat about Emma's books Total Ethics Fashion and Sub-human: A 21st-Century Ethic; on Animals, Collective Liberation, and Us All, and some of the campaign updates from Collective Fashion Justice. Links: Collective Fashion Justice

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The Orca Revolution Part 2

Freedom of Species ·

2024/04/21

Join us as we revisit the fascinating and ongoing saga of orcas attacking boats off the Iberian Peninsula. Since May of 2020 orcas have been attacking, damaging and in some cases sinking boats off the Iberian Peninsula between Morocco, Portugal and Spain, and no one knows for certain why. What are their motives? How has this negative human/orca interaction played out? Is it escalating? What will the clashes lead to? Listen to the first Orca Revolution episode below: The Orca Revolution Part 1:

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Getting Things Done in Animal Advocacy

Freedom of Species ·

2024/04/07

Dilan Fernando gives some tips that animal advocates can use from the book Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity by David Allen. Dilan discusses how he uses these tips in his own life and in the organisation he is a part of – Animal Think Tank. This advice can help individual animal advocates and animal advocacy organisations get on top of their inbox, their tasks more generally and gain greater headspace for creative thinking as a result of no longer keeping tasks in their

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How AI Can Help Animal Advocacy With Kyle Behrend

Freedom of Species ·

2024/03/24

Our guest today is Kyle Behrend, a seasoned animal advocate and not-for-profit professional with a passion for AI and how it can assist the animal advocacy world. He has over his 13 years working with farm animal sanctuary Edgar’s Mission where his roles have spanned from on-the-ground animal care to Operations Manager. This broad experience has cultivated a unique skill set including effective communication, teaching, and problem-solving. These days he is using his on the ground skills and

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Can Chat GPT Predict A Vegan Future?

Freedom of Species ·

2024/03/17

Adam, Lottie and Nick discuss the article AI Predicts Most Of World Will Be Vegan By 2075, by Adam Protz in Plant Based News: https://plantbasednews.org/news/tech/ai-predicts-world-vegan/ We cover the problems of using AI to predict anything, some of the tipping points identified in the article regarding shifting towards a vegan world and our thoughts on how we can work towards a societal shift away from animal agriculture. Additional articles/organisations/documentaries referred to throughout the

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Dogs, Ducks, and Dickheads

Freedom of Species ·

2024/03/10

Our guest Kristy Alger from Animal Liberation Tasmania shares updates from their extensive campaign Defund TasRacing. ALT has released extensive videos and photos showing the reality of life for greyhounds on trainer, owner and breeder properties in Tasmania. The conditions that greyhounds are kept in, for often up to 23 hours a day are truly shocking. The campaign has had great impact including mass media coverage, and recongition from multiple politicians and with an upcoming state election is

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Vegan parenting: Raising the Next Compassionate...

Freedom of Species ·

2024/03/03

Join us as we speak to two parents raising vegan children in a non vegan world. Mark and Lydia join us in the studio as we speak of the ups and downs of raising the next compassionate generation. How do vegan kids deal with the issues facing them? What about pushback from society on the parents who decide to raise their children vegan? Do vegan kids change the perception of veganism for other kids? How has raising compassioniate kids changed over the decades? We discuss all this and more on this

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Dr Leila Dehghan

Freedom of Species ·

2024/02/25

On this show we speak with Dr Leila Dehgan, doctor, plant-based nutritionist and Founding Director of Plant-based Health Justice. Born in Tehran, Iran, and raised in Vienna, Austria, Leila is a plant-based nutritionist and social justice activist. With a background in medicine, Leila had to pivot her career path due to debilitating migraines.Although Leila’s journey to veganism started as an animal rescuer, she later discovered the power of a whole food plant-based diet and healed her migraines

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Animal Trivia - Subscriber Week edition

Freedom of Species ·

2024/02/18

3CR Subscriber Drive Monday, February 12 – Sunday, February 18. This week is 3CR Subscriber Week and we thought it's a great time for another Animal Trivia show! See if you know the answers to the questions that baffled the team. 3CR is one-of-a-kind! We have 400 volunteers and cover an incredible array of programming content. From special broadcast events on Invasion Day or Trans Day of Visibility to any of our 120 weekly shows, 3CR has got your radical radio listening covered. We need our

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Mock Meat and Potatoes? Nick’s Dream Vegan Menu

Freedom of Species ·

2024/02/11

Hayden and Lottie ask Nick about his dream vegan menu as we celebrate vegan eating, make the case that being a foodie doesn’t have to be inconsistent with being a vegan and discuss prefiguration – trying to live in a way that is consistent with the future we are working towards. The episode is based on the format of the foodie podcast Off Menu with Ed Gamble and James Acaster, but with a vegan twist. For those wanting to check out that show, an episode we particularly recommend features the dream

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Starvation and Pup Abandonment: The Flying Fox Crisis

Freedom of Species ·

2024/02/04

In this episode we speak with Davita Coronel, bat researcher and animal activist as she talks about the crisis currently being faced by flying foxes. We discuss the starvation and pup abandonment crisis, explain what this is and the negative ramifications, talk about wild animals in urban spaces and how our society's views of bats needs to change in order for us to live harmoniously with them as they move more into built up urban environments from their ever decreasing wild and natural

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Palestine solidarity in regional Vic

Freedom of Species ·

2024/01/28

For our episode this week Claire interviews Diaa from Free Palestine Bendigo. Topics covered: How he came to be involved in Free Palestine activismWho Free Palestine Bendigo is and what they do. What some of the highlights of the Free Palestine Bendigo activities so far have been.What some of the challenges of regional organising for Palestine are. Advice for people wanting to start a similar group in their area. Claire also spoke at the Free Palestine Central Vic rally on 28 Jan and a copy of

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FTP's The Big Pig Vigil

Freedom of Species ·

2024/01/21

On this show we play some of the speeches from The Big Pig Vigil hosted by Farm Transparency Project and held outside Diamond Valley Pork in Laverton, Victoria on October 22, 2023. The peaceful 24-hour vigil was held outside the facility, which is one of the largest pig slaughterhouses in Australia. The speakers include: Ally Roberts (environmental and animal activist), Catriona Marshall (FTP Outreach and Social Media Coordinator), Kristy Alger (Animal Liberation Tasmania President), Andy Meddick

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Capitalism is a Pyramid Scheme! Exploring...

Freedom of Species ·

2024/01/14

This Summer Special covers anti-capitalist alternatives, with a focus on socialism and anarchism. It is hosted by Freedom of Species hosts Meg and Nick, as well as regular FoS guest Lottie. Additional resources: Free Women of Spain: Anarchism and the struggle for the emancipation of women by Martha Ackelsberg. Library Socialism & Usufruct by Srsly Wrong podcast:

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Animal Rights in Palestine, with Dilan Fernando and...

Freedom of Species ·

2023/12/31

Dilan Fernando and Harley McDonald-Eckersall discuss their time in Palestine and the work of the Palestinian Animal League. They explain the Israeli occupation of Palestinian land and how this influences animal activism. This show originally aired on March 31, 2019. A reminder about the rest of our Summer Programming Schedule: 7 January: Freedom of Species replay on the documentary Stray. 14 January: Summer Special on anti-capitalist alternatives. We return to regular Freedom of Species programming

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The Politics of Ice Hockey: Indigenous Advocacy, BLM...

Freedom of Species ·

2023/12/24

On this Summer Special, Freedom of Species presenters Claire and Nick talk hockey and social justice. We cover: how we got into ice hockey; Indigenous advocacy in hockey including calls for the Chicago team to change their name and logo; the Black Lives Matter movement; and police and military involvement in hockey. Nick and Claire continue this discussion on hockey and politics, as well as bringing in activism in other sports like cricket and Australian Rules Football, on Progressive Podcast

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So this is Christmas ...

Freedom of Species ·

2023/12/17

For our episode this week Claire, Caroline, Nick and Trev discuss many things Christmas including: How we feel about celebrating in the context of Christmas being cancelled in Palestine?What it’s like being a vegan at ChristmasSome of our favourite recipes and productsHow to negotiate the ethics of gift giving in a consumerist society Links:There's no Christmas in Bethlehem this year. With war in Gaza, festivities are off

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Moving Beyond Vegan Combat Boots: Making Veganism...

Freedom of Species ·

2023/12/10

Our guest is total liberation activist Betty Melon and we play a section of Betty's speech from the 2019 Animal Rights Forum in Naarm/Melbourne that specifically covered racism and animalisation. The speech was entitled Forming Alliances with Other Movemements and focuses on how we can building solidarity with other social justice movements and doing so through a lens of consistent anti-oppression. We discuss how animalisation and speciesism relate to the occupation and genocide in Gaza, and delve

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Vegans in Solidarity with Palestine, with Laura...

Freedom of Species ·

2023/11/26

This show covers why vegans should show solidarity with Palestine, understanding the oppression of Palestinian people today and historically, and actions for solidarity. These issues are covered in a discussion between Leila Dehghan and Laura Schleifer, who is an American Jew and lifelong activist. You can watch a video of this discussion on Leila Dehgan’s Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmouaqxCAOk&t=4s Additional links referred to in the discussion: Laura Schleifer on Facebook: /

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