Best Claudia Hirtenfelder Podcasts (2024)

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S2E10: Seismic Elephants 10:21

1M ago10:21

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Send us a Text Message. Hannah Hunter unpacks the seismic and infrasonic communication of elephants who produce and listen to sounds beyond human ranges. This season is all about “Animals and Sound” and was extracted from Season 4 of The Animal Turn Podcast. Featured: Grad Review with Bailey Hilgren and Hannah Hunter on The Animal Turn. Silent Thun…

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S2E9: Sonic Spiders 11:26

1M ago11:26

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Send us a Text Message. In this this episode Hannah Hunter discusses how orb weaver spiders and ogre faced spiders make use of impressive sonic strategies to hunt. This season is all about “Animals and Sound” and was extracted from Season 4 of The Animal Turn Podcast. Featured: Time in the Field with Denise Herzing on The Animal Turn. Outsourced he…

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S2E8: Aural Butterflies 11:14

2M ago11:14

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Send us a Text Message. In this this episode Hannah Hunter unpacks some cool detail about butterflies sonic communication. This season is all about “Animals and Sound” and was extracted from Season 4 of The Animal Turn Podcast. Featured: Sonic Specimen with Rachel Mundy on The Animal Turn. Sound Production and Hearing the Blue Cracker Butterfly by …

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S2E7: Powerful Pistol Shrimp 7:47

2M ago7:47

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Send us a Text Message. In this this episode Hannah Hunter tells us about pistol shrimps, one of the loudest and most powerful animals in the ocean. This season is all about “Animals and Sound” and was extracted from Season 4 of The Animal Turn Podcast. Featured: S4E07: Republic of Noise with Jeremy Gordon on The Animal Turn. The Noisiest Guys on t…

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S2E6: Deciphering Dolphins 8:16

2M ago8:16

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Send us a Text Message. In this this episode we talk about dolphins, some of the sounds they make, and their sophisticated means of communication. This season Hannah Hunter joins Claudia as the co-host of The Animal Highlight, teaching us all about “Animals and Sound.” This season was extracted from Season 4 of The Animal Turn Podcast. Featured: S4…

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S2E5: Amplified Coyotes 10:42

2M ago10:42

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Send us a Text Message. In this this episode we talk about coyotes. Also known as song dogs and tricksters, coyotes have impressive vocal repertoires. This season Hannah Hunter joins Claudia as the co-host of The Animal Highlight, teaching us all about “Animals and Sound.” This season was extracted from Season 4 of The Animal Turn Podcast. Featured…

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S2E4: Recorded Ivory-billed Woodpeckers 11:59

2M ago11:59

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Send us a Text Message. In this this episode we talk about ivory-billed woodpeckers and how a 1935 recording of them raises questions about whether they are extinct. This season Hannah Hunter joins Claudia as the co-host of The Animal Highlight, teaching us all about “Animals and Sound.” This season was extracted from Season 4 of The Animal Turn Po…

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S2E3: Rhythmic Indri Lemurs 9:42

3M ago9:42

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Send us a Text Message. In this this episode we talk about indri lemurs and their interesting sounds and rhythms. In this season Hannah Hunter joins Claudia as the co-host of The Animal Highlight, teaching us all about “Animals and Sound.” This season was extracted from Season 4 of The Animal Turn Podcast. Featured: Bioacoustics with Mickey Vallee …

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S2E2: Ultrasonic Bark Beetles 13:15

3M ago13:15

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Send us a Text Message. In this this episode we talk about bark beetles who navigate ultrasonic worlds and tell us something about the internal soundscapes of trees. In this season Hannah Hunter joins Claudia as the co-host of The Animal Highlight, teaching us all about “Animals and Sound.” This season was extracted from Season 4 of The Animal Turn…

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S2E1: Noisy Nightingales 11:08

3M ago11:08

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Send us a Text Message. In this season Hannah Hunter joins Claudia as the co-host of The Animal Highlight, teaching us all about “Animals and Sound.” This season was extracted from Season 4 of The Animal Turn Podcast. In this this episode we talk about nightingales, who have been described as ‘illegally loud.’ Credits: Claudia Hirtenfelder, produce…

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S6E10: Grad Review with Virginia Thomas and Darren Chang 1:29:43

3M ago1:29:43

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Send us a Text Message. In this ‘Grad Review’ Claudia talks to Virginia Thomas and Darren Chang, two early career researchers interested in animals and politics. Together they unpack synergies, tensions, and omissions that emerged in the 6th Season of The Animal Turn podcast. They discuss the multiple scales at which politics is practiced and can b…

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S1E10: Implied Humans 5:26

3M ago5:26

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Send us a Text Message. In this final episode, Claudia briefly talks about an animal who has been implied throughout the season, humans. The Animal Highlight is a spinoff and sister podcast to the award winning show, the Animal Turn Podcast. Season 1 is focused on “Animals and The Urban.” Credits: Claudia Hirtenfelder, producer and host Christiaan …

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S1E9: Urban Ants 7:49

3M ago7:49

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Send us a Text Message. In this episode, Claudia Hirtenfelder talks about ants and the numerous ways they build, urbanize, and collaborate. The Animal Highlight is a spinoff and sister podcast to the award winning show, the Animal Turn Podcast. Season 1 is focused on “Animals and The Urban.” Featured: Secret Megalopolis of Ants Uncovered Michelle W…

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S1E8: Sneaky Squirrels 6:46

3M ago6:46

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Send us a Text Message. In episode eight, Claudia Hirtenfelder talks about squirrels and how they use deception and their incredible memories to bury and find nuts across urban spaces. The Animal Highlight is a spinoff and sister podcast to the award winning show, the Animal Turn Podcast. Season 1 is focused on “Animals and The Urban.” Featured: Th…

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S1E7: Opportunistic Leopards 4:59

3M ago4:59

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Send us a Text Message. In episode seven, Claudia Hirtenfelder talks about leopards, a predator who is increasingly found in urban areas. The Animal Highlight is a spinoff and sister podcast to the award winning show, the Animal Turn Podcast. Season 1 is focused on “Animals and The Urban.” Featured: Leopards stalking and hunting pigs on the outskir…

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S1E6: Urban Cows? 9:24

3M ago9:24

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Send us a Text Message. In episode six, Claudia Hirtenfelder makes an argument for why cows should be thought of as urban animals who have varied experiences.The Animal Highlight is a spinoff and sister podcast to the award winning show, the Animal Turn Podcast. Season 1 is focused on “Animals and The Urban.” Featured: The afterlives of the lively …

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S1E5: Dynamic Chickens 3:49

4M ago3:49

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Send us a Text Message. In episode five, Claudia Hirtenfelder reads an excerpt about urban chickens and reflects on how dynamic and complex they are. The Animal Highlight is a spinoff and sister podcast to the award winning show, the Animal Turn Podcast. Season 1 is focused on “Animals and The Urban.” Featured: I thought my father was God, edited b…

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S1E4: Nosy Dogs 5:44

4M ago5:44

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Send us a Text Message. In episode four, Claudia Hirtenfelder reads an excerpt about dogs from Alexandra Horowitz’s “On Looking: A Walker’s Guide to the Art of Observation” which marvels at dog’s smelling capacities and how it shapes their experiences of an urban block. The Animal Highlight is a spinoff and sister podcast to the award winning show,…

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S1E3: Storied Rats 6:40

4M ago6:40

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Send us a Text Message. In episode three, Claudia Hirtenfelder reads an excerpt about rats from Dawn Day Biehler’s “Pests in the City.” The Animal Highlight is a spinoff and sister podcast to the award winning show, the Animal Turn Podcast. Season 1 is focused on “Animals and The Urban.” Featured: Pests in the City by Dawn Day Biehler The Animal Tu…

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S1E2: Interesting Pigeons 5:11

4M ago5:11

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Send us a Text Message. In episode two, Claudia Hirtenfelder talks a little about pigeons fascinating histories and physiologies. The Animal Highlight is a spinoff and sister podcast to the award winning show, the Animal Turn Podcast. Season 1 is focused on “Animals and The Urban.” Featured: Why Cities have so many pigeons by Insider Science 3 Odd …

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S6E9: International Relations with Andrea Schapper 1:09:32

4M ago1:09:32

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Send us a Text Message. Claudia talks to Andrea Schapper about animals and international relations with an explicit focus on the United Nations. They discuss how animal rights are absent in the Sustainable Development Goals as well as the promise of the rights of nature framework being employed in Latin America. Date Recorded: 5 December 2023 Andre…

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S1E1: Clever Crows 4:36

4M ago4:36

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Send us a Text Message. The Animal Highlight is a spinoff and sister podcast to the award winning show, the Animal Turn Podcast. Season 1 is focused on “Animals and The Urban.” In episode one, Claudia Hirtenfelder gives a brief highlight of crows offering some snippets into what makes them amazing. Featured: TED Talks - The Amazing Intelligence of …

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S6E8: Re-Animalization with Krithika Srinivasan 1:11:23

5M ago1:11:23

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Send us a Text Message. Krithika Srinivasan joins Claudia on the show to talk about re-animalization, a concept that challenges the dominant ways in which human wellbeing are framed. Re-Animalization compels one to think about how development is predicated on logics of protection and sacrifice, expanding notions of longevity, and a reduction of ris…

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S6E7: Animal Photojournalism with Jo-Anne McArthur 1:16:15

6M ago1:16:15

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Send us a Text Message. Claudia talks to renowned photographer Jo-Anne McArthur about the power of images in political change for animals. They unpack what animal photojournalism is, some of the challenges photographers encounter in recording the lives of animals, and the political implications of such photos. Date Recorded: 17 October 2023. Jo-Ann…

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S6E6: Social Movement Mobilization and Feminism with Corey Lee Wrenn 1:13:32

6M ago1:13:32

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Send us a Text Message. In this episode Claudia talks to Corey Lee Wrenn about two concepts that are central to her work in animal studies: social movement mobilization and feminism. They discuss veganism as a social movement as well as some of the ways in which feminism has been sidelined in animal rights’ debates. Date Recorded: 13 October 2023. …

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S6E5: Abolition with Gary Francione 1:36:49

7M ago1:36:49

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Send us a Text Message. Claudia talks to lawyer and philosopher Gary Francione about abolition. Gary provides an overview of how ideas related to animals have emerged and changed since the 19th century. This includes the emergence of animal welfare, animal rights, and abolitionism. Throughout the interview Gary asserts that animal welfare and anima…

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S6E4: Violence with Dinesh Wadiwel 1:30:01

7M ago1:30:01

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Send us a Text Message. In this episode Dinesh Wadiwel discusses how violence is an important concept in political theory. He outlines how violence can be intersubjective, structural, or epistemic. He delves into how violence and coercion are tools used to try and achieve domination and that there is a political imperative to call violence what it …

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S6E3: Moral Imagination and Habitat Rights with Steve Cooke 1:13:03

8M ago1:13:03

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Send us a Text Message. In this episode Steve Cooke discusses the significance of philosophy in helping to foster moral imagination. Such imagination allows for conceptual development, making moral progress and political change possible. With this backdrop, Steve unpacks how the development of habitat rights for animals would be an important step i…

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S6E2: Cosmopolitanism with Angie Pepper 1:22:35

8M ago1:22:35

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Send us a Text Message. In this episode, Claudia talks to Angie Pepper about cosmopolitanism. Angie explains how despite cosmopolitans having an expansive view of justice, animals are rarely accounted for. They discuss the challenges of including animals in cosmopolitan thought and mull over what animals might be entitled to. Date Recorded: 24 Augu…

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S6E1: Politics with Will Kymlicka 1:21:45

8M ago1:21:45

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Send us a Text Message. Claudia launches Season 6 by talking to Will Kymlicka about politics. They discuss how animals remain largely sidelined in political philosophical thought, as compared to other areas of ethics and social theory. Will delves into three different models for how to bring animals into politics: politics “on behalf of” animals, w…

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The Animal Turn Shortlisted in the International Women's Podcasting Awards 24:16

8M ago24:16

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Send us a Text Message. The Animal Turn has been shortlisted in two categories of the upcoming International Women's Awards to be held on the 6th of November 2023. You can hear the nominated clips in this episode. The Animal Turn was shortlisted in "Moment of Insight from a Role Model" for the conversation between Jeff Sebo and Claudia Hirtenfelder…

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Bonus: Interference with Paul Watson 59:51

9M ago59:51

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Send us a Text Message. In this bonus episode Claudia talks to Captain Paul Watson about the concept of interference. They discuss his recent book Hitman for the Kindness Club as well as how he uses strategies of “aggressive nonviolence” to combat what he calls “the economics of extinction.” They also touch on the destructiveness of the fishing ind…

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Bonus: Phoenix Zones with Hope Ferdowsian 1:00:33

9M ago1:00:33

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Send us a Text Message. In this episode Claudia talks to public health expert Hope Ferdowsian about Phoenix Zones, a concept that captures places and practices that advance the rights, health, and well-being of people, animals, and our shared environments. They discuss how crises present opportunities for change as well as how humans and animal who…

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Bonus: Justice with Josh Milburn 1:25:08

11M ago1:25:08

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Send us a Text Message. Podcaster and philosopher Josh Milburn is on the Animal Turn to talk about his latest book and how the concept of justice is central to imagining a future world in which the rights of animals are respected. Claudia and Josh discuss the political turn in animal ethics, some of the tensions between animal rights and veganism, …

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Bonus: Mother with Yamini Narayanan 1:06:22

1y ago1:06:22

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Send us a Text Message. Yamini Narayanan is back on the show, this time to talk to Claudia about her book Mother Cow, Mother India. They focus their discussion on the concept of “Mother” and what it means for cows in India. They touch on the implications of cows being sacralised as mothers of the Hindu nation and what cows’ daily lives, as mothers,…

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Bonus: Koalas with Danielle Clode 56:23

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Send us a Text Message. In this bonus episode Claudia talks to Danielle Clode about her recent book on koalas. They talk about koalas’ incredible bodies and some of their social dynamics, including koalas unique digestive and reproductive systems and their long-distance bellows. Date Recorded: 10 April 2023. Danielle Clode is a biologist and natura…

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Bonus: Wonder (dog) with Jules Howard 1:03:44

1y ago1:03:44

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Send us a Text Message. Claudia discusses wonder with Jules Howard, author of the book Wonderdog. Using his book a backdrop, they discuss how dogs have influenced (and been influenced) by science. Topics include everything from evolution, to love and responsibility. Ultimately they marvel at how much there is we still don’t know about the creatures…

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Bonus: Animals and Tourism with Carol Kline and Jes Hooper 1:04:34

1+ y ago1:04:34

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Send us a Text Message. In this bonus episode Claudia talks to Carol Kline and Jes Hooper about why it is important to think about animals in relation to tourism. They touch on some of the ways animals are included in tourism and how to guard against unwittingly contributing to animal suffering. A key feature of this episode is giving an overview o…

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S5E10: Grad Review with Oliver French and Amanda Bunten-Walberg 1:36:40

1+ y ago1:36:40

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Send us a Text Message. In this final episode of the season Claudia talks to Amanda Bunten-Walberg and Oliver French, two fellow graduate students with interests in biosecurity. They delve into some the core themes in the season (including questions about scale, reproduction, and power) as well as some of the difficulties for thinking about biosecu…

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S5E9: One Health with Nina Jamal 1:09:41

1+ y ago1:09:41

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Send us a Text Message. In this episode Claudia speaks to Nina Jamal about One Health. They discuss the changing definition of One Health and its significance for biosecurity and animals. They spend time thinking through the challenges and opportunities, particularly at the level of national and international policy. Date Recorded: 1 December 2022 …

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S5E8: Community Led Conservation with Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka 1:20:06

1+ y ago1:20:06

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Send us a Text Message. Claudia talks to Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka about community led conservation. They discuss her work with gorillas in Bwindi National Park and how helping them involves working together with the community through health initiatives, efforts to create better livelihoods, and paying attention to food security. Date Recorded: 23 Nov…

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S5E7: Politics of Domestication with Chi Mao Wang 1:05:32

1+ y ago1:05:32

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Send us a Text Message. In this episode Claudia chats to Chi Mao Wang about “the politics of domestication” which involves talking about the global-agri food industry, the meatification of diets in east Asia, and how this has resulted in increasing biosecurity measures in Taiwan. This leads them to a discussion about the westernization of domestica…

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S5E6: Animal Farm Activism with Camille Labchuk 1:09:10

1+ y ago1:09:10

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Send us a Text Message. Claudia talks to Camille Labchuk about the two recent legal cases at Smithfield and Excelsior which involved animal activism on pig farms in North America. They discuss how biosecurity is used as a means of creating ag-gag laws, the relative absence of biosecurity considerations in the cases, and the legal exceptionalism ani…

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S5E5: Animal Testing and its Alternatives with Thomas Hartung 1:13:09

1+ y ago1:13:09

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Send us a Text Message. Claudia talks to Thomas Hartung about animal testing in pharmacology and toxicology. They discuss how animal testing involves a weighing of values as well as some of the disruptive technologies that are providing alternatives to animal testing – including stem cell technologies and artificial intelligence. Date Recorded: 5 O…

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S5E4: Epidemiological dividual with Christos Lynteris 1:12:06

1+ y ago1:12:06

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Send us a Text Message. Claudia talks to Christos Lynteris, an anthropologist with a long history of researching some of the interconnections between animals and disease. In this episode they focus on rats and the third plague pandemic highlighting how rats went from being understood as in relation to others to being cemented as a vilified species …

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S5E3: Feral and Invasive Species with Lauren van Patter 1:13:31

1+ y ago1:13:31

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Send us a Text Message. Claudia talks to Lauren van Patter about the concepts of feral and invasive species. They touch on the differences between the two concepts and consider how issues of colonization, reproduction, and human control lead to the categorization of some animals as biosecurity threats. Date Recorded: 21 September 2022 Dr. Lauren Va…

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S5E2: Bioethics with Jeff Sebo 1:13:44

1+ y ago1:13:44

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Send us a Text Message. In this episode Claudia talks to Jeff Sebo about bioethics and how it straddles both health and environmental ethics. They touch on some of the grounding principles of bioethics and how these principles frequently neglect to account for animals. They further discuss why a consideration of animals is necessary to achieve heal…

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S5E1: Biosecurity with Steve Hinchliffe 1:22:13

1+ y ago1:22:13

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Send us a Text Message. Claudia launches season 5 of The Animal Turn with a conversation on biosecurity with Steve Hinchliffe, a renowned geographer. They discuss how biosecurity is centered on the idea of keeping life safe and how this often operates through spatial logics of trying to keep threats out. They touch on how animals are often blamed f…

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Bonus: Sentientism with Jamie Woodhouse 1:06:43

1+ y ago1:06:43

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Send us a Text Message. In this bonus episode Claudia talks to Jamie Woodhouse about his podcast Sentientism. Most of the episode is concerned with sentientism as a concept and they talk about some of the tensions and opportunities guests on Jamie’s show have flagged. Date Recorded: 26 September 2022 Jamie Woodhouse is working to develop Sentientis…

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Bonus: Critical Animal Theory with Lori Gruen and Alice Crary 1:12:44

2y ago1:12:44

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Send us a Text Message. In this bonus episode Claudia talks to Alice Crary and Lori Gruen about their recent book “Animal Crisis: A New Critical Theory.” They touch on what inspired the book and spend most of the conversation focused on what “Critical Animal Theory” means. It is a timely and theoretically dense conversation. Date Recorded: 1 August…

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