Best Francione Podcasts (2024)

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Bonus: Creativity with Carol Gigliotti 1:16:16

7d ago1:16:16

1:16:16

Using Carol Gigliotti’s book “The Creative Lives of Animals” as a backdrop, this episode explores animals and the creative process. From the artistic intricacies of humpback whales' bubble-net feeding to the sophisticated communication skills of prairie dogs, Carol guides us through a world where animals demonstrate remarkable creativity, highlight…

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Bonus: Veterinary Ethics and Animal Welfare with Sean Wensley 1:18:30

21d ago1:18:30

1:18:30

Using his book Through a Vet’s Eyes as a backdrop, Claudia talks to Sean Wensley about veterinary ethics and animal welfare. They discuss some of Sean’s experiences as a vet as well as some of the challenges vets face in representing animals’ interests. Date Recorded: 20 February 2024 Sean Wensley is Senior Veterinarian for Animal Welfare and Profe…

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S6EB: Problematization with Claudia Hirtenfelder 1:14:32

1M ago1:14:32

1:14:32

Over the years Claudia has mentioned her PhD research and journey, in this episode Catherine Oliver takes over as host and interviews Claudia about her research. They dwell on the concept of problematization and why it is important for thinking politically about urban animals. Date Recorded: 3 October 2023 Claudia (Towne) Hirtenfelder is an animal …

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S6E10: Grad Review with Virginia Thomas and Darren Chang 1:30:34

5M ago1:30:34

1:30:34

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 be considered, the crisis…

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S6E9: International Relations with Andrea Schapper 1:10:23

6M ago1:10:23

1:10:23

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 Andrea Schapper is a Professo…

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S6E8: Re-Animalization with Krithika Srinivasan 1:12:14

7M ago1:12:14

1:12:14

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 risk. Re-Animalization offe…

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S6E7: Animal Photojournalism with Jo-Anne McArthur 1:17:05

8M ago1:17:05

1:17:05

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-Anne McArthur is an award-w…

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S6E6: Social Movement Mobilization and Feminism with Corey Lee Wrenn 1:14:22

8M ago1:14:22

1:14:22

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. Corey Lee Wrenn is Lectu…

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S6E5: Abolition with Gary Francione 1:37:40

9M ago1:37:40

1:37:40

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 animal rights will not achiev…

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S6E4: Violence with Dinesh Wadiwel 1:30:51

10M ago1:30:51

1:30:51

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 is. Date Recorded: 25 Se…

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S6E3: Moral Imagination and Habitat Rights with Steve Cooke 1:13:53

10M ago1:13:53

1:13:53

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 in ensuring animal vital …

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S6E2: Cosmopolitanism with Angie Pepper 1:23:26

10M ago1:23:26

1:23:26

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 August 2023. Angie Pepper is…

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S6E1: Politics with Will Kymlicka 1:22:35

11M ago1:22:35

1:22:35

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, where humans represent an…

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News: The Animal Turn Shortlisted in the International Women's Podcasting Awards 25:07

11M ago25:07

25:07

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 about the im/possibilit…

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Bonus: Interference with Paul Watson 1:00:41

11M ago1:00:41

1:00:41

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 industry and factory farmin…

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Bonus: Phoenix Zones with Hope Ferdowsian 1:01:24

11M ago1:01:24

1:01:24

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 have experienced trauma…

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Bonus: Justice with Josh Milburn 1:25:59

1y ago1:25:59

1:25:59

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, as well as the role cell…

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Bonus: Mother with Yamini Narayanan 1:07:13

1y ago1:07:13

1:07:13

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, are like. Date Recorded…

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Bonus: Koalas with Danielle Clode 57:14

1+ y ago57:14

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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 natural history author based a…

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Bonus: Wonder (dog) with Jules Howard 1:04:34

1+ y ago1:04:34

1:04:34

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 we share the world with…

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Bonus: Animals and Tourism with Carol Kline and Jes Hooper 1:05:25

1+ y ago1:05:25

1:05:25

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 of the Emerging Voices fo…

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S5E10: Grad Review with Oliver French and Amanda Bunten-Walberg 1:37:31

1+ y ago1:37:31

1:37:31

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 biosecurity and animals. Date R…

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S5E9: One Health with Nina Jamal 1:10:32

1+ y ago1:10:32

1:10:32

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 Nina Jamal is leading FO…

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S5E8: Community Led Conservation with Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka 1:20:57

1+ y ago1:20:57

1:20:57

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 November 2022 Dr. Gladys Ka…

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S5E7: Politics of Domestication with Chi Mao Wang 1:06:22

1+ y ago1:06:22

1:06:22

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 domestication and the significanc…

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S5E6: Animal Farm Activism with Camille Labchuk 1:10:00

1+ y ago1:10:00

1:10:00

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 animal farms enjoy in Canad…

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S5E5: Animal Testing and its Alternatives with Thomas Hartung 1:14:00

2y ago1:14:00

1:14:00

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 October 2022 Thomas Hartu…

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S5E4: Epidemiological dividual with Christos Lynteris 1:12:56

2y ago1:12:56

1:12:56

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 in the spread of disease…

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S5E3: Feral and Invasive Species with Lauren van Patter 1:14:22

2y ago1:14:22

1:14:22

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 Van Patter is the Kim & St…

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S5E2: Bioethics with Jeff Sebo 1:14:34

2y ago1:14:34

1:14:34

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 health and environmental jus…

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S5E1: Biosecurity with Steve Hinchliffe 1:23:04

2y ago1:23:04

1:23:04

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 for biosecurity threats, …

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Bonus: Sentientism with Jamie Woodhouse 1:07:34

2y ago1:07:34

1:07:34

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 Sentientism (“evidence, reason and…

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Bonus: Critical Animal Theory with Lori Gruen and Alice Crary 1:13:34

2y ago1:13:34

1:13:34

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 2022 Alice Crary is Uni…

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News: An Update 6:04

2y ago6:04

6:04

Just a quick "episode" to give you an update on what's been happening with The Animal Turn: 1) Season 5 of Biosecurity will be launched in October 2) In the meantime you can look forward to some bonus content coming your way 3) If you would like to get involved in the Animal Turn (unfortunately there is no pay) feel free to email Claudia (info@thea…

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S4E10: Grad Review with Bailey Hilgren and Hannah Hunter 1:16:38

2+ y ago1:16:38

1:16:38

In this final episode of Season 4 two graduate students, Hannah Hunter and Bailey Hilgren, chat with Claudia about some of the core themes and tensions to emerge from the season. This includes a focus on sound methodologies, such as issues with how we collect animal sounds to how (or even indeed whether) there is something special about sound in tr…

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S4EB - Bat Communication with Gloriana Chaverri 1:01:56

2+ y ago1:01:56

1:01:56

Claudia talks to conservationist and ecologist Gloriana Chaverri about the numerous and diverse ways in which bats communicate. This bonus episode deviates from the usual focus on concepts to a more sustained focus on this large order of animals Date Recorded: 29 March 2022 Gloriana Chaverri is an Associate Professor at the Golfito campus of the Un…

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S4E9: Time in the field with Denise Herzing 1:09:48

2+ y ago1:09:48

1:09:48

Claudia talks to Denise Herzing about her decades of fieldwork with Atlantic Spotted Dolphins in the Bahamas. They touch on some of what she has learnt about dolphins in the wild and the ways in which they communicate using sound. They also talk about the significance and challenges of doing extended field studies. Date Recorded: 23 March 2022 Deni…

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S4E8: Sonic Specimen with Rachel Mundy 1:25:15

2+ y ago1:25:15

1:25:15

In this episode Claudia chats to Rachel Mundy about the concept “Sonic Specimen” they talk about the historical categorisation of sound illustrates some of the ways in which humans and animals have been hierarchically thought of. They touch on how this has shaped and is shaped by the institutional production of knowledge also hinting at the usefuln…

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S4E7: Republic of Noise with Jeremy Gordon 1:24:25

2+ y ago1:24:25

1:24:25

Claudia talks to Jeremy Gordon about the concept “Republic of Noise”. They discuss the relationship between noise and politics and think through how noise might be used as a tool that enables listening and democracy. They “riff” with each other trying to think through the tensions between noise and harmony as well as whose sounds are considered ple…

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S4E5: Voice with Eva Meijer 1:19:20

2+ y ago1:19:20

1:19:20

Claudia talks to Eva Meijer about voice as a concept that helps us to think about animal sounds and practices in a more politicised way. Eva touches on how a broader conception of politics and voice allows for a more nuanced actions in response to animals and the lives they are trying to lead. They also touch on the usefulness of a variety of langu…

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NZVP Ep. 58 - abolimos especismo en el movimiento animal y unirnos

2+ y ago

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Escucha AQUI Este es el enlace al último episodio y la discusión: http://nzveganopodcast.blogspot.com/2021/06/nzvp-ep-57-en-favor-de-la-esterilizacion.html Gracias por escuchar y feliz año nuevo 2022By Elizabeth Collins

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S4E5: Animal Music with Martin Ullrich 1:10:35

2+ y ago1:10:35

1:10:35

In this episode Claudia talks to musicologist Martin Ullrich about animals and music. Together they touch on the multiple ways in which music and animals intersect from how animals inspire human music, to how animals make and listen to music, and the ethics of more-than-human musical encounters. They find that the focus on animals and music destabi…

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S4E4: Sound Archives with Cheryl Tipp 1:18:40

2+ y ago1:18:40

1:18:40

In this episode Claudia talks to Cheryl Tipp about sound archives, how they are managed and the ways in which animal studies scholars might use them in trying to research animals. Together they think about why some sounds are included in national archives more than others as well as how recordings of nature and animal voices are valued. Date Record…

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S4E3: Bioacoustics with Mickey Vallee 1:19:52

3y ago1:19:52

1:19:52

In this episode Claudia continues the focus on methodology as it relates to animals and sound. This time Mickey Vallee joins The Animal Turn to talk about the concept of bioacoustics and how using bioacoustics methods alters the ways researchers relate to their research subjects – who are often animals. They discuss some of the theory and ideas cir…

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S4E2: Sonic Methods with Jonathan Prior 1:30:23

3y ago1:30:23

1:30:23

In this episode Claudia talks to Jonathan Prior about sonic methods and together they try to explore the ways in which methods such as recording, sound walking, and listening could help animal studies scholars better understand and appreciate the animals and worlds they are most concerned with. Date Recorded: 12 October 2021 Dr Jonathan Prior is a …

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S4E1: Soundscapes and Soundscape Ecology with Bryan Pijanowski 1:28:45

3y ago1:28:45

1:28:45

In this first episode of season 4, Claudia speaks to Bryan Pijanowski about soundscapes and sound ecology. They discuss what soundscapes are, how to study them and why thinking about sound might help scholars to think more deeply about animals and their environments. Date Recorded: 7 October 2021 Dr. Bryan C Pijanowski is Professor and University F…

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The Animal Turn (S4 Trailer) 1:46

3y ago1:46

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Animals are increasingly at the forefront of research questions – not as shadows to human stories, or as beings we want to understand biologically, or for purely our benefit – but as beings who have histories, stories, and geographies of their own. PhD Candidate Claudia Hirtenfelder talks to animal studies scholars about some of the most important …

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S3E10: Grad Review with Anmol Chowdhury and Shubhangi Srivastava 1:44:07

3y ago1:44:07

1:44:07

Claudia reviews Season 3 with Shubhangi Srivastava and Anmol Chowdhury, currently PhD Candidates in the ERC funded project titled Urban Ecologies. Together they talk about some of the gaps in the season, primarily discussions about methods, and they delve into some of the overlapping themes in the season including management, entanglement, power, a…

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S3E9: Re-Design with Michelle Westerlaken 1:15:56

3y ago1:15:56

1:15:56

Claudia speaks to Michelle Westerlaken about the concept of Re-Design and how design can be used to generate multispecies worlds and opportunities. They discuss Michelle’s background in design with and for animals, how she finds theory incredibly important for design processes, and the ways in which trying to create positive urban design might gene…

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S3E8: Urban Animal History with Philip Howell 1:23:35

3y ago1:23:35

1:23:35

In this episode Claudia speaks to Philip Howell about urban animal history. Together they discuss the significance of geography in prying apart the many histories of animals, how attention to animal stories gives one a better appreciation for ‘the urban’ and challenges humanist ideas of history. They also touch on the stimulating experience of sear…

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