Best Conscious Nigeria Podcasts (2024)

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Cheese Challenge & Pescetarian Paradox - Maja Cullen, Devon Docherty, Carol Jasper - Sentientism 200 1:43:06

2h ago1:43:06

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Devon Docherty, Carol Jasper and Maja Cullen are psychology researchers from the University of Stirling. Carol is a lecturer, Devon is a teaching assistant and Maja is a research assistant. Devon is also a researcher, writer and animal advocate with Surge and Earthling Ed. In Sentientist Conversations we talk about the two most important questions:…

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Autism & Grief 34:47

1h ago34:47

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The Autism & Grief Project is a new online platform designed to help adults with autism navigate and cope with the complexities of grief arising from both death and non-death losses. Alex LaMorie, A.A.S is a member of the project's Advisory Board and brings his lived experience with both autism and grief to this work. Dr. Kenneth J. Doka, PhD, MDiv…

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Ocean Consciousness and the Maritime Silk Road with Tabitha Grace Mallory and Andrew Chubb 58:24

6d ago58:24

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Tabitha Grace Mallory and Andrew Chubb visit the Belt and Road Podcast to chat about China's ocean economy, maritime activities, and the role of concepts like ocean consciousness. Dr. Tabitha Grace Mallory is CEO of the consulting firm China Ocean Institute, and an affiliate faculty member of the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies. Ta…

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The Intimacy Of Friendship - Lissa Soep & Other People's Words 37:51

33m ago37:51

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Have you ever heard someone’s voice in your head and suddenly you're transported to a time and place when you were with them? This phenomenon is what Lissa Soep explores in Other People’s Words: Friendship, Loss, and the Conversations That Never End, her book about the intimacy of friendship and how words and language keep people with us, even afte…

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"Reductionism is well-named. It reduces what you can do." - Michael Levin - Sentientism 199 1:19:41

2h ago1:19:41

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Michael is a developmental and synthetic biologist at Tufts University where he is the Vannevar Bush Distinguished Professor. He is also an associate faculty at the Wyss Institute at Harvard. Michael is a director of the Allen Discovery Center at Tufts University and the Tufts Center for Regenerative and Developmental Biology. He is also co-directo…

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"We need to imagine a different world" - Emilia Leese - author and host of Think Like a Vegan - Sentientism 198 1:24:59

1h ago1:24:59

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Emilia is co-author of the book Think Like A Vegan and host of the Think Like a Vegan podcast. She is involved in the Birchfield Highlands re-wilding project in Scotland, edits the quarterly magazine for The Heath & Hampstead Society in London and has developed life skills and ethics workshops for underserved youth. Professionally, she has been a c…

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Changing The Landscape Of Grief Support For Latino Families 1:00:23

2h ago1:00:23

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Cristina Chipriano, LCSW, Dougy Center's Director of Equity & Community Outreach and Melinda Avila, MSW, CEO of OYEN Emotional Wellness Center, are committed to changing the landscape of grief support for Latino families. They bring personal and professional grief experiences to the work of ensuring that every Latino family has access to dual langu…

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Hip Hop is Going Green - Keith Tucker of Hip Hop is Green - Sentientism 197 1:30:46

9d ago1:30:46

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Keith Tucker is founder and Executive Director of Hip Hop is Green, a nonprofit organization on a mission to support holistic wellness and transform urban communities environmentally. He has been a visionary and social entrepreneur for over 30 years. He has worked with hundreds of businesses, youth groups and community organizations and many icons …

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Nigerian Food Revolution - Hakeem Jimo of Veggie Victory and ProVeg Nigeria - Sentientism 196 51:41

6d ago51:41

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Hakeem Jimo is co-founder and CEO of Veggie Victory, Nigeria’s first plant-based food tech company. Hakeem and his partner, Bola Adeyanju, also founded Nigeria's first vegan restaurant, V Café, and now run the VChunks meat alternative product company - designed to help veganise Nigerian cuisine. Hakeem is also country director for ProVeg Nigeria. I…

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A Living Remedy - Nicole Chung 48:46

11d ago48:46

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We cannot separate grief from the context in which it occurs. This is true for Nicole Chung whose adopted parents died just two years apart in 2018 and 2020. The world of 2018 was very different than that of 2020. In 2018, Nicole and her mother could grieve for her father, together and in person. In 2020, Nicole was on the other side of the country…

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Consciousness Live! - with skateboarding philosopher Richard Brown - Sentientism 195 2:32:43

4d ago2:32:43

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This episode is a cross-post of my discussion with Richard Brown on his Consciousness Live YouTube podcast. Make sure you go and subscribe there too. Richard is a professor of philosophy at City University of New York. His work is focused on the philosophy of mind, consciousness studies, and the foundations of cognitive science but he also works on…

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A Truly Humane Education - Laura Chepner - The Vegan Society's Education Officer - Sentientism 194 1:21:03

1M ago1:21:03

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Laura is Education Officer at The Vegan Society and Chair of The Vegan Society's Education Network. She is a qualified primary school teacher and well known for introducing the phrase ‘vegan-inclusive education’ to the education sector. Laura worked for several years as the UK’s only vegan inclusion education specialist under the pseudonym ‘Primary…

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Leland Lazarus on Triads, Taiwan, and China's Forum Diplomacy in Latin America and the Caribbean 45:34

25d ago45:34

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Leland Lazarus joins Juliet to talk about Chinese and Taiwanese engagement in Latin America and the Caribbean, from official diplomatic activities to BRI projects to transnational organized crime. Leland Lazarus is the Associate Director of National Security at Florida International University’s Jack D. Gordon Institute of Public Policy. He is an e…

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Imagining Ethical Schools - Sentientism 193 50:57

1M ago50:57

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This episode is a bonus cross-post of my discussion with fellow Sentientist Amy Halpern-Laff and Jon Moscow on their Ethical Schools podcast. Make sure you go and subscribe there too! A warm welcome to everyone who has recently joined one of our ⁠online Sentientism communities⁠. More people join us there every day - whether they think of themselves…

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Is Veganic the Future of Farming? "We grow plants using plants" - Jimmy Videle - Sentientism 192 1:45:32

1M ago1:45:32

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Jimmy Videle is a farmer, naturalist & researcher. He is author of The Veganic Grower’s Handbook and co-founder of NAVCS-Certified Veganic. His writing has appeared in many publications including CounterPunch, Countercurrents & LA Progressive. In Sentientist Conversations we talk about the two most important questions: “what’s real?” & “who matters…

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Half-Earth Socialism - Troy Vettese - Sentientism 191 1:34:41

2M ago1:34:41

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Troy Vettese is an environmental historian who specializes in environmental economics, animal studies, and energy history. In 2019 he completed his doctorate in history at New York University. From 2019 to 2021, he worked at Harvard University as a William Lyon Mackenzie King postdoctoral research fellow. He has collaborated with Drew Pendergrass, …

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Conscious Grieving - Claire Bidwell Smith, LCPC 33:33

2M ago33:33

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Maybe you're familiar with the phrase, "You can't go around grief, you have to go through it." Or, "You have to feel your feelings." If you're like a lot of people, you might cringe and also wonder, "What does that actually mean?" Grief isn't linear, and it's not something to get through - and yet, a lot of people appreciate having some sense of wh…

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"Your Neighbour Kills Puppies" - Tom Harris - Activist, Artist & Author - Sentientism 190 1:48:49

2M ago1:48:49

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Tom is an internationally acclaimed artist, published author, and social justice activist. He is an expert and consultant on animal liberation history and strategy, and the global animal rights movement. His first book, Your Neighbour Kills Puppies was released in March 2024. The book is the previously untold story of one of the world’s most powerf…

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Caring For Young Widows In Nigeria - Diane Kalu 39:24

2M ago39:24

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In 2015, Diane Kalu was living in Nigeria with her husband and their three young children. One day, about eight weeks after the birth of their third child, Diane’s husband went to work and never returned. A few days later she got the news that he dad died. She was suddenly a widow, responsible for raising three children under the age of five, in a …

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It's A Loss That's Hard To Talk About - Grieving A Friend 55:50

3M ago55:50

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Read Transcript Whenever Annette & Mel connect, there's always a third person in the mix. That third person is Amy, their friend and chosen family member who died in 2012 of pulmonary fibrosis. While they each had a unique friendship with her, both connections were formative and deep. When Amy died, Annette and Mel's friendship grew stronger, becau…

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"A new world of animal justice" - Sabine Brels of World Animal Justice - Sentientism 189 46:51

3M ago46:51

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Dr Sabine Brels is a lawyer dedicated to advancing animal protection law worldwide. She teaches international and comparative animal law and published books on animal related-issues in French and English. In the last 15 years, she directed Global Animal Law (GAL) project and worked as legal advisor for the World Federation for Animals, the Eurogrou…

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Creating A Home For Grief - Laura Green 34:49

3M ago34:49

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What if there was a place you could go in your grief and be both perfect and broken? That's the kind of place Laura Green dreamed up with her friend and co-founder, Sascha Demerjian. Together they created The Grief House, a community space for people to explore grief through movement, conversation, creativity, and care. Since she was very young, La…

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Environmental Justice and Coal-Fired Power Plants in Indonesia with Bowen Gu 41:10

3M ago41:10

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Bowen Gu joins Juliet and Erik on the podcast to talk about environmental justice and China's coal investments in Indonesia, with a focus on Gu's recent paper: Black gold and green BRI: A grounded analysis of Chinese investment in coal-fired power plants in Indonesia (2024). Bowen Gu is a PhD student at the Institute of Environmental Science and Te…

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Talking to Humanists about Sentientism - Cross-post bonus from Podcast for Inquiry - Sentientism 188 1:09:34

3M ago1:09:34

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This episode is a bonus cross-post of my discussion with Leslie Rosenblood, host of Podcast For Inquiry. Podcast For Inquiry is produced by the Center For Inquiry Canada. Leslie describes it as a podcast for scientific, skeptical, secular, rational and humanistic (and maybe now sentientst) inquiry. Make sure you go and subscribe there too. I also w…

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"What if we saw ourselves as species diplomats?" - David Peña-Guzmán of Overthink and SFSU - Sentientism 187 1:25:54

3M ago1:25:54

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David specializes in European philosophy, the history and philosophy of science and the philosophy of animal minds. He is interested in the problem of consciousness, the study of lived experience and the value of the humanities. David lives in San Francisco, California. He is Associate Professor of Humanities at San Francisco State University. He h…

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“I Felt Like Half A Person” – On Becoming A Widow 52:38

3M ago52:38

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In an instant, Leslie went from sharing every aspect of life with her husband Ryan to feeling like half a person. Leslie, Ryan, their two young children, and their extended family were on vacation in California when Ryan told Leslie that something didn't feel right. He was rushed to the hospital where he died of a stroke and an aneurysym, leaving L…

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Could animal farming be good for the animals? The Logic of the Larder - with Nick Pendergrast - Cross-post bonus episode from 3CR's Freedom of Species radio show and podcast - Sentientism 186 1:05:39

3M ago1:05:39

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This episode is a bonus cross post of my conversation with ⁠Nick Pendergrast⁠⁠⁠ on the 3CR ⁠⁠⁠Freedom of Species⁠⁠ radio show and podcast he co-hosts. In this, my third time as their guest (thank you!), we talk about the "Logic of the Larder" - an argument that animal farming could potentially be good for animals. You can subscribe to 3CR's ⁠⁠⁠Free…

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Cheese Challenge & Pescetarian Paradox - Maja Cullen, Devon Docherty, Carol Jasper - Sentientism 200 1:43:06

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Autism & Grief 34:47

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Ocean Consciousness and the Maritime Silk Road with Tabitha Grace Mallory and Andrew Chubb 58:24

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The Intimacy Of Friendship - Lissa Soep & Other People's Words 37:51

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"Reductionism is well-named. It reduces what you can do." - Michael Levin - Sentientism 199 1:19:41

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"We need to imagine a different world" - Emilia Leese - author and host of Think Like a Vegan - Sentientism 198 1:24:59

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Changing The Landscape Of Grief Support For Latino Families 1:00:23

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Hip Hop is Going Green - Keith Tucker of Hip Hop is Green - Sentientism 197 1:30:46

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Nigerian Food Revolution - Hakeem Jimo of Veggie Victory and ProVeg Nigeria - Sentientism 196 51:41

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A Living Remedy - Nicole Chung 48:46

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Consciousness Live! - with skateboarding philosopher Richard Brown - Sentientism 195 2:32:43

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A Truly Humane Education - Laura Chepner - The Vegan Society's Education Officer - Sentientism 194 1:21:03

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Leland Lazarus on Triads, Taiwan, and China's Forum Diplomacy in Latin America and the Caribbean 45:34

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Imagining Ethical Schools - Sentientism 193 50:57

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Is Veganic the Future of Farming? "We grow plants using plants" - Jimmy Videle - Sentientism 192 1:45:32

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Half-Earth Socialism - Troy Vettese - Sentientism 191 1:34:41

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Conscious Grieving - Claire Bidwell Smith, LCPC 33:33

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"Your Neighbour Kills Puppies" - Tom Harris - Activist, Artist & Author - Sentientism 190 1:48:49

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Caring For Young Widows In Nigeria - Diane Kalu 39:24

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It's A Loss That's Hard To Talk About - Grieving A Friend 55:50

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"A new world of animal justice" - Sabine Brels of World Animal Justice - Sentientism 189 46:51

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Creating A Home For Grief - Laura Green 34:49

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Environmental Justice and Coal-Fired Power Plants in Indonesia with Bowen Gu 41:10

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Talking to Humanists about Sentientism - Cross-post bonus from Podcast for Inquiry - Sentientism 188 1:09:34

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"What if we saw ourselves as species diplomats?" - David Peña-Guzmán of Overthink and SFSU - Sentientism 187 1:25:54

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“I Felt Like Half A Person” – On Becoming A Widow 52:38

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Could animal farming be good for the animals? The Logic of the Larder - with Nick Pendergrast - Cross-post bonus episode from 3CR's Freedom of Species radio show and podcast - Sentientism 186 1:05:39

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