Bonus: Interference with Paul Watson

The Animal Turn

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 farming for the oceans and the future of the planet.

Date Recorded: 3 October 2023.

Captain Paul Watson is a marine wildlife conservation and environmental activist. Paul was one of the founding members and directors of Greenpeace. In 1977, he left Greenpeace and founded the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. He is a renowned speaker, accomplished author, master mariner, and lifelong environmentalist, Captain Watson has been awarded many honors for his dedication to the oceans and to the planet. Among many commendations for his work, he received the Genesis Award for Lifetime Achievement in 1998, was named as one of the Top 20 Environmental Heroes of the 20th Century by Time Magazine in 2000 and was inducted into the U.S. Animal Rights Hall of Fame in Washington D.C. in 2002. He was also awarded the Amazon Peace Prize by the president of Ecuador in 2007. In 2012, Captain Watson became only the second person, after Captain Jacques Cousteau, to be awarded the Jules Verne Award, dedicated to environmentalists and adventurers. In 2022, Captain Paul Watson continues his fight for marine wildlife conservation with the new Captain Paul Watson Foundation – paulwatsonfoundation.org

Claudia (Towne) Hirtenfelder is the founder and host of The Animal Turn. She has a PhD in Geography from Queen’s University, and her research is focused on the significance of the problematization of urban animals. She was awarded the AASA Award for Popular Communication for her work on the podcast. Contact Claudia via email ([e-mail]) or follow her on Twitter (@ClaudiaFTowne).

Featured:

• Hitman for the Kindness Club: High Seas Escapades and Heroic Adventures of an Eco-Activist by Pul Watson
• Sea of Heartbreak: An Extraordinary Account of a Newfoundland Fishing Voyage by Michael J. Dwyer.
• What a fish knows by Jonathan Balcombe

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Chapters

1. Introduction (00:00:00)

2. Hitman for thee Kindness Club (00:04:40)

3. Aggressive Non-Violence (00:09:00)

4. Law, Policy, and Lack of Enforcement (00:10:59)

5. What's happening in the oceans? (00:15:35)

6. Ecology and Biocentricism (00:19:08)

7. Fishing: A Destructive Industry (00:24:41)

8. Economics of Extinction (00:28:53)

9. Media as a strategy for intervention (00:34:10)

10. Seal Hunt and the Canadian Government (00:38:35)

11. Factory Farms (00:45:50)

12. How can academics intervene? (00:49:33)

13. The Oceans and a Sperm Whale (00:54:50)

14. Credits (00:59:33)