Bonus: Sentientism with Jamie Woodhouse

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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 compassion for all sentient beings”) as a worldview and as a global movement. He hosts the Sentientism Podcast and YouTube and has published articles and presented academic seminars on the Sentientism philosophy and its implications. He is building a range of global Sentientism Communities (open to all) that so far span over 100 countries. You can find him on Twitter @JamieWoodhouse and @Sentientism. Full links here.

Claudia (Towne) Hirtenfelder is the founder and host of The Animal Turn. She is a PhD Candidate in Geography and Planning at Queen’s University and is currently undertaking her own research project looking at the geographical and historical relationships between animals (specifically cows) and cities. 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).

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Chapters

1. Introduction (00:00:00)

2. Welcome to the show (00:02:43)

3. How did you come to start the podcast? (00:04:42)

4. SentientiSentientism bridges humanism and animal related interests? (00:09:56)

5. [Ad] Birds of a Feather Talk Together (00:15:24)

6. (Cont.) SentientiSentientism bridges humanism and animal related interests? (00:16:11)

7. What is sentientism? (00:17:48)

8. Could this just be another boundary drawing activity? (00:21:01)

9. Other isms - Sentientism is radical (00:26:24)

10. Believing in evidence and reason (00:31:47)

11. Universal Applications (00:33:52)

12. Imagine a scenario... (00:41:04)

13. Open-mindedness and Compassion (00:45:31)

14. 'Challenges' guests have identified about sentientism (00:48:59)

15. Why is your podcast useful for animal studies scholars? (00:56:57)

16. The Quote (01:01:21)

17. Connect with Jamie (01:03:05)