Freedom of Species

On this show we’re joined by Mary Merkenich, a member of Socialist Alliance and writer for Green Left Weekly, who discusses links between capitalism and the oppression of animals. We also play a talk by Dilan Fernando, Co-Founder of Young Voices for Animals, from the event Animal Liberation and Capitalism, which Mary Merkenich also spoke at, as well as Kristin Leigh, President and Campaign Directo...

We hear from Sue McKinnon & Peter Roberts, both of the Kinglake Friends of the Forest community group which is going head-to-head with the government-owned logging company VicForests, to save the little-known greater glider from extinction. Sue & Peter explain how, despite the greater glider's threatened status, VicForests continues to clearfell coupes throughout the native forests of Central High...

In this week's show, we are joined by two researchers who investigate the psychology behind veganism. Maddie North is a Deakin University PhD candidate investigating the role of social norms in veganism and the individual’s willingness to reduce meat consumption. Dr Madeline Judge shares their research into the psychological and ideological foundations of veganism and the stereotypes non-vegans us...

Conservation is a field of research and practice that works to protect the environment. Despite our efforts in conservation for over a century, we are still witnessing the significant degradation of landscape through habitat and biodiversity loss. Compassionate Conservation is a new movement within conservation that tries to respond to several ethical issues within the field. We speak with Dr Aria...

On this show we explore the world of "humane" animal products and the marketing of animal products. For more on this topic, you can view the resources below:https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/jul/26/humane-milk-is-a-myth-veganism-advert-cleared-by-standards-bodyhttp://freerangefraud.com/http://humanemyth.org/https://www.igi-global.com/chapter/the-role-of-the-ideology-of-animal-welfare-i...

We share a presentation given by David Nibert, a sociology professor from Ohio's Wittenberg University, on the animal industrial complex. This recording was made available by Alternative Radio:  https://www.alternativeradio.org/

This is our annual Radiothon show!  Freedom of Species needs to raise $1650 to help 3CR Community Radio stay on the air for another year, as a lone radical & independent voice in Australia's corporatised media landscape.  Please consider making a tax-deductible donation at www.3cr.org.au   Also come along to our fundraising trivia afternoon at Euro Kitchen in Fitzroy on June 30.  Details & tickets...

With the Australian federal election around the corner, we want to help you understand parties policies animal issues. We were joined by candidates Tania Briese from the Pirate Party Australia, Ben Schultz from the Animal Justice Party and Jason Ball from the Greens. We discuss what the most important animal issues are for their party and their positions on specific policies topics.

On this show we're joined Dilan Fernando to talk about his recent trip to Palestine and the work of the Palestinian Animal League. He discusses the Israeli occupation of Palestinian land and how this influences and impacts animal activism.  

We listen to the talk, ‘Humane Science Education: Ending the Use of Animals for Dissection’, presented by Nicole Green, Director, Animalearn and Dr. Elisabeth Ormandy - Executive Director, Animals in Science Policy Institute. This presentation was recorded as part of the the Humane Education Coalitions - Humane Summit 2019. The Humane Summit 2019, was a virtual speaker series run over two days in...

We've got a presentation from the recent Humane Education Coalition summit, delivered by Nichola Kriek from SAFE. She talks about how humane education has been successfully introduced into the NZ school curriculum. We've also got four spoken word performances, from Canada, UK, & the US. SAFE  www.safe.org.nzHumane Education Coalition summit www.hecoalition.org/summit

This show features some of Bede Carmody’s talk ‘Sustainable Activism: How to avoid becoming burnt out as an activist’. You can listen to the full talk at the following link and the description on this site also has links to further resources and to listen to other talks from the conference it was recorded at: https://archive.org/details/BedeCarmody We particularly recommend that activists do the f...

On this show we introduce our newest team member, Harley, and we discuss the animal movement and where she fits within it. Harley is a part of the group Young Voices for Animals: https://yva.org.au

We hear from Mark Halliday, a documentary filmmaker from Sydney about his new feature film, Vestige. The film follows some of the last remaining rhinos, protected in South Africa's Kruger National Park from the onslaught of poachers, and the people who risk their lives on a daily basis while trying to protect them.  Vestige film site  www.vestigemovie.com

We’re joined by Jim Kremar, environmental activist and one of the hosts of The SUWA show on 3CR, who discusses the place of animals in the environmental movement. You can listen to The SUWA show on 3CR every Friday from 5.30-6.30pm and catch up on episodes here: https://www.3cr.org.au/suwa Jim also recommends the following groups for those who are interested in getting involved in environmental ac...

On this show we’re joined by Greg McFarlane, the Director of Vegan Australia. He discusses the rise of veganism and the various ways Vegan Australia promote veganism, both on an individual and society-wide level. You can find out more about and support Vegan Australia at: https://www.veganaustralia.org.au/ This show also features a little bit of Animal Justice Party Victoria MP Andy Meddick’s Maid...

David is the founder of Melbourne Climate Save, one of the latest groups to join the worldwide Save movement.  David talks the connection between animal agriculture and climate change, the emergency in the Amazon with the new Brazilian government now endorsing its deforestation, and ponders whether veganism is the silver bullet for the escalating climate crisis.  Melbourne Climate Save  https://ww...

This episode features Jon Pawson on how his veganism fits within Maori culture and decolonisation. Jon is from the Facebook group “Māori and Pasifika Vegans”: https://www.facebook.com/groups/399648523567337/ We also discuss the Abolish Australia Day protests and animal advocacy, as well as a bunch of animal and/or vegan-related stories, including ‘Agribusinesses continue to close due to drought, o...

We play two more presentations from the Animal Justice Party summit on 1080 poison that are essential listening to get your head around this baiting issue. Learn about the ins and outs of the Victorian wild dog/dingo 'management' (killing) plans which purposefully 'un'protect the dingo so they can legally be killed in Victoria & more about our Australian 'lion king' dingo. Part 1 link: http://www....

We’re joined by vegan and frequent flyer Christian Freitag who gives tips on travelling as a vegan. Check out Christian’s Instagram ‘alwaysthen’ for travel photos. For more information on vegan travel including links to some of the resources we mentioned throughout the show, check out the following article: http://veganperth.org.au/living-vegan/vegan-travelling/

This show features advice to help people to go vegan and stay vegan. This includes eating out, shopping for vegan products at your local supermarket, veganism beyond diet, and much more! This Facebook post contains links to the resources mentioned throughout the show: https://www.facebook.com/freedomofspecies/posts/2551639568195871

This show features Olly Hornung’s talk ‘You Did What? Creative Tactics and Strategies to Boost Your Campaign’. This talk covers many examples from the book Beautiful Trouble: https://beautifultrouble.org/ Olly also discusses some of his own activism with Evolens: https://www.facebook.com/EvoLensMelb/ This talk was given at the 2017 Animal Activists Forum. You can listen to other talks from previou...

We’re joined by journalist Madison Griffiths who discusses animal rights as a social justice issue and connections with other issues such as feminism, mental health and media representation of marginalised groups. You can connect with Madison on social media @mgriffithz and you can also read her article ‘I don't eat meat because I'm a feminist’: https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/life-and-relationsh...

On the 24th of November 2018 Victorians went to the polls to vote for their next state representatives. An Australian political party dedicated to animals, called the Animal Justice Party, fielded candidates in 43 of the 88 lower house electorates and had candidates running in each of the 8 upper house regions. It is looking very likely that one of the Animal Justice Party candidates will be elect...

Andy of the Animal Justice Party talks about the recent live cattle export protest in Geelong, as well as the cattle export ship incident off Portland.  Caroline of Melbourne Cow Save joins Andy to explain the protest of last week's professional bull riding event in Melbourne.  Animal Justice Party (Victoria) https://www.ajpvic.org.au/Melbourne Cow Save  https://www.facebook.com/MelbourneCowSave/