Freedom of Species

 How can we be effective advocates for  the bees? Get the buzz on the world of bees in this episode, are bee populations in decline? What are the biggest issues facing bees today? Do bees have a kind of sentience? What can we do as individuals for the bees? Why do native bees get the short end of the stick and what can we learn from native bee expert Dr Kit Prendergast? https://www.theguardian.com...

Lottie, Meg and Nick discuss the social aspects of veganism, including highlighting the benefits of being a visible vegan from an advocacy point of view versus the social difficulties this can sometimes bring up.  Links: The festive table is set. Is now a good time to mention I’m vegan? By Zoya Patel: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2022/dec/21/the-festive-table-is-set-is-now-a-good-time-...

 Happy May Day! This International Workers Day we honour the contribution working animals have made to our society and talk about the rights and ethics of working animals. The music featured in this show is by Melbourne synth and piano rock duo Privateer, who's first full album will be released late 2023/early 2024.  www.privateermusic.com Songs: Ticonderoga  Follow Winter's Dream Bandcamp: https:...

 We welcome Georgie Purcell, Animal Justice Party MP representing Northern Victoria to the show and chat about her lifelong love of animals and social justice. Georgie talks about her campaigning experience and working as Chief of Staff for Andy Meddick MP, who was Animal Justice Party Victoria's first elected MP, before running as a candidate herself and being elected in November 2022.  Georgie i...

 Kristy Alger joins us for part 2 of our discussion about total liberation and how we can build common ground, and addressing issues of harm that arise in advocacy spaces. Part 1 of our discussion can be heard here: https://www.3cr.org.au/freedomofspecies/episode/total-liberation-kristy-alger Kristy writes her blog Writing Liberation on Medium and her last blog piece called No, I will not stand wi...

This show features speeches from the Dominion Animal Rights March in Naarm/Melbourne, by Farm Transparency Project.  You can watch Dominion at: www.watchdominion.com  You can find out more about Farm Transparency Project here: https://www.farmtransparency.org/  For more on avoiding activist burnout, which came up briefly at the end of the show, check out our previous show ‘Bede Carmody – Preventin...

  We talk with activist and author Kristy Alger about total liberation and why being a consistent ally is critical.  CONTENT WARNING: topics include transphobia, fascism and neo-Nazis, police violence.  We discuss British anti-trans rights campaigner Kellie-Jay Keen Minshull's (also know as Posie Parker) appearance in Australia and the protests against her speaking events. The events of the last w...

Delving into the layers of conscousness in animals and humans and what this means for our treatment of our fellow non human animals.  Featuring music by local vegan musician Plum Green http://www.plumgreenmusic.com/ Music Played: Plum Green 'Raspberry Vine'  Plum Green 'Walk Against the Wind'  Plum Green 'Grave Snuggler'   Photo by Andre Mouton: https://unsplash.com/@andremouton   

 International Women's Day is recognised each year on March 8 as a focal point in the women's rights movement, bringing attention to issues such as gender equality, reproductive rights, and violence against women. 3CR Radical Radio has a long history of supporting IWD by hosting 24 hour broadcasting by women and non-binary people. On this show we discuss some inspirational women who are animal rig...

Exploring the fascinating subject of animal and human friendships across time. Delving into our relationships with companion animals both traditional and non traditonal and our interaction with wild animal friends. Music Played: Heilung 'Norupo' - https://heilung.travelling-merchant.com/cd/heilung-futha-cd-digipak-digital Otkyen 'Storm' - https://otyken.ru/?lang=en#listen Yothu Yindi 'Treaty (Radi...

In Australia, every year millions of individuals get used in research and animal experiments. For over 40 years Humane Research Australia has been advocating for for scientifically valid and humane non-animal methods of research. We chat with HRA CEO Rachel Smith and committee member Katrina Larsen. You can find out more about HRA at https://www.humaneresearch.org.au/.For more information about th...

  On this show, we discuss the new documentary film written and directed by musician and animal rights advocate Moby. The film is called Punk Rock Vegan Movie and spans a number of decades examining the ongoing relationship between the worlds of punk music and animal rights, and how punk ideology is associated with animal rights activism and veganism. The film premiered in January 2023 at the Slam...

Nick and Katie discuss how they transitioned to veganism, veganism becoming more popular in recent years – overtaking vegetarianism in many ways, Happy Cow’s top 10 vegan-friendly cities in the world and finally, challenging ableism within activist movements.  Articles discussed: Who moved my cheese? The silent battle between vegetarians and vegans by Tony Naylor: https://www.theguardian.com/food/...

On this show we welcome our newest team member, Meg! Nick and Meg discuss a wide range of topics including: Meg’s journey when it comes to thinking about our obligations towards other animals, avoiding centring humans in animal liberation struggles, connections between veganism and socialism, and finally, capitalism, class and veganism.  Links: 2018 Gallup poll on vegans and vegetarians in the US:...

  In our first show back for 2023 we talk about some popular Go Vegan campaigns such as Veganuary that encourage people to try adopting a vegan diet for 30 days and provide email support resources and cookbooks. We discuss whether these campaigns can frame veganism as a diet through the focus on food and miss the broader ethical considerations of animal liberation, or are they a critical first ste...

On this Summer Special Nick from Freedom of Species and Lottie discuss what journalist Naomi Klein refers to as trickle down identity politics. This form of identity politics, typified by people such as Hillary Clinton, prioritises achieving a more diverse range of people in positions of power, with the argument that if more people from marginalised groups get into positions of power, these benefi...

 On this Summer Special Nick from Freedom of Species and Lottie evaluate different arguments about identity politics going on within Left/progressive/environmental movements. We do this drawing on the following articles that Nick has written: ‘What Do You Mean By “Identity Politics”?’ https://progressivepostings.wordpress.com/2020/09/04/idpols/ ‘Do You Identify Or Are You Identified?’ https://prog...

This Rotations music show features Nick from Freedom of Species playing songs from the band Proper. Themes include the politics of the band, their shift from emo music to prog rock, moving away from cities with Right-wing politics and imagining a better life and a better world.   This show originally aired on Rotations on 3CR Community Radio on 1 January 2023. Rotations airs 2-3pm every Sunday and...

We delve into Extinction Rebellion’s claim that once 3.5% of the population of a state is mobilised in sustained protest, success is guaranteed. We also discuss the implications for the environmental movement and animal activists.   For more on this issue, you can read Harley’s article ‘Reflections on Rebellion – How People Power can Take the World By Storm’: https://animalrebellion.org/how-change...

 We speak with Jolene who founded Project Fresh Start about veganism, food insecurity and minimising food waste. Jolene started PFS in 2021 in the southeast suburbs of Melbourne/Narrm as a way to contribute to community, provide fresh and healthy meals to people in need and reduce the food waste that she'd observed over her career in the hospitality industry.   About Project Fresh Start Inc. Our p...

This show features vegan sociologists Josephine Browne, Zoei Sutton and Alex Hill. They discuss a wide range of topics including vegan men, meat and masculinity and thinking about our homes as spaces not just for humans but also for companion animals.  Part 1 of the discussion builds on themes covered in the TASA Panel ‘Vegan Sociology, Situating Humans and Nonhuman Animals in 'The Promise' of Veg...

Adam and Davita welcome Zoë and Dieter to the show, to talk about the book 'A Guide to the Creatures in your Neighbourhood'. Zoë and Dieter are part of the Urban Field Naturalist Project that invites you to slow down and attune to the incredible lifeworlds right around you. The Urban Field Naturalist Project: https://www.urbanfieldnaturalist.org/Find the book here: https://www.murdochbooks.com/bro...

We chat with Dr Danny Pimentel, a researcher from the University of Oregon. Danny's research investigates the impacts of eXtended Reality (VR, AR, and MR) storytelling experiences on attitudes and behavior. In particularly, Danny has investigated how seeing the world through an animals eyes in Virtual Reality influences people. If you're interested in trying out one of Danny's VR experiences then...

We welcome Dinesh Mathew to the show to talk about food and his political journey and policies that can unite parties on the left for animals. Music Played: Nina Simone 'Mississippi Goddam' - https://shop.ninasimone.com/products/feeling-good-her-greatest-hits-and-remixes-cd Hedwig and the Angry Inch 'Origin of Love' - https://open.spotify.com/album/79l4BIW8SN0M7bZAGmP0EB Beddy Rays 'Sort It Out' -...

This show features political theorist Ruth Abbey on the place of veganism in the Australian Animal Justice Party. The discussion is based around Ruth’s (2022) article: ‘Veganism and Australia’s Animal Justice Party’, published in New Political Science: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/07393148.2022.2053475  You can hear more from Ruth on the Seeing Green podcast, discussing the movie Su...