Knowing Animals

This is a very special episode of Knowing Animals brought to you in the middle of Australia's fire crisis. Today I speak to Charlie Jackson-Martin from Sydney Dingo Rescue and Mick and Tracey from Peanuts Wellbeing Sanctuary. Both groups are in need of financial support. You can donate to Sydney Dingo Rescue here: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=15905167&fbclid=IwAR1MjCUhENmjghheL9lEfb_Se9RGsZFZjyr...

This very special episode of Knowing Animals is hosted by Dr. Clare McCausland. Clare interviews Dr. Siobhan O'Sullivan, Senior Lecturer in Social Policy at UNSW, Sydney. They discuss Siobhan's new article 'Tainted Love: The Trials and Tribulations of a Career in Animal Studies' which was published in the journal Society & Animals in 2019. That piece was co-authored by Yvette Watt and Fiona Probyn...

This episode of Knowing Animals is from the Protecting Animals series. I am joined by the Hon. Emma Hurst MLC. Emma sits in the Parliament of NSW representing the Animal Justice Party. This episode of Knowing Animals is brought to you by AASA. AASA is the Australasian Animal Studies Association. You can find AASA on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/AASA-Australasian-Animal-Studies-Associati...

This episode of Knowing Animals is from the Protecting Animals series. We are joined by Larry Carbone. Larry is US based. He is a vet who has worked with laboratory animals for many years. He has written extensively on animal welfare issues, including the book 'What Animals Want: expertise and advocacy in laboratory animal welfare policy' which was published with Oxford Scholarship Online in 2004....

This week on Knowing Animals we are joined by Chris Danta. Chris is Associate Professor in School of Arts and Media at UNSW Sydney. We discuss Chris' book 'Animal fables after Darwin : literature, speciesism, and metaphor' which was published by Cambridge University Press in 2018. This episode of Knowing Animals is brought to you by AASA. AASA is the Australasian Animal Studies Association. You ca...

This episode of Knowing Animals is from the Protecting Animals series. We talk to animal lawyer Mike Rosalky. Mike is a Partner and co-founder of K & R Animal Law, a commercial law firm that specalises in animal law, and he is a volunteer Director and Senior Lawyer with the Animal Defenders Office, a community legal centre that specialises in animal law. This episode of Knowing Animals is brought...

This week on Knowing Animals we are joined by Ondine Sherman. Ondine is one of the co-founders of Voiceless, the Animal Protection Institution. She is also an author. We discuss her latest book 'Sky' which was published by Pantera Press in 2019. This episode of Knowing Animals is brought to you by AASA. AASA is the Australasian Animal Studies Association. You can find AASA on Facebook here: https:...

This week on Knowing Animals I am joined by Philip Wollen. Philip is a former senior executive with Citibank and Citicorp. But listeners will know him better as a prominent vegan and animal rights advocate. His organisation is Winsome Constance Kindness and he is well known for Kindness House in Melbourne.  This episode of Knowing Animals is brought to you by AASA. AASA is the Australasian Animal...

This week on Knowing Animals we are joined by Meera Atkinson. Meera is a writer, musician and also lecturer in English literature. We discuss Meera's journal article 'Alexis Wright's Literary Testimony to Intersecting Traumas' which appeared in the Animal Studies Journal in 2018. This episode of Knowing Animals is brought to you by AASA. AASA is the Australasian Animal Studies Association. You can...

In this episode of Knowing Animals we are joined by Jeannette Vaught. Jeanette did her PhD in American Studies at the University of Texas. Today we discuss Jeannette's book chapter 'How to Make a Horse Have an Orgasm' which appeared inthe book 'Living With Animals: Bonds Across Species' published by Cornell University Press in 2018. This episode of Knowing Animals is brought to you by AASA. AASA i...

In this episode of Knowing Animals I am joined by Prof. Fiona Probyn-Rapsey from the University of Wollongong. We discuss her journal article ''Pussy Panic' and Glass Elevators: How Gender is Shaping the Field of Animal Studies' which appeared in the journal 'Australian Feminist Studies', in 2019. The article is co-authored by Yvette Watt and Siobhan O'Sullivan. This episode of Knowing Animals is...

This week on Knowing Animals we are joined by Alphonso Lingis. Al is Professor of philosophy at Penn State University. We discuss his book chapter 'The thinking that is in the world', which was included in book Thinking in the World: A Reader', edited by Jill Bennett, Mary Zournazi and published by Bloomsbury in 2019. This episode of Knowing Animals is brought to you by AASA. AASA is the Australas...

This week on Knowing Animals we are joined by André Krebber. Andréis assistant professor in social and cultural history and human-animal studies at the University of Kassel, Germany. We discuss his co-edited book 'Animal Biography Re-framing Animal Lives' which was published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2018.  This episode of Knowing Animals is brought to you by AASA. AASA is the Australasian Animal S...

This week on Knowing Animals I am joined by Dr. Natasha Fijn from ANU. We discuss her book 'Living with Herds: Human-Animal Coexistence in Mongolia' which was published by Cambridge University Press. This episode of Knowing Animals is brought to you by AASA. AASA is the Australasian Animal Studies Association. You can find AASA on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/AASA-Australasian-Animal-St...

This week on Knowing Animals we are joined by Catherine Amey. Catherine is a New Zealand based, independent scholar. We discuss her book 'The Compassionate Contrarians: A history of vegetarians in Aotearoa New Zealand', which was published by Rebel Press in 2014. This episode of Knowing Animals is brought to you by AASA. AASA is the Australasian Animal Studies Association. You can find AASA on Fac...

This week on Knowing Animals we are joined by Dr. Clare Archer-Lean. Clare is Senior Lecturer in English at University of the Sunshine Coast. We discuss Care's article 'With animal: Exceeding the 'Absent referent' through maternity' which appeared in the journal Hecate in 2016. This episode of Knowing Animals is brought to you by AASA. AASA is the Australasian Animal Studies Association. You can f...

This week we are joined by Natalie Khazaal. We discuss her article 'An Angry Cow is not a Good Eating Experience: How US and Spanish media are shifting from crude to camouflaged speciesism in concealing nonhuman perspectives' which appeared in 'Journalism Studies' in 2014. This episode of Knowing Animals is brought to you by AASA. AASA is the Australasian Animal Studies Association. You can find A...

This week we are joined by Angela Singer. Angela is an artist. You can view her artwork at her website: https://www.angelasinger.com .  This episode of Knowing Animals is brought to you by AASA. AASA is the Australasian Animal Studies Association. You can find AASA on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/AASA-Australasian-Animal-Studies-Association-480316142116752/ . Join AASA today! This episo...

In this episode from the Protecting Animals series we are joined by Terry Hurtado from Animal Liberation Federation, Columbia. This episode of Knowing Animals is brought to you by AASA. AASA is the Australasian Animal Studies Association. You can find AASA on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/AASA-Australasian-Animal-Studies-Association-480316142116752/ . Join AASA today! This episode of Kno...

This week on Knowing Animals we are joined by Heather Fraser. Heather is Associate Professor in Social Sciences at QUT. We discuss Heather's new book, co-authored by Nik Taylor, called 'Companion Animals and Domestic Violence: Rescuing Me, Rescuing You' which was published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2019.  This episode of Knowing Animals is brought to you by AASA. AASA is the Australasian Animal Stu...

In this very special episode of Knowing Animals I am joined by beloved New Zealand author Witi Ihimaera. Witi has written many books featuring nonhuman animals. He offers us a non-colonial lens through which to think about the human/nonhuman relationship.    This episode of Knowing Animals is brought to you by AASA. AASA is the Australasian Animal Studies Association. You can find AASA on Facebook...

This week on Knowing Animals we are joined by Susanne Karr. Susanne is a philosopher and independent scholar. We discuss her upcoming journal article 'Mirror Reflections as Agents of Connectedness' which will soon appear in the yearbook of the Irish Philosophical Society, which will be published in November 2019. This episode of Knowing Animals is brought to you by AASA. AASA is the Australasian A...

This week on Knowing Animals I am joined by author David Brooks. David is a poet and novelist. We discuss his latest book 'The Grass Library' published by Brandl & Schelsinger in 2019.   This episode of Knowing Animals is brought to you by AASA. AASA is the Australasian Animal Studies Association. You can find AASA on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/AASA-Australasian-Animal-Studies-Associa...

In this episode of Knowing Animals I am joined by Corey Lee Wren. Corey is Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Kent, Canterbury, England. We discuss her book 'Piecemeal Protest: Animal Rights in the Age of Nonprofits' which will be published by University of Michigan Press in 2019.   This episode of Knowing Animals is brought to you by AASA. AASA is the Australasian Animal Studies Associati...

In this episode of Knowing Animals I am joined by Nicholas Holm. Nicholas is Senior Lecturer in Media Studies at the Massey University. We discuss his journal article 'Consider the Squirrel: Freaks, Vermin, and Value in the Ruin(s)' of Nature' which appeared in Cultural Critique in 2012. This episode of Knowing Animals is brought to you by AASA. AASA is the Australasian Animal Studies Association....