Sentientism

Pablo ( @PabloPCastello & on LinkedIn ) is a Research Assistant at the Cambridge Centre for Animal Rights Law & a Junior Fellow of the Animals & Biodiversity programme of the Global Research Network (GRN) think tank. He is a PhD candidate at Royal Holloway (UoL). His research in Philosophy focuses on understanding the importance of human language in producing human dominion over animal...

Healthy Planet is hosted by Bob DiBenedetto . His WUSB radio show aims to help people learn about the powerful effect our everyday choices can have in creating a healthy and compassionate world. Sentientism is “Evidence, reason & compassion for all sentient beings.” More at Sentientism.info . Join our "I'm a Sentientist" wall via this simple form . Everyone, Sentientist or not, is welcome in o...

Cat ( @CatBeschVN ) founded and leads Vietnam Animal Aid & Rescue . She is also a writer & activist addressing many non-human animal issues. In Sentientist Conversations we talk about the two most important questions: “what’s real?” & “what matters?” Sentientism is "evidence, reason & compassion for all sentient beings." The video of our conversation is here on YouTube . We discuss...

This episode is a bonus cross-post from Rod Graham's Being series on YouTube where I talked to Rod about Sentientism. You can watch the video of our conversation on his channel here . Check out and subscribe to Rod's channel and give him a follow on Twitter . I hope you enjoy our conversation! As ever, this is my personal perspective so many other Sentientists will disagree - while still agreeing...

Peter Tatchell ( @PeterTatchell & petertatchell.net ) has been an activist for human rights, democracy, LGBT+ freedom and global justice since 1967. Watch the Netflix documentary about his life, " Hating Peter Tatchell ". He directs the Peter Tatchell foundation ( petertatchellfoundation.org ). In Sentientist Conversations we talk about the two most important questions: “what’s real?” & “w...

Massimo ( figsinwinter.blog & @mpigliucci ) is Professor of Philosophy at the City College of New York. He co-hosted the Rationally Speaking Podcast & was the editor in chief for the magazine Scientia Salon. He is an outspoken critic of pseudoscience & creationism & an advocate for secularism, science education & Stoicism.  In Sentientist Conversations we talk about the tw...

C Lou / Carrie ( @clouhamilton1 & veganismsexandpolitics.com & drcarriehamilton.com ) is an author, editor & translator. She wrote the book "Veganism, Sex & Politics: Tales of Danger & Pleasure" about her vegan journey & how veganism relates to wider social justice issues including feminist, queer & anti-racist politics as well as environmentalism. In Sentientist Conver...

This episode is a bonus cross-post from The Artists of Data Science podcast where I talk to Harpreet Sahota about Sentientism . We cover some of my personal perspectives too - so as ever, many other Sentientists will disagree. Harpreet has hosted an eclectic range of guests in his 171 episodes so far. If it looks interesting, why not subscribe to TADS as well as Sentientism!

Tobias ( @TobiasLeenaert ) is an author & a vegan advocacy consultant. He blogs at Veganstrategist.org & wrote "How to Create a Vegan World". He is the co-founder of ProVeg International. He is an Effective Altruist - thinking about the best ways to achieve a compassionate society. He also describes himself as a "Slow opinionist". In Sentientist Conversations we talk about the two most imp...

Mariann ( @marisul ) is Co-host with previous guest Jasmin Singer of the Our Hen House podcast and host of the Animal Law Podcast . She is a lawyer, lecturer, teacher and animal rights activist. In Sentientist Conversations we talk about the two most important questions: “what’s real?” & “what matters?” Sentientism is "evidence, reason & compassion for all sentient beings." The video of ou...

Aditya ( https://www.soytheist.com/ & https://www.youtube.com/c/Soytheist ) is an animal rights advocate from Assam in India. His @Soytheist YouTube channel focuses on taking a straightforward & rational approach to animal rights, identity politics & occasionally religion & atheism. In Sentientist Conversations we talk about the two most important questions: “what’s real?” & “w...

This episode is a bonus cross-post from the Pineal Podcast ( https://www.pinealpodcast.com/ ) where I talked to Josh Smith ( https://twitter.com/Pinealpodcast ) about Sentientism. We cover some of my personal perspectives too - so as ever, other Sentientists will disagree. In his own words, Josh created the Pineal podcast to help awaken his spirit. He talks to people about their own journeys to ex...

Luke ( lukeroelofs.com & Majestic Equality ) is a philosopher of mind at the Centre for Mind, Brain & Consciousness at New York University . Although Luke works primarily on philosophy of mind & metaphysics, their areas of interest include ethics, social & political philosophy, early modern philosophy and philosophy of gender & sexuality. Their book, "Reason, Empathy, and the M...

Andy Norman ( https://andynorman.org/ & https://twitter.com/DrAndyNo ), PhD is the author of "Mental Immunity". His work has appeared in Scientific American, Psychology Today, Skeptic, Free Inquiry & The Humanist. He has appeared on The Joe Rogan Experience, public radio, The BBC & The Young Turks. He champions the emerging science of mental immunity as the antidote to bad ideas, disin...

Sabine is legal advisor to the World Federation for Animals ( https://wfa.org/ ). In 2014, she cofounded the Global Animal Law (GAL https://www.globalanimallaw.org/ ) Association and led work on the creation and update of the first complete Animal Welfare Legislation Database. In Sentientist Conversations we talk about the two most important questions: “what’s real?” & “what matters?” Sentient...

Aditya is the wild animal suffering outreach coordinator for Animal Ethics in India. He works in grass-roots animal activism with a variety of organisations. He is studying Animal Protection Law at the National Legal Studies Research Institute in India. In Sentientist Conversations we talk about the two most important questions: “what’s real?” & “what matters?” Sentientism is "evidence, reason...

Jenny ( @jennysplitter and jennysplitter.com ) is an award-winning journalist & science writer covering food, agriculture, climate change, biodiversity, health & technology. Her work has been published across a wide range of media outlets including Vox, Forbes, Observer, The Washington Post, Popular Mechanics and New York Magazine. Jenny is a co-founder & contributing editor to the sci...

Cebuan (Cebby) Bliss ( https://twitter.com/CebbyBliss ) is a PhD candidate researching animal and biodiversity governance at Radboud University in the Netherlands ( https://www.ru.nl/english/people/bliss-c/ ). In Sentientist Conversations we talk about the two most important questions: “what’s real?” & “what matters?” Sentientism is "evidence, reason & compassion for all sentient beings."...

Jacy ( https://twitter.com/jacyanthis & https://jacyanthis.com/ ) is a social scientist & co-founder of the Sentience Institute ( https://www.sentienceinstitute.org/ ). His acclaimed book, The End of Animal Farming  ( https://jacyanthis.com/book ), analyzes the development & popularisation of food technologies such as plant-based & cultivated meat. In Sentientist Conversations...

Frans ( fransdewaal.com ) is a primatologist & ethologist. He is Professor of Primate Behavior at Emory University, director of the Living Links Center at Emory & the author of many books including "Chimpanzee Politics", "Our Inner Ape" & "The Bonobo & the Atheist". He has featured in TV/radio productions & TED talks viewed by tens of millions of people. His research centers on...

Kyle ( https://twitter.com/KyleJohannsen2 and https://philpeople.org/profiles/kyle-johannsen ) is Adjunct Assistant Professor in Philosophy at Queen's University. His research is in social & political philosophy, & in animal & env. ethics. He teaches normative ethics, metaethics, bioethics, business ethics, cyberethics, the philosophy of law & critical thinking. He is the author of...

Lu ( https://twitter.com/LuShegay ) is an animal law attorney from Kazakhstan, now based in the USA. She is the co-founder and Managing Director of the Institute of Animal Law of Asia ( https://www.ialasia.org/ and https://twitter.com/ianimallawasia ). In Sentientist Conversations we talk about the two most important questions: “what’s real?” & “what matters?” Sentientism is "evidence, reason...

Henry ( https://twitter.com/henrymance ) is the chief features writer for the Financial Times newspaper. He is the author of "How to Love Animals in a Human Shaped World." ( https://uk.bookshop.org/books/1606708923_how-to-love-animals-in-a-human-shaped-world/9781787332089 ). In Sentientist Conversations we talk about the two most important questions: “what’s real?” & “what matters?” Sentientis...

Richard ( https://twitter.com/onemorebrown & https://onemorebrown.com/ )  is a philosopher at CUNY. His work is focused on the philosophy of mind, consciousness studies & the foundations of cognitive science. He also has interests & projects in the philosophy of language, metaethics, philosophy of physics, logic, the philosophy of logic and the history of philosophy. In Sentientis...

Heather ( https://twitter.com/zoophilosophy & https://www.heatherbrowning.net/ ) is a scientist, philosopher & a former zookeeper & welfare officer. She is now a researcher at the London School of Economics specialising in animal sentience, welfare, & ethics.  In Sentientist Conversations we talk about the two most important questions: “what’s real?” & “what matters?” Sent...