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Hi Plant Friends, Hope you are all well this week.

Alex J. O’Connor is founder of the Cosmic Skeptic YouTube channel, podcast and blog, platforms dedicated to the publication of philosophical ideas and debates in an accessible format. He is currently reading for a degree in philosophy and theology at St John’s College, Oxford University.

Alex is an international public speaker and debater, having delivered addresses in multiple continents at conferences, universities, and local drinking groups, as well as debated ethics, religion, and politics with a number of high-profile opponents before college audiences, on radio talk shows and on national television.

An impassioned animal rights advocate and religious critic, Alex’s online videos have been viewed thirty million times, attracting over three hundred and fifty thousand people to subscribe to his regular content. He has produced videos with notable experts in respected fields, such as Peter Singer, Richard Dawkins, and William Lane Craig.

This weeks show is hosted by Klaus Mitchell, Produced by Robbie Lockie. Edited by Phil Marriott.

** Show Notes **

00:00 Nuzest Sponsor 1

02:30 How The Cosmic Skeptic YouTube Channel began

04:10 A Meat Eaters Case for Veganism

06:05 Preparing and producing the YouTube channel presentations

06:55 The emotional intelligence and pain threshold of non-humans animals

08:50 Peter Singer and other inspiring vegan activists

11:00 The go-to vegan authors

12:37 Future generations looking back on our habits

16:50 Nuzest Sponsor 2

17:40 Breaking Boundaries clip

18:10 The narrative of veganism

23:25 The connection of respecting both animals and non-human animals and fixing prejudices in the world

29:00 Avoiding animal suffering

32:15 Nuzest Sponsor 3

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