Marcus interviews TV naturalist and conservationist Chris Packham. They discuss overpopulation and getting the truth out in the media and natural history documentaries.

Coming up today… Sociologist Roger Yates is back to review recent films Carnage and What The Health, we also take the opportunity to look back over other animal rights/vegan documentaries. Roger also rants about reducetarianism.

We were visited by Nick (another sociologist!) and Katie, hosts of Progressive Podcast Australia so we had them come by the studio for a chat on environmentalism, veganism etc.

In the news Donald Trump pulls out of the Paris climate agreement and Bristol VegFest came to an end with this year’s event.

Welcome To The Species Barrier... where two vegan, environmentalists question how we interact with the planet and the other animals who call it home. Prepare to have your preconceptions challenged and explore that barrier in place which separates the human animal from other species.

Listen locally on Lincoln's first community radio station 107.3 Siren FM or internationally on the website at: http://www.sirenonline.co.uk/

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Coming up today we welcome back Sandra Higgins, founder of the Go Vegan World advertising campaign and Eden Farmed Animal Sanctuary. guest bioethicist Travis Rieder asks should we be having children in the age of climate change?

Also 2016 was another year of record temperatures, previous guest Simon Amstell has a vegan film coming out on BBC iPlayer and just how much Arctic ice is our carbon footprint responsible for?

Welcome To The Species Barrier... where two vegan, environmentalists question how we interact with the planet and the other animals who call it home. Prepare to have your preconceptions challenged and explore that barrier in place which separates the human animal from other species.

Listen locally on Lincoln's first community radio station 107.3 Siren FM or internationally on the website at: http://www.sirenonline.co.uk/

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Episode 41, we speak to Josie from the Vervet Monkey Foundation on their conservation work in South Africa, and why they promote veganism play back an archive interview regarding Donald Trump's Aberdeen golf course development and Lincoln Animal Rights discuss their dairy campaigns. We also look back on the Go Vegan World promotional events in Birmingham.

Welcome To The Species Barrier... where two vegan, environmentalists question how we interact with the planet and the other animals who call it home. Prepare to have your preconceptions challenged and explore that barrier in place which separates the human animal from other species.

Listen locally on Lincoln's first community radio station 107.3 Siren FM or internationally on the website at: http://www.sirenonline.co.uk/