Sara van Goozen and Josh Milburn are the first to include considering harm to animals in just war theory. Broadly speaking, just war theory looks at whether a war is justified and if so, how that war should be conducted. They authored "Counting Animals in War: First Steps towards an Inclusive Just-War Theory” published in the journal Social Theory and Practice.Sara is a lecturer at the University of York. Her research focuses on topics in contemporary just war theory and global ethics. She’s written about just risk distribution in war, the moral status of animals in war and the distribution of scarce medical resources. Sara is also interested in various other areas in contemporary political theory, such as the literature on political obligation and sovereignty.

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Closing theme: “Tear Things Up” by Jenny Moore’s Mystic Business

For his Master Thesis, Tim Reysoo developed the concept of human privilege by extending the notion of social privilege to make sense of the enormous power differential between humans and animals in society. He develops the concept and social category of “species privilege” and “human innocence”.

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Doctor Josh Milburn's book, Just Fodder: The ethics of feeding animals (McGill-Queen's University Press), explores a variety of questions from “Who are we obliged to feed? Who are we permitted to feed? What are we allowed to feed animals? To What is the role of the state in feeding animals? And How might obligations concerning the feeding of animals differ from obligations concerning the feeding of humans and why?

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MusicOpening theme: “Flashbacks” by Jenny Moore’s Mystic Business

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Joshua Katcher and Tracey Katof are researching the fashion industry as a compelling case-study for the macroeconomic phenomenon of circumfauna, a term Joshua coined. They analyse the social, historical, and environmental influences on the large-scale shift towards intentionally reframing supply chains without animals.

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Graphics: Catherine Dorrell

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Music

Interlude: "Yushima" by Matthew Gerstenberger;

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Closing theme: “Tear Things Up” by Jenny Moore’s Mystic Business

Infighting. It’s something people in the veganverse complain about. So what do we mean by infighting? Is it something unique to the vegan and animal rights space? Should we be concerned about it? Does it benefit one group over another? How should we engage with it if at all? And what might be some of its consequences, if any?

Production & Engineering: Jim Moore of Bloody Vegans Productions; https://www.bloodyvegansproductions.com

Music

Interlude: "Clouds on the Orongorongos" by Matthew Gerstenberger;

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Troy Vettese and Drew Pendergrass are the authors of Half Earth Socialism:A Plan to Save the Future from Extinction, Climate Change and Pandemics (Verso). We talk about their book, the simulation game that goes with their book and why vegans should be socialists and socialists should be vegans.

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Host: Emilia A. Leese

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Graphics: Catherine Dorrell

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MusicOpening theme: “Flashbacks” by Jenny Moore’s Mystic Business

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Marx, Veganism and Political Solidarity Across Species

Guest: Leigh Claire La Berge

Production & Engineering: Jim Moore of Bloody Vegans Productions;

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Graphics: Catherine Dorrell

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Interlude: "Shinka" by Matthew Gerstenberger;

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Closing theme: “Tear Things Up” by Jenny Moore’s Mystic Business

Benny Malone, author of How to Argue with Vegans: An analysis of anti-vegan arguments, talks to us about his top five favourite fallacies. Not the ones we might be familiar with, but those requiring a bit more work and thought. In the second half of the program, I'll share my top three strategies when choosing to engage with others on the topic of veganism.  

Credits Host: Emilia A. Leese 

Guest: Benny Malone; on Twitter @bennymaloneUK 

Production & Engineering: Jim Moore of Bloody Vegans Productions 

Music Opening theme: “Flashbacks” by Jenny Moore’s Mystic Business  

Intermission: "Cantina Rag" by Jackson F Smith 

Closing theme: “Tear Things Up” by Jenny Moore’s Mystic Business

Geertrui Cazaux, author (Een Ander Soort Zuster), blogger and vegan, animal rights and inclusivity activist talks to us about why and how veganism is not an ableist ethical practice. We'll hear about what it means to live as a vegan with a chronic illness and how to centre veganism on solid ethical foundations.  

Credits 

Host: Emilia A. Leese 

Guest: Geertrui Cazaux; https://criphumanimal.org; https://brugesvegan.com; https://www.graswortels.org  

Production & Engineering: Jim Moore of Bloody Vegans Productions 

Music 

Opening theme: “Flashbacks” by Jenny Moore’s Mystic Business  

Intermission: "Chilo Gorge" by Derek Solomon

Closing theme: “Tear Things Up” by Jenny Moore’s Mystic Business

The Center for Contemporary Science works on replacing animal experimentation with more effective methods of research and testing based on human biology. Dr Aysha Akhtar explains how human biology-based methods offer a more effective way to understand the diseases that afflict us, enabling researchers to predict how people may respond to medicines and chemicals with far greater accuracy than animal tests. The outcome of this is better treatments, therapies and cures.   

Credits 

Host: Emilia A. Leese 

Guest: Dr Aysha Akhtar; https://contemporarysciences.org 

Production & Engineering: Jim Moore of Bloody Vegans Productions 

Music Opening theme: “Flashbacks” by Jenny Moore’s Mystic Business  

Intermission: "Nostalgia of an ex-gangsta rapper" by deef 

Closing theme: “Tear Things Up” by Jenny Moore’s Mystic Business