[caption id="attachment_379625" align="alignnone" width="678"] Melanie Challenger discusses her latest book, How To Be Animal: A New History of What it Means to Be Human[/caption]

0:08 – Returning to the conflict in Ukraine, John Feffer (@johnfeffer [1]), Director of Foreign Policy in Focus [2], discusses Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's latest statement about the limits of negotiations during the war as well as other updates including Russia's position on the diplomatic talks.

0:22 - Shifting focus with John Feffer (@johnfeffer [1]), we explore France's upcoming runoff election.

0:34 – Dr. John Swartzberg, clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health, joins us to discuss the latest COVID science and answer listener questions.

1:08 - Exploring the line between what it means to be human versus animal, Melanie Challenger [4] joins us to discuss her latest book, How To Be Animal: A New History of What it Means to Be Human [5].

[1] https://twitter.com/johnfeffer

[2] https://fpif.org/

[3] https://twitter.com/johnfeffer

[4] https://www.melaniechallenger.com/

[5] https://www.amazon.com/How-Be-Animal-History-Means/dp/0143134353