January 15, 2021
Chronic Wasting Disease and Wolves
Guest:
Ellen Brandell, Ph. D.
January 8, 2021
The Meat Industry's Bestiality Problem
Guest:
Gabriel Rosenberg, Ph. D.
January 1, 2021
The Perils of Genetically Modified Animals
Guest:
Jarrod Bailey, Ph. D.
December 25, 2020
Guest:
Jimmy Webb
December 18, 2020
Covid-19 Vaccine and Animals / Murder Hornets meet their match!
Guests:
Jarrod Bailey, Ph. D.
Heather Mattila, Ph. D.
December 11, 2020
The Successful Parleys Summit Wildlife Overpass
Guests:
Matt Howard
Brandon Weston
December 4, 2020
Sanctuary for Sentient Cetaceans
Guest:
Lori Marino, Ph. D.
November 20, 2020
Guests:
Rebecca Rose Stanton, Ph. D.
Josha Steinhouse
November 13, 2020
The McImpact of the McPlant / Happy the Elephant
Guests:
Paul Shapiro
Courtney Fern
November 6, 2020
Wild Leadership: Animals and Governing
Guest:
Erna Walraven
October 30, 2020
Goats / Alternatives for leather and other animal-based materials
Guests:
Sue Weaver
Nicole Rawling
October 23, 2020
Children and pet loss / Sharks and Covid-19
Guests:
Katherine Crawford
Stephanie Brendl
October 16, 2020
“A Traitor to his Species” – Henry Bergh and the birth of the animal rights movement
Guest:
Ernest Freeberg, Ph. D.
October, 9, 2020
Pet care during crises / Orca slave trade Part 2
Guests:
Nicole Forsyth
Capt. Paul Watson
October 2, 2020
Human-specific medical research / Orca slave trade Part 1
Guests:
Aysha Akhtar, M. D.
Capt. Paul Watson
September 25, 2020
Guests:
Colleen Plumb
Kathryn L. Smithies, Ph. D.
September 18, 2020
High Holiday food, Corey Wrenn, Part 2
Guests:
Sara Eifler, JewishVeg
Corey Wrenn, Ph. D.
September 11, 2020
Animal-free pet food, Corey Wrenn, Part 1
Guests:
Paul Shapiro
Corey Wrenn, Ph. D.
September 4, 2020
Whales in New York City, David Coman-Hidy of The Humane League
Guests:
Paul Sieswarda, Gotham Whale
David Coman-Hidy
August 28, 2020
Research for animal advocates, Conscripting "Dogs for Defense"
Guests:
Brooke Haggerty, Jo Anderson, Ph. D. - Faunalytics
Trevor Jones - History Nebraska
August 21, 2020
Interview with Josh Balk, HSUS
August 14, 2020
Project Chimps Lawsuit / Real life impact of Ethics classes
Guests:
Rachel Fobar, National Geographic
Eric Schwitzgebel, Ph. D.
August 7, 2020
Actively enforcing animal protection legislation
Guest:
Steve Hindi, SHARK
July 31, 2020
The Comeback of the California Condors
Guest:
Sy Montgomery
July 17, 2020
The evolution of plant-based foods: Not just bean sprouts and tofu anymore!
Guests:
Caroline Ginolfi, "The Plant Based Blonde"
Bryon and Natasha Docket, UnSoul Food
July 10, 2020
Guests:
Laura Wright, Ph. D.
Chris Blazina, Ph. D.
June 26, 2020
Guest:
Karin Brulliard, The Washington Post
June 19, 2020
Animal rights and Black Lives, Matter Part 2, Vegans and food that "bleeds"
Guests:
Aryenish Birdie
Giles Mitchell
June 12, 2020
Animal rights and Black Lives Matter, and Butterflies, Part 2
Guests:
Marla Rose
Wendy Williams
June 5, 2020
Talking about animals in troubled times / Butterflies
Guests:
Marc Bekoff, Ph. D.
Wendy Williams
May 29, 2020
Flesh-eating worms / Animals in Sports, Part 2
Guests:
Sara Zhang
Jessica Pierce. Ph. D.
May 22, 2020
Animals in Sports, Part 1, Aquatic Animatronics
Guests:
Melanie Langlotz
Roger Holzberg
Jessica Pierce, Ph. D.
May 15, 2020
Animal Politics and Political Animals
Guests:
Eva Meijer, Ph. D.
Paul Waldau, Ph. D.
May 8, 2020
The "Murder Hornet" plus battling poaching
Guests:
Damien Mander
Will Robinson, Ph. D.
May 1, 2020
April 24, 2020
First anniversary retrospective!
Guests:
All of 'em!
April 17, 2020
Animal Rescue During the Pandemic
Guests:
Cantor Scott Borsky
Melissa Levy
Melvin "Buzz" Miller
April 10, 2020
Imagining Human-Animal Relations After the Pandemic
Guests:
Nik Taylor, Ph. D.
Heather Fraser, Ph. D.
April 3, 2020
The Tiger King, The Zanesville Massacre, and the pathology of exotic pet keeping
Guest:
Charles Siebert
March 27, 2020
Animal Advocacy vs. Environmentalism
Guests:
Amy Fitzgerald, Ph. D.
Rachel Fobar - National Geographic
March 20, 2020
Our treatment of animals and the Coronavirus
Guests:
Peter J. Li, Ph. D.
Aysha Akhtar, MD
March 13, 2020
Wildlife Fertility Control
Guest:
Stephanie Boyles Griffin, The Botstiber Institute
March 6, 2020
The Feline Mystique: Decoding cats
Guests:
James Serpell, Ph. D.
Carlo Siracusa, VMD
Special appearance by Steven Wise
February 28, 2020
Guest:
Jane Desmond, Ph. D.
February 21, 2020
"Bucking Tradition" - Inside the Rodeo
Guest:
Eric Mills - Action for Animals
February 14, 2020
Love and the Emotional Lives of Animals
Guests:
Marc Bekoff, Ph. D.
Special appearance by Hal Herzog
February 7, 2020
The “Humane Hoax,” plus PETA’s Super Bowl ad
Guests:
Hope Bohanec, Ph. D.
Justin Van Kleeck, Ph. D.
Ashley Byrne
January 31, 2020
Displaying Death: Taxidermy, Pet Cemeteries and Roadkill
Guest:
Jane C. Desmond, Ph. D.
January 24, 2020
Preventing Cruelty, Enforcing Protection
Guest:
Nicole Wilson, Pennsylvania SPCA
January 17, 2020
Animal Communication: Beyond Words
Guest:
Carl Safina, Ph. D.
January 10, 2020
Guest:
Jeff Sebo, Ph. D.
January 3, 2020
Guest:
Clare Mann
December 20, 2019
Guest:
Jimmy Webb
December 13, 2019
Help with Animal Charitable Giving
Guest:
Leah Edgerton, Animal Charity Evaluators
December 6, 2019
Guest:
David Cantor, Responsible Policies for Animals
November 29, 2019
In-depth interview with PETA founder and president Ingrid Newkirk
November 22, 2019
Guest:
Karen Davis, Ph. D. - United Poultry Concerns
November 15, 2019
Androids or animals: rights for either?
Guest:
Kate Darling, Ph. D. MIT Media Lab
November 8, 2019
Is a Picture Worth a Thousand Screams?
Guests:
Elisa Aaltola, Ph. D.
Mark Devries - "Speciesm: The Movie"
October 25, 2019
Bats, Meat Companies Investing in Plant-based alternatives
Guest:
Paul Shaprio
October 18, 2019
Update on Bronx Zoo elephant release case, plus Rabbits.
Guests:
Kevin Schneider, Nonhuman Rights Project
Margo DeMello, Ph. D.
October 11, 2019
The Wonderful World of Birding
Guests:
Brian Quindlen, Delaware Valley Ornithological Club
Jordan Rutter, American Bird Conservancy
October 4, 2019
The Kaporos Controversy, Plus PTSD and Elephants
Guests:
Sara Eifler
Cari Zuckerberg
September 27, 2019
Mythical and Imaginary Animals
Guest:
Boria Sax, Ph. D. - "Imaginary Animals: The Monstrous, The Wondrous and The Human"
September 20, 2019
The spaying / neutering argument.
Guests:
Alexandra Horowitz, Ph. D.
Siobahn O'Sullivan
September 13, 2019
The Equine Connection: Humans and Horses
Guest:
Wendy Williams - "The Horse: The Epic History of our Noble Companion"
September 6, 2019
Under the Sea: The thoughts of a fish, the soul of an octopus
Guests:
Jonathan Balcombe, Ph. D. - "What a Fish Knows"
Sy Montgomery - "The Soul of an Octopus"
August 30, 2019
Guests:
Paul Waldau, Ph. D.
Hon. Brendan Boyle, PA 2nd District
August 23, 2019
Guest:
James Serpell, Ph. D.
(Special appearance by Hal Herzog)
August 16, 2019
Guest:
Randy Malamud, Ph. D.
August 9, 2019
Frankenstein's Cat: Biotech and Animals
Guest:
Emily Anthes
July 26, 2019
Guests:
Sheryl Pierre, Ph. D.
Susan Perlow
July 19, 2019
"The Link" - Animal Cruelty and Criminal Behavior
Guests:
Lisa Lunghofer, Ph. D.
Aysha Akhtar, MD
July 12, 2019
Guests:
Gail Melson - Why the Wild Things Are
Alena Hidalgo
July 5, 2019
Empathy - mutual empathy and healing
Guests:
Aysha Akhtar, MD, MPH - "Our Symphony With Animals"
Clarissa Black - Pets for Vets
June 28, 2019
Guests:
Grace Herbert - Finding Shelter
Indra Lahiri - Indraloka Animal Sanctuary
June 21, 2019
Spiders and Snakes! Animals that freak us out.
Guests:
Jeffrey Lockwood, Ph. D. - "The Infested Mind"
Hal Herzog - "Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat"
June 14, 2019
Guest:
Paul Shapiro
June 7, 2019
Beating Hearts: Abortion Rights and Animal Rights
Guests:
Sherry Colb
Michael Dorf
May 31, 2019
Guests:
Jeffrey Lockwood, Ph. D. - Six-Legged Soldiers
Anthony Nocella - Animals in War
May 24, 2019
The courtroom campaign to expand basic rights to autonomous beings other than humans.
Guest:
Steven M. Wise, The Nonhuman Rights Project
May 17, 2019
Listen to how animals have inspired some of history's greatest composers and songwriters.
Guest:
Hal Herzog, Ph.D., "Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat"
May 10, 2019
Cha-ching! How your tax dollars pay for barbaric animal experiments.
Guest: Justin Goodman, White Coat Waste Project
May 3, 2019
Guests:
Michael Floriani, Pilots n Paws
Kristen Peralta, Vintage Pet Rescue
Joanna Zelman, TheDodo.com
April 26, 2019
Premiere show: Animals in Religion
Guests: Paul Waldau, Ph.D.
Jeffrey Spitz Cohan, JewishVeg