Ep. 0 – Coming soon: When We Talk About Animals

Ep. 0 – Coming soon: When We Talk About Animals

Author: Law, Environment & Animals Program at Yale Law School November 9, 2018 Duration: 2:10
Conversations with thinkers whose work has challenged us to rethink our place in the animal kingdom. Subscribe on iTunes or Soundcloud.

What does our relationship with other creatures reveal about us? When We Talk About Animals explores this territory through thoughtful, often surprising dialogues with philosophers, scientists, legal scholars, and writers. Each episode moves beyond simple advocacy or biology to examine the complex ethical, legal, and philosophical dilemmas that emerge at the intersection of human and animal lives. These conversations, presented by the Law, Environment & Animals Program at Yale Law School, delve into questions of consciousness, justice, and coexistence. You’ll hear discussions that challenge assumptions-considering everything from the rights of wild species to the moral status of the creatures in our homes and labs. This isn't a lecture series; it's a genuine exploration where ideas unfold through conversation. The podcast provides a space to listen in as experts grapple with how our treatment of animals defines our own humanity. By engaging with these nuanced talks, you’re invited to reflect on your own place in a more-than-human world. Tune in for a consistently deep and intellectually generous dialogue that reshapes how you perceive the other beings sharing our planet.
Author: Language: en-us Episodes: 52

When We Talk About Animals
Podcast Episodes
Ep. 21 – David Barrie on the wonders of animal navigation [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 59:45
Author and sailor David Barrie voyaged around the globe and through scientific literature to learn about the awe-inducing and still mysterious navigational powers of animals. Barrie writes of mysteries such as how birds…
Ep. 20 – Gabriela Cowperthwaite on the legacy of “Blackfish” [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 47:33
Film director and producer Gabriela Cowperthwaite did not set out to make a film that would force a national moral reckoning over how we keep whales in captivity, slash the profits of Sea World, and make her the unexpect…
Ep. 19 – Robert Macfarlane on being good ancestors across deep time [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 48:55
“Books, like landscapes, leave their marks in us,” Robert Macfarlane once wrote. “Certain books, though, like certain landscapes, stay with us even when we left them, changing not just our weathers but our climates.” Mac…
Ep. 17 – Fabrice Schnoller on free diving with sperm whales [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 53:59
In 2007, our guest, Fabrice Schnoller, was sailing off the coast of Mauritius when he had an encounter that would change his life and open a new frontier in marine biology. As his boat neared land, huge pillars of steam…
Ep. 16 — Thomas Seeley on the lives of bees [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 49:08
In the spring of 1963, when our guest Dr. Thomas Seeley was not quite 11 years old, he lived — as he still does today — in a wooded stream valley just east of Ithaca, New York. One day, he heard a loud buzzing sound and…
Ep. 14 – David Wolfson on pioneering the field of farm animal law [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:04:16
In the United States today, 10 billion land animals are raised and killed for food annually. That’s over 19,000 animals per minute. About 1.1 million animals during the length of this podcast. Yet as far as federal law i…
Ep. 13 – Nicholas Christakis on the animal origins of goodness [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 0:00
For decades, researchers have debated whether or not animals make friends. “Friends” — the taboo “f word” — was generally put in quotes if it was used at all. But if you study the social networks of elephants, whales and…