When We Talk About Animals

When We Talk About Animals is a series of in-depth conversations with leading thinkers about the big questions animals raise about what it means to be human. Supported by the Law, Environment & Animals Program at Yale Law School and the Yale Broadcast Stu

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Ep. 31 – Zak Smith on ending the international wildlife trade

Posted April 27, 202000:54:29

The repercussions of the international wildlife trade, which is a primary driver of our planet’s biodiversity crisis, have recently hit close to home....

Ep. 30 – Sonia Shah on how animal microbes become human pandemics

Posted April 6, 202000:59:30

Roughly two-thirds of emerging infectious diseases — including COVID-19 and almost all recent epidemics — originate in the bodies of animals. Microbes...

Ep. 29 – Amanda Hitt on why the animal agriculture industry needs whistleblowers

Posted March 9, 202000:59:10

In an age where almost everything we eat is produced outside of public view, whistleblowers are critical to maintaining the integrity of our food systems....

Ep. 28 – Bathsheba Demuth on capitalism, communism and arctic ecology

Posted February 10, 202000:59:12

In her acclaimed first book, “Floating Coast,” historian Bathsheba Demuth explores how capitalism, communism and ecology have clashed for over 150...

Ep. 26 – Ian Urbina on the Outlaw Ocean

Posted December 16, 201900:54:47

Over 40 percent of the Earth’s surface is open ocean that is over 200 miles from the nearest shore. These waters exist outside national jurisdiction...