Freedom of Species
Kanaal Besonderhede
Freedom of Species
Animal advocacy on the airwaves, hosted by a team of local animal advocates.
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Poker Face and Representations of Vegans in Pop Culture
Katie and Nick discuss the TV show Poker Face and its representations of vegans and animal rights. Links: “I’m a Murderer”: Poker Face’s Vegan Feelin...
The Future of Veganism
Meg and Ash have a casual discussion about the future of veganism. How veganism is intrisically linked to avocating for animal rights, how attitudes t...
Anarcho-punk and animal rights
We discussed anarcho-punk and animal rights with our guest Pat, focusing on bands that influenced us and helped shape our political awareness. Pat is...
My week with the Dingoes
River, Rain, Brook and Creek are four wild-born dingo puppies whose lives took a turn when their mother was shot by a farmer in their first few weeks...
Half Earth Socialism and Other Visions to Save People, Animals and the Planet
Lottie, Hayden and Nick explore what it would look like to have an ecologically sustainable world and how veganism fits in with that. The discussion d...
Riding on the Sheep’s Back: A vegan’s history of the Australian wool industry (1700-1806)
The Australian wool industry carried the nation’s economy for much of the 19th and 20th century and played a significant role in growing the wealth of...
Meg Edge - MMA, straight edge and harcore!
Our guest on today's show is Meg Edge. We chat about Meg's career as a vegan professional athlete in MMA (mixed martial arts), and discuss straight ed...
More veganarchism - part 2 with Nathan Poirier
On the show today, our guest is Nathan Poirier who returned to continue our discussion about veganarchism. We talked about some of the ideas raised in...
Transforming the Food System with the Plant Based Treaty
Nick speaks with Sheena Chhabra, a campaigner with the Plant Based Treaty. We discuss the Treaty, the importance of structural change and the place of...
Veganarchism: Against All Oppression, Everywhere, All the Time with Nathan Poirier
Our guest on today's show is Nathan Poirier and we discuss veganarchism. Nathan Poirier is an independent scholar-activist who has edited or author...
Anthropomorphised Animals in Pop Culture: BoJack Horseman and The Darwin Incident
Claire, Ruby and Nick discuss representations of animal rights in the media, focusing on the cartoon BoJack Horseman and the manga The Darwin Incident...
Ari - conflict in activist spaces part 2
Our guest on today's show is Ari, who returns for a follow up conversation on conflict in activist spaces and in community group settings. Ari (t...
Freedom of Species Radiothon Animal Trivia Show 2025
On Sunday June 15, the Freedom of Species team had another fun-filled animal trivia show to raise donations for 3CR's Radiothon 2025! Can you guess th...
Ari - conflict in activist spaces
Our guest on today's show is Ari, and we're talking about conflict in activist spaces and in community group settings. Ari (they/them) is a commu...
Dingo talks! with Sonya & Alix
In today’s show, Betty interviews Sonya Takau from Dingo Culture and Alix Livingstone from Defend the Wild all about the native Australian dingo. We l...
Anas and Laura from Plant the Land Team Gaza
This interview was recorded with Anas Arafat in Gaza and Laura Schleifer in the US on May 17, 2025. We are very grateful for their time and their work...
Animal Free Science Advocacy: Primate Experimentation Interview with Robyn
Animal Free Science Advocacy spokesperson Robyn delves into the sad story of primate research in Australia, the individual lives, the ongoing work tha...
A Tribute to Liz Dealey (03/10/1956 - 28/03/2025)
This episode is dedicated to animal rights and vegan activist Liz Dealey or Lizzie as she was affectionately known. Lizzie was tireless and relentle...
The Story of Victorian Koalas with researcher Anthony Amis
Meg and Trev interview Friends of the Earth land use researcher Anthony Amis. Listen in to learn about the interesting story of koalas in Victoria, th...
Caring for Companion Animals with Significant Health Issues – as Individuals and Societies
Adam and Nick reflect on their personal experiences and practical issues around caring for companion animals who have significant health issues. They...
Dr. Leila Dehghan - decolonising nutrition
Dr. Leila Dehghan is a doctor-turned-nutritionist, activist, and educator. Her journey to veganism began as an animal rescuer, but she later discovere...
Human Hair & Sheep’s Wool: A Tale of Two Textiles
In today’s show, an introduction to the wool series, Betty and Trev respond to a podcast episode called ‘Wearing Hair’ from ‘Articles of Interest’ by...
Animal Trivia! Attenborough, ALFF and Aquafaba
This episode is a trivia show, with questions related to animals, animal rights and veganism. Listen in and see if you can think of the answers before...
Project Fresh Start with Jolene and Duaine
Our guests on today's show are Jolene and Duaine from Project Fresh Start, a vegan food relief charity operating in the south eastern region of Melbou...
Riot Dogs: Protest dogs of the world with Betty and Meg
In 2008 during the Greek Austerity riots, a strange phenomena was born. Stray dogs began joining in the protests in Athens Greece against the IMF and...
Rope, Dope and the Empire: A Brief History of Humans and the Cannabis Plant (Summer Special)
In today’s summer special, Betty takes Nick and the listeners through 12,000 years of the cannabis plant. Starting in the ancient world, through the a...
Wales and the Welsh Language with Meg (Summer Special)
Summer Special Join Meg as she talks about her father's country of Wales, the Welsh language, mythology and people and her connection to this historic...
Call Me Queen! Reddit Stories through a Social Justice Lens (Summer Special)
On this Summer Special, Hayden and Nick discuss Reddit stories covering a wide range of topics, including: chosen names, religion, work, class, dogs,...
Am I The (Vegan) Asshole?
Hayden, Katie, Nick and Moo Moo discuss Reddit stories through a vegan lens, focusing on the social aspects of veganism. The stories are from Am I The...
Who Cares About Insects?
Why do we overlook insects so often? In this show we decided to focus on insects for a change. Our guest Alex Hill is doing his PhD research on human...
Is “Soft” Activism a Path Forward? Veganism in Japan with Ruby Ramsden
This show features Ruby Ramsden on her PhD research on vegan activism in Japan. Some of the specific topics covered are: barriers to eating vegan in J...
Animal-Free Science Advocacy interview with Rachel
In this episode Meg interviews Rachel from Animal-Free Science Advocacy (AFSA), a not for profit organisation dedicated to advocating for the removal...
Vegans For Trump? Conspirituality in the Vegan Movement
Katie and Nick discuss well-known vegan spiritual figure Supreme Master Ching Hai supporting Donald Trump. We use this as a starting point to cover br...
Is Uglies Really A Dystopian Story? Pop culture through an animal rights lens
Katie and Nick analyse the book and movie Uglies through an animal rights lens. The movie is streaming on Netflix but Katie recommends the book over t...
The ethics of companion animals
In this show, Meg and Caroline discuss the history of companion animals and pethood and the ethical dilemmas this can raise. Music we played: ...
Food Empowerment Project
Food Empowerment Project (F.E.P) is a volunteer-based non-profit organization focused on veganism and food justice. F.E.P's mission to to create a mo...
One Year In: Reflections and the Ongoing Resistance
On this show, we play the recording of a recent panel discussion, "One Year In: Reflections and the Ongoing Resistance" held on September 28, 2024 and...
Activism Burnout - We Need to Talk
We need to talk about an issue that doesn't get as much discussion as it needs. It's a particularly important topic right now with the state of the wo...
Animals in Medieval Europe
Sometimes if we take a look at how animals were percieved in the past, it can give us new insight into our perceptions of animals today. Join Meg and...
Is Veganism A Cult?
Katie, Lottie and Nick go through common characteristics of cults and whether any of them apply to veganism. For those that do, we also discuss if the...