The Animal Turn

S9E4: Segregation with Jules Skotnes-Brown

Jules Skotnes-Brown joins Claudia on the show to discuss how segregating logics were used to govern humans and animals in South Africa’s history. This includes everything

S9E3: Taxonomies with Harriet Ritvo

Harriet Ritvo discusses animals and taxonomy, unfurling the ways in which animals are categorised scientifically and in everyday vernacular.  She unfurls what this might

S9E2: Modernity with Erica Hill and Susan Nance

Erica Hill and Susan Nance join Claudia on the show to discuss “modernity.” They discuss what this relatively messy shorthand means for history and for understanding huma

S9E1: Animals' Cultural Histories with Sandra Swart

Claudia speaks with historian Sandra Swart about the importance of recognising animals’ cultural histories. They discuss the maturation of animal history as a field and f

From the Archive: Extraterritorial Jurisdiction with Charlotte Blattner

Charlotte Blattner discusses how international law, specifically Extraterritorial Jurisdiction, might provide a useful and productive way in which to build legal protecti

From the Archive: Shoalmates with Jonathan Balcombe

[From the Archive - Enjoy!] Claudia talks to Jonathan Balcombe about fishes and their varied and incredible experiences. Using the concept of ‘shoalmates’ as a launch pa

Bonus: (Anti)Vivisection with Lauren Stein and Richard Miller

Vivisection is an old word for a practice that still shapes modern medicine: using living bodies as tools for knowledge. Claudia talks with Lauren Stein and Richard Mille

Bonus: Haunting with Kathryn Gillespie

Claudia talks with Kathryn Gillespie about “haunting” as a way to notice how harm and care shape everyday human–animal relationships. They discuss everything, from feedin

Bonus: Deception with John Sanbonmatsu

John Sanbonmatsu joins Claudia on the show to discuss ‘deception,’ a concept in the title of his recently published book “The Omnivore’s Deception.” We explore how decept

Bonus: Animals and the Right to Politics with Sue Donaldson and Will Kymlicka

Claudia talks to political philosophers Sue Donaldson and Will Kymlicka about their latest book Animals and the Right to Politics. They discuss the differences between so

Bonus: Psychoanalysis and the Meat-Commodity with Teddy Duncan Jr.

In this episode Claudia talks Teddy Duncan Jr. who departs from the Marxian consideration of the meat-commodity to think about how psychoanalysis, especially Lacanian psy

Bonus: Creature Needs with Lucy Spelman, Susan Tacent, and Christopher Kondrich

A scientific abstract can tell you a species is declining. A story can make you feel what that loss means and why it should change how you live. In this episode Claudia t

S8EB: Monstrous Others with Rachel Dean-Ruzicka

We explore how Stranger Things signals a new monstrous moment, moving from unknowable creatures to human-made villains, and what that shift says about power, identity, an

S8E10: Grad Review with Gina Song Lopez and Taylor Jobling

Gina Song Lopez, researching vegan movements in Taiwan and China through the lens of local culture and social media, and Taylor Jobling, a law lecturer unpacking how Aust

S8E9: News with Shatabdi Chakrabarti, Jessica Scott-Reid, and Jan Dutkiewicz

In this episode we bring together a photojournalist from India, a Canadian columnist, and a political scientist/reporter to discuss animals and the news. We discuss diffe

S8E8: Film and TV with Lynda Korimboccus and Ankita Rathour

In this episode Ankita Rathour and Lynda Korimboccus join Claudia to discuss the interconnections of film, tv, and animals. Together they touch on everything from the Pep

S8E7: Social Media with Laura Fernández, Amanda Weiss, and Siobhan Speiran

Guests Laura Fernández, Amanda Weiss, and Siobhan Speiran join Claudia to discuss case studies as wide ranging as Japanese animal cafes, Spanish bull fighting, and Costa

S8E6: Podcasting and Education with María Carreras and Kate Acton

We celebrate 100 episodes by asking how podcasting can teach, build community, and improve animal welfare across languages, disciplines, and daily routines. Guests Maria

S8E5: Gaming with Keung Yoon Bae, Osvaldo Cleger, and Michael Rübsamen

Gaming is one of the most consumed forms of media globally making it an important space from to explore human-animal relations. In this episode, media scholars Michael Rü

S8E4: Popular Media and Pests with Lu Liu, Debra Merskin, and Emily Major

In this episode we animals, power, and popular media. Emily Major, Debra Merskin, and Lu Liu help to think through how animals are manufactured as “pests” and “icons” in