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Crossings Book Explores Road Ecology Paths to Save Wildlife: With Journalist Ben Goldfarb
Episode 83
Conservation Journalist Ben Goldfarb explains stories and lessons from his fantastic book "Crossings: How Road Ecology is Shaping the Future of Our Planet" It examines how our vast system of roads an…
Published on 1 year, 6 months ago
Cowspiracy Filmmakers Discuss Impact and Activism for Animals 10 Years Later
Episode 82
A decade after the release of the 2014 award-winning documentary Cowspiracy, filmmakers Kip Anderson and Keegan Kuhn come together with Atlanta animal activists and scholars in a webinar on May 21st …
Published on 1 year, 6 months ago
Nourishing all Species with Veganic Farming and AgroEcology: Atlanta Farmer Eugene Cooke of Grow Where You Are
Episode 81
Food justice activist and veganic farmer Eugene Cooke shares an aspirational vision for why he practices agro-ecology in urban ag at Grow Where You Are farms around Atlanta and how (and why) this can…
Published on 1 year, 7 months ago
Working for Wildlife into their 90s: Interviews with the Inspirational Dr. Jane Goodall and Dr. E.O. Wilson
Episode 80
To honor primatologist Dr. Jane Goodall's 90th birthday (April 3 2024) and her continuing conservation work, I am playing part of a recent Mongabay News interview with her, hosted by Rhett A. Butler,…
Published on 1 year, 7 months ago
The Emotional Lives of Animals: Dr. Marc Bekoff Explains Why Animal Wellbeing Matters
Episode 79
Renowned animal ethologist Dr. Marc Bekoff shares insights from the newly revised edition of his classic book: “The Emotional Lives of Animals: A leading scientist explores animal joy, sorrow, and em…
Published on 1 year, 8 months ago
Defending the Atlanta Forest & Stopping Cop City: Dr. Jackie Echols on Civil Rights Act and Clean Water Act Legal Actions
Episode 78
We discuss the latest in the 2024 fight against environmental racism and stream water degradation as part of the "Save The Atlanta Forest" movement also knowns as the "Stop Cop City" movement, in Sou…
Published on 1 year, 9 months ago
A Compassionate Conservation Approach to US Wildlife Policy: Dr. Anja Heister author interview
Episode 77
In this double-show we explore problems and solutions for transforming America’s flawed model of wildlife management that is oddly human-centric (hunter-centric), undemocratic, and often cruel, by sp…
Published on 1 year, 10 months ago
The Loveliness of Being Animal: Philosopher Melanie Challenger on her book ”How to be Animal”
Episode 76
Today it's one of my favorite topics -- the benefits of humans starting to embrace our animality and kinship with other animals, instead of falsely repressing our animality and continuing to think of…
Published on 1 year, 11 months ago
Creating Song, Story and Film to Support Wildlife Safe Road Passageways: Artists Frances Figart & Ted Grudowski
Episode 75
We focus on the creative process of several artists in the road ecology movement who have promoted safe passageways for wildlife to cross over and under human highways, via song, children’s literatur…
Published on 1 year, 11 months ago
Wild Atlanta: Poems and Photographs Celebrating Wildlife, Forests, & Parks
Episode 74
We enjoy the poetry and photography in a new book Wild Atlanta: Greenspaces and Nature Preserves of “The City in the Forest” with the book author and poet Stephen Wing and the book’s photographer Luz…
Published on 2 years ago