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Tantôt présentée comme « la gardienne des océans » , tantôt comme une « pirate » au chevet de la mer, Lamya Essemlali est depuis 2008 la Présidente de Sea Shepherd France. Avant de fonder l'association Sea Shepherd Origins, elle a également été l'une de co-directrices de Sea Shepherd Global, de 2013 à 2022.Engagée dans la protection de la vie marine depuis près de 15 ans, elle a organisé une vingtaine de missions partout dans le monde, que ce soit pour sauver des baleines en Antarctique, des thons rouges en Libye, ou encore un rorqual échoué en Bretagne fin septembre 2022. En 2018, elle est également devenue la Vice-Présidente du parti Révolution pour le vivant au côté d'Aymeric Caron, ce qui l'a porté en tête de liste lors des municipales de 2020 dans le 14ème arrondissement de Paris.Rencontre avec cette militante par le prisme de l'alimentation et de l'écologie.Ses recommandations ?Le documentaire Seaspiracy : La pêche en question, sorti en 2021 et réalisé par Ali Tabrizi ;Le livre À quoi pensent les poissons ? de Jonathan Balcombe, Editions La Plage (2018).(Replay du 14/06/2023)***Pour nous soutenir:- Abonnez-vous à notre podcast;- Donner votre avis via des étoiles et des commentaires sur votre plateforme d'écoute préférée;- Parler d'Ecotable et de son podcast autour de vous;- Aller manger dans nos restaurants vertueux et délicieux ! ***Ecotable est une entreprise dont la mission est d'accompagner les acteurs du secteur de la restauration dans leur transition écologique. Elle propose aux restaurateurs une palette d'outils sur la plateforme https://impact.ecotable.fr/. Écotable possède également un label qui identifie les restaurants écoresponsables dans toute la France sur le site https://ecotable.fr/fr.
Dans ce nouvel épisode, je reçois Marie, plus connue sous le nom de Marie Sweet and Sour, végane depuis 11 ans.En 2013, lorsqu'elle fait des recherches pour améliorer sa santé, Marie apprend les bienfaits de l'alimentation végétale.En creusant un peu le sujet, elle découvre l'enfer que vivent les animaux. Ni une, ni deux, elle deviendra végane en un mois (sans grandes difficultés).Fan de pâtisserie depuis toute petite, son seul défi a été de retrouver la gourmandise des gâteaux en version végétale.Au travers de ses contenus sur les réseaux sociaux, de ses livres ou de ses cours, elle souhaite désormais démocratiser la pâtisserie végétale en montrant qu'on peut toujours se régaler sans produits d'origine animale.Nous avons notamment échangé sur : - L'impact positif du véganisme sur la santé (et sur l'acné)- Les relations de couple et le véganisme- Comment elle milite au quotidien - Allier véganisme et sport- L'importance de la B12- Ses différents livres
Chapter 1 What's What a Fish Knows Book by Jonathan Balcombe"What a Fish Knows: The Inner Lives of Our Underwater Cousins" is a book written by Jonathan Balcombe. In this book, Balcombe explores the fascinating world of fish and sheds light on their cognitive abilities, emotions, and complex social behaviors. He challenges the common perception that fish are simple creatures without much awareness or consciousness. Through scientific research and anecdotal evidence, Balcombe reveals the rich and diverse lives of fish, highlighting their intelligence, communication skills, problem-solving abilities, and remarkable memory. Overall, "What a Fish Knows" offers a thought-provoking exploration of the underwater world and encourages readers to reconsider their understanding and treatment of these often misunderstood creatures.Chapter 2 Is What a Fish Knows Book A Good BookYes, "What a Fish Knows: The Inner Lives of Our Underwater Cousins" by Jonathan Balcombe is generally considered a good book. It is highly praised for its accessible and engaging style, as well as its exploration of the fascinating world of fish behavior and intelligence. Balcombe, a renowned animal behaviorist, presents scientific research and personal anecdotes to challenge the commonly held perception that fish are simple and unintelligent creatures, opening up a new understanding of their rich inner lives.Chapter 3 What a Fish Knows Book by Jonathan Balcombe Summary"What a Fish Knows" is a book written by Jonathan Balcombe that explores the fascinating and complex lives of fish. Balcombe draws on scientific research and his own experiences to challenge common misconceptions about fish intelligence and emotions.The book begins by examining the sensory and cognitive abilities of fish, highlighting their remarkable visual and auditory systems, as well as their ability to learn and remember. Balcombe reveals that fish are not the simple, mindless creatures they are often perceived to be, but rather highly adaptable and sentient beings.He also discusses the emotional lives of fish, arguing that they can experience pain, fear, and even joy. Balcombe shares stories of fish exhibiting cooperation, empathy, and social bonds, refuting the popular belief that fish lack complex emotions.Balcombe also delves into the remarkable diversity of fish species and their unique adaptations to various aquatic environments. He explores their complex social behaviors, such as mating rituals, hierarchies, and parental care.Additionally, the book addresses the ethical implications of our treatment of fish and the impact of overfishing and habitat destruction. Balcombe advocates for a more compassionate and sustainable approach to fishing and highlights the importance of protecting fish populations and their habitats.Overall, "What a Fish Knows" offers readers a captivating and thought-provoking exploration of the underwater world of fish, challenging our preconceived notions and inspiring us to reconsider our relationship with these fascinating creatures. Chapter 4 What a Fish Knows Book AuthorJonathan Balcombe is a biologist, ethologist, and a leading expert on the behavioral and sensory capacities of animals. He is also a passionate advocate for animal rights. Jonathan Balcombe released his highly acclaimed book, "What a Fish Knows: The Inner Lives of Our Underwater Cousins," in 2016. Apart from "What a Fish Knows," Jonathan Balcombe has authored several other books, including:1. "Pleasurable Kingdom: Animals and the Nature of Feeling Good" (2006): In this book, Balcombe
Episode Description: Karl Scmieder and Erum Azeez-Khan welcome Ginger Dosier, an architect-turned-biotech innovator, and the co-founder of Biomason, to the Grow Everything podcast. With a rich background that intertwines experiences at NASA and a deep passion for sustainable building materials, Ginger shares her groundbreaking work in developing biofabricated bricks. This revolutionary approach to construction not only challenges traditional methods but also introduces a sustainable and environmentally friendly alternative. Throughout the episode, listeners will gain insights into the intersections of architecture, biology, and environmental stewardship, highlighting Ginger Dosier's unique perspective on building a greener future. Grow Everything brings the bioeconomy to life. Hosts Karl Schmieder and Erum Azeez Khan share stories and interview the leaders and influencers changing the world by growing everything. Biology is the oldest technology. And it can be engineered. What are we growing? Learn more at www.messaginglab.com/groweverything Topics Covered: 00:00:00 - Welcome to Innovation: Introduction to the Episode 00:02:01 - Meet Ginger Dosier: Interview with the Co-Founder of Biomason 00:08:13 - Revolutionizing Materials: The Concept of Biofabricated Cement 00:11:34 - Crafting the Future: How Biomason Grows Bricks 00:17:53 - Changing the Industry: Biocement's Impact on Construction 00:19:29 - Beyond Strength: Analyzing Biocement's Performance Characteristics 00:22:41 - Looking Ahead: Future Applications of Biocement 00:26:55 - Evolving Ideas: The Development of Biomason 00:29:40 - Facing the Future: Upcoming Challenges in the Industry 00:31:25 - Localizing Production: The Power of Distributed Biomanufacturing 00:37:48 - Transparent Building: The Importance of Supply Chain Clarity 00:42:53 - Leading Change: The Role of Biotech Firms in the New Economy 00:45:23 - Inspirational Farewell: Closing Thoughts and Future Goals Episode Links: Ginger Dosier on LinkedInBiomason Biomason on Twitter Ginger Krieg Dosier Wikipedia Biomason (company) Biomimicry by Janine Benyus (book) Endolith (company) Ecovative (interview with CEO Eben Bayer is Ep. 23, company) Parley for the Oceans (company) Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari (book) Superfly by Jonathan Balcombe (book) Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives by David Eagleman (book) Unknown: Cosmic Time Machine (film) Leave The World Behind (film) Super Pumped: The Battle For Uber (series) Have a question or comment? Message us here: Text or Call (804) 505-5553 Instagram / TikTok / Twitter / LinkedIn / Youtube / GrowEverything website Email: groweverything@messaginglab.com Support here: Patreon Music by: Nihilore Production by: Amplafy Media --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/messaginglab/message
Predictions abound for industries that allegedly will be upended by artificial intelligence, or AI. Will Uber drivers and truck drivers be replaced by AI-powered self-driving vehicles? Will writers and journalists be displaced by ChatGPT and its competitors? While many of our physical tasks have now been replaced by machines, it's possible that in the future many of our cognitive tasks will also be replaced by machines that can do a better and faster job than we can, and for a lot less money. This has relevance for many industries, but what about plant-based meat? Nearly all plant-based meat is produced through a technology called extrusion—basically a fancy way of saying a lot of pressure and a lot of heat. Extrusion technology is what transforms plant proteins like soy and pea into foods that are textured more like animal meat, and therefore can be turned into something like a Beyond or Impossible burger. But harnessing the power of extrusion can be expensive, slow, and finicky. Some refer to it as equal parts science and art, and it requires innumerable trial-and-error tests to get the texture you want. Parameters include temperature, pressure, moisture level, screw speed, feedstock ingredients, and more, meaning there are virtually infinite permutations of formulas you could test—requiring more resources than most small start-ups have. But what if AI could be used to better predict the results of extrusion tests, and could therefore help guide the experimental process, slashing the number of experiments actually needed? That's what Noa Weiss is betting, and it's why the long-time vegan founded GreenProtein AI, a new nonprofit organization spun out of Food Systems Innovations which is designed to assist for-profit companies in the alt-meat space with its AI and machine learning expertise. In addition to her career as a data science and machine learning engineer, Noa's driving goal for the past decade has revolved around working to wean humanity off its addiction to animal meat. Affiliated with both the Good Food Institute and Israel's Modern Agriculture Foundation, the AI expert is now taking her love of all things data and AI and marrying that love with her passion to help animals. In this episode, I talk with Noa about how she thinks AI can be harnessed to make better-textured alternative meat, why she started GreenProtein AI, and where she plans to go next in her promising career. We even talk about sentience, from insects to machines! Discussed in this episode GreenProtein AI was spun out of Food Systems Innovations Noa's work has been profiled in Vegconomist, AgFunder News, Green Queen and more. Noa recommends the Getting Things Done methodology. She works with the Deep Voice Foundation to use AI to protect marine mammals like whales She also adheres to the principles expressed in Deep Work. For her personal health, Noa views Dr. Michael Greger's How Not to Die as essential Paul also recommends Dr. Greger's latest book, How Not to Age, and Jonathan Balcombe's Super Fly. More about Noa Weiss Noa Weiss has been working with data for over a decade, both in academia and in the tech industry. Prior to consulting, she worked for companies such as Armis and PayPal, utilizing big data and machine learning for fraud prevention, risk mitigation, and everything cybersecurity. Today she works with both startups and more established companies, helping them use their data - and today's AI & machine learning technology - to drive success.Though she works with companies from all domains, she has a special focus on the field of Alternative Proteins and FoodTech. Noa also founded and leads the Israeli community of Women in Data Science, utilizes machine learning for whale preservation with the Deep Voice foundation, and offers her expertise with AI and data under the Good Food Institute mentoring program, as well as with the Modern Agriculture Foundation.
We're back for the sixth episode of Season 7! Everything Under The Sun has been nominated for Best British Podcast in the kids category, has a paperback book of Everything Under The Sun OUT NOW and has moved to Bali, Indonesia! We're going to be having lots of fun answering kids' questions from all over the world. This week the questions are: Why does an elephant's tummy rumble? Answering this one we have Jonathan Balcombe—a scientist and animal-lover based in Canada, and an expert in all things elephants! Thank you so much Jonathan. Why do we get pins and needles? We learn about that horrid tingly feeling we get under our skin for when we've been sitting still for just a little too long! How do mirrors reflect? I'm sure we've all wondered about how we can see ourselves in a mirror—and no, it's not magic! I'm so excited to tell you about the science behind seeing your own reflection. Find out all about elephants, our wonderful bodies, and the mysteries of light on this week's episode! And do buy the brand new PAPERBACK edition of Everything Under The Sun - a year of curious questions - out now! Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Everything-Under-Sun-curious-question/dp/0241433460 Target Australia: https://www.target.com.au/p/everything-under-the-sun-molly-oldfield/65704592 And order it in any beautiful bookshop! Thank you! Hope you love it. Instagram: @mollyoldfieldwrites Pod Instagram: @everythingunderthesunpod Do check out our website www.mollyoldfield.com for more info about how to send in questions. Have a lovely listen and a great week!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
In this animal-focused episode, Rick's two guests are Jonathan Balcombe and Jo-Anne McArthur. Jonathan is a world-renowned biologist, ethologist, and author of popular science books on the inner lives of animals, including Pleasurable Kingdom, Second Nature, and What a Fish Knows - a New York Times best-seller. Jo-Anne is an award-winning photojournalist, speaker, and founder of WeAnimalsMedia. She's visited over sixty countries to document our complex relationship with animals. As a pack, they talk aboutEthologyAnimal photojournalism“Try and try again”How you protect what you loveAnimal sentienceAnimal playfulnessThings getting better AND worseCultural influence on meat-eatingThe effects of vegetarianismLeading by exampleThe ick-factor of lab-grown meatFactory farms as conflict zonesAd-gag lawsAnd trivia for plant-eaters... You do make friends with salad.XingTheGap.comBoomTheShow.comRickMiller.caig: @xingthegapfb: @xingthegapig: @rickmilleractortw/x: @rickmilleractorjonathanbalcombe.comfb: JonathanBalcombeAuthortw/x: @jonathanpb1959weanimalsmedia.orgYoutube: weanimalsmediafb: WeAnimalsig: @WeAnimalstw/x: @WeAnimals
Tantôt présentée comme « la gardienne des océans » , tantôt comme une « pirate » au chevet de la mer, Lamya Essemlali est depuis 2008 la Présidente de Sea Shepherd France. Avant de fonder l'association Sea Shepherd Origins, elle a également été l'une de co-directrices de Sea Shepherd Global, de 2013 à 2022. Engagée dans la protection de la vie marine depuis près de 15 ans, elle a organisé une vingtaine de missions partout dans le monde, que ce soit pour sauver des baleines en Antarctique, des thons rouges en Libye, ou encore un rorqual échoué en Bretagne fin septembre 2022. En 2018, elle est également devenue la Vice-Présidente du parti Révolution pour le vivant au côté d'Aymeric Caron, ce qui l'a porté en tête de liste lors des municipales de 2020 dans le 14ème arrondissement de Paris. Rencontre avec cette militante par le prisme de l'alimentation et de l'écologie. Ses recommandations ? Le documentaire Seaspiracy : La pêche en question, sorti en 2021 et réalisé par Ali Tabrizi ; Le livre À quoi pensent les poissons ? de Jonathan Balcombe, Editions La Plage (2018). *** Pour nous soutenir: - Abonnez-vous à notre podcast; - Donner votre avis via des étoiles et des commentaires sur votre plateforme d'écoute préférée; - Parler d'Ecotable et de son podcast autour de vous; - Aller manger dans nos restaurants vertueux et délicieux ! *** Ecotable est une entreprise dont la mission est d'accompagner les acteurs du secteur de la restauration dans leur transition écologique. Elle propose aux restaurateurs une palette d'outils sur la plateforme https://impact.ecotable.fr/. Écotable possède également un label qui identifie les restaurants écoresponsables dans toute la France sur le site https://ecotable.fr/fr.
There are a lot of good reasons to be more optimistic. Interestingly, it also seems simply pretending to be an optimist has many of the same benefits. This episode starts with a discussion on how real or pretend optimism can be good for everyone and why even the most hardened pessimist might want to try looking at the bright side of life. Source: Michael Mercer, PhD author of Spontaneous Optimism (https://amzn.to/3vo7oc9). To be successful typically requires skill, practice and hard work. However, one often overlooked strategy to being successful is - reverse engineering. In other words, by taking apart and analyzing what others have done to be successful, you can find a better path for yourself, according to psychologist Ron Friedman. Ron is author of the book Decoding Greatness: How the Best in the World Reverse Engineer Success (https://amzn.to/2REVhc7). Listen as he reveals how some of the top people in their field use this technique to achieve greatness and how you can too. Few of us are fans of houseflies. I'm sure you don't like them buzzing around your head or landing on your food or ruining your outdoor picnic. As pesky as they are though, we couldn't survive with flies. There are about 20 million flies on the planet for every human and they actually do some very beneficial things for us, according to biologist Jonathan Balcombe author of the book SUPER FLY: The Unexpected Lives of the World's Most Successful Insects (https://amzn.to/3bVgqp3). Listen as he takes you on a tour into what it is like to be a fly and all the gross yet beneficial things flies do. Growing up I am sure you were told to go play outside. We have all heard that it is good to be outdoors. How good is it? Listen as I explain the very concrete benefits of being outside in nature for all of us – and especially for kids and teens. https://positivepsychology.com/positive-effects-of-nature/ PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS! The Dell Technologies' Summer Sale Event is on, with limited-quantity deals on top tech! It's the perfect season to power your passions during Dell's Summer Sale Event. Save today by calling 877-ASK-DELL. Discover Credit Cards do something pretty awesome. At the end of your first year, they automatically double all the cash back you've earned! See terms and check it out for yourself at https://Discover.com/match We really like The Jordan Harbinger Show! Check out https://jordanharbinger.com/start OR search for it on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you listen! Let's find “us” again by putting our phones down for five. Five days, five hours, even five minutes. Join U.S. Cellular in the Phones Down For Five challenge! Find out more at https://USCellular.com/findus Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Diving Into “What a Fish Knows” with Jonathan Balcombe at AnimalOutlook.org Original post: https://animaloutlook.org/jonathan-balcombe-what-fish-knows/ Related Episodes: 504: [Part 1] Do Fish Feel Pain? 505: [Part 2] Do Fish Feel Pain? 503: ‘Eyes looking back': From Commercial Fishing to Strict Vegan 425: Avoiding Fish for 5 Years Before Pregnancy 253: Health Concerns About Fish 252: We Now Know Fish Feel Pain. Why Continue Harming Them In The Billions? 205: Is There Slavery in Your Seafood? 110: 5 Reasons to Stop Eating Fish 88: Fish: The New Factory Farmed Animals 51: The Last Fish 40: Fishing is Not Fun for Fish and Oppose Youth Fishing Promotions 32: 5 Takeaways from 'Seaspiracy' 356: The Hidden Toll of Factory Farming Animal Outlook's TryVeg.com: https://tryveg.com/ Animal Outlook is a national nonprofit 501(c)(3) animal advocacy organization based in Washington, DC and Los Angeles, CA. Their mission: Working today to build a better tomorrow for all animals. We're strategically challenging the status quo of animal agribusiness through undercover investigations, legal advocacy, corporate and food system reform, and empowering everyone to choose vegan. How to support the podcast: Share with others. Recommend the podcast on your social media. Follow/subscribe to the show wherever you listen. Buy some vegan/plant based merch: https://www.plantbasedbriefing.com/shop Follow Plant Based Briefing on social media: Twitter: @PlantBasedBrief YouTube: YouTube.com/PlantBasedBriefing Facebook: Facebook.com/PlantBasedBriefing LinkedIn: Plant Based Briefing Podcast Instagram: @PlantBasedBriefing #vegan #Plantbased #veganpodcast #plantbasedpodcast #plantbasedbriefing #animaloutlook #animalcruelty #fishfarm #jonathanbalcombe #fishing #fish #sentience #fishes
Nous avons le plaisir d'accueillir Lamya Essemlali, Présidente de l'association Sea Shepherd France. Nous avons abordé ensemble la destruction des océans et de son monde vivant, si loin de nos yeux quotidiens et pourtant si essentiels puisque responsables de notre survie. Sea Shepherd est au coeur de l'actualité en ce moment avec les hécatombes de dauphins sur les côtes (et la campagne Dolphin Bycatch qu'ils mènent) d'une part, et l'attaque en justice que la "maison-mère" US , Sea Shepherd Global, leur fait pour des différences de visions de l'activisme, qui n'est pas sans rappeler ce dont on parlait entre écologistes naturiens radicaux et les plus libéraux /institutionnalisés. Quand certains veulent garder l'action directe et l'indépendance de l'esprit pirate, d'autres veulent se ranger dans des actions de com gouvernementales proprettes. Fondée en 1977 par le capitaine Paul Watson, SEA SHEPHERD est l'ONG de défense des océans la plus combative au monde. Sea Shepherd travaille sur trois axes majeurs : Dépasser la seule protestation et intervenir de manière active et non violente dans les cas d'atteintes illégales à la vie marine et aux écosystèmes marins. Elle s'est fait connaître par leur univers de "piraterie" mais surtout leurs opérations d'action directe et track de bâteaux-pêcheurs illégaux. On a vu pourquoi l'objectif numéro 1 est de prendre conscience est que la pêche (hors les rares exceptions de subsistance) est incompatible avec la survie des océans, pourquoi Sea Shepherd est une sorte de L214 des océans mais avec un terrain d'action bien différents puisque l'océan est patrimoine mondial et non privatisé comme le sont (malheureusement) les abattoirs et les élevages. Et l'océan est, on le répète, en train de perdre sa capacité à produire l'oxygène que nous respirons, et à porté la vie dont nous sommes issue. Entre les menaces de mort, les incompréhensions, les législations incompétentes et l'impunité des pêcheurs de fonds, comment tenir ? Quelles campagnes privilégier ? Avec quels critères? En plus de répondre à toutes ces questions Lamya nous a recommandé une super ressource : "A quoi pensent les poissons", de Jonathan Balcombe, aux éditions La Plage.
How are individual fish (as sentient beings) affected by industrial and recreational fishing practices? We find out by talking with the best selling author of “What a Fish Knows: The Inner Lives of our Underwater Cousins.” biologist, Dr. Jonathan Balcombe, who also recently authored a children's book about a boy and a fish "Jake & Ava". In this interview, we discuss crowded fish farms, death by nets and suffocation, pain from barbed hooks, catch (harass) and release, and ways to avoid all of this by respecting fishes and considering their interests (including eating vegan/plant-based fish or avocado and cucumber sushi). This 28-minute radio show was recorded with Jonathan in the Atlanta studio with host Carrie Freeman in 2018. Check out Dr. Balcombe's books at https://jonathan-balcombe.com/ To advocate for fish species, check out the nonprofit Fish Feel https://fishfeel.org/ In Tune to Nature is a weekly show airing on Wednesdays from 6:30-7pm EST on Atlanta indie radio station WRFG (Radio Free Georgia) 89.3FM hosted by Carrie Freeman, Sonia Swartz, or Melody Paris. Please consider donating to support this 50-year old independent progressive Atlanta radio station at www.wrfg.org Take care of yourself and others, including other species, like fishes.
Claudia launches season 5 of The Animal Turn with a conversation on biosecurity with Steve Hinchliffe, a renowned geographer. They discuss how biosecurity is centered on the idea of keeping life safe and how this often operates through spatial logics of trying to keep threats out. They touch on how animals are often blamed for biosecurity threats, questions about whose lives are kept safe, and the various walling work that is done under the banner of biosecurity. Date Recorded: 21 September 2022 Steve Hinchliffe is Professor of Human Geography at the University of Exeter, UK and a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences. His books include Pathological Lives (2016, Wiley Blackwell) and Humans, animals and biopolitics: The more than human condition (2016, Routledge). He currently works on a number of interdisciplinary projects on disease, biosecurity and drug resistant infections, focusing on Europe and Asia. He is a member of the Wellcome Centre for Cultures and Environments of Health at Exeter, and sits on the UK Government's Scientific Advisory Committee on Exotic Diseases and on the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Science Advisory Group's Social Science Expert Group. Find out more about Steve on Exeter's website. Claudia (Towne) Hirtenfelder is the founder and host of The Animal Turn. She is a PhD Candidate in Geography and Planning at Queen's University and is currently undertaking her own research project looking at the geographical and historical relationships between animals (specifically cows) and cities. She was awarded the AASA Award for Popular Communication for her work on the podcast. Contact Claudia via email (info@theanimalturnpodcast.com) or follow her on Twitter (@ClaudiaFTowne). Featured: For Space, by Doreen Massey; Walled States, Waning Sovereignty, by Wendy Brown; Cow, a movie directed by Lin Gallagher; Pleasurable Kingdom: Animals and the nature of feeling good by Jonathan Balcombe; Encounters in Borderlands: Borderlining Animals and Technology at Frankfurt Airport by Susanne Bauer, Nils Güttler, and Martina Schlünder; More Than a Meal: The Turkey in History, Myth, Ritual, and Reality, by Karen Davis. Animal Highlight: TurkeysThe Animal Turn is part of the iROAR, an Animals Podcasting Network and can also be found on A.P.P.L.E, Twitter, and Instagram Thank you to Animals in Philosophy, Politics, Law and Ethics (A.P.P.L.E) for sponsoring this podcast; the BiosecuritA.P.P.L.E Animals in Philosophy, Politics, Law and Ethics (A.P.P.L.E)Biosecurities Research Collective The Biosecurities and Urban Governance Research brings together scholars interested in biosecurity.
How intelligent are fish? Can they feel pain? Do flies have social lives? And do they woo other flies? Jonathan Balcombe has spent decades writing about the inner lives of animals - including the books, "What a Fish Knows" and "Super Fly: The Unexpected Lives of the World's Most Successful Insects." He tells us how we've underestimated the complex lives of both fishes and flies.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
This week we are re-sharing one of our favorite episodes, a conversation with Jonathan Balcombe. “…gazing up to the night sky saying, ‘are we alone?' …well, wait a minute, look around, there's tons of fascinating life forms. We're so lucky to have all this amazing panoply of life on the planet. I get the question… are there other humanoids out there? Or, are there other conscious beings? But we ought to be pretty grateful for what we have on this planet… there's a lot of amazing creatures and phenomena that we get to enjoy living with, if we can.” - Jonathan Balcombe Jonathan Balcombe is a biologist with a Ph.D. in ethology, the study of animal behavior. He is the author of four books on the inner lives of animals, including the New York Times bestseller, What a Fish Knows. He has published over 60 scientific papers and book chapters on animal behavior and animal protection. Jonathan has spent his life studying animals, how they think and feel, and why they matter. Quite often, he focuses on the ones that most of us tend not to think about very much, like fish and in his newest book, flies – Super Fly comes out in May. I thought I knew a little bit about fish, but after reading Jonathan's book and after this time spent with him, I realized that I knew very little. There are 33,000 species of fish and what many of them are capable of is absolutely mind-blowing . For eons, we have categorized species by who we deem worthy and who we don't. Fish are almost always very near or at the bottom of that list. Clearly, that is because most of us know so little about them. Jonathan knows a lot. If you haven't read his book, read it. It will astonish you. Jonathan can most recently be seen in the Netflix documentary, Seaspiracy. Visit Jonathan's Website Read Jonathan's Books Follow Jonathan on Twitter Like Jonathan on Facebook
In this episode Claudia talks to Cheryl Tipp about sound archives, how they are managed and the ways in which animal studies scholars might use them in trying to research animals. Together they think about why some sounds are included in national archives more than others as well as how recordings of nature and animal voices are valued. Date Recorded: 1 December 2021 Cheryl Tipp is the British Library's Curator of Wildlife & Environmental Sounds. With a background in zoology and library services, Cheryl has spent the past 16 years looking after the Library's world-renowned collection of 300,000 species and habitat recordings. She has worked extensively on projects that encourage the creative reuse of archival content, from student videogames to short films from emerging filmmakers, and has written widely on the history of wildlife sound recording. Connect with Cheryl on Twitter (@CherylTipp). Featured: Environment and Sound Archiveat the British Library; Grey Wolfby Tom Cosburn; Haddock by A.D. Hawkins; Animal Language: How Animals Communicate by Julian Huxley, The Sound and Vision Blog, The Zooniverse Project; Wildlife Sound Recording Society; Seaspiracy; What a Fish Knows by Jonathan Balcombe; Recording of the Ivory Bill Woodpecker by Arthur Allen; The Animal Turn is part of the iROAR, an Animals Podcasting Network and can also be found on A.P.P.L.E, Twitter, and Instagram Thank you to Animals in Philosophy, Politics, Law and Ethics (A.P.P.L.E) for sponsoring this podcast; the Sonic Arts Studio and the Sonic Arts of Place Laboratory (SAPLab) for sponsoring this season; Gordon Clarke (Instagram: @_con_sol_) for the bed music, Jeremy John (Website) for the logo, and Hannah Hunter for the Animal Highlight.
Jonathan Balcombe was born in England, raised in New Zealand and Canada, and has lived in the United States since 1987. He is a biologist with a PhD in ethology, the study of animal behavior. He is the author of four popular science books on the inner lives of animals, including Pleasurable Kingdom, Second Nature, and What a Fish Knows, a New York Times best-seller. He has published over 60 scientific papers and book chapters on animal behavior and animal protection. Formerly Department Chair for Animal Studies with the Humane Society University, and Director of Animal Sentience with The Humane Society Institute for Science and Policy, Jonathan works as an independent author, and performs editing services for aspiring and established authors. He also serves as an Associate Editor for the journal Animal Sentience, and he teaches a course in animal sentience for the Viridis Graduate Institute. A popular speaker, Jonathan has lectured on six continents (the penguins eagerly anticipate his arrival in Antarctica). Jonathan currently lives in southern Ontario, where in his spare time he enjoys biking, baking, birding, Bach, and trying to understand the squirrels in his neighborhood. LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS PROGRAM: The world's first octopus farm – should it go ahead? Material Innovation Initiative HEART, Humane Education Advocates Reaching Teachers Ruby Roth author of several children's books: That's Why We Don't Eat Animals Vegan is Love V is For Vegan
Jonathan Balcombe was born in England, he has lived in New Zealand and the United States, and currently calls Ontario home. He is a biologist with a PhD in ethology, which is the study of animal behavior. Jonathan's books include Pleasurable Kingdom, Second Nature, The Exultant Ark, What a Fish Knows, SuperFly, and Jake and Ava - A Boy and a Fish. He has also published over 60 scientific papers and book chapters on animal behavior and animal protection. Jonathan served as Director of Animal Sentience with the Humane Society Institute for Science and Policy, and Department Chair for Animal Studies with Humane Society University in Washington, DC, and as as Associate Editor of the journal Animal Sentience. He has lectured on six continents, over many years, be sure to check out recordings of Jonathan's entertaining presentations online. http://jonathan-balcombe.com Photos courtesy of Susan McCourt ****************************** Thanks to Vox Vegana for the intro music. Plant Powered Radio Podcasts are available at PocketCasts, Breaker, Spotify, RadioPublic, Anchor, Overcast and Google Instagram - @plantpoweredradio Twitter - @envirovegan With gratitude for the opportunity to live, work, and create on the unceded traditional lands of the Coast Salish Peoples.
La mosca nel regno animale la fa da padrona, è quella che ha più successo in assoluto. E mentre cerco di cacciar via l'ennesima mosca, mi torna in mente un interessante libro che racconta appunto la storis di questi super-esseri.LINKIl libro 'Super Fly' di Jonathan Balcombe (non ancora tradotto in italiano)https://jonathan-balcombe.com/super-fly/TRASCRIZIONE (English translation below)Se mi dovessero chiedere, Cristina secondo te qual è l'animale al mondo che ha avuto più successo dal punto di vista dell'evoluzione della specie? Credo che mi verrebbe in mente l'essere umano, visto i danni che siamo riusciti a fare, però non è l'essere umano ma dal punto di vista strettamente dell'evoluzione l'animale più di successo al mondo è la mosca, quella che noi chiamiamo 'mosca' ma che in realtà è tutta una categoria c'è una tassonomia di appartenenti all'ordine dei Ditteri, ma procediamo con calma. Perché vi sto parlando delle mosche? Perché si avvicina l'autunno, almeno in questa parte dell'emisfero, e cominciano a vedersi le mosche in giro. Questo mi ha fatto ricordare di un libro di cui ho sentito parlare qualche settimana fa intitolato "Super Fly" col sottotitolo "Le vie inaspettate degli insetti di maggior successo al mondo". Un libro che ancora non credo sia stato tradotto in italiano, l'autore è Jonathan Balcombe, vi metterò il link delle note del programma, e cosa dice questo signore? Dice che proprio per la loro capacità di diversificarsi, le mosche sono le padrone incontrastate del nostro mondo. Ne esistono oltre 160 mila specie 'descritte'. È importante mettere tra virgolette 'descritte' perché, secondo questo signore, ne esisterebbero cinque volte di più 'non descritte', che ancora non sono state osservate e quindi non sono state catalogate. Ora gli Insetti formano l'80% del mondo animale, e all'interno della categoria degli insetti, che già è la stragrande maggioranza del mondo animale, eh, le mosche diciamo che occupano una parte non indifferente, perché con tutte le loro sottospecie, in ogni momento che trascorre nel mondo ci sono 20 milioni di mosche... per ogni essere umano. Qualcuno si è preso la briga di fare i conti e sono circa 20 quadrilioni di mosche, non ditemi che cosa significa quadrilione perché non lo so. Però le mosche non sono solo fastidiose ma sono anche importanti, infatti anche le mosche concorrono alla impollinazione dei fiori e dei frutti, e ci sono alcune specie che vengono impollinate esclusivamente dalle mosche, come i gigli e i piselli. Adesso non pensate alla mosca comune, alla mosca domestica, perché ripeto mosca in generale è il nome dato a questa all'ordine dei Ditteri che include mosche, mosconi, zanzare e anche altri insetti a sei zampe. No, è una lettura molto interessante perché ci fa vedere da un punto di vista diverso questi piccoli esseri che in questo momento noi invece siamo così occupati a mandar via e ad ammazzare a colpi di palettate sul tavolo in tutti gli altri posti della casa.ENGLISH TRANSLATIONIf they were to ask me, Cristina, in your opinion, which animal in the world has been most successful from the point of view of the evolution of the species? I think that the human being would come to mind, given the damage we have been able to do, but it is not the human being, strictly from the point of view of evolution the most successful animal in the world is the fly, the one that we call it 'fly' but that is actually a whole category there is a taxonomy of belonging to the order of Diptera, but let's proceed with order. Why am I telling you about flies? Because autumn is approaching, at least in this part of the hemisphere, and flies are beginning to be seen around. This reminded me of a book I heard about a few weeks ago entitled "Super Fly" with the subtitle "The Unexpected Lives of the World's Most Successful Insects". A book that I still do not think has been translated into Italian, the author is Jonathan Balcombe, I will put the link of the program notes, and what does this gentleman say? He says that precisely because of their ability to diversify, flies are the undisputed masters of our world. There are over 160,000 'described' species. It is important to put 'described' in quotes because, according to this gentleman, there are five times more 'undescribed' ones, which have not yet been observed and therefore have not been catalogued. Now the insects form 80% of the animal world, and within the category of insects, which is already the vast majority of the animal world, eh, let's say that flies occupy a considerable part, because with all their subspecies, in every moment that passes in the world there are 20 million flies... for every human being. Someone has bothered to do the math and that's about 20 quadrillion flies, don't ask me what quadrillion means because I don't know. But flies are not only annoying but are also important, in fact, flies also contribute to the pollination of flowers and fruits, and there are some species that are pollinated exclusively by flies, such as lilies and peas. Now do not think about the common fly, the house fly, because, I repeat, fly in general is the name given to this to the order of Diptera which includes flies, gnats, mosquitoes and also other six-legged insects. Yes, it is a very interesting reading because it shows us from a different point of view these little beings that at the moment we are instead so busy sending away and killing with fly-swatters on tables and all the other places in the house.
Honeybees are cute, but flies are just as effective as pollinators. Jonathan Balcombe is a biologist and an associate editor for the journal Animal Sentience, and he joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the misunderstood insects that make up what we know as flies. His new book is called “Super Fly: The Unexpected Lives of the World's Most Successful Insects.”
New Zealand Biologist Jonathan Balcombe tells Jesse how much we unexpectedly have in common with the common household fly.
Jonathan Balcombe was born in England, raised in New Zealand and Canada, and has lived in the United States since 1987. He is a biologist with a PhD in ethology, the study of animal behavior. He is the author of four popular science books on the inner lives of animals, including Pleasurable Kingdom, Second Nature, and What a Fish Knows, a New York Times best-seller. He has published over 60 scientific papers and book chapters on animal behavior and animal protection. Formerly Department Chair for Animal Studies with the Humane Society University, and Director of Animal Sentience with The Humane Society Institute for Science and Policy, Jonathan works as an independent author, and performs editing services for aspiring and established authors. He also serves as an Associate Editor for the journal Animal Sentience, and he teaches a course in animal sentience for the Viridis Graduate Institute. A popular speaker, Jonathan has lectured on six continents (the penguins eagerly anticipate his arrival in Antarctica). Jonathan currently lives in southern Ontario, where in his spare time he enjoys biking, baking, birding, Bach, and trying to understand the squirrels in his neighborhood.
Velma Ganssini of SOS First Aid and Safety Training has timely reminders about staying safe in - and on - the water; Our Haydn Watters introduces us to two extreme athletes, one who ran the entire Bruce Trail in nine days and another who completed a bike trip of over 1100 miles in three; Ben Rabidoux of Edge Realty Analytics in Owen Sound talks about the record-setting home sales in Peterborough and across the province; Urban designer Ken Greenwood discusses how the pandemic has led us to re-evaluate what works in our cities; A new report is calling attention to the barriers faced by Black women entrepreneurs across Canada; Consultant Chantelle Quow-Craig helped to analyze the research that was undertaken by the organization FoundHers; Jonathan Balcombe talks about his book, "Super Fly: The Unexpected Lives of the World's Most Successful Insects."; Gerald Evans is an infectious disease physician and professor with Queen's University's Department of Medicine addresses the confusion created by the World Health Organization's comments about mixing vaccines; Art lovers can visit a virtual exhibit by the Bruce County Museum. We hear from the artists putting together the 'Inspired Bruce County' show, Gayle Slinger and Margot Foster.
The subtitle of Jonathan Balcombe's new book, “Super Fly: The Unexpected Lives of the World's Most Successful Insects” leads to the first question on this week's podcast. Why “successful”?“Their diversity, for one,” Balcombe says. “There's over 160,000 described species — and it's important to add that qualifier, ‘described,' because it's estimated there may be about five times that many that are undescribed. Insects make up 80 percent of all animal species on the planet, so that says something right there about how incredibly successful they are, and flies are arguably the most species-rich subset of insects. It's estimated there's about 20 million flies on earth at any moment for every human who's on the earth. And they occupy all seven continents.”Marjorie Ingall visits the podcast this week to discuss her essay about why she finds it troubling that children's literature focuses so relentlessly on the Holocaust.“Just as Black kids deserve more than books about slavery and suffering — they deserve books about Black joy and Black excellence — so too do Jewish kids deserve books that reflect the incredible diversity and often happiness of their lives,” Ingall says. “And I think sometimes we push the Holocaust because we want to tell kids: ‘Look where you come from; look how important it is to be Jewish; look how people died because they were Jewish.' When we're talking about children's books, that is not a way to make kids feel a connection.”Also on this week's episode, Tina Jordan looks back at Book Review history as it celebrates its 125th anniversary; and Elisabeth Egan and Joumana Khatib talk about what they've been reading. Pamela Paul is the host.Here are the books discussed in this week's “What We're Reading”:“A Tale for the Time Being” by Ruth Ozeki“The Lost Child of Philomena Lee” by Martin Sixsmith“My Family and Other Animals” by Gerald Durrell
(7/2/21) From an expert in animal consciousness, comes a book that will turn the fly on the wall into the elephant in the room. For most of us, the only thing we know about flies is that they're annoying and our usual reaction is to try to kill them. In his new book Super Fly: The Unexpected Lives of the World's Most Successful Insects, myth-busting biologist Jonathan Balcombe shows why flies continue to reshape our understanding of evolution. Forget everything you know us about this misunderstood insect and join us for another installment of Leonard Lopate at Large on WBAI.
Jonathan Balcombe, Ph.D., has shown us how amazing animals and fish are. We'll talk about his new book, Super Fly: The Unexpected Lives of the World's Most Successful Insects.
In “Super Fly: The Unexpected Lives of the World's Most Successful Insects” Jonathan Balcombe takes a deep dive into the world of flies. Also, a commentary by Eric Miller “Cat's Life Was a Great Ride” to conclude the show.
In this interview, biologist and animal advocate Dr. Balcombe helps us appreciate an ecologically beneficial group of animals who are buzzing all around us but whom we mostly ignore, malign, or swat away -- flies -- the topic of his new book “Superfly: The Unexpected Lives of the World's Most Successful Insects" (Penguin Press, 2021). For this "In Tune to Nature" show, host Carrie Freeman asks Dr. Balcombe to focus on the vital role of flies as pollinators of flowers and food crops (including chocolate!), and as waste disposers, composters, and recyclers (they literally clean up everyone's sh*t) so that we better appreciate them and don't just view them as "pests" (from fruit flies, to house flies, to blow flies, even to mosquitos and midges). We end with ways to protect the important insect population in decline by avoiding insecticide poisons. Learn more about award winning author Dr. Balcombe and his efforts to protect animals and help us understand animal sentience at www.jonathan-balcombe.com The In Tune to Nature show airs each Wednesday 6:30-7pm EST, hosted by Carrie Freeman, Sonia Swartz, or Melody Paris, on 89.3FM WRFG (Radio Free Georgia). Please support independent, noncommercial, progressive media like Radio Free Georgia www.wrfg.org
Steve Dale speaks with Author Jonathan Balcombe about his latest book SuperFly: The Unexpected Lives of the World’s Most Successful Insects. Jonathan touches on the many benefits various insects provide in the world and more.
S6 E42: In this episode, meet biologist Jonathan Balcombe, author and PBS host Steven Johnson, and journalist Michael Easter. This is an episode for curious minds: discover the essential role flies (yes, flies) play in our ecosystem, the reasons behind why we're living longer, and how to leverage the power of discomfort to improve health and happiness. Plus, hear what it was like for these inquisitive authors to record their audiobooks. Super Fly by Jonathan Balcombe: https://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/606176/super-fly/ Extra Life by Steven Johnson: https://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/594501/extra-life/ The Comfort Crisis by Michael Easter: https://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/634446/the-comfort-crisis/
On Cool Science Radio , John and Lynn are speaking with biologist Jonathan Balcombe about his book, Super Fly and The Unexpected Lives of the World's Most Successful Insects. Balcombe illustrates the essential role that flies play in every ecosystem in the world as pollinators, waste-disposers, predators, and food sources. He also discusses how they fly, think, steal, feel, and even flirt.
Skill, practice and hard work are often considered the cornerstones of success. Maybe. However, one often overlooked strategy to being great at something is - reverse engineering. By disassembling and analyzing what others have done to be successful you can find a better path to success for yourself according to psychologist Ron Freidman. Ron is an expert on human motivation and author of the book Decoding Greatness: How the Best in the World Reverse Engineer Success (https://amzn.to/2REVhc7). Listen as he reveals how some of the top people in their field use this technique to achieve great things. Being an optimist has some real benefits. It also seems pretending to be an optimist, even if you aren’t one also has some of the same benefits. This episodes begins with a discussion how real or fake optimism can be good for everyone and why even the most hardened pessimist should try looking at the bright side of life. Source: Michael Mercer, PhD author of “Spontaneous Optimism (https://amzn.to/3vo7oc9). Few things are more annoying than having flies in the house buzzing around your head or landing on your food or ruining your outdoor picnic. Flies are gross! Yet we couldn’t survive with them. There are roughly 20 million flies on the planet for every human and they actually do some very good things according to biologist Jonathan Balcombe author of the book SUPER FLY: The Unexpected Lives of the World's Most Successful Insects (https://amzn.to/3bVgqp3). Listen as he takes us on a tour into what it is like to be a fly and all the sometimes gross yet beneficial things flies do all around the world. We all probably appreciate being able to go outside more than ever. Last summer Covid-19 kept us inside for the most part but most of us now can enjoy going outside again. Listen as I explain why it is so important to get back outside and how being in nature benefits kids and teens more than you probably ever thought. https://positivepsychology.com/positive-effects-of-nature/ PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS! We really enjoy The Jordan Harbinger Show and we think you will as well! There’s just SO much here. Check out https://jordanharbinger.com/start for some episode recommendations, OR search for The Jordan Harbinger Show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you listen to podcasts. Indeed is THE jobsite that makes hiring as easy as 1, 2, 3. Post, screen, and interview - all on Indeed. Get a $75 CREDIT at https://indeed.com/SOMETHING. Save time, money, and stress with Firstleaf – the wine club designed with you in mind! Join today and you’ll get 6 bottles of wine for $29.95 and free shipping! Just go to https://tryfirstleaf.com/SOMETHING Dell’s Semi Annual Sale is the perfect time to power up productivity and gaming victories. Now you can save what Dell employees save on high-performance tech. Save 17% on the latest XPS and Alienware computers with Intel Core processors. Plus, check out exclusive savings on Dell monitors, headsets and accessories for greater immersion in all you do. Upgrade today by calling 800 buy Dell, or you can visit https://dell.com/Semi Annual Sale Go Daddy lets you create your website or store for FREE right now at https://godaddy.com Over the last 6 years, donations made at Walgreens in support of Red Nose Day have helped positively impact over 25 million kids. You can join in helping to change the lives of kids facing poverty. To help Walgreens support even more kids, donate today at checkout or at https://Walgreens.com/RedNoseDay. https://www.geico.com Bundle your policies and save! It's Geico easy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
“…gazing up to the night sky saying, ‘are we alone?’ …well, wait a minute, look around, there's tons of fascinating life forms. We're so lucky to have all this amazing panoply of life on the planet. I get the question… are there other humanoids out there? Or, are there other conscious beings? But we ought to be pretty grateful for what we have on this planet… there's a lot of amazing creatures and phenomena that we get to enjoy living with, if we can.” - Jonathan Balcombe Jonathan Balcombe is a biologist with a PhD in ethology, the study of animal behavior. He is the author of four books on the inner lives of animals, including the New York Times bestseller, What a Fish Knows. He has published over 60 scientific papers and book chapters on animal behavior and animal protection. Jonathan has spent his life studying animals, how they think and feel and why they matter. Quite often, he focuses on the ones that most of us tend not to think about very much, like fish and in his newest book, Superfly, flies – it comes out in May. I thought I knew a little bit about fish, but after reading Jonathan’s book and after this time spent with him, I realized that I knew very little. There are 33,000 species of fish and what many of them are capable of is absolutely mind blowing . For eons, we have categorized species by who we deem worthy and who we don’t. Fish are almost always very near or at the bottom of that list. Clearly, that is because most of us know so little about them. Jonathan knows a lot. If you haven’t read his book, read it. It will astonish you. Jonathan can most recently be seen in the Netflix documentary, Seaspiracy.
Animals are not things. They are living, breathing, thinking, feeling beings. That's why In Defense of Animals and Animals & Media are calling for an update to the Associated Press Stylebook's recommendation on the use of personal pronouns for nonhuman animals. They are joined by more than 80 respected leaders and scholars in animal advocacy and conservation who support this change, including renowned primatologist Dr. Jane Goodall, biologists Dr. Marc Bekoff and Dr. Jonathan Balcombe, and leaders of organizations such as Center for Biological Diversity, Animal Legal Defense Fund, Mercy For Animals, Encompass, Animals & Society Institute, Animal Outlook, Nonhuman Rights Project, Center for Animal Law Studies at Lewis & Clark Law School, JaneUnChained News and other media organizations, such as Sentient Media, We Animals Media, the Journal of Critical Animal Studies and Animal Sentience journal. The scientific consensus is that nonhuman animals are conscious beings — someone not something — and the language we use should reflect that. Here to talk about it with JaneUnChained.com's Jane Velez-Mitchell is IDA' s Alicia Graef.
Animals are not things. They are living, breathing, thinking, feeling beings. That's why In Defense of Animals and Animals & Media are calling for an update to the Associated Press Stylebook's recommendation on the use of personal pronouns for nonhuman animals. They are joined by more than 80 respected leaders and scholars in animal advocacy and conservation who support this change, including renowned primatologist Dr. Jane Goodall, biologists Dr. Marc Bekoff and Dr. Jonathan Balcombe, and leaders of organizations such as Center for Biological Diversity, Animal Legal Defense Fund, Mercy For Animals, Encompass, Animals & Society Institute, Animal Outlook, Nonhuman Rights Project, Center for Animal Law Studies at Lewis & Clark Law School, JaneUnChained News and other media organizations, such as Sentient Media, We Animals Media, the Journal of Critical Animal Studies and Animal Sentience journal. The scientific consensus is that nonhuman animals are conscious beings — someone not something — and the language we use should reflect that. Here to talk about it with JaneUnChained.com's Jane Velez-Mitchell is IDA' s Alicia Graef.
Animals are not things. They are living, breathing, thinking, feeling beings. That’s why In Defense of Animals and Animals & Media are calling for an update to the Associated Press Stylebook’s recommendation on the use of personal pronouns for nonhuman animals. They are joined by more than 80 respected leaders and scholars in animal advocacy and conservation who support this change, including renowned primatologist Dr. Jane Goodall, biologists Dr. Marc Bekoff and Dr. Jonathan Balcombe, and leaders of organizations such as Center for Biological Diversity, Animal Legal Defense Fund, Mercy For Animals, Encompass, Animals & Society Institute, Animal Outlook, Nonhuman Rights Project, Center for Animal Law Studies at Lewis & Clark Law School, JaneUnChained News and other media organizations, such as Sentient Media, We Animals Media, the Journal of Critical Animal Studies and Animal Sentience journal. The scientific consensus is that nonhuman animals are conscious beings — someone not something — and the language we use should reflect that. Here to talk about it with JaneUnChained.com's Jane Velez-Mitchell is IDA’ s Alicia Graef.
Scientist, Author and Speaker Jonathan Balcombe joins me today to discuss the genuinely fascinating yet often forgotten individuals in both animal rights activism and absolutely in human society as a whole. Balcombe reveals: Although there are more than thirty thousand species of fish―more than all mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians combined―we rarely consider how individual fishes think, feel, and behave. That was absolutely my experience ... READ MORE The post Jonathan Balcombe, What A Fish Knows The Inner Lives of Our Underwater Cousins. appeared first on Healthification.
Claudia talks to Jonathan Balcombe about fishes and their varied and incredible experiences. Using the concept of ‘shoalmates' as a launch pad, they discuss some of the intra- and inter-species relations fishes engage in from work to cuddle and play. Date recorded: 30 November 2020 Jonathan Balcombe is a biologist with a PhD in ethology, the study of animal behavior. His books include Pleasurable Kingdom, Second Nature, The Exultant Ark, and What a Fish Knows—a New York Times best-seller now available in fifteen languages. His next book for grown-ups, Super Fly, will be published May 2021 by Penguin Books. A children's story book about a boy and a fish is also scheduled for publication in 2021. He has taught courses in animal behavior and sentience for the Viridis Graduate Institute, and Humane Society University. He lives in Belleville, Ontario where in his spare time he enjoys biking, baking, birding, Bach, and trying to understand the neighborhood squirrels. Learn more about Jonathan and his work here. Claudia (Towne) Hirtenfelder is the founder and host of The Animal Turn. She is a PhD Candidate in Geography and Planning at Queen's University and is currently undertaking her own research project looking at the geographical and historical relationships between animals (specifically cows) and cities. Contact Claudia via email (towne@live.co.za) or follow her on Twitter (@ClaudiaFTowne). Featured: A foray into the worlds of animals and humans By Jakob von Uexküll; Sterling murmuration by canoeists; The Ocean Sunfishes by Tierney Thys et al; The Dark Hobby by Paradise Filmworks Thank you to Animals in Philosophy, Politics, Law and Ethics (A.P.P.L.E) for sponsoring this podcast, Gordon Clarke (Instagram: @_con_sol_) for the bed music, and Jeremy John (Website) for the logo. The Animal Turn is part of the iROAR, an Animals Podcasting Network and can also be found on A.P.P.L.E, Twitter, and Instagram
Jonathan Balcombe is an ethologist and author, formerly Director of Animal Sentience with the Humane Society Institute for Science and Policy, and Department Chair for Animal Studies with Humane Society University, in Washington, DC. He also served as Associate Editor of the journal Animal Sentience and, until recently, Jonathan lectured internationally on animal behavior and the human-animal relationship. Jonathan has worked for several animal protection organizations, including the Humane Society of the United States, Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM), and People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). Jonathan has published scholarly articles, book chapters, and popular science books on various topics including animal behavior, animal research, animal dissection, medical simulation, and veganism. His most recent book is the NY Times bestseller, "What A Fish Knows: The Inner Lives of Our Underwater Cousins," which combines science and story-telling to examine the inner lives of the world's most diverse group of vertebrates. His next book, "SuperFly," is scheduled for release later this year. Jonathan currently lives in southern Ontario, where in his spare time he enjoys biking, baking, birding, Bach, and trying to understand the squirrels in his neighborhood. Find Jonathan and his writings at his website, and on social media.
In this episode I am joined by Jonathan Balcombe, an expert in animal behaviour. We discuss his work exploring how intellectually and emotionally complex fish actually are, and dispel many of the hugely prevalent myths surrounding fish, and fish sentience. We also discuss some of their most interesting behaviours, whether or not it is ethical to eat mussels and oysters, and whether or not we should have home aquariums.Listen to find out:- Are fish self aware?- Are fish intelligent? - What does the science actually say about fish?- What about mussels and oysters, do they feel pain?- Is it ethical to eat mussels and oysters?- What about flies, and insects in terms of sentience?- What about pleasure for animals, can the world be a joyful place for them?- Can fish feel pride?- What about the pet industry, should people have aquariums? ✺ Jonathan's website: https://jonathan-balcombe.com/✺ To support the show & get access to exclusive monthly podcast episodes: http://www.patreon.com/earthlinged✺ Find out more about what I do & join my mailing list: http://www.earthlinged.org✺ Download my free 122 page e-book: http://www.earthlinged.org/ebook✺ Take a 22 day free vegan challenge: http://switchtovegan.co.uk✺ Become a supporter of my activism (thank you!): http://www.earthlinged.org/support
Dr. Balcombe about the inner lives of fishes, cognition, and relationship with other animals!Dr. Jonathan Balcombe describes himself as a synthesizer, someone who pulls together research and practical information to correct or expand our often underestimated views and treatments of animals, including the often invisible, unliked, and unpopular animals. Jonathan shares his insights and stories about fishes cognition, being a machiavellian, play, human-fishes interaction, social dynamics, behaviour, recognition, memory, and emotions. For more information on Dr. Jonathan Balcombe please visit his WEBSITEShort bio: Jonathan Balcombe is a biologist with a PhD in ethology, the study of animal behavior. His books include Pleasurable Kingdom, Second Nature, The Exultant Ark, and What a Fish Knows--a New York Times best-seller now available in fifteen languages. His next book, all about flies, will be published November 2020 by Penguin Books. Jonathan does professional editing for aspiring and established authors, and he has taught a course in animal sentience for the Viridis Graduate Institute. He has given hundreds of public lectures and media appearances about his work. He lives in Belleville, Ontario where in his spare time he enjoys biking, baking, birding, Bach, and trying to understand the neighborhood squirrels.
On today's show, we chat with internationally renown biologist Jonathan Balcombe about fish behaviour, sentience, and the state of aquatic life in 2020. It turns out fish are pretty amazing, and there's a lot you probably don't know about them. And the Government is spending large to see the country through an economic crisis. There's going to be some big cheques being cashed in the coming months, and some of those cheques are going towards animal exploiting industries.
SY MONTGOMERY! This woman has been hunted by tigers, bitten by vampire bats, undressed by an orangutan, swum with river dolphins in the Amazon AND SO MUCH MORE and written all about it for us in almost 30 books for adults and young ones alike. We had a blast talking and I am so grateful for her to be on the show. HER WEBSITE: http://symontgomery.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SyTheAuthor/ Instagram: @sytheauthor Twitter: @SyTheAuthorTHINGS TO PEEP/LISTEN: MOVIES: Temple Grandin, Arrival BOOKS: "What a Fish Knows"by Jonathan Balcombe, ALL OF SY's booksAPP: iNaturalist: https://www.inaturalist.orgPODCASTS: "A FOUR TRACK MIND" by Radiolab: https://www.wnycstudios.org/story/148670-4-track-mind "BECOMING A BADGER" by This American Life: https://www.thisamericanlife.org/596/becoming-a-badgerSongs: "I've Seen All Good People," by Yes and "Octopus's Garden" by The BeatlesThank you all so much for being here. Keep submitting your magical creations-stories, songs, poems, essays ++Tip Jar below-your monetary contributions are incredibly appreciated and help this ship float!Love, -nobleSupport Noble Dreams by donating to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/nobledreamsFind out more at https://nobledreams.pinecast.coThis podcast is powered by Pinecast.
Do fishes think? Do they really have three-second memories? And can they recognize the humans who peer back at them from above the surface of the water? In What a Fish Knows, the myth-busting ethologist Jonathan Balcombe addresses these questions and more, taking us under the sea, through streams and estuaries, and to the other side of the aquarium glass to reveal the surprising capabilities of fishes. Doc Martin joins us for this book discussion and we learn a little and question a lot. We were super lucky to get Jonathan on the show! -Clay
A feature interview with Elisabeth Normandy of the Animals in Science Policy Institute on bringing non-animal teaching methods to the classroom. Plus, an interview with ethologist Jonathan Balcombe on the sentience of fishes.Read more →
What is the inner life of a fish? Is it possible to know what a fish knows? On this episode, Dr. Jonathan Balcombe discussed what a fish knows.
If you've ever wondered why anyone would "go vegan for the animals" this is the episode for you. In this episode, Karen Ellis-Ritter, co-found of CFEI, joins the Food Proof girls again to discuss animal ethics. Karen brings awareness on the treatment of animals in a wide range of industries including leather, wool, meat, egg, dairy, fishing, and honey. Tune in and educate yourself on where your food, clothes, and accessories are coming from. Some of the information recommended on the show: Vegan Resources: Veganessentials.com and humanefacts.org Noor and Michelle’s Favorite Vegan Purse Brands: Gunas, Jill Milan, and Matt and Nat Vegan Coats high-end fashion brand: vautecouture.com Karen’s book recommendation: What A Fish Knows by Jonathan Balcombe
Jonathan Balcombe is a scientist, author and speaker specialising in animal sentience and emotions. Balcombe holds 3 degrees including a PhD in ethology. He has published over 50 scientific papers on animal behaviour and animal protection and is currently the Director of Animal Sentience with the Humane Society Institute for Science and Policy, in Washington, DC. Some topics we talk about include sentience, animal emotions and ethics, cephalopods and the evolution of consciousness and some surprising animal behavioural anecdotes. Jonathan's books really influenced the way I thought about animals and I highly recommend checking them out. Show notes and links here Connect with Jonathan:FacebookTwitter Jonathan's Books: Pleasurable KingdomSecond Nature: The Inner Lives of AnimalsWhat A Fish Knows: The Inner Lives of Our Underwater Cousins Recorded in Leipzig, GermanyTheme Song by Cosmic Tortoise
Myth-busting animal behavior expert Jonathan Balcombe takes us under the sea, through streams and estuaries, and to the other side of the aquarium glass to reveal the surprising capabilities of fishes. This lecture took place at the Museum on October 6, 2016. To listen to our archive of podcasts, visit amnh.org/podcasts.
This week, we interview Jonathan Balcombe, author of the book What A Fish Knows; we send our intrepid reporter Olivia Humphreys to London where she removes her inhibitions and her clothes to report on the latest “naked pop-up;” we’ll give you our recipe for a no-brine turkey; The Sporkful’s Dan Pashman explores a vegetarian Thanksgiving; we take your calls with Sara Moulton, and talk heavy cream.
Robin Raven returns to Rated G Radio to showcase her latest children's book, "Santa's First Vegan Christmas." Santa's First Vegan Christmas is a holiday jewel that is sure to inspire and help guide children of all ages to greater compassion and understanding. Beautiful full-color illustrations delight the eyes while poetic lines unfold a new version of Clement Moore s Christmas classic. --Dr. Will Tuttle, best-selling author Santa's First Vegan Christmas is a first! Beautifully written and stunningly illustrated, this wonderful book shows clearly how all of Earth's residents, nonhuman and human alike, benefit when kindness, compassion, peace, and love are abundantly extended to all beings. It's a win-win for everyone. I hope this lovely and most important book will find its way into all schools, libraries, homes, and hearts. Congratulations to Robin Raven and Kara Maria Schunk for taking the time to produce this landmark book. It really is that good. --Marc Bekoff, author of numerous books including the award-winning children's book Jasper's story: Saving moon bears (with Jill Robinson) and Rewilding Our Hearts: Building Pathways of Compassion and Coexistence This disarming, beautiful book reads like a collaboration between Dr Seuss and Grandma Moses. And how refreshing to encounter the classic Santa Claus story rendered into an uplifting tale of love and respect for all who may enjoy life. --Jonathan Balcombe, author of What a Fish Knows
Robin Raven returns to Rated G Radio to showcase her latest children's book, "Santa's First Vegan Christmas." Santa's First Vegan Christmas is a holiday jewel that is sure to inspire and help guide children of all ages to greater compassion and understanding. Beautiful full-color illustrations delight the eyes while poetic lines unfold a new version of Clement Moore s Christmas classic. --Dr. Will Tuttle, best-selling author Santa's First Vegan Christmas is a first! Beautifully written and stunningly illustrated, this wonderful book shows clearly how all of Earth's residents, nonhuman and human alike, benefit when kindness, compassion, peace, and love are abundantly extended to all beings. It's a win-win for everyone. I hope this lovely and most important book will find its way into all schools, libraries, homes, and hearts. Congratulations to Robin Raven and Kara Maria Schunk for taking the time to produce this landmark book. It really is that good. --Marc Bekoff, author of numerous books including the award-winning children's book Jasper's story: Saving moon bears (with Jill Robinson) and Rewilding Our Hearts: Building Pathways of Compassion and Coexistence This disarming, beautiful book reads like a collaboration between Dr Seuss and Grandma Moses. And how refreshing to encounter the classic Santa Claus story rendered into an uplifting tale of love and respect for all who may enjoy life. --Jonathan Balcombe, author of What a Fish Knows
Combining her passion for farm animal protection and empowering others, Paulette Benjamin recently joined the Compassion Over Killing (COK) team in Washington, D.C. as the Outreach and Events Manager. Helping organize on a grassroots level for several years, she most recently represented COK in the Citizens for Farm Animal Protection coalition in Massachusetts. Visit http://cok.net. On Saturday, September 24th, COK will host the annual DC VegFest in the nation's capital. More than 20,000 guests will gather at Yards Park for this free outdoor festival. There will also be dynamic speakers, including Leilani Münter, professional race car driver and environmental activist; Marco Antonio Regil, actor and television host; Elizabeth Kucinich, policy consultant at the Plant-Based Foods Association; Torre Washington, award-winning vegan bodybuilder; and Jonathan Balcombe, animal behavior expert, and author of What a Fish Knows; and cooking demos, a kids' zone with a moonbounce, a barking lot for dogs, live music, and so much more! Visit http://dcvegfest.com. Get the Off the Grid Into the Heart CD by Sister Jenna. Like America Meditating & follow on Twitter. Download our free Pause for Peace App for Apple or Android.
This week on Science for the People we have a trio of fishy experts helping us look at how fish are adapted to their — sometimes extreme — environments, and what their behaviour can tell us about their intelligence and experience. We speak to Kristin O'Brien, a zoologist at the University of Alaska, about how fish manage to survive the extreme cold of Arctic waters. We talk with Heidi Golden, a postdoctoral researcher from the University of Connecticut, about the Arctic grayling. And we speak with Jonathan Balcombe, director of animal sentience at the Humane Society Institute for Science and...
So what exactly does a fish know? It’s a question that took acclaimed scientist and author Jonathan Balcombe on a 4 year journey of watery discovery-under the sea, through rivers and ponds and even into your own fish bowl.Did you know fishes have morals, use tools and offer cleaning services with benefits? Or that they hunt co-operatively and form lifelong bonds? And what about that three second memory myth? While we share this planet with more than 30,000 species of fish, we know so little about them. In this episode of MHP Jonathan demystifies the lives of fishes and debunks some of our preconceived notions about these aquatic wonders. He shares his story from a childhood love of nature to what part destiny has played in his life, his hope for changes in the way we view animals, and why Aristotle and Descartes have a lot to answer for. And of course What a Fish Knows. Jonathan, ethologist, author and champion for animal welfare, is the current director for Animal Sentience with the Humane Society Institute For Science and Policy had published over 50 scientific papers and is the author of numerous acclaimed books like the wonderful Pleasurable Kingdom, Second Nature and The Exultant Ark and of course his latest book What a Fish Knows: The Inner Lives of Our Underwater Cousins.Find out more about his wonderful work and the new book at:http://jonathan-balcombe.comhttp://animalstudiesrepository.org/animsent/Please visit www.myhomeplanet.org
If you've ever wanted calming, healing, clarity of mind, or just to enjoy a little liquid and ahhhh, then do we have the blue mind show for you. Today we'll be talking about all things water. How it calms us, why we like it, where to find it, and how to bring a little bit of this liquid blue peace into our lives. That plus we'll talk about screaming banshees, flying fish, shower-power, making your own zen zone, singing in the rain, going slow to go fast, and what in the world toe-nibbling has to do with anything. Blissful Fun, Self-Improvement and Self-Help Topics Include: Why CJ is off the chipper charts How CJ got more clarity about a new career path for her Why things that don't ‘work out' may actually how a powerful positive reason for them happening What we can learn from Jonathan Balcombe author of What a Fish Knows. How past memories were reignited by the water How water can bring clarity Why Wallace ‘J' Nichols author of ‘Blue Mind' talks about the power of water What's the importance of water What is shower power? What's the importance of connecting with Nature What Chinese elements have to do with anything. What are groomer fish? What's the importance of going slow to go fast. What it means to make your own Zen Zone. How the sound of water can help us in our home How we can bring water into our homes to calm us How to open and flow with life CJ Liu and Michael Sandler Share the Transformative, Healing & Calming Power of Water! Inspirational | Motivational | Spiritual | Spirituality | Meditation | Career | Self-Improvement | Inspiration | Motivation | Health | Fitness | Self-Help | Inspire For More Info Visit: www.InspireNationShow.com
Dr. Jonathan Balcombe and Lee discuss the role of an ethologist in studying animal behavior, how he came to be interested in the subject, and his work examining the thought processes of several different animal species. Dr. Balcombe reveals the scientific evidence demonstrating that animals that we have believed for millennia are of a ‘lower order’ actually have rich inner lives that in many ways are not much different from those of human beings. These species include fish, which are the subject of Dr. Balcombe’s latest book, What a Fish Knows. Jonathan Balcombe is an ethologist and author. He currently serves as Director of Animal Sentience with the Humane Society Institute for Science and Policy and Department Chair for Animal Studies with Humane Society University, in Washington, DC. He lectures internationally on animal behavior and human-animal relations.
Dr. Jonathan Balcombe and Lee discuss the role of an ethologist in studying animal behavior, how he came to be interested in the subject, and his work examining the thought processes of several different animal species. Dr. Balcombe reveals the scientific evidence demonstrating that animals that we have believed for millennia are of a ‘lower order’ actually have rich inner lives that in many ways are not much different from those of human beings. These species include fish, which are the subject of Dr. Balcombe’s latest book, What a Fish Knows. Jonathan Balcombe is an ethologist and author. He currently serves as Director of Animal Sentience with the Humane Society Institute for Science and Policy and Department Chair for Animal Studies with Humane Society University, in Washington, DC. He lectures internationally on animal behavior and human-animal relations.
If you've ever wondered what the lives of underwater brethren, the fish are like, then do we have the holy mackerel show for you. Today we'll be talking with Jonathan Balcombe, director of animal sentience at the Humane Society Institute for Science and Policy and the author of four books, including Second Nature, Pleasurable Kingdom, and What a Fish Knows, a fascinating book I found incredibly hard to put down. Today we'll be talking about the inner lives of our underwater cousins, what a fish knows, thinks, feels, and what's life really like, a few feet, to many fathoms below the sea. That plus we'll talk about why Nemo's dad Marlin, may have really been Marlette, fish and optical illusions, mucus and jolts, carp and Mozart, democracy and robo-fish, ebay rankings for cleaner fish, the super-dad of the sea world, the animal Einstein Olympics, what Yao Ming, Jackie Chan and David Beckham have in common, and why male bulldogs may just want to shorten their EOD's! Self-Help and Self-Improvement Topics Include: What happened to Jonathan Balcombe at 8 years old What was the goldfish incident Why we've missed the boat on fishes How there are fish that can literally fly Why there have been fish over 200 million years ago that had umbilical cords David Attenborough announcer had the fish named him What is the menhaden? What we can learn about flounder and other flat fish? What happens to flounder in puberty What can swordfish do with their eyes What's the Abyss and how much life is there? What can sharks do with their eyes to see in the dark Walking sharks? Rose lipped bat fish? What can we learn from fish and optical illusions? How can fish hear? What kind of music do Koi like? Why fish grow faster with music, particularly Mozart What is scary stuff from fish? What's a fish's sense of taste like? How fish navigate via the sun, and magnetism What are cleaner fishes? What can we learn about cooperation from groupers and moray eels. What is a robofish? What can we learn from Lauri Cook about Beta-Fish and what's the beta-fish myth? (aka Siamese Fighting Fish) How do fish use tools? Can Tiger Fish catch birds? Who is Christina Zenato and what does she do with sharks? What can we learn about changing sex and Nemo How a puffer fish create mandalas Why is the seahorse the super-dad? What Carl Safina author of Beyond Words found with trawlers and Green Peace in the Arctic What do trawlers do? What happens when fishing shrimp aka shrimping What is by-catch Why is shrimping so harmful to the environment Why is eating tuna like eating tigers? What does Yao Min, Jackie Chan and David Beckham have to do with shark fins? What a Fish Knows is now a New York Times best-seller, visit jonathanbalcombe.com and www.jonathan-balcombe.com – come join his newsletter! Jonathan Balcome, PhD shares the incredible lives & scientifically proven intelligence of fish & what it means for us! Environment | Ecology | Vegan | Vegetarian | Inspirational | Motivational | Motivation | Spiritual | Spirituality | Self-Improvement | Self-Help | Inspire For More Info Visit: www.InspireNationShow.com
This week we are very happy to be presenting our interview with Dr Jonathan Balcombe.Jonathan Balcombe is the director of animal sentience at the Humane Society Institute for Science and Policy and the author of a number of books, including Second Nature, Pleasurable Kingdom, and the newly released What a Fish Knows. Balcombe has three biology degrees, including a PhD in ethology from the University of Tennessee, where he studied communication in bats. A popular commentator, he has appeared on Fresh Air with Terry Gross, the BBC, and the National Geographic Channel, and in several documentaries, and has contributed features and opinions to The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Nature, and other publications. He lives in Florida. Find him on Facebook, follow him on Twitter at @Jonathanpb1959, and visit his website at www.jonathan-balcombe.com
Last week, a Spanish Matador was killed by the bull he was tormenting. So, Lori decided to ask her facebook contacts what they thought about this death and bullfighting more generally. A spirited thread resulted and the first segment of the show begins with Lori and Peter discussing the opinions and comments posted. The show continues […]
Jonathan Balcombe, Ph.D., returns today with his new book, What a Fish Knows, a fascinating look at the cognitive abilities and self-awareness of our cousins who live in the water. Show opener: Amish Shah, who made his first $1 million by age 25 and subsequently partied himself into ill health before discovering the wisdom of Ayurveda, “knowledge of life,” from his ancestral land of India. He’s now made the film, Ancient Health Care, exploring this 5,000-year-old healing tradition.
Jonathan Balcombe from the Washington DC based Humane Society University discusses his article ‘Animal pleasure and its moral significance’ which appeared in Applied Animal Behaviour Science in 2009. Jonathan explains why we should take animal pleasure much more seriously.
This is a talk given by Dr Jonathon Balcombe at the Abbotsford Convent in Melbourne, at a Humane Research Australia event. The talk is entitled Animals' Inner Lives: Notes from a vegan biologist."Animal behavior expert Jonathan Balcombe is a passionate advocate for animals and their living spaces. His best-selling books Pleasurable Kingdom and Second Nature present animals in a new light and presage a revolution in the human-animal relationship. A PhD scientist and vegan, Balcombe’s dynamic message resonates with timely issues that affect everyone, including climate change, biodiversity, and personal health." - Humane Research Australiahttp://www.humaneresearch.org.au
Vegcast 121 is the 2014 edition of Sounds of Summerfest, featuring capsule interviews with Jonathan Balcombe, Miyoko Schinner, Michael Greger, John Pierre, Howard Lyman and Anne Dinshah along with some musical snippets from Elizabeth Barnett and other sounds from the annual vegan celebration in Johnstown, PA.
Vegcast 121 is the 2014 edition of Sounds of Summerfest, featuring capsule interviews with Jonathan Balcombe, Miyoko Schinner, Michael Greger, John Pierre, Howard Lyman and Anne Dinshah along with some musical snippets from Elizabeth Barnett and other sounds from the annual vegan celebration in Johnstown, PA.
Today Host Theresa and Michael interview Jonathan Balcombe. Jonathan was born in England, raised in New Zealand and Canada, and has lived in the United States since 1987. He has three biology degrees, including a PhD in ethology (the study of animal behavior) from the University of Tennessee, where he studied communication in bats. He has published over 45 scientific papers on animal behavior and animal protection. He is the author of four books: The Exultant Ark: A Pictorial Tour of Animal Pleasure (University of California Press, 2011) Second Nature: The Inner Lives of Animals (Palgrave Macmillan, 2010) Pleasurable Kingdom: Animals and the Nature of Feeling Good (Macmillan, 2006) The Use of Animals in Higher Education: Problems, Alternatives, and Recommendations (Humane Society Press, 2000) He is currently at work on a new book about the inner lives of fishes, and a novel titled After Meat.
Episode 56 features ethologist, author, public speaker and vegan advocate, Dr. Jonathan Balcombe. Dr. Balcombe speaks with ARZone about his work with the newly launched Humane Society University, about the Experience of Pleasure and the Elimination of Suffering, as well as about the complex inner lives of fishes, language and communication in other animals, and much more. Audio Podcast,
Happy Halloween! But we won’t be scaring anybody with today’s program: Instead, we’ll be inviting “Ooohs” and “Ahhhs” with our delightful guest, animal behaviorist Jonathan Balcombe, Ph.D., author of Second Nature: The Inner Lives of Animals (Macsci). Dr. Balcombe will regale us with incredible stories of the self-awareness, the personalities and the altruism of creatures from fish to rats to birds and all the rest. It’s no wonder God looked at what He’d made and pronounced it all good—we’ll learn this Halloween that these creatures are good—and smart and fascinating and valuable in their own right. You’ll love this show.
10/16/11 SUNDAY HOUR TWO 9-10 PM Eastern Jonathan Balcombe The Exultant Ark: A Pictorial Tour of Animal Pleasure www.JonathanBalcombe.com
Vegcast 79 looks at animal sentience, with an in depth interview with Jonathan Balcombe, author of the book Second Nature, which comes out today. Jonathan talks about how we are heading for a paradigm shift in thinking about animal intelligence, emotion and sensation, and explains how this will likely affect our food and other choices. Then we get to hear a new tune from Yvonne Smith, the Traveling and now Singing Vegetarian. We also check in with Leila Fusfeld to get the outcome of the Vegan Pledge campaign just completed in Philly. And in keeping with the theme there is a Science Fact about dog growls and how those that same to us mean different things to dogs.
Vegcast 79 looks at animal sentience, with an in depth interview with Jonathan Balcombe, author of the book Second Nature, which comes out today. Jonathan talks about how we are heading for a paradigm shift in thinking about animal intelligence, emotion and sensation, and explains how this will likely affect our food and other choices. Then we get to hear a new tune from Yvonne Smith, the Traveling and now Singing Vegetarian. We also check in with Leila Fusfeld to get the outcome of the Vegan Pledge campaign just completed in Philly. And in keeping with the theme there is a Science Fact about dog growls and how those that same to us mean different things to dogs.
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