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When We Talk About Animals

When We Talk About Animals


When We Talk About Animals

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Length:
45 episodes
Language:
English
Format:
Podcast

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When We Talk About Animals is a series of in-depth conversations with leading thinkers about the big questions animals raise about what it means to be human. Supported by the Law, Ethics & Animals Program at Yale Law School, Yale University’s Human Nature Lab, and the Yale Broadcast Studio.
Language:
English
Format:
Podcast

Episodes1 - 10 of 45 episodes

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Ep. 50 – Australian Biologist Danielle Clode on the Extraordinary World of Koalas

Upon seeing an adorable Koala sitting on an eucalyptus branch in Australia, few would e...

51 minutes
Feb 21, 2023

Ep. 49 – Dog Cognition Expert Alexandra Horowitz on the Quiddity of Puppies

Most books on puppies are dog-improvement manuals, guiding readers ‘How to Raise the Pe...

63 minutes
Oct 05, 2022

Ep. 48 – Patrick Rose on the Fight to Save Florida’s Manatees

Grazing peacefully through shallow waterways, the Florida manatee is one of the state’s...

62 minutes
Aug 02, 2022

Ep. 47 – Poet Aimee Nezhukumatathil on writing love letters to nature

Poet Aimee Nezhukumatathil’s exuberant book of essays, World of Wonders: In Praise of F...

56 minutes
May 24, 2022

Ep. 46 – Paleobiologist Thomas Halliday on the Animals of Ancient Worlds

The fossil record acts as both a memorial to life’s spectacular possibilities and as a ...

57 minutes
Mar 21, 2022

Ep. 45 – Rob Dunn on what the laws of biology predict about our future

Amid the cataclysms of the Anthropocene, an era defined by humans’ attempts to control ...

60 minutes
Feb 02, 2022

Ep. 44 – Rick McIntyre on the stories of Yellowstone’s greatest wolves

In 1995, the U.S. government took unprecedented actions to restore the wolf population ...

85 minutes
Nov 22, 2021

Ep. 43 – Cynthia Barnett on our world of seashells

From tiny cowries to giant clams, seashells have gripped human imaginations since time ...

63 minutes
Sep 22, 2021

Ep. 42 – Edie Widder on the ocean’s spectacular light

Most of us land-lubbers assume that light-making among ocean creatures is an exotic and...

50 minutes
Aug 16, 2021

Ep. 41 – Ecologist Hugh Warwick on Loving Your Hedgehogs

Hedgehogs, despite being consistently voted the most beloved mammal in the United Kingd...

57 minutes
May 27, 2021