Knowing Animals

A free podcast featuring interviews with animal studies scholars. Hosted by @JoshLMilburn, founded by @so_s, sponsored by @AASA_Animals and @SydneyUniPress.

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New episode! @JoshLMilburn speaks to the philosopher Meera Inglis, who challenges the idea of 'invasive species', which is (she says) scientifically and ethically questionable.

You can listen to the episode free in all the usual podcast places or here: https://t.co/9uv6IDxpFm

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There's no new episode this month, but we're pleased to share the Journal of the British Academy's open access written version of Josh's interview with Marcy Norton (episode 251 of Knowing Animals, which was released in July 2026). You can read it below!

https://t.co/ERNZaY0WgX

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New episode! @JoshLMilburn speaks to Nicolai Skiveren about his research into the reception of vegan advocacy films, focussing on the the 2021 documentary Milked.

The episode is available free below or in all the usual podcast places.

https://t.co/ir1rrFnAUV

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@JoshLMilburn @jan_dutkiewicz @BasicBooks @gnrosenberg If the link above isn't taking you straight to the episode, try this one!

https://t.co/HbQ4oRsRch

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New episode! @JoshLMilburn speaks to @jan_dutkiewicz about his 2016 Feed the People! from @BasicBooks, coauthored with @gnrosenberg. They discuss food systems, processed food, animal ag, and more. Available below or in all the usual podcast places.

https://t.co/bZL36i7StA

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On the latest episode of Knowing Animals, Josh speaks to Professor Marcy Norton (Uni. Pennsylvania, History) about her The Tame and the Wild (Harvard). Among other topics, they discuss hunting, farming, 'pets', and witchcraft.

Available in usual places!

https://t.co/Ich2pMRJUI

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Today marks our milestone 250th episode! On this episode, @JoshLMilburn speaks to Jin Qian of Wageningen University & Research about her research on the farming of China's forest frogs. Available in all the usual podcast places.

https://t.co/FH9o8MNdmV

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New episode! @JoshLMilburn speaks to Nathan Poirier about his co-edited @lanternpm book Exploring Topics in Non/Human Coexistence: Passion, Praxis, and Presence, particularly his chapter on veganarchafeminism.

Available in the usual podcast places!

https://t.co/XV3ex2jcQB

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New episode! @JoshLMilburn speaks to Eze Paez and @pmagana94 about ‘Sentientist political liberalism’, an open access 2026 paper in the Pacific Philosophical Quarterly.

The episode is available for free in all the usual podcast places.

https://t.co/pu2Sc8POx4

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New episode! @JoshLMilburn interviews Professor Claire Parkinson about her @SydneyUniPress collection Animal Activism On and Off Screen, including her chapter on Okja. The episode is available for free in all the usual podcast places!

https://t.co/iTmBQpGUa1

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New episode! @JoshLMilburn talks to @zarastubbs_ about animals and the uncanny gastronomic, focussing on her 2023 @BL_Publishing collection The Uncanny Gastronomic: Strange Tales of the Edible Weird. Episode available below/usual podcast places!

https://t.co/NiwLKQEOu2

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New episode! @JoshLMilburn talks to @wrwveit about his 2023 book A Philosophy for the Science of Animal Consciousness (from @routledgebooks).

You can listen for free below or in all the usual podcast places.

https://t.co/33BqkgYDFo

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New episode! @JoshLMilburn speaks to @dustin_crummett of @Insect_Inst and @uwtacoma about his work on the environmental impacts of insect farming, published recently in Biological Reviews.

You can listen below or in the usual podcast places.

https://t.co/TfqqDGIoq4

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In the episode, Doris names three early career colleagues as the animal studies scholars who inspire her; they are @PabloPCastello, Claudia Hirtenfelder (@ClaudiaFTowne), and Nico Muller.

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New episode! @JoshLMilburn speaks to Dr Doris Schneeberger (of @univienna) about her 2024 @Palgrave book Envisioning a Better Future for Nonhuman Animals: Towards Future Animal Rights Declarations.

Available free below or in all the usual places.

https://t.co/Kb0ABRsPW4

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Doris's book is one of three shortlisted for the @AASA_Animals Siobhan O'Sullivan book prize, along with @JoshLMilburn's Food, Justice, and Animals and @YaminiNarayanan's Mother Cow, Mother India. The winner will be announced later this month.

https://t.co/g0Q04KruoH

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New episode! @JoshLMilburn speaks to Dr Jack Waverley about his efforts to link animal studies and marketing/consumer research, and his work bringing animals into conversations about instutional DEI/EDI policies. Free in all the usual places!

https://t.co/k03xr5SIU6

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Today's new episode is on a difficult topic. @JoshLMilburn speaks to @rimona_afana about her work on the impact of the ongoing conflict in Gaza on animals.

You can listen for free below, or in all the usual podcast places (Spotify, iTunes, etc.).

https://t.co/saiMxNCaX5

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New episode! We speak to Dr Matti Wilks of the University of Edinburgh about her work on children's conceptions of the moral circle. The episode is available for free below or in all the usual podcast places. #psychology #moralpsychology #animalstudies

https://t.co/oySw9lRWYZ

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New episode! @JoshLMilburn speaks to Stanislav Roudavski (@MSDSocial) about his work on more-than-human design, with a case study of alpine dingoes. Available free in all the usual podcast places.

#animalstudies #humananimalstudies #environmentalstudies

https://t.co/enbnycmxeU