This Rotations show features live music as some kind of a substitute for the lack of live shows during the pandemic. It is hosted by Nick from Freedom of Species and his partner Katie. The show originally aired on Rotations on 3CR Community Radio on 17 October 2021. For more about the Rotations show, see: https://www.3cr.org.au/rotations  Music played:  The Opener by Camp Cope, from the album Triple J Live At The Wireless: https://www.abc.net.au/triplej/live-at-the-wireless/camp-cope-latw/9714558 Hazy Shade of Winter by Bodyjar, from the album How it Works Bonus: https://open.spotify.com/track/5IMLKuOP51uwaoeL5rjhrc?si=ff5a846ee79c4b7e Planet Earth by Eskimo Joe, from the album Live at The Chapel: https://open.spotify.com/track/4N7ZniOXboZNTpttvCnC7y?si=9f1ddb8abfc74c02 Tricks by Stella Donnelly, from the show Solo Set, Live at Sydney Opera House: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKVcVDs9nIU I’ve been struck by lightning once, so what’s the chance of it happening again by Gyroscope, from the single Driving for the storm/Doctor Doctor: https://open.spotify.com/track/234kW8zzK8WwAIZ3sn7Uqx?si=7e61b94a927c4d7d No by Subhumans, from the album Live in a Dive: https://subhumans.bandcamp.com/album/live-in-a-dive Exeter by Idles, from the album A Beautiful Thing, IDLES Live at Le Bataclan: https://idlesband.bandcamp.com/album/a-beautiful-thing-idles-live-at-le-bataclan Terrorist by Lowkey, from the show Live at The Garage, London as part of Akala's 'The Thieves Banquet' Tour 2013: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAQe1gRzd-8 Four Simple Words by Frank Turner, from the album Show 2000, Live at Nottingham Rock City 15/12/16: https://open.spotify.com/track/5a8pszIE05QolkURab5nPC?si=79c2fd9e5b444826 The Likes Of You Again by Flogging Molly, from the album Whiskey On a Sunday: https://floggingmolly.bandcamp.com/album/whiskey-on-a-sunday You, In Weird Cities by Jeff Rosenstock, from the album Thanks, Sorry: https://jeffrosenstock.bandcamp.com/album/thanks-sorry  For more political music recommendations from Nick and Katie, you can check out their podcast Spotify playlist Progressive Podcast Australia Music and Comedy: https://open.spotify.com/user/bronzecat83/playlist/6DK5AzWfrxSDcpHWlLsWi6

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Live Music as a Substitute for Live Shows during the Pandemic (Rotations Music Special)

Researcher Ben Hunt and Animal Rebellion activist Harley McDonald-Eckersall discuss the role of theatre and performance in animal activism.  Ben Hunt is a researcher at De Montford University focusing on Animal Rights and Performance. You can find out more about his work here: https://performinganimalrights.tumblr.com/about You can find out more about Animal Rebellion here: https://animalrebellion.org/  Music: Art is Hard by Cursive: https://cursive.bandcamp.com/track/art-is-hard-2 Can't Handle This (Kanye Rant) by Bo Burnham, from the Netflix special ‘Make Happy’: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYy0o-J0x20  Freedom of Species t-shirts are now available via the 3CR website, in a range of colours and both tighter fit and looser fit styles!    https://3cr-shop.myshopify.com/collections/frontpage/products/freedom-of-species-semi-fitted-tshirt?fbclid=IwAR0lXtTukvk2EvefI7zwNfwky8848pzh8bjUcJpHAEPoUh6RMCSaJnnGM2o   https://3cr-shop.myshopify.com/collections/tshirts/products/freedom-of-species-loose-fitted-tshirt?fbclid=IwAR2EQqTFmQQMLHbMgcz53L3hQ-H_i63cx2gfTU2LV1FX6EtD7AfkP5M3MQw

Performing Activism – The Role of Theatre in Animal Rights

This show features Youtuber and podcaster Mexie on celebrating the victories that have already been won for animals as well as imagining what future victories can be achieved.  Links for Mexie: The Vegan Vanguard podcast: https://veganvanguardpodcast.com/ PLN (Positive Leftist News) Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/PLN_mex Mexie Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/Mexie  Links to some of the articles discussed featuring victories for animals: https://amp.theage.com.au/national/victoria/illegal-pet-sales-rise-as-lockdown-adoption-boom-clears-shelters-20210907-p58pg9.html https://www.zmescience.com/ecology/netherlands-wants-to-cut-livestock-herd-by-millions/ https://plantbasednews.org/opinion/the-long-read/livestock-farmers-veganism/ https://plantbasednews.org/news/economics/vegan-meat-us-menu/  Music: The Lego Movie – Everything is Awesome!!! – Main Theme by Geek Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StTqXEQ2l-Y Fuck Everything (Report Back from the Nihilist Working Group to the General Assembly of Occupy Tuscon) by Ramshackle Glory: https://ramshackleglory.bandcamp.com/album/who-are-your-friends-gonna-be Optimism (As a Radical Life Choice) by Spanish Love Songs: https://spanishlovesongs.bandcamp.com/track/optimism-as-a-radical-life-choice  Freedom of Species t-shirts are now available via the 3CR website for the reduced price of $22.50 including postage! https://3cr-shop.myshopify.com/collections/frontpage/products/freedom-of-species-semi-fitted-tshirt?fbclid=IwAR0lXtTukvk2EvefI7zwNfwky8848pzh8bjUcJpHAEPoUh6RMCSaJnnGM2o  https://3cr-shop.myshopify.com/collections/tshirts/products/freedom-of-species-loose-fitted-tshirt?fbclid=IwAR2EQqTFmQQMLHbMgcz53L3hQ-H_i63cx2gfTU2LV1FX6EtD7AfkP5M3MQw 

Positive Animal News with Mexie!

This Rotations show features musical comedy songs with some kind of political or social commentary. It is hosted by Nick from Freedom of Species and his partner Katie. The show originally aired on Rotations on 3CR Community Radio on 22 August 2021. For more about the Rotations show, see: https://www.3cr.org.au/rotations  Music played:  Comedy by Bo Burnham: http://www.boburnham.com/ Look Who’s Inside Again by Bo Burnham: http://www.boburnham.com/ HouseFyre by Briggs and Tim Minchin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nZQRt4BXr8 Music Notes: Macklemore’s Homophobic Gay Rights Song by Cracked:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JgPK2pTrcI&t=224s Equal Rights by The Lonely Island: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QS9hwcqcX-Q Come Home (Cardinal Pell) by Tim Minchin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtHOmforqxk Life is incredible by Briggs with Greg Holden: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPSlcrffAY4 Rich, White, Straight Men by Kesha: https://keshastore.com/collections/music Self Esteem by Garfunkel and Oates: https://www.garfunkelandoates.com/ Happy Birthday to my Loose Acquaintance by Garfunkel and Oates: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oy98BU-cf_E Welcome to the Internet by Bo Burnham: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1BneeJTDcU Goodbye by Bo Burnham: http://www.boburnham.com/  For more political music recommendations from Nick and Katie, you can check out their podcast Spotify playlist Progressive Podcast Australia Music and Comedy: https://open.spotify.com/user/bronzecat83/playlist/6DK5AzWfrxSDcpHWlLsWi6

Healing the World with Comedy (Rotations Musical Comedy Special)

 Adam and Davita are joined by the wonderful author Kate Hall. Kate is currently working on a dystopian novel around xenotransplantation. She provides a powerful critique of the practice of using animal-to-human transplants. She also introduces us to her protagonist Mouse by reading a few vivid excerpts from her novel in progress.  Kate's published novel Kate Hazel Hall - From Darkness: https://www.katehazelhall.com/books  Kate's recommendations for animal focused books: Laura Jean McKay - The Animals in That Country Eva Hornung - Dog Boy Karen Joy Fowler - We're All Completely Besides Ourselves Merlinda Bobis - Locust Girl Danielle Celermajer - Summertime Links Kangaroo tendons for human knees and ankles: https://www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2018/08/14/can-skippy-disrupt-the-orthopaedic-ligament-market-.html Radio interview ABC Illawara by Lindsay McDougall: https://www.allegraorthopaedics.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Lindsay-McDougall-of-ABC-Radio-Illawarra-with-David-Chuter-CEO-and-Managing-Director-at-Innovative-Manufacturing-CRC.mp3 Music Played Pink Floyd 'On the Turning Away' https://open.spotify.com/album/4xODvcpjOOgu4oKWL0sCte Emily Wurramara 'Yimenda-Papaguneray (The Turtle Song)' https://emilywurramara.bandcamp.com/album/milyakburra 

Kate Hall, Xenotransplantation and Dystopian Fiction

Trev and Davita are joined by seasoned activist Claire to discuss the crossover between ableism and anti-vax sentiment in the vegan community. We critique issues around the accessibility within the movement, especially for people with an immunodeficiency. This is particularly timely considering the Covid-19 pandemic and vaccine hesitancy. Links: William Cooper (First Nations Anti-Nazi history) https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-11-10/william-coopers-protest-against-kristallnacht-nazi-violence/10481936 Vegan Bill of Consistent Anti-oppression http://www.consistentantioppression.com/ Ginny Messina and other vegan critiques of the 'What the Health?' documentary https://www.theveganrd.com/2017/07/a-science-based-and-vegan-perspective-on-the-new-what-the-health-documentary Pseudoscience in the vegan community https://www.euronews.com/green/2021/04/12/what-do-veganism-and-conspiracy-theories-have-in-common Ableism in the Covid response of the UK and similar countries https://www.powertopersuade.org.au/blog/welcome-to-the-age-of-epidemiological-liberalism/2/2/2021 Music: Busby Marou 'Naba Norem (The Reef Song)' https://open.spotify.com/album/7csjD3dBWReZZ7xkSWA03D Halluci Nation 'The Virus' http://smarturl.it/ATCRHalluciNation Steph Bitter 'Twisted Places' https://open.spotify.com/album/4ImOvXR19FyztLWv1tvONH

Anti-vax and Ableism

Chay Neal (Executive Director) and Amanda Holly (Campaign Manager, Intensive Farming) from Animal Liberation Queensland speak with us about ALQ's approach to animal rights advocacy and some of their successful campaigns including their expose on live baiting in the greyhound industry, the amazing BEEF.ORG.AU campaign, their campaign for veganism Vegan4Life, rodeo campaigns and more. Links: Animal Liberation QLD https://alq.org.au/Greyhound racing campaign https://alq.org.au/greyhound-racingRodeos https://alq.org.au/rodeosBEEF.ORG.AU campaign https://www.beef.org.au/Campaign for veganism, Vegan4Life https://www.vegan4life.org.au/Dairy industry https://alq.org.au/dairyWorld Plant Milk Day 2021 https://www.worldplantmilkday.com/Brisbane Animal Save https://alq.org.au/brisbane-animal-saveMusic:All the Good Girls go to Hell by Billie Eilish https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PZsSWwc9xAJanuary 26 by A.B. Original https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZ9qeX4gUeoNameless, Faceless by Courtney Barnett https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZZSYDhx0FI  If you enjoyed the show, please consider donating to 3CR and specify that your donation is for Freedom of Species – we appreciate any support! https://www.3cr.org.au/donate

Animal Liberation Queensland - discussion with Chay Neal and Amanda Holly

 Harley McDonald-Eckersall from Animal Rebellion discusses their campaign demanding McDonald’s goes totally plant-based by 2025. This campaign has included a blockade of a McDonald’s burger factory and distribution centres.  Links: Find out more about Animal Rebellion here: https://animalrebellion.org/ For more information on the McLibel case mentioned during the show, you can check out the documentary ‘McLibel’ and the following website: https://www.mcspotlight.org/case/  Music played: Frenzal Rhomb ‘Not So Tough Now’: https://open.spotify.com/track/3GekUIPmZj1MxOcZRdStcr?si=bb4fbe72cb914e0c Jonathan Mann ft. Ivory King ‘Vegan Myths Debunked’: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tc8TrchWeO0 Anti-Flag ‘Underground Network’: https://anti-flag.bandcamp.com/track/underground-network  Please donate to 3CR and specify that your donation is for Freedom of Species – we appreciate any support! https://www.3cr.org.au/donate

McDonald’s – Bringing Everybody Together (Because Everyone Hates Them!)

 Trev and Davita chat with Vanessa Letico - author of the children's book Luca's Adventure From Table-to-Farm. Vanessa and the illustrator Diandra Hwan have published a compassionate and gentle book that vegans, vegetarians and vegan-curious people can read to their kids. Listen back for our interview with Vanessa about her book.   Links: You can find Vanessa's book here: https://www.dymocks.com.au/book/lucas-adventure-from-table-to-farm-by-vanessa-letico-and-diandra-hwan-and-laurena-letico-9780646830360  Music Played:Dua Lipa 'Levitating' - https://open.spotify.com/album/5lKlFlReHOLShQKyRv6AL9Olivia Rodrigo 'Good 4 U' - https://open.spotify.com/album/6s84u2TUpR3wdUv4NgKA2jCharlie Lane 'Sail' - https://open.spotify.com/album/1QHQT6rWcwSwTWQR5OJHST

Interview with Vanessa Letico

On this show we analyse mainstream media reporting on plant-based meats and discuss the benefits of eating plant-based rather than animal-based meats, for animals and the environment.  Links: The article we discuss for most of the show is ‘Plant-based meat sales are soaring, but experts warn it may not be better for you or the environment’ by Cara Waters in The Sydney Morning Herald: https://amp.smh.com.au/business/companies/plant-based-meat-sales-are-soaring-but-experts-warn-it-may-not-be-better-for-you-or-the-environment-20210317-p57bi2.html We also discuss the article ‘Taste alone won't persuade Americans to swap out beef for plant-based burgers’ by Anna Mattila in The Conversation: https://theconversation.com/amp/taste-alone-wont-persuade-americans-to-swap-out-beef-for-plant-based-burgers-158682 The article ‘The Civilised Burger: Meat Alternatives as a Conversion Aid and Social Instrument for Australian Vegetarians and Vegans’ by Nath and Prideaux in the Australian Humanities Review is briefly touched on: http://www.australianhumanitiesreview.org/archive/Issue-November2011/nath%26prideaux.html We finish the show by discussing cultured meat – for more on this, check out our previous episode on the topic: https://www.3cr.org.au/freedomofspecies/episode-202101171300/would-vegans-eat-cultured-meat  Music played: Goldfinger ‘Walk Away’: http://www.goldfingermusic.com/ The Living End ‘End of the World’: http://www.thelivingend.com.au/ World/Inferno Friendly Society ‘Cats are not lucky creatures’: https://www.worldinferno.com/  If you enjoy the music we play on our show, check out our Spotify playlist ‘Freedom of Species’! https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3TJQujKYjGFoFP6LhBbaTS?si=a84054801d704f12  Freedom of Species t-shirts are now available via the 3CR website, in a range of colours and both tighter fit and looser fit styles!   https://3cr-shop.myshopify.com/collections/frontpage/products/freedom-of-species-semi-fitted-tshirt?fbclid=IwAR0lXtTukvk2EvefI7zwNfwky8848pzh8bjUcJpHAEPoUh6RMCSaJnnGM2o   https://3cr-shop.myshopify.com/collections/tshirts/products/freedom-of-species-loose-fitted-tshirt?fbclid=IwAR2EQqTFmQQMLHbMgcz53L3hQ-H_i63cx2gfTU2LV1FX6EtD7AfkP5M3MQw

Stop Mocking Mock Meats! Interrogating Media Reporting on Plant-Based Meats

Have you ever heard people discussing gene editing of predators to turn them into herbivores? Or to gene edit animals who have many offspring, to have them create far fewer offspring? These are some of the extreme suggestions coming from advocates to reduce the suffering of wild animals. So what’s up with WAS? Davita and Trev discuss ideas within this movement, and the many responses to it.   Links:  Murray Lower Darling Rivers Indigenous Nations: https://www.facebook.com/mldrin  Herbivorize Predators: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSaX8vDzaVvMGGfAPA2-Dsw/about  Estimates for the number of animals in the world: https://reducing-suffering.org/how-many-wild-animals-are-there  Overview of Wild Animal Suffering: https://longtermrisk.org/the-importance-of-wild-animal-suffering  PTSD in wild animals: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6685979/   Music Played: Deadstar 'Don't it get you down': https://open.spotify.com/album/6ugwsPiMoCHWsKyrIuJ1AZ Jordan Rakei 'Lost Myself':  https://jordanrakei.bandcamp.com/album/cloak World Sick 'Shower': https://worldsick.bandcamp.com/album/shower   Podcast Image: https://www.flickr.com/photos/50457550@N00 This image is licensed with CC BY-SA 2.0. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/ 

Reducing Wild Animal Suffering (WAS)

We speak with Robyn from Lamb Care Australia, a not-for-profit registered charity that resucues and rehomes orphanied lambs born during the lambing season in Victoria.We discuss how Robyn's experiences caring for newborn lambs prompted her and others to form the charity and how they help lambs in need with the support of exceptional carers. Robyn talks about some of the lambs that have really made an impact on her including Ben, Dawn and Mimi. Ben is pictured in the photo with Robyn here.Please view the stories of the gorgeous individuals that have come into LCA's care here: https://lambcareaustralia.org.au/our-lambs/There are lot of ways you can support Lamb Care Australia including making a donation or purchasing  merchandise, checking out the volunteering options, or purchasing items from the LCA wishlist that will help them continue their great work. Details here: https://lambcareaustralia.org.au/how-to-help/wishlist/Lamb Care Australia has an upcoming fundraising event, Trivia for the Lambs on Sunday August 14, 2021 at the Edinburgh Gardens Community Hall in Fitzroy North, VIC. Tickets are available here: https://lambcareaustralia.org.au/blog/ Music we played on the show:Riverside by Anges Obel https://www.agnesobel.com/First day of my life by Bright Eyes https://www.thisisbrighteyes.com/index.php

Lamb Care Australia and winter lambing

 On this show we are raising money to support 3CR Radiothon with our animal trivia show! Please donate via our GiveNow page: tinyurl.com/48yjk96v  3CR has supported Freedom of Species for over ten years. Anything you can donate is a big help! Thank you everybody who has donated already. Listen in and see if you can beat us to the correct answers! All hosts are live on air and the winner of this show is the sound effects.   Music Played Magic Dirt 'Competition Girl' - https://open.spotify.com/album/5PlFvFbKnFPpgAI1X9Ty3Y Soul 'Outsiders' - https://sole.bandcamp.com/album/no-god-nor-country-3 Leanne Kingwell 'Choking on Halos' - https://open.spotify.com/album/3DYS30pmGQ7fbFQvC9AZv5 

Radiothon 2021 Animal Trivia!

The recent snap lockdown in Melbourne provided a good opportunity for Trev and Davita to stay put and review what has happened in the past months in the animal advocacy world. Listen in to the Freedom of Species News Show for current events in Melbourne and Victoria’s activism groups, international activism, legislation and culture and media.  And please donate to our radiothon campaign, to keep Freedom of Species and 3CR on the air for another year!  https://www.givenow.com.au/crowdraiser/public/freedomofspeciesradiothon2021  Links:  WAR (Warriors of the Aboriginal Resistance) recommended First Nations facebook pages and groups to follow: https://www.facebook.com/WARcollective/posts/314739183589313  Victoria Wildlife Act 1975 - review and open submissions: https://engage.vic.gov.au/independent-review-victorias-wildlife-act-1975  Animal Rebellion UK McDonalds campaign https://animalrebellion.org/noloveinit/  Greta Thunberg’s ad in cooperation with mercy for animals https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAOCnDMGdKU https://www.sbs.com.au/news/greta-thunberg-hails-australian-court-ruling-as-a-huge-win-for-the-whole-climate-movement  Vegan children health study   https://academic.oup.com/ajcn/article/113/6/1565/6178918  BDS: https://bdsaustralia.net.au/campaigns/stop-elbit/ https://bdsaustralia.net.au/campaigns/boycott-israeli-dates-checkthedate/ https://bdsmovement.net/get-involved/what-to-boycott  New Zealand Live export ban https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/apr/14/new-zealand-to-stop-exporting-livestock-by-sea https://safe.org.nz/take-action/demand-ban-live-export-2/  UK sentience legislation https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/may/12/animals-to-be-formally-recognised-as-sentient-beings-in-uk-law  EU proposal to ban more dairy terms for vegan products https://plantbasednews.org/culture/law-and-politics/european-parliament-rejects-dairy-ban/  JBS ransomware cyber attack https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-05-31/cyber-attack-shuts-down-global-meat-processing-giant-jbs/100178310  Freedom of Species Survey https://forms.gle/Q5MQDFHLZheCFTGQ7   Music Played: Ruby Gill 'Borderlines' https://open.spotify.com/album/3242Bu9TVXE2MemMn6jjvN Dear Stalker 'Back For A Beating' https://open.spotify.com/album/0Pi8HJBRsHPwzjt7wdV0Az The Superjesus 'Milk' https://open.spotify.com/album/5NXfQ3oIhEbkafEm7WoJBk  Podcast Image: https://www.flickr.com/people/chodhound/ This image is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, PO Box 1866, Mountain View, CA 94042, USA. 

Centering Animals in the News

This show features the talk 'Anti-speciesism and the Fight for Global Climate Justice' by Harley and Jam from Animal Rebellion. The talk covers speciesism (discrimination based on species) and connections to other issues such as capitalism, colonisation and racism.  Links: Check out the video of the full talk on Animal Rebellion’s Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMBWOUnuicQ&ab_channel=AnimalRebellion Find out more about Animal Rebellion here: https://animalrebellion.org/  Music: Every Last Life by RESIST AND EXIST: https://resistandexist.bandcamp.com/track/every-last-life Ancient Dreams in a Modern Land by MARINA: https://www.marinaofficial.co.uk/ Black Magic by Baker Boy and Dallas Woods: https://www.bakerboyofficial.com/

It’s Not Natural! Challenging Speciesism with Animal Rebellion

Animal advocacy on the airwaves, hosted by a team of local animal advocates.

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