Episode Description
In this episode we bring together a photojournalist from India, a Canadian columnist, and a political scientist/reporter to discuss animals and the news. We discuss different types of news as well as some of the challenges that come with creating news content that focuses on animals.
Date Recorded: 4 June 2025
Featured:
- How to Spot Misinformation and Bias About Climate and Food in the News by Jessica Scott-Reid
- Meatsplaining by Jason Hannan
- Feed the People by Jan Dutkiewicz and Gabriel N. Rosenberg
- Mother Cow, Mother India by Yamini Narayanan
- Netflix’s Liver King Doc skips the meat of the story by Jessica Scott-Reid
- An animal rights activist was in court on criminal charges. Why was the case suddenly dismissed? On The Guardian
- Sentient Media
- Free Willy
- We Animals
- Future Perfect on Vox
- Animal Rights on The New Republic
- Animals on The Guardian
- Animals Rights Activism on The Intercept
- Animals on Wired
- Animals on New York Times
- Animal Justice
Animals in Politics, Law, and Ethics researches how we live in interspecies societies and polities.
iROAR Network
iROAR brings together podcasts that aim is to make the world a better place for animals.
Georgia Institute of Technology
School of Modern Language, Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts, School of Literature, Media, & Commun
Pollination Project
The Pollination Project empowers volunteers across by providing the funding they need.
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