ARZone (Animal Rights Zone) Podcasts
150 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 5 years ago - ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsARZone exists to help educate vegans and non-vegans alike about the obligations human beings have toward all other animals. By providing a space for a variety of blog posts, forum discussions, notes, videos and more, ARZone fosters a sense of community among its members. Through live online chats as well as through recorded audio podcasts with a diversity of people who work both within and outside of the animal advocacy community, ARZone supports respectful and rational discourse and intelligent dialogue about the most pressing issues facing us today.
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ARZone Podcast 52: Dr. Melanie Joy - Understanding Carnism
September 21, 2012 21:36Episode 52 features special guest, Dr. Melanie Joy. Dr. Joy is a social psychologist, a professor of psychology and sociology, and a celebrated speaker who has spent many years researching the psychology of eating meat, systems of oppression and strategic social change. Running time approx. 53 minutes. Melanie is the author of two books Strategic Action for Animals as well as Why We Love Dogs,
ARZone Podcast 51: Greg McFarlane - Vegan Australia
August 30, 2012 01:21Episode 51 features special guest Greg McFarlane. Greg McFarlane is the president of the Vegan Society of New South Wales, a community-based, non-profit organisation founded in 1981 in Southeastern Australia. In this ARZone Podcast, Greg talks about the challenges of creating a national advocacy organization, the core influences that affect the "life cycle of a vegan", single-issue
ARZone Podcast 50: Bob Linden - Go Vegan Radio
August 20, 2012 23:49Episode 50 features special guest Bob Linden. Bob Linden, is the host of GO VEGAN Radio, a one hour talk radio programme accessible via download, live-stream and free podcast as well as weekly on US broadcast radio in California. In this ARZone Podcast, Bob talks about his radio show, the events, promotions, organizations and other forms of vegan outreach he conducts, the problems
ARZone Podcast 49: Anthony Marr: Global Environmentalist
August 15, 2012 21:25Episode 49 features our special guest Anthony Marr. Anthony speaks about his recent campaigns against oil pipelines, tankers and "dirty oil"; global climate change; vegans who ride horses, speciesism and racism in the AR movement; and much more. Audio podcast, aprrox. 1 hour 50 minutes. Anthony Marr, who was honoured with the Henry Spira Grassroots Activist Award at the AR2010
ARZone Podcast 48: Nick Cooney - Change of Heart
August 11, 2012 17:04Episode 48 features special guest Nick Cooney. Nick is the Compassionate Communities Campaign manager for Farm Sanctuary. He is also the author of “Change of Heart: What Psychology Can Teach Us About Spreading Social Change” which VegNews named as one of its top ten books of 2011. Nick is also the founder of The Humane League, an advocacy organization that works to protect other animals through
ARZone Podcast 47: Dr. Andrew Knight
August 03, 2012 22:00Episode 47 features special guest Dr. Andrew Knight. Andrew talks about his book The Costs and Benefits of Animal Experiments, the problem of vivisection, the use of other animals in veterinary schools, vegan ultramarthons and fitness, and much more. Approx. 44 min audio podcast. Dr. Andrew Knight is an Australian bioethicist and European Veterinary Specialist in Welfare Science, Ethics and
ARZone Podcast 46: Brad King - Farm Animal Rescue Australia
August 01, 2012 13:23Episode 46 episode features special guest Brad King. Brad King is the founder of Farm Animal Rescue Australia, a new sanctuary in Queensland Australia. Brad speaks with us about the needs of the rescued animals, the challenges of running a sanctuary, how connecting people with living beings is a great form of vegan outreach and education, the role of government in animal
ARZone Podcast 45: Marc Bekoff
July 23, 2012 19:12An interview with Marc Bekoff, world renowned animal behaviorist, biologist, author (Animals Matter) and advocate for other animals. Marc talks about the need to connect hearts and minds by "rewilding" ourselves, his ideas about compassionate conservation, what we know about the minds of other animals, and how the way forward for other animals is for human advocates to stop their
ARZone Podcast 44: The Ronnie Question - Kevin White
July 11, 2012 14:01In the first in a series, Ronnie Lee interviews long time UK activist Kevin White about when and why he became vegan and how he now advocates on behalf of other animals. Ronnie is then joined by ARZone founder Carolyn Bailey and admin Tim Gier in a discussion of Kevin's interview. You may also listen H E R E, or visit this webpage to subscribe using iTunes, and please remember to visit
ARZone Podcast 43: Alliance Politics
June 28, 2012 19:32In this episode, the ARZone admins discuss the subject of Alliance Politics. In recent ARZone podcasts and online interviews, various members of the global social justice movement for other animals have spoken about whether those of us in the movement need to align ourselves with those in other social movements. The question is, would our working with other movements help those
ARZone Podcast 42: Ronnie Lee on the ALF & Direct Action
June 23, 2012 14:55Ronnie Lee, founder of the Animal Liberation Front talks about how he is still identified with the ALF, what he thinks about the role of direct action in the movement for other animals, and how he believes that progress depends on education an political involvement. You may also listen H E R E or visit this webpage to subscribe using iTunes, and please remember to
ARZone Podcast 41: Intersectionality, the Internet and Advocacy in a non-Vegan World
June 20, 2012 21:22In this episode ARZone admins Carolyn Bailey, Ronnie Lee and Tim Gier talk about how veganism can be more or less difficult for different people depending on how all the various aspects of life intersect. We also talk about how the different needs of each person ought to be considered in our outreach and advocacy. Finally, we talk about the benefits and drawbacks of using the internet for
ARZone Podcast 40: Cameron Blewett
June 13, 2012 23:49ARZone Podcast #40 features special guest Cameron Blewett, a vegan advocate from Brisbane, Australia, who, after spending many years as an avid hunter, has now been vegan for almost 20 years! Cameron served in the Australian Army Reserves and has also advocated for the rights of workers within the Trade Union Movement. He is a keen writer (see here). Most recently Cam has
ARZone Podcast 39: Dr. Anthony J. Nocella II
June 11, 2012 09:59ARZone Podcast Episode 39 features special guest Dr. Anthony J. Nocella II, award-winning author, educator, and community organizer, and professor at Hamline University in the School of Education in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Anthony is the co-founder and Executive Director of the Institute for Critical Animal Studies. He’s published more than 10 books including - as co-editor - Terrorists or
ARZone Podcast 38: Animal Slave Lawyer, Steve Wise
May 21, 2012 03:11Professor Steven Wise has practiced animal protection law for over 30 years. He was the first person to teach a class on Animal Law at Harvard Law School, and has taught "Animal Rights Law" or "Animal Rights Jurisprudence" for more than 20 years. Author of four books including Rattling the Cage:Toward Legal Rights For Animals, and Though the Heavens May Fall:The Landmark Trial That Led to the
ARZone Podcast 37: Having Heart and Taking Action with Ruby Roth.
May 14, 2012 21:46This time, the ARZone team are joined by artist, designer, writer, and blogger, Ruby Roth. Vegan since 2003, Ruby is the author of two children’s books about human relations with other animals, “That’s Why We Don’t Eat Animals,” published in 2009, and her new book, “Vegan is Love: Having Heart and Taking Action.” In this podcast, we discuss with Ruby the links between health veganism and ethical
ARZone Podcast 36: A Second Vegan Buddies Special
May 05, 2012 02:05In this short special podcast, the ARZone team of Carolyn Bailey, Ronnie Lee, and Roger Yates speak about the ARZone Vegan Buddies programme being fully operational. Its "third stage" - making the Vegan Buddies programme known to new and aspiring vegans - is now up and running. ARZone's second video about its Vegan Buddies initiative is also available. SEE HERE. [See HERE for Vegan Buddies 1
ARZone Podcast 35: Rae Sikora and JC Corcoran
April 14, 2012 19:43Rae Sikora and JC Corcoran join the ARZone team for a lively discussion about vegan advocacy and related topics. Rae and JC have each been advocates and educators for more 30 years. Rae Sikora is a co-founder of the Institute for Humane Education, working to help develop critical thinking skills and awareness about human health, the global environment, and justice for other animals. JC
ARZone Podcast 34: ARZone's Vegan Buddies.
March 26, 2012 14:26In this special podcast, the ARZone team introduce their Vegan Buddies programme. Vegan Buddies is a vegan mentoring scheme designed to help new and aspiring vegans to become and stay vegan. In this podcast, listeners are given a brief "audio tour" of the main features of ARZone's Vegan Buddies initiative which can be accessed via the main Animal Rights Zone (ARZone) website. At this stage,
ARZone Podcast 33: Philosopher David Pearce
March 15, 2012 02:28David Pearce is without doubt a controversial figure within the animal advocacy movement. He is a British negative utilitarian and transhumanist philosopher and author of the online text calling for the end of suffering for all sentient life, The Hedonistic Imperative. In 2002, David Pearce co-founded the Abolitionist Society, which has "Towards the abolition of suffering through science" as
ARZone Podcast 32: The Brit Pack.
February 27, 2012 17:31An ARZone Special on the history and development of the Animal Advocacy Movement, featuring "The Brit Pack" - Brendan McNally, Kim Stallwood, Louise Wallis, Lynne Yates, Ronnie Lee, and Roger Yates. The host is ARZone founder, Carolyn Bailey. or listen HERE. A Toast to Ronnie Lee, or Ronnie Lee You're Toast! Listen in awe as Brendan McNally stops Ronnie Lee in full flight with the
ARZone Podcast 31: Harold Brown.
February 14, 2012 02:44This time the ARZone team are joined by Harold Brown, founder of Farm Kind. Harold was born and raised on a “cattle” farm, and spent more than half of his life involved in agriculture - three years of which were in the dairy industry. Now he works as an advocate for sustainable, independent family farms, environmental and social justice, and peace – through non-violence. Harold is featured in
ARZone's Greatest Hits 3 (PART TWO)
February 07, 2012 11:25Welcome to Part Two of ARZone's Greatest Hits Number Three with Dean Bracher, Katrina Fox, Robert Garner, Sharon Nunez, Dino Sarma, Kim Stallwood, David Sztybel, Jose Valle, and Lynne Yates.Issues covered in this episode include, ARZone member's questions, the "Ronnie Question," up-to-date and local video materials, the meaning of Dharma, intersectionality, vegan supplementation, reading Animal
ARZone's Greatest Hits 3 (PART ONE)
February 06, 2012 13:03Welcome to Part One of ARZone's Greatest Hits Number Three, featuring podcast guests Dean Bracher, Brandon Becker, Katrina Fox, Robert Garner, Sharon Nunez, Dino Sarma, Gary Smith, Kim Stallwood, David Sztybel, Jose Valle, and Lynne Yates.The ARZone Team members featured: Carolyn Bailey, Barbara DeGrande, Tim Gier, Ronnie Lee, Jason Ward, and Roger Yates.or listen HERE.
ARZone Podcast 30: Dr. Mary Martin.
January 31, 2012 22:38This time the ARZone team are joined by Mary Martin who holds a doctorate in Applied Linguistics from New York University. She is a vegan, a runner, meditator, atheist, and most importantly, a mother. Mary's blog Animal Person, deconstructs the language, ethics and economics of our relationship with other animals. You can find her blog at www.animalperson.net. Mary Martin is also a writer and
ARZone Podcast 29: Kim Stallwood.
January 10, 2012 01:55This time, the ARZone team are joined by long-time animal advocate and vegan since 1976, Kim Stallwood, who has worked for a number of campaigning organisations including Compassion In World Farming (CIWF) and the British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection (BUAV).Kim Stallwood.Grumpy Vegan. or listen HERE.FIND THE "DANG!" AND WIN A PRIZE.
ARZone Podcast 28: Katrina Fox.
January 06, 2012 01:30This time the ARZone team are joined by Katrina Fox. Katrina is a freelance journalist, originally from London and now based in Sydney, Australia. She is the editor-in-chief and publisher of the online magazine The Scavenger.Vegetarian since the age of 11 and vegan since 1997, Katrina is also passionate about feminist, gay, lesbian, bisexual and Sex and/or Gender Diversity issues, and the
ARZone Podcast 27: Brandon Becker
December 21, 2011 01:38This time the ARZone team are joined by grassroots activist from Animal Liberation Action, Brandon Becker. Brandon speaks about his time at PeTA and why he left the organisation, the formation of his grassroots group, their activities, and their aims. He also considers whether there remains a place for many of the large national animal advocacy groups in the age of internet and comments on
ARZone Podcast 26: Dean Bracher.
December 14, 2011 01:31Joining the ARZone team this time is Dean Bracher, a British grassroots animal activist who for many years has been giving school talks on veganism and related topics. He is also an experienced organiser of a number of vegan events and animal advocacy activities in Britain. or play HERE.
ARZone's Greatest Hits No.2
December 13, 2011 09:52Welcome to ARZone's second Greatest Hits package, featuring discussions and guest voices from ARZone podcasts 11-20. Guests featured are Bruce Friedrich, Oscar Horta, Thomas Janak, Robin Lane, Helen Masterman-Smith, David Nibert and Jordan Wyatt. The ARZone team featured are Carolyn Bailey, Barbara DeGrande, Tim Gier, Ronnie Lee, Jason Ward and Roger Yates. or play HERE.
ARZone Podcast 25: Sharon Núñez & Jose Valle.
December 03, 2011 04:56Find the Hidden DANG! and Win a Prize! This time the ARZone team are joined by anti-speciesists Sharon Nunez and Jose Valle of Animal Equality who talk about their dramatic street events, single-issue events, vegan education, their open rescues, their journeys to veganism, their on-going legal problems, and their general anti-speciesist campaigning for other animals. or listen HERE.
ARZone Podcast 24. It's ****ing Dino Sarma!
December 01, 2011 19:14This time the ARZone team are joined by Dino Sarma, cook, podcaster, vegan educator, and all-round good (vegan) egg. Dino Sarma is the author of Alternative Vegan: International Vegan Fare Straight From the Produce Aisle, which is a vegan cookbook based solely on produce. Dino focuses on cooking simply, inexpensively and with an East Indian influence. Dino produces popular podcasts, in which he
ARZone Podcast 23: David Sztybel - Vegan Animal Ethicist
November 30, 2011 20:54Episode 23 features Dr. David Sztybel. David has been a vegan since 1988 and talks about his evolving philosophy in the field of animal ethics, how a genuine interest in the concept of ahimsa has been an influence in his life, his interest in normative sociology, his journey to veganism, and his vision for the future. You may also LISTEN HERE. There were one or two technical difficulties
ARZone Podcast 22: Lynne Yates - Vegan advocate and anti-angling campaigner
November 23, 2011 19:12Episode 22 features long-time British activist Lynne Yates. Lynne, a vegan since the late 1970s, has been a science teacher for many years, an education adviser to a local authority, and has worked in Southern Sudan. In the 1980s, she was the National Secretary of The Campaign for the Prevention of Cruelty by Angling (which, when she joined, had a membership of about 5 people!) and, as a
ARZone Podcast 21: Political Theorist Prof. Robert Garner
November 01, 2011 22:25The ARZone team are joined by political theorist Professor Robert Garner, author of Animals, Politics and Morality, the Political Theory of Animal Rights, and Animal Ethics, and co-author with some other guy of The Animal Rights Debate: Abolition or Regulation. You may also :ISTEN HERE.
ARZone Podcast 20: Gary Smith on Vivisection, Beagles, Single-Issues, and the Mass Media.
October 27, 2011 08:38Episode 20 features Gary Smith, author of the blogThe Thinking Vegan, who speaks about ways to campaign against vivisection. You may also LISTEN HERE.
ARZone Podcast 19 (Pt. 2): Entanglements of Oppression and Liberation
October 21, 2011 09:08The second part of our podcast with Professor David Nibert and Dr. Helen Masterman-Smith. You may also LISTEN HERE.
ARZone Podcast 19 (Pt. 1): Entanglements of Oppression and Liberation.
October 19, 2011 23:30This time and next, the ARZone Team discuss David Nibert's "entanglements thesis" laid out in the 2002 book Animal Rights/Human Rights: Entanglements of Oppression and Liberation with Professor Nibert himself, and with Dr. Helen Masterman-Smith of Charles Sturt University. You may also LISTEN HEREEpisode 19b can be heard HERE
ARZone Podcast 18: Reflections on Bruce Friedrich
October 13, 2011 03:10In our last podcast, ARZone interviewed Bruce Friedrich from Farm Sanctuary. In this episode, the ARZone team chat about issues that seemed to us to arise from Bruce Friedrich's podcast. You may also LISTEN HERE. Extra, Extra, hear all about it. A few minutes cut from the main podcast. Or LISTEN HERE.
ARZone Podcast 17: Bruce Friedrich - Farm Sanctuary.
October 09, 2011 20:52Episode 15 features Bruce Friedrich of Farm Sanctuary. Bruce Friedrich recently left PeTA after 15 years working there. The ARZone team were interested to discover the reason for the move, and to explore issues about "farm animal" welfare, his film editing, and his veganism. We experienced a thunderstorm during the recording which accounts for the abrupt ending as well as for the less than
ARZone Podcast 16a: Studio Outtakes!
October 08, 2011 11:52Here are some of the materials that did not make ARZone Podcast 16. You may also LISTEN HERE.
ARZone Podcast 16: Vegan Education in Schools.
October 06, 2011 11:44Building on recent Veganacious and Coexisting With Nonhuman Animals podcasts, the ARZone team look again at vegan education - this time vegan education in schools and in relation to teaching young children about how society uses other animals. How can animal advocates get access into schools and what should they - what can they - say once there? You may also LISTEN HERE.
ARZone Podcast 15: Prof. Oscar Horta - Anti-Speciesism
September 23, 2011 10:37Episode 15 features special guest, professor of moral philosophy and member of Spanish animal rights group, Equanimal, Oscar Horta who discusses the plight of the Spanish 12, his position on free-living individuals, his thoughts on why environmentalism is not aligned with animal rights or anti speciesism, and much more. You may also LISTEN HERE.
ARZone Podcast 14: Robin Lane - London Vegan Festival
September 14, 2011 23:52In this podcast, the ARZone team are joined by Robin Lane, co-founder with Alison Lane of the London Vegan Festival (LVF). Robin, an ethical vegan since 1982, talks about the development of the LVF, vegan education, national animal advocacy organisations, grassroots campaigns, and much more. You may also LISTEN HERE.
ARZone Podcast 13. Unlucky for Thomas Janak.
September 07, 2011 22:35Thomas Janak of Wild Time Radio Thomas Janak is the host of Wild Time radio, a pet psychologist and ananimal healer. Thomas has performed 190 interviews and has a wide array of experiences in talking with animal people. Thomas discusses his successful radio show, explaining its transformation from a human rights show to one focused on animal rights. We also discuss his own transformation and
ARZone Podcast 12. Vegans and Veganism.
August 30, 2011 12:06Going Vegan. The reasons that people live vegan vary. For some, like the founders of the English Vegan Society, it was a matter of ethics; for others, it is health; for others still, environmental issues. Some may go vegan for all of these reasons combined. Furthermore, what of the process of becoming a vegan? What "route" do people take? What triggers their veganism: is it the culmination of a
ARZone's Greatest Hits Vol. 1.
August 27, 2011 16:47Welcome to Vol. 1 of ARZone's Greatest Hits in which we present highlights from past shows. In this podcast, we feature clips from our first 10 episodes, which feature wonderful guests and lively discussions. We hope you enjoy this Greatest Hits package. Guests featured: Kari Bagnall Bob Ingersoll Emma Kaczmarczyk Ronnie Lee David Pearce Will Tuttle You may also LISTEN HERE.
ARZone Podcast 11. Jordan Wyatt of the Invercargill Vegan Society.
August 26, 2011 13:10Animal Rights Zone's special guest for this episode is Jordan Wyatt, Dictator for Life of the Invercargill Vegan Society (INVSOC), and the producer of the Coexisting With Nonhuman Animals Podcast. Jordan talks about his chicken friends, the development of the Invercargill Vegan Society, his recent attendance at New Zealand's "National Animal Rights Conference 2011", and how language is used
ARZone Podcast 10. Hey, Hey, We're the Primates.
August 16, 2011 11:02This time the ARZone team are joined by two guests, Bob Ingersoll of Mindy's Memory Primate Sanctuary, and Kari Bagnall of Jungle Friends Primate Sanctuary. We speak about the Jungle Friends Expansion Project, and learn from Bob about the film Project Nim, in which he is featured. Despite a few small technical problems, this was an informative and interesting conversation between seven people
ARZone Podcast 9. Speciesism and Capitalism.
August 09, 2011 10:51This time the ARZone team explore the ideology of speciesism and The Big C - Capitalism. Using themes from Professor David Nibert's "entanglements thesis," should we understand speciesism as rather more than simply a prejudice held by indviduals? To what extent is capitalism a major structural impediment to the liberation of all human and other animals? Can we see a vegan capitalist future -