When We Talk About Animals

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, Environment & Animals Program at Yale Law School and the Yale Broadcast Stu

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Ep. 51 – Novelist Ned Beauman on venomous lumpsuckers and the price of extinction

Posted April 11, 202301:05:18

Fiction can provide the most profound, incisive truths about the absurdities of our reality. In his most recent novel, Venomous Lumpsucker, Ned Beauman,...

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

Posted February 21, 202300:51:29

Upon seeing an adorable Koala sitting on an eucalyptus branch in Australia, few would expect the beloved marsupial to emit a booming bellow to alert...

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

Posted October 5, 202201:03:02

Most books on puppies are dog-improvement manuals, guiding readers ‘How to Raise the Perfect Dog’ or how to achieve ‘Perfect Puppy in 7 Days.’...

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

Posted August 2, 202201:02:06

Grazing peacefully through shallow waterways, the Florida manatee is one of the state’s most beloved creatures. Due to a multitude of compounding,...

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

Posted May 24, 202200:56:47

Poet Aimee Nezhukumatathil’s exuberant book of essays, World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, & Other Astonishments, has unlocked...