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. 7 – “Eating Animals” film director Christopher Quinn on the hidden costs of factory farming

Posted January 14, 2019 • 00:59:28

Award-winning film director, writer, and producer Christopher Quinn’s new film, “Eating Animals,” based on Jonathan Safran Foer’s acclaimed...

Ep. 6 – Gale Ridge on bringing peace to humans’ befuddling relationships with bugs

Posted January 7, 2019 • 00:52:54

A concert pianist-turned-entomologist and bedbug expert, Dr. Gale Ridge is an insect detective. She solves mysteries and helps thousands of perplexed,...

Ep. 5 – Lisa Margonelli on the big ideas termites raise about science, technology, and morality

Posted December 17, 2018 • 00:53:52

Termites outweigh humans ten to one. If they went on strike, ecological chaos would ensue. We speak with science writer Lisa Margonelli, author of the...

Ep. 4 – Dr. Irene Pepperberg on revolutionizing what humans think of bird brains

Posted December 10, 2018 • 00:57:11

In 2007, Dr. Irene Pepperberg said goodnight to her avian research subject, Alex, an African Grey Parrot. “You be good,” he replied. “I love you.”...

Ep. 3 – Dr. Sue Savage-Rumbaugh on learning from humanity’s closest living relatives

Posted December 3, 2018 • 01:05:24

Twenty minutes southeast of Des Moines, Iowa, you’ll find a large, unassuming cement complex with fenced in grounds. You’d never know it, but inside...