On this Summer Special, Hayden and Nick discuss Reddit stories covering a wide range of topics, including: chosen names, religion, work, class, dogs, sexuality, gender and cheating. Happy Holidays!  During the Freedom of Species timeslot Sunday 1-2pm, there will be Summer Specials for the next few weeks. Meg will be covering the women’s liberation movement on Dec 29 and Jan 12 and Betty will be discussing the history and politics of the cannabis plant on Jan 5. We will return to normal Freedom of Species programming on Jan 19.  A note to listeners that music is not included in the podcast version of the show, for copyright reasons. If you'd like to listen to the full show with all of the music, just go to our site https://www.3cr.org.au/freedomofspecies and hit play on the player that says Freedom of Species - 22 December 2024. This player is circled in the screenshot that we’ve posted on social media: https://www.facebook.com/freedomofspecies/posts/pfbid02ZKjSxuJRkDicbyVivht6H7DKSzRshjarfP1yD4B87vGCSwnFjGXss5k1V4HvxnHEl The full versions of our shows are always available there soon after they air and for the week following ie this one will be available there until December 29.  Music: Horror is a Human Being by Cursive – from the album Get Fixed: https://cursive.bandcamp.com/album/get-fixed Environmental Anxiety by RAYE – from the album My 21st Century Blues: https://usshop.rayeofficial.com/collections/music No War by Lowkey ft Styles P – from the album Soundtrack to the Struggle 3: https://soundcloud.com/lowkey-scmusic/sets/soundtrack-to-the-struggle-3

Hayden, Katie, Nick and Moo Moo discuss Reddit stories through a vegan lens, focusing on the social aspects of veganism. The stories are from Am I The Asshole, Confessions and Vegan sub-Reddits.   Links: Happy Cow’s Top 25 Vegan-Friendly Cities 2025: https://www.happycow.net/vegtopics/travel/top-vegan-friendly-cities Vegan Australia’s 12 Days of Vegan Christmas campaign – check it out for tips, gift ideas, and recipes for the holiday period: https://mailchi.mp/veganaustralia/12daysofchristmas-1?e=3b5432212c Throughout the discussion, vegan dogs came up. For more on this topic, check out the veterinarian Andrew Knight’s website: https://sustainablepetfood.info/vegetarian-canine-diets/  A note to listeners that we've recently found out that while 3CR’s license covers music played live/on podcasts via the 3CR website, it doesn't cover music played on podcast apps. For now, we'll be putting out the podcast version of the show without the music. However, if you'd like to listen to the full show with all of the music, you can either listen to the show live, every Sunday 1-2pm via 855AM or https://www.3cr.org.au/streaming or the Community Radio Plus app, or you can just go to our site https://www.3cr.org.au/freedomofspecies and hit play on the player that says Freedom of Species and the date of the show. This player is circled in the screenshot that we’ve posted on social media: https://www.facebook.com/freedomofspecies/posts/pfbid02ZKjSxuJRkDicbyVivht6H7DKSzRshjarfP1yD4B87vGCSwnFjGXss5k1V4HvxnHEl The full versions of our shows are always available there soon after they air and for the week following ie basically until our next show airs the following Sunday.  Music: Animal Liberation by Los Fastidios: https://www.losfastidios.net/ (I'm not coming to your) BBQ by Colour Me Wednesday: https://colourmewednesday.bandcamp.com/album/i-thought-it-was-morning Plastic World by Intro5pect: https://gcrecords.bandcamp.com/album/record-profits Fast Food World by Promoe, CosMIC and Bushman: https://open.spotify.com/track/7s7C574zt5GCQnKlFh9baR?si=a07a7ffa8b394277

Why do we overlook insects so often? In this show we decided to focus on insects for a change. Our guest Alex Hill is doing his PhD research on human insect relationships. We discuss why people including animal advocates and vegans do not consider insects much at all. We have a short quiz on insects, we talk about the threat of insect extinction and look into the details about different species of insects. Music Played: Graeme Revell 'La Danse Des Ténèbres (Dance Of Shadows)' https://youtu.be/6DVbfPq4B9Y?feature=shared&t=742 Adrianne Lenker 'ingydar' https://adriannelenker.bandcamp.com/album/songs David Rothenberg 'Katydid Prehistory' https://www.bugmusicbook.com/music  Note: The podcast / archive version of Freedom Of Species will not contain any music, due to copyright issues with streaming platforms. The full show can be heard with music live on 3CR radio Sundays at 1pm, or on replay via the 3CR Freedom Of Species website player for 7 days after being aired.

This show features Ruby Ramsden on her PhD research on vegan activism in Japan. Some of the specific topics covered are: barriers to eating vegan in Japan, Ruby’s vegan/animal journey, “insider” and “outsider” research, a history of veganism and animal consumption in Japan, and tactical vegan advocacy.   You can look further into Ruby’s work by checking out her article Veganism in Japan: How ‘soft’ activism is changing minds in a meat-eating nation: https://www.melbourneasiareview.edu.au/veganism-in-japan-how-soft-activism-is-changing-minds-in-a-meat-eating-nation/  We also briefly touched on the Maintenance Phase podcast episode ‘Soy Boys’: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6XaOAFq1c49TpVOFFe9j2v?si=f87353dbab054edb  Another topic that came up was sociological work on vegaphobia/veganphobia in the media. You can watch talks from Matthew Cole, Karen Morgan, Norm Riley and Corey Wrenn from the 2022 International Association of Vegan Sociologists conference for more on this issue: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJxDlMQqmRk  A note to listeners that we're able to play music on our show due to 3CR Community Radio's license but we've recently found out that while this license covers music played live/on podcasts via the 3CR website, it doesn't cover music played on podcast apps. We'll be meeting soon to work out the best way to put out our podcasts with this in mind, but for this week at least, we'll be putting out the podcast version of the show without the music. However, if you'd like to listen to the full show with all of the music, just go to our site https://www.3cr.org.au/freedomofspecies and hit play on the player that says 'Freedom of Species - 1 December 2024'. This player is circled in the screenshot that we’ve posted on social media: https://www.facebook.com/freedomofspecies/posts/pfbid02ZKjSxuJRkDicbyVivht6H7DKSzRshjarfP1yD4B87vGCSwnFjGXss5k1V4HvxnHEl The full versions of our shows are always available there soon after they air and for the week following ie basically until our next show airs the following Sunday.  Music:  Animal Liberation by Los Fastidios: https://www.losfastidios.net/ Abstract (Psychopomp) by Hozier: https://hozier.com/ MUD by Mudrat: https://open.spotify.com/track/423KXgSOZb2wmoEYipMZQH?si=5a9ab8ce62024710 Hana by Fujii Kaze: https://fujiikaze.com/music/

 In this episode Meg interviews Rachel from Animal-Free Science Advocacy (AFSA), a not for profit organisation dedicated to advocating for the removal of animals from experimental science.  We talk about AFSA's efforts to facilitate a culture of animal free alternatives in research, experimentation and training, and how this relates to the evolution of non animal experimental models of all kinds. Join us as we talk about current technology, how AFSA is tapping into this ever evolving aspect of research, and why it's important to move away from animal models for scientific progress.  https://animalfreescienceadvocacy.org.au/what-you-can-do/ https://www.youtube.com/@AnimalFreeScienceAdvocacy https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/animalfreescienceadvocacy  External Links: https://www.whenwejustify.org/ https://www.testsubjectsfilm.com  Music  Spoken word poem by Benjamin Zephaniah: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=793396332139224&rdid=juvvSOL12iCZJnj0  Rocky Raccon - The Beatles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqA4ZiQaGtU  Song for Camp Beagle - Maria Daines: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPYc2zDJhSc   

Katie and Nick discuss well-known vegan spiritual figure Supreme Master Ching Hai supporting Donald Trump. We use this as a starting point to cover broader issues around connections between spiritual/wellness movements, including some vegans, and the far-right. This broader discussion draws on Naomi Klein’s book Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World.  Links: We’re releasing this show as two separate podcasts. You can hear part one of this show, where we analyse the book and movie Uglies from an animal rights perspective, via our website and a range of podcast apps: https://www.3cr.org.au/freedomofspecies/episode/uglies-really-dystopian-story-pop-culture-through-animal-rights-lens Supreme Master TV, New Revelations on President Donald Trump: God-Chosen Leader of America and Bringer of World Peace: https://suprememastertv.com/en1/v/234322965552.html It's A Lot with Abbie Chatfield - A podcast by LiSTNR, SOLO: Divine Feminine And Masculine Is Misogyny Wrapped In A Crystal-Themed Bow: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1IIgOoTYPxTh5KAyOKJ8sY The points on US foreign policy were based on the work of politics professor Jason Brownlee. You can explore his work on this topic – article: https://catalyst-journal.com/2021/03/shadow-wars-and-corporate-welfare and podcast: https://progressivepodcastaustralia.com/2021/04/08/263/  Music: Animal Liberation by Los Fastidios: https://www.losfastidios.net/ I went out with a hippy and now I love everyone except for her by Frenzal Rhomb: https://frenzalrhomb.net/pages/music/2003-sans-souci/ Comfortably Numb by Body Count: https://bodycountband.com/

Katie and Nick analyse the book and movie Uglies through an animal rights lens. The movie is streaming on Netflix but Katie recommends the book over the movie!  We’re releasing this show as two separate podcasts. You can hear part two of this show, covering wellness/spiritual people including some vegans supporting Donald Trump, via our website and a range of podcast apps: https://www.3cr.org.au/freedomofspecies/episode/supreme-master-supports-trump-conspirituality-and-vegan-movement  Music: Animal Liberation by Los Fastidios: https://www.losfastidios.net/ I Don’t Like Myself by girli: https://girlimusic.com/en-au

  In this show, Meg and Caroline discuss the history of companion animals and pethood and the ethical dilemmas this can raise.   Music we played:       Strange Fruit by Billie Holliday       This is America by Childish Gambino       Gibson Girl by Ethel Cain       We also highlighted the work of  Melbourne Activist Legal Support (MALS). MALS is an all-volunteer organisation that provides training for protest movements, information & resources on the rights to protest in Victoria, and fields Legal Observer Teams that monitor and report on the policing of protest events. MALS train organisers and activist groups in legal support approaches and strategies, and can help coordinate activist legal support with supportive law firms and community legal centres.   MALS legal observers are always on the frontline of Victoria’s diverse and powerful social movements and have a current fundraising campaign that will allow them to produce more training and resoures to #FundtheFrontline  Please donate if you can at linktr.ee/melbactivistlegal or mals.au/donate  

 Food Empowerment Project (F.E.P) is a volunteer-based non-profit organization focused on veganism and food justice.  F.E.P's mission to to create a more just and sustainable world by recognising the power of one's food choices. They encourage healthy good choices that reflect a more compassionate sociert by spotlightin the abuse of animals on farms, the depletion of natural resources, unfair working conditions for produce workers, and the lack of availability of healthy foods in low-income areas. Please see the links below for further details on their work and impact for food justice. We also spoke about Plant the Land Team Gaza, a vegan food justice and community projects volunteer team based in Gaza, co-founded by Anas Arafat, a Gazan humanitarian aid activist, and Laura Schleifer, a USAmerican vegan, Free Palestine solidarity activist and Total Liberation Campaign Director at the Institute for Critical Animal Studies. Plant the Land Team buys and distributes vegan food, plants food forests, and provides Gazan farmers with seeds and planting tools. Previous fundraising projects have also included providing plant-based insulin to children with diabetes, providing medical treatment, providing warm winter coats and blankets made from plant-based materials, and our yearly vegan food fundraiser for Ramadan. You can follow Plant the Land Team Gaza on Facebook here; https://www.facebook.com/PlantTheLandTeamGaza/ Right now people are facing extreme harship and starvation in Gaza, and donations are desperately needed. Follow co-founder Anas Arafat here for updates https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100008448283358  Please donate via either of the links below:   Food, water and essential items via GoFundMe https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-mutual-aid-in-gaza?utm_campaign=fp_sharesheet_ai&utm_content=amp1v3&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=whatsapp Winter appeal via Muslim Giving https://www.muslimgiving.org/G4zawinter?fbclid=IwY2xjawGU-99leHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHREx6DqnNsKbUbSzjYKQr_isJpYDLXBpczroGEz9fzctnNUAY6fY6jfhfA_aem_HR9L6c5ldKu8NrDnu_Mclw  Links:   Food Empowerment Project: https://foodispower.org/  F.E.P's core work across veganism, access to healthy food, chocolate and farm workers' rights: https://foodispower.org/our-work/  F.E.P's anti-dairy campaign, One Glass at a Time https://gotcolonization.org/  Human slavery and child slavery in the chocolate industry: https://foodispower.org/human-labor-slavery/slavery-chocolate/  F.E.P's chocolate list: https://foodispower.org/chocolate-list/  F.E.P's collective organisational model https://foodispower.org/our-collective-model/  Lauren Ornelas interview with Monica Sanders on medium: How Food Empowerment Project is helping to promote sustainability and climate justice https://medium.com/authority-magazine/how-lauren-ornelas-of-food-empowerment-project-is-helping-to-promote-sustainability-and-climate-6308b4c989e1  Lauren’s TEdX talk: The Power of Our Food Choices: Lauren Ornelas at TEDxGoldenGatePark https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blfVA0a-CBc Music:  We featured music from Leila Hegazy and the benefit compilation album, We are the Resistance. We played three songs: War Machine, Catastrophe and Stay (cover). The We are the Resistance benefit compilation album is available on Bandcamp. All proceeds go to the Palestine Children's Relief Fund (PCRF). https://leilahegazy.bandcamp.com/album/we-are-the-resistance  Feedback: please contact the Freedom of Species team with any feedback via email: [email protected] Thank you for listening and supporting 3CR Community Radio. 

  On this show, we play the recording of a recent panel discussion, "One Year In: Reflections and the Ongoing Resistance" held on September 28, 2024 and hosted by Dr Leila Dehghan. In this conversation, the panel reflect on the televised genocide of the Palestinians, the silence within the vegan and animal rights movement, and discuss actionable steps for moving forward in solidarity. This panel discussion is available on YouTube as a video recording. If you'd like to watch that, please find it here.    Dr Leila Dehghan, doctor turned plant-based nutritionist and the Founding Director of Plant-based Health Justice. Plant-based Health Justice’s initiatives include planetary health, animal justice, human health and racial justice.  Joining Leila on the panel are: Anas Araft and Laura Schleifer, co-founders of Plant the Land, Akbar Ali, Director of Communications at APEX Advocacy and Wassem Hijazi, founder of Plant Based Arab and Vegans for Palestine.   The panel mentioned two important fundraisers that directly support Gazans with food and essentials:    Vegan for Gaza: https://4fund.com/xdh9gr    Plant the Land Team: There's a GoFundMe for water, food and essential items: link to GoFundMe here and the Gaza Winter Appeal link to Muslim Giving fundraiser here     Connect with the panellists on Instagram and Facebook:      Plant-based Health Justice:   / plantbased_health_justice        Vegans for Palestine:   / vegansforpalestine        Plant Based Arab / plantbasedarab      APEX Advocacy:   / apexadvocacy        Plant the Land Team Gaza: / plantthelandteamgaza       Music we played:       Samer - World Goes Blind       Nemahsis - Immigrant’s Tale       Dami Falasteeni - My Blood is Palestinian       Please contact the Freedom of Species team with any feedback at [email protected]     Thank you for listening and supporting radical radio via 3CR Community Radio. 

 We need to talk about an issue that doesn't get as much discussion as it needs. It's a particularly important topic right now with the state of the world and the exhaustion some activists are feeling.  Today we are talking about activist burnout, what it means, how we get to this point and what both the individual activist and the justice movements as a whole can do to prevent it happening and create a supportive, understanding and sustainable structure where activists can continue to do the good work while also giving back to themselves, nurturing their relationships and ensuring they don't give away pieces of themselves.  Music by Uboa https://uboa.bandcamp.com/ https://linktr.ee/Uboatheflesh Endocrine Disruptor https://uboa.bandcamp.com/track/endocrine-disruptor Epilation Joy https://uboa.bandcamp.com/track/the-origin-of-my-depression-2 Exsanguination https://uboa.bandcamp.com/track/exsanguination Full speech by Dr Melanie Joy https://youtu.be/36XFiTY3SAo?si=m3eq3OKIzR5ln8sl  Photo by Danie Franco https://unsplash.com/photos/woman-wearing-blue-v-neck-short-sleeved-top-tnxRFtXI9dI