With James Hoot - A LIFE OF PASSION, PURPOSE AND PARADOX - Episode 7
Release Date: 03/15/2020
Thrive Vegan World
We explore Aiyana's evolution from mainstream vegan activism to their creative projects centring anti-speciesism and collective liberation. Aiyana guides us through some of the concepts and language from her recently published book. In ‘Radical Companionship: Rejecting Pethood & Embracing Our Multispecies World’, Aiyana offers a theory and praxis of how we can develop more respectful relationships with others through an anti-speciesist lens, with particular focus on individuals he terms as 'colonised into pethood'.
info_outline With Dr Corey Lee Wrenn - A RATIONAL AND RADICAL APPROACH TO ANIMAL RIGHTS ACTIVISM - Episode 37Thrive Vegan World
Corey shares her research on the professionalisation of animal rights organisations and how this is detrimental to a radical abolitionist message.
info_outline With Michelle Schwegmann - ETHICAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP AS ACTIVISM - Episode 36Thrive Vegan World
Michelle shares how a passion to spread the animal rights message led her and husband Josh to found Herbivore Clothing and more recently to co-create the cook book 'Eat Like You Give A Damn'.
info_outline With Marc Bekoff - NURTURING RESPECTFUL RELATIONS WITH OTHER ANIMALS - Episode 35Thrive Vegan World
Exploring how scientific findings on other animal cognition and behaviour can inform our advocacy in the animal liberation movement.
info_outline With Carol J Adams - ECOFEMINIST PERSPECTIVES ON DISMANTLING ANIMAL OPPRESSION PART 2 - Episode 34Thrive Vegan World
We discuss the claims that the movement is becoming too human-centred with its focus on diet, health and human experiences of oppression.
info_outline With Carol J Adams - ECOFEMINIST PERSPECTIVES ON DISMANTLING ANIMAL OPPRESSION PART 1 - Episode 33Thrive Vegan World
Carol discusses some of the themes of her revolutionary book, The Sexual Politics of Meat, including the inextricable link between misogyny and speciesism. We explore how understanding masculinity and meat, feminised protein and the function of the 'absent referent', is essential to dismantling these interconnected oppressions.
info_outline With pattrice jones - CARE, CONTEXT & INTERCONNECTIONS IN THE PURSUIT OF ANIMAL LIBERATION - Episode 32Thrive Vegan World
pattrice shares her journey from her early activism in the LGBTQ+ movement to co-founding VINE Sanctuary.
info_outline With Lynda M Korimboccus - THE PEPPA PIG PARADOX - CONFRONTING SOCIALISED SPECIESISM - Episode 31Thrive Vegan World
Exploring Lynda's recent paper, The Peppa Pig Paradox, and how children are socialised into loving other animals whilst learning to normalise their use and consumption.
info_outline With Kristof Dhont - WHY WE LOVE AND EXPLOIT OTHER ANIMALS - Episode 30Thrive Vegan World
We hear about Kristof's research into the psychology of human-animal relations and how Social Dominance Orientation and Right Wing Authoritarianism influence oppressive behaviours, including speciesism.
info_outline With Mylan Engel Jr - MAKING ETHICAL CONNECTIONS FOR ANIMAL JUSTICE - Episode 29Thrive Vegan World
Mylan shares his journey from an upbringing in a family of hunters and pig farmers to ethical vegan.
info_outlineExploring:
James' bumpy road into veganism fuelled by beans and Oreos.
Being the best version of yourself and the importance of self care.
Staying positive about changing the plight of animals in the face of harsh reality.
The paradox of finding empathy for the oppressor and the oppressed.
Finding a healthy balance between emotional mastery and emotional expression.
The story behind the creation of James' first film project, 'Planet Vegan', and James' mission to empower a new generation of activists.
The heart-wrenching and heart-warming story of the rescue of Zuli hen.