Posts Tagged ‘dairy’

Episode 201: Social Justice Warrior Happy Hour #2, Featuring Arrogant Podcasters

Posted: February 12, 2018 in Uncategorized
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Invasion Day

Photo of the Invasion Day rally in Melbourne, from: https://www.facebook.com/IAmAboriginal/

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As with our last Social Justice Warrior Happy Hour, on this one we cover a wide range of topics. We start off by giving a recap of the Invasion Day rally in Melbourne, which we promoted on episode 198. You can listen to our recording of a talk from the rally by historian Gary Foley and also check out our 199th episode for discussion on different approaches to Aboriginal activism in Australia.

We also mention Nick’s article ‘Ford’s Attempts to Moderate the CORE of the Civil Rights Movement’, inspired by a recent episode of the podcast Revolutionary Left Radio on the Black Panther Party. There’s a return of the segment ‘Angela Davis ALWAYS Makes Sense’, this time on the Black Panther Party.

The government repression of GetUp! and right-wing conspiracy theories about GetUp! is another topic covered.

We finish the episode by discussing vegans hijacking the #Februdairy campaign from the dairy industry, feminism and dairy, and the Be Fair Be Vegan ad campaign.

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Clips:

NOFX ‘The Marxist Brothers’, Angela Davis – interview 1972 – talking about revolution, Camp Cope ‘The Opener’.

Episode 178: Time to Relax – Avoiding Activist Burnout

Posted: July 31, 2017 in Uncategorized
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You can listen to this episode above and subscribe to our podcast on iTunes. You can also listen to this episode on Stitcher, Cyber Ears or download it on Archive.org (64mins, 49MB).

The episode features Bede Carmody’s talk ‘Sustainable Activism: How to avoid becoming burnt out as an activist’. You can hear part one of this talk, covering what activist burnout is and why it is an important issue to address, on episode 177. The parts of the talk we play on this episode are on signs of activist burnout and tips for avoiding activist burnout. Bede works full-time for Amnesty International AND also runs A Poultry Place animal sanctuary! We have uploaded the final section of Bede’s talk on tips for avoiding activist burnout here and it is also embedded below.

Here are some additional sources on activist burnout that Bede recommends: flyer on sustainable activism and avoiding burnout by Activist Trauma Support, a 5 Minute Mindful Breathing Exercise (you can also hear Katie discussing mindfulness on episode 92), plantothrive.net.au (which features an article by Bede), lifelongactivist.com, compassionfatigue.org and rockwoodleadership.org.

Image from veganstrategist.org

The episode also features some listener feedback on our article on the Animal Justice Party, the Advertising Standards Authority finds that humane milk is a myth and further discussion on the topic of wild animal suffering, which we covered on episode 172. If you’re interested in hearing more on this topic, we recommend Alex Vince’s talk ‘Challenging the Pest Epithet’, from the 2016 Institute for Critical Animal Studies (ICAS) Oceania conference. Bede’s talk is also from this conference – you can find links to listen to all of the talks from this conference in the show notes for our 152nd episode. We’ve also recently both attended and spoken at the 2017 ICAS conference – we’ll do a recap of that conference next episode and you can also hear the talks we’ve uploaded from this conference here.

TV show recommendation: You’re the Worst.

This episode is brought to you by Jason – thanks a lot to Jason for donating to our show! You can hear Jason on our podcast discussing US politics and effective altruism. If you’d like to donate to our show, you can contact us for bank details. People can also support the show by sharing our episodes around on Twitter and Facebook – thanks 🙂

Clips:

The Smith Street Band ft Laura Stevenson & Tim Rogers ‘Run into the World’, Bede Carmody’s talk ‘Sustainable Activism: How to avoid becoming burnt out as an activist’, Akala ‘Time to Relax’.

Episode 159: Funnily Enough, Killing Doesn’t Help to Rehabilitate Prisoners

Posted: January 23, 2017 in Uncategorized
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Vanessa and her two co-hosts recording VeganSci podcast.

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This time Nick is joined by Vanessa, a forensic psychology doctoral student and one of the hosts of VeganSci podcast. We discuss animal activism and Vanessa’s experiences with working in prisons. Vanessa also raises the issue of prisoners working in slaughterhouses as part of their rehabilitation. This is despite the psychological harm that slaughterhouse work does to the workers and the communities in which they live. Check out Nick’s interview with an Australian slaughterhouse worker and the journal article ‘Routinized killing of animals: Going beyond dirty work and prestige to understand the well-being of slaughterhouse workers’ for more on this.

We also discuss a recent silent protest against the dairy industry that we were both involved in.

Vanessa also covers how she has cut her shopping budget in half since she has gone vegan. For more on this, you can hear Nick and Katie’s discussion on living vegan on a low income here and below.

Nick also briefly touches on some current events and updates including: Invasion Day rallies 2017, our (old) episode on Invasion Day, Chelsea Manning free 17 May, Centrelink whistle blower, prison privatisation in Australia and pedestrian deaths in Melbourne.

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Clips:

LOGIC & LAST RESORT FT. SHADIA MANSOUR, ELZ & RENEE SOUL ‘Testimony’, VeganSci podcast ‘Episode 1’, Jonathan Mann & Ivory King ‘The Truth About Dairy Cows’, Gary Murray’s speech at the 2016 Invasion Day rally in Melbourne, Akala ‘Fire in the Booth, Pt..1’.

You can listen to a short (5 minute) version of this episode, which features our discussion on prisoners working in slaughterhouses as part of their rehabilitation, here and below. You can subscribe to these short versions of our episodes through Omny.

Episode 76: WTF is Metadata?!

Posted: November 26, 2014 in Uncategorized
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Metadata

This is our own meme – in the notes below we’ve provided links to share this meme around on Facebook and Twitter.

Listen to this episode and subscribe to our podcast on iTunes. You can also listen to this episode on Stitcher, Cyber Ears or download it on Archive.org (35MB). 

This episode features a voicemail from Luc from Team Earthling animal rights podcast, on metadata and new laws restricting privacy rights in Australia. For more on these issues, check out Scott Ludlam’s page on it, GetUp!’s petition, and listen in to our 71st episode. You can also share our #StopDataRetention memes (including the one pictured above) on Facebook and Twitter.

We also rant about the current government, drawing on a newsletter we got from Liberal MP Steve Irons. We take aim at the government’s new policies towards asylum seekers, encourage people to contact Immigration Minister Scott Morrison about them, as well as promoting the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre’s campaigns and information on these issues. Politician Andrew Wilkie has started a campaign of his own – he wants to take the current government to the International Criminal Court over their treatment of asylum seekers.

We close the episode with a discussion on animal rights. This includes talking about some of the problems with eggs (including “humane” eggs), replacing eggs in cooking etc, and recipes for vegan corn fritters and omelettes. There’s also discussion on The Melbourne Cup horse race, a cartoon pointing out the similarities between the horse racing industry and the dairy industry, and Nick’s article linking opposition to the Melbourne Cup to a broader philosophy of animal rights. For more on veganism, check out VeganEasy.org, our Vegan Perth website and our 20th episode.

We also encourage people to listen to Nick’s brother’s covers and let us know if he sounds like Conor Oberst from Bright Eyes or not!

This episode is brought to you by “Nathendo”. You can hear Nathan on episode 8 discussing refugees and episode 26 talking about vegan cats. Thanks a lot to Nathan for becoming a member of our show – you can become a member and sponsor an episode too.

Clips:

Neil Young ‘Let’s Impeach the President’, Luc from Team Earthling ‘WTF is Metadata?’, George Brandis has no clue about metadata, Mad as Hell ‘Series 4, Episode 8’, Legally Brown ‘Boat people: A message to Tony Abbott from Uncle Sam’, Peep Show ‘Series 4 Episode 1’, Peep Show ‘Series 6 Episode 3’, Colour Me Wednesday ‘(I’m Not Coming to Your) BBQ’.

You can listen to a short (9 minute) version of this episode, which features Luc’s voicemail on metadata, here: WTF is Metadata. You can subscribe to these short versions of our episodes through Omny.