The Animal Turn

Animals are increasingly at the forefront of research questions – Not as shadows to human stories, or as beings we want to understand biologically, or for purely our benefit – but as beings who have histories, stories, and geographies of their own. Each season is set around themes with each episode unpacking a particular animal turn concept and its significance therein. Join Claudia Hirtenfelder as she delves into some of the most important ideas emerging out of this recent turn in scholarship, thinking, and being.

Bonus: Sensory Pollution with Brett Seymoure and Jennifer Phillips
Apr 28, 2025 – 58:41
Bonus: Big Cat Trade with Vanessa Amoroso
Apr 14, 2025 – 51:28
S7E10: Grad Review with Rashmi Singh Rana and Priyanshu Thapliyal
Feb 24, 2025 – 01:38:52
S7E9: Dogs’ Health with Jessica Pierce
Feb 10, 2025 – 01:19:08
S7E8: Pavlov’s Dogs with Matthew Adams
Feb 6, 2025 – 01:26:13
S7E7: Urban Health Histories with Heeral Chhabra
Jan 20, 2025 – 01:17:14
S7E6: Compassionate Conservation with Daniel Ramp
Jan 13, 2025 – 01:46:14
S7E5: Marginalized Multispecies Collectives with Oswaldo Santos Baquero
Dec 23, 2024 – 01:51:49
S7E4: Behavioural Ecology with Anindita Bhadra
Dec 3, 2024 – 01:14:54
S7E3 - Species Story with Mariam Fraser Motamedi
Nov 18, 2024 – 01:33:10
S7E2 - Healthy Publics with Melanie Rock and Gwendolyn Blue
Nov 11, 2024 – 01:52:18
S7E1: Multispecies Health with Guillem Rubio-Ramon and Krithika Srinivasan
Nov 4, 2024 – 01:28:56
Bonus: Exploring Dog Cognition with Alexandra Horowitz
Nov 3, 2024 – 01:15:33
Bonus: Kindred Creatures with Monica Murphy and Bill Wasik
Oct 28, 2024 – 01:17:55
Bonus: Animals in Media
Oct 8, 2024 – 02:01:40
Bonus: The Salmon People Podcast with Sandra Bartlett
Sep 9, 2024 – 01:03:06
Bonus: Creativity with Carol Gigliotti
Aug 26, 2024 – 01:15:25
Bonus: Veterinary Ethics and Animal Welfare with Sean Wensley
Aug 12, 2024 – 01:17:39
S6EB: Problematization with Claudia Hirtenfelder
Jul 29, 2024 – 01:13:42
S6E10: Grad Review with Virginia Thomas and Darren Chang
Apr 1, 2024 – 01:29:43
S6E9: International Relations with Andrea Schapper
Mar 4, 2024 – 01:09:32
S6E8: Re-Animalization with Krithika Srinivasan
Feb 5, 2024 – 01:11:23
S6E7: Animal Photojournalism with Jo-Anne McArthur
Jan 15, 2024 – 01:16:15
S6E6: Social Movement Mobilization and Feminism with Corey Lee Wrenn
Dec 26, 2023 – 01:13:32
S6E5: Abolition with Gary Francione
Dec 11, 2023 – 01:36:49
S6E4: Violence with Dinesh Wadiwel
Nov 20, 2023 – 01:30:01
S6E3: Moral Imagination and Habitat Rights with Steve Cooke
Nov 13, 2023 – 01:13:03
S6E2: Cosmopolitanism with Angie Pepper
Nov 6, 2023 – 01:22:35
S6E1: Politics with Will Kymlicka
Oct 22, 2023 – 01:21:45
News: The Animal Turn Shortlisted in the International Women's Podcasting Awards
Oct 20, 2023 – 24:16
Bonus: Interference with Paul Watson
Oct 16, 2023 – 59:50
Bonus: Phoenix Zones with Hope Ferdowsian
Oct 9, 2023 – 01:00:33
Bonus: Justice with Josh Milburn
Jul 31, 2023 – 01:25:08
Bonus: Mother with Yamini Narayanan
Jun 14, 2023 – 01:06:22
Bonus: Koalas with Danielle Clode
Jun 1, 2023 – 56:23
Bonus: Wonder (dog) with Jules Howard
Apr 19, 2023 – 01:03:43
Bonus: Animals and Tourism with Carol Kline and Jes Hooper
Feb 23, 2023 – 01:04:34
S5E10: Grad Review with Oliver French and Amanda Bunten-Walberg
Feb 20, 2023 – 01:36:40
S5E9: One Health with Nina Jamal
Jan 25, 2023 – 01:09:41
S5E8: Community Led Conservation with Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka
Jan 9, 2023 – 01:20:06
S5E7: Politics of Domestication with Chi Mao Wang
Dec 19, 2022 – 01:05:32
S5E6: Animal Farm Activism with Camille Labchuk
Dec 4, 2022 – 01:09:10
S5E5: Animal Testing and its Alternatives with Thomas Hartung
Nov 21, 2022 – 01:13:09
S5E4: Epidemiological dividual with Christos Lynteris
Nov 14, 2022 – 01:12:06
S5E3: Feral and Invasive Species with Lauren van Patter
Oct 31, 2022 – 01:13:31
S5E2: Bioethics with Jeff Sebo
Oct 24, 2022 – 01:13:44
S5E1: Biosecurity with Steve Hinchliffe
Oct 17, 2022 – 01:22:13
Bonus: Sentientism with Jamie Woodhouse
Oct 12, 2022 – 01:06:43
Bonus: Critical Animal Theory with Lori Gruen and Alice Crary
Sep 19, 2022 – 01:12:44
News: An Update
Sep 16, 2022 – 05:14