Episode 120: Panel Discussion: The Current Political Situation and Animal Agriculture
On this episode we are sharing the recording from the Humane Hoax Project Panel Discussion: Egg Prices Are Not the Only Crisis, The Current Political Situation and Animal Agriculture. The current political climate has left many feeling frustrated as we witness the dismantling of significant government oversight and structure. This is further compounded by the Avian Flu crisis and its impact on the food system. Hope Bohanec hosts a panel of experts who will examine the current situation and our advocacy strategies, navigate the political turmoil, and discuss the effects on farmed animals and the food industry.
Panelists
Vasile Stanescu, PhD, is an Associate Professor and Chair of Communication at Mercer University. He received his Ph.D. in the program of Modern Thought and Literature (MTL) at Stanford University. Stanescu’s research focuses on greenwashing by animal agribusiness, critiques of humane meat, in vitro meat, and consumerist options for social change. He is the author of numerous publications on the study of animals and the environment including publications in the Journal of American Culture, Rhetoric of Health & Medicine, the American Behavioral Scientist, Liberazioni – Rivista di critica antispecista [Liberations-Anti-Specieist Criticisms], and Animal Studies Journal. Stanescu is also the co-founder of the North American Association for Critical Animal Studies (NAACAS).
Kathryn Gillespie, PhD, is a writer and researcher dedicated to uncovering the harms done to animals in industrial and so-called “humane” systems of production. She is VP of Research and Strategy at Farm Forward and Associate Director for the Center for Food Systems Transformations at the University of San Diego. She is the author of The Cow with Ear Tag #1389 (University of Chicago Press, 2018), a book about the lives of cows in the U.S. dairy industry. Her forthcoming book, The Sound of Feathers: Attentive Living in a World Beyond Ourselves (Duke University Press, 2026), explores the everyday relationships of harm and care between humans and other animals in a range of contexts, from animals caught up in food production spaces, to those used in biomedical research, killed on roads, and eradicated as pests.
John Sanbonmastsu, PhD, is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Massachusetts and a charismatic, internationally recognized authority in animal ethics. He is the author of The Postmodern Prince and editor of the book Critical Theory and Animal Liberation. His latest book, The Omnivore’s Deception, offers a bold new way of thinking about human purpose in the context of our troubled relations with animals and food.
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Related Podcasts:
The Cage-Free Conundrum with Hope Bohanec
Greenwashing and Animal Agriculture with Vasile Stanescu
The Omnivore’s Deception with John Sanbonmatsu
Books:
On Effective Altruism: The Good it Promises the Harm It Does
The Omnivore’s Deception by John Sanbonmatsu
Cow with Ear Tag #1389 by Kathryn Gillespie
Article: Trump’s tax bill is a win for Big Ag
Number of Veg/Vegans: http://www.criticalanimal.com/2019/07/guest-post-response-to-claim-that-only.html
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