Michelle St. John is founder and director of VinE (Veganism in Education). Heather Marshall is a Senior Lecturer and Religious Education PGCE Course Leader at Edge Hill University. A Sentientism conversation about what’s real, who matters and how to make a better world.
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“Sentience is the bedrock of ethics” – Jonathan Balcombe, Ethologist and Author, on Sentientism Ep:228
Jonathan Balcombe is an ethologicst and author of “What A Fish Knows”. A Sentientism conversation about what’s real, who matters and how to make a better world.
Should we be more dog? – Bestselling Author and Philosopher Mark Rowlands on Sentientism Ep:227
Mark Rowlands is a philosopher and bestselling author of “The Word of Dog”. A Sentientism conversation about what’s real, who matters and how to make a better world.
“Spirituality is a great way in which capitalism commodifies people’s belief” – Richard Twine – Sentientism Ep:213
Richard Twine is Reader in Sociology at Edge Hill University. A Sentientism conversation about “what’s real?”, “who matters?” and “How to make a better future?”
“Good ethics does start with what’s real… with what’s true” – Philosopher Joel MacClellan – Sentientism Ep:208
Joel is Asst Prof of Philosophy at Loyola University New Orleans. A Sentientism conversation about “what’s real?”, “who matters?” and “how to make a better world?”
India has a rich history of pro-animal thought. So why aren’t we using that in our advocacy (instead of global north narratives)? – Varda Mehrotra – Sentientism Ep: 161
Varda Mehrotra is an activist and co-founder of the Indian animal NGO Samayu. A conversation about Sentientism’s “evidence, reason and compassion for all sentient beings”.
“The Creative Lives of Animals” – Author Carol Gigliotti – Sentientism Episode 135
Carol is the author of “The Creative Lives of Animals”. A Sentientist conversation about “evidence, reason and compassion for all sentient beings”.
“Change is possible but hard” – Jeff Sebo – Author, Activist, Academic – New Sentientist Conversation
In this video, Jamie talks to author, activist and academic Jeff Sebo. Amongst many other roles, Jeff is Director of the Animal Studies M.A. Program at New York University, is a board member at Animal Charity Evaluators and is a Senior Fellow at Sentient.
We talk about spanning philosophy disciplines and taking academic thinking into the real world through activism for a multi-species political society. We discuss Jeff’s journey from considering Christian ministry, through reactionary atheism, then to a more generous interpretation of religious thinking. We cover naturalism, sentience, the nature of consciousness and much more!