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Christof Koch

Find our Sentientist Conversation here on the Sentientism YouTube and here on the Sentientism Podcast. Christof is a neurophysiologist and computational neuroscientist best known for his work on the neural […]
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Tobias Baumann

Find our Sentientist Conversation here on the Sentientism YouTube and here on the Sentientism Podcast. Tobias co-founded the Center for Reducing Suffering with Magnus Vinding. CRS is a research center […]
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Melanie Joy

Find our Sentientist Conversation on the Sentientism YouTube here and on the Sentientism Podcast here. Melanie Joy, PhD, is a Harvard-educated psychologist specializing in relationships, communication, and social transformation. She […]
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Dr. Kendra Coulter

Find our Sentientist Conversation here on the Sentientism YouTube and here on the Sentientism Podcast. Kendra is a professor of management and organisational studies at Huron University and a fellow […]
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Molly Elwood

Find our Sentientist Conversation here on the Sentientism YouTube and here on the Sentientism Podcast. Molly is a writer, copywriter, editor, creative strategist and an animal rights activist. She is […]
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Iyan Offor

Find our Sentientist Conversation on the Sentientism YouTube here and the Sentientism Podcast here. Dr Iyan Offor is a Senior Lecturer in Law at Birmingham City University conducting interdisciplinary, theoretical […]
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Jane Kotzmann

Find our Sentientist Conversation on the Sentientism YouTube here and the Sentientism Podcast here. Jane is an Alfred Deakin Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Deakin Law School. Jane obtained degrees in […]
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John Sanbonmatsu

Find our Sentientist Conversation on the Sentientism YouTube here and on the Sentientism Podcast here. John is a writer, philosopher, cultural critic and magician. He is best known for his […]
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Luke McGuire

Find our Sentientist Conversation on the Sentientism YouTube and on the Sentientism Podcast. Luke is a lecturer working in the Department of Psychology at the University of Exeter. His research […]
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Jared Moore

Find our Sentientist Conversation here on the Sentientism YouTube and here on the Sentientism Podcast. Jared is a researcher at the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence. Until the summer of […]
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Kat Woods

Find our Sentientist Conversation here on the Sentientism YouTube and here on the Sentientism podcast. Kat is an effective altruist who co-founded Nonlinear (incubating artificial intelligence extinction risk non-profits), Charity […]
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Alexandra Paul

Find our Sentientist Conversation here on the Sentientism YouTube and here on the Sentientism Podcast. Alexandra is an actress, activist and health coach. She has appeared in more than 100 […]
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Delcianna (Delci) Winders

Delci is an animal protection lawyer, scholar, teacher and programme builder. She is an associate professor of law and Director & Founder of the Animal Law and Policy Institute at Vermont Law […]
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Milan Kundera

Milan was a novelist. He went into exile in France in 1975, acquiring citizenship in 1981. His Czech citizenship was revoked in 1979, but he was regranted citizenship in 2019. […]
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Varda Mehrotra

Varda Mehrotra is an animal advocate and movement builder, exploring intersectional solutions. Most recently, she founded Samayu to undertake intersectional work and apply a systems approach for issues surrounding justice […]
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Yamini Narayanan

Find our Sentientist Conversation here on the Sentientism YouTube and here on the Sentientism Podcast. Dr Yamini Narayanan is Senior Lecturer in International and Community Development at Deakin University. Her work makes substantive […]
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Nicolas Delon

Nicolas is Associate Professor of Philosophy and Environmental Studies at the New College of Florida. In Fall 2023, he will join the College of Charleston as Assistant Professor of Philosophy. Nicolas […]
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Anita Krajnc

Anita is Executive Director of the Plant Based Treaty initiative & the Animal Save Movement, a worldwide network of Save groups bearing witness to farmed animals & promoting veganism & […]
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Nicola Harris

Nicola is Director of Communications for the Plant Based Treaty initiative and works on the Animal Save Movement‘s communications team. She has over 20 years of experience in pressure campaigning […]
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Elan Abrell

Elan is a cultural anthropologist focusing on human-animal interactions, environmental justice, and food politics. He is assistant professor of the practice in environmental studies and coordinator of the animal studies […]
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Brian Greene

Brian is a theoretical physicist, mathematician and string theorist. He is a professor at Columbia University and has been chairman of the World Science Festival since co-founding it in 2008. […]
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Kate Nash

Kate is a singer-songwriter and actress. Her 2007 single “Foundations” became a hit and brought her to public attention in the UK. Her debut album, Made of Bricks, peaked at […]
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Max Tegmark

Max is a physicist, cosmologist and machine learning researcher. He is a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the president of the Future of Life Institute. He is […]
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Peter Lewis

Peter holds a Canada Research Chair in Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence, at Ontario Tech University. He is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Business and Information Technology, where he leads the Trustworthy AI Lab. He […]
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Dhruv Makwana

Dhruv is a PhD student at the Department of Computer Science and Technology, University of Cambridge. He has interests in psychology, philosophy and animal advocacy. Dhruv has a broadly naturalistic […]
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Otep Shamaya

Otep is a writer, singer, voice-over artist and activist best known as the lead vocalist and founder of the metal band Otep. She is an animal rights advocate and vegan, […]
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Douglas Hofstadter

Douglas is a scholar of cognitive science, physics and comparative literature whose research includes concepts such as the sense of self in relation to the external world, consciousness, analogy-making, artistic […]
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Tania Lombrozo

Find our conversation here on the Sentientism YouTube and here on the Sentientism podcast. Full show notes are here. Tania is the Arthur W. Marks Professor of Psychology at Princeton […]
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Andrew Knight

Andrew is Professor of Animal Welfare and Ethics and Founding Director of the University of Winchester Centre for Animal Welfare, Adjunct Professor in the School of Environment and Science at Griffith University, […]
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Katherine Roe

Katherine is chief of Science Advancement and Outreach (SAO) at PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals). SAO aims to change the paradigm of biomedical research by promoting the […]
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Dr. Crystal Heath

Crystal is a veterinary practitioner, a journalist and an activist. She is the co-founder of Our Honor, a charity aiming to create an organized network of veterinary professionals who are […]
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Eva Hamer

Find our Sentientist Conversation here on the Sentientism YouTube and here on the Sentientism podcast. Eva is the operations lead for the non-profit Pax Fauna. Pax Fauna exists to design a […]
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Lori Marino

Lori is Executive Director of The Kimmela Center and Founder & President of The Whale Sanctuary Project. She is a neuroscientist and expert in animal behavior and intelligence, formerly on […]
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Kathy Hessler

Kathy is Assistant Dean, Animal Legal Education at George Washington University Law School and Director of the Animal Legal Education Initiative. Kathy has been a clinical law professor for 30 years […]
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Ann Druyan

Ann is an Emmy and Peabody Award-winning documentary producer and director specializing in the communication of science. She co-wrote the 1980 PBS documentary series Cosmos, hosted by Carl Sagan, whom […]
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Nicky Campbell OBE

Nicky is a broadcaster and journalist. He has worked in television and radio since 1981 and as a network presenter with BBC Radio since 1987. He is a vocal advocate […]
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J. Howard Moore

John Howard Moore was a zoologist, philosopher, educator, humanitarian and socialist. He is considered to be an early, yet neglected, proponent of animal rights and ethical vegetarianism/veganism and was a […]
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Corry Will

Corry (notcorry) Is a YouTuber and podcaster. He co-hosts (with Luke Cutforth) the SciGuys podcast that “brings you the crazy, weird, and wonderful stories from the science world”. Corry is vegan, […]
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Luke Cutforth

Luke is a film-maker, YouTuber and podcaster. His first feature film, “The Drowning of Arthur Braxton” won the Best UK Feature award at the Raindance film festival. He co-hosts (with […]
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Oscar Horta

Why Sentientism?: “For all sentient beings” Oscar is an animal activist and moral philosopher who is currently a professor in the Department of Philosophy and Anthropology at the University of […]
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London Meetup 7 Dec (+ other updates)

London Sentientism meetup on 7th Dec 2025!
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MurderBot, Non-violent Protest & Microbial Minds

Joan Slonczewski is a microbiologist at Kenyon College and a science fiction writer. A Sentientism worldview conversation about what's real, who matters and how to make a better world.
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Teaching Compassion

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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Sentientism Meet-Up 25 Oct 2025 (and some other updates)

An invitation to the second ever Sentientism meetup and some updates about our education work and a potential book!
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