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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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Mylan Engel Jr.

Why Sentientism? Because every sentient being has the capacity to be harmed, and any being with a capacity to be harmed has a moral right not to be harmed. See […]
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Sara Pascoe

Sara is an actress, comedian and writer. She has appeared on television programmes including 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown for Channel 4, QI and The Great British Sewing […]
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Jon Richardson

Jon is a comedian. He is best known for his appearances on 8 Out of 10 Cats and 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown and his work as co-host […]
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Matti Wilks

Matti is a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Psychology at the University of Edinburgh. She was previously a post-doctoral researcher at Yale University, working with Professor Paul Bloom with whom she […]
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Claudia Hirtenfelder

Doctor Claudia is a Geography PhD at Queen’s University in Ontario, Canada. She is host of The Animal Turn Podcast (Subscribe!) Claudia is an atheist (ex-Christian) and has a naturalistic worldview […]
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Jill Ettinger

Jill has been a leading voice in digital media for more than a decade. She’s been published in outlets including MTV, The Huffington Post, and the Village Voice. She served […]
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Tom Clark

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Michael Dorf

Michael is a law professor and scholar of U.S. constitutional law. He is the Robert S. Stevens Professor of Law at Cornell Law School. In addition to constitutional law, Michael […]
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Katie Mack

Find our Sentientist Conversation here on the Sentientism YouTube and here on the Sentientism Podcast. Katie is a theoretical cosmologist who holds the Hawking Chair in Cosmology and Science Communication […]
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Chiara Mingarelli

Chiara is an astrophysicist who researches gravitational waves. She is an associate research scientist at the Flatiron Institute Center for Computational Astrophysics and an assistant professor of physics at the […]
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Simon Amstell

Simon is a comedian, writer and director. He wrote and directed the films Carnage and Benjamin. His work on television has included presenting Popworld and Never Mind the Buzzcocks. Simon […]
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Greg Egan

Greg is a science fiction writer and amateur mathematician, best known for his works of hard science fiction. He specialises in stories with mathematical and quantum ontology themes, including the […]
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E.D.E. Bell

Emily is a fantasy fiction author who (from her edebell.com home page): “enjoys blending classic and modern elements. A passionate vegan and earnest progressive, she feels strongly about issues related […]
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Sherry Colb

Sherry was C.S. Wong Professor of Law at Cornell Law School. She had been valedictorian of her high school class and then valedictorian of her class at Columbia College. After […]
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Karen Davis

Karen is an animal rights advocate and president of United Poultry Concerns. UPC is a non-profit organization founded in 1990 to address the treatment of domestic fowl in farming – […]
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Matt Johnson

Find our Sentientist Conversation on the Sentientism YouTube here and here on the Sentientism podcast. Matt is Press Coordinator and an investigator for Direct Action Everywhere (DxE). As part of […]
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Neil Levy

Neil is a professor of philosophy with research interests spanning philosophy of mind, psychology, free will, moral responsibility, epistemology, and applied ethics. He is Senior Research Fellow at the Oxford […]
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Alene Anello

Alene is the President and Founder of Legal Impact for Chickens. She graduated from Harvard Law School, clerked for a federal judge and then started litigating for animals. She has […]
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Chaitanya Talreja

Chaitanya is Assistant Professor at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) in the Centre for Regulatory Policy and Governance. He has a PhD in Economics. Chaitanya’s research interests include […]
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Our FREE “Teaching the Sentientism Worldview” webinar for the Autumn term is on Sep 26 17:30-18:30 UK time. Sign up at Eventbrite here and please do share it around. The […]
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“Not personhood… beingness” – Professor Maneesha Deckha‪‬ – Sentientism Ep:209

Maneesha Deckha is a law professor at the University of Victoria in British Columbia, Canada. A Sentientism conversation about "what's real?", "who matters?" and "how to make a better world?"
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“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?"
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“To see a socialist radical turn into a conservative reactionary just mention animal rights” – Mark Humanity, author of “The Humanity Trigger” – Sentientism Ep:207

Mark Humanity is the author of "The Humanity Trigger". A Sentientism discussion about "what's real?", "who matters?" and "how to make a better world?"
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