The Species Barrier Radio Show

Coming up today… Sociologist Roger Yates is back to review recent films Carnage and What The Health, we also take the opportunity to look back over other animal rights/vegan documentaries. Roger also rants about reducetarianism. We were visited by Nick (another sociologist!) and Katie, hosts of Progressive Podcast Australia so we had them come by the studio for a chat on environmentalism, veganism etc. In the news Donald Trump pulls out of the Paris climate agreement and Bristol VegFest came to an end with this year’s event. Welcome To The Species Barrier... where two vegan, environmentalists question how we interact with the planet and the other animals who call it home. Prepare to have your preconceptions challenged and explore that barrier in place which separates the human animal from other species. Listen locally on Lincoln's first community radio station 107.3 Siren FM or internationally on the website at: http://www.sirenonline.co.uk/ Full Episodes can be found on:iTunes StitcherArchive.org (full back catalog). You can contact the show by:Email: thespeciesbarrier@gmail.comTwitter @speciesbarrierWebsite: www.thespeciesbarrier.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheSpeciesBarrier

Coming up today we welcome back Sandra Higgins, founder of the Go Vegan World advertising campaign and Eden Farmed Animal Sanctuary. guest bioethicist Travis Rieder asks should we be having children in the age of climate change? Also 2016 was another year of record temperatures, previous guest Simon Amstell has a vegan film coming out on BBC iPlayer and just how much Arctic ice is our carbon footprint responsible for?   Welcome To The Species Barrier... where two vegan, environmentalists question how we interact with the planet and the other animals who call it home. Prepare to have your preconceptions challenged and explore that barrier in place which separates the human animal from other species. Listen locally on Lincoln's first community radio station 107.3 Siren FM or internationally on the website at: http://www.sirenonline.co.uk/ Full Episodes can be found on:iTunes StitcherArchive.org (full back catalog). You can contact the show by:Email: thespeciesbarrier@gmail.comTwitter @speciesbarrierWebsite: www.thespeciesbarrier.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheSpeciesBarrier

Episode 41, we speak to Josie from the Vervet Monkey Foundation on their conservation work in South Africa, and why they promote veganism play back an archive interview regarding Donald Trump's Aberdeen golf course development and Lincoln Animal Rights discuss their dairy campaigns. We also look back on the Go Vegan World promotional events in Birmingham.   Welcome To The Species Barrier... where two vegan, environmentalists question how we interact with the planet and the other animals who call it home. Prepare to have your preconceptions challenged and explore that barrier in place which separates the human animal from other species. Listen locally on Lincoln's first community radio station 107.3 Siren FM or internationally on the website at: http://www.sirenonline.co.uk/

Episode 41, we speak to Josie from the Vervet Monkey Foundation on their conservation work in South Africa, and why they promote veganism play back an archive interview regarding Donald Trump's Aberdeen golf course development and Lincoln Animal Rights discuss their dairy campaigns. We also look back on the Go Vegan World promotional events in Birmingham.   Welcome To The Species Barrier... where two vegan, environmentalists question how we interact with the planet and the other animals who call it home. Prepare to have your preconceptions challenged and explore that barrier in place which separates the human animal from other species. Listen locally on Lincoln's first community radio station 107.3 Siren FM or internationally on the website at: http://www.sirenonline.co.uk/

Episode 40 of The Species Barrier....Part two of our interview with Karen I Shragg, author of Moving Upstream: A Call to Solve Overpopulation, in her book Karen challenges everyone from green organisations to politicians to deal with a key causal issue instead of the symptoms. We discuss the development of The Lawns complex in Lincoln and the continual loss of remaining green spaces. We speak to Pete who is a local man who has a deep attachment to the site and the wild animals who live there. Also, in the news we are permanently beyond 400ppm and in the wake of such stark facts ethicists ask should we reproduce in an era of such inevitable climate change? Bees become an endangered species, and 10% of remaining wilderness lost since 1993. Welcome To The Species Barrier... where two vegan, environmentalists question how we interact with the planet and the other animals who call it home. Prepare to have your preconceptions challenged and explore that barrier in place which separates the human animal from other species. Listen locally on Lincoln's first community radio station 107.3 Siren FM or internationally on the website at: http://www.sirenonline.co.uk/ Subscribe on Itunes at: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-species-barrier/id807610635 Contact us: thespeciesbarrier@gmail.com

Episode 40 of The Species Barrier....Part two of our interview with Karen I Shragg, author of Moving Upstream: A Call to Solve Overpopulation, in her book Karen challenges everyone from green organisations to politicians to deal with a key causal issue instead of the symptoms. We discuss the development of The Lawns complex in Lincoln and the continual loss of remaining green spaces. We speak to Pete who is a local man who has a deep attachment to the site and the wild animals who live there. Also, in the news we are permanently beyond 400ppm and in the wake of such stark facts ethicists ask should we reproduce in an era of such inevitable climate change? Bees become an endangered species, and 10% of remaining wilderness lost since 1993. Welcome To The Species Barrier... where two vegan, environmentalists question how we interact with the planet and the other animals who call it home. Prepare to have your preconceptions challenged and explore that barrier in place which separates the human animal from other species. Listen locally on Lincoln's first community radio station 107.3 Siren FM or internationally on the website at: http://www.sirenonline.co.uk/ Subscribe on Itunes at: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-species-barrier/id807610635 Contact us: thespeciesbarrier@gmail.com

Episode 39 of The Species Barrier... Karen I Shragg, author of Moving Upstream: A Call to Solve Overpopulation. In her book Karen challenges everyone from green organisations to politcians to deal with a key causal issue instead of just the symptoms. World Peace Diet Will Tuttle returns for the second part of his interview and we discuss the anthropocene epoch, Jeremy Corbyn’s pro-growth message and should we really be surprised by thousands of legal breaches in the UK’s abattoirs? Welcome To The Species Barrier... where two vegan, environmentalists question how we interact with the planet and the other animals who call it home. Prepare to have your preconceptions challenged and explore that barrier in place which separates the human animal from other species. Listen locally on Lincoln's first community radio station 107.3 Siren FM or internationally on the website at: http://www.sirenonline.co.uk/ Subscribe on Itunes at: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-species-barrier/id807610635 Contact us: thespeciesbarrier@gmail.com

Episode 39 of The Species Barrier... Karen I Shragg, author of Moving Upstream: A Call to Solve Overpopulation. In her book Karen challenges everyone from green organisations to politcians to deal with a key causal issue instead of just the symptoms. World Peace Diet Will Tuttle returns for the second part of his interview and we discuss the anthropocene epoch, Jeremy Corbyn’s pro-growth message and should we really be surprised by thousands of legal breaches in the UK’s abattoirs? Welcome To The Species Barrier... where two vegan, environmentalists question how we interact with the planet and the other animals who call it home. Prepare to have your preconceptions challenged and explore that barrier in place which separates the human animal from other species. Listen locally on Lincoln's first community radio station 107.3 Siren FM or internationally on the website at: http://www.sirenonline.co.uk/ Subscribe on Itunes at: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-species-barrier/id807610635 Contact us: thespeciesbarrier@gmail.com

Coming up today award-winning speaker, educator, author, and musician Will Tuttle discusses his spiritual approach to vegan education. Rebecca from the reasonable vegan website and Rob,the author of Rational Morality argue that all advocacy should be partaken using rational reasoning only. We discuss Harambe the gorilla, alligators at Disney and a vegan climber dying on Everest. A paper in nature suggests the Paris climate agreement can't stay under 1.5 degrees and 1.5 wouldn't have been sufficient anyway. https://www.facebook.com/TheSpeciesBarrier/ Welcome To The Species Barrier... where two vegan, environmentalists question how we interact with the planet and the other animals who call it home. Prepare to have your preconceptions challenged and explore that barrier in place which separates the human animal from other species. Listen locally on Lincoln's first community radio station 107.3 Siren FM or internationally on the website at: http://www.sirenonline.co.uk/ Subscribe on Itunes at: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-species-barrier/id807610635 Contact us: thespeciesbarrier@gmail.com

Coming up today award-winning speaker, educator, author, and musician Will Tuttle discusses his spiritual approach to vegan education. Rebecca from the reasonable vegan website and Rob,the author of Rational Morality argue that all advocacy should be partaken using rational reasoning only. We discuss Harambe the gorilla, alligators at Disney and a vegan climber dying on Everest. A paper in nature suggests the Paris climate agreement can't stay under 1.5 degrees and 1.5 wouldn't have been sufficient anyway. https://www.facebook.com/TheSpeciesBarrier/ Welcome To The Species Barrier... where two vegan, environmentalists question how we interact with the planet and the other animals who call it home. Prepare to have your preconceptions challenged and explore that barrier in place which separates the human animal from other species. Listen locally on Lincoln's first community radio station 107.3 Siren FM or internationally on the website at: http://www.sirenonline.co.uk/ Subscribe on Itunes at: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-species-barrier/id807610635 Contact us: thespeciesbarrier@gmail.com

Coming up today, Anne Heritage guardian to the at the time oldest bitch on earth and author of the book Bramble The Dog Who Wanted To Live Forever. In this wide ranging interview we cover domestication, dog nutrition, housing developments. anthropocentrism and more. Karen Phillips is the founder of Hope Haven Sanctuary, she tells us why health and fitness is so important to longevity as an activist and as The Lincoln Vegan Festival approaches motorcyclist Allan Crossley stops by to tell us why he'll be visiting us on his UK tour. In the news, we cover the usual ever worsening course of ecological and civilisational destruction. Welcome To The Species Barrier... where two vegan, environmentalists question how we interact with the planet and the other animals who call it home. Prepare to have your preconceptions challenged and explore that barrier in place which separates the human animal from other species. Listen locally on Lincoln's first community radio station 107.3 Siren FM or internationally on the website at: http://www.sirenonline.co.uk/ Contact us at thespeciesbarrier@gmail.com

Coming up today, Anne Heritage guardian to the at the time oldest bitch on earth and author of the book Bramble The Dog Who Wanted To Live Forever. In this wide ranging interview we cover domestication, dog nutrition, housing developments. anthropocentrism and more. Karen Phillips is the founder of Hope Haven Sanctuary, she tells us why health and fitness is so important to longevity as an activist and as The Lincoln Vegan Festival approaches motorcyclist Allan Crossley stops by to tell us why he'll be visiting us on his UK tour. In the news, we cover the usual ever worsening course of ecological and civilisational destruction. Welcome To The Species Barrier... where two vegan, environmentalists question how we interact with the planet and the other animals who call it home. Prepare to have your preconceptions challenged and explore that barrier in place which separates the human animal from other species. Listen locally on Lincoln's first community radio station 107.3 Siren FM or internationally on the website at: http://www.sirenonline.co.uk/ Contact us at thespeciesbarrier@gmail.com

Coming up today... we reflect on London VegFest 2015 alongside organiser Tim Barford and participants Gary Francione and Alan and Frances AKA The Grumpy Old Vegans. We're on course for the hottest year on record, the number of trees halved under human civilisation, meats as carcinogenic as smoking, Study suggests society will collapse by 2040 due to food shortages, Study labels humans "superpredators", in one year 5000 acres of greenbelt land has had it's protected status removed, Morrissey announces he's vegan and was Charlotte Church so wrong for citing climate change regarding Syrian refugees? https://www.facebook.com/TheSpeciesBarrier/ Welcome To The Species Barrier... where two vegan, environmentalists question how we interact with the planet and the other animals who call it home. Prepare to have your preconceptions challenged and explore that barrier in place which separates the human animal from other species. Listen locally on Lincoln's first community radio station 107.3 Siren FM or internationally on the website at: http://www.sirenonline.co.uk/ Subscribe on Itunes at: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-species-barrier/id807610635 Contact us: thespeciesbarrier@gmail.com

Coming up today... we reflect on London VegFest 2015 alongside organiser Tim Barford and participants Gary Francione and Alan and Frances AKA The Grumpy Old Vegans.We're on course for the hottest year on record, the number of trees halved under human civilisation, meats as carcinogenic as smoking, Study suggests society will collapse by 2040 due to food shortages, Study labels humans "superpredators", in one year 5000 acres of greenbelt land has had it's protected status removed, Morrissey announces he's vegan and was Charlotte Church so wrong for citing climate change regarding Syrian refugees?https://www.facebook.com/TheSpeciesBarrier/Welcome To The Species Barrier... where two vegan, environmentalists question how we interact with the planet and the other animals who call it home. Prepare to have your preconceptions challenged and explore that barrier in place which separates the human animal from other species.Listen locally on Lincoln's first community radio station 107.3 Siren FM or internationally on the website at: http://www.sirenonline.co.uk/Subscribe on Itunes at: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-species-barrier/id807610635Contact us: thespeciesbarrier@gmail.com

Episode #35 of The Species Barrier... South African Professor of Philosophy David Benatar, writer of Better To Have Never Been, The Harm of Coming Into Existence joins us to discuss his work. Mistro, musical artist from Norway has a new album out called The Tragedy of Birth and author Jan Smitowicz from America is the writer of revenge novel Orange Rain. Also in the news discussion, we attended the Premiere of Unity (Long awaited followup to Earthlings) and give our thoughts, World Overshoot Day passes, water and food predicted to run out, The Pope's encyclical covers environmentalism and animal ethics, Beyonce's "veganism", techno fixes can't save the oceans, Cecil The Lion and it's been made official that humans are driving The Sixth Great Extinction event in geological history. Welcome To The Species Barrier... where two vegan, environmentalists question how we interact with the planet and the other animals who call it home. Prepare to have your preconceptions challenged and explore that barrier in place which separates the human animal from other species. Listen locally on Lincoln's first community radio station 107.3 Siren FM or internationally on the website at: http://www.sirenonline.co.uk Contact us: thespeciesbarrier@gmail.com