About this episode

This episode discusses recent publications on animal thoughts and feelings, along with a message from Pope Francis regarding meat consumption.

Publication of Beyond Words: What Animals Think and Feel , by Carl Safina; Publication of The Vet at Noah's Ark: Stories of Survival from an Inner-City Animal Hospital, by Doug Mader and Kevin Fitzgerald; Pope Francis told young people that eating meat is part of a ‘self-destructive trend’; Summer Evening , by John Clare.

People in this episode

Host: Sarah Hale

Topics covered

• animal cognition
• animal welfare
• literature
• philosophy
• youth engagement

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Beyond Words: What Animals Think and Feel, The Vet at Noah's Ark: Stories of Survival from an Inner-City Animal Hospital, Summer Evening

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