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Two New Podcasts from Sentient Planet

The Weight of Empathy With Lucas Spiegel
A Podcast from Sentient Planet

Lucas Spiegal with a cow
Lucas Spiegel

Hi everyone. I have started broadcasting Season 3 of my podcast project, Sentient Planet. The first episode is an interview with Lucas Spiegel, of Oregon, who recently published a splendid travel memoir – The Weight of Empathy.

Lucas’ global travels pre-pandemic, which began in Australia, gave him some incredible insight into our human relationship with animals, food and each other. His philosophy and photographs are breathtaking. (I devoured his book in one afternoon.) I found him to be a very gentle, sensitive and insightful soul to chat with.

You can listen to the podcast here.

And you can download a digital copy of The Weight of Empathy here.

If you like what you hear, please subscribe, rate and review the podcast – it helps it reach more people across the world. Thank you… ()

Ratifying Animal Sentience with Claire Bass
A Podcast from Sentient Planet

Claire with Pig
Claire with rescued pig

Season 3 of the Sentient Planet podcast continues with my latest guest, Claire Bass, executive director of Humane Society International – UK.

Claire is another lovely human being who is doing great work to end cruelty towards animals – especially the 88 BILLION we slaughter every year for food. It’s a crazy number that I cannot get my head around.

We also talk about the UK’s recognition of crabs, lobsters and octopus as sentient in a new Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill that will become law in early 2022.

You can listen here.

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Living Through Fire with Danielle Celermajer

Another powerful podcast from Susan Woodward and Sentient Planet: Dany is director of the Multispecies Justice Project at the University of Sydney. She has recently published “Summertime: Reflections on a Vanishing Future.”

Danielle Celermajer
Danielle Celermajer

Some of you are familiar with this Aussie author, who wrote this year’s unputdownable book, “Summertime: Reflections on a Vanishing Future.” Dany is also director of the Multispecies Justice Project at the University of Sydney. I felt very honoured when she agreed to be a guest on my Sentient Planet podcast. And boy, she gave her all as a voice for the wild and domestic animals we share this time and space with. I learned a lot from her generous, completely open retelling of what it was like to encounter the Black Summer bushfires and what they taught her about love.

You can listen here. My email: sjwoodward@spiritnw.net

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Communicating Animal Sentience with Carl Safina

“Carl has written extensively about animal wisdom, rituals and behaviours, most notably in his recent book, “Becoming Wild: How Animal Cultures Raise Families, Create Beauty, and Achieve Peace.” Susan Woodward

Carl Safina with Macaw Chick

Communicating Animal Sentience with Carl Safina

Sentient Planet is a podcast I started hosting on Earth Day 2021. It showcases the more-than-human animals with whom we share the Earth and the humans dedicated to their urgent defence and preservation.

It’s been a wonderful creative project to put my energy into during this time of pandemic. The subject matter can be emotionally tough to prepare for, but the interviews give me the opportunity to explore species and sentience and what they all mean for our collective future, and to share the wisdom of animal advocates and Earth lovers with listeners.

I started publishing Season 2 a few weeks ago. A popular guest is the renowned ecologist and bestselling author, Carl Safina. Carl has written extensively about animal wisdom, rituals and behaviours, most notably in his recent book, “Becoming Wild: How Animal Cultures Raise Families, Create Beauty, and Achieve Peace.”

It’s been suggested that the members of this sangha might really enjoy this and related Sentient Planet episodes. That would be awesome! You can find Carl’s interview here.

Please feel free to email me with your thoughts and suggestions if you would like to. sjwoodward@spiritnw.net.