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Freedom of Species
Animal advocacy on the airwaves, hosted by a team of local animal advocates.
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Antinatalism and humans' impact on the planet
Lottie and Trev talked about antinatalism, pronatalism and reproductive justice, and overlaps with veganism and environmentalism. We argued that repr...
The Dying Trade film chat
The Dying Trade is the debut documentary film by animal rights activist and YouTuber Jack Hancock-Fairs. It explores the meat industry through the dee...
A Vegan Utopia? Animal Rights Themes in Pluribus
Adam, Hayden, Lottie and Nick discuss whether the show Pluribus (Apple TV) promotes a pro-animal rights message, including highlighting the “straw man...
Animal liberation: Shared goal, diverse tactics
In this episode Lottie and Nick talked about diversity of tactics, innovation of tactics and radical flank effects in social movements, and what anima...
Radiothon Animal Trivia Show 2026
On Sunday June 14th 2026, the Freedom of Species team had yet another nail-biting animal trivia show to raise donations for 3CR's Radiothon 2026! This...
Animal liberation tunes
On today's show we chat about songs with animal liberation themes that we have been listening to. Unfortunately due to copyright restrictions, we cann...
Vegan stereotypes: In defence of the preachy vegan!
Soy boys, militants, social justice warriors, hypocrites, bleeding hearts, hippies... stereotypes abound when people talk about vegans! In today's sh...
Freedom of Spiracy: a Critical, Vegan Perspective on Christspiracy
We discuss the documentary film Christspiracy (2024) that was seven years in the making and poses questions about faith and the ethics of eating anima...
Talking animal testing with Dr Dana Kolsky from Animal-Free Science Advocacy (AFSA)
We welcome Dr Dana Kolsky from Animal-Free Science Advocacy (AFSA) to discuss animal testing, including the recently released documentary film How to...
Animals in Japan - Nara Park and Animal Cafes
This week Savanna sits down with Nick and Ruby Ramsden (recently finished her PhD research on vegan activism in Japan). We talk about Japan's culture...
Making the Connection: Addressing Animal Agriculture in the Climate Movement
Why are so many climate activists still hungry for flesh?In today's show, Betty and Nick talk about the importance of adressing animal agriculture wit...
Duck Shooting in Victoria: A Long History of Violence
Most Victorians care about wildlife. Most Victorians hate animal cruelty. Yet Victoria is one of the few states left that still allows a recreational ...
In celebration of Chris Rust / Food Not Bombs
We celebrate the life and incredible contributions of Chris Rust and share tributes from Chris's loved ones, friends and comrades. For decades, throug...
Claire & Jesse - The Raven Corps / Vegans Against Fascism
On today's FoS show we're talking total liberation, countering the mainstream vegan narrative and community building with guests Claire and Jesse. We...
2026 Subscriber Week Animal Trivia!
It's 3CR Subscriber Week 2026! Listen in as we cram the most Freedom Of Species hosts physically possible into the 3CR studio to help play animal triv...
Dating as a Vegan: Ups, Downs, the Meat Kebab Breath, the Ultimatums
On this week’s episode, host Savanna talks with Jennifer and Elise about dating as a vegan, their experiences good and bad, online dating and Valentin...
Wicked: For Animals?
Claire, Ruby, Lottie and Nick discuss the animal rights themes in the Wicked movie series. We also explore representations of racism and ableism in th...
Reddit Stories Featuring the New TikTok Trend, Saucing! (Summer Special)
On this Summer Special, Claire, Ruby, Hayden and Nick discuss Reddit stories through a social justice lens. The stories cover: appropriate attire for...
Let’s Get Ethical! A Guide to Leaving the World’s Most Egregious Tech Monopolies (Summer Special)
On this Summer Special, Lottie, Hayden and Nick discuss ways to use technologies more ethically. We will have one more Summer Special next Sunday Jan...
Meat Propaganda
In today’s show, Betty and Trev discuss the impact of persistent meat propaganda on the general perception of veganism and plant-based nutrition. Meat...
Dream Vegan Menus: Lemon Peels and Slop vs French Trained Chefs
Elise and Savanna discuss their dream vegan menus as we make the case for vegan eating as celebration rather than deprivation. Savanna is now a part o...
Animal Liberation Film Trivia!
Test your knowledge of animal liberation film by seeing if you can think of the answers quicker than the listeners who texted in during the live show....
The Animal Liberation Film Festival – Vegan Zombies, 25 Cats and more
Savanna, Gonzalo and Nick discuss the upcoming Animal Liberation Film Festival. This event is being held from December 5-6 in Melbourne, at Cinema Nov...
Riding on the Sheep’s Back: A vegan’s history of the Australian wool industry (1806-1821)
In the early 1800s, colonial Sydney transformed from a drunken shanty town ruled by military oligarchs to a developed city ruled by pastoral capitalis...
Poker Face and Representations of Vegans in Pop Culture
Katie and Nick discuss the TV show Poker Face and its representations of vegans and animal rights. Links: “I’m a Murderer”: Poker Face’s Vegan Feelin...
The Future of Veganism
Meg and Ash have a casual discussion about the future of veganism. How veganism is intrisically linked to avocating for animal rights, how attitudes t...
Anarcho-punk and animal rights
We discussed anarcho-punk and animal rights with our guest Pat, focusing on bands that influenced us and helped shape our political awareness. Pat is...
My week with the Dingoes
River, Rain, Brook and Creek are four wild-born dingo puppies whose lives took a turn when their mother was shot by a farmer in their first few weeks...
Half Earth Socialism and Other Visions to Save People, Animals and the Planet
Lottie, Hayden and Nick explore what it would look like to have an ecologically sustainable world and how veganism fits in with that. The discussion d...
Riding on the Sheep’s Back: A vegan’s history of the Australian wool industry (1700-1806)
The Australian wool industry carried the nation’s economy for much of the 19th and 20th century and played a significant role in growing the wealth of...
Meg Edge - MMA, straight edge and harcore!
Our guest on today's show is Meg Edge. We chat about Meg's career as a vegan professional athlete in MMA (mixed martial arts), and discuss straight ed...
More veganarchism - part 2 with Nathan Poirier
On the show today, our guest is Nathan Poirier who returned to continue our discussion about veganarchism. We talked about some of the ideas raised in...
Transforming the Food System with the Plant Based Treaty
Nick speaks with Sheena Chhabra, a campaigner with the Plant Based Treaty. We discuss the Treaty, the importance of structural change and the place of...
Veganarchism: Against All Oppression, Everywhere, All the Time with Nathan Poirier
Our guest on today's show is Nathan Poirier and we discuss veganarchism. Nathan Poirier is an independent scholar-activist who has edited or author...
Anthropomorphised Animals in Pop Culture: BoJack Horseman and The Darwin Incident
Claire, Ruby and Nick discuss representations of animal rights in the media, focusing on the cartoon BoJack Horseman and the manga The Darwin Incident...
Ari - conflict in activist spaces part 2
Our guest on today's show is Ari, who returns for a follow up conversation on conflict in activist spaces and in community group settings. Ari (t...
Freedom of Species Radiothon Animal Trivia Show 2025
On Sunday June 15, the Freedom of Species team had another fun-filled animal trivia show to raise donations for 3CR's Radiothon 2025! Can you guess th...
Ari - conflict in activist spaces
Our guest on today's show is Ari, and we're talking about conflict in activist spaces and in community group settings. Ari (they/them) is a commu...
Dingo talks! with Sonya & Alix
In today’s show, Betty interviews Sonya Takau from Dingo Culture and Alix Livingstone from Defend the Wild all about the native Australian dingo. We l...
Anas and Laura from Plant the Land Team Gaza
This interview was recorded with Anas Arafat in Gaza and Laura Schleifer in the US on May 17, 2025. We are very grateful for their time and their work...