Humane Talk features conversations with Thought Leaders in animal welfare, whose books or scientific studies focus on practical and philosophical issues regarding society’s attitudes and interactions with various non-human species. Discussions with members of the Humane Society Veterinary Medical Association (HSVMA) are about applying humane and ethical principles to the way veterinary medicine is practiced in America and around the world, on animals used in research, food production, and pharmacology as well as companion animals.Interviews with social scientists and authors focus on the emotional and social lives of creatures other than human.
Hosted by Tracie Hotchner
Humane Talk (02-26-2018) #8059: Ulara Nakagawa, the organizer of Elephants in Japan, describes how her group is lobbying to save the 14 remaining elderly elephants living in solitary misery in private zoos across Japan. The Elephants in Japan: In Memory of Hanako campaign works to ensure that no other elephant will have to endure the […]
Humane Talk (10-16-2017) #8058: Bill Sacrey on Long Island discusses the League of Humane Voters, and how concerns on behalf of animals can impact politicians and legislation. MP3 Audio [9 MB]DownloadShow URL
Humane Talk (06-19-2017) #8069: Is research on animals moral? A continuation of a conversation with John Gluck, a member of the Kennedy Institute of Ethics at Georgetown University, who got a fellowship in bioethics in 1993. Animal research ethics are not typically studied — a desire for “proof” done by scientific standards. He and Tracie […]
HUMANE TALK (03-20-2017) #8067: John Gluck talks about the ethical dilemma of research with animals and his book VORACIOUS SCIENCE & VULNERABLE ANIMALS: A PRIMATE SCIENTIST’S ETHICAL JOURNEY. He describes what has been done to monkeys in the name of science and how the moral ground shifted beneath his own feet during his early scientific […]
Humane Talk (01-30-2017) #8066: Max Elder returns to the show to continue the conversation about how we need to adjust our thinking about fish, and what the future holds for them if we do not become more mindful and responsible. MP3 Audio [12 MB]DownloadShow URL
Humane Talk (11-28-2016) #8068: Celebrating #GivingTuesday — the ultimate antidote to the rampant consumerism of Black Friday. Kim Alboum — director of the Emergency Placement Partners program for the Humane Society of the United States — thanks Halo for giving a bowl of food for every $1 donated to the HSUS on this day. She […]
Humane Talk (10-31-2016) #8065: Max Elder raises the question of whether his generation has more heart? Do millennials have more empathy for animals? Max has a fellowship at the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics with a special interest in fish ethics — more particularly his focus on “the moral poverty of pescatarianism” (a word that […]
Humane Talk (10-10-2016) #8064: Wayne Pacelle discusses trophy hunting and shaming those who embrace it –– like the Trump sons, Eric & Donald, Jr. who recently bragged about their exploits on safari. Tracie says that anyone engaging in the willful slaughter of precious and endangered species is committing “social pornography”; Wayne says that “ethical consistency […]
Humane Talk (09-03-2016) #8062: Jonathan Balcombe (What A Fish Knows) on the complexity of fishes’ relationships, tool use and ingenuity, and why it’s important for a cleaner fish to build a maintain a good reputation in this underwater service industry! MP3 Audio [11 MB]DownloadShow URL
Humane Talk (09-05-2016) #8063: Wayne discusses the hour he spent with Oprah recently on her own SuperSoul TV network talking about the issues in his book THE HUMANE ECONOMY and the enormous value that influential people have when they embrace animal welfare ideas. MP3 Audio [8 MB]DownloadShow URL
