The Animal Highlight

Claudia Hirtenfelder

Set around specific themes, The Animal Highlight offers glimpses into the wonderful and complex worlds of animals. This is a spinoff of The Animal Turn Podcast, a podcast that unpacks important concepts in animal studies.

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S4E8: Animals and Waste Review

S4E8: Animals and Waste Review

The last episode of Season 4 is a review of the season “Animals and Waste.” Herre de Bondt, Rebecca Shen, and Claudia Hirtenfelder touch on some of the common themes to emerge in the season. These include how animals are valued as well as the mobility and accumulation of waste. Recorded: 14 August 2024. Herre de Bondt has done research on rats in Amsterdam, crows in Tokyo, and gulls in The Hague. His work has now brought him to London where his PhD project is concerned with urban bird feeding practices. From hanging up fatballs for chirpy robins to tossing seed to flocks of ‘flying rats’, Herre is determined to investigate the inherently multispecies practice of bird feeding. He is particularly interested in the ways non-human animals inform and shape the contemporary city in collaboration with – and in defiance of – humans. You can connect with Herre via Twitter (@HerreBondt). Rebecca Shen is a landscape designer and researcher as well as an Assistant Content Producer and Designer at The Animal Turn. Rebecca is inspired by design as pursuits of worldmaking, especially to advance interspecies justice and collectivity during times of challenge. She graduated with a Master in Landscape Architecture at Harvard Graduate School of Design in 2023, where she completed her design thesis, Sanctuary State: California’s Cowscape in Transition, which envisions the transformation of an 800-acre industrial “cattle” feedlot into a cow sanctuary, a site for interspecies confrontation, healing, and codesigning. Through her design work, Rebecca explores human-animal relationships in the built environment, ecological restoration, and regenerative food systems. You can find out more about Rebecca on her website or connect with her via email at beccshen@gmail.com. Credits:Claudia Hirtenfelder, executive producer and host Herre de Bondt, co-host and co-editorChristiaan Mentz, sound editor and producer Rebecca Shen, content producer and designer (logo and episode artwork)Gordon Clarke, bed music composerLearn more about the team here. Support the podcast via: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/join/TheAnimalTurn Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/theanimalturn Buzzsprout: https://theanimalturn.buzzsprout.com/ Send us a textThe Animal Highlight is a spinoff and sister podcast to the award winning show, the Animal Turn Podcast.Connect with us on Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, and Facebook.

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S4E8: Animals and Waste Review

S4E8: Animals and Waste Review

The last episode of Season 4 is a review of the season “Animals and Waste.” Herre de Bondt, Rebecca Shen, and Claudia Hirtenfelder touch on some of the common themes to emerge in the season. These include how animals are valued as well as the mobility and accumulation of waste. Recorded: 14 August 2024. Herre de Bondt has done research on rats in Amsterdam, crows in Tokyo, and gulls in The Hague. His work has now brought him to London where his PhD project is concerned with urban bird feeding practices. From hanging up fatballs for chirpy robins to tossing seed to flocks of ‘flying rats’, Herre is determined to investigate the inherently multispecies practice of bird feeding. He is particularly interested in the ways non-human animals inform and shape the contemporary city in collaboration with – and in defiance of – humans. You can connect with Herre via Twitter (@HerreBondt). Rebecca Shen is a landscape designer and researcher as well as an Assistant Content Producer and Designer at The Animal Turn. Rebecca is inspired by design as pursuits of worldmaking, especially to advance interspecies justice and collectivity during times of challenge. She graduated with a Master in Landscape Architecture at Harvard Graduate School of Design in 2023, where she completed her design thesis, Sanctuary State: California’s Cowscape in Transition, which envisions the transformation of an 800-acre industrial “cattle” feedlot into a cow sanctuary, a site for interspecies confrontation, healing, and codesigning. Through her design work, Rebecca explores human-animal relationships in the built environment, ecological restoration, and regenerative food systems. You can find out more about Rebecca on her website or connect with her via email at beccshen@gmail.com. Credits:Claudia Hirtenfelder, executive producer and host Herre de Bondt, co-host and co-editorChristiaan Mentz, sound editor and producer Rebecca Shen, content producer and designer (logo and episode artwork)Gordon Clarke, bed music composerLearn more about the team here. Support the podcast via: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/join/TheAnimalTurn Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/theanimalturn Buzzsprout: https://theanimalturn.buzzsprout.com/ Send us a textThe Animal Highlight is a spinoff and sister podcast to the award winning show, the Animal Turn Podcast.Connect with us on Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, and Facebook.

S4E7 - Radioactive Boars

S4E7 - Radioactive Boars

In this Highlight, Herre looks at how nuclear waste has impacted the lives of wild boars living in Japan. More specifically, he discusses how, following the 2011 triple disaster, boars responded to the departure of humans from the Fukushima area and how the animals are being impacted by their slow return. Recorded: 15 May 2024. Featured: Evaluation of DNA damage and stress in wildlife chronically exposed to low-dose, low-dose rate radiation from the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant accident by Kelly Cunningham et al.Fukushima Daiichi Accident on The World Nuclear Association. Rewilding of Fukushima's human evacuation zone by Phillip C Lyons et al. Disproportionately High Contributions of 60 Year Old Weapons-137Cs Explain the Persistence of Radioactive Contamination in Bavarian Wild Boars by Felix Stäger et al. Radioactive Boars in Fukushima Thwart Residents’ Plans to Return Home on The New York Times. The dogs of Chernobyl: Demographic insights into populations inhabiting the nuclear exclusion zone by Gabriella J. Spatola et al. Rare look at the wildlife thriving in North Korea's DMZ on The Natural History Museum. Credits:Claudia Hirtenfelder, executive producer and host Herre de Bondt, co-host and co-editorChristiaan Mentz, sound editor and producer Rebecca Shen, content producer and designer (logo and episode artwork)Gordon Clarke, bed music composerLearn more about the team here. Support the podcast via: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/join/TheAnimalTurn Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/theanimalturn Buzzsprout: https://theanimalturn.buzzsprout.com/ Send us a textThe Animal Highlight is a spinoff and sister podcast to the award winning show, the Animal Turn Podcast.Connect with us on Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, and Facebook.

S4E6: Metropolitan Macaques

S4E6: Metropolitan Macaques

In this episode Herre de Bondt discusses Singapore’s metropolitan macaques and how they use the city and its waste as a valuable resource that is not only important for their survival but contributes to the design of the city. Recorded: 15 May 2024. Featured: Purity and Danger by Mary DouglasCatastrophic extinctions follow deforestation in Singapore by Barry W. Brook et al. Characterizing human–macaque interactions in Singapore by Agustín Fuentes et al. Macaque–human interactions and the societal perceptions of macaques in Singapore by John Chih Mun Sha et al. Macaque too smart for anti-pilferage bin on The Dire Straits. Macaquess high rise robbery on Tik Tok. Waste is not “matter out of place” by Max LiboironMonkeys at Northshore Drive on You Tube. Waste, environmental politics and dis/engaged publics by Myra J Hird Credits:Claudia Hirtenfelder, executive producer and host Herre de Bondt, co-host and co-editorChristiaan Mentz, sound editor and producer Rebecca Shen, content producer and designer (logo and episode artwork)Gordon Clarke, bed music composerLearn more about the team here. Support the podcast via: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/join/TheAnimalTurn Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/theanimalturn Buzzsprout: https://theanimalturn.buzzsprout.com/ Send us a textThe Animal Highlight is a spinoff and sister podcast to the award winning show, the Animal Turn Podcast.Connect with us on Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, and Facebook.

S4E5: Entangled Sea Turtles

S4E5: Entangled Sea Turtles

When it comes to talking about waste and its impacts on animals it is hard to not think about plastic. In this episode, Herre de Bondt tells us how sea turtles have been entangled with the politics of plastic. Recorded: 27 November 2023. Featured: Dave the DiverSea Turtle with straw in nostril Credits:Claudia Hirtenfelder, executive producer and host Herre de Bondt, co-host and co-editorChristiaan Mentz, sound editor and producer Rebecca Shen, content producer and designer (logo and episode artwork)Gordon Clarke, bed music composerLearn more about the team here. Support the podcast via: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/join/TheAnimalTurn Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/theanimalturn Buzzsprout: https://theanimalturn.buzzsprout.com/ Send us a textA.P.P.L.EAnimals in Politics, Law, and Ethics researches how we live in interspecies societies and polities.Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.The Animal Highlight is a spinoff and sister podcast to the award winning show, the Animal Turn Podcast.Connect with us on Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, and Facebook.

S4E4 - Engineering Fiddler Crabs

S4E4 - Engineering Fiddler Crabs

Fiddler crabs, with their one giant claw, are considered ecosystem engineers in mangrove environments. Herre de Bondt gives us a glimpse into the world of these incredible crustaceans. Recorded: 27 November 2023. Featured: Fiddler Crabs by Jochen Zeil et al. Burrow-Morphological Characters of the Fiddler Crab and Ecological Correlates in a Lagoonal Beach on Pulau Hantu, Singapore by Shirley S. L. Lim and C. H. Diong.Effects of Fiddler Crab Burrows on Sediment Properties in the Mangrove Mudflats of Sungai Sepang, Malaysiaby Mohammad Mokhtari et al. Contrasting Effects of Two Burrowing Crabs on Sediment Composition and Transport in Estuarine Environments by F. Botto and O. Iribarne.State of the World’s Mangroves by the Nature Conservancy. Bigger is Better by National Geographic. Credits:Claudia Hirtenfelder, executive producer and host Herre de Bondt, co-host and co-editorChristiaan Mentz, sound editor and producer Rebecca Shen, content producer and designer (logo and episode artwork)Gordon Clarke, bed music composerLearn more about the team here. Support the podcast via: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/join/TheAnimalTurn Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/theanimalturn Buzzsprout: https://theanimalturn.buzzsprout.com/ Send us a textThe Animal Highlight is a spinoff and sister podcast to the award winning show, the Animal Turn Podcast.Connect with us on Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, and Facebook.

S4E3 - Pre-Emptive House Finches

S4E3 - Pre-Emptive House Finches

House finches in Mexico City use discarded cigarette butts in the lining of their nests to fend of parasites, Herre de Bondt tells us more abut this interesting behaviour and some of its potentially worrisome impacts. Recorded: 30 October 2023. Featured: All that breathesLively Cities by Maan Barua.Killer Cities by Nigel Thrift.An experimental demonstration that house finches add cigarette butts in response to ectoparasites by Monserrat Suárez-Rodríguez, Constantino Macías Garcia. Interacting effects of aromatic plants and female age on nest-dwelling ectoparasites and blood-sucking flies in avian nests by G Tomás et al. Incorporation of cigarette butts into nests reduces nest ectoparasite load in urban birds: new ingredients for an old recipe? By Monserrat Suárez-Rodríguez, Isabel López-Rull and Constantino Macías GarciaSmoking and Lung Cancer by Tonya Walser et al. There is no such a thing as a free cigarette; lining nests with discarded butts brings short-term benefits, but causes toxic damage by M. Suárez-Rodríguez, C. Macías GarciaMexico tightens ban on smoking in public places by Will Grant on the BBC Credits:Claudia Hirtenfelder, executive producer and host Herre de Bondt, co-host and co-editorChristiaan Mentz, sound editor and producer Rebecca Shen, content producer and designer (logo and episode artwork)Gordon Clarke, bed music composerLearn more about the team here. Support the podcast via: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/join/TheAnimalTurn Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/theanimalturn Buzzsprout: https://theanimalturn.buzzsprout.com/ Send us a textThe Animal Highlight is a spinoff and sister podcast to the award winning show, the Animal Turn Podcast.Connect with us on Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, and Facebook.

S4E2 - Composting Worms

S4E2 - Composting Worms

Wormeries are becoming increasingly popular in cities so in this episode Herre de Bondt considers a creature at the center of this trend, worms, and how their lives are entwined with practices of composting.Recorded: 2 October 2023. Featured: Vermicomposting makes your garden grow on HomegrownEarthworms are more important than pandas (if you want to save the planet) by Sarah Johnson.Waste recycling: Utilization of coffee grounds and kitchen waste in vermicomposting by A.J. Adi and Z.M Moor. Technical and user evaluation of a novel worm-based, on-site sanitation system in rural India by Claire Furlong et al. Reactor performance and pathogen removal during wastewater treatment by vermifiltration by Arora Sudipti Arora and A.A. KazmiUrban Metabolism with Catherine Oliver on The Animal Turn.Swedish firm deploys crows to pick up cigarette butts by Daniel Boffey on The Guardian Animal waste work. The case of urban sewage management in Sweden by Tora Holmberg. Defending Animals by Kendra Coulter.Feeding the worms by Danusha Laméris. Credits:Claudia Hirtenfelder, executive producer and host Herre de Bondt, co-host and co-editorChristiaan Mentz, sound editor and producer Rebecca Shen, content producer and designer (logo and episode artwork)Gordon Clarke, bed music composerLearn more about the team here. Support the podcast via: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/join/TheAnimalTurn Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/theanimalturn Buzzsprout: https://theanimalturn.buzzsprout.com/ Send us a textThe Animal Highlight is a spinoff and sister podcast to the award winning show, the Animal Turn Podcast.Connect with us on Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, and Facebook.

S4E1: Stringed Pigeons

S4E1: Stringed Pigeons

Herre de Bondt joins the show as a co-host of Season 4 of the Animal Highlight to discuss the intricate relationships of animals and waste. He kicks off the season looking at pigeons considering how urban waste impacts them, particularly their feet. Recorded: 21 September 2023. Featured: Unseen City by Nathanael Johnson.Urban pigeons losing toes due to human activities by Frédéric Jiguet et al. Pigeon Rescue NetherlandsLondon Pigeon Stringfoot and RescueInteresting Pigeons on The Animal Highlight Credits:Claudia Hirtenfelder, executive producer and host Herre de Bondt, co-host and co-editorChristiaan Mentz, sound editor and producer Rebecca Shen, content producer and designer (logo and episode artwork)Gordon Clarke, bed music composerLearn more about the team here. Support the podcast via: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/join/TheAnimalTurn Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/theanimalturn Buzzsprout: https://theanimalturn.buzzsprout.com/ Send us a textThe Animal Highlight is a spinoff and sister podcast to the award winning show, the Animal Turn Podcast.Connect with us on Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, and Facebook.

S3E9 - Imperiled Pangolins

S3E9 - Imperiled Pangolins

In this animal highlight Amanda talks about pangolins, one of the most trafficked animals in the world. She speaks about some of her concerns with One health flattening complexities before talking a bit about Stevie, a pangolin saved in South Africa. This content was originally aired in Season 5 of The Animal Turn Podcast. Featured: Nicole Shukin, Animal CapitalStevie in a video on the Dodo rescued from the illegal wildlife tradeZimbabwe and Pangolins photoshoot Helping to Save Pangolins from Extinction by Siew Choo, Sara Platto and W.S. ChallenderCoronavirus lockdowns increase poaching in Asia, Africa on AP NewsCOVID-19 - A Blessing for Pangolins? on The GuardianWhat is a pangolin? on Save Pangolins. Credits:Claudia Hirtenfelder, producer and host Amanda Bunten-Walberg, co-hostChristiaan Mentz, sound editor and producer Rebecca Shen, content producer and designer (logo and episode artwork)Gordon Clarke, bed music composerLearn more about the team here. Support the podcast via: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/join/TheAnimalTurn Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/theanimalturn Buzzsprout: https://theanimalturn.buzzsprout.com/ Sponsor:Thank you to the sponsors of the fifth season of The Animal Turn podcast, “Animals and Biosecurity,” where this animal highlight was originally aired 1 December 2022. They are: Animals in Philosophy, Politics, Law, and Ethics (A.P.P.L.E) and the Biosecurities and Urban Governance Research CSend us a textA.P.P.L.EAnimals in Politics, Law, and Ethics researches how we live in interspecies societies and polities.Biosecurities Research Collective The Biosecurities and Urban Governance Research brings together scholars interested in biosecurity.Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.The Animal Highlight is a spinoff and sister podcast to the award winning show, the Animal Turn Podcast.Connect with us on Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, and Facebook.

S3E8: Harmed Bears

S3E8: Harmed Bears

In this episode Amanda unpacks how brown bears in Ukraine and grizzly bears in Canada have been impacted by conflict and war. This content was originally aired in Season 5 of The Animal Turn Podcast. Featured: Bear by Robert E. Bieder How are endangered bears escaping the Russian invasion of Ukraine? By Ben Anthony on Euro News. Ukraine War: Situation and Support for Animals by Four Paws. Bear Sanctuary Domazhyr Grizzly Times Podcast. Convergent geographic patterns between grizzly bear population genetic structure and Indigenous language groups in coastal British Columbia by Lauren H. Henson et al. How Indigenous knowledge is helping to protect Canada’s grizzlies by Chloe Berge on The National Geographic. How to Decolonize Conservation by Erica Gies in Hakai Magazine. Decolonization is not a Metaphor by Eve Tuck and K. Wayne Yang The Controversial Ski Resort that Will Never Exist by Megan Michelson. Qat’muk by Ktunaxa Nation Credits: Claudia Hirtenfelder, producer and host Amanda Bunten-Walberg, co-host Christiaan Mentz, sound editor and producer Rebecca Shen, content producer and designer (logo and episode artwork) Gordon Clarke, bed music composer Learn more about thSend us a textA.P.P.L.EAnimals in Politics, Law, and Ethics researches how we live in interspecies societies and polities.Biosecurities Research Collective The Biosecurities and Urban Governance Research brings together scholars interested in biosecurity.Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.The Animal Highlight is a spinoff and sister podcast to the award winning show, the Animal Turn Podcast.Connect with us on Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, and Facebook.

S3E7: Navigating Salmon

S3E7: Navigating Salmon

Salmon are increasingly intensively farmed and implicated in biosecurity concerns, but they are also animals with amazing biological and social worlds who can achieve incredible feats pf strength and navigation. This content was originally aired in Season 5 of The Animal Turn Podcast. Featured: Politics of Domestication with Chi Mao Wang on The Animal Turn.Shoalmates with Jonathan Balcombe on The Animal Turn. What a Fish Knows by Jonathan BalcombeSuper Fly by Jonathan BalcombeKontihnawa:ra: Atlantic Salmon on Stones Salmon: A Fish, the Earth, and the History of Their Common Fate by Mark Kurlansky Collective Navigation can Facilitate Passage Through Human-Made Barriers by Homeward Migrating Pacific Salmon by Connie Okasaki et al Breeding with Farmed Fish is Changing the Life Cycle of Wild Salmon by Adam VaughanSeaspiracyCredits:Claudia Hirtenfelder, producer and host Amanda Bunten-Walberg, co-hostChristiaan Mentz, sound editor and producer Rebecca Shen, content producer and designer (logo and episode artwork)Gordon Clarke, bed music composerLearn more about the team here. Support the podcast via: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/join/TheAnimalTurn Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/theanimalturn Buzzsprout: https://theanimalturn.buzzsprout.com/ Sponsor:Thank you to the sponsors of the fifth season of The Animal Turn podcast, “Animals and Biosecurity,” where this animal highlight was originally aSend us a textA.P.P.L.EAnimals in Politics, Law, and Ethics researches how we live in interspecies societies and polities.Biosecurities Research Collective The Biosecurities and Urban Governance Research brings together scholars interested in biosecurity.Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.The Animal Highlight is a spinoff and sister podcast to the award winning show, the Animal Turn Podcast.Connect with us on Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, and Facebook.

S3E6: Lily and Lizzie

S3E6: Lily and Lizzie

Amanda Bunten-Wahlberg considers the Lily and Lizzie, two pigs who were rescued from Smithfield farms and subsequently caught in the middle of a biosecurity drama. This content was originally aired in Season 5 of The Animal Turn Podcast. Featured: Animal Farm Activism with Camille Labchuk on The Animal Turn.Luvin Arms SanctuaryThe Whole Hog: Exploring the Extraordinary Potential of Pigsby Lyall Watson.Thinking Pigs: A Comparative Review of Cognition, Emotion, and Personality in Sus domesticus by Lori Marino and Christina M Colvin. Baby Pig Saved from Factory Farm is so Spoiled Now by Claire Elizabeth Alberts Activists Acquitted in Trial for Taking Piglets from Smithfield Foods by Marina Bolotnikova The Smithfield Piglet Case: Factory Farms and Civil Disobedience by Rachel Robison-Greene Credits:Claudia Hirtenfelder, producer and host Amanda Bunten-Walberg, co-hostChristiaan Mentz, sound editor and producer Rebecca Shen, content producer and designer (logo and episode artwork)Gordon Clarke, bed music composerLearn more about the team here. Support the podcast via: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/join/TheAnimalTurn Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/theanimalturn Buzzsprout: https://theanimalturn.buzzsprout.com/ Sponsor:Thank you to the sponsors of the fifth season of The Animal Turn podcast, “Animals and Biosecurity,” where this animal highlight was originally aired 27 October 2022. They are: Animals in PhiSend us a textA.P.P.L.EAnimals in Politics, Law, and Ethics researches how we live in interspecies societies and polities.Biosecurities Research Collective The Biosecurities and Urban Governance Research brings together scholars interested in biosecurity.Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.The Animal Highlight is a spinoff and sister podcast to the award winning show, the Animal Turn Podcast.Connect with us on Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, and Facebook.

S3E5: Resourceful, Respectable Rats

S3E5: Resourceful, Respectable Rats

In this animal highlight Amanda talks about one of the most tested on animals in the world, rats. She discusses how rats have been used in labs and the standardization of their experiences. She contrasts that with the rich lifeworlds of rats who live freely and in multispecies communities. This content was originally aired in Season 5 of The Animal Turn Podcast. Featured: Epidemiological Dividual with Christs Lynteris on The Animal Turn.Animal Testing and its Alternatives with Thomas Hartung on The Animal Turn. Pleasurable Kingdomby Jonthan Balcombe Rat by Jonathan Burt. Rats! Being Social Requires Empathy by Leesa Fawcett.Lady Bird Animal Sanctuary Pests in the Cityby Dawn Day Biehler Credits:Claudia Hirtenfelder, producer and host Amanda Bunten-Walberg, co-hostChristiaan Mentz, sound editor and producer Rebecca Shen, content producer and designer (logo and episode artwork)Gordon Clarke, bed music composerLearn more about the team here. Support the podcast via: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/join/TheAnimalTurn Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/theanimalturn Buzzsprout: https://theanimalturn.buzzsprout.com/ Sponsor:Thank you to the sponsors of the fifth season of The Animal Turn podcast, “Animals and Biosecurity,” where this animal highlight was originally aired 5 October 2022. They are: Send us a textA.P.P.L.EAnimals in Politics, Law, and Ethics researches how we live in interspecies societies and polities.Biosecurities Research Collective The Biosecurities and Urban Governance Research brings together scholars interested in biosecurity.Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.The Animal Highlight is a spinoff and sister podcast to the award winning show, the Animal Turn Podcast.Connect with us on Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, and Facebook.

S3E4: Masterful Mosquitos

S3E4: Masterful Mosquitos

In this episode Amanda Bunten-Walberg gives details into the diversity of mosquito worlds, meals, and physiologies. She focuses on mosquitos who rely on blood to live, unpacking some of the strategies and tactics they use to secure a meal. This content was originally aired in Season 5 of The Animal Turn Podcast. Featured: Epidemiological Dividual with Christs Lynteris on The Animal Turn.Superfly: The Unexpected Lives of the World’s Most Successful Insectsby Jonthan Balcombe Mosquitoby Richard Jones. Mosquitos sound clips from Free Sound (662969) and Pixabay (105770) Credits:Claudia Hirtenfelder, producer and host Amanda Bunten-Walberg, co-hostChristiaan Mentz, sound editor and producer Rebecca Shen, content producer and designer (logo and episode artwork)Gordon Clarke, bed music composerLearn more about the team here. Support the podcast via: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/join/TheAnimalTurn Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/theanimalturn Buzzsprout: https://theanimalturn.buzzsprout.com/ Sponsor:Thank you to the sponsors of the fifth season of The Animal Turn podcast, “Animals and Biosecurity,” where this animal highlight was originally aired 29 September 2022. They are: Send us a textA.P.P.L.EAnimals in Politics, Law, and Ethics researches how we live in interspecies societies and polities.Biosecurities Research Collective The Biosecurities and Urban Governance Research brings together scholars interested in biosecurity.Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.The Animal Highlight is a spinoff and sister podcast to the award winning show, the Animal Turn Podcast.Connect with us on Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, and Facebook.

S3E3: Manifold Crabs

S3E3: Manifold Crabs

Amanda Bunten-Walberg tells us about the incredible diversity of crabs as well as some of their social and physiological characteristics. She focuses on the Green Crab, a species whose adaptability has often also meant they are labelled as invasive. This content was originally aired in Season 5 of The Animal Turn Podcast. Featured: Feral and Invasive Species with Lauren van Patter on The Animal Turn.Crabby Cynthia Chris.Crabs: A Global Natural History by Peter Davie. Credits:Claudia Hirtenfelder, producer and host Amanda Bunten-Walberg, co-hostChristiaan Mentz, sound editor and producer Rebecca Shen, content producer and designer (logo and episode artwork)Gordon Clarke, bed music composerLearn more about the team here. Support the podcast via: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/join/TheAnimalTurn Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/theanimalturn Buzzsprout: https://theanimalturn.buzzsprout.com/ Sponsor:Thank you to the sponsors of the fifth season of The Animal Turn podcast, “Animals and Biosecurity,” where this animal highlight was originally aired 31 October 2022. They are: Send us a textA.P.P.L.EAnimals in Politics, Law, and Ethics researches how we live in interspecies societies and polities.Biosecurities Research Collective The Biosecurities and Urban Governance Research brings together scholars interested in biosecurity.Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.The Animal Highlight is a spinoff and sister podcast to the award winning show, the Animal Turn Podcast.Connect with us on Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, and Facebook.

S3E2: Flying Foxes

S3E2: Flying Foxes

In this episode Amanda Bunten-Walberg tells Claudia all about bats, animals who have historically been persecuted as threats to biosecurity. Hoping to challenge this reductive way of understanding bats, Amanda talks about flying foxes, large fruit bats, noting how incredibly social and relatable they are. This content was originally aired in Season 5 of The Animal Turn Podcast. Featured: Bioethics with Jeff Sebo on The Animal Turn.Shimmer: Flying Fox Exuberance in Worlds of Peril by Deborah Bird Rose Bat by Tessa Laird. Credits:Claudia Hirtenfelder, producer and host Amanda Bunten-Walberg, co-hostChristiaan Mentz, sound editor and producer Rebecca Shen, content producer and designer (logo and episode artwork)Gordon Clarke, bed music composerLearn more about the team here. Support the podcast via: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/join/TheAnimalTurn Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/theanimalturn Buzzsprout: https://theanimalturn.buzzsprout.com/ Sponsor:Thank you to the sponsors of the fifth season of The Animal Turn podcast, “Animals and Biosecurity,” where this animal highlight was originally aired 16 August 2022. They are: Send us a textA.P.P.L.EAnimals in Politics, Law, and Ethics researches how we live in interspecies societies and polities.Biosecurities Research Collective The Biosecurities and Urban Governance Research brings together scholars interested in biosecurity.Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.The Animal Highlight is a spinoff and sister podcast to the award winning show, the Animal Turn Podcast.Connect with us on Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, and Facebook.

S3E1: Textured Turkeys

S3E1: Textured Turkeys

Amanda Bunten-Walberg joins Claudia to discuss animals and biosecurity. In the first episode of the season she talks about turkeys, animals who are often implicated in biosecurity threats but who – when given the opportunity – live richly textured lives. This content was originally aired in Season 5 of The Animal Turn Podcast. Featured: Sonic Specimen with Rachel Mundy on The Animal Turn.More than a Meal by Karen DavisThe Secret Lives of Turkeys by Alan KrakauerThe Wild Turkey by A.W. SchorgerVINE Sanctuary Facebook post about Mama-T Credits:Claudia Hirtenfelder, producer and host Amanda Bunten-Walberg, co-hostChristiaan Mentz, sound editor and producer Rebecca Shen, content producer and designer (logo and episode artwork)Gordon Clarke, bed music composerLearn more about the team here. Support the podcast via: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/join/TheAnimalTurn Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/theanimalturn Buzzsprout: https://theanimalturn.buzzsprout.com/ Sponsor:Thank you to the sponsors of the fifth season of The Animal Turn podcast, “Animals and Biosecurity,” where this animal highlight was originally aired 21 September 2022. They are:Send us a textA.P.P.L.EAnimals in Politics, Law, and Ethics researches how we live in interspecies societies and polities.Biosecurities Research Collective The Biosecurities and Urban Governance Research brings together scholars interested in biosecurity.Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.The Animal Highlight is a spinoff and sister podcast to the award winning show, the Animal Turn Podcast.Connect with us on Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, and Facebook.

S2E10: Seismic Elephants

S2E10: Seismic Elephants

Hannah Hunter unpacks the seismic and infrasonic communication of elephants who produce and listen to sounds beyond human ranges. This season is all about “Animals and Sound” and was extracted from Season 4 of The Animal Turn Podcast. Featured: Grad Review with Bailey Hilgren and Hannah Hunter on The Animal Turn.Silent Thunder: in the presence of elephants by Katharine Payne. How Elephants Listen…With Their Feet by PBS. The Secret Lives of Elephants by Caitlin O'Connell.The elephant listening project at Cornell.Credits:Claudia Hirtenfelder, producer and host Hannah Hunter, co-hostChristiaan Mentz, sound editor and producer Rebecca Shen, content producer and designer (logo and episode artwork)Gordon Clarke, bed music composerLearn more about the team here. Support the podcast via: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/join/TheAnimalTurn Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/theanimalturn Buzzsprout: https://theanimalturn.buzzsprout.com/ Sponsor:Thank you to the sponsors of the fourth season of The Animal Turn podcast, “Animals and Sound,” where this animal highlight was originally aired 2 May 2022. They are Send us a textA.P.P.L.EAnimals in Politics, Law, and Ethics researches how we live in interspecies societies and polities.The Sonic Arts of Place Laboratory The SAP Lab provides workspace and equipment for students engaged in sound related activities. Sonic Arts StudioThe Queen’s Sonic Arts Studio (formerly Electroacoustic Music Studio) was founded in 1970.Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.The Animal Highlight is a spinoff and sister podcast to the award winning show, the Animal Turn Podcast.Connect with us on Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, and Facebook.

S2E9: Sonic Spiders

S2E9: Sonic Spiders

In this this episode Hannah Hunter discusses how orb weaver spiders and ogre faced spiders make use of impressive sonic strategies to hunt. This season is all about “Animals and Sound” and was extracted from Season 4 of The Animal Turn Podcast. Featured: Time in the Field with Denise Herzing on The Animal Turn.Outsourced hearing in an orb-weaving spider that uses its web as an auditory sensor by Jian Zhou et al. Ogre-Faced, Net-Casting Spiders Use Auditory Cues to Detect Airborne Prey by Jay A. Stafstrom et al. Credits:Claudia Hirtenfelder, producer and host Hannah Hunter, co-hostChristiaan Mentz, sound editor and producer Rebecca Shen, content producer and designer (logo and episode artwork)Gordon Clarke, bed music composerLearn more about the team here. Support the podcast via: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/join/TheAnimalTurn Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/theanimalturn Buzzsprout: https://theanimalturn.buzzsprout.com/ Sponsor:Thank you to the sponsors of the fourth season of The Animal Turn podcast, “Animals and Sound,” where this animal highlight was originally aired 23 March 2022 Send us a textA.P.P.L.EAnimals in Politics, Law, and Ethics researches how we live in interspecies societies and polities.The Sonic Arts of Place Laboratory The SAP Lab provides workspace and equipment for students engaged in sound related activities. Sonic Arts StudioThe Queen’s Sonic Arts Studio (formerly Electroacoustic Music Studio) was founded in 1970.Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.The Animal Highlight is a spinoff and sister podcast to the award winning show, the Animal Turn Podcast.Connect with us on Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, and Facebook.

S2E8: Aural Butterflies

S2E8: Aural Butterflies

In this this episode Hannah Hunter unpacks some cool detail about butterflies sonic communication. This season is all about “Animals and Sound” and was extracted from Season 4 of The Animal Turn Podcast. Featured: Sonic Specimen with Rachel Mundy on The Animal Turn.Sound Production and Hearing the Blue Cracker Butterfly by Jayne Yack et al.Bat Communication with Gloriana Chaverri on The Animal Turn.The Sound of Millions of Monarch Butterflies by Phil Torres and the Jungle Diaries Credits:Claudia Hirtenfelder, producer and host Hannah Hunter, co-hostChristiaan Mentz, sound editor and producer Rebecca Shen, content producer and designer (logo and episode artwork)Gordon Clarke, bed music composerLearn more about the team here. Support the podcast via: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/join/TheAnimalTurn Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/theanimalturn Buzzsprout: https://theanimalturn.buzzsprout.com/ Sponsor:Thank you to the sponsors of the fourth season of The Animal Turn podcast, “Animals and Sound,” where this animal highlight was originally aired 10 March 2022. Send us a textA.P.P.L.EAnimals in Politics, Law, and Ethics researches how we live in interspecies societies and polities.The Sonic Arts of Place Laboratory The SAP Lab provides workspace and equipment for students engaged in sound related activities. Sonic Arts StudioThe Queen’s Sonic Arts Studio (formerly Electroacoustic Music Studio) was founded in 1970.Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.The Animal Highlight is a spinoff and sister podcast to the award winning show, the Animal Turn Podcast.Connect with us on Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, and Facebook.