Pop Culture and Animal Rights: Okja, Chicken Run and Peep Show

Sunday, 2 June 2024 - 1:00pm to 2:00pm
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Lottie, Hayden and Nick discuss the movies Okja and Chicken Run 1 and 2, plus the TV show Peep Show, through an animal rights lens. We also touch on the movies: Legally Blonde 2, Paddington and 101 Dalmatians, the TV show Shaun Micallef's Mad as Hell, and the stand-up comedy show COMPANION - Interesting Comedy Special by Sam Campbell.

 

 Links:

 Help Sick Baby Jamil and Family of 6 Survive – fundraiser for a family in Gaza: https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-ezzeddin-family

 You can check out the study Hayden mentioned regarding needing 10% of the population to strongly hold a belief for it to be adopted by the majority:  https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110725190044.htm

 Daniel Andrews defends plan to cull feral horses as protesters rally outside state parliament: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jun/08/daniel-andrews-defends-plan-to-cull-feral-horses-as-protesters-rally-outside-state-parliament

 Previous FoS pop culture and animal rights shows:

 Vampires and Veganism: https://www.3cr.org.au/freedomofspecies/episode/vampires-and-veganism

 Horror Movies and Challenging the Human/Animal Dichotomy: https://www.3cr.org.au/freedomofspecies/episode/horror-movies-and-challenging-humananimal-dichotomy

 

 Music:

 Animal liberation by Los Fastidios: https://www.losfastidios.net/

 I Don’t Eat Animals – live at Carnegie Hall by Melanie: https://open.spotify.com/track/236SX5cv9sEkKgMdv0NDl1?si=4a32b13f6b4a4d9a

 The Animal Song by Savage Garden: https://open.spotify.com/track/5TuzQ44lPWTCKbfXbNIEXg?si=c669df09261045b7

 They do it’s true by Dori Freeman: https://dorifreeman1.bandcamp.com/album/do-you-recall

 

 Make sure you tune in to our Radiothon Trivia Show, Sunday June 16th 1pm to 2pm! For more information, check out the Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/463685309410247/

Sunday 1:00pm to 2:00pm
Animal advocacy on the airwaves, hosted by a team of local animal advocates.

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The Freedom of Species Team

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