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What can animal intelligence teach us about human stupidity? Justin Gregg's book, If Nietzsche Were a Narwhal, raises provocative questions about presumptions of human supremacy. In this episode of In Context, pattrice and Justin touch on subjects ranging from homophobia to climate change in a lively, sometimes humorous, and ultimately hopeful conversation.

Laura Jean McKay is the author of the award winning novel Animals in that Country, which explores what happens when a pandemic takes interspecies communication to a whole new level. She joins pattrice to talk about how real cows, dingoes, and even mosquitos inspired the work, as well as the realities of the creative process.

Lisbet Chiriboga from Teach Kind joins pattrice jones to talk about the difference humane education makes for learning, ways parents and community members can encourage schools to incorporate humane education into their classroom, and why 5th grade is a pivotal year to engage children in compassionate conversations.

In part 1 of a 3 part series on humane education, VINE's own Anna Boarini sits down to talk with pattrice jones about different ways parents and teachers can bring humane education to their communities, how engaging with children can inspire your own activism, and the duck olympics. This one is not to be missed.

Anita Krajnc, a co-founder of the Animal Save Movement, talks with pattrice jones about her activist history, the Plant Based Treaty, and lessons animal advocates can take from ACT UP, radical environmentalists, and the value of bearing witness to animal suffering. Please note, there were some issues with the recording, so the audio is at times a touch choppy.

Michelle Carrera, founder of Chilis on Wheels and Casa Vegana de la Communidad talks about the radical practice of mutual aid and the big question of what we can do from where we are with what we have.

Miko Brown is the Director of Social Justice Initiatives at Farm Sanctuary.  This deep and reflective conversation touches on Miko’s own personal activist trajectory, doing aliveness in community, and the focusing practice that grounds and orients Miko’s work. The episode is filled with insights that can help us all act with more intention.

Neda Moridpour and S.A. Bachman are the founders of Louder Than Words, a cross-cultural, intergenerational art collective that targets sexual assault, domestic violence, LGBTQ equality, animal liberation, and mass incarceration.

Professor Dany Celermajer is a director of the Sydney Environment Institute and the Multi Species Justice Project and the author of Summertime: Reflections on a Vanishing Future. She joined pattrice for a deeply moving discussion about her experiences of the Australian bushfires of 2019, which devastated animal life and ecosystems in ways that are becoming all-too familiar as climate catastrophe changes the world around all of us. You can read more from Dany here: https://www.abc.net.au/religion/danielle-celermajer-learning-to-live-in-jimmy%E2%80%99s-world/12000232 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/feb/07/who-killed-summertime-how-do-we-trace-the-complex-roots-of-responsibility

Brenda Sanders is a founder of Afro-Vegan Society and Greener Kitchen. She is an organizer of Vegan Soul Fest, a 3-day music and vegan food festival in Baltimore, coming up August 19-21, 2022.

pattrice jones talks with Christopher Sebastian about queering animal liberation, toxic masculinity, and so much more.

Lori Gruen is the author of Ethics and Animals and co-editor of Ecofeminism.