Animals are increasingly at the forefront of research questions – Not as shadows to human stories, or as beings we want to understand biologically, or for purely our benefit – but as beings who have histories, stories, and geographies of their own. Each season is set around themes with each episode unpacking a particular animal turn concept and its significance therein. Join Claudia Hirtenfelder as she delves into some of the most important ideas emerging out of this recent turn in scholarship, thinking, and being.
Sue Donaldson is a research associate in the Department of Philosophy, Queen's University, Canada, and co-convenor of the Animals in Philosophy, Politics, Law and Ethics research group. Her books include Zoopolis: A Political Theory of Animal Rights (Oxford UP 2011) and Animals and the Right to Politics (Oxford UP 2025). She lives in the Frontenac Arch region north of Kingston with husband, Will, and dog, Roxie. Learn more about her via A.P.P.L.E.